[House Report 108-10]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress 
 1st Session            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 Report
                                                                 108-10
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MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2003, AND 
                           FOR OTHER PURPOSES

                               __________

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                              to accompany

                              H.J. Res. 2

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   February 13 (legislative day, February 12), 2003.--Ordered to be 
                                printed






108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     108-10
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MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2003, AND 
                           FOR OTHER PURPOSES

                                _______
                                

   February 13 (legislative day, February 12), 2003.--Ordered to be 
                                printed

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 Mr. Young of Florida, from the committee of conference, submitted the 
                               following

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                       [To accompany H.J. Res. 2]

      The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the joint 
resolution (H.J. Res. 2), ``making further continuing 
appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other 
purposes'', having met, after full and free conference, have 
agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses 
as follows:
      That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment 
as follows:
      In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 
Senate amendment, insert the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this joint resolution is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
   ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Agricultural Programs
Title II--Conservation Programs
Title III--Rural Development Programs
Title IV--Domestic Food Programs
Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII--General Provisions

  DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                      AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Justice
Title II--Department of Commerce and Related Agencies
Title III--The Judiciary
Title IV--Department of State and Related Agency
Title V--Related Agencies
Title VI--General Provisions
Title VII--Rescissions

          DIVISION C--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Federal Funds
Title II--District of Columbia Funds
Title III--General Provisions

      DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Defense--Civil: Department of the Army
Title II--Department of the Interior
Title III--Department of Energy
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

 DIVISION E--FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                          APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Export and Investment Assistance
Title II--Bilateral Economic Assistance
Title III--Military Assistance
Title IV--Multilateral Economic Assistance
Title V--General Provisions

     DIVISION F--INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of the Interior
Title II--Related Agencies
Title III--General Provisions
Title IV--T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area
Title V--National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003

DIVISION G--LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
                      AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Labor
Title II--Department of Health and Human Services
Title III--Department of Education
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

           DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Legislative Branch Appropriations
Title II--General Provisions

  DIVISION I--TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Transportation
Title II--Related Agencies
Title III--General Provisions

    DIVISION J--TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of the Treasury
Title II--Postal Service
Title III--Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to 
          the President
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions--This Act
Title VI--General Provisions--Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

  DIVISION K--VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Veterans Affairs
Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III--Independent Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions

          DIVISION L--HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 AMENDMENTS

                       DIVISION M--DEFENSE MATTERS

                DIVISION N--EMERGENCY RELIEF AND OFFSETS

Title I--Election Reform
Title II--Agricultural Assistance
Title III--Wildland Fire Emergency
Title IV--TANF and Medicare
Title V--Fisheries Disasters
Title VI--Offsets
Title VII--Bonneville Power Administration Borrowing Authority

                DIVISION O--PRICE-ANDERSON ACT AMENDMENTS

 DIVISION P--UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
``this Act'' contained in any division of this joint resolution 
shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that 
division.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
   ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
   Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for 
other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, $3,412,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 
of this amount shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as 
determined by the Secretary.

                          Executive Operations

                            CHIEF ECONOMIST

    For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including 
economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, 
energy and new uses, and the functions of the World 
Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $8,566,000.

                       NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

    For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
$13,759,000.

                 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $7,358,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, $15,251,000.

                      COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

    For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing 
Environment for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the 
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service and Rural Development 
mission areas for information technology, systems, and 
services, $133,155,000, to remain available until expended, for 
the capital asset acquisition of shared information technology 
systems, including services as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915-16 
and 40 U.S.C. 1421-28: Provided, That obligation of these funds 
shall be consistent with the Department of Agriculture Service 
Center Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, and 
shall be with the concurrence of the Department's Chief 
Information Officer.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $5,572,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer 
shall actively market and expand cross-servicing activities of 
the National Finance Center.

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

    For the acquisition of remote mirroring backup technology 
of the National Finance Center's data, $12,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of these funds 
may be obligated until the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations have approved a feasibility study to be 
submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, 
That if the study is not approved within 30 days of its 
submission, the funds appropriated shall be available for the 
authorized uses of the Working Capital Fund.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $400,000.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out the 
programs funded by this Act, $664,000.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General 
Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, 
for programs and activities of the Department which are 
included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions 
needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate 
unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the 
Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, 
maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings 
and facilities, and for related costs, $196,781,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency's appropriation 
made available by this Act to this appropriation, or may 
transfer a share of this appropriation to that agency's 
appropriation to cover the costs of new or replacement space 
for such agency, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent 
of the funds made available for space rental and related costs 
to or from this account.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq.), $15,685,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That appropriations and funds available herein to the 
Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be 
transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in 
meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal 
and non-Federal lands.

                      Departmental Administration

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For Departmental Administration, $38,095,000, to provide 
for necessary expenses for management support services to 
offices of the Department and for general administration and 
disaster management of the Department, repairs and alterations, 
and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise 
provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 
of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for 
travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 
by 5 U.S.C. 551-558.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out 
the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
branch, $3,821,000: Provided, That these funds may be 
transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded 
by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided 
further, That no other funds appropriated to the Department by 
this Act shall be available to the Department for support of 
activities of congressional relations.

                        Office of Communications

    For necessary expenses to carry out services relating to 
the coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the 
dissemination of agricultural information, and the coordination 
of information, work, and programs authorized by Congress in 
the Department, $9,140,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,000,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins.

                    Office of the Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $74,097,000, including such sums as may be 
necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public 
agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, and including not to exceed 
$125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, 
including the payment of informants, to be expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95-
452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97-98.

                     Office of the General Counsel

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $35,017,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to 
administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economic 
Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, 
the Agricultural Research Service, and the Cooperative State 
Research, Education, and Extension Service, $588,000.

                       Economic Research Service

    For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and 
other laws, $69,123,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

    For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, 
statistical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys, 
and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1621-
1627 and 2204g, and other laws, $139,354,000, of which up to 
$41,274,000 shall be available until expended for the Census of 
Agriculture.

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research 
Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration 
relating to production, utilization, marketing, and 
distribution (not otherwise provided for); home economics or 
nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition, 
preservation, and dissemination of agricultural information; 
and for acquisition of lands by donation,exchange, or purchase 
at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges where the 
lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized by a 
payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of 
the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 
ownership, $1,052,770,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and 
the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings 
and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of 
constructing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for 
headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, 
and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 
to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: 
Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this 
Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at 
the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the 
foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings 
needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): 
Provided further, That funds may be received from any State, other 
political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of 
establishing or operating any research facility or research project of 
the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
    None of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available to carry out research related to the production, 
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
    In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, the agency is 
authorized to charge fees, commensurate with the fair market 
value, for any permit, easement, lease, or other special use 
authorization for the occupancy or use of land and facilities 
(including land and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural 
Research Center) issued by the agency, as authorized by law, 
and such fees shall be credited to this account, and shall 
remain available until expended for authorized purposes.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or 
facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural research 
programs of the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise 
provided, $119,480,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, funds may 
be received from any State, other political subdivision, 
organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing any 
research facility of the Agricultural Research Service, as 
authorized by law.

      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

                   RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

    For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $620,827,000, as follows: to carry out the 
provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), 
$180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research (16 
U.S.C. 582a through a-7), $21,884,000; for payments to the 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 
3222), $35,643,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 
only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 
receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for 
agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $112,264,000; for 
special grants for agricultural research on improved pest 
control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,264,000; for competitive 
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $167,131,000; for the 
support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), 
$5,098,000; for supplemental and alternative crops and products 
(7 U.S.C. 3319d), $1,196,000; for grants for research pursuant 
to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et 
seq.), $1,250,000, to remain available until expended; for 
research grants for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 
of Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,100,000, to 
remain available until expended; for higher education graduate 
fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,243,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher education 
challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,920,000; for a 
higher education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until expended (7 
U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-
serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $4,100,000; for 
noncompetitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all 
provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 of Public Law 106-78) 
to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible 
institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded 
equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,500,000; 
for a secondary agriculture education program and 2-year post-
secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for 
aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $4,500,000; for sustainable 
agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 
$13,750,000; for a program of capacity building grants (7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds under 
the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), 
including Tuskegee University, $11,479,000, to remain available 
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 
Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-
382, $1,700,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and 
Education Activities, $29,659,000.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be 
available to carry out research related to the production, 
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products: 
Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply to research on 
the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of 
tobacco.

              NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

    For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund 
authorized by Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
$7,100,000.

                          EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

    For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, 
and American Samoa, $453,468,000, as follows: payments for 
cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be 
distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under 
section 208(c) of PublicLaw 93-471, for retirement and 
employees' compensation costs for extension agents and for costs of 
penalty mail for cooperative extension agents and State extension 
directors, $281,218,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 
Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), 
$3,387,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for 
low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,566,000; payments 
for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$10,759,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $5,525,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and 
teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 
University, as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95-113 (7 
U.S.C. 3222b), $15,000,000, to remain available until expended; 
payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Smith-
Lever Act, $8,481,000; for youth farm safety education and 
certification extension grants, to be awarded competitively under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $499,000; payments for carrying out the 
provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
1671 et seq.), $4,546,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under 
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,996,000; payments for 
sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$4,875,000; payments for rural health and safety education as 
authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92-419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 
$2,622,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the colleges 
receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 
328) and Tuskegee University, $32,117,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be 
made available only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution 
shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth 
organizations pursuant to section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, 
$3,000,000; and for necessary expenses of extension activities, 
$20,877,000.

                         INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

    For the integrated research, education, and extension 
competitive grants programs, including necessary administrative 
expenses, as authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
7626), $46,743,000, as follows: payments for the water quality 
program, $12,971,000; payments for the food safety program, 
$14,967,000; payments for the regional pest management centers 
program, $4,531,000; payments for the Food Quality Protection 
Act risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, 
$4,889,000; payments for the crops affected by Food Quality 
Protection Act implementation, $1,497,000; payments for the 
methyl bromide transition program, $3,250,000; payments for the 
organic transition program, $2,125,000; payments for the 
international science and education grants program under 7 
U.S.C. 3291, to remain available until expended, $500,000; 
payments for the critical issues program under 7 U.S.C. 
450i(c): Provided, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $500,000 shall be for payments for the critical issues 
program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) and $1,513,000 shall be for 
payments for the regional rural development centers program 
under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c).

              OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 2279), $3,493,000, to remain available until expended.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to 
administer programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; the 
Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspection, 
Packers and Stockyards Administration; $730,000.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal 
diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory 
activities; and to protect the environment, as authorized by 
law, $725,502,000, of which $4,103,000 shall be available for 
the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal 
diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to the 
extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 
$62,000,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradication 
program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for 
active eradication zones: Provided, That no funds shall be used 
to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program 
for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 
matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not 
to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only: 
Provided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which 
threaten any segment of the agricultural production industry of 
this country, the Secretary may transfer from other 
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or 
corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed 
necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or 
pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in 
accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health 
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 
442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and 
any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency 
purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 
transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 
for the repair and alteration of leased buildings and 
improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of 
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
building.
    In fiscal year 2003, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical 
assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other 
political subdivisions, domestic and international 
organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided 
that such fees are structured such that any entity's liability 
for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, 
goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, and 
such fees shall be credited to this account, to remain 
availableuntil expended, without further appropriation, for 
providing such assistance, goods, or services.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
428a, $9,989,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           MARKETING SERVICES

     For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 
consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, 
transportation, and regulatory programs, as authorized by law, 
and for administration and coordination of payments to States, 
$75,702,000, including funds for the wholesale market 
development program for the design and development of wholesale 
and farmer market facilities for the major metropolitan areas 
of the country: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 
and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of 
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
building.
    Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701).

                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    Not to exceed $61,619,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or 
other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this 
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

    FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program 
expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating 
expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of 
Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 
8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) 
not more than $14,910,000 for formulation and administration of 
marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 
1961.

                   PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

    For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing 
activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,347,000.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
United States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of 
the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used 
to protect purchasers of farm products, and the standardization 
activities related to grain under the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946, $39,950,000, of which $4,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for a packer concentration 
study: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 
the current replacement value of the building.

        LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

    Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
require additional supervision and oversight, or other 
uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws enacted 
by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
$603,000.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including 
not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 
1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $759,759,000, of which no less than 
$649,082,000 shall be available for Federal food safety 
inspection; and of which $5,000,000 shall be for enhanced 
inspection activities, to remain available through September 
30, 2004; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this 
account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory 
accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
138f): Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 
the current replacement value of the building.

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services to 
administer the laws enacted by Congress for the Farm Service 
Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the Risk Management 
Agency, and the Commodity Credit Corporation, $622,000.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of programs administered by the Farm Service 
Agency, $976,738,000: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized to use the services, facilities, and 
authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds 
made available to the Agency for authorized activities may be 
advanced to and merged with this account.

                         STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

    For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5102(b)), $4,000,000.

                        DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products 
under a dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such program is carried out by 
the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program 
described in Public Law 106-387 (114 Stat. 1549A-12).

           AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and 
operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land 
acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll weevil loans (7 
U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans, 
$1,130,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for guaranteed 
loans and $130,000,000 shall be for direct loans; operating 
loans, $2,705,000,000, of which $1,700,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $400,000,000 shall be for 
subsidized guaranteed loans and $605,000,000 shall be for 
direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $2,000,000; 
and for boll weevil eradication program loans, $100,000,000.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership 
loans, $22,593,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be for guaranteed 
loans, and $15,093,000 shall be for direct loans; operating 
loans, $205,513,000, of which $53,890,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $47,200,000 shall be for 
subsidized guaranteed loans, and $104,423,000 shall be for 
direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
$179,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $287,176,000, of 
which $279,176,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
Expenses''.
    Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit 
Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and operating 
direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among 
these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in 
advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

    For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by 
section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $70,708,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $700 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                              CORPORATIONS

    The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation 
or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be 
necessary, to remain available until expended.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

    For fiscal year 2003, such sums as may be necessary to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to 
section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).

                       HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

                        (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

    For fiscal year 2003, the Commodity Credit Corporation 
shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation 
and cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses 
to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001 of the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961.

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to 
administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Forest 
Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
$750,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including 
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of measures 
to conserve soil and water (including farm irrigation and land 
drainage and such special measures for soil and water 
management as may be necessary to prevent floods and the 
siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural related 
pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; 
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of 
information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein 
for use in the plant materials program by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to 
the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and 
erection or alteration or improvement of permanent and 
temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$825,004,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
less than $9,162,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, 
and not less than $10,701,000 is for operation and 
establishment of the plant materials centers, and of which not 
less than $23,500,000 shall be for the grazing lands 
conservation initiative: Provided, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7U.S.C. 2250 for 
construction and improvement of buildings and public improvements at 
plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations and 
improvements to other buildings and other public improvements shall not 
exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings or other 
structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such 
land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available for technical assistance and 
related expenses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c) of 
title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 
U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided further, That qualified local engineers may 
be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the technical 
planning work of the Service: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations 
Act may be used to provide technical assistance with respect to 
programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3841(a)).

                     WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

    For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, 
and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and 
for small watershed investigations and planning, in accordance 
with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1001-1009), $11,197,000.

               WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

    For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
including but not limited to research, engineering operations, 
methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 
rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, in 
accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 1007-1009), the provisions of the 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), and in accordance 
with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the 
Department, $110,000,000, to remain available until expended 
(of which up to $15,000,000 may be available for the watersheds 
authorized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 
U.S.C. 1006a)): Provided, That not to exceed $45,514,000 of 
this appropriation shall be available for technical assistance: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this 
appropriation is available to carry out the purposes of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), including 
cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate 
endangered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as 
may be necessary to expedite project construction.

                    WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

    For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 
structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), 
and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
activities of the Department, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

    For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 
projects for resource conservation and development and for 
sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 and 32 
of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 76 
Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f); and 
subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 
(16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $51,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs 
under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing 
Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the Rural 
Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture, $640,000.

                  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 and 381N of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, $907,737,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $96,800,000 shall be for rural 
community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; 
of which $723,217,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs 
described in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such 
Act; and of which $87,720,000 shall be for the rural business 
and cooperative development programs described in sections 
381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of the total 
amount appropriated in this account, $24,000,000 shall be for 
loans and grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native 
American Tribes, including grants for drinking water and waste 
disposal systems pursuant to section 306C of such Act, of which 
$4,000,000 shall be available for community facilities grants 
to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and of which 
$250,000 shall be 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 of the amount appropriated for rural 
community programs, $7,000,000 shall be available for a Rural 
Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability 
of private, nonprofit community-based housing and community 
development organizations, low-income rural communities, and 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake 
projects to improve housing, community facilities, community 
and economic development projects in rural areas: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated for the Rural 
Community Development Initiative, not less than $1,000,000 
shall be available until expended to carry out a demonstration 
program on Replicating and Creating Rural Cooperative Home 
Based Health Care: Provided further, That of the $1,000,000 
made available, not less than $200,000 shall be in the form of 
predevelopment planning grants, not to exceed $50,000 each, 
with the balance for low-interest revolving loans to be used 
for capital and other related expenses, and made available to 
nonprofit based community development organizations: Provided 
further, That such organizations should demonstrate experience 
in the administration of revolving loan programs and providing 
technical assistance to cooperatives: Provided further, That 
such funds shall be made available to qualified private, 
nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing to 
carry out a program of financial and technical assistance: 
Provided further, That such intermediary organizations shall 
provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal 
funds for related activities, in an amount not less than funds 
provided: Provided further, 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; and $2,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta 
Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.): Provided further, 
That of the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, 
not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal 
systems to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico 
border, including grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; 
not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal 
systems for rural and native villages in Alaska pursuant to 
section 306D of such Act, with up to 1 percent available to 
administer the program and up to 1 percent available to improve 
interagency coordination may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses''; not to exceed $18,333,000 shall be for technical 
assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to 
section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,513,000 shall be 
for Rural Community Assistance Programs; not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be in the form of predevelopmentplanning 
grants, not to exceed $50,000 each; and not to exceed $12,100,000 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 
$37,624,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, for authorized 
empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated 
by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones; of which $1,163,000 shall be for the rural community programs 
described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which $27,431,000 shall 
be for the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of 
such Act, and of which $9,030,000 shall be for the rural business and 
cooperative development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of 
such Act: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for rural 
community programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be to provide 
grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment 
and severe economic depression (Public Law 106-387), with 5 percent for 
administration and capacity building in the State rural development 
offices: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, $30,000,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the ``Rural Utilities Service, 
High Energy Cost Grants Account'' to provide grants authorized under 
section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 
Provided further, That any remaining funds specifically appropriated in 
fiscal year 2002 for rural communities with extremely high energy costs 
under the Rural Community Advancement Program shall be merged and 
transferred into the Account: Provided further, That any funds in the 
Account shall be used to provide grants authorized under section 19 of 
that Act.

                Rural Development Salaries and Expenses

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission 
area, including activities with institutions concerning the 
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for 
cooperative agreements; $145,736,000: Provided, That not more 
than $10,000 may be expended to provide modest nonmonetary 
awards to non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any 
balances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities 
Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be 
transferred to and merged with this appropriation.

                         Rural Housing Service

              RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
insurance fund, as follows: $5,572,000,000 for loans to section 
502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which 
$1,044,000,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which 
$4,528,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
$35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $115,805,000 
for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 for section 538 
guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,046,000 for section 
524 site loans; $12,000,000 for credit sales of acquired 
property, of which up to $2,000,000 may be for multi-family 
credit sales; and $5,011,000 for section 523 self-help housing 
land development loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 
loans, $234,950,000, of which $202,350,000 shall be for direct 
loans, and of which $32,600,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 
504 housing repair loans, $10,857,000; section 515 rental 
housing, $54,000,000; section 538 multi-family housing 
guaranteed loans, $4,500,000; section 524 site loans, $55,000; 
multi-family credit sales of acquired property, $934,000; and 
section 523 self-help housing land development loans, $221,000: 
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated in this 
paragraph, $11,656,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2003, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities and communities designated by the Secretary of 
Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $432,374,000, 
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                       RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

    For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements 
entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for 
eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of 
the Housing Act of 1949, $726,000,000; and, in addition, such 
sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of 
the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 
to carry out the rental assistance program under section 
521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount, not more 
than $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or 
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $20,000 per project 
for advances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to 
cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in 
purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the 
Act: Provided further, That agreements entered into or renewed 
during fiscal year 2003 shall be funded for a 5-year period, 
although the life of any such agreement may be extended to 
fully utilize amounts obligated.

                  MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $35,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June 
30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities and communities designated by the Secretary of 
Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.

                    RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

    For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for 
construction defects, and rural housing preservationmade by the 
Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, 
and 1490m, $42,498,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.

                       FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $36,307,000, to remain 
available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans 
and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

              RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

     For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
$40,000,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, $19,304,000, as authorized by 
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which 
$1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, for 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and of which 
$3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, for 
Mississippi Delta Region counties (as defined by Public Law 
100-460): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $2,730,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2003, for the cost of direct loans for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and 
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural 
Economic Area Partnership Zones.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct loan programs, $4,190,000 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses''.

            RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                    (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
creation projects, $14,967,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, $3,197,000.
    Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
payments in fiscal year 2003, as authorized by section 313 of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, $3,197,000 shall not be 
obligated and $3,197,000 are rescinded.

                  RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

    For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $9,000,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be 
for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology 
transfer for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed 
$1,500,000 of the total amount appropriated shall be made 
available to cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose 
primary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority 
producers and whose governing board and/or membership is 
comprised of at least 75 percent minority.

       RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES GRANTS

    For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities, $14,967,000, to remain 
available until expended, for designated rural empowerment 
zones and rural enterprise communities, as authorized by the 
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 
105-277).

                        Rural Utilities Service

   RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be 
made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 
$121,103,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 
$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
rural electric, $2,600,000,000; Treasury rate direct electric 
loans, $1,150,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications 
loans, $75,029,000; cost of money rural telecommunications 
loans, $300,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural telecommunications loans, $120,000,000; and for 
guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, 
$1,000,000,000.
    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of 
modifying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), 
as follows: cost of rural electric loans, $11,025,000, and the 
cost of telecommunication loans, $1,433,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per 
year.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $37,833,000 which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                  RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such 
corporation in accord with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
Act, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized 
programs. During fiscal year 2003 and within the resources and 
authority available, gross obligations for the principal amount 
of direct loans shall be $174,615,000.
    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of 
modifying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,410,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses, including audits, 
necessary to carry out the loan programs, $3,082,000, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

               DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM

    For the principal amount of direct distance learning and 
telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the principal amount 
of broadband telecommunication loans, $80,000,000.
    For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $56,941,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be available for loans and grants for telemedicine 
and distance learning services in rural areas: Provided, That 
$10,000,000 may be available for grants to finance broadband 
transmission and local dial-up Internet service in areas that 
meet the definition of ``rural area'' used for the Distance 
Learning and Telemedicine Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
950aaa: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to 
administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and 
Nutrition Service, $603,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except 
sections 17 and 21; $10,580,169,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2004, of which $5,834,506,000 is hereby 
appropriated and $4,745,663,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be used for studies and 
evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $3,300,000 shall be for a School Breakfast 
Program startup grant pilot program, of which no less than 
$1,000,000 is for the State of Wisconsin: Provided further, 
That $200,000 shall be for the Common Roots Program: Provided 
further, That $500,000 shall be for the Child Nutrition Archive 
Resource Center: Provided further, That up to $5,080,000 shall 
be for independent verification of school food service claims.

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN 
                                 (WIC)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$4,696,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2004, 
of which $125,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to remain 
available until expended, for use in only such amounts, and in 
such manner, as the Secretary determines necessary, 
notwithstanding section 17(i) of the Child Nutrition Act, to 
provide funds to support participation, should costs or 
participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That of the 
total amount available, the Secretary shall obligate 
$25,000,000 for the farmers' market nutrition program: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, 
$14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes specified in 
section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall 
be available for the Food and Nutrition Service to conduct a 
study of WIC vendor practices: Provided further, That no other 
funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
studies and evaluations: Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative 
expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an announced 
policy of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry 
out the program: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this account shall be available for the purchase of 
infant formula except in accordance with the cost containment 
and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
shall be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed 
by other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 
authorized by section 17 of such Act.

                           FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $26,313,692,000, of which $2,000,000,000 
shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at 
such times as may become necessary to carry out program 
operations: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading and not already appropriated to the Food Distribution 
Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) established under 
section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), 
not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat 
for the FDPIR from Native American bison producers as well as 
from producer-owned cooperatives of bison ranchers: Provided 
further, That funds provided herein shall be expended in 
accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 
registration or workfare requirements as may be required by 
law: Provided further, That funds made available for Employment 
and Training under this heading shall remain available until 
expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp 
Act.

                      COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

    For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity 
supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a) of the 
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c 
note) and the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, 
$164,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2004: 
Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program.

                        FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the 
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 and special 
assistance for the nuclear affected islands as authorized by 
section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act of 
1985, $1,081,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2004.

                      FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

    For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food 
programs funded under this Act, $136,560,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying procedures, 
reducing overhead costs, tightening regulations, improving food 
stamp benefit delivery, and assisting in the prevention, 
identification, and prosecution of fraud and other violations 
of law and of which not less than$7,500,000 shall be available 
to improve integrity in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 
(7 U.S.C. 1761-1769), market development activities abroad, and 
for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate 
activities of the Department in connection with foreign 
agricultural work, including not to exceed $158,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 
8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$129,948,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances 
of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made 
on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organizations 
and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the 
agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 
1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United States 
Agency for International Development.
    In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, none of the funds in 
the foregoing paragraph shall be available to promote the sale 
or export of tobacco or tobacco products.

                 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and 
the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of 
modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, $116,171,000, to 
remain available until expended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
credit program of title I, Public Law 83-480, and the Food for 
Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appropriated for 
Public Law 83-480 are utilized, $2,059,000, of which $1,033,000 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of 
which $1,026,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
Expenses''.

        PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 
agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under the Food 
for Progress Act of 1985, $25,159,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds made available for the 
cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean 
freight differential may be used interchangeably between the 
two accounts with prior notice to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                     PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

    For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954, $1,200,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for commodities supplied in connection with 
dispositions abroad under title II of said Act.

       COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity 
Credit Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 
103, $4,058,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted 
by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 
and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, 
of which $3,224,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and 
Expenses'', and of which $834,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, 
Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for 
payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of 
special purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; 
and for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to 
exceed $25,000; $1,630,727,000, of which not to exceed 
$222,900,000 to be derived from prescription drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, including any such fees assessed 
prior to the current fiscal year but credited during the 
current year, in accordance with section 736(g)(4), shall be 
credited to this appropriation and remain available until 
expended; and of which not to exceed $25,125,000 to be derived 
from device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j shall be 
credited to this appropriation, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That fees derived from applications 
received during fiscal year 2003 shall be subject to the fiscal 
year 2003 limitation: Provided further, That none of these 
funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any 
program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $2,300,000 of the total amount 
appropriated shall be for activities related to legislative 
affairs: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated: (1) $413,347,000 shall be for the Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in 
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $426,671,000 shall be for 
the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no 
less than $13,357,000 shall be available for grants and 
contracts awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 
U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $199,699,000 shall be for the Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $88,972,000 
shall be for the Center for VeterinaryMedicine and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $208,685,000 
shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 
$40,688,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological 
Research; (7) $36,914,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, 
other than the amounts paid to the General Services Administration; (8) 
$108,269,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
Administration for rent and related costs; and (9) $107,482,000 shall 
be for other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner; the 
Office of Management and Systems; the Office of the Senior Associate 
Commissioner; the Office of International and Constituent Relations; 
the Office of Policy, Legislation, and Planning; and central services 
for these offices: Provided further, That funds may be transferred from 
one specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
263b may be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended.
    In addition, export certification user fees authorized by 
21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or 
used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise 
provided, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental 
of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere, $85,985,000, including not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    Not to exceed $38,400,000 (from assessments collected from 
farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural 
Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current 
fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under 12 
U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to 
expenses associated with receiverships.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
Agriculture for fiscal year 2003 under this Act shall be 
available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically 
provided for, of not to exceed 374 passenger motor vehicles, of 
which 372 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of 
such vehicles.
    Sec. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of 
Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
    Sec. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 
U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
unobligated balances of funds appropriated by this Act or other 
available unobligated balances of the Department of Agriculture 
to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and 
capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, 
administrative, and information technology services of primary 
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
without the prior approval of the agency administrator: 
Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be 
available for obligation without the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 705. New obligational authority provided for the 
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, 
information technology infrastructure, fruit fly program, 
emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, up to 25 percent of 
the screwworm program; Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
field automation and information management project; 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
funds for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds 
for the Research, Education and Economics Information System 
(REEIS), and funds for the Native American Institutions 
Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses 
funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural 
Service, middle-income country training program and up to 
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation 
solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation 
by the Foreign Agricultural Service.
    Sec. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations 
available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be 
available to provide appropriate orientation and language 
training pursuant to section 606C of the Act of August 28, 1954 
(7 U.S.C. 1766b).
    Sec. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or 
similar arrangements between the United States Department of 
Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent 
of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of 
such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of 
mutual interest between the two parties. This does not preclude 
appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed on 
a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act.
    Sec. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to lease space for its own use or to lease spaceon behalf of 
other agencies of the Department of Agriculture when such space will be 
jointly occupied.
    Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agricultural 
research, education, or extension grant awards issued by the 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service 
that exceed 19 percent of total Federal funds provided under 
each award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for 
grants awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full 
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under section 9 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
    Sec. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered 
estimates, not limitations.
    Sec. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
fiscal year 2003 shall remain available until expended to cover 
obligations made in fiscal year 2003 for the following 
accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the 
Rural Telephone Bank program account, the Rural Electrification 
and Telecommunications Loans program account, the Rural Housing 
Insurance Fund program, and the Rural Economic Development 
Loans program account.
    Sec. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United 
States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; 
and the food safety activities of the Food Safety and 
Inspection Service hereafter may use cooperative agreements to 
reflect a relationship between the Agricultural Marketing 
Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; 
or the Food Safety and Inspection Service and a state or 
cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing programs, to 
carry out programs to protect the nation's animal and plant 
resources, or to carry out educational programs or special 
studies to improve the safety of the nation's food supply.
    Sec. 714. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural 
Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or subaccount within 
the accounting records of the Rural Telephone Bank the creation 
of which has not specifically been authorized by statute: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this 
Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury or to the Federal 
Financing Bank any unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone 
Bank telephone liquidating account which is in excess of 
current requirements and such balance shall receive interest as 
set forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
    Sec. 715. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more 
than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of 
activities related to all advisory committees, panels, 
commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agriculture, 
except for panels used to comply with negotiated rule makings 
and panels used to evaluate competitively awarded grants.
    Sec. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
    Sec. 717. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this 
Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more 
than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or office 
is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the 
salary and expenses of the employee for the period of 
assignment.
    Sec. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to 
transmit or otherwise make available to any non-Department of 
Agriculture employee questions or responses to questions that 
are a result of information requested for the appropriations 
hearing process.
    Sec. 719. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
new information technology systems or significant upgrades, as 
determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment 
Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of 
the Chief Information Officer without the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 720. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded 
by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2003, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a 
program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel 
by any means for any project or activity for which funds have 
been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or 
employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2003, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing 
programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent 
funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or 
numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing a 
program or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 
year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or 
specifically funded by any other Act.
    Sec. 721. With the exception of funds needed to administer 
and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations 
incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
the provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105-185, the 
Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 
7621).
    Sec. 722. None of the funds made available to the Food and 
Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to reduce the 
Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District Office 
below the operating and full-time equivalent staffing level of 
July 31, 1999; or to changethe Detroit District Office to a 
station, residence post or similarly modified office; or to reassign 
residence posts assigned to the Detroit District Office: Provided, That 
this section shall not apply to Food and Drug Administration field 
laboratory facilities or operations currently located in Detroit, 
Michigan, except that field laboratory personnel shall be assigned to 
locations in the general vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to 
cooperative agreements between the Food and Drug Administration and 
other laboratory facilities associated with the State of Michigan.
    Sec. 723. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as part 
of the President's Budget submission to the Congress of the 
United States for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes 
revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to 
user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior 
to the submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 
identifies which additional spending reductions should occur in 
the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 
date of the convening of a committee of conference for the 
fiscal year 2004 appropriations Act.
    Sec. 724. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act may be used to close or relocate a state Rural 
Development office unless or until cost effectiveness and 
enhancement of program delivery have been determined.
    Sec. 725. Of any shipments of commodities made pursuant to 
section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent 
practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value to not more 
than $25,000,000 shall be made available to foreign countries 
to assist in mitigating the effects of the Human 
Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 
on communities, including the provision of--
            (1) agricultural commodities to--
                    (A) individuals with Human Immunodeficiency 
                Virus or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in 
                the communities; and
                    (B) households in the communities, 
                particularly individuals caring for orphaned 
                children; and
            (2) agricultural commodities monetized to provide 
        other assistance (including assistance under 
        microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create or 
        restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals in 
        the communities, particularly individuals caring for 
        orphaned children.
    Sec. 726. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or 
made available by this Act, $3,000,000 is appropriated for the 
purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger 
Fellowships, as authorized by section 4404 of Public Law 107-
171 (2 U.S.C. 1161).
    Sec. 727. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736f), 
any balances available to carry out title III of such Act as of 
the date of enactment of this Act, and any recoveries and 
reimbursements that become available to carry out title III of 
such Act, may be used to carry out title II of such Act.
    Sec. 728. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by 
striking ``$26,000,000'' and inserting ``$26,499,000''.
    Sec. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
City of Coachella, California; the City of Dunkirk, New York; 
the City of Starkville, Mississippi; the City of Shawnee, 
Oklahoma; and the City of Berlin, New Hampshire, shall be 
eligible for loans and grants provided through the Rural 
Community Advancement Program.
    Sec. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall consider the Cities of Hollister, Salinas, and 
Watsonville, California; the City of Caldwell, Idaho; the City 
of Casa Grande, Arizona; the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota; 
and the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, as meeting the 
requirements of a rural area in section 520 of the Housing Act 
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490).
    Sec. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial 
and technical assistance to the DuPage County, Illinois, 
Waynewood Drainage Improvement Project, from funds available 
for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program, not 
to exceed $1,600,000.
    Sec. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
the funds appropriated to the Rural Utilities Service by this 
Act, any current Rural Utilities Service borrower within 100 
miles of New York City shall be eligible for additional 
financing, refinancing, collateral flexibility, and deferrals 
on an expedited basis without regard to population limitations 
for any financially feasible telecommunications, energy, or 
water project that assists endeavors related to the 
rehabilitation, prevention, relocation, site preparation, or 
relief efforts resulting from the terrorist events of September 
11, 2001.
    Sec. 733. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 734. None of the funds made available to the Food and 
Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or 
relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug 
Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. 
Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits of St. 
Louis, Missouri.
    Sec. 735. Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)(B)) is amended 
by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2003''.
    Sec. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial 
and technical assistance for projects in the Embarras River 
Basin, Lake County Watersheds, and DuPage County, Illinois, 
from funds made available for Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations by Public Law 107-76.
    Sec. 737. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
the funds made available in this Act for competitive research 
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may useup to 20 
percent of the amount provided to carry out a competitive grants 
program under the same terms and conditions as those provided in 
section 401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education 
Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621).
    Sec. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial 
and technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood 
Prevention Operations program to carry out the Upper Tygart 
Valley Watershed project, West Virginia: Provided, That the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service is authorized to provide 
100 percent of the engineering assistance and 75 percent cost 
share for installation of the water supply component of this 
project.
    Sec. 739. Agencies and offices of the Department of 
Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and expenses 
funds to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel for 
salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other related 
expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and offices in 
the resolution of complaints by employees or applicants for 
employment, and in cases and other matters pending before the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, or the Merit Systems Protection Board with 
the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 740. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
    Sec. 741. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act, or any other Act, may be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle I of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd 
through dd-7).
    Sec. 742. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out section 6405 of Public Law 107-171 (7 
U.S.C. 2655).
    Sec. 743. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out section 9010 of Public Law 107-171 (7 
U.S.C. 8108) that exceed 77 percent of the payment that would 
otherwise be paid to eligible producers.
    Sec. 744. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide financial 
and technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood 
Prevention Operations program for the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) 
project in Arkansas and the Matanuska River erosion control 
project in Alaska.
    Sec. 745. The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1736o) is amended--
            (1) in subsections (c) and (g), by striking ``may'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``shall''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o) Private Voluntary Organizations and Other Private 
Entities.--In entering into agreements described in subsection 
(c), the President (acting through the Secretary)--
            ``(1) shall enter into agreements with eligible 
        entities described in subparagraphs (C) and (F) of 
        subsection (b)(5); and
            ``(2) shall not discriminate against such eligible 
        entities.''.
    Sec. 746. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 
available under the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension Service, Buildings and Facilities appropriation in 
Public Law 104-180, $795,400 are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 747. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
2003 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
(7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 shall be used 
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the release 
of eligible commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill 
Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f-1): Provided, 
That any such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity 
Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 
302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.
    Sec. 748. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide financial 
and technical assistance to the Dry Creek/Neff's Grove project, 
Utah, and the Jefferson River Watershed, Montana.
    Sec. 749. Section 307 of Title III--Denali Commission of 
Division C--Other Matters of Public Law 105-277, as amended, is 
further amended by adding a new subsection at the end thereof 
as follows:
    ``(d) Solid Waste.--The Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to make direct lump sum payments which shall remain 
available until expended to the Denali Commission to address 
deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites which threaten to 
contaminate rural drinking water supplies.''.
    Sec. 750. The $5,000,000 of unobligated balances available 
at the beginning of fiscal year 2003 for the experimental Rural 
Clean Water Program authorized under the heading ``Agricultural 
Stabilization and Conservation Service--Rural Clean Water 
Program'' in Public Law 96-108 (93 Stat. 835) and Public Law 
96-528 (95 Stat. 3111) are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 751. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
make loans and grants to expand the state of Alaska's dairy 
industry and related milk processing and packaging facilities. 
There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out 
this section for each fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
    Sec. 752. The Secretary, if presented with a complete and 
fully compliant application, including an approved third party 
to hold the development easement, to protect the 33.8 acre farm 
formerly operated by American Airlines Captain John Ogonowski 
from development through the Farmland Protection Program, shall 
waive the matching fund requirements of the program, if 
necessary. Farmland Protection Program funds provided shall not 
exceed the appraised fair market value of the land, as 
determined consistent with program requirements. Any additional 
funding provided to carry out thisproject shall not come at the 
expense of an allocation to any other State.
    Sec. 753. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
permit employees of the United States Department of Agriculture 
to carry and use firearms for personal protection while 
conducting field work in remote locations in the performance of 
their official duties.
    Sec. 754. Of the funds made available for the Export 
Enhancement Program, pursuant to section 301(e) of the 
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 104-
127, not more than $28,000,000 shall be available in fiscal 
year 2003.
    Sec. 755. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico, shall be eligible for 
grants and loans administered by the Rural Utilities Service.
    Sec. 756. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out the provisions of section 
7404 of Public Law 107-171.
    Sec. 757. The Agricultural Marketing Service and the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, that have 
statutory authority to purchase interest bearing investments 
outside of Treasury, are not required to establish obligations 
and outlays for those investments, provided those investments 
are insured by FDIC or are collateralized at the Federal 
Reserve with securities approved by the Federal Reserve, 
operating under the guidelines of the U.S. Treasury.
    Sec. 758. Of the funds made available under section 27(a) 
of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the 
Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for costs associated with 
the distribution of commodities.
    Sec. 759. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of 245,833 acres in 
the calendar year 2003 wetlands reserve program as authorized 
by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
    Sec. 760. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel who carry out an environmental quality 
incentives program authorized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of 
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et 
seq.) in excess of $695,000,000.
    Sec. 761. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) of 
section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 940c(c) 
and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that Act, the 
Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender, structure the 
schedule for payment of the annual fee, not to exceed an 
average of 30 basis points per year for the term of the loan, 
to ensure that sufficient funds are available to pay the 
subsidy costs for note guarantees under that section.
    Sec. 762. In addition to amounts appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ``Public Law 480 Title II Grants'', there is 
appropriated $250,000,000 for assistance for emergency relief 
activities: Provided, That the amount appropriated under this 
section shall remain available through September 30, 2004.
    Sec. 763. (a) Section 1001(9) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901(9)) is amended by 
inserting ``crambe, sesame seed,'' after ``mustard seed,''.
    (b) Section 1202 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7932) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (10) 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(10) In the case of other oilseeds, $.0960 per 
        pound for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
                    ``(A) Sunflower seed.
                    ``(B) Rapeseed.
                    ``(C) Canola.
                    ``(D) Safflower.
                    ``(E) Flaxseed.
                    ``(F) Mustard seed.
                    ``(G) Crambe.
                    ``(H) Sesame seed.
                    ``(I) Other oilseeds designated by the 
                Secretary.'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (10) 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(10) In the case of other oilseeds, $.0930 per 
        pound for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
                    ``(A) Sunflower seed.
                    ``(B) Rapeseed.
                    ``(C) Canola.
                    ``(D) Safflower.
                    ``(E) Flaxseed.
                    ``(F) Mustard seed.
                    ``(G) Crambe.
                    ``(H) Sesame seed.
                    ``(I) Other oilseeds designated by the 
                Secretary.'';
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Single County Loan Rate for Other Oilseeds.--The 
Secretary shall establish a single loan rate in each county for 
each kind of other oilseeds described in subsections (a)(10) 
and (b)(10).
    ``(d) Quality Grades for Dry Peas, Lentils, and Small 
Chickpeas.--The loan rate for dry peas, lentils, and small 
chickpeas shall be based on--
            ``(1) in the case of dry peas, United States feed 
        peas;
            ``(2) in the case of lentils, United States number 
        3 lentils; and
            ``(3) in the case of small chickpeas, United States 
        number 3 small chickpeas that drop below a 20/64 
        screen.''.
    (c) Section 1204 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7934) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and extra long 
        staple cotton'' and inserting ``extra long staple 
        cotton, and confectionery and each other kind of 
        sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed)'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
        (h); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the 
        following:
    ``(f) Repayment Rates for Confectionery and Other Kinds of 
Sunflower Seeds.--The Secretary shall permit the producers on a 
farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 
for confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other 
than oil sunflower seed) at a rate that is the lesser of--
            ``(1) the loan rate established for the commodity 
        under section 1202, plus interest (determined in 
        accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture 
        Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or
            ``(2) the repayment rate established for oil 
        sunflower seed.
    ``(g) Quality Grades for Dry Peas, Lentils, and Small 
Chickpeas.--The loan repayment rate for dry peas, lentils, and 
small chickpeas shall be based on the quality grades for the 
applicable commodity specified in section 1202(d).''.
    (d) This section and the amendments made by this section 
apply beginning with the 2003 crop of other oilseeds (as 
defined in section 1001 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901)), dry peas, lentils, and 
small chickpeas.
    Sec. 764. Of the amount of funds that are made available to 
producers in the State of Vermont under section 524 of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) for fiscal year 
2003, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a grant of 
$200,000 to the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship at 
the University of Vermont to support value-added projects that 
contribute to agricultural diversification in the State, to 
remain available until expended.
    Sec. 765. (a) Section 319(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(e)) is amended in the fifth 
sentence--
            (1) by striking ``: Provided, That'' and inserting 
        ``, except that (1)''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, (2) the total quantity of all 
        adjustments under this sentence for all farms for any 
        crop year may not exceed 10 percent of the national 
        basic quota for the preceding crop year, and (3) this 
        sentence shall not apply to the establishment of a 
        marketing quota for the 2003 marketing year''.
    (b) During the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act and ending on the last day of the 2002 marketing year 
for the kind of tobacco involved, the Secretary of Agriculture 
may waive the application of section 1464.2(b)(2) of title 7, 
Code of Federal Regulations.
    (c) Regulations.--
            (1) The Secretary of Agriculture may promulgate 
        such regulations as are necessary to implement this 
        section and the amendments made by this section.
            (2) The promulgation of the regulations and 
        administration of this section and the amendments made 
        by this section shall be made without regard to--
                    (A) the notice and comment provisions of 
                section 553 of title 5, United States Code;
                    (B) the Statement of Policy of the 
                Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24, 
                1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices 
                of proposed rulemaking and public participation 
                in rulemaking; and
                    (C) chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
                Code (commonly known as the ``Paperwork 
                Reduction Act'').
            (3) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary 
        shall use the authority provided under section 808 of 
        title 5, United States Code.
    Sec. 766. Title III of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001, is amended in the first paragraph 
under the heading ``rural housing insurance fund program 
account (including transfer of funds)'' under the heading 
``Rural Housing Service'' (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-19) by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: ``: 
Provided further, That after September 30, 2002, any funds 
remaining for the demonstration program may be used, within the 
State in which the demonstration program is carried out, for 
fiscal year 2003 and subsequent fiscal years to make grants, 
and to cover the costs (as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a)) of loans authorized, under section 504 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1474)''.
    Sec. 767. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for purposes of administering sections 1101 and 1102 of Public 
Law 107-171, acreage planted to, or prevented from being 
planted to, popcorn shall be considered as acreage planted to, 
or prevented from being planted to, corn: Provided, That if a 
farm program payment yield for corn is otherwise established 
for a farm under such section 1102, the same yield shall be 
used for the acreage on the farm planted to, or prevented from 
being planted to, popcorn: Provided further, That with respect 
to all other farms, the farm program payment yield for such 
popcorn acreage shall be established by the Secretary on a fair 
and equitable basis to reflect the farm program payment yields 
for corn on similar farms in the area.
    (b) This section shall take effect on October 1, 2003.
    Sec. 768. Of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2002 
and prior years for grants and contracts to carry out section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490c(b)(1)(A)), $11,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 769. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the $4,696,000,000 provided for the Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) shall 
be exempt from the across-the-board rescission under section 
601 of division N.
      Sec. 770. During the 180-day period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act, none of the funds made available by 
this Act or any other Act shall be available to the Secretary 
of Agriculture to pay the salaries of any personnel--
            (1) to amend the terms of a licensing agreement for 
        a grain warehouse (excluding rice) under the United 
        States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.); or
            (2) to issue a new license for a grain warehouse 
        (excluding rice) under that Act unless--
                    (A) the warehouse does not hold (as of the 
                date of enactment of this Act) a Federal or 
                State license for the operation of the 
                warehouse; and
                    (B) the licensing agreement accompanying 
                the new license conforms to the licensing 
                requirements of the Secretary in effect on 
                January 1, 2003.
      Sec. 771. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to require that a farm satisfy section 2110(c)(1) 
of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
6509(c)(1)) in order to be certified under such Act as an 
organic farm with respect to the livestock produced on the farm 
unless the report prepared by the Secretary of Agriculture 
pursuant to the recommendations contained in the joint 
explanatory statement of the Managers on the part of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate to accompany Public Law 107-
171 (House Conference Report 107-424, pages 672-673) confirms 
the commercial availability of organically produced feed, at 
not more than twice the cost of conventionally produced feed, 
to meet current market demands.
    This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

 DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                     AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

  Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
 State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                     TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department of Justice, $100,579,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,137,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 43 
permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent workyears and 
$10,172,000 shall be expended for the Department Leadership 
Program exclusive of augmentation that occurred in these 
offices in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not to 
exceed 31 permanent positions, 33 full-time equivalent 
workyears and $3,464,000 shall be expended for the Office of 
Legislative Affairs: Provided further, That not to exceed 15 
permanent positions, 20 full-time equivalent workyears and 
$1,875,000 shall be expended for the Office of Public Affairs: 
Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices 
may utilize non-reimbursable details of career employees within 
the caps described in the preceding two provisos: Provided 
further, That the Attorney General is authorized to transfer, 
under such terms and conditions as the Attorney General shall 
specify, forfeited real or personal property of limited or 
marginal value, as such value is determined by guidelines 
established by the Attorney General, to a State or local 
government agency, or its designated contractor or transferee, 
for use to support drug abuse treatment, drug and crime 
prevention and education, housing, job skills, and other 
community-based public health and safety programs: Provided 
further, That any transfer under the preceding proviso shall 
not create or confer any private right of action in any person 
against the United States, and shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 605 of this Act.

                     joint automated booking system

    For expenses necessary for the nationwide deployment of a 
Joint Automated Booking System including automated capability 
to transmit fingerprint and image data, $15,973,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2004.

    AUTOMATED BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM/INTEGRATED AUTOMATED 
                   IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM INTEGRATION

    For expenses necessary for the planning, development, and 
deployment of an integrated fingerprint identification system, 
including automated capability to transmit fingerprint and 
image data, $9,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2004.

                   LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMATION

    For necessary expenses related to the design, development, 
engineering, acquisition, and implementation of office 
automation systems for the organizations funded under the 
headings ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities'', 
and ``General Administration, Salaries and Expenses'', and the 
United States Attorneys, the United States Marshals Service, 
the Antitrust Division, the United States Trustee Program, the 
Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Community 
Relations Service, the Bureau of Prisons, and the Office of 
Justice Programs, $15,942,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004.

                       NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS

    For the costs of conversion to narrowband communications, 
including the cost for operation and maintenance of Land Mobile 
Radio legacy systems, $81,354,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004: Provided, That the Attorney General shall 
transfer to the ``Narrowband Communications'' account all funds 
made available to the Department of Justice for the purchase of 
portable and mobile radios: Provided further, That any 
transfers made under this proviso shall be subject to section 
605 of this Act.

                         COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

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

                   ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

    For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, 
$191,535,000.

                           DETENTION TRUSTEE

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee who 
shall exercise all power and functions authorized by law 
relating to the detention of Federal prisoners in non-Federal 
institutions or otherwise in the custody of the United States 
Marshals Service; and the detention of aliens in the custody of 
the Immigration and Naturalization Service, $1,366,591,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Trustee 
shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and 
Alien Transportation System and for overseeing housing related 
to such detention; the management of funds appropriated to the 
Department for the exercise of any detention functions; and the 
direction of the United States Marshals Service and Immigration 
and Naturalization Service with respect to the exercise of 
detention policy setting and operations for the Department: 
Provided further, That any unobligated balances available in 
prior years from the funds appropriated under the heading 
``Federal Prisoner Detention'' shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation under the heading ``Detention 
Trustee'' and shall be available until expended: Provided 
further, That the Trustee, working in consultation with the 
Bureau of Prisons, shall submit a plan for collecting 
information related to evaluating the health and safety of 
Federal prisoners in non-Federal institutions no later than 180 
days following the enactment of this Act.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$57,937,000; including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under 
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the 
certificate of, the Attorney General; and for the acquisition, 
lease, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current 
fiscal year.

                    United States Parole Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized, $10,488,000.

                            Legal Activities

            SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

    For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including 
not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to 
be expended under the direction of, and to beaccounted for 
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and rent of 
private or Government-owned space in the District of Columbia, 
$611,325,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support 
contracts shall remain available until expended, and of which not less 
than $1,996,000 shall be available for necessary administrative 
expenses in accordance with the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: 
Provided, 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 notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a 
determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil 
Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to ``Salaries 
and Expenses, General Legal Activities'' from available appropriations 
for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section.
    In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the 
Department of Justice associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, as amended, 
not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine 
Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

               salaries and expenses, antitrust division

    For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $133,133,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $133,133,000 of 
offsetting collections derived from fees collected for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino 
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless 
of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for 
necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2003, so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $0.

             SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

    For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative 
agreements, $1,503,767,000; of which not to exceed $2,500,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2004, for: (1) training 
personnel in debt collection; (2) locating debtors and their 
property; (3) paying the net costs of selling property; and (4) 
tracking debts owed to the United States Government: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of 
those funds available for automated litigation support 
contracts shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the operation of the 
National Advocacy Center shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time 
equivalent workyears available to the Offices of the United 
States Attorneys, not to exceed 10,113 positions and 10,316 
full-time equivalent workyears shall be supported from the 
funds appropriated in this Act for the United States Attorneys: 
Provided further, That the fourth proviso under the heading 
``Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys'' in title I 
of H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section 
1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113 shall apply to amounts made 
available under this heading for fiscal year 2003: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $5,000,000 
shall be for Project Seahawk in Charleston, South Carolina.

                   UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

    For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized, $155,736,000, to remain available until 
expended and to be derived from the United States Trustee 
System Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in 
such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, $155,736,000 of offsetting collections pursuant to 28 
U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2003, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2003 appropriation from the Fund estimated at 
$0.

      SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

      For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,136,000.

         SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

    For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 
Service, including the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and 
operation of vehicles, and the purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for police-type use, without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
$680,474,000; of which $15,800,000 shall be available for 106 
supervisory deputy marshal positions for courthouse security; 
of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 
$4,000,000 shall be available for development, implementation, 
maintenance and support, and training for an automated prisoner 
information system and shall remain available until expended; 
and $12,061,000 shall be available for the costs of courthouse 
security equipment, including furnishings, relocations, and 
telephone systems and cabling, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time 
equivalent workyears available to the United States Marshals 
Service, not to exceed 4,158 positions and 4,023 full-time 
equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the United States Marshals 
Service.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping, and 
maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner-holding 
space in United States courthouses and Federal buildings, 
including the renovation and expansion of prisoner movement 
areas, elevators, and sallyports, $15,126,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                     FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

    For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems of 
witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurementand 
supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel expenses, for per 
diems in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law, including advances, 
and for United States Marshals Service Witness Security program 
expenses, $175,645,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
not to exceed $6,000,000 may be made available for planning, 
construction, renovations, maintenance, remodeling, and repair of 
buildings, and the purchase of equipment incident thereto, for 
protected witness safesites; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be 
made available for the purchase and maintenance of armored vehicles for 
transportation of protected witnesses; of which not to exceed 
$19,500,000 may be made available for the United States Marshals 
Service Witness Security program; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 
may be made available for the purchase, installation, and maintenance 
of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure automated 
information network to store and retrieve the identities and locations 
of protected witnesses.

           SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

    For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
$9,474,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of funds made 
available to the Department of Justice in this Act may be 
transferred by the Attorney General to this account: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a 
determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for conflict 
resolution and violence prevention activities of the Community 
Relations Service, the Attorney General may transfer such 
amounts to the Community Relations Service, from available 
appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 
of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to 
the previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 
section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.

                         ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

      For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(A)(ii), 
(B), (F), and (G), as amended, $21,901,000, to be derived from 
the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

                 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

    For necessary expenses for the detection, investigation, 
and prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 
trafficking not otherwise provided for, to include inter-
governmental agreements with State and local law enforcement 
agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of 
individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, 
$372,131,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from 
appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities 
available to the organizations reimbursed from this 
appropriation: Provided further, That any unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of the fiscal year shall revert 
to the Attorney General for reallocation among participating 
organizations in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the 
reprogramming procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 
crimes against the United States; including purchase for 
police-type use of not to exceed 1,576 passenger motor 
vehicles, of which 1,085 will be for replacement only, without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current 
fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, 
lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; and not to 
exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential 
character, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 
General, $4,234,587,000; of which not to exceed $65,000,000 for 
automated data processing and telecommunications and technical 
investigative equipment, not to exceed $10,000,000 for 
facilities buildout, and not to exceed $1,000,000 for 
undercover operations shall remain available until September 
30, 2004; of which $475,300,000 shall be for counterterrorism 
investigations, foreign counterintelligence, and other 
activities related to our national security; of which not less 
than $153,812,000 shall only be for Joint Terrorism Task 
Forces; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 is authorized to be 
made available for making advances for expenses arising out of 
contractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local law 
enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative activities 
related to violent crime, terrorism, organized crime, and drug 
investigations: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time 
equivalent workyears available to the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, not to exceed 26,447 positions and 25,579 full-
time equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation.

                 FOREIGN TERRORIST TRACKING TASK FORCE

    For expenses necessary for the Foreign Terrorist Tracking 
Task Force, including salaries and expenses, operations, 
equipment, and facilities, $62,000,000.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    For necessary expenses to construct or acquire buildings 
and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law 
(including equipment for such buildings); conversion and 
extension of federally-owned buildings; and preliminary 
planning and design of projects; $1,250,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet 
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be 
expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for solely 
under the certificate of, the Attorney General; expenses for 
conducting drug education and training programs, including 
travel and related expenses for participants in such programs 
and the distribution of items of token value that promote the 
goals of such programs; purchase of not to exceed 1,374 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 1,354 will be for 
replacement only, for police-type use without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; 
and acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, 
$1,560,919,000; of which not to exceed $33,000,000 for 
permanent change of station shall remain available until 
September 30, 2004; of which not to exceed $1,800,000 for 
research shall remain available until expended, and of which 
not to exceed $4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments 
for information, not to exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for 
automated data processing and telecommunications equipment, and 
not to exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equipment, $4,000,000 
for technical equipment, and $2,000,000 for aircraft 
replacement retrofit and parts, shall remain available until 
September 30, 2004; of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time 
equivalent workyears available to the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, not to exceed 7,815 positions and 7,661 full-
time equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Drug Enforcement 
Administration.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

               IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS

    For salaries and expenses for the Border Patrol, detention 
and removals, intelligence, investigations, and inspections, 
including not to exceed $50,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction 
of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, 
the Attorney General; purchase for police-type use (not to 
exceed 4,565 passenger motor vehicles, of which 3,450 are for 
replacement only), without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation for the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and operation 
of aircraft; research related to immigration enforcement; for 
protecting and maintaining the integrity of the borders of the 
United States including, without limitation, equipping, 
maintaining, and making improvements to the infrastructure; and 
for the care and housing of Federal detainees held in the joint 
Immigration and Naturalization Service and United States 
Marshals Service Buffalo Detention Facility, $2,880,819,000; of 
which not to exceed $5,000,000 is for payments or advances 
arising out of contractual or reimbursable agreements with 
State and local law enforcement agencies while engaged in 
cooperative activities related to immigration; of which not to 
exceed $5,000,000 is to fund or reimburse other Federal 
agencies for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, 
and repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens; of which not to 
exceed $245,236,000 is for information technology 
infrastructure: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased 
without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service's Entry Exit System may be obligated until the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service submits a plan for 
expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and investment 
control review requirements established by the Office of 
Management and Budget, including OMB Circular A-11, part 3; (2) 
complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, 
and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 
Government; (3) is reviewed by the General Accounting Office; 
and (4) has been approved by the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading shall 
only be available for obligation and expenditure in accordance 
with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications 
set forth in section 605 of Public Law 107-77.

                          IMMIGRATION SERVICES

    For salaries and expenses for immigration services, 
$709,000,000: Provided further, That not to exceed 40 permanent 
positions and 40 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,300,000 
shall be expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and 
Public Affairs: Provided further, That unencumbered positions 
in the aforementioned offices after the date of enactment of 
this Act shall be filled only by personnel details, temporary 
transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-
reimbursable basis, or any other formal or informal transfer or 
reimbursement of personnel or funds on either a temporary or 
long-term basis up to 10 full-time equivalent workyears: 
Provided further, That the number of positions filled through 
non-career appointment at the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, for which funding is provided in this Act or is 
otherwise made available to the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, shall not exceed six permanent positions and six full-
time equivalent workyears: Provided further, That funds may be 
used, without limitation, for equipping, maintaining, and 
making improvements to the infrastructure and the purchase of 
vehicles for police-type use within the limits of the 
Immigration Enforcement and Border Affairs appropriation.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    For planning, construction, renovation, equipping, and 
maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for the 
administration and enforcement of the laws relating to 
immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not 
otherwise provided for, $258,637,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That no funds shall be available for the 
site acquisition, design, or construction of any Border Patrol 
checkpoint in the Tucson sector: Provided further, That the 
Border Patrol shall relocate its checkpoints in the Tucson 
sector at least once every seven days in amanner designed to 
prevent persons subject to inspection from predicting the location of 
any such checkpoint.

                         Federal Prison System

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, 
and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, 
including purchase (not to exceed 713, of which 504 are for 
replacement only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger 
motor vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance 
and advice on corrections related issues to foreign 
governments, $4,071,251,000, of which $1,463,997,000 shall be 
for Inmate Care and Programs, $1,880,763,000 shall be for 
Institution Security and Administration, $571,077,000 shall be 
for Contract Confinement, and $155,414,000 shall be for 
Management and Administration: Provided, That the Attorney 
General may transfer to the Health Resources and Services 
Administration such amounts as may be necessary for direct 
expenditures by that Administration for medical relief for 
inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: 
Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 
System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal 
agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the 
amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison 
System, furnish health services to individuals committed to the 
custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary 
operations until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That, of 
the amounts provided for Contract Confinement, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make 
payments in advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable 
agreements, and other expenses authorized by section 501(c) of 
the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, as amended, for 
the care and security in the United States of Cuban and Haitian 
entrants: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal 
Prison System may accept donated property and services relating 
to the operation of the prison card program from a not-for-
profit entity which has operated such program in the past 
notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity 
furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison System 
relating to the operation of pre-release services, halfway 
houses or other custodial facilities.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new 
facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 
remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 
correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 
thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 
remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at 
existing penal and correctional institutions, including all 
necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force 
account, $399,227,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to construct 
areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That labor of United 
States prisoners may be used for work performed under this 
appropriation: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 percent 
of the funds appropriated to ``Buildings and Facilities'' in 
this or any other Act may be transferred to ``Salaries and 
Expenses'', Federal Prison System, upon notification by the 
Attorney General to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance with 
provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act.

                FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

   LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, 
                              INCORPORATED

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

                       Office of Justice Programs

                           JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, and the Missing 
Children's Assistance Act, as amended, including salaries and 
expenses in connection therewith, and with the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984, as amended, $201,291,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That all balances under this heading 
for counterterrorism programs may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``Domestic Preparedness''.

                    OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS

    For grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by sections 819 and 821 of the Antiterrorism and 
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and for other 
counterterrorism programs, including training, exercises and 
equipment for fire, emergency medical, hazmat, law enforcement, 
and other first responders to prevent and respond to acts of 
terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass 
destruction or chemical or biological weapons, $1,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

               STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

    For assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended 
(``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968, as amended (``the 1968 Act''); the Victims of 
Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended (``the 1990 Act''); the 
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106-386) and other programs; $2,065,269,000 
(including amounts for administrative costs, which shall be 
transferred to andmerged with the ``Justice Assistance'' 
account): Provided, That $17,667,000 shall be derived from prior year 
unobligated balances from Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, and 
$3,323,000 shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances from 
residential substance abuse treatment for State prisoners: Provided 
further, That funding provided under this heading shall remain 
available until expended as follows:
            (1) $400,000,000 for Local Law Enforcement Block 
        Grants, pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of 
        Representatives on February 14, 1995, except that for 
        purposes of this Act and retroactive to October 1, 
        2000, Guam shall be considered as one ``State'' for all 
        purposes under H.R. 728, notwithstanding any provision 
        of section 108(3) thereof, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico shall be considered a ``unit of local government'' 
        as well as a ``State'', for the purposes set forth in 
        paragraphs (A), (B), (D), (F), and (I) of section 
        101(a)(2) of H.R. 728, and for establishing crime 
        prevention programs involving cooperation between 
        community residents and law enforcement personnel in 
        order to control, detect, or investigate crime or the 
        prosecution of criminals: Provided, That no funds 
        provided under this heading may be used as matching 
        funds for any other Federal grant program, of which:
                    (A) $80,000,000 shall be for Boys and Girls 
                Clubs in public housing facilities and other 
                areas in cooperation with State and local law 
                enforcement: Provided, That funds may also be 
                used to defray the costs of indemnification 
                insurance for law enforcement officers;
                    (B) $20,000,000 shall be available for 
                grants, contracts, and other assistance to 
                carry out section 102(c) of H.R. 728; and
                    (C) $3,000,000 for Citizen Corps programs 
                administered by the Department of Justice;
            (2) $250,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 
        Assistance Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended;
            (3) $5,000,000 for the Cooperative Agreement 
        Program;
            (4) $18,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes, of 
        which:
                    (A) $5,000,000 shall be available for 
                grants under section 20109(a)(2) of subtitle A 
                of title II of the 1994 Act;
                    (B) $8,000,000 shall be available for the 
                Tribal Courts Initiative; and
                    (C) $5,000,000 shall be available for 
                demonstration grants on alcohol and crime in 
                Indian Country;
            (5) $650,914,000 for programs authorized by part E 
        of title I of the 1968 Act, notwithstanding the 
        provisions of section 511 of said Act, of which 
        $150,914,000 shall be for discretionary grants under 
        the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law 
        Enforcement Assistance Programs;
            (6) $390,165,000 for programs to address violence 
        against women, of which:
                    (A) $11,975,000 shall be for the Court 
                Appointed Special Advocate Program, as 
                authorized by section 218 of the 1990 Act;
                    (B) $2,296,000 shall be for Child Abuse 
                Training Programs for Judicial Personnel and 
                Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of 
                the 1990 Act;
                    (C) $998,000 shall be for grants for 
                televised testimony, as authorized by section 
                1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act;
                    (D) $184,537,000 shall be for Grants to 
                Combat Violence Against Women as authorized by 
                section 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act, of which:
                            (i) $1,000,000 shall be for the 
                        Bureau of Justice Statistics for 
                        grants, contracts, and other assistance 
                        for a domestic violence Federal case 
                        processing study;
                            (ii) $5,200,000 shall be for the 
                        National Institute of Justice for 
                        grants, contracts, and other assistance 
                        for research and evaluation of violence 
                        against women; and
                            (iii) $10,000,000 shall be for the 
                        Office of Juvenile Justice and 
                        Delinquency Prevention for the Safe 
                        Start Program, to be administered as 
                        authorized by part C of the Juvenile 
                        Justice and Delinquency Act of 1974, as 
                        amended;
                    (E) $64,925,000 shall be for Grants to 
                Encourage Arrest Policies as authorized by 
                section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act;
                    (F) $39,945,000 shall be for Rural Domestic 
                Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance 
                Grants, as authorized by section 40295 of the 
                1994 Act;
                    (G) $4,989,000 shall be for training 
                programs as authorized by section 40152(c) of 
                the 1994 Act, and for local demonstration 
                projects;
                    (H) $3,000,000 shall be for grants to 
                improve the process for entering data regarding 
                stalking and domestic violence into local, 
                State, and national crime information 
                databases, as authorized by section 40602 of 
                the 1994 Act;
                    (I) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to 
                reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus, 
                as authorized by section 1108(a) of Public Law 
                106-386;
                    (J) $40,000,000 shall be for Legal 
                Assistance for Victims, as authorized by 
                section 1201 of Public Law 106-386;
                    (K) $5,000,000 shall be for enhancing 
                protection for older and disabled women from 
                domestic violence and sexual assault as 
                authorized by section 40801 of the 1994 Act;
                    (L) $15,000,000 shall be for the Safe 
                Havens for Children Pilot Program as authorized 
                by section 1301 of Public Law 106-386; and
                    (M) $7,500,000 shall be for Education and 
                Training to end violence against and abuse 
ofwomen with disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of Public Law 
106-386;
            (7) $10,000,000 for victim services programs for 
        victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 
        107(b)(2) of Public Law 106-386;
            (8) $65,000,000 for grants for residential 
        substance abuse treatment for State prisoners, as 
        authorized by section 1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act;
            (9) $898,000 for the Missing Alzheimer's Disease 
        Patient Alert Program, as authorized by section 
        240001(c) of the 1994 Act;
            (10) $45,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by 
        Part EE of Title I of the 1968 Act;
            (11) $1,497,000 for Law Enforcement Family Support 
        Programs, as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of the 
        1968 Act;
            (12) $1,995,000 for public awareness programs 
        addressing marketing scams aimed at senior citizens, as 
        authorized by section 250005(3) of the 1994 Act;
            (13) $190,000,000 for Juvenile Accountability 
        Incentive Block Grants, of which $25,000,000 shall be 
        available for grants, contracts, and other assistance 
        under the Project ChildSafe Initiative, except that 
        such funds shall be subject to the same terms and 
        conditions as set forth in the provisions under this 
        heading for this program in Public Law 105-119, but all 
        references in such provisions to 1998 shall be deemed 
        to refer instead to 2003, and Guam shall be considered 
        a ``State'' for the purposes of title III of H.R. 3, as 
        passed by the House of Representatives on May 8, 1997;
            (14) $1,300,000 for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention 
        Programs, as authorized by section 220002(h) of the 
        1994 Act;
            (15) $7,500,000 for a prescription drug monitoring 
        program;
            (16) $13,000,000 for implementation of prison rape 
        prevention and prosecution programs including a 
        statistical review and analysis of the incidence and 
        effects of prison rape, the establishment of a national 
        clearinghouse for provision of information and 
        assistance for Federal, State, and local officials, 
        grants to States, units of local government, prisons, 
        and prison systems for prison rape prevention and 
        prosecution efforts, and the development of national 
        standards for enhancing the detection, prevention, 
        reduction, and punishment of prison rape; and
            (17) $15,000,000 for terrorism prevention and 
        response training for law enforcement and other 
        responders:

Provided, That funds made available in fiscal year 2003 under 
subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act may be obligated 
for programs to assist States in the litigation processing of 
death penalty Federal habeas corpus petitions and for drug 
testing initiatives: Provided further, That, if a unit of local 
government uses any of the funds made available under this 
title to increase the number of law enforcement officers, the 
unit of local government will achieve a net gain in the number 
of law enforcement officers who perform nonadministrative 
public safety service.

                       WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND

    For necessary expenses, including salaries and related 
expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, to 
implement ``Weed and Seed'' program activities, $58,925,000, to 
remain available until expended, for inter-governmental 
agreements, including grants, cooperative agreements, and 
contracts, with State and local law enforcement agencies, non-
profit organizations, and agencies of local government engaged 
in the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes and drug 
offenses in ``Weed and Seed'' designated communities, and for 
either reimbursements or transfers to appropriation accounts of 
the Department of Justice and other Federal agencies which 
shall be specified by the Attorney General to execute the 
``Weed and Seed'' program strategy: Provided, That funds 
designated by Congress through language for other Department of 
Justice appropriation accounts for ``Weed and Seed'' program 
activities shall be managed and executed by the Attorney 
General through the Executive Office for Weed and Seed: 
Provided further, That the Attorney General may direct the use 
of other Department of Justice funds and personnel in support 
of ``Weed and Seed'' program activities only after the Attorney 
General notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with section 
605 of this Act.

                  COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

    For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322 (``the 1994 
Act'') (including administrative costs), $928,912,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That section 1703 
(b) and (c) of the 1968 Act shall not apply to non-hiring 
grants made pursuant to part Q of title I thereof (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd et seq.): Provided further, That all prior year balances 
derived from the Violent Crime Trust Fund for Community 
Oriented Policing Services may be transferred into this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the officer redeployment 
demonstration described in section 1701(b)(1)(C) shall not 
apply to equipment, technology, support system or overtime 
grants made pursuant to part Q of title I thereof (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd et seq.).
    Of the amounts provided:
            (1) for Public Safety and Community Policing Grants 
        pursuant to title I of the 1994 Act, $353,238,000 as 
        follows: $200,000,000 for the hiring of law enforcement 
        officers including school resource officers to prevent 
        acts of terrorism and other violent and drug-related 
        crimes, of which up to 30 percent shall be available 
        for overtime expenses; $20,622,000 for training and 
        technical assistance; $25,444,000 for the matching 
        grant program for Law Enforcement Armor Vests pursuant 
        to section 2501 of part Y of the Omnibus Crime Control 
        and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (``the 1968 
        Act''); $35,000,000 to improve tribal law enforcement 
        including equipment and training; $57,132,000 for 
        policing initiatives to combat methamphetamine 
        production and trafficking and to enhance policing 
        initiatives in ``drug hot spots''; and $15,000,000 for 
        Police Corps education, training, and service under 
        sections 200101-200113 of the 1994 Act: Provided, That 
        funding agreements shall include the funding for the 
        outyear program costs of new recruits;
            (2) for crime technology, $400,567,000 as follows: 
        $189,954,000 for a law enforcement technology program; 
        $20,000,000 for the COPS Interoperable Communications 
        Technology Program; $40,000,000 for grants to upgrade 
        criminal records, as authorized under the Crime 
        Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 
        14601); $41,000,000 for DNA analysis and backlog 
        reduction of which $36,000,000 shall be used as 
        authorized by the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act 
        of 2000 (Public Law 106-546) and of which $5,000,000 
        shall be available for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 
        Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
        U.S.C. 3797j et seq.); $40,538,000 for State and local 
        DNA laboratories as authorized by section 1001(a)(22) 
        of the 1968 Act, and improvements to laboratory general 
        forensic science capacity and capabilities; and 
        $69,075,000 for grants, contracts and other assistance 
        to States under section 102(b) of the Crime 
        Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 
        14601), of which $17,000,000 is for the National 
        Institute of Justice for grants, contracts, and other 
        agreements to develop school safety technologies and 
        training;
            (3) for prosecution assistance, $85,000,000 as 
        follows: $45,000,000 for a national program to reduce 
        gun violence, and $40,000,000 for the Southwest Border 
        Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, 
        parish, tribal, or municipal governments only for 
        Federal costs associated with the prosecution of 
        criminal cases declined by local U.S. Attorneys 
        offices;
            (4) for grants, training, technical assistance, and 
        other expenses to support community crime prevention 
        efforts, $57,107,000 as follows: $10,000,000 for 
        Project Sentry; $14,934,000 for an offender re-entry 
        program; $15,210,000 for the Safe Schools Initiative; 
        and $16,963,000 for a police integrity program; and
            (5) not to exceed $33,000,000 for program 
        management and administration.

                       JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974, as amended (``the Act''), and other 
juvenile justice programs, including salaries and expenses in 
connection therewith to be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriations for Justice Assistance, $264,306,000, to remain 
available until expended, as authorized by section 299 of part 
I of title II and section 506 of title V of the Act, as amended 
by Public Law 102-586, of which: (1) notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, $6,832,000 shall be available for expenses 
authorized by part A of title II of the Act, $83,800,000 shall 
be available for expenses authorized by part B of title II of 
the Act, including training and technical assistance to help 
small, non-profit organizations with the Federal grants 
process, and $89,257,000 shall be available for expenses 
authorized by part C of title II of the Act and other juvenile 
justice programs: Provided, That $26,442,000 of the amounts 
provided for part B of title II of the Act, as amended, is for 
the purpose of providing additional formula grants under part B 
to States that provide assurances to the Administrator that the 
State has in effect (or will have in effect no later than 1 
year after date of application) policies and programs that 
ensure that juveniles are subject to accountability-based 
sanctions for every act for which they are adjudicated 
delinquent; (2) $11,974,000 shall be available for expenses 
authorized by sections 281 and 282 of part D of title II of the 
Act for prevention and treatment programs relating to juvenile 
gangs; (3) $9,978,000 shall be available for expenses 
authorized by section 285 of part E of title II of the Act; (4) 
$15,965,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by part 
G of title II of the Act for juvenile mentoring programs; and 
(5) $46,500,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by 
title V of the Act for incentive grants for local delinquency 
prevention programs; of which $12,472,000 shall be for 
delinquency prevention, control, and system improvement 
programs for tribal youth; of which $6,500,000 shall be 
available for the Safe Schools Initiative including $5,000,000 
for grants, contracts, and other assistance under the Project 
Sentry Initiative; and of which $25,000,000 shall be available 
for grants of $360,000 to each State and $6,640,000 shall be 
available for discretionary grants to States, for programs and 
activities to enforce State laws prohibiting the sale of 
alcoholic beverages to minors or the purchase or consumption of 
alcoholic beverages by minors, prevention and reduction of 
consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and for technical 
assistance and training: Provided further, That of amounts made 
available under the Juvenile Justice Programs of the Office of 
Justice Programs to carry out part B (relating to Federal 
Assistance for State and Local Programs), subpart II of part C 
(relating to Special Emphasis Prevention and Treatment 
Programs), part D (relating to Gang-Free Schools and 
Communities and Community-Based Gang Intervention), part E 
(relating to State Challenge Activities), and part G (relating 
to Mentoring) of title II of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and to carry out the At-
Risk Children's Program under title V of that Act, not more 
than 10 percent of each such amount may be used for research, 
evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit the 
programs or activities authorized under the appropriate part or 
title, and not more than 2 percent of each such amount may be 
used for training and technical assistance activities designed 
to benefit the programs or activities authorized under that 
part or title.
    In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
and other assistance authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse 
Act of 1990, as amended, $11,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized by section 214B of the Act.

                    PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS

    To remain available until expended, for payments authorized 
by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amended, such sums as 
are necessary, as authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100-
690 (102 Stat. 4339-4340); and $4,000,000, to remain available 
until expended for payments as authorized by section 1201(b) of 
said Act.

               General Provisions--Department of Justice

    Sec. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in this title for official reception and representation 
expenses, a total of not to exceed $45,000 from 
fundsappropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall be 
available to the Attorney General for official reception and 
representation expenses in accordance with distributions, procedures, 
and regulations established by the Attorney General.
    Sec. 102. None of the funds appropriated by this title 
shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, That should 
this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void.
    Sec. 103. None of the funds appropriated under this title 
shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate 
in any way the performance of, any abortion.
    Sec. 104. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the 
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide 
escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive such 
service outside the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in 
this section in any way diminishes the effect of section 104 
intended to address the philosophical beliefs of individual 
employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
    Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to establish and publicize a program under which 
publicly advertised, extraordinary rewards may be paid, which 
shall not be subject to spending limitations contained in 
sections 3059 and 3072 of title 18, United States Code: 
Provided, That any reward of $100,000 or more, up to a maximum 
of $2,000,000, may not be made without the personal approval of 
the President or the Attorney General and such approval may not 
be delegated: Provided further, That rewards made pursuant to 
section 501 of Public Law 107-56 shall not be subject to this 
section.
    Sec. 106. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Justice in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
    Sec. 107. Section 114 of Public Law 107-77 shall remain in 
effect during fiscal year 2003.
    Sec. 108. Section 286(e) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and 
replacing it with the following:
            ``(3) The Attorney General shall charge and collect 
        $3 per individual for the immigration inspection or 
        pre-inspection of each commercial vessel passenger 
        whose journey originated in the United States or in any 
        place set forth in paragraph (1): Provided, That this 
        requirement shall not apply to immigration inspection 
        at designated ports of entry of passengers arriving by 
        ferry, or by Great Lakes vessels on the Great Lakes and 
        connecting waterways when operating on a regular 
        schedule. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 
        `ferry' means a vessel, in other than ocean or 
        coastwise service, having provisions only for deck 
        passengers and/or vehicles, operating on a short run on 
        a frequent schedule between two points over the most 
        direct water route, and offering a public service of a 
        type normally attributed to a bridge or tunnel.''.
    Sec. 109. The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation shall appoint a standing advisory panel, 
reporting directly to the Director, to study, assess, and 
advise periodically on the research, development, and 
application of existing and emerging science and technology 
advances and other topics: Provided, That the panel shall not 
be considered to be a Federal advisory committee for purposes 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
    Sec. 110. Public Law 107-273 is amended--
            (1) in section 12222(b), strike ``on October 1, 
        2002'' and insert in lieu thereof the following: ``on 
        the effective date provided in section 12102(b)'';
            (2) in section 12223(a), strike ``on the date of 
        the enactment of this Act'' and insert in lieu thereof 
        the following: ``on the effective date provided in 
        section 12102(b)'';
            (3) in section 12223(b), by replacing ``Act'' with 
        ``subtitle'', and all the matter after ``beginning'' 
        with ``on or after the effective date provided in 
        subsection (a).''.
    Sec. 111. The law enforcement training facility described 
in section 8150 of Public Law 107-248 is hereby established as 
a permanent training facility.
    Sec. 112. The Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations by March 1, 2003 all National Security Entry 
Exit Registration System documents and materials: (1) used in 
the creation of the System, including any predecessor programs; 
(2) assessing the effectiveness of the System as a tool to 
enhance national security; (3) used to determine the scope of 
the System, including countries selected for the program, and 
the gender, age, and immigration status of the persons required 
to register under the program; (4) regarding future plans to 
expand the System to additional countries, age groups, women, 
and persons holding other immigration statuses not already 
covered; (5) explaining whether the Department of Justice 
consulted with other Federal agencies in the development of the 
System, and if so, all documents and materials relating to 
those consultations; (6) concerning policy directives or 
guidance issued to officials about implementation of the 
System, including the role of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation in conducting national security background checks 
of registrants; (7) explaining why certain Immigration and 
Naturalization Service District Offices detained persons with 
pending status-adjustment applications; and (8) explaining how 
information gathered during interviews of registrants will be 
stored, used, or transmitted to other Federal, State, or local 
agencies.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                  Trade and Infrastructure Development

                            Related Agencies

            Office of the United States Trade Representative

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States 
Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $34,999,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to 
exceed $98,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                     International Trade Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
$2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$54,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration

                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

    For necessary expenses for international trade activities 
of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for 
engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, including 
expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for the purpose 
of promoting exports of United States firms, without regard to 
44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical coverage for dependent 
members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas 
and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and 
transportation of employees of the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service between two points abroad, without regard to 
49 U.S.C. 1517; employment of Americans and aliens by contract 
for services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 
10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; 
purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 
structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when 
such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $327,000 
for official representation expenses abroad; purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed 
$30,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on official motor 
vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $370,192,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $8,000,000 is to be derived 
from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade 
Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That 
$67,669,000 shall be for Trade Development, $31,204,000 shall 
be for Market Access and Compliance, $44,229,000 shall be for 
the Import Administration, $202,040,000 shall be for the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service, and $25,050,000 shall be 
for Executive Direction and Administration: Provided further, 
That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and 
all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 
apply in carrying out these activities without regard to 
section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that for the purpose of this Act, 
contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act shall include payment for assessments 
for services provided as part of these activities.

                    Bureau of Industry and Security

                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

    For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
including costs associated with the performance of export 
administration field activities both domestically and abroad; 
full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 
families of employees stationed overseas; employment of 
Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; payment 
of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph 
of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign countries; 
not to exceed $15,000 for official representation expenses 
abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
401(b); purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use 
and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special 
requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to 
any price limitation otherwise established by law, $74,653,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2004, of which 
$7,250,000 shall be for inspections and other activities 
related to national security: Provided, That the provisions of 
the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these 
activities: Provided further, That payments and contributions 
collected and accepted for materials or services provided as 
part of such activities may be retained for use in covering the 
cost of such activities, and for providing information to the 
public with respect to the export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other 
export control programs of the United States and other 
governments.

                  Economic Development Administration

                ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

    For grants for economic development assistance as provided 
by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as 
amended, and for trade adjustment assistance, $290,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
$30,765,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor 
projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works 
Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief 
Act of 1977.

                  Minority Business Development Agency

                     MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and other 
agreements with public or private organizations, $28,906,000.

                Economic and Information Infrastructure

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of 
Commerce, $72,158,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2004.

                          Bureau of the Census

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, 
analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
by law, $183,000,000.

                     PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

    For necessary expenses related to the 2000 decennial 
census, $41,893,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, of the total amount available related to the 
2000 decennial census ($41,893,000 in new appropriations and 
$41,817,000 in deobligated balances from prior years), 
$3,461,000 is for Program Development and Management; 
$42,651,000 is for Data Content and Products; $4,630,000 is for 
Field Data Collection and Support Systems; $12,826,000 is for 
Automated Data Processing and Telecommunications Support; 
$16,333,000 is for Testing and Evaluation; $2,472,000 is for 
activities related to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and 
Pacific Areas; and $1,337,000 is for Marketing, Communications 
and Partnership activities.
    In addition, for expenses related to planning, testing, and 
implementing the 2010 decennial census, $146,306,000.
    In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statistics 
for other periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, 
$183,283,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That regarding engineering and design of a facility at the 
Suitland Federal Center, quarterly reports regarding the 
expenditure of funds and project planning, design and cost 
decisions shall be provided by the Bureau, in cooperation with 
the General Services Administration, to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act 
or any other Act under the heading ``Bureau of the Census, 
Periodic Censuses and Programs'' shall be used to fund the 
construction and tenant build-out costs of a facility at the 
Suitland Federal Center.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA), $14,700,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the 
Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs 
incurred in spectrum management, analysis, and operations, and 
related services and such fees shall be retained and used as 
offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, NTIA 
shall not authorize spectrum use or provide any spectrum 
functions pursuant to the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act, 47 U.S.C. 902-903, 
to any Federal entity without reimbursement as required by NTIA 
for such spectrum management costs, and Federal entities 
withholding payment of such cost shall not use spectrum: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized 
to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds 
transferred, or previously transferred, from other Government 
agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications research, 
engineering, and related activities by the Institute for 
Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its 
assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds 
received from other Government agencies shall remain available 
until expended.

    PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION

    For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, $43,556,000, to remain available until 
expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act, as amended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,478,000 shall be available for 
program administration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 391 of the Act, the prior year unobligated balances may 
be made available for grants for projects for which 
applications have been submitted and approved during any fiscal 
year.

                   INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

    For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, $15,503,000, to remain available until 
expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act, as amended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,097,000 shall be available for 
program administration and other support activities as 
authorized by section 391: Provided further, That, of the funds 
appropriated herein, not to exceed 5 percent may be available 
for telecommunications research activities for projects related 
directly to the development of a national information 
infrastructure: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
requirements of sections 392(a) and 392(c) of the Act, these 
funds may be used for the planning and construction of 
telecommunications networks for the provision of educational, 
cultural, health care, public information, public safety, or 
other social services: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, no entity that receives 
telecommunications services at preferential rates under section 
254(h) of the Act (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) or receives assistance 
under the regional information sharing systems grant program of 
the Department of Justice under part M of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796h) may use funds under a grant under this heading to cover 
any costs of the entity that would otherwise be covered by such 
preferential rates or such assistance, as the case may be.

               United States Patent and Trademark Office

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office provided for by law, including defense of 
suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office, $1,015,229,000, to remain available until 
expended, which amount shall be derived from offsetting 
collections assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 
and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall be retained and used for 
necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided, Thatthe sum 
herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2003, so as to 
result in a fiscal year 2003 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2003, should 
the total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than 
$1,015,229,000, the total amounts available to the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 
That an additional amount not to exceed $166,771,000 from fees 
collected in prior fiscal years shall be available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2003, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made 
available in fiscal year 2003 for official reception and representation 
expenses.

                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

                       Technology Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for 
Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $9,886,000.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

             Scientific and Technical Research and Services

      For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, $359,411,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $282,000 may be 
transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund''.

                     industrial technology services

    For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, $106,623,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That hereafter the Secretary of Commerce is 
authorized to enter into agreements with one or more nonprofit 
organizations for the purpose of carrying out collective 
research and development initiatives pertaining to 15 U.S.C. 
278k paragraph (a), and is authorized to seek and accept 
contributions from public and private sources to support these 
efforts as necessary.
    In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced 
Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, $180,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $60,700,000 shall be expended for the award of new 
grants before October 1, 2003.

                  CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

    For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and 
maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as 
authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c-278e, $66,100,000, to remain 
available until expended.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; grants, 
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative 
agreements; and relocation of facilities as authorized, 
$2,313,519,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004: 
Provided, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of the national marine 
sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and 
expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That, in addition, $65,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ``Promote 
and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to 
American Fisheries'': Provided further, That grants to States 
pursuant to sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall not exceed 
$2,000,000, unless funds provided for ``Coastal Zone Management 
Grants'' exceed funds provided in the previous fiscal year: 
Provided further, That if funds provided for ``Coastal Zone 
Management Grants'' exceed funds provided in the previous 
fiscal year, then no State shall receive more than five percent 
or less than one percent of the additional funds: Provided 
further, That, of the $2,395,519,000 provided for in direct 
obligations under this heading (of which $2,313,519,000 is 
appropriated from the General Fund, $65,000,000 is provided by 
transfer, and $17,000,000 is derived from deobligations from 
prior years), $417,933,000 shall be for the National Ocean 
Service, $580,066,000 shall be for the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, $374,740,000 shall be for Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Research, $698,767,000 shall be for the National 
Weather Service, $150,616,000 shall be for the National 
Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, and 
$173,397,000 shall be for Program Support: Provided further, 
That, of the amount provided under this heading, $273,022,000 
shall be for the conservation activities defined in section 
250(c)(4)(K) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That no 
general administrative charge shall be applied against an 
assigned activity included in this Act and, further, that any 
direct administrative expenses applied against an assigned 
activity shall be limited to 5 percent of the funds provided 
for that assigned activity so that total National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration administrative expenses shallnot 
exceed $243,000,000: Provided further, That any use of deobligated 
balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years shall 
be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce will designate a 
National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Office for the Pacific Area 
within sixty days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
existing National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region and 
Fisheries Science Center and Northwest Region and Fisheries Science 
Center shall not be merged or reorganized to form the new National 
Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Area Regional Office, that the current 
structure, organization, function, and funding of the Southwest and 
Northwest Centers will not be changed except for funds that are already 
dedicated to the Hawaiian Islands, and that each regional organization 
will have the lead responsibility for its own programs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Commerce may enter into cooperative 
agreements with the Joint and Cooperative Institutes as designated by 
the Secretary to use the personnel, services, or facilities of such 
organizations for research, education, training, and outreach.
    In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits 
Plan, and for payments for medical care of retired personnel 
and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 
U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.

               PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital 
assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $759,030,000, 
to remain available until March 1, 2006, except for funds 
appropriated for the National Marine Fisheries Service Honolulu 
Laboratory and for the National Environmental Satellites, Data, 
and Information Service, which shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That unexpended balances of amounts 
previously made available in the ``Operations, Research, and 
Facilities'' account for activities funded under this heading 
may be transferred to and merged with this account, to remain 
available until expended for the purposes for which the funds 
were originally appropriated: Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided for the National Polar-orbiting Operational 
Environmental Satellite System, funds shall only be made 
available on a dollar for dollar matching basis with funds 
provided for the same purpose by the Department of Defense: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading for expenses necessary to carry out conservation 
activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 
including funds for the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation 
Program, $76,179,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish a Coastal 
and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, for the purpose of 
protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have 
significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, 
or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from 
their natural or recreational state to other uses: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act or any 
other Act under the heading ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Procurement, Acquisition and Construction'' 
shall be used to fund the General Services Administration's 
standard construction and tenant build-out costs of a facility 
at the Suitland Federal Center.

                    PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

    For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
Pacific salmon populations and the implementation of the 1999 
Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement between the United States and 
Canada, $90,000,000: Provided, That this amount shall be for 
the conservation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
as amended.
    In addition, for a final payment pursuant to the 1999 
Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement, $40,000,000, of which 
$25,000,000 shall be deposited in the Northern Boundary and 
Transboundary Rivers Restoration and Enhancement Fund, and of 
which $15,000,000 shall be deposited in the Southern Boundary 
Restoration and Enhancement Fund: Provided, That this amount 
shall be for the conservation activities defined in section 
250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                      FISHERMEN'S CONTINGENCY FUND

    For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 
95-372, not to exceed $1,000, to be derived from receipts 
collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available until 
expended.

                     FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amended (Public Law 
96-339), the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act of 1976, as amended (Public Law 100-627), the 
American Fisheries Promotion Act (Public Law 96-561) and the 
International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (Public Law 105-
42), to be derived from the fees imposed under the foreign 
fishery observer program authorized by these Acts, not to 
exceed $1,000, to remain available until expended.

                   FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    For the cost of direct loans, $287,000, as authorized by 
the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $5,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota 
loans, and not to exceed $59,000,000 for Traditional direct 
loans, of which not less than $40,000,000 may be used for 
direct loans to the United States distant water tuna fleet: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading may be used for direct loans for any new fishing 
vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any United 
States fishery.

                        Departmental Management

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the departmental management of 
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not 
to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, $44,954,000.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the InspectorGeneral Act of 
1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11, as amended by Public Law 100-
504), $20,635,000.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

    Sec. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Department of 
Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities 
specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to 
the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced 
payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification 
of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that such 
payments are in the public interest.
    Sec. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropriations 
made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for 
salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or 
allowances therefore, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902).
    Sec. 203. Hereafter none of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance 
aircraft and activities that are under the control of the 
United States Air Force or the United States Air Force Reserve.
    Sec. 204. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by 
more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the 
acquisition or disposal of any capital asset (including land, 
structures, and equipment) not specifically provided for in 
this or any other Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations Act.
    Sec. 205. Any costs incurred by a department or agency 
funded under this title resulting from personnel actions taken 
in response to funding reductions included in this title or 
from actions taken for the care and protection of loan 
collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within the total 
budgetary resources available to such department or agency: 
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between 
appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 
section is provided in addition to authorities included 
elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to 
carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
    Sec. 206. Hereafter the Secretary of Commerce may award 
contracts for hydrographic, geodetic, and photogrammetric 
surveying and mapping services in accordance with title IX of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.
    Sec. 207. The Secretary of Commerce may use the Commerce 
franchise fund for expenses and equipment necessary for the 
maintenance and operation of such administrative services as 
the Secretary determines may be performed more advantageously 
as central services, pursuant to section 403 of Public Law 103-
356: Provided, That any inventories, equipment, and other 
assets pertaining to the services to be provided by such fund, 
either on hand or on order, less the related liabilities or 
unpaid obligations, and any appropriations made for the purpose 
of providing capital shall be used to capitalize such fund: 
Provided further, That such fund shall be paid in advance from 
funds available to the Department and other Federal agencies 
for which such centralized services are performed, at rates 
which will return in full all expenses of operation, including 
accrued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equipment, 
amortization of automated data processing (ADP) software and 
systems (either acquired or donated), and an amount necessary 
to maintain a reasonable operating reserve, as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That such fund shall provide 
services on a competitive basis: Provided further, That an 
amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total annual income to 
such fund may be retained in the fund for fiscal year 2003 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until 
expended, to be used for the acquisition of capital equipment, 
and for the improvement and implementation of department 
financial management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided 
further, That such amounts retained in the fund for fiscal year 
2003 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be available for 
obligation and expenditure only in accordance with section 605 
of this Act: Provided further, That no later than 30 days after 
the end of each fiscal year, amounts in excess of this reserve 
limitation shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the 
Treasury: Provided further, That such franchise fund pilot 
program shall terminate pursuant to section 403(f) of Public 
Law 103-356.
    Sec. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
the amounts made available elsewhere in this title to the 
``National Institute of Standards and Technology, Construction 
of Research Facilities'', $14,000,000 is appropriated to fund a 
cooperative agreement with the Medical University of South 
Carolina, $6,000,000 is appropriated to the Thayer School of 
Engineering for the nanocrystalline materials and biomass 
research initiative, $3,000,000 is appropriated to the 
Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection at the 
Institute for Security Technology Studies, $4,000,000 is 
appropriated for the Institute for Politics, and $1,260,000 is 
appropriated to the Franklin Pierce Manse.
    Sec. 209. Of the amount available from the fund entitled 
``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining 
to American Fisheries'', $10,000,000 shall be provided to 
develop an Alaska seafood marketing program. Such amount shall 
be made available as a direct lump sum payment to the Alaska 
Fisheries Marketing Board (hereinafter ``Board'') which is 
hereby established to award grants to market, develop, and 
promote Alaska seafood and improve related technology and 
transportation with emphasis on wild salmon, of which 20 
percent shall be transferred to the Alaska Seafood Marketing 
Institute. The Board shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
Commerce and shall be administered by an Executive Director to 
be appointed by the Secretary. The Board shall submitan annual 
report to the Secretary detailing the expenditures of the board.
    Sec. 210. (a) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to 
award grants and make direct lump sum payments in support of an 
international advertising and promotional campaign developed in 
consultation with the private sector to encourage individuals 
to travel to the United States consisting of radio, television, 
and print advertising and marketing programs.
    (b) The United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory 
Board (hereinafter ``Board'') is established to recommend the 
appropriate coordinated activities to the Secretary for 
funding.
    (c) The Secretary shall appoint the Board within 30 days of 
enactment and shall include tourism-related entities he deems 
appropriate.
    (d) The Secretary shall consult with the Board and state 
and regional tourism officials on the disbursement of funds.
    (e) There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, and $50,000,000 is 
appropriated to implement this section.
    Sec. 211. From funds made available from the ``Operations 
and Training'' account, not more than $50,000 shall be made 
available to the Maritime Administration for administrative 
expenses to oversee the implementation of this section for the 
purpose of recovering economic and national security benefits 
to the United States following the default under the 
construction contract described in section 8109 of the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
(Public Law 105-56): Provided, That the owner of any ship 
documented under the authority of this section shall offset 
such appropriation through the payment of fees to the Maritime 
Administration not to exceed the appropriation and that such 
fees be deposited as an offsetting collection to this 
appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, one or both ships originally contracted under 
section 8109 of Public Law 105-56 may be constructed to 
completion in a shipyard located outside of the United States 
and the owner thereof (or a related person with respect to that 
owner) may document one or both ships under U.S. flag with a 
coastwise endorsement, and notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and not later than two years after entry into service 
of the first ship contracted for under section 8109 of Public 
Law 105-56, that owner (or a related person with respect to 
that owner) may re-document under U.S. flag with a coastwise 
endorsement one additional foreign-built cruise ship: Provided 
further, That: (1) the owner of any cruise ship documented 
under the authority of this section is a citizen of the United 
States within the meaning of 46 U.S.C. 12102(a), (2) the 
foreign-built cruise ship re-documented under the authority of 
this section meets the eligibility requirements for a 
certificate of inspection under section 1137(a) of Public Law 
104-324 and applicable international agreements and guidelines 
referred to in section 1137(a)(2) thereof and the 1992 
Amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention of 1974, and 
that with respect to the re-documented foreign-built cruise 
ship, any repair, maintenance, alteration, or other preparation 
necessary to meet such requirements be performed in a United 
States shipyard, (3) any non-warranty repair, maintenance, or 
alteration work performed on any ship documented under the 
authority of this section shall be performed in a United States 
shipyard unless the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration finds that such services are not available in 
the United States or if an emergency dictates that the ship 
proceed to a foreign port for such work, (4) any ship 
documented under the authority of this section shall operate in 
regular service transporting passengers between or among the 
islands of Hawaii and shall not transport passengers in revenue 
service to ports in Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico, or the 
Caribbean Sea, except as part of a voyage to or from a shipyard 
for ship construction, repair, maintenance, or alteration work, 
(5) no person, nor any ship operating between or among the 
islands of Hawaii, shall be entitled to the preference 
contained in the second proviso of section 8109 of Public Law 
105-56, and (6) no cruise ship operating in coastwise trade 
under the authority of this section or constructed under the 
authority of this section shall be eligible for a guarantee of 
financing under title XI of the Merchant Marine Act 1936: 
Provided further, That any cruise ship to be documented under 
the authority of this section shall be immediately eligible 
before documentation of the vessel for the approval contained 
in section 1136(b) of Public Law 104-324: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this section the term ``cruise ship'' 
means a vessel that is at least 60,000 gross tons and not more 
than 120,000 gross tons (as measured under chapter 143 of title 
46, United States Code) and has berth or stateroom 
accommodations for at least 1,600 passengers, the term ``one or 
both ships'' means collectively the partially completed hull 
and related components, equipment, and parts of whatever kind 
acquired pursuant to the construction contract described in 
section 8109 of Public Law 105-56 and intended to be 
incorporated into the ships constructed thereto, the term 
``related person'' means with respect to a person: a holding 
company, subsidiary, or affiliate of such person meeting the 
citizenship requirements of section 12102(a) of title 46, 
United States Code, and the term ``regular service'' means the 
primary service in which the ship is engaged on an annual 
basis.
    Sec. 212. (a) The Secretary of Commerce shall implement a 
fishing capacity reduction program for the West Coast 
groundfish fishery pursuant to section 212 of Public Law 107-
206 and 16 U.S.C. 1861a (b)-(e); except that the program may 
apply to multiple fisheries; except that within 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish 
a public notice in the Federal Register and issue an invitation 
to bid for reduction payments that specifies the contractual 
terms and conditions under which bids shall he made and 
accepted under this section; except that section 
144(d)(1)(K)(3) of title I, division B of Public Law 106-554 
shall apply to the program implemented by this section.
    (b) A reduction fishery is eligible for capacity reduction 
under the program implemented under this section; except that 
no vessel harvesting and processing whiting in the catcher-
processors sector (section 19 660.323(a)(4)(A) of title 50, 
Code of Federal Regulations) may participate in any capacity 
reduction referendum or industry fee established under this 
section.
    (c) A referendum on the industry fee system shall occur 
after bids have been submitted, and such bids have been 
accepted by the Secretary, as follows: members of the reduction 
fishery, and persons who have been issuedWashington, Oregon, or 
California Dungeness crab and Pink shrimp permits, shall be eligible to 
vote in the referendum to approve an industry fee system; referendum 
votes cast in each fishery shall be weighted in proportion to the debt 
obligation of each fishery, as calculated in subsection (f) of this 
section; the industry fee system shall be approved if the referendum 
votes cast in favor of the proposed system constitute a simple majority 
of the participants voting; except that notwithstanding 5 U.S.C. 553 
and 16 U.S.C. 1861a(e), the Secretary shall not prepare or publish 
proposed or final regulations for the implementation of the program 
under this section before the referendum is conducted.
    (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit 
the Pacific Fishery Management Council from recommending, or 
the Secretary from approving, changes to any fishery management 
plan, in accordance with applicable law; or the Secretary from 
promulgating regulations (including regulations governing this 
program), after an industry fee system has been approved by the 
reduction fishery.
    (e) The Secretary shall determine, and state in the public 
notice published under paragraph (a), all program 
implementation aspects the Secretary deems relevant.
    (f) Any bid submitted in response to the invitation to bid 
issued by the Secretary under this section shall be 
irrevocable; the Secretary shall use a bid acceptance procedure 
that ranks each bid in accordance with this paragraph and with 
additional criteria, if any, established by the Secretary: for 
each bid from a qualified bidder that meets the bidding 
requirements in the public notice or the invitation to bid, the 
Secretary shall determine a bid score by dividing the bid's 
dollar amount by the average annual total ex-vessel dollar 
value of landings of Pacific groundfish, Dungeness crab, and 
Pink shrimp based on the 3 highest total annual revenues earned 
from such stocks that the bidder's reduction vessel landed 
during 1998, 1999, 2000, or 2001. For purposes of this 
paragraph, the term ``total annual revenue'' means the revenue 
earned in a single year from such stocks. The Secretary shall 
accept each qualified bid in rank order of bid score from the 
lowest to the highest until acceptance of the next qualified 
bid with the next lowest bid score would cause the reduction 
cost to exceed the reduction loan's maximum amount. Acceptance 
of a bid by the Secretary shall create a binding reduction 
contract between the United States and the person whose bid is 
accepted, the performance of which shall be subject only to the 
conclusion of a successful referendum, except that a person 
whose bid is accepted by the Secretary under this section shall 
relinquish all permits in the reduction fishery and any 
Dungeness crab and Pink shrimp permits issued by Washington, 
Oregon, or California; except that the Secretary shall revoke 
the Pacific groundfish permit, as well as all Federal fishery 
licenses, fishery permits, area, and species endorsements, and 
any other fishery privileges issued to a vessel or vessels (or 
to persons on the basis of their operation or ownership of that 
vessel or vessels) removed under the program.
    (g) The Secretary shall establish separate reduction loan 
sub-amounts and repayment fees for fish sellers in the 
reduction fishery and for fish sellers in each of the fee-share 
fisheries by dividing the total ex-vessel dollar value during 
the bid scoring period of all reduction vessel landings from 
the reduction fishery and from each of the fee-share fisheries 
by the total such value of all such landings for all such 
fisheries; and multiplying the reduction loan amount by each of 
the quotients resulting from each of the divisions above. Each 
of the resulting products shall be the reduction loan sub-
amount for the reduction fishery and for each of the fee-share 
fisheries to which each of such products pertains; except that, 
each fish seller in the reduction fishery and in each of the 
fee-share fisheries shall pay the fees required by the 
reduction loan sub-amounts allocated to it under this 
paragraph; except that, the Secretary may enter into agreements 
with Washington, Oregon, and California to collect any fees 
established under this paragraph.
    (h) Notwithstanding 46 U.S.C. App. 1279(b)(4), the 
reduction loan's term shall not be less than 30 years.
    (i) It is the sense of the Congress that the States of 
Washington, Oregon, and California should revoke all 
relinquishment permits in each of the fee-share fisheries 
immediately after reduction payment, and otherwise to implement 
appropriate State fisheries management and conservation 
provisions in each of the fee-share fisheries that establishes 
a program that meets the requirements of 16 U.S.C. 
141861a(b)(1)(B) as if it were applicable to fee-share 
fisheries.
    (j) The term ``fee-share fishery'' means a fishery, other 
than the reduction fishery, whose members are eligible to vote 
in a referendum for an industry fee system under paragraph (c). 
The term ``reduction fishery'' means that portion of a fishery 
holding limited entry fishing permits endorsed for the 
operation of trawl gear and issued under the Federal Pacific 
Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan.
    Sec. 213. (a) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration is authorized to enter into a lease arrangement 
whereby the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
will relocate the National Weather Service Forecasting Office 
in Galveston County, League City, Texas to a Galveston County 
facility and, in exchange, Galveston County may use the 
existing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
National Weather Service Forecasting Office.
    (b) Neither the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration National Weather Service nor Galveston County 
will charge the other rent for use of the space and each will 
be responsible for the operation, maintenance and renovation 
costs it incurs.
    Sec. 214. (a) Hereafter, habitat conservation activities, 
enforcement and surveillance--cooperative enforcement and 
vessel monitoring, stock assessments--data collection, and 
highly migratory shark fishery research underthe heading, 
``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Operations, Research 
and Facilities'', shall be considered to be within the ``Coastal 
Assistance sub-category'' in section 250(c)(4)(K) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    (b) For fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, response and 
restoration activities, Cooperative Research, Protected Species 
activities, Endangered Species Act--Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles 
and Other Species, Endangered Species Act--Right Whales, Marine 
Mammal Protection, and Sea Grant (except for the fellowship 
program) under the heading, ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Operations, Research, and Facilities'', shall 
be considered to be within the ``Coastal Assistance sub-
category'' in section 250(c)(4)(K) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    (c) All references to outlays in title VIII of Public Law 
106-291 are repealed.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                        TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

                   Supreme Court of the United States

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme 
Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and 
grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, maintenance, and 
operation of an automobile for the Chief Justice, not to exceed 
$10,000 for the purpose of transporting Associate Justices, and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be 
expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $45,743,000.

                    CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

    For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the 
Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon 
the Architect as authorized by law, $41,626,000, which shall 
remain available until expended.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers 
and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as 
authorized by law, $20,313,000.

               United States Court of International Trade

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries 
of the officers and employees of the court, services, and 
necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$13,687,000.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including 
judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 
justices and judges retired from office or from regular active 
service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 
bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 
specifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the 
courts, as authorized by law, $3,800,000,000 (including the 
purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 
$27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space 
alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related 
to new space alteration and construction projects.
    In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of 
Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the 
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed 
$2,784,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Trust Fund.

                           DEFENDER SERVICES

    For the operation of Federal Public Defender and Community 
Defender organizations; the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under the 
Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as amended; the compensation and 
reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 
expert and other services under the Criminal Justice Act of 
1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the compensation (in accordance with 
Criminal Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of 
attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where 
the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 
compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians 
ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor or 
incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from the 
United States to foreign countries with which the United States 
has a treaty for the execution of penal sentences; the 
compensation of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in 
civil actions for the protection of their employment, as 
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); and for necessary training and 
general administrative expenses, $538,461,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                    FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

    For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized 
by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed 
in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal 
Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), 
$54,636,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 
daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 5332 
of title 5, United States Code.

                             COURT SECURITY

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
incident to providing protective guard services for United 
States courthouses and the procurement, installation, and 
maintenance of security equipment for United States courthouses 
and other facilities housing Federal court operations, 
including building ingress-egress control, inspection of mail 
and packages, directed security patrols, and other similar 
activities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial 
Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702), 
$268,400,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended, to be expended directly or 
transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which shall 
be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility Security 
Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by 
the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts and the Attorney General.

           Administrative Office of the United States Courts

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, $63,500,000, of which not 
to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                        Federal Judicial Center

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as 
authorized by Public Law 90-219, $20,856,000; of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2004, 
to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; 
and of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official 
reception and representation expenses.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds

                    PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

    For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, as 
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $27,700,000; to the Judicial 
Survivors' Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), 
$5,200,000; and to the United States Court of Federal Claims 
Judges' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), 
$2,400,000.

                  United States Sentencing Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the 
provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
$12,090,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                   General Provisions--The Judiciary

    Sec. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this 
title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be 
available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this 
Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and 
Other Judicial Services, Defender Services'' and ``Courts of 
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of 
Jurors and Commissioners'', shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
    Sec. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
salaries and expenses appropriation for district courts, courts 
of appeals, and other judicial services shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States: Provided, That such available 
funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
    This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations 
Act, 2003''.

            TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

    For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including 
employment, without regard to civil service and classification 
laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000 
of this appropriation), as authorized by section 801 of the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 
as amended; representation to certain international 
organizations in which the United States participates pursuant 
to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the 
Senate or specific Acts of Congress; arms control, 
nonproliferation and disarmament activities as authorized; 
acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by law; and for expenses of general 
administration, $3,269,258,000: Provided, That, of the amount 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $4,000,000 may 
be transferred to, and merged with, funds in the ``Emergencies 
in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'' appropriations 
account, to be available only for emergency evacuations and 
terrorism rewards: Provided further, That, of the amount made 
available under this heading, $292,693,000 shall be available 
only for public diplomacy international information programs: 
Provided further, That, of the amount made available under this 
heading, $500,000 shall be available only for grants to the 
participating organizations in the War Against Trafficking 
Alliance for activities and services related to preparation, 
execution and follow-up for an international conference on sex 
trafficking: Provided further, That the Secretary shall appoint 
an advisory panel, reporting directly to the Secretary, to 
assess policy goals and program priorities with regard to 
United States relations with the countries of Sub-Saharan 
Africa and to advise the Secretary of any related findings and 
recommendations: Provided further, That this panel shall not be 
considered to be a Federal advisory committee for purposes of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App): Provided 
further, That funds available under this heading may be 
available for a United States Government interagency task force 
to examine, coordinate and oversee U.S. participation in the 
United Nations headquarters renovation project: Provided 
further, That no funds may be obligated or expended for 
processing licenses for the export of satellites of United 
States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 
components) to the People's Republic of China unless, at least 
15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified of such 
proposed action.
    In addition, not to exceed $1,343,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected from other executive agencies for lease or use 
of facilities located at the International Center in accordance 
with section 4 of the International Center Act, as amended; in 
addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $490,000, to 
be derived from the reserve authorized by that section, to be 
used for the purposes set out in that section; in addition, as 
authorized by section 810 of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, may be credited to this appropriation 
from fees or other payments received from English teaching, 
library, motion pictures, and publication programs and from 
fees from educational advising and counseling and exchange 
visitor programs; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, 
which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 
fees for use of Blair House facilities.
    In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
$553,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                        CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

    For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, 
$183,311,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 103-236 
shall not apply to funds available under this heading.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$29,264,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96-465), as it 
relates to post inspections.

               EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

    For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 
as authorized, $245,306,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, may be credited to this appropriation 
from fees or other payments received from or in connection with 
English teaching, educational advising and counseling programs, 
and exchange visitor programs as authorized.

                       REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

    For representation allowances as authorized, $6,485,000.

              PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

    For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
services, as authorized, $11,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004.

            EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
Buildings Act of 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 292-300), 
preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings 
that are owned or directly leased by the Department of State, 
renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, the Harry 
S Truman Building, and carrying out the Diplomatic Security 
Construction Program as authorized, $508,500,000, to remain 
available until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 
$25,000 may be used for domestic and overseas representation as 
authorized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in 
this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, 
furnishings, or generators for other departments and agencies.
    In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized, $755,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

           EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

    For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to 
meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and 
Consular Service, $6,500,000, to remain available until 
expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may 
be transferred to and merged with the Repatriation Loans 
Program Account, subject to the same terms and conditions.

                   REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    For the cost of direct loans, $612,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. In addition, for administrative expenses 
necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $607,000, which 
may be transferred to and merged with the Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs account under Administration of Foreign 
Affairs.

              PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations 
Act, Public Law 96-8, $18,450,000.

     PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

    For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $138,200,000.

              International Organizations and Conferences

              CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet 
annual obligations of membership in international multilateral 
organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the 
advice and consent of the Senate, conventions or specific Acts 
of Congress, $866,000,000: Provided, That any payment of 
arrearages under this title shall be directed toward special 
activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States 
and the respective international organization: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be available for a United States contribution to an 
international organization for the United States share of 
interest costs made known to the United States Government by 
such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 
1984, through external borrowings: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this paragraph may be obligated and expended 
to pay the full United States assessment to the civil budget of 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

        CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

    For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
of international peacekeeping activities directed to the 
maintenance or restoration of international peace and security, 
$673,710,000, of which 15 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2004: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this Act shall be obligated or expended for any 
new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at 
least 15 days in advance of voting for the new or expanded 
mission in the United Nations Security Council (or in an 
emergency as far in advance as is practicable): (1) the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate and other appropriate committees of the Congress 
are notified of the estimated cost and length of the mission, 
the vital national interest that will be served, and the 
planned exit strategy; and (2) a reprogramming of funds 
pursuant to section 605 of this Act is submitted, and the 
procedures therein followed, setting forth the source of funds 
that will be used to pay for the cost of the new or expanded 
mission: Provided further, That funds shall be available for 
peacekeeping expenses only upon a certification by the 
Secretary of State to the appropriate committees of the 
Congress that American manufacturers and suppliers are being 
given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and 
material for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to 
those being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading are available to pay the United States share of 
the cost of court monitoring that is part of any United Nations 
peacekeeping mission.

                       International Commissions

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

 international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico

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

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$25,482,000.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    For detailed plan preparation and construction of 
authorized projects, $5,450,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized.

              AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
International Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties 
between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and for 
the Border EnvironmentCooperation Commission as authorized by 
Public Law 103-182, $9,472,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be 
available for representation expenses incurred by the International 
Joint Commission.

                  INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

    For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$17,100,000: Provided, That the United States' share of such 
expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions pursuant 
to 31 U.S.C. 3324.

                                 Other

                     Payment to the Asia Foundation

    For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by the 
Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), as amended, $10,444,000, 
to remain available until expended, as authorized.

                 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

    For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the 
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204-
5205), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 
30, 2003, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any 
salary or other compensation, or to enter into any contract 
providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in 
accordance with OMB Circulars A-110 (Uniform Administrative 
Requirements) and A-122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit 
Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation for 
personal services.

                    israeli arab scholarship program

    For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452), 
all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab 
Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 2003, to remain 
available until expended.

                            EAST-WEST CENTER

    To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying 
out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical 
Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the 
Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and 
West in the State of Hawaii, $18,000,000, of which $2,500,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary, 
or enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, 
in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376.

                    NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

    For grants made by the Department of State to the National 
Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the National Endowment 
for Democracy Act, $42,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    Broadcasting Board of Governors

                 International Broadcasting Operations

    For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors, as authorized, to carry out international 
communication activities, $468,898,000, of which not to exceed 
$16,000 may be used for official receptions within the United 
States as authorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for 
representation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed $39,000 
may be used for official reception and representation expenses 
of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addition, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue from 
business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from 
cooperating international organizations, and not to exceed 
$1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice 
of America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, to remain 
available until expended for carrying out authorized purposes.

                          BROADCASTING TO CUBA

    For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors to carry out broadcasting to Cuba, including the 
purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for 
radio and television transmission and reception, and purchase 
and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 
television transmission and reception, $24,996,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                   BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

    For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of 
facilities for radio transmission and reception, and purchase 
and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 
television transmission and reception as authorized, 
$12,740,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.

       General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agency

    Sec. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall be 
available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and 
differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, United 
States Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b).
    Sec. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
State in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not to exceed 5 
percent of any appropriation made available for the current 
fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors in this Act 
may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section.
    Sec. 403. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Department of State or the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors to provide equipment, technical support, consulting 
services, or any other form of assistance to the Palestinian 
Broadcasting Corporation.
    Sec. 404. For the purposes of registration of birth, 
certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a 
United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the 
Secretary of State shall, upon request of the citizen, record 
the place of birth as Israel.
    Sec. 405. (a) Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall transfer, without compensation, to 
the Secretary of State administrative jurisdiction over the 
parcels of real property, together with any improvements 
thereon, consisting in aggregate of approximately 10 acres at 
Naval Base, Charleston, South Carolina, described in subsection 
(b).
    (b) The parcels of real property described in this 
subsection are as follows:
            (1) A parcel bounded by Holland Street, Dyess 
        Avenue, and Hobson Avenue to the entrance way 
        immediately west of Building 202.
            (2) A parcel bounded on the north by Dyess Avenue 
        comprising Building 644.
    (c) The transfer of jurisdiction of real property under 
subsection (a) shall not effect the validity or term of any 
lease with respect to such real property in effect as of the 
date of the transfer.
    (d) The Secretary of State shall use the property 
transferred under subsection (a) for support of diplomatic and 
consular operations.
    (e) The exact acreage and legal description of the property 
transferred under subsection (a) shall be determined by a 
survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy.
    (f) The Secretary of the Navy may require such additional 
terms and conditions in connection with the transfer of 
property under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers 
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
    Sec. 406. (a) The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and 
Combat Trafficking shall establish a Senior Policy Operating 
Group.
    (b) The Operating Group shall consist of the senior 
officials designated as representatives of the appointed 
members of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor 
and Combat Trafficking in Persons (established under Executive 
Order 13257 of February 13, 2002).
    (c) The Operating Group shall coordinate agency activities 
regarding policies (including grants and grant policies) 
involving the international trafficking in persons and the 
implementation of this division.
    (d) The Operating Group shall fully share information 
regarding agency plans, before and after final agency decisions 
are made, on all matters regarding grants, grant policies, and 
other significant actions regarding the international 
trafficking of persons and the implementation of this division.
    (e) The Operating Group shall be chaired by the Director of 
the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department 
of State.
    (f) The Operating Group shall meet on a regular basis at 
the call of the chair.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of State and 
Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration

                       MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

    For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the 
United States, $98,700,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2005.

                        OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

    For necessary expenses of operations and training 
activities authorized by law, $92,696,000, of which $13,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for capital improvements 
at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

                             SHIP DISPOSAL

    For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete 
vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime 
Administration, $11,161,000, to remain available until 
expended.

          MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
loan program, not to exceed $4,126,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operations 
and Training.

           ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

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

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of 
America's Heritage Abroad, $499,000, as authorized by section 
1303 of Public Law 99-83.

                       Commission on Civil Rights

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,096,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may be used to employ 
consultants: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in 
excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the 
Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 
Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 
Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
days.

             Commission on International Religious Freedom

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    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 (Public Law 
105-292), $2,884,000, to remain available until expended.

                       Commission on Ocean Policy

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For the necessary expenses of the Commission on Ocean 
Policy, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, 
$1,582,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 
section 3 of Public Law 99-7.

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

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People's Republic of China, as authorized, 
$1,380,000, including not more than $3,000 for the purpose of 
official representation, to remain available until expended.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d) and 621-634), the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights 
Act of 1991, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); non-monetary awards to private citizens; and not to 
exceed $33,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for services to the Commission pursuant to title VII 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, sections 6 and 14 
of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 
$308,822,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to 
make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available funds.

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; not 
to exceed $600,000 for land and structure; not to exceed 
$500,000 for improvement and care of grounds and repair to 
buildings; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; 
special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $271,000,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2004, for research and 
policy studies: Provided, That $269,000,000 of offsetting 
collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 
9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and 
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2003 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
appropriation estimated at $2,000,000: Provided further, That 
any offsetting collections received in excess of $269,000,000 
in fiscal year 2003 shall remain available until expended, but 
shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 2003.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, $16,700,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                        Federal Trade Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $176,608,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 
shall be available for use to contract with a person or persons 
for collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 
U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$168,100,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees 
collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-
Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 
18a), regardless of the year of collection, and offsetting 
collections derived from fees sufficient to implement and 
enforce the do-not-call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales 
Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 310, promulgated under the Telephone 
Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et 
seq.), estimated at $18,100,000, shall be collected pursuant to 
this authority:Provided further, That all offsetting 
collections shall be credited to this appropriation, used for necessary 
expenses, and remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as 
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2003, so as 
to result in a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at not more than $8,508,000: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available to the Federal Trade Commission shall be 
available for obligation for expenses authorized by section 151 of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (Public 
Law 102-242; 105 Stat. 2282-2285).

                       Legal Services Corporation

               PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

    For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out 
the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, as 
amended, $338,848,000, of which $9,500,000 is to provide 
supplemental funding for basic field programs, and related 
administration, for service areas (including a merged or 
reconfigured service area) that will receive less funding under 
the Legal Services Corporation Act for fiscal year 2003 than 
the area received for fiscal year 2002, due to use of data from 
the 2000 Census, and of which $310,048,000 is for basic field 
programs and required independent audits; $2,600,000 is for the 
Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be 
necessary may be used to conduct additional audits of 
recipients; $13,300,000 is for management and administration; 
and $3,400,000 is for client self-help and information 
technology.

          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

    None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose 
prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions 
of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 
105-119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and 
conditions set forth in such sections, except that all 
references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be 
deemed to refer instead to 2002 and 2003, respectively, and 
except that section 501(a)(1) of Public Law 104-134 (110 Stat. 
1321-51, et seq.) shall not apply to the use of the $9,500,000 
to address loss of funding due to Census-based reallocations.

                        Marine Mammal Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission, 
$3,050,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2004.

           National Veterans Business Development Corporation

    For necessary expenses of the National Veterans Business 
Development Corporation as authorized under section 33(a) of 
the Small Business Act, as amended, $2,000,000.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, 
$716,350,000; of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used toward 
funding a permanent secretariat for the International 
Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not to 
exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for 
consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with 
foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, members of 
their delegations, appropriate representatives and staff to 
exchange views concerning developments relating to securities 
matters, development and implementation of cooperation 
agreements concerning securities matters and provision of 
technical assistance for the development of foreign securities 
markets, such expenses to include necessary logistic and 
administrative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff 
and foreign invitees in attendance at such consultations and 
meetings including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken 
in the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and 
transportation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other 
related lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and charges 
authorized by sections 6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), and 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(e), 78n(g), and 
78ee) shall be credited to this account as offsetting 
collections: Provided further, That not to exceed $716,350,000 
of such offsetting collections shall be available until 
expended for necessary expenses of this account: Provided 
further, That the total amount appropriated under this heading 
from the general fund for fiscal year 2003 shall be reduced as 
such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final 
total fiscal 2003 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $0.

                     Small Business Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
Small Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 105-
135, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to exceed $3,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $314,457,000: 
Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge fees 
to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small 
Business Administration, and certain loan servicing activities: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
revenues received from all such activities shall be credited to 
this account, to be available for carrying out these purposes 
without further appropriations: Provided further, That 
$89,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for performance 
in fiscal year 2003 or fiscal year 2004 as authorized.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $12,422,000.

                     BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    For the cost of direct loans, $3,726,000, to be available 
until expended; and for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
$85,360,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of which 
$45,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2003 commitments to guarantee loans under section 
503 of the SmallBusiness Investment Act of 1958, as amended, 
shall not exceed $4,500,000,000, as provided under section 
20(h)(1)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 2003 commitments for general business loans 
authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $10,000,000,000 without prior notification of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
in accordance with section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 2003 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 
and participating securities under section 303(b) of the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not exceed the levels 
established by section 20(i)(1)(C) of the Small Business Act.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $129,000,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 
and Expenses.

                     DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of 
the Small Business Act, as amended, $73,140,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct loan program, $118,354,000, which may be transferred to 
and merged with appropriations for Salaries and Expenses, of 
which $500,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of the 
Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of 
disaster loans and the disaster loan program and shall be 
transferred to and merged with appropriations for the Office of 
Inspector General; of which $108,000,000 is for direct 
administrative expenses of loan making and servicing to carry 
out the direct loan program; and of which $9,854,000 is for 
indirect administrative expenses: Provided, That any amount in 
excess of $9,854,000 to be transferred to and merged with 
appropriations for Salaries and Expenses for indirect 
administrative expenses shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.

        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

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

                        State Justice Institute

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as 
authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act of 
1992 (Public Law 102-572; 106 Stat. 4515-4516), $3,000,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not 
authorized by the Congress.
    Sec. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 604. If any provision of this Act or the application 
of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held 
invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of each 
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to 
which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
    Sec. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2003, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a 
program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel 
by any means for any project or activity for which funds have 
been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or 
employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; unless the 
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
fiscal year 2003, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) 
augments existing programs, projects (including construction 
projects), or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for 
any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of 
personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results 
from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which 
would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 
projects as approved by Congress; unless the Appropriations 
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    Sec. 606. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for the construction, repair (other than emergency 
repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels for 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 
shipyards located outside of the United States.
    Sec. 607. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
Products.--It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
American-made.
    (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance 
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds 
made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to 
the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a 
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined 
by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or 
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United 
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 608. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission covering harassment 
based on religion, when it is made known to the Federal entity 
or official to which such funds are made available that such 
guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed 
guidelines published by the Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 
Fed. Reg. 51266).
    Sec. 609. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for any United Nations undertaking when it is made 
known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or 
expend such funds: (1) that the United Nations undertaking is a 
peacekeeping mission; (2) that such undertaking will involve 
United States Armed Forces under the command or operational 
control of a foreign national; and (3) that the President's 
military advisors have not submitted to the President a 
recommendation that such involvement is in the national 
security interests of the United States and the President has 
not submitted to the Congress such a recommendation.
    Sec. 610. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be expended for any purpose 
for which appropriations are prohibited by section 609 of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.
    (b) The requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
section 609 of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal 
year 2003.
    Sec. 611. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used to 
implement, enforce, or otherwise abide by the Memorandum of 
Agreement signed by the Federal Trade Commission and the 
Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice on March 5, 
2002.
    Sec. 612. Any costs incurred by a department or agency 
funded under this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in 
response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be 
absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such 
department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer 
funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of 
funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
    Sec. 613. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ``Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance'', not more than 90 percent of the 
amount to be awarded to an entity under the Local Law 
Enforcement Block Grant shall be made available to such an 
entity when it is made known to the Federal official having 
authority to obligate or expend such funds that the entity that 
employs a public safety officer (as such term is defined in 
section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968) does not provide such a public safety 
officer who retires or is separated from service due to injury 
suffered as the direct and proximate result of a personal 
injury sustained in the line of duty while responding to an 
emergency situation or a hot pursuit (as such terms are defined 
by State law) with the same or better level of health insurance 
benefits at the time of retirement or separation as they 
received while on duty.
    Sec. 614. Hereafter, none of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or 
tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 
foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or 
tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not applied 
equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.
    Sec. 615. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be expended for any purpose 
for which appropriations are prohibited by section 616 of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as amended.
    (b) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of section 
616 of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal year 
2003.
    Sec. 616. None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act or any other provision of law may be used for: (1) the 
implementation of any tax or fee in connection with the 
implementation of 18 U.S.C. 922(t); and (2) any system to 
implement 18 U.S.C. 922(t) that does not require and result in 
the destruction of any identifying information submitted by or 
on behalf of any person who has been determined not to be 
prohibited from owning a firearm.
    Sec. 617. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts deposited or available in the Fund established under 42 
U.S.C. 10601 in any fiscal year in excess of $600,000,000 shall 
not be available for obligation until the following fiscal 
year, with the exception of emergency appropriations made 
available by Public Law 107-38 and transferred to the Fund.
    Sec. 618. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 
against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs ofstudents 
who participate in programs for which financial assistance is provided 
from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such 
students.
    Sec. 619. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of State and the Department of 
Justice shall be available for the purpose of granting either 
immigrant or nonimmigrant visas, or both, consistent with the 
Secretary's determination under section 243(d) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, to citizens, subjects, 
nationals, or residents of countries that the Attorney General 
has determined deny or unreasonably delay accepting the return 
of citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents under that 
section: Provided, That the Attorney General shall notify the 
Secretary of State in every instance when a foreign country 
denies or unreasonably delays accepting an alien who is a 
citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country after 
the Attorney General asks whether the Government will accept 
the alien under section 243 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act.
    Sec. 620. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose 
of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than 
to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau 
of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.
    Sec. 621. (a) Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable 
television services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, 
videocassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic 
equipment used primarily for recreational purposes.
    (b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting, 
maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic equipment 
for inmate training, religious, or educational programs.
    Sec. 622. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 623. Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
the Small Business Administration, $100,000 shall be available 
to each Department or agency only to implement telecommuting 
programs: Provided, That, six months after the date of 
enactment of this Act and every six months thereafter, each 
Department or agency shall provide a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations on the status of telecommuting programs, 
including the number of Federal employees eligible for, and 
participating in, such programs: Provided further, That each 
Department or agency shall designate a ``Telework Coordinator'' 
to be responsible for overseeing the implementation of 
telecommuting programs and serve as a point of contact on such 
programs for the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 624. The paragraph under the heading ``Small Business 
Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' in chapter 2 
of division B of Public Law 107-117 (115 Stat. 2297) is amended 
by inserting ``or section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(a))'' after ``September 11, 2001''.
    Sec. 625. For additional amounts under the heading ``Small 
Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses'', $2,000,000 
shall be available for a grant to the Innovation and 
Commercialization Center; $2,000,000 shall be available for the 
Mississippi State University MAF/TIGER database project; 
$1,000,000 shall be for the Black Hills Rural Tourism Marketing 
Program; $1,500,000 shall be for the Center for Tourism 
Research; $3,125,000 shall be for the National Inventor's Hall 
of Fame; $3,175,000 shall be for the Boston Museum of Science; 
$2,000,000 shall be for the Tuck School and Minority Business 
Development Agency Partnership; $2,000,000 shall be for the 
Oklahoma International Trade Processing Center; $300,000 shall 
be for the Providence, Rhode Island Center for Women and 
Enterprise; $500,000 shall be for the Ogontz Revitalization 
Corporation; $500,000 shall be for the Idaho Virtual Incubator, 
Phase III; $1,600,000 shall be for the Adelante grant; $300,000 
shall be for the Immigration Services project in Iowa; 
$2,000,000 shall be for the Microdevice Fabrication Facility; 
$700,000 shall be for the Carvers Bay Library; $1,000,000 shall 
be for technical upgrades for the Northwest Center for 
Engineering, Science, and Technology; $200,000 shall be for the 
Southern New Mexico High Technology Consortium; $1,000,000 
shall be for the American Museum of Natural History; $200,000 
shall be for the Program for International Education and 
Training; $2,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the St. 
Louis Enterprise Center in St. Louis County, Missouri to expand 
programs, operations and facilities to assist in business 
incubation; $400,000 shall be available for a grant for the 
Promesa Enterprises to provide back office services and 
infrastructure support to community-based organizations in the 
Bronx, New York; $700,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
New York City Department of Parks, working in conjunction with 
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, for developing a 
facility in New York City's Starlight Park; $300,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the Urban Justice Center to provide 
legal assistance to groups engaged in community development in 
low-income neighborhoods; $650,000 shall be available for a 
grant to CAP Services of Stevens Point, Wisconsin to purchase 
and renovate property; $200,000 shall be available for a grant 
for the Promesa Foundation in South Bronx, New York to provide 
community growth funding; $400,000 shall be available for a 
grant to the Lower East Side Girls Club of New York to provide 
for facility development; $1,100,000 shall be available for a 
grant to J.F. Drake State Technical College in Huntsville, 
Alabama to construct and equip a media center in support of 
local business needs; $1,100,000 shall be available for a grant 
to the City of Los Angeles, California to develop a facility to 
support downtown business development; $1,100,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the MountainMade Foundation to fulfill 
its charter purposes and to continue the initiative developed 
by the NTTC for outreach and promotion, business and sites 
development, the education of artists and craftspeople, and to 
promote small businesses, artisans and their products through 
market development, advertisement, commercial sale and other 
promotional means; $700,000 shall be available fora grant to 
Lord Fairfax Community College for workforce development programs; 
$700,000 shall be available for a grant to the Village of Edgar, 
Wisconsin to purchase and redevelop property as a small business park 
to support local agriculture; $500,000 shall be available for a grant 
to the West Virginia High Technology Consortium to develop a small 
business commercialization grant program; $250,000 shall be available 
for a grant to Johnstown Area Regional Industries in Pennsylvania to 
develop small business technology centers; $250,000 shall be available 
for a grant to the Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland to 
establish a Paperless Procurement grant program; $350,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the Fayette County, Pennsylvania Community 
Action Agency for the Republic Incubator Project; $1,000,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum to 
establish a new facility; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to 
the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for the Riverbend Technology 
Institute for the technology incubator project; $500,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the California State University, San 
Bernardino for development of the Center for the Commercialization of 
Advanced Technology; $1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
Rhode Island School of Design for the modernization of a building to 
establish a small business incubator; $500,000 shall be available for a 
grant to the University of Scranton to establish an Electronic Business 
Technology Center; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to 
Experience Works!, Incorporated for small business program activities; 
$500,000 shall be available for a grant to Wilberforce University to 
improve technology systems; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to 
Millikin University for facilities development for the Business and 
Technology Center; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural and Sports Center for facilities 
development; $2,600,000 shall be available for a grant to Iowa State 
University for the development of a research park biologics facility; 
$1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the Southern Kentucky 
Tourism Development Association for continuation of a regional tourism 
promotion initiative; $450,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
Bronx Council on the Arts to help promote stabilization of small arts 
organizations; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to Southern 
Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries for internal development; $250,000 
shall be available for a grant to Johnstown Area Regional Industries in 
Pennsylvania to continue the workforce development training program; 
$500,000 shall be available for a grant to the City of Monticello, 
Kentucky for commercial revitalization activities; $1,500,000 shall be 
available for a grant to Shenandoah University to develop a historical 
and tourism development facility; $500,000 shall be available for a 
grant to the City of Merrill, Wisconsin to purchase and redevelop 
industrial property to support economic growth; $2,500,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) 
for improvement of distance learning programs; $750,000 shall be 
available for a grant to Soundview Community in Action for a technology 
access and business improvement project; $100,000 shall be available 
for a grant to the Gospel Rescue Ministries for facilities renovation; 
$450,000 shall be available for a grant to the Pregones Theater in the 
South Bronx, New York for construction improvements; $100,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the Atoka Preservation Society for facility 
restoration activities; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
Virginia Science Museum for marine science and other environmental 
program activities at Belmont Bay; $500,000 shall be available for a 
grant to the Infotonics Center of Excellence for small business 
incubation activities; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
Chicago Field Museum to renovate and develop a facility; $500,000 shall 
be available for a grant to the Cedarbridge Development Urban Renewal 
Corporation for office complex development activities; and $500,000 
shall be available for a grant to the City of Belvidere, Illinois to 
establish a Small Business Agriculture-Technology Incubator and New Use 
Economy Information Center: Provided, That Section 629 of Public Law 
107-77 is amended with respect to a grant of: (1) $500,000 to Johnstown 
Area Regional Industries for the High Technology Initiative and 
Wireless/Digital Technology Program by deleting the word ``for'' after 
``Industries'' and inserting the words ``to provide technical and 
financial assistance under a High Technology Initiative and Wireless 
Digital Technology Program.''; (2) $2,000,000 to the Los Angeles 
Conservancy by adding the phrase ``, including the use of subgrants and 
other forms of financial assistance'' after ``rebuilding and 
revitalization.''; (3) $500,000 for a grant to Yonkers, New York by 
deleting ``Yonkers, New York'' and inserting ``the Yonkers Industrial 
Development Agency''; and (4) $450,000 to the Southern Kentucky 
Rehabilitation Industries by deleting the words ``financial assistance 
and small business development'' after ``for'' and inserting 
``technology upgrades'': Provided further, That, any grant made by the 
Small Business Administration to the MountainMade Foundation during 
fiscal year 2002 or to the NTTC at Wheeling Jesuit University during 
fiscal years 1998 through 2002 may be used by such entity to promote 
small businesses and artisans, and their products, through market 
development, advertisement, commercial sale, and other promotional 
means: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall apply to 
promotional activities occurring on or after October 1, 1997.
    Sec. 626. Any amounts previously appropriated for the Port 
of Anchorage for an intermodal marine facility and access 
thereto shall be transferred to and administered by the 
Administrator for the Maritime Administration including non-
federal contributions. Such amounts shall be subject only to 
conditions and requirements required by the Maritime 
Administration.

                         TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$78,000,000 are rescinded.

                            Legal Activities

                         ASSET FORFEITURE FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$50,874,000 are rescinded.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service

                       IMMIGRATION EMERGENCY FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$580,000 are rescinded.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                       COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$7,000,000 are rescinded.

                        Departmental Management

         EMERGENCY OIL AND GAS GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading 
from prior year appropriations, $920,000 are rescinded.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$5,700,000 are rescinded.

                     Small Business Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading 
from prior year appropriations, $13,750,000 are rescinded.

                     BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading 
from prior year appropriations, $10,500,000 are rescinded.
    This division may be cited as the ``Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

         DIVISION C--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia 
    and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the 
  revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
                     2003, and for other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the District of 
Columbia and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                         TITLE I--FEDERAL FUNDS

              Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be 
deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to 
be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident 
tuition support, $17,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such funds, including any interest 
accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible District of 
Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference 
between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public 
institutions of higher education, or to pay up to $2,500 each 
year at eligible private institutions of higher education: 
Provided further, That the awarding of such funds may be 
prioritized on the basis of a resident's academic merit, the 
income and need of eligible students and such other factors as 
may be authorized: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the 
Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 
Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any 
subsequent appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior 
fiscal years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal 
year: Provided further, That the account shall be under the 
control of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer who 
shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out 
the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, That 
the Resident Tuition Support Program Office and the Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate for these funds showing, by object 
class, the expenditures made and the purpose therefor: Provided 
further, That not more than seven percent of the total amount 
appropriated for this program may be used for administrative 
expenses.

   Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the 
                          District of Columbia

    For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia in written consultation with the elected 
county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse 
the District of Columbia for the costs of public safety 
expenses related to security events in the District of Columbia 
and for the costs of providing support to respond to immediate 
and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of 
Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any 
amount provided under this heading shall be available only 
after notice of its proposed use has been transmitted by the 
President to Congress and such amount has been apportioned 
pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 
shall, in consultation with the United States Park Police, the 
National Park Service, the Secret Service, the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, the United States Protective Service, the 
Department of State, and the General Services Administration, 
review the National Capital Planning Commission study on 
``Designing for Security in the Nation's Capital'' and report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate on the steps these agencies will 
take to improve the appearance of security measures in the 
District of Columbia in accordance with the National Capital 
Planning Commission recommendations: Provided further, That the 
report shall be submitted no later than April 11, 2003 and 
shall include the recommendations of each agency.

Federal Payment for Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness in the District 
                              of Columbia

    For a Federal payment to support hospital bioterrorism 
preparedness in the District of Columbia, $10,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for the Children's National Medical Center 
in the District of Columbia for the expansion of quarantine 
facilities and the establishment of a decontamination facility, 
and $5,000,000 shall be for the Washington Hospital Center for 
construction of containment facilities.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

    For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
Courts, $161,943,000, to be allocated as follows: for the 
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $8,551,000, of which not 
to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation 
expenses; for the District of Columbia Superior Court, 
$81,339,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official 
reception and representation expenses; for the District of 
Columbia Court System, $40,402,000, of which not to exceed 
$1,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; 
and $31,651,000 for capital improvements for District of 
Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made 
available for capital improvements shall be expended consistent 
with the General Services Administration master plan study and 
building evaluation report: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under 
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 
Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services to be 
provided on a contractual basis with the General Services 
Administration (GSA), said services to include the preparation 
of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be 
submitted directly by GSA to the President and to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate: Provided further, That funds made available for 
capital improvements may remain available until September 30, 
2004: Provided further, That 30 days after providing written 
notice to the Committees on Appropriations of theHouse of 
Representatives and Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may 
reallocate not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading among the items and entities funded under such heading: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 446 of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act or any provision of subchapter III of chapter 13 
of title 31, United States Code, the use of interest earned on the 
Federal payment made to the District of Columbia Courts under the 
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, by the Courts during 
fiscal year 1998 shall not constitute a violation of such Act or such 
subchapter.

            Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts

    For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 
11-2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation 
provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), 
payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family 
Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under 
chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, or pursuant to 
contractual agreements to provide guardian ad litem 
representation, training, technical assistance and/or such 
other services as are necessary to improve the quality of 
guardian ad litem representation, and payments for counsel 
authorized under section 21-2060, D.C. Official Code (relating 
to representation provided under the District of Columbia 
Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of 
Attorney Act of 1986), $17,100,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $1,500,000 of this appropriation is to 
provide guardians ad litem to abused and neglected children: 
Provided further, That the funds provided in this Act under the 
heading ``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts'' 
(other than the $31,651,000 provided under such heading for 
capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse 
facilities) may also be used for payments under this heading: 
Provided further, That in addition to the funds provided under 
this heading, the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in 
the District of Columbia shall use funds provided in this Act 
under the heading ``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia 
Courts'' (other than the $31,651,000 provided under such 
heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia 
courthouse facilities), to make payments described under this 
heading for obligations incurred during any fiscal year: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading shall 
be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial 
Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, this 
appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
manner as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal 
agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided on 
a contractual basis with the General Services Administration 
(GSA), said services to include the preparation of monthly 
financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly 
by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

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

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized 
by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997, $154,707,000, of which not to exceed 
$2,000 is for official receptions related to offender and 
defendant support programs; $95,682,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses of Community Supervision and Sex Offender 
Registration, to include expenses relating to the supervision 
of adults subject to protection orders or the provision of 
services for or related to such persons; $23,070,000 shall be 
transferred to the Public Defender Service; and $35,955,000 
shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 
of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 
Federal agencies: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, the Director may 
acquire by purchase, lease, condemnation, or donation, and 
renovate as necessary, Building Number 17, 1900 Massachusetts 
Avenue, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia to house or 
supervise offenders and defendants, with funds made available 
for this purpose in Public Law 107-96: Provided further, That 
the Director is authorized to accept and use gifts in the form 
of in-kind contributions of space and hospitality to support 
offender and defendant programs, and equipment and vocational 
training services to educate and train offenders and 
defendants: Provided further, That the Director shall keep 
accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any 
gift or donation under the previous proviso, and shall make 
such records available for audit and public inspection.

       Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Department of 
                             Transportation

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Department of Transportation, $1,000,000: Provided, That such 
funds will be used to implement transportation systems 
management initiatives and strategies recommended in the 
October 2001 report by the Interagency Task Force of the 
National Capital Planning Commission in coordination with the 
National Capital Planning Commission.

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

    For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia, $40,300,000: Provided, That these funds 
shall be available for the projects and in the amounts 
specified in the statement of the managers on the conference 
report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That each 
entity that receives funding under this heading shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate a report due April 30, 2003, on the 
activities carried out with such funds.

              Federal Payment for Waterfront Improvements

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Department of Housing and Community Development, $2,800,000 to 
continue improvements on the historic Potomac Southwest 
Waterfront: Provided, That the Department shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate a report due April 30, 2003, on the activities 
carried out with such funds.

                Federal Payment for Asbestos Remediation

    For a Federal payment to the General Services 
Administration (GSA), $1,000,000 to reimburse Fairfax County, 
Virginia for the remediation of asbestos on the former site of 
the Lorton Correctional Complex: Provided, That GSA shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate a report due April 30, 2003, on the 
activities carried out with such funds.

 Federal Payment to the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department, $2,000,000 to repair, 
renovate, and rehabilitate fire stations in need of capital 
improvements: Provided, That the Department shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate a report due April 30, 2003, on the activities 
carried out with such funds.

                 Federal Payment for Special Education

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Public 
Education System, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
expended to establish special education satellite facilities in 
the District of Columbia.

            Federal Payment for the Family Literacy Program

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
$4,000,000 for the Family Literacy Program to address the needs 
of literacy-challenged parents while endowing their children 
with an appreciation for literacy and strengthening familial 
ties.

 Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and 
Sewer Authority, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to begin implementing the Combined Sewer Overflow 
Long-Term Plan: Provided, That the District of Columbia Water 
and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent match for the fiscal 
year 2003 Federal contribution.

Federal Payment for the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in the District 
                              of Columbia

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for 
implementation of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
environmental and infrastructure costs related to development 
of parks and recreation facilities on the Anacostia River.

  Federal Payment to the District of Columbia for Capital Development

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for 
capital development, $10,150,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $150,000 shall be for renovations at Eastern 
Market and $10,000,000 shall be for the Unified Communications 
Center.

 Federal Payment to the District of Columbia for Public Charter School 
                               Facilities

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for 
public charter school facilities, $17,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be used to 
supplement the per pupil facilities allocation to public 
charter schools in fiscal year 2003; $5,000,000 shall be for 
the direct loan fund for charter school improvement; and 
$8,000,000 shall be for the credit enhancement revolving fund.

                  TITLE II--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                          Division of Expenses

    The following amounts are appropriated for the District of 
Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of 
the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically 
provided: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act and section 119 of this Act (D.C. 
Official Code, sec. 1-204.50a), the total amount appropriated 
in this Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia 
for fiscal year 2003 under this heading shall not exceed the 
lesser of the sum of the total revenues of the District of 
Columbia for such fiscal year or $6,294,522,000 (of which 
$3,618,411,000 shall be from local funds, $1,712,498,000 shall 
be from Federal funds, and $873,313,000 shall be from other 
funds): Provided further, That this amount may be increased by 
proceeds of one-time transactions, which are expended for 
emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs: Provided 
further, That such increases shall be approved by enactment of 
local District law and shall comply with all reserve 
requirements contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act as amended by this Act: Provided further, That the Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such 
steps as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia 
meets these requirements, including the apportioning by the 
Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 
available to the District during fiscal year 2003, except that 
the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating 
expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other 
obligations issued for capital projects.

                   Governmental Direction and Support

    Governmental direction and support, $307,173,000 (including 
$207,971,000 from local funds, $80,854,000 from Federal funds, 
and $18,348,000 from other funds): Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,500 for the Mayor, $2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of 
the District of Columbia, $2,500 for the City Administrator, 
and $2,500 for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall 
be available from this appropriation for official purposes: 
Provided further, That any program fees collected from the 
issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of expenses 
of the debt management program of the District of Columbia: 
Provided further, That no revenues from Federal sources shall 
be used to support the operations or activities of the 
Statehood Commission and Statehood Compact Commission: Provided 
further, That the District of Columbia shall identify the 
sources of funding for Admission to Statehood from its own 
locally generated revenues: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, or Mayor's Order 
86-45, issued March 18, 1986, the Office of the Chief 
Technology Officer's delegated small purchase authority shall 
be $500,000: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
government may not require the Office of the Chief Technology 
Officer to submit to any other procurement review process, or 
to obtain the approval of or be restricted in any manner by any 
official or employee of the District of Columbia government, 
for purchases that do not exceed $500,000: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds in the District of 
Columbia Antitrust Fund established pursuant to section 2 of 
the District of Columbia Antitrust Act of 1980 (D.C. Law 3-169; 
D.C. Official Code, sec. 28-4516), not to exceed $100,000 of 
the funds in the Antifraud Fund established pursuant to section 
820 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2-308.20), and 
not to exceed $910,000 of the funds in the District of Columbia 
Consumer Protection Fund established pursuant to section 1402 
of the District of Columbia Budget Support Act for fiscal year 
2001 (D.C. Law 13-172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 28-3911) are 
hereby made available for the use of the Office of the 
Corporation Counsel of theDistrict of Columbia until September 
30, 2004, in accordance with the laws establishing these funds.

                  Economic Development and Regulation

    Economic development and regulation, $244,358,000 
(including $56,872,000 from local funds, $97,796,000 from 
Federal funds, and $89,690,000 from other funds), of which 
$15,000,000 collected by the District of Columbia in the form 
of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the respective BIDs 
pursuant to the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996 
(D.C. Law 11-134; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2-1215.01 et seq.), 
and the Business Improvement Districts Amendment Act of 1997 
(D.C. Law 12-26; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2-1215.15 et seq.): 
Provided, That such funds are available for acquiring services 
provided by the General Services Administration: Provided 
further, That Business Improvement Districts shall be exempt 
from taxes levied by the District of Columbia: Provided 
further, That $725,000, of which no amount may be expended for 
administrative expenses, shall be available to the Department 
of Employment Services when the Council Committee on Public 
Services approves a spending plan prepared and submitted, by 
the agency, to the Committee on Public Services for its 
approval.

                       Public Safety and Justice

    Public safety and justice, $622,531,000 (including 
$602,678,000 from local funds, $11,329,000 from Federal funds, 
and $8,524,000 from other funds): Provided, That not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be available from this appropriation for the 
Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime: 
Provided further, That not less than $170,000 shall be for the 
Corrections Information Council, established by section 
11201(g) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 
24-101(h)), to support its operations and perform its duties: 
Provided further, That not less than $169,000 shall be for the 
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, established by the 
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of 
Columbia Establishment Act of 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. 
Official Code, sec. 22-4231 et seq.), to support its operations 
and perform its duties: Provided further, That the Mayor shall 
reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard for expenses 
incurred in connection with services that are performed in 
emergencies by the National Guard in a militia status and are 
requested by the Mayor, in amounts that shall be jointly 
determined and certified as due and payable for these services 
by the Mayor and the Commanding General of the District of 
Columbia National Guard: Provided further, That such sums as 
may be necessary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia 
National Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available 
from this appropriation, and the availability of the sums shall 
be deemed as constituting payment in advance for emergency 
services involved.

                        Public Education System

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    Public education system, including the development of 
national defense education programs, $1,206,169,000 (including 
$939,174,000 from local funds, $208,470,000 from Federal funds, 
$31,525,000 from other funds, and not to exceed $27,000,000 
from the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund established 
pursuant to the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund 
Establishment Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14-403)), $17,000,000 from 
local funds, previously appropriated in this Act as a Federal 
payment, and such sums as may be derived from interest earned 
on funds contained in the dedicated account established by the 
Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, for 
resident tuition support at public and private institutions of 
higher learning for eligible District of Columbia residents, to 
be allocated as follows:
            (1) District of columbia public schools.--
        $902,936,000 (including $713,494,000 from local funds, 
        $150,800,000 from Federal funds, $11,642,000 from other 
        funds, and not to exceed $27,000,000 from the Medicaid 
        and Special Education Reform Fund established pursuant 
        to the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund 
        Establishment Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14-403) shall be 
        available for District of Columbia Public Schools: 
        Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and 
        instruments for evaluating District of Columbia Public 
        School employees shall be a non-negotiable item for 
        collective bargaining purposes: Provided further, That 
        this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize 
        the education of any nonresident of the District of 
        Columbia at any District of Columbia public elementary 
        and secondary school during fiscal year 2003 unless the 
        nonresident pays tuition to the District of Columbia at 
        a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs incurred by 
        the District of Columbia which are attributable to the 
        education of the nonresident (as established by the 
        Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public 
        Schools): Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
        amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any 
        other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to 
        the District of Columbia Public Schools on July 1, 
        2003, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount 
        provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools in 
        the proposed budget of the District of Columbia for 
        fiscal year 2004 (as submitted to Congress), and the 
        amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the 
        final amount provided for the District of Columbia 
        Public Schools under the District of Columbia 
        Appropriations Act, 2004: Provided further, That not to 
        exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent of Schools shall 
        be available from this appropriation for official 
        purposes.
            (2) State education office.--$49,687,000 (including 
        $22,594,000 from local funds, $26,917,000 from Federal 
        funds, and $176,000 from other funds), shall be 
        available for the State Education Office: Provided, 
        That of the amountsprovided to the State Education 
Office, $500,000 from local funds shall remain available until June 30, 
2004 for an audit of the student enrollment of each District of 
Columbia Public School and of each District of Columbia public charter 
school.
            (3) District of columbia public charter schools.--
        $142,711,000 (including $125,711,000 from local funds 
        and $17,000,000 from Federal funds) shall be available 
        for District of Columbia public charter schools: 
        Provided, That there shall be quarterly disbursement of 
        funds to the District of Columbia public charter 
        schools, with the first payment to occur within 15 days 
        of the beginning of the fiscal year: Provided further, 
        That if the entirety of this allocation has not been 
        provided as payments to any public charter school 
        currently in operation through the per pupil funding 
        formula, the funds shall be available for public 
        education in accordance with section 2403(b)(2) of the 
        District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. 
        Official Code, sec. 38-1804.03(b)(2)): Provided 
        further, That of the amounts made available to District 
        of Columbia public charter schools, $25,000 shall be 
        made available to the Office of the Chief Financial 
        Officer as authorized by section 2403(b)(5) of the 
        District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. 
        Official Code, sec. 38-1804.03(b)(6)): Provided 
        further, That $589,000 of this amount shall be 
        available to the District of Columbia Public Charter 
        School Board for administrative costs: Provided 
        further, That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise 
        provided under this heading or any other provision of 
        law, there shall be appropriated to the District of 
        Columbia public charter schools on July 1, 2003, an 
        amount equal to 25 percent of the total amount provided 
        for payments to public charter schools in the proposed 
        budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2004 
        (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of such 
        payment shall be chargeable against the final amount 
        provided for such payments under the District of 
        Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004.
            (4) University of the district of columbia.--
        $81,180,000 (including $49,462,000 from local funds, 
        $12,668,000 from Federal funds, and $19,050,000 from 
        other funds) shall be available for the University of 
        the District of Columbia: Provided, That this 
        appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the 
        education of nonresidents of the District of Columbia 
        at the University of the District of Columbia, unless 
        the Board of Trustees of the University of the District 
        of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending 
        September 30, 2003, a tuition rate schedule that will 
        establish the tuition rate for nonresident students at 
        a level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate 
        charged at comparable public institutions of higher 
        education in the metropolitan area: Provided further, 
        That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided 
        under this heading or any other provision of law, there 
        shall be appropriated to the University of the District 
        of Columbia on July 1, 2003, an amount equal to 10 
        percent of the total amount provided for the University 
        of the District of Columbia in the proposed budget of 
        the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2004 (as 
        submitted to Congress), and the amount of such payment 
        shall be chargeable against the final amount provided 
        for the University of the District of Columbia under 
        the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004: 
        Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the 
        President of the University of the District of Columbia 
        shall be available from this appropriation for official 
        purposes.
            (5) District of columbia public libraries.--
        $27,363,000 (including $26,216,000 from local funds, 
        $610,000 from Federal funds, and $537,000 from other 
        funds) shall be available for the District of Columbia 
        Public Libraries: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 
        for the Public Librarian shall be available from this 
        appropriation for official purposes.
            (6) Commission on the arts and humanities.--
        $2,292,000 (including $1,697,000 from local funds, 
        $475,000 from Federal funds, and $120,000 from other 
        funds) shall be available for the Commission on the 
        Arts and Humanities.

                         Human Support Services

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Human support services, $2,451,818,000 (including 
$1,002,284,000 from local funds, $1,373,680,000 from Federal 
funds, $52,987,000 from other funds, and $22,867,000 from the 
Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund established pursuant 
to the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund Establishment 
Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14-403)): Provided, That the funds 
available from the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund 
are allocated as follows: $7,072,000 for Child and Family 
Services, $5,795,000 for the Department of Human Services, and 
$10,000,000 for the Department of Mental Health: Provided 
further, That $27,959,000 of this appropriation, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available solely for 
District of Columbia employees' disability compensation: 
Provided further, That $7,000,000 of this appropriation, to 
remain available until expended, shall be deposited in the 
Addiction Recovery Fund, established pursuant to section 5 of 
the Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13-146; D.C. 
Official Code, sec. 7-3004) and used exclusively for the 
purpose of the Drug Treatment Choice Program established 
pursuant to section 4 of the Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 
2000 (D.C. Law 13-146; D.C. Official Code, sec. 7-3003): 
Provided further, That no less than $2,000,000 of this 
appropriation shall be available exclusively for the purpose of 
funding the pilot substance abuse program for youth ages 16 
through 21 years established pursuant to section 4212 of the 
Pilot Substance Abuse Program for Youth Act of 2001 (D.C. Law 
14-28; D.C. Official Code, sec. 7-3101): Provided further, That 
$3,209,000 of this appropriation, to remain available until 
expended, shall be deposited in the Interim Disability 
Assistance Fund established pursuant to section 201 of the 
District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982 (D.C. Law 4-
101; D.C. Official Code, sec. 4-202.01), to be used exclusively 
for the Interim Disability Assistance program and the purposes 
for that program set forth in section 407 of the District of 
Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982 (D.C. Law 13-252; D.C. 
Official Code, sec. 4-204.07): Provided further, That no less 
than $500,000 of this appropriation shall be available 
exclusively for the Mobile Crisis Intervention Program for 
Kids: Provided further, That the amount available under this 
heading in Public Law 107-96 for Interim Disability Assistance 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
$37,500,000 in local funds, to remain available until expended, 
shall be deposited in the Medicaid and Special Education Reform 
Fund.

                              Public Works

    Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying 
vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying 
vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Columbia and 
leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles, $320,357,000 (including 
$304,363,000 from local funds, $5,669,000 from Federal funds, 
and $10,325,000 from other funds): Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or 
miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business.

                                Reserve

    For replacement of funds expended, if any, during fiscal 
year 2002 from the budget reserve established pursuant to 
section 202(j) of the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of1995 (D.C. 
Official Code, sec. 47-392.02(j)), $70,000,000 from local funds.

                Emergency and Contingency Reserve Funds

    For the emergency reserve fund and the contingency reserve 
fund under section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-204.50a), such amounts from 
local funds as are necessary to meet the fiscal year 2003 
minimum balance requirements for such funds under such section.

                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

    For payment of principal, interest, and certain fees 
directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia 
to fund District of Columbia capital projects as authorized by 
sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, secs. 1-204.62, 1-204.75, and 1-
204.90), $260,951,000 from local funds: Provided, That for 
equipment leases, the Mayor may finance $14,300,000 of 
equipment cost, plus cost of issuance not to exceed two percent 
of the par amount being financed on a lease purchase basis with 
a maturity not to exceed five years.

                Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt

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

              Payment of Interest on Short-Term Borrowing

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

                     Certificates of Participation

    For principal and interest payments on the District's 
Certificates of Participation, issued to finance the ground 
lease underlying the building located at One Judiciary Square, 
$7,950,000 from local funds.

                       Settlements and Judgments

    For making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements 
or judgments that have been entered against the District of 
Columbia government, $22,822,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be construed as modifying or affecting 
the provisions of section 103 of this Act.

                            Wilson Building

    For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson Building, 
$4,194,000 from local funds.

                         Workforce Investments

    For workforce investments, $48,186,000 from local funds, to 
be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Columbia within 
the various appropriation headings in this Act for which 
employees are properly payable.

                        Non-Departmental Agency

    To account for anticipated costs that cannot be allocated 
to specific agencies during the development of the proposed 
budget, including anticipated employee health insurance cost 
increases and contract security costs, $5,799,000 from local 
funds.

                 Emergency Planning and Security Costs

    For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia in written consultation with the elected 
county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 
$15,000,000, from funds previously appropriated in this Act as 
a Federal payment, to remain available until expended, to 
reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs of public 
safety expenses related to security events in the District of 
Columbia and for the costs of providing support to respond to 
immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the 
District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, 
That any amount provided under this heading shall be available 
only after notice of its proposed use has been transmitted by 
the President to Congress and such amount has been apportioned 
pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code.

                       ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

                       Water and Sewer Authority

    For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority, 
$253,743,000 from other funds, of which $43,800,000 shall be 
apportioned for repayment of loans and interest incurred for 
capital improvement projects ($18,094,000 payable to the 
District's debt service fund and $25,706,000 payable for other 
debt service).
    For construction projects, $392,458,000, to be distributed 
as follows: $213,669,000 for the Blue Plains Wastewater 
Treatment Plant, $24,539,000 for the sewer program, $56,561,000 
for the combined sewer program, $50,000,000 Federal payment for 
the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan, $5,635,000 for the 
stormwater program, $34,054,000 for the water program, and 
$8,000,000 for the capital equipment program: Provided, That 
the requirements and restrictions that are applicable to 
general fund capital improvement projects and set forth in this 
Act under the Capital Outlay appropriation account shall apply 
to projects approved under this appropriation account.

                          Washington Aqueduct

    For operation of the Washington Aqueduct, $57,847,000 from 
other funds.

              Stormwater Permit Compliance Enterprise Fund

    For operation of the Stormwater Permit Compliance 
Enterprise Fund, $3,100,000 from other funds.

              Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund

    For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, 
established by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 
1982, for the purpose of implementing the Law to Legalize 
Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles for 
Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia (D.C. Law 3-
172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 3-1301 et seq. and sec. 22-1716 
et seq.), $232,881,000: Provided, That the District of Columbia 
shall identify the source of funding for this appropriation 
title from the District's own locally generated revenues: 
Provided further, That no revenues from Federal sources shall 
be used to support the operations or activities of the Lottery 
and Charitable Games Control Board.

                  Sports and Entertainment Commission

    For the Sports and Entertainment Commission, $20,510,000, 
of which $15,510,000 is from other funds and $5,000,000 is from 
Federal funds appropriated earlier in this Act as a Federal 
Payment for the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative.

                 District of Columbia Retirement Board

    For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, established 
pursuant to section 121 of the District of Columbia Retirement 
Reform Act of 1979 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-711), 
$13,388,000 from the earnings of the applicable retirement 
funds to pay legal, management, investment, and other fees and 
administrative expenses of the District of Columbia Retirement 
Board: Provided, That the District of Columbia Retirement Board 
shall provide to the Congress and to the Council of the 
District of Columbia a quarterly report of the allocations of 
charges by fund and of expenditures of all funds: Provided 
further, That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall 
provide the Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the 
District of Columbia, an itemized accounting of the planned use 
of appropriated funds in time for each annual budget submission 
and the actual use of such funds in time for each annual 
audited financial report.

              Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund

    For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund, 
$78,700,000 from other funds.

              National Capital Revitalization Corporation

    For the National Capital Revitalization Corporation, 
$6,745,000 from other funds.

                             Capital Outlay

                        (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

    For construction projects, an increase of $925,011,000, of 
which $555,097,000 shall be from local funds, $48,132,000 from 
Highway Trust funds, and $321,782,000 from Federal funds, and a 
rescission of $253,991,000 from local funds appropriated under 
this heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of 
$671,020,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds for use of each capital project implementing agency 
shall be managed and controlled in accordance with all 
procedures and limitations established under the Financial 
Management System: Provided further, That all funds provided by 
this appropriation title shall be available only for the 
specific projects and purposes intended: Provided further, That 
the District of Columbia Public Libraries shall allocate 
capital funds, from existing resources, in fiscal year 2003 for 
the planning and design of a new Francis Gregory Public 
Library.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified 
within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects of 
expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be 
considered as the maximum amount that may be expended for said 
purpose or object rather than an amount set apart exclusively 
therefor.
    Sec. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for 
expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations 
concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, 
when authorized by the Mayor: Provided, That in the case of the 
Council of the District of Columbia, funds may be expended with 
the authorization of the Chairman of the Council.
    Sec. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or 
judgments that have been entered against the District of 
Columbia government: Provided, That nothing contained in this 
section shall be construed as modifying or affecting the 
provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the District of 
Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 (D.C. Official 
Code, sec. 47-1812.11(c)(3)).
    Sec. 104. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 105. No funds appropriated in this Act for the 
District of Columbia government for the operation of 
educational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for 
other educational purposes may be used to permit, encourage, 
facilitate, or further partisan political activities. Nothing 
herein is intended to prohibit the availability of school 
buildings for the use of any community or partisan political 
group during non-school hours.
    Sec. 106. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be made available to pay the salary of any employee of the 
District of Columbia government whose name, title, grade, and 
salary are not available for inspection by the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the 
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia, or their duly authorized 
representative.
    Sec. 107. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no part 
of this appropriation shall be used for publicity or propaganda 
purposes or implementation of any policy including boycott 
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
Congress or any State legislature.
    (b) The District of Columbia may use local funds provided 
in this Act to carry out lobbying activities on any matter 
other than--
            (1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or
            (2) statehood for the District of Columbia or 
        voting representation in Congress for the District of 
        Columbia.
    (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit 
any elected official from advocating with respect to any of the 
issues referred to in subsection (b).
    Sec. 108. At the start of fiscal year 2003 and any 
subsequent fiscal year, the Mayor shall develop an annual plan, 
by quarter and by project, for capital outlay borrowings: 
Provided, That within a reasonable time after the close of each 
quarter, the Mayor shall report to the Council of the District 
of Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate the actual borrowings and 
spending progress compared with projections.
    Sec. 109. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act to 
the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District 
government agencies, that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2003, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure for an agency through a 
reprogramming of funds which--
            (1) creates new programs;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or 
        responsibility center;
            (3) establishes or changes allocations specifically 
        denied, limited or increased under this Act;
            (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for 
        any program, project, or responsibility center for 
        which funds have been denied or restricted;
            (5) reestablishes any program or project previously 
        deferred through reprogramming;
            (6) augments any existing program, project, or 
        responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds 
        in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
        less; or
            (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
        assigned to a specific program, project or 
        responsibility center;

unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 30 days in 
advance of the reprogramming.
    (b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may be 
available for obligation or expenditure for an agency through a 
transfer of any local funds from one appropriation heading to 
another unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 30 days in 
advance of the transfer, except that in no event may the amount 
of any funds transferred exceed four percent of the local funds 
in the appropriation.
    Sec. 110. Consistent with the provisions of section 1301(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, appropriations under this Act 
shall be applied only to the objects for which the 
appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law.
    Sec. 111. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive 
Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official 
Code, sec. 1-601.01 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 
422(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official 
Code, sec. 1-204.22(3)), shall apply with respect to the 
compensation of District of Columbia employees: Provided, That 
for pay purposes, employees of the District of Columbia 
government shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5, 
United States Code.
    Sec. 112. No later than 30 days after the end of the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2003, the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District of 
Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 2003 revenue 
estimates as of the end of such quarter. These estimates shall 
be used in the budget request for fiscal year 2004. The 
officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the 
midyear report.
    Sec. 113. No sole source contract with the District of 
Columbia government or any agency thereof may be renewed or 
extended without opening that contract to the competitive 
bidding process as set forth in section 303 of the District of 
Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C. 
Official Code, sec. 2-303.03), except that the District of 
Columbia government or any agency thereof may renew or extend 
sole source contracts for which competition is not feasible or 
practical, but only if the determination as to whether to 
invoke the competitive bidding process has been made in 
accordance with duly promulgated rules and procedures and has 
been reviewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia.
    Sec. 114. (a) In the event a sequestration order is issued 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 after the amounts appropriated to the District of 
Columbia for the fiscal year involved have been paid to the 
District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
shall pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days 
after receipt of a request therefor from the Secretary of the 
Treasury, such amounts as are sequestered by the order: 
Provided, That the sequestration percentage specified in the 
order shall be applied proportionately to each of the Federal 
appropriation accounts in this Act that are not specifically 
exempted from sequestration by such Act.
    (b) For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the term ``program, project, and 
activity'' shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to 
each account appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any 
sequestration order shall be applied to each of the accounts 
rather than to the aggregate total of those accounts: Provided, 
That sequestration orders shall not be applied to any account 
that is specifically exempted from sequestration by the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 115. (a)(1) An entity of the District of Columbia 
government may accept and use a gift or donation during fiscal 
year 2003 and any subsequent fiscal year if--
            (A) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of 
        the gift or donation (except as provided in paragraph 
        (2)); and
            (B) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry 
        out its authorized functions or duties.
    (2) The Council of the District of Columbia and the 
District of Columbia courts may accept and use gifts without 
prior approval by the Mayor.
    (b) Each entity of the District of Columbia government 
shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and 
use of any gift or donation under subsection (a), and shall 
make such records available for audit and public inspection.
    (c) For the purposes of this section, the term ``entity of 
the District of Columbia government'' includes an independent 
agency of the District of Columbia.
    (d) This section shall not apply to the District of 
Columbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the laws 
and regulations of the District of Columbia, accept and use 
gifts to the public schools without prior approval by the 
Mayor.
    Sec. 116. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for 
salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the offices 
of United States Senator or United States Representative under 
section 4(d) of the District of Columbia Statehood 
Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. Law 3-171; 
D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-123).
    Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated under this Act 
shall be expended for any abortion except where thelife of the 
mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where 
the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
    Sec. 118. None of the Federal funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the Health Care 
Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Official 
Code, sec. 32-701 et seq.) or to otherwise implement or enforce 
any system of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples, 
including but not limited to registration for the purpose of 
extending employment, health, or governmental benefits to such 
couples on the same basis that such benefits are extended to 
legally married couples.
    Sec. 119. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Financial 
Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, obligate, and 
expend Federal, private, and other grants received by the 
District government that are not reflected in the amounts 
appropriated in this Act.
    (b) No such Federal, private, or other grant may be 
accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) 
until--
            (1) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
        Columbia submits to the Council a report setting forth 
        detailed information regarding such grant; and
            (2) the Council within 15 calendar days after 
        receipt of the report submitted under paragraph (1) has 
        reviewed and approved the acceptance, obligation, and 
        expenditure of such grant.
    (c) No amount may be obligated or expended from the general 
fund or other funds of the District of Columbia government in 
anticipation of the approval or receipt of a grant under 
subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of the approval or receipt 
of a Federal, private, or other grant not subject to such 
subsection.
    (d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth detailed 
information regarding all Federal, private, and other grants 
subject to this section. Each such report shall be submitted to 
the Council of the District of Columbia and to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
not later than 15 days after the end of the quarter covered by 
the report.
    Sec. 120. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available by this Act or by any other 
Act may be used to provide any officer or employee of the 
District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the 
officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the performance of 
the officer's or employee's official duties. For purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ``official duties'' does not include 
travel between the officer's or employee's residence and 
workplace, except in the case of--
            (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
        Police Department who resides in the District of 
        Columbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
        Department;
            (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer 
        or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
        Emergency Medical Services Department who resides in 
        the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;
            (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and
            (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District of 
        Columbia.
    (b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
shall submit by March 1, 2003 an inventory, as of September 30, 
2002, of all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the District 
of Columbia government. The inventory shall include, but not be 
limited to, the department to which the vehicle is assigned; 
the year and make of the vehicle; the acquisition date and 
cost; the general condition of the vehicle; annual operating 
and maintenance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle 
is allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 
and if so, the officer or employee's title and resident 
location.
    Sec. 121. No officer or employee of the District of 
Columbia government (including any independent agency of the 
District of Columbia, but excluding the Office of the Chief 
Technology Officer, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer 
of the District of Columbia, and the Metropolitan Police 
Department) may enter into an agreement in excess of $2,500 for 
the procurement of goods or services on behalf of any entity of 
the District government until the officer or employee has 
conducted an analysis of how the procurement of the goods and 
services involved under the applicable regulations and 
procedures of the District government would differ from the 
procurement of the goods and services involved under the 
Federal supply schedule and other applicable regulations and 
procedures of the General Services Administration, including an 
analysis of any differences in the costs to be incurred and the 
time required to obtain the goods or services.
    Sec. 122. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used for purposes of the annual independent audit of the 
District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2003 unless--
            (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector General 
        of the District of Columbia, in coordination with the 
        Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, 
        pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the District of 
        Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. 
        Official Code, sec. 2-302.8); and
            (2) the audit includes as a basic financial 
        statement a comparison of audited actual year-end 
        results with the revenues submitted in the budget 
        document for such year and the appropriations enacted 
        into law for such year using the format, terminology, 
        and classifications contained in the law making the 
        appropriations for the year and its legislative 
        history.
    Sec. 123. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
be used by the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel or any 
other officer or entity of the District government to provide 
assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks 
to require Congress to provide for voting representation in 
Congress for the District of Columbia.
    (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia 
Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in 
private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the 
District government regarding such lawsuits.
    Sec. 124. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
be used for any program of distributing sterile needles or 
syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
    (b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds 
contained in this Act and who carries out any program described 
in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used for such 
program separately from any funds contained in this Act.
    Sec. 125. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used after the expiration of the 60-day period that begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act to pay the salary of any 
chief financial officer of any office of the District of 
Columbia government (including any independent agency of the 
District of Columbia) who has not filed a certification with 
the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia that the officer understands the duties and 
restrictions applicable to the officer and the officer's agency 
as a result of this Act (and the amendments made by this Act), 
including any duty to prepare a report requested either in the 
Act or in any of the reports accompanying the Act and the 
deadline by which each report must be submitted. The Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall provide to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate by the 10th day after the end of 
each quarter a summary list showing each report, the due date, 
and the date submitted to the Committees.
    Sec. 126. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to 
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) or any 
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
    (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment 
Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by 
the electors of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998, 
shall not take effect.
    Sec. 127. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent 
the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage 
by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Congress 
that any legislation enacted on such issue should include a 
``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions for religious 
beliefs and moral convictions.
    Sec. 128. (a) If the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals does not 
make a payment described in subsection (b) prior to the 
expiration of the 45-day period which begins on the date the 
Court receives a completed voucher for a claim for the payment, 
interest shall be assessed against the amount of the payment 
which would otherwise be made to take into account the period 
which begins on the day after the expiration of such 45-day 
period and which ends on the day the Court makes the payment.
    (b) A payment described in this subsection is--
            (1) a payment authorized under section 11-2604 and 
        section 11-2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to 
        representation provided under the District of Columbia 
        Criminal Justice Act);
            (2) a payment for counsel appointed in proceedings 
        in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 
        District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 
        Official Code; or
            (3) a payment for counsel authorized under section 
        21-2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation 
        provided under the District of Columbia Guardianship, 
        Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney 
        Act of 1986).
    (c) The chief judges of the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall 
establish standards and criteria for determining whether 
vouchers submitted for claims for payments described in 
subsection (b) are complete, and shall publish and make such 
standards and criteria available to attorneys who practice 
before such Courts.
    (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
the assessment of interest against any claim (or portion of any 
claim) which is denied by the Court involved.
    (e) This section shall apply with respect to claims 
received by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals during fiscal year 
2003 and any subsequent fiscal year.
    Sec. 129. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Government Reform 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate quarterly reports addressing 
the following issues--
            (1) crime, including the homicide rate, 
        implementation of community policing, the number of 
        police officers on local beats, and the closing down of 
        open-air drug markets;
            (2) access to substance and alcohol abuse 
        treatment, including the number of treatment slots, the 
        number of people served, the number of people on 
        waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment 
        programs;
            (3) management of parolees and pre-trial violent 
        offenders, including the number of halfway house 
        escapes and steps taken to improve monitoring and 
        supervision of halfway house residents to reduce the 
        number of escapes to be provided in consultation with 
        the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for 
        the District of Columbia;
            (4) education, including access to special 
        education services and student achievement to be 
        provided in consultation with the District of Columbia 
        Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 
        charter schools;
            (5) improvement in basic District services, 
        including rat control and abatement;
            (6) application for and management of Federal 
        grants, including the number and type of grants for 
        which the District was eligible but failed to apply and 
        the number and type of grants awarded to the District 
        but for which the District failed to spend the amounts 
        received; and
            (7) indicators of child well-being.
    Sec. 130. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress, the Mayor, and the Councilof the District of 
Columbia a revised appropriated funds operating budget in the format of 
the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official 
Code, sec. 1-204.42), for all agencies of the District of Columbia 
government for fiscal year 2003 that is in the total amount of the 
approved appropriation and that realigns all budgeted data for personal 
services and other-than-personal-services, respectively, with 
anticipated actual expenditures.
    Sec. 131. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used to issue, administer, or enforce any order by the District 
of Columbia Commission on Human Rights relating to docket 
numbers 93-030-(PA) and 93-031-(PA).
    Sec. 132. None of the Federal funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 133. In addition to any other authority to pay claims 
and judgments, any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the District government may pay the settlement or judgment of a 
claim or lawsuit in an amount less than $10,000, in accordance 
with the Risk Management for Settlements and Judgments 
Amendment Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13-172; D.C. Official Code, 
sec. 2-402).
    Sec. 134. All funds from the Crime Victims Compensation 
Fund, established pursuant to section 16 of the Victims of 
Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11-243; D.C. 
Official Code, sec. 4-514) (``Compensation Act''), that are 
designated for outreach activities pursuant to section 16(d)(2) 
of the Compensation Act shall be deposited in the Crime Victims 
Assistance Fund, established pursuant to section 16a of the 
Compensation Act, for the purpose of outreach activities, and 
shall remain available until expended.
    Sec. 135. Notwithstanding any other law, the District of 
Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general treasury of the 
District of Columbia all fines levied and collected by the 
Courts in cases charging Driving Under the Influence and 
Driving While Impaired. The transferred funds shall remain 
available until expended and shall be used by the Office of the 
Corporation Counsel for enforcement and prosecution of District 
traffic alcohol laws in accordance with section 10(b)(3) of the 
District of Columbia Traffic Control Act (D.C. Official Code, 
sec. 50-2201.05(b)(3)).
    Sec. 136. Section 47-363(a-1) of the District of Columbia 
Official Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(3)(A) After the adoption of the annual budget 
        for a fiscal year that is not a control year, no 
        reprogramming of amounts in the budget may occur 
        unless--
                    ``(i) the Mayor submits a request for such 
                reprogramming to the Council and the Chief 
                Financial Officer of the District of Columbia;
                    ``(ii) the Chief Financial Officer 
                transmits to the Council a statement certifying 
                the availability of funds for the reprogramming 
                and containing an analysis of the effect of the 
                reprogramming on the financial plan and budget 
                for the fiscal year; and
                    ``(iii) the Council approves the request 
                after receiving the statement described in 
                clause (ii), but only if any additional 
                expenditures provided under the request are 
                offset by reductions in expenditures for 
                another activity.
            ``(B) If the Chief Financial Officer does not 
        transmit to the Council the statement described in 
        subparagraph (A)(ii) during the 15-day period which 
        begins on the date the Chief Financial Officer receives 
        the request for the reprogramming from the Mayor, the 
        Chief Financial Officer shall be deemed to have 
        transmitted the statement to the Council. Upon written 
        notice to the Mayor and Council, the Chief Financial 
        Officer may extend the time period to transmit the 
        statement and analysis to the Council, not to exceed 10 
        additional days.
            ``(C) In this paragraph, the term `control year' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 305(4) of 
        the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
        Management Assistance Act of 1995 (D.C. Official Code, 
        sec. 47-393(4)).''.
    Sec. 137. From the local funds appropriated under this Act, 
any agency of the District government may transfer to the 
Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining (OLRCB) 
such amounts as may be necessary to pay for representation by 
OLRCB in third-party cases, grievances, and dispute resolution, 
pursuant to an intra-District agreement with OLRCB. These 
amounts shall be available for use by OLRCB to reimburse the 
cost of providing the representation.
    Sec. 138. (a) Section 9001(1) of Title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding before the period ``(other than an 
employee of the District of Columbia Courts)''.
    (b) Section 11-1726, District of Columbia Code, is amended 
as follows:
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end: 
        ``(F) Chapter 90 (relating to long-term care 
        insurance).''.
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end: 
        ``(D) Chapter 90 (relating to long-term care 
        insurance).''.
    Sec. 139. Of the amount appropriated as a Federal payment 
to the District of Columbia Courts in the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2002, that remain available through 
September 30, 2003, $560,000 are hereby transferred to the 
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency for child 
abuse services.
    Sec. 140. No later than June 2, 2003, the Comptroller 
General shall prepare and submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, a 
detailed analysis of the national effort to establish adequate 
charter school facilities including a comparison to the efforts 
in the District of Columbia.
    Sec. 141. The Mayor of the District of Columbia and the 
Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, in 
consultation with the General Services Administration, shall 
conduct an assessment of all buildings currently held in 
surplus and those that might be made available withinone year 
of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That such assessment 
include a survey of the space available, a listing of appropriate uses, 
a listing of potential occupants, and the renovations or construction 
necessary to accommodate proposed uses: Provided further, That within 
180 days of enactment, the Mayor shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate the findings 
of such assessment along with a plan for occupying at least 50 percent 
of the space available at the time such report is submitted: Provided 
further, That assignments of space included in this plan shall be in 
compliance with preferences outlined in the D.C. School Reform Act.
    Sec. 142. The Mayor of the District of Columbia, in 
administering funds provided under the heading ``Federal 
Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children'' in Public Law 
106-113, as modified by Public Law 107-96, shall establish and 
fulfill the following performance measures within nine months 
of the date of enactment of this Act: (i) the Chief Financial 
Officer of the District of Columbia shall certify that not less 
than 50 percent of the funds provided for attorney fees and 
home studies have been expended; (ii) the Mayor shall establish 
an outreach program to inform adoptive families and children 
without parents about the scholarship fund established with 
these funds; (iii) the Mayor shall establish the location, 
necessary personnel and mission of the adoptive family resource 
center in the District of Columbia; (iv) the Mayor shall 
identify not less than 25 percent of the eligible children in 
the District of Columbia foster care system with special needs 
and obligate not less than 25 percent of the funds provided in 
Public Law 106-113 for adoption incentives and support for 
children with special needs: Provided, That the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia and the Chairman of the Council of the 
District of Columbia shall provide quarterly reports beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
detailing the expenditure of funds provided for the promotion 
of adoption and performance in actually promoting adoption; and 
(v) the Mayor and Child and Family Services Agency of the 
District of Columbia shall increase the number of waiting 
children listed in the Child and Family Services Agency of the 
District of Columbia adoption photo-listing by 75 percent.
    Sec. 143. (a)(1) There is established within the District 
of Columbia, under the authority of the Department of Banking 
and Financial Institutions, an Office of Public Charter School 
Financing and Support.
    (2) The Office shall have the following three functions:
            (A) To administer the credit enhancement fund for 
        public charter schools under section 603(e) of the 
        Student Loan Marketing Association Reorganization Act 
        of 1996, subject to the provisions of such section.
            (B) To administer the Direct Loan Fund for Charter 
        School Improvement under subsection (b), subject to the 
        provisions of such subsection.
            (C) To develop, implement and provide oversight for 
        other public charter school financing programs and 
        support services as requested by the Mayor and the 
        Council of the District of Columbia.
    (3) The functions described in paragraph (2) may be 
provided by the Office directly or under contract with a 
qualified provider.
    (b)(1) There is established within the District of Columbia 
a Direct Loan Fund for Charter School Improvement.
    (2) The Direct Loan Fund for Charter School Improvement 
shall be administered by the Office of Charter School Financing 
and Support, except that no loan may be made under this 
subsection without the approval of the committee described in 
section 603(e)(3)(C)(iii) of the Student Loan Marketing 
Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (20 U.S.C. 
1155(e)(3)(C)(iii)).
    (3) Funds distributed under this subsection shall be for 
construction, purchase, renovation, and maintenance of charter 
school facilities.
    (4) Loans distributed under this subsection shall not 
exceed $2,000,000 per charter school.
    (5) The Office of Charter School Financing and Support 
shall determine what interest rates and terms apply to loans 
granted under this subsection. In determining the rates and 
terms of a loan granted to a charter school, the Office of 
Charter School Financing and Support should do its best to 
provide low interest options and flexible terms.
    (6) To be eligible for a loan under this subsection, an 
applicant shall be a public charter school with a charter in 
effect pursuant to the District of Columbia School Reform Act 
of 1995 which meets or exceeds its performance goals as 
outlined in its originating charter.
    (7) In repaying a loan granted under this subsection, a 
debtor may use facility maintenance funds granted to them by 
the District of Columbia Public Schools.
    (c) Section 603(e)(3) of the Student Loan Marketing 
Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (20 U.S.C. 1155(e)(3)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii) and subparagraph 
        (C)(iii), by striking ``The Mayor'' and inserting 
        ``Subject to subparagraph (F), the Mayor''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Role of Office of Public Charter 
                School Financing and Support.--During fiscal 
                year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year, the 
                Office of Public Charter School Financing and 
                Support shall be responsible for receiving 
                applications, making payments, and otherwise 
                administering this paragraph, except that no 
                grant may be made under this paragraph without 
                the approval of the committee described in 
                subparagraph (C)(iii).''.
    Sec. 144. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
made available to pay--
            (1) the fees of an attorney who represents a party 
        in an action or an attorney who defends any action, 
        including an administrative proceeding, brought against 
        the District of Columbia Public Schools under the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
        1400 et seq.) in excess of $4,000 for that action; or
            (2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the Chief 
        Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
        determines to have a pecuniary interest, either through 
        an attorney, officer or employee of the firm, in any 
        special education diagnostic services, schools, or 
        other special education service providers.
    Sec. 145. The Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia shall require attorneys in special education cases 
brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) in 
the District of Columbia to certify in writing that the 
attorney or representative rendered any and all services for 
which they receive awards, including those received under a 
settlement agreement or as part of an administrative 
proceeding, under the IDEA from the District of Columbia: 
Provided, That as part of the certification, the Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia require all 
attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, corporate, 
legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other 
relationships with any special education diagnostic services, 
schools, or other special education service providers to which 
the attorneys have referred any clients as part of this 
certification: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 
Officer shall prepare and submit quarterly reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives on the certification of and the amount paid by 
the government of the District of Columbia, including the 
District of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in cases 
brought under IDEA: Provided further, That the Inspector 
General of the District of Columbia may conduct investigations 
to determine the accuracy of the certifications.
    Sec. 146. (a) Section 2403(b) of the District of Columbia 
School Reform Act of 1995 (sec. 38-1804.03(b), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Payment to Charter Schools From Charter School 
Fund.--
            ``(1) Establishment of fund.--The `New Charter 
        School Fund', as established in the general fund of the 
        District of Columbia prior to the date of the enactment 
        of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003, 
        shall be redesignated as the `Charter School Fund'.
            ``(2) Contents of fund.--The Charter School Fund 
        shall consist of the following amounts:
                    ``(A) Unexpended and unobligated amounts 
                appropriated from local funds for public 
                charter schools for any fiscal year that 
                reverted to the general fund of the District of 
                Columbia, but only to the extent that the 
                balance of the Charter School Fund for the 
                fiscal year involved is less than--
                            ``(i) $10,000,000, in the case of 
                        fiscal year 2002; or
                            ``(ii) $5,000,000, in the case of 
                        fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding 
                        fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Any interest earned on such amounts.
            ``(3) Expenditures from fund.--Amounts in the 
        Charter School Fund shall be used to make payments 
        during a fiscal year to any public charter school 
        operating in the District of Columbia during the fiscal 
        year whose total audited enrollment (including 
        enrollment in special needs categories) exceeds the 
        student enrollment which served as the basis for 
        determining the school's annual payment under this Act 
        for the year.
            ``(4) Form of payment.--Payments under this 
        subsection shall be made by electronic funds transfer 
        from the Charter School Fund to a bank designated by a 
        public charter school.
            ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Chief Financial 
        Officer of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
        necessary to carry out this subsection for each fiscal 
        year.''.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $5,000,000 
from the Charter School Fund established pursuant to section 
2403(b) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 38-1804.03(b)), as amended by 
subsection (a), shall be deposited not later than 15 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act into the credit 
enhancement revolving fund established pursuant to section 
603(e) of the Student Loan Marketing Association Reorganization 
Act of 1996 (20 U.S.C. 1155(e)).
    This division may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal 
        year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2003, for energy and water development, 
and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

    The following appropriations shall be expended under the 
direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of 
the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the 
Department of the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood 
control, shore protection, and related purposes.

                         General Investigations

    For expenses necessary for the collection and study of 
basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood 
control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of 
authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and, when 
authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and plans and 
specifications of projects prior to construction, $135,019,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That in 
conducting the Southwest Valley Flood Damage Reduction Study, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers, shall include an evaluation of 
flood damage reduction measures that would otherwise be 
excluded from the feasibility analysis based on policies 
regarding the frequency of flooding, the drainage areas, and 
the amount of runoff: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to 
use funds appropriated herein to determine the advisability of 
undertaking restoration, modification, or modernization of the 
Great Lakes Navigational System, including the St. Lawrence 
Seaway; as provided for in section 456 of Public Law 106-53 
(113 Stat. 332): Provided further, That in making such 
determination, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, may partner with the St. Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation and Transport Canada or another 
designated representative of the Government of Canada and may 
accept from such partners cash, in-kind services, or any 
combination thereof, to be expended or used by the Secretary in 
addition to the funds identified herein for the purpose of 
making such determination.

                         Construction, General

    For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, 
shore protection, and related projects authorized by laws; and 
detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of projects 
(including those for development with participation or under 
consideration for participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by 
law (but such studies shall not constitute a commitment of the 
Government to construction), $1,756,012,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary 
for the Federal share of construction costs for facilities 
under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be 
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, as authorized 
by Public Law 104-303; and of which such sums as are necessary 
pursuant to Public Law 99-662 shall be derived from the Inland 
Waterways Trust Fund, for one-half of the costs of construction 
and rehabilitation of inland waterways projects, including 
rehabilitation costs for the Lock and Dam 11, Mississippi 
River, Iowa; Lock and Dam 12, Mississippi River, Iowa; Lock and 
Dam 24, Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri; Lock and Dam 
3, Mississippi River, Minnesota; and London Locks and Dam, 
Kanawha River, West Virginia, projects; and of which funds are 
provided for the following projects in the amounts specified:
            San Timoteo Creek (Santa Ana River Mainstem), 
        California, $7,000,000;
            Southern and Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, 
        $3,000,000; and
            Clover Fork, City of Cumberland, Town of Martin, 
        Pike County (including Levisa Fork and Tug Fork 
        Tributaries), Bell County, Harlan County in accordance 
        with the Draft Detailed Report dated January 2002, 
        Floyd County, Martin County, and Johnson County, 
        Kentucky, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the 
        Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River, Kentucky, 
        $26,100,000: Provided, That, using $200,000 of the 
        funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, 
        acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to 
        continue work on the Bois Brule Drainage and Levee 
        District, Missouri, design deficiency project under the 
        terms and conditions specified in Public Law 107-66: 
        Provided further, That using $9,744,000 of the funds 
        appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting 
        through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue 
        construction of the Dallas Floodway Extension, Texas, 
        project, including the Cadillac Heights feature, 
        generally in accordance with the Chief of Engineers 
        report dated December 7, 1999: Provided further, That 
        the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
        Engineers, is directed to use $4,000,000 of the funds 
        appropriated herein to undertake the Bowie County 
        Levee, Texas, project, which is defined as Alternative 
        B, Local Sponsor Option, in the Corps of Engineers 
        document entitled Bowie County Local Flood Protection, 
        Red River, Texas, Project Design Memorandum No. 1, 
        Bowie County Levee, dated April 1997: Provided further, 
        That cost sharing for the Bowie County Levee, Texas, 
        project shall be in accordance with the provisions of 
        the Flood Control Act of 1946: Provided further, That 
        the Secretary of the Army is directed to accept advance 
        funds, pursuant to section 11 of the River and Harbor 
        Act of 1925, from the non-Federal sponsor of the Los 
        Angeles Harbor, California, project authorized by 
        section 101(b)(5) of Public Law 106-541, which are 
        needed to maintain the project schedule: Provided 
        further, That using $1,000,000 of the funds provided 
        herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
        Chief of Engineers, is directed to conduct, at full 
        Federal expense, technical studies of individual ditch 
        systems identified by the State of Hawaii, and to 
        assist the State in diversification by helping to 
        define the costof repairing and maintaining selected 
ditch systems: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $1,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated herein to continue construction of the navigation 
project at Kaumalapau Harbor, Hawaii: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is 
directed to use $2,000,000 of the funds provided herein for Dam Safety 
and Seepage/Stability Correction Program to continue construction of 
seepage control features at Waterbury Dam, Vermont: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
is directed to use $13,400,000 of the funds appropriated herein to 
proceed with planning, engineering, design or construction of the 
Grundy, Buchanan County, and Dickenson County, Virginia, elements of 
the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland 
River Project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $5,500,000 of the 
funds appropriated herein to proceed with the planning, engineering, 
design or construction of the Lower Mingo County, Upper Mingo County, 
Wayne County, McDowell County, West Virginia, elements of the Levisa 
and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River 
Project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue the Dickenson 
County Detailed Project Report as generally defined in Plan 4 of the 
Huntington District Engineer's Draft Supplement to the Section 202 
General Plan for Flood Damage Reduction dated April 1997, including all 
Russell Fork tributary streams within the County and special 
considerations as may be appropriate to address the unique relocations 
and resettlement needs for the flood prone communities within the 
County: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to proceed with the 
construction of the Seward Harbor, Alaska, project, in accordance with 
the Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated June 8, 1999, and the 
economic justification contained therein: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is 
directed to proceed with the construction of the Wrangell Harbor, 
Alaska, project in accordance with the Chief of Engineer's report dated 
December 23, 1999: Provided further, That, of the funds provided 
herein, $3,000,000 shall be made available for the Galena Bank 
Stabilization Project in Galena, Alaska: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is 
authorized and directed to use $5,000,000 of Construction, General 
funding as provided herein for construction of an emergency outlet from 
Devils Lake, North Dakota, to the Sheyenne River, at an estimated total 
cost of $100,000,000, which shall be cost-shared in accordance with 
section 103 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended 
(33 U.S.C. 2213), except that the funds shall not become available 
unless the Secretary of the Army determines that an emergency (as 
defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) exists with respect to the 
emergency need for the outlet and reports to Congress that the 
construction is technically sound and environmentally acceptable, and 
in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Provided further, That the justification for the 
emergency outlet shall be fully described, including the analysis of 
the benefits and costs, in the project plan documents: Provided 
further, That the plans for the emergency outlet shall be reviewed and, 
to be effective, shall contain assurances provided by the Secretary of 
State, that the project will not violate the Treaty Between the United 
States and Great Britain Relating to the Boundary Waters Between the 
United States and Canada, signed at Washington, January 11, 1909 (36 
Stat. 2448; TS 548) (commonly known as the ``Boundary Waters Treaty of 
1909''): Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
the final plans and other documents for the emergency outlet to 
Congress: Provided further, That no funds made available under this Act 
or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used by the Secretary of 
the Army to carry out the portion of the feasibility study of the 
Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota, authorized under the Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-377), that 
addresses the needs of the area for stabilized lake levels through 
inlet controls, or to otherwise study any facility or carry out any 
activity that would permit the transfer of water from the Missouri 
River Basin into Devils Lake.

 Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, 
       Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee

    For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood 
control, rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of 
flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as 
authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a and 702g-1), $344,574,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, using 
$10,000,000 of the funds provided herein, is directed to 
continue design and real estate activities and to initiate the 
pump supply contract for the Yazoo Basin, Yazoo Backwater 
Pumping Plant, Mississippi: Provided further, That the pump 
supply contract shall be performed by awarding continuing 
contracts in accordance with 33 U.S.C. Sec. 621.

                   Operation and Maintenance, General

    For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, 
maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood 
control, and related works, including such sums as may be 
necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a 
State, municipality or other public agency, outside of harbor 
lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce and 
navigation; surveys and charting of northern and northwestern 
lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening 
channels; and removal of obstructions to navigation, 
$1,940,167,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
such sums as become available in the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662, may be derived from that 
Fund, and of which such sums as become available from the 
special account established by the Land and Water Conservation 
Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l), may be derived from 
that account for construction, operation, and maintenance of 
outdoor recreation facilities: Provided, That using $888,000 of 
the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, 
acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake 
recreation improvements associated with the pool raise at Waco 
Lake, Texas: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, 
acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use 
$3,160,000 of the funds appropriated herein to undertake work 
to expand or improve recreational facilities and undertake 
environmental restoration activities at the Hansen Dam 
Recreation Area, California, consistent with the Hansen Dam 
Recreation Area Master Plan: Provided further, That of funds 
appropriated herein, for the Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware 
River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, the Secretary 
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed 
to reimburse the State of Delaware for normal operation and 
maintenance costs incurred by the State of Delaware for the SR1 
Bridge from station 58+00 to station 293+00 between October 1, 
2002, and September 30, 2003: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
is directed to use funds appropriated herein to rehabilitate 
the existing dredged material disposal site for the project for 
navigation, Bodega Bay Harbor, California, and to initiate 
maintenance dredging of the Federal channel: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall make suitable material excavated from 
the site as part of the rehabilitation effort available to the 
non-Federal sponsor, at no cost to the Federal Government, for 
use by the non-Federal sponsor in the development of public 
facilities.

                 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies

    For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, 
hurricane response, and emergency shore protection and related 
activities, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                           Regulatory Program

    For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$139,000,000, to remain available until expended.

            Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program

    For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites 
throughout the United States resulting from work performed as 
part of the Nation's early atomic energy program, $145,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                            General Expenses

    For expenses necessary for general administration and 
related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and 
offices of the Division Engineers, activities of the Humphreys 
Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute for Water 
Resources, and headquarters support functions at the USACE 
Finance Center, $155,151,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 
provided in title I of this Act shall be available to fund the 
activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the 
executive direction and management activities of the division 
offices: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be 
available to support an office of congressional affairs within 
the executive office of the Chief of Engineers.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Appropriations in this title shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 
$5,000); and during the current fiscal year the Revolving Fund, 
Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to 
exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

    Sec. 101. Agreements proposed for execution by the 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works or the United 
States Army Corps of Engineers after the date of the enactment 
of this Act pursuant to section 4 of the Rivers and Harbor Act 
of 1915, Public Law 64-291; section 11 of the River and Harbor 
Act of 1925, Public Law 68-585; the Civil Functions 
Appropriations Act, 1936, Public Law 75-208; section 215 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1968, as amended, Public Law 90-483; 
sections 104, 203, and 204 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986, as amended, Public Law 99-662; section 206 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992, as amended, Public Law 
102-580; section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1996, Public Law 104-303; and any other specific project 
authority, shall be limited to credits and reimbursements per 
project not to exceed $10,000,000 in each fiscal year, and 
total credits and reimbursements for all applicable projects 
not to exceed $50,000,000 in each fiscal year.
    Sec. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to 
support activities, including reconnaissance and feasibility 
studies, and planning, engineering and design, related to the 
Chicago Harbor Visitors Center.
    Sec. 103. St. Georges Bridge, Delaware. None of the funds 
made available in this Act may be used to carry out any 
activity relating to closure or removal of the St. Georges 
Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to 
Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, including a hearing or 
any other activity relating to preparation of an environmental 
impact statement concerning the closure or removal.
    Sec. 104. Section 595(h)(1) of Public Law 106-53 is amended 
by striking ``$25,000,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``$100,000,000''.
    Sec. 105. St. Paul Island Harbor, St. Paul, Alaska 
Technical Corrections. Section 101(b)(3) of Public Law 104-303 
(the Water Resources Development Act of 1996), (110 Stat. 3667) 
is amended by--
            (1) striking ``$18,981,000'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``$52,300,000''; and
            (2) striking ``$12,239,000'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``$45,558,000''.
    Sec. 106. Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico. Section 1112 of Public 
Law 99-662 (the Water Resources Development Act of 1986), (100 
Stat. 4232) is amended by striking ``$2,700,000'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``$10,000,000''.
    Sec. 107. The project for flood control, Las Vegas Wash and 
Tributaries (Flamingo and Tropicana Washes), Nevada, authorized 
by section 101(13) of Public Law 102-580 is modified to include 
as a part of the project channel crossings that are necessary 
for those existing and proposed highways and roads shown on the 
Clark County Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element, 
approved by the Clark County Board of County Commissioners on 
October 1, 1996. The performance of work required for 
construction of such channel crossings and the costs incurred 
in performing such work shall be considered part of the non-
Federal sponsor's responsibility to provide lands, easements, 
and rights-of-way, and to perform relocations for the project. 
Costs incurred in performing such work may not exceed 
$16,000,000.
    Sec. 108. Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Bridge Replacement 
at Great Bridge, Chesapeake, Virginia. The project for 
replacement of the bridge at Great Bridge, Chesapeake, 
Virginia, authorized by Section 339(h) of Public Law 104-59 is 
modified to authorize the Secretary to construct the project at 
an estimated cost of $46,000,000.
    Sec. 109. None of the funds appropriated in this Act, or 
any other Act, shall be used to study or implement any plans 
privatizing, divesting or transferring of any Civil Works 
missions, functions, or responsibilities for the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers to other government agencies without 
specific direction in a subsequent Act of Congress.
    Sec. 110. The project for flood control for Terminus Dam, 
Kaweah River, California, authorized by Section 101(b)(5) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, is modified to 
authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 
of Engineers, to construct the project at a total cost of 
$50,000,000, with an estimated Federal share of $28,600,000 and 
an estimated non-Federal share of $21,400,000.
    Sec. 111. The project for flood control, Little Calumet 
River Basin (Cady Marsh Ditch), Indiana, authorized by section 
401(a) of Public Law 99-662 is modified to authorize the 
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
to construct the project at a total cost of $23,146,000, with 
an estimated Federal cost of $17,359,000 and an estimated non-
Federal cost of $5,787,000.
    Sec. 112. The non-Federal interest shall receive credit 
toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the feasibility 
study for work performed prior to the date that the Secretary 
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, enters into 
the feasibility cost-sharing agreement with the non-Federal 
sponsor for the Indiana Harbor Environmental Dredging, Indiana, 
feasibility study. The Secretary shall provide credit for work 
only if the Secretary determines such work integral to the 
feasibility study.
    Sec. 113. In satisfaction of any normal requirement for 
mitigation identified by the pending Environmental Impact Study 
for the deepening of the Brownsville Navigation Channel, Texas, 
the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
Engineers, shall provide credit to the Brownsville Navigation 
District for work performed before the completion of the 
Environmental Impact Study to restore the wetlands at Bahia 
Grande, Lower Laguna Madre, and Vadia Ancha. Such credit shall 
be at a ratio determined by the Secretary, considering the 
environmental value of the wetlands impacted by the project and 
the environmental value of the restored wetlands. The Secretary 
shall provide credit for work only if the Secretary determines 
such work integral to the project.
    Sec. 114. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, shall carry out the project for inland 
navigation, Chickamauga Lock and Dam, Tennessee, substantially 
in accordance with the plans, and subject to the conditions, 
described in the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated May 
30, 2002, except that the Secretary shall construct the project 
in accordance with the plan that includes a 110-foot by 600-
foot replacement lock at a total cost of $267,167,000. The 
costs of such construction shall be paid one-half from amounts 
appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury and one-half 
from amounts appropriated from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
    Sec. 115. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, shall conduct a study for the James River, 
Greene County, Missouri, project for flood damage reduction, 
Greene County, Missouri, and, if the Secretary determines that 
such project is feasible, may carry out the project under 
section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s).
    Sec. 116. Section 101(a)(21), ``Amite River and 
Tributaries, Louisiana,'' of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1999 is amended in subsection (a)(21) by striking 
``$112,900,000'' and inserting ``$150,257,000'',and by striking 
``$39,500,000'' and inserting ``$52,589,950''.
    Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to 
support activities related to the proposed Ridge Landfill in 
Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
    Sec. 118. Section 101(a)(19) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999 is hereby amended to increase the total 
project cost to $78,879,000 with an estimated Federal cost of 
$51,271,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $27,608,000 in 
accordance with the Corps of Engineers Post Authorization 
Change Report, dated January 2003, as amended by the Chief of 
Engineers.
    Sec. 119. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, is authorized to credit toward the non-
Federal share of the cost of the Savannah Harbor Expansion, 
Georgia, project, authorized by section 101(b)(9) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1999, an amount equal to the 
Federal share of the costs incurred by the non-Federal 
interests subsequent to project authorization to the extent 
that the Secretary determines that such costs were necessary to 
ensure compliance with the conditions of the project 
authorization.
    Sec. 120. The project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
Rose Bay, Volusia County, Florida, being carried out under 
section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (33 
U.S.C. 2330), is modified to direct the Secretary of the Army, 
acting through the Chief of Engineers, to credit toward the 
non-Federal share of the cost of the project the costs incurred 
by the Florida Department of Transportation in constructing 
that portion of the United States Highway 1 bridge that the 
Secretary determines is required for the proper functioning of 
the project.
    Sec. 121. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, shall modify the shoreline management plan 
for Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, to allow for construction of a 
privately owned moorage facility at Woodson Bend Peninsula on 
the South Fork of the Cumberland River at Lake Cumberland.
    Sec. 122. The non-Federal sponsor shall receive credit in 
an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 toward their share of the 
cost of Des Moines Recreational River and Greenbelt, Iowa, 
projects for work performed by the sponsor, or others on behalf 
of the sponsor, including planning, design, and construction 
performed after October 1, 2002, provided the Secretary of the 
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, determines that 
such work is completed in accordance with U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers standards and procedures and is integral to the Des 
Moines Recreational River and Greenbelt project.
    Sec. 123. The project for flood damage reduction, Turkey 
Creek Basin, Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, 
authorized by Section 101(a)(24) of Public Law 106-53, is 
modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through 
the Chief of Engineers, to construct the project substantially 
in accordance with the plans and subject conditions, 
recommended in a final report of the Chief of Engineers if a 
favorable report of the Chief is completed by December 31, 
2003, at a total project cost of $73,380,000 with an estimated 
Federal cost of $45,304,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost 
of $28,076,000. The non-Federal interest shall receive credit 
toward the non-Federal share of project costs for construction 
work performed by the non-Federal interest before execution of 
the project cooperation agreement if the Secretary finds that 
the work performed by the non-Federal interest is integral to 
the project.
    Sec. 124. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to design and 
construct portions of the Long Lake Environmental Restoration 
Project, Indiana, that are located on non-Federally owned land 
in accordance with Section 206 of Public Law 104-303, as 
amended. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 206, the 
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
is authorized and directed to design and construct all the 
components of the Long Lake, Indiana, environmental restoration 
project that are located on Federal land at full Federal 
expense as identified in the Long Lake, Indiana, Reconnaissance 
Report, dated October 2002, and as further modified by 
subsequent study. After completion of the project, the 
Secretary of the Army shall seek reimbursement from the 
Secretary of the Interior of an amount equal to the costs of 
the project allocated to benefits to the Indiana Dunes National 
Lakeshore.
    Sec. 125. Section 514 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1999 is amended by striking ``2000 and 2001'' in 
subsection (g) and inserting ``2003 and 2004''.
    Sec. 126. Section 595 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1999 is amended by striking ``Sec. 595. Rural Nevada and 
Montana.'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Sec. 595. Rural 
Nevada, Montana, and Idaho.'' and in (b) strike ``and 
Montana.'' and insert in lieu thereof ``, Montana, and Idaho.'' 
and in (c) strike ``and Montana,'' and insert in lieu thereof 
``, Montana, and Idaho,'' and in (h)(1) strike ``and'' and 
insert after (h)(2) ``and; (3) $25,000,000 for Idaho;''.
    Sec. 127. Southern and Eastern Kentucky. (a) Project 
Purposes.--Section 531(b) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3773) is amended by inserting before 
``and resource'' the following: ``, environmental 
restoration,''.
    (b) Definition.--Section 531(g) of such Act (110 Stat. 
3774) is amended by inserting after ``Lee,'' the following: 
``Bath, Rowan,''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 531(h) of 
such Act (110 Stat. 3774; 113 Stat. 348) is amended by striking 
``$25,000,000'' and inserting ``$40,000,000''.
    Sec. 128. With respect to the pre-construction engineering 
and design for the environmental dredging project at Ashtabula 
River, Ohio, for which funds are made available under this 
heading, the non-Federal interest shall receive credit toward 
the non-Federal share of the cost of the pre-construction 
engineering and design work performed in-kind after the date of 
execution of the design agreement.
    Sec. 129. Section 313(h)(2) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1992 is amended by striking ``Armstrong, 
Beford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, 
Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, Mifflin, Somerset, Snyder and 
Westmoreland Counties'' and inserting ``Allegheny, Armstrong, 
Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, 
Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, Mifflin, Somerset, 
Snyder, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties''.
    Sec. 130. Herring Creek-Tall Timbers, Maryland. (a) In 
General.--Using funds made available by this Act, the Secretary 
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may provide 
immediate corrective maintenance to the project at Herring 
Creek-Tall Timbers, Maryland, at full Federal expense.
    (b) Inclusions.--The corrective maintenance described in 
subsection (a), and any other maintenance performed after the 
date of enactment of this Act with respect to the project 
described in that subsection, may include repair or 
replacement, as appropriate, of the foundation and structures 
adjacent and structurally integral to the project.

                                TITLE II

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                          Central Utah Project

                CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah 
Project Completion Act, $34,902,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $11,259,000 shall be deposited into the Utah 
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the 
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission.
    In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in carrying 
out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, 
$1,326,000, to remain available until expended.

                         Bureau of Reclamation

    The following appropriations shall be expended to execute 
authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:

                      WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For management, development, and restoration of water and 
related natural resources and for related activities, including 
the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation 
and other facilities, participation in fulfilling related 
Federal responsibilities to Native Americans, and related 
grants to, and cooperative and other agreements with, State and 
local governments, Indian tribes, and others, $813,491,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $36,400,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund 
and $34,327,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower 
Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as 
may be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam 
Fund; of which $4,600,000 shall be for on-reservation water 
development, feasibility studies, and related administrative 
costs under Public Law 106-163; and of which not more than 
$500,000 is for high priority projects which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
1706: Provided, That such transfers may be increased or 
decreased within the overall appropriation under this heading: 
Provided further, That of the total appropriated, the amount 
for program activities that can be financed by the Reclamation 
Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account 
established by 16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i) shall be derived from that 
Fund or account: Provided further, That funds contributed under 
43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes for 
which contributed: Provided further, That funds advanced under 
43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are 
available until expended for the same purposes as the sums 
appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be deposited 
in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund established by 
section 110 of division B, title I of Public Law 106-554, as 
amended: Provided further, That funds available for expenditure 
for the Departmental Irrigation Drainage Program may be 
expended by the Bureau of Reclamation for site remediation on a 
non-reimbursable basis: Provided further, That section 301 of 
Public Law 102-250, Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief 
Act of 1991, as amended, is amended further by inserting 
``2002, and 2003'' in lieu of ``and 2002'': Provided further, 
That the Bureau of Reclamation is authorized hereafter to 
negotiate and enter into financial assistance agreements with 
public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions 
for activities under the Lake Tahoe Regional Wetlands 
Development Program: Provided further, That the costs 
associated with such activities will be nonreimbursable.

                CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

    For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, and habitat 
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the 
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $48,904,000, to be 
derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 
Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 
3404(c)(3), 3405(f ), and 3406(c)(1) of Public Law 102-575, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bureau of 
Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full amount 
of the additional mitigation and restoration payments 
authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102-575.

                       POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

    For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 
related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver 
office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to remain available until expended, $54,870,000, 
to be derived from the Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable 
as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any 
other appropriation in this Act shall be available for 
activities or functions budgeted as policy and administration 
expenses.

                        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

    Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be 
available for purchase of not to exceed 16 passenger motor 
vehicles, of which 12 are for replacement only.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 201. In order to increase opportunities for Indian 
tribes to develop, manage, and protect their water resources, 
in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of 
Reclamation, is authorized to enter into grants and cooperative 
agreements with any Indian tribe, institution of higher 
education, national Indian organization, or tribal organization 
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 6301-6308. Nothing in this Act is 
intended to modify or limit the provisions of the Indian Self 
Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 45 et seq.).
    Sec. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to determine the final 
point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis 
Unit until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
State of California of a plan, which shall conform to the water 
quality standards of the State of California as approved by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to 
minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage 
waters.
    (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall 
be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable 
or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to 
the ``Cleanup Program--Alternative Repayment Plan'' and the 
``SJVDP--Alternative Repayment Plan'' described in the report 
entitled``Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995'', prepared by 
the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Any future 
obligations of funds by the United States relating to, or providing 
for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 
be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or 
studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law.
    Sec. 203. Section 212 of the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1441B-13) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) In subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``all real and personal 
                property rights and interests associated with 
                such conduits and canals, all water rights of 
                whatever nature or kind associated therewith, 
                and'' before ``all recreational facilities''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``and improvements'' after 
                ``recreational facilities''.
            (2) In subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``as soon as practicable 
                after date of enactment of this Act'' and 
                inserting ``by no later than June 30, 2003,''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``including all real and 
                personal property rights, water rights, and 
                facilities held by or appropriated to the 
                United States'' after ``all right, title, and 
                interest in and to the Sly Park Unit to the 
                District''.
            (3) In subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and 
                inserting ``(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the 
                Secretary'';
                    (B) by inserting ``and subsequent interim 
                renewal contracts associated therewith'' after 
                ``contract number 14-06-200-949IR3''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) The amount the Secretary is authorized to receive 
under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by an amount equal to any 
payments received by the United States from the District under 
the contracts referred to in paragraph (1) in the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 
on the date of conveyance of the Sly Park Unit under this 
section.''.
    Sec. 204. Section 110(a)(3)(A)(i) of division B of the 
Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by 
section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554), is further amended by 
inserting ``, including all expenditures made by the Central 
Basin Municipal Water District between February 11, 1993, and 
December 21, 2000'' before the semi-colon.
    Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water 
in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad Projects in New Mexico 
unless said purchase or lease is in compliance with the 
purchase requirements of section 202 of Public Law 106-60.
    Sec. 206. Funds under this title for Drought Emergency 
Assistance shall be made available primarily for leasing of 
water for specified drought related purposes from willing 
lessors, in compliance with existing State laws and 
administered under State water priority allocation. Such leases 
may be entered into with an option to purchase: Provided, That 
such purchase is approved by the State in which the purchase 
takes place and the purchase does not cause economic harm 
within the State in which the purchase is made.
    Sec. 207. Restoration of Fish, Wildlife, and Associated 
Habitats in Watersheds of Certain Lakes. (a) In General.--In 
carrying out section 2507 of Public Law 107-171, the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
Reclamation, shall--
            (1) subject to paragraph (3), provide water and 
        assistance under that section only for the Pyramid, 
        Summit, and Walker Lakes in the State of Nevada;
            (2) use $1,000,000 for the creation of a fish 
        hatchery at Walker Lake to benefit the Walker River 
        Paiute Tribe; and
            (3) use $2,000,000 to provide grants, to be divided 
        equally, to the State of Nevada, the State of 
        California, the Truckee Meadows Water Authority, and 
        the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, to implement the Truckee 
        River Settlement Act, Public Law 101-618.
    (b) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Commissioner of Reclamation, may provide financial 
assistance to State and local public agencies, Indian tribes, 
nonprofit organizations, and individuals to carry out this 
section and section 2507 of Public Law 107-171.
    Sec. 208. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation is 
directed to increase the use of the private sector in 
performing planning, engineering and design work for Bureau of 
Reclamation projects to 10 percent in fiscal year 2003, and in 
each subsequent year until the level of work is at least 40 
percent for the planning, engineering and design work conducted 
by the Bureau of Reclamation.
    Sec. 209. Using previously appropriated funds, the Bureau 
of Reclamation is directed to undertake activities related to 
the development of the North Central Montana Rural Water Supply 
system. Such sums shall remain available, without fiscal year 
limitation, until expended.
    Sec. 210. Section 8 of Public Law 104-298 (the Water 
Desalination Act of 1996) is amended further by--
            (1) in paragraph (a) by striking ``2002'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``2004''; and
            (2) in paragraph (b) by striking ``2002'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``2004''.
    Sec. 211. (a) North Las Vegas Water Reuse Project.--
            (1) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior, 
        in cooperation with the appropriate local authorities, 
        may participate in the design, planning, and 
        construction of the North Las Vegas Water Reuse Project 
        (hereinafter referred to as the ``Project'') to reclaim 
        and reuse water in the service area of the North Las 
        Vegas Utility Division Service Area of the City of 
        North Las Vegas and County of Clark, Nevada.
            (2) Cost share.--The Federal share of the cost of 
        the Project shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 
        cost.
            (3) Limitation.--Funds provided by the Secretary 
        shall not be used for the operation or maintenance of 
        the Project.
            (4) Funding.--Funds appropriated pursuant to 
        section 1631 of the Reclamation Wastewater and 
        Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h-
        13) may be used for the Project.
    (b) Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act.--Design, planning, and construction of the 
Project authorized by this Act shall be in accordance with, and 
subject to the limitations contained in, the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 
390h et seq.), as amended.
    Sec. 212. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Division or any prior Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Act may be used for the settlement 
agreement of Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation 
(Civ. No F-91-048 OWW (E.D. Cal)).
    Sec. 213. Section 201(d) of the Salton Sea Reclamation Act 
of 1998 (Public Law 105-372) is amended by striking 
``$3,000,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof, ``$10,000,000''.
    Sec. 214. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Bureau of Reclamation, shall conduct a feasibility study of 
options for additional water storage in the Yakima River Basin, 
Washington, with emphasis on the feasibility of storage of 
Columbia River water in the potential Black Rock Reservoir and 
the benefit of additional storage to endangered and threatened 
fish, irrigated agriculture, and municipal water supply. There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out this Act.
    Sec. 215. The Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out 
CALFED-related activities, may undertake feasibility studies 
for Sites Reservoir, Los Vaqueros Reservoir Enlargement, and 
Upper San Joaquin Storage projects. These storage studies 
should be pursued along with ongoing environmental and other 
projects in a balanced manner.

                               TITLE III

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

                             Energy Supply

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, 
and other expenses necessary for energy supply activities in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, $701,477,000, to remain available until expended.

                  Non-Defense Environmental Management

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other expenses necessary for non-defense environmental 
management activities in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $215,100,000, to remain available 
until expended.

             Uranium Facilities Maintenance and Remediation

    For necessary expenses to maintain, decontaminate, 
decommission, and otherwise remediate uranium processing 
facilities, $456,539,000, of which $340,329,000, shall be 
derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund, all of which shall remain available until 
expended.

                                Science

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, 
and other expenses necessary for science activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and purchase 
of not to exceed 28 passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only, $3,305,894,000, to remain available until expended.

                         Nuclear Waste Disposal

    For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
purposes of Public Law 97-425, as amended, including the 
acquisition of real property or facility construction or 
expansion, $145,000,000, to remain available until expended and 
to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500,000 shall be provided to the State of Nevada 
solely for expenditures, other than salaries and expenses of 
State employees, to conduct scientific oversight 
responsibilities and participate in licensing activities 
pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 
97-425, as amended: Provided further, That $7,000,000 shall be 
provided to affected units of local governments, as defined in 
Public Law 97-425, to conduct appropriate activities pursuant 
to the Act: Provided further, That the distribution of the 
funds as determined by the units of local government shall be 
approved by the Department of Energy: Provided further, That 
the funds for the State of Nevada shall be made available 
solely to the Nevada Division of Emergency Management by direct 
payment and units of local government by direct payment: 
Provided further, That within 90 days of the completion of each 
Federal fiscal year, the Nevada Division of Emergency 
Management and the Governor of the State of Nevada and each 
local entity shall provide certification to the Department of 
Energy that all funds expended from such payments have been 
expended for activities authorized by Public Law 97-425 and 
this Act. Failure to provide such certification shall cause 
such entity to be prohibited from any further funding provided 
for similar activities: Provided further, That none of the 
funds herein appropriated may be: (1) used directly or 
indirectly to influence legislative action on any matter 
pending before Congress or a State legislature or for lobbying 
activity as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2) used for litigation 
expenses; or (3) used to support multi-State efforts or other 
coalition building activities inconsistent with the 
restrictions contained in this Act: Provided further, That all 
proceeds and recoveries realized by the Secretary in carrying 
out activities authorized by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982, Public Law 97-425, as amended, including but not limited 
to, any proceeds from the sale of assets, shallbe available 
without further appropriation and shall remain available until 
expended.

                      Departmental Administration

    For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy 
necessary for departmental administration in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and official reception and representation expenses 
(not to exceed $35,000), $207,404,000, to remain available 
until expended, plus such additional amounts as necessary to 
cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work for 
others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency 
Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in 
cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or 
greater amount, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That moneys received by the Department for 
miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $120,000,000 in 
fiscal year 2003 may be retained and used for operating 
expenses within this account, and may remain available until 
expended, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95-238, 
notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
the amount of miscellaneous revenues received during fiscal 
year 2003 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not more than 
$87,404,000.

                    Office of the Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $37,671,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                           Weapons Activities

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense 
weapons activities in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion; and the purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles (not to exceed one for replacement only), 
$5,954,204,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That $12,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for Project 
03-D-102, LANL administration building, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico: Provided further, That 
$113,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for Project 01-D-
108, Microsystems and engineering sciences applications (MESA), 
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

                    Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense, 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation 
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 
acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,113,630,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                             Naval Reactors

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval 
reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, or 
otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equipment, 
facilities, and facility expansion, $706,790,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                      Office of the Administrator

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator 
of the National Nuclear Security Administration, including 
official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 
$12,000), $330,929,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2003.

               ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

         Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
and other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense 
environmental restoration and waste management activities in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion; and the purchase of not to exceed 24 passenger motor 
vehicles, for replacement only, $5,470,180,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                  Defense Facilities Closure Projects

    For expenses of the Department of Energy to accelerate the 
closure of defense environmental management sites, including 
the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and 
capital equipment and other necessary expenses, $1,138,314,000, 
to remain available until expended.

             Defense Environmental Management Privatization

    For Department of Energy expenses for privatization 
projects necessary for atomic energy defense environmental 
management activities authorized by the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $158,399,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                        Other Defense Activities

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
and other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense, other 
defense activities, in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property 
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $546,554,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                     Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal

    For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
purposes of Public Law 97-425, as amended, including the 
acquisition of real property or facility construction or 
expansion, $315,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                    POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                  Bonneville Power Administration Fund

    Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved for 
official reception and representation expenses in an amount not 
to exceed $1,500.
    During fiscal year 2003, no new direct loan obligations may 
be made.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

    For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of 
power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power 
and energy, including transmission wheeling and ancillary 
services, pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
southeastern power area, $4,534,000, to remain available until 
expended; in addition, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $14,463,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act to 
recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited 
to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 
until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 
and wheeling expenditures.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

    For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of 
power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power 
and energy, and for construction and acquisition of 
transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, and 
for administrative expenses, including official reception and 
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 in 
carrying out the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern 
power area, $27,378,000, to remain available until expended; in 
addition, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302, not 
to exceed $16,455,000 in reimbursements, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, Notwithstanding the provisions of 31 
U.S.C. 3302, that up to $1,512,000 collected by the 
Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be 
credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain 
available until expended for the sole purpose of making 
purchase power and wheeling expenditures.

 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
                          Power Administration

    For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 
7152), and other related activities including conservation and 
renewable resources programs as authorized, including official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500, $168,858,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $158,605,000 shall be derived from the 
Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund: Provided, That of 
the amount herein appropriated, $6,100,000 is for deposit into 
the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account 
pursuant to title IV of the Reclamation Projects Authorization 
and Adjustment Act of 1992: Provided further, That up to 
$156,124,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration 
pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 to recover purchase power and wheeling 
expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended for the sole 
purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 
Provided further, That, of the amounts appropriated in Public 
Law 107-66, not less than $400,000 to be spent as described in 
House Report 107-258 under this heading shall be 
nonreimbursable: Provided further, That, of the amount 
appropriated in Public Law 107-66 for corridor review and 
environmental review required for the construction of a 230 kv 
transmission line between Belfield and Hettinger, not less than 
$200,000 shall be provided for corridor review and 
environmental review for the construction of a high voltage 
line in Western North Dakota that would facilitate the upgrade 
of the Miles City DC tie.

           Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

    For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the 
hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, 
$2,734,000, to remain available until expended, and to be 
derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance 
Fund of the Western Area Power Administration, as provided in 
section 423 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1994 and 1995.

                  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, and official reception and representation 
expenses (not to exceed $3,000), $192,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $192,000,000 of revenues 
from fees and annual charges, and other services and 
collections in fiscal year 2003 shall be retained and used for 
necessary expenses in this account, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as revenues 
are received during fiscal year 2003 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2003 appropriation from the General Fund estimated 
at not more than $0.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

    Sec. 301. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to award a management and operating contract, or a 
contract for environmental remediation or waste management in 
excess of $100 million in annual funding at a current or former 
management and operating contract site or facility, or award a 
significant extension or expansion to an existing management 
and operating contract, or other contract covered by this 
section, unless such contract is awarded using competitive 
procedures or the Secretary of Energy grants, on a case-by-case 
basis, a waiver to allow for such a deviation. The Secretary 
may not delegate the authority to grant such a waiver.
    (b) Within 30 days of formally notifying an incumbent 
contractor that the Secretary intends to grant such a waiver, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittees on Energy and 
Water Development of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report notifying the 
Subcommittees of the waiver and setting forth, in specificity, 
the substantive reasonswhy the Secretary believes the 
requirement for competition should be waived for this particular award.
    Sec. 302. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to--
            (1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring 
        plan that covers employees of the Department of Energy; 
        or
            (2) provide enhanced severance payments or other 
        benefits for employees of the Department of Energy,

under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 42 U.S.C. 7274h).
    Sec. 303. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to augment the $21,183,000 made available for obligation 
by this Act for severance payments and other benefits and 
community assistance grants under section 3161 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-
484; 42 U.S.C. 7274h) unless the Department of Energy submits a 
reprogramming request subject to approval by the appropriate 
Congressional committees.
    Sec. 304. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals (RFPs) for a 
program if the program has not been funded by Congress.

                   (TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES)

    Sec. 305. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 
appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant 
to this title. Balances so transferred may be merged with funds 
in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may be 
accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 
originally enacted.
    Sec. 306. None of the funds in this or any other Act for 
the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration may be 
used to enter into any agreement to perform energy efficiency 
services outside the legally defined Bonneville service 
territory, with the exception of services provided 
internationally, including services provided on a reimbursable 
basis, unless the Administrator certifies in advance that such 
services are not available from private sector businesses.
    Sec. 307. When the Department of Energy makes a user 
facility available to universities and other potential users, 
or seeks input from universities and other potential users 
regarding significant characteristics or equipment in a user 
facility or a proposed user facility, the Department shall 
ensure broad public notice of such availability or such need 
for input to universities and other potential users. When the 
Department of Energy considers the participation of a 
university or other potential user as a formal partner in the 
establishment or operation of a user facility, the Department 
shall employ full and open competition in selecting such a 
partner. For purposes of this section, the term ``user 
facility'' includes, but is not limited to: (1) a user facility 
as described in section 2203(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 
1992 (42 U.S.C. 13503(a)(2)); (2) a National Nuclear Security 
Administration Defense Programs Technology Deployment Center/
User Facility; and (3) any other Departmental facility 
designated by the Department as a user facility.
    Sec. 308. The Administrator of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration may authorize the plant manager of a 
covered nuclear weapons production plant to engage in research, 
development, and demonstration activities with respect to the 
engineering and manufacturing capabilities at such plant in 
order to maintain and enhance such capabilities at such plant: 
Provided, That of the amount allocated to a covered nuclear 
weapons production plant each fiscal year from amounts 
available to the Department of Energy for such fiscal year for 
national security programs, not more than an amount equal to 2 
percent of such amount may be used for these activities: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this section, the term 
``covered nuclear weapons production plant'' means the 
following:
            (1) the Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri;
            (2) the Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee;
            (3) the Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas; and
            (4) the Savannah River Plant, South Carolina.
    Sec. 309. The Administrator of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration may authorize the manager of the Nevada 
Operations Office to engage in research, development, and 
demonstration activities with respect to the development, test, 
and evaluation capabilities necessary for operations and 
readiness of the Nevada Test Site: Provided, That of the amount 
allocated to the Nevada Operations Office each fiscal year from 
amounts available to the Department of Energy for such fiscal 
year for national security programs at the Nevada Test Site, 
not more than an amount equal to 2 percent of such amount may 
be used for these activities.
    Sec. 310. Section 310 of the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-60), is hereby 
repealed.
    Sec. 311. Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or 
made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for 
intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
year 2003 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for fiscal year 2003.
    Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
dispose of transuranic waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 
which contains concentrations of plutonium in excess of 20 
percent by weight for the aggregate of any material category on 
the date of enactment of this Act, or is generated after such 
date. For the purposes of this section, the material categories 
of transuranic waste at the Rocky Flats Environmental 
Technology Site include: (1) ash residues; (2) salt residues; 
(3) wet residues; (4) direct repackage residues; and (5) scrub 
alloy as referenced in the ``Final Environmental Impact 
Statement on Management of Certain Plutonium Residues and Scrub 
Alloy Stored at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology 
Site''.
    Sec. 313. Funds appropriated in Public Law 107-066 for the 
Kachemak Bay submarine cable project may be available to 
reimburse the local sponsor for the federal share of the 
project costs assumed by the local sponsor prior to final 
passage of that Act.
    Sec. 314. Stay and Reinstatement of FERC License No. 11393. 
(a) Upon the request of the licenseefor FERC Project No. 11393, 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall issue an order staying 
the license.
    (b) Upon the request of the licensee for FERC Project No. 
11393, but not later than 6 years after the date that the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission receives written notice 
that construction of the Swan-Tyee transmission line is 
completed, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall issue 
an order lifting the stay and make the effective date of the 
license the date on which the stay is lifted.
    (c) Upon request of the licensee for FERC Project No. 11393 
and notwithstanding the time period specified in section 13 of 
the Federal Power Act for the commencement of construction, the 
Commission shall, after reasonable notice and in accordance 
with the good faith, due diligence, and public interest 
requirements of that section, extend the time period during 
which licensee is required to commence the construction of the 
project for not more than one 2-year time period.
    Sec. 315. (a) None of the funds made available under the 
accounts ``non-defense environmental management'', ``uranium 
facilities maintenance and remediation'', ``defense 
environmental restoration and waste management'', or ``defense 
facilities closure projects'' may be obligated at a Department 
of Energy site or laboratory, or in association with a site or 
laboratory, if the effect of such would result in the 
Department of Energy exceeding for that site or laboratory the 
comparable current-year level of funding, or the amount of the 
fiscal year 2003 budget request, whichever is greater.
    (b) The limitation of subsection (a) will not apply to a 
site or laboratory after such time that the Department has 
entered into a site performance management plan for that site 
or laboratory consistent with the intent of the Department's 
environmental management acceleration and reform initiative.
    Sec. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
National Nuclear Security Administration is prohibited from 
taking any actions adversely affecting employment at the Nevada 
Operations Office for a period of not less than 365 days, 
unless the Administrator seeks and is granted a waiver, in 
writing, from the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 317. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, 
using funds appropriated in this title, the Secretary of Energy 
shall proceed with planning and analyses for external 
regulation of the Department's laboratories under the Office of 
Science as directed in the statement of managers accompanying 
this bill.

                                TITLE IV

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Appalachian Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized 
by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as 
amended, and, for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-
Chairman and the alternate on the Appalachian Regional 
Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the 
administrative expenses of the Commission, including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $71,290,000, to remain available until expended.

                Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 100-456, 
section 1441, $19,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                        Delta Regional Authority

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Authority and 
to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta 
Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding section 382N of 
said Act, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                           Denali Commission

    For expenses of the Denali Commission including the 
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment as necessary and other expenses, $48,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                     Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out 
the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as 
amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
including official representation expenses (not to exceed 
$15,000), and purchase of promotional items for use in the 
recruitment of individuals for employment, $578,184,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated herein, $24,900,000 shall be derived from the 
Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided further, That revenues from 
licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $520,087,000 in fiscal year 2003 shall 
be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in 
this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues 
received during fiscal year 2003 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2003 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$58,097,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $6,800,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That revenues from licensing fees, 
inspection services, and other services and collections 
estimated at $6,392,000 in fiscal year 2003 shall be retained 
and be available until expended, for necessary salaries and 
expenses in this account notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 
2003 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $408,000.

                  Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Technical 
Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100-203, section 
5051, $3,200,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, 
and to remain available until expended.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to 
Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
    Sec. 502. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
Products.--It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
American-made.
    (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance 
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds 
made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to 
the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a 
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
Congress.
     (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined 
by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or 
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United 
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 503. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 504. Section 309 of Title III--Denali Commission of 
Division C--Other Matters of Public Law 105-277, as amended, is 
further amended by striking ``2003'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``thereafter''.
    Sec. 505. Extension of Prohibition of Oil and Gas Drilling 
in the Great Lakes. Section 503 of the Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Act, 2002 (115 Stat. 512), is 
amended by striking ``2002 and 2003'' and inserting ``2002 
through 2005''.
    Sec. 506. Clarification of Indemnification to Promote 
Economic Development. Title 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7274q is amended in 
subsection (b)(2), by adding the following new subsection:
                    ``(D) Any successor, assignee, transferee, 
                lender or lessee of a person or entity 
                described in subparagraphs (A) through (C).''.
    Sec. 507. The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall transmit to the Congress by April 1, 2003, a 
cross-cut budget displaying, by fiscal year, all CALFED Bay-
Delta Program related expenditures by the Federal government, 
actual and projected, for fiscal years 1996 through 2004.
    This division may be cited as the ``Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Act, 2003''.

DIVISION E--FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                          APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

  Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for 
                            other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

    The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized 
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to such corporation, and in 
accordance with law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program for the current fiscal 
year for such corporation: Provided, That none of the funds 
available during the current fiscal year may be used to make 
expenditures, contracts, or commitments for the export of 
nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other 
than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the 
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to 
receive economic or military assistance under this Act, that 
has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 1(c) of Public Law 103-428, as amended, sections 1(a) 
and (b) of Public Law 103-428 shall remain in effect through 
September 30, 2003.

                         SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION

    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, 
and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $512,900,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That such sums shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021 for the disbursement of direct loans, loan 
guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal 
years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated by this Act or any prior Act 
appropriating funds for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for tied-aid credits or grants may be used 
for any other purpose except through the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made 
available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease of 
any product by any East European country, any Baltic State or 
any agency or national thereof.

                        ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses for members of the Board of Directors, 
$68,300,000: Provided, That the Export-Import Bank may accept, 
and use, payment or services provided by transaction 
participants for legal, financial, or technical services in 
connection with any transaction for which an application for a 
loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of 
the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2003.

                OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

                           NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

    The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 
to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided 
by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments within the 
limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law as 
may be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for 
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance 
programs (including an amount for official reception and 
representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall 
not exceed $39,885,000: Provided further, That project-specific 
transaction costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with 
services provided to specific investors or potential investors 
pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
shall not be considered administrative expenses for the 
purposes of this heading.

                            PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $24,000,000, 
as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation Non-Credit Account: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That such sums shall be available for direct 
loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 
during fiscal years 2003 and 2004: Provided further, That such 
sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2011 for the 
disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal 
year 2003, and through fiscal year 2012 for the disbursement of 
direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 2004.
    In addition, such sums as may be necessary for 
administrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be 
derived from amounts available for administrative expenses to 
carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account and merged 
with said account.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                      TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $44,512,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2004.
    In addition, for an additional amount for ``Trade and 
Development Agency'' for trade capacity building assistance, 
$2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003: 
Provided, That any funds made available by this paragraph shall 
be made available subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

    For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out 
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of1961, and for 
other purposes, to remain available until September 30, 2003, unless 
otherwise specified herein, as follows:

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, for child survival, health, and family planning/
reproductive health activities, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, $1,836,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That this amount 
shall be made available for such activities as: (1) 
immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration programs; (3) 
health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs which directly 
address the needs of mothers and children, and related 
education programs; (4) assistance for displaced and orphaned 
children; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, and 
control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, 
polio and other infectious diseases; and (6) family planning/
reproductive health: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading may be made available for 
nonproject assistance, except that funds may be made available 
for such assistance for ongoing health activities: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
to exceed $150,000, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight 
of child survival, maternal and family planning/reproductive 
health, and infectious disease programs: Provided further, That 
the following amounts should be allocated as follows: 
$324,000,000 for child survival and maternal health; 
$27,000,000 for vulnerable children; $591,500,000 for HIV/AIDS 
including not less than $18,000,000 which should be made 
available to support the development of microbicides as a means 
for combating HIV/AIDS; $155,500,000 for other infectious 
diseases; $368,500,000 for family planning/reproductive health, 
including in areas where population growth threatens 
biodiversity or endangered species; and $120,000,000 for 
UNICEF: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, and in addition to funds allocated under the 
previous proviso, not less than $250,000,000 shall be made 
available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for a 
United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
Tuberculosis and Malaria, and shall be expended at the minimum 
rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and 
activities: Provided further, That the cumulative amount of 
United States contributions to the Global Fund may not exceed 
the total resources provided by other donors and available for 
use by the Global Fund: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading that are available for HIV/AIDS 
programs and activities, up to $10,500,000 should be made 
available for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, and up 
to $100,000,000 should be made available for the International 
Mother and Child HIV Prevention Initiative: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to 
$60,000,000 may be made available for a United States 
contribution to the Vaccine Fund, and up to $6,000,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ``Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development'' for costs directly 
related to international health, but funds made available for 
such costs may not be derived from amounts made available for 
contribution under the preceding provisos: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds 
appropriated under this heading that are available for child 
survival and health programs shall be apportioned to the United 
States Agency for International Development, and the authority 
of sections 632(a) or 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, or any comparable provision of law, may not be used to 
transfer or allocate any part of such funds to the Department 
of Health and Human Services including any office of that 
agency, except that the authority of those sections may be used 
to transfer or allocate up to $25,000,000 of such funds to the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 
shall be made available to continue to support the provision of 
wheelchairs for needy persons in developing countries: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available in this Act nor 
any unobligated balances from prior appropriations may be made 
available to any organization or program which, as determined 
by the President of the United States, supports or participates 
in the management of a program of coercive abortion or 
involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this Act may be used to pay for the 
performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to 
motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, 
That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing 
nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 
planning projects which offer, either directly or through 
referral to, or information about access to, a broad range of 
family planning methods and services, and that any such 
voluntary family planning project shall meet the following 
requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the 
project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other 
numerical targets, of total number of births, number of family 
planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of 
family planning (this provision shall not be construed to 
include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for 
budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not 
include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial 
reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family 
planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a 
numerical target or quota of total number of births, number of 
family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 
of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or 
benefit, including the right of access to participate in any 
program of general welfare or the right of access to health 
care, as a consequence of any individual's decision not to 
accept family planning services; (4) the project shall provide 
family planning acceptors comprehensible information on the 
health benefits and risks of the method chosen, including those 
conditions that might render the use of the method inadvisable 
and those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the 
use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that 
experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and 
medicalprocedures are provided only in the context of a scientific 
study in which participants are advised of potential risks and 
benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 
determines that there has been a violation of the requirements 
contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a 
pattern or practice of violations of the requirements contained in 
paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a report containing a description of such 
violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Provided 
further, That in awarding grants for natural family planning under 
section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be 
discriminated against because of such applicant's religious or 
conscientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, 
additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements of 
the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of this or 
any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs, the term 
``motivate'', as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be 
construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of 
information or counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided 
further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any 
existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That the funds 
under this heading that are available for the treatment and prevention 
of HIV/AIDS should also include programs and activities that are 
designed to maintain and preserve the families of those persons living 
with HIV/AIDS and to reduce the numbers of orphans created by HIV/AIDS.

                         DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
sections 103, 105, 106, and 131, and chapter 10 of part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,389,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated under title II of this Act that are managed 
by or allocated to the United States Agency for International 
Development's Global Development Secretariat, may be made 
available except through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
$159,000,000 should be allocated for trade capacity building: 
Provided further, That $218,000,000 should be allocated for 
basic education, of which $20,000,000 should be made available 
only for programs to increase the professional competence of 
national and regional education administrators: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
may be made available for any activity which is in 
contravention to the Convention on International Trade in 
Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available for assistance programs for displaced and orphaned 
children and victims of war, not to exceed $32,500, in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used to 
monitor and provide oversight of such programs: Provided 
further, That of the aggregate amount of the funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for agriculture and rural 
development programs, $25,000,000 should be made available for 
plant biotechnology research and development: Provided further, 
That not less than $2,300,000 should be made available for core 
support for the International Fertilizer Development Center: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $18,000,000 should be made available for 
the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
$100,000,000 shall be made available for drinking water supply 
projects and related activities.

                   INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

    For necessary expenses for international disaster relief, 
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 
$230,000,000, to remain available until expended.
    In addition, for assistance for Afghanistan, $60,000,000 to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds 
shall be used for humanitarian and reconstruction assistance 
for the Afghan people including health and education programs, 
housing, to improve the status of women, infrastructure, and 
assistance for victims of war and displaced persons.

                         TRANSITION INITIATIVES

    For necessary expenses for international disaster 
rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to support transition to 
democracy and to long-term development of countries in crisis: 
Provided, That such support may include assistance to develop, 
strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and processes, 
revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful 
resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the United 
States Agency for International Development shall submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days 
prior to beginning a new program of assistance.

                      DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, as 
authorized by sections 108 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, funds may be derived by transfer from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and 
under the heading ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the 
Baltic States'': Provided, That such funds when added to the 
funds transferred pursuant to the authority contained under 
this heading in Public Law 107-115, shall not exceed 
$24,500,000, which shall be made available only for micro and 
small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs 
which further the purposes of part I of the Act: Provided 
further, That such costs shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general 
provisions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 
of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee on 
International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to 
direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit 
programs administered by the United States Agency for 
International Development, $7,591,000, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of 
the United States Agency for International Development: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
shall remain available until September 30, 2007.

     PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

    For payment to the ``Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund'', as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 
1980, $45,200,000.

   OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
                              DEVELOPMENT

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667, $572,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading and under the heading ``Capital 
Investment Fund'' may be made available to finance the 
construction (including architect and engineering services), 
purchase, or long term lease of offices for use by the United 
States Agency for International Development, unless the 
Administrator has identified such proposed construction 
(including architect and engineering services), purchase, or 
long term lease of offices in a report submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the 
obligation of these funds for such purposes: Provided further, 
That the previous proviso shall not apply where the total cost 
of construction (including architect and engineering services), 
purchase, or long term lease of offices does not exceed 
$1,000,000.

                        CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

    For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 
information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667, $43,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $10,000,000 
may be made available for costs related to the construction of 
temporary, secure facilities for United States Agency for 
International Development personnel in Afghanistan: Provided 
further, That the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall assess fair and reasonable 
rental payments for the use of space by employees of other 
United States Government agencies in buildings constructed 
using funds appropriated under this heading, and such rental 
payments shall be deposited into this account as an offsetting 
collection: Provided further, That the rental payments 
collected pursuant to the previous proviso and deposited as an 
offsetting collection shall be available for obligation only 
pursuant to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
assignment of United States Government employees or contractors 
to space in buildings constructed using funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be subject to the concurrence of the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for obligation only pursuant to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

   OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
                DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667, $33,300,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2004, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the United States Agency for International 
Development.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance

                         ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II, $2,270,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $600,000,000 shall be 
available only for Israel, which sum shall be available on a 
grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be disbursed within 30 
days of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not 
less than $615,000,000 shall be available only for Egypt, which 
sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash 
transfer assistance shall be provided with the understanding 
that Egypt will undertake significant economic reforms which 
are additional to those which were undertaken in previous 
fiscal years, and of which not less than $200,000,000 shall be 
provided as Commodity Import Program assistance: Provided 
further, That in exercising the authority to provide cash 
transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall ensure that 
the level of such assistance does not cause an adverse impact 
on the total level of nonmilitary exports from the United 
States to such country and that Israel enters into a side 
letter agreement in an amount proportional to the fiscal year 
1999 agreement: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $250,000,000 should be made 
available for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $1,000,000 
should be used to further legal reforms in the West Bank and 
Gaza, including judicial training on commercial disputes and 
ethics: Provided further, That not to exceed $200,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated under this heading in this Act may be 
made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and 
guarantees for Pakistan: Provided further, Thatnot to exceed 
$15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 
107-206, the Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From 
and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States, FY 2002, may be 
made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and 
guarantees for Jordan: Provided further, That not less than $15,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available 
for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, administrative support of 
the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at 
reunification of the island and designed to reduce tensions and promote 
peace and cooperation between the two communities on Cyprus: Provided 
further, That not less than $35,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be made available for assistance for Lebanon to be 
used, among other programs, for scholarships and direct support of the 
American educational institutions in Lebanon: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 534(a) of this Act, funds appropriated under 
this heading that are made available for assistance for the Central 
Government of Lebanon shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Government of Lebanon should enforce the custody and international 
pickup orders, issued during calendar year 2001, of Lebanon's civil 
courts regarding abducted American children in Lebanon: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $60,000,000 
shall be made available for the United States Agency for International 
Development for assistance for Indonesia: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for the Democratic Republic of Timor-
Leste of which up to $1,000,000 may be available for administrative 
expenses of the United States Agency for International Development: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $2,000,000 should be made available for assistance for 
countries to implement and enforce the Kimberley Process Certification 
Scheme: Provided further, That $3,000,000 should be made available for 
the international youth exchange program for secondary school students 
from countries with significant Muslim populations: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, to provide assistance to the National 
Democratic Alliance of Sudan to strengthen its ability to protect 
civilians from attacks, slave raids, and aerial bombardment by the 
Sudanese Government forces and its militia allies, and the provision of 
such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That in the 
previous proviso, the term ``assistance'' includes non-lethal, non-food 
aid such as blankets, medicine, fuel, mobile clinics, water drilling 
equipment, communications equipment to notify civilians of aerial 
bombardment, non-military vehicles, tents, and shoes: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$10,000,000 should be made available during fiscal year 2003 for a 
contribution to the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Provided further, 
That with respect to funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 
or prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs, the responsibility for policy 
decisions and justifications for the use of such funds, including 
whether there will be a program for a country that uses those funds and 
the amount of each such program, shall be the responsibility of the 
Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this 
responsibility shall not be delegated.

                     INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$25,000,000, which shall be available for the United States 
contribution to the International Fund for Ireland and shall be 
made available in accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-
Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-415): 
Provided, That such amount shall be expended at the minimum 
rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and 
activities: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2004.

          ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES

    (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East 
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $525,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2004, which shall be available, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for assistance and 
for related programs for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: 
Provided, That funds made available for assistance for Kosovo 
from funds appropriated under this heading and under the 
headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and ``International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' should not exceed 15 
percent of the total resources pledged by all donors for 
calendar year 2003 for assistance for Kosovo as of March 31, 
2003: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this Act for assistance for Kosovo shall be made 
available for large scale physical infrastructure 
reconstruction: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading for assistance for Kosovo, up to 
$1,000,000 should be made available for assistance to support 
training programs for Kosovar women: Provided further, That not 
less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
the Baltic States: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading for assistance for Bulgaria, 
$2,000,000 should be made available to enhance safety at 
nuclear power plants.
    (b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior 
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available for an 
Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund in interest-
bearing accounts prior to the Fund's disbursement of such funds 
for program purposes. The Fund may retain for such program 
purposes any interest earned on such deposits without returning 
such interest to the Treasury of the United States and without 
further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made available for 
Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate 
necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
    (c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the 
administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use of 
economic assistance.
    (d) With regard to funds appropriated under this heading 
for the economic revitalization program in Bosniaand 
Herzegovina, and local currencies generated by such funds (including 
the conversion of funds appropriated under this heading into currency 
used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local currency and local currency 
returned or repaid under such program) the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall provide written 
approval for grants and loans prior to the obligation and expenditure 
of funds for such purposes, and prior to the use of funds that have 
been returned or repaid to any lending facility or grantee.
    (e) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall apply 
to funds made available under subsection (d) and to funds 
appropriated under this heading: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any provision of this or any other Act, including provisions in 
this subsection regarding the application of section 529 of 
this Act, local currencies generated by, or converted from, 
funds appropriated by this Act and by previous appropriations 
Acts and made available for the economic revitalization program 
in Bosnia may be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States 
to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 
1989.
    (f) The President is authorized to withhold funds 
appropriated under this heading made available for economic 
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not complied 
with article III of annex 1-A of the General Framework 
Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning the 
withdrawal of foreign forces, and that intelligence cooperation 
on training, investigations, and related activities between 
state sponsors of terrorism and terrorist organizations and 
Bosnian officials has not been terminated.

    ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

    (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the 
Independent States of the former Soviet Union and for related 
programs, $760,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2004: Provided, That the provisions of such chapters shall 
apply to funds appropriated by this paragraph: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for the Southern 
Caucasus region, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds may be used for confidence-building measures and other 
activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution of the 
regional conflicts, especially those in the vicinity of 
Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $1,500,000 
should be available only to meet the health and other 
assistance needs of victims of trafficking in persons: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
$17,500,000 shall be made available solely for assistance for 
the Russian Far East: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 
heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, 
that are made available pursuant to the provisions of section 
807 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102-511) shall be 
subject to a 6 percent ceiling on administrative expenses.
    (b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are 
made available for assistance for Ukraine, not less than 
$20,000,000 should be made available for nuclear reactor safety 
initiatives, and not less than $1,500,000 shall be made 
available for coal mine safety programs, including mine 
ventilation and fire prevention and control.
    (c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $90,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
Armenia.
    (d)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 
are allocated for assistance for the Government of the Russian 
Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from obligation until 
the President determines and certifies in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of the Russian 
Federation:
            (A) has terminated implementation of arrangements 
        to provide Iran with technical expertise, training, 
        technology, or equipment necessary to develop a nuclear 
        reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 
        programs, or ballistic missile capability; and
            (B) is providing full access to international non-
        government organizations providing humanitarian relief 
        to refugees and internally displaced persons in 
        Chechnya.
    (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
            (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, child 
        survival activities, or assistance for victims of 
        trafficking in persons; and
            (B) activities authorized under title V 
        (Nonproliferation and Disarmament Programs and 
        Activities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.
    (e) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $60,000,000 should be made available, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, for assistance for child 
survival, basic education, environmental and reproductive 
health/family planning, and to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis 
and other infectious diseases, and for related activities.
    (f) None of the funds appropriated under this heading may 
be made available for assistance for the Government of Ukraine 
unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that, since September 30, 2000, 
the Government of Ukraine has not facilitated or engaged in 
arms sales or arms transfers to Iraq: Provided, That this 
paragraph shall not apply to assistance to combat infectious 
diseases, nuclear safety programs and activities, or assistance 
for victims of trafficking in persons, and to activities 
authorized under title V (Nonproliferation and Disarmament 
Programs and Activities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.
    (g) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply 
to--
            (1) activities to support democracy or assistance 
        under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 
        1424 of Public Law 104-201 or non-proliferation 
        assistance;
            (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 
        Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
            (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 
        United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 
        acting within his or her official capacity;
            (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or other 
        assistance provided by the Overseas Private Investment 
        Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of 
        the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et 
        seq.);
            (5) any financing provided under the Export-Import 
        Bank Act of 1945; or
            (6) humanitarian assistance.

                          Independent Agencies

                       INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

    For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the 
Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of 
section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $16,200,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2004.

                     AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

    For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980, 
Public Law 96-533, $18,689,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004: Provided, That funds made available to 
grantees may be invested pending expenditure for project 
purposes when authorized by the board of directors of the 
Foundation: Provided further, That interest earned shall be 
used only for the purposes for which the grant was made: 
Provided further, That this authority applies to interest 
earned both prior to and following enactment of this provision: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the 
African Development Foundation Act, in exceptional 
circumstances the board of directors of the Foundation may 
waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with 
respect to a project: Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
after each time such waiver authority is exercised.

                              PEACE CORPS

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $297,000,000, including the 
purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
administrative purposes for use outside of the United States: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall remain 
available until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That the 
Director of the Peace Corps may make appointments or 
assignments, or extend current appointments or assignments, to 
permit United States citizens to serve for periods in excess of 
five years in the case of individuals whose appointment or 
assignment, such as regional safety security officers and 
employees within the Office of the Inspector General, involves 
the safety of Peace Corps volunteers: Provided further, That 
the Director of the Peace Corps may make such appointments or 
assignments notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 of the 
Peace Corps Act limiting the length of an appointment or 
assignment, the circumstances under which such an appointment 
or assignment may exceed five years, and the percentage of 
appointments or assignments that can be made in excess of five 
years.

                          Department of State

          INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $197,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That during fiscal year 
2003, the Department of State may also use the authority of 
section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without 
regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property from an 
agency of the United States Government for the purpose of 
providing it to a foreign country under chapter 8 of part I of 
that Act subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $5,000,000 
shall be apportioned directly to the Department of the 
Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance, to be 
used for financial crimes and law enforcement technical 
assistance programs: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 should be made 
available for the demand reduction program: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 
should be made available for anti-trafficking in persons 
programs, including trafficking prevention, protection and 
assistance for victims, and prosecution of traffickers: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not more than $24,180,000 may be available for 
administrative expenses.

                     ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support counterdrug 
activities in the Andean region of South America, $700,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That in addition 
to the funds appropriated under this heading and subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, the President may make available up to an 
additional $31,000,000 for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative, 
which may be derived from funds appropriated under the heading 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' in this 
Act and in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2003, funds available to the 
Department of State for assistance to the Government of 
Colombia shall be available to support a unified campaign 
against narcotics trafficking, against activities by 
organizations designated as terrorist organizations such as the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National 
Liberation Army (ELN), and the United Self-Defense Forces of 
Colombia (AUC), and to take actions to protect human health and 
welfare in emergency circumstances, including undertaking 
rescue operations: Provided further, That this authority shall 
cease to be effective if the Secretary of State has credible 
evidence that the Colombian Armed Forces are not conducting 
vigorous operations to restore government authority and respect 
for human rights in areas under the effective control of 
paramilitary and guerrilla organizations: Provided further, 
That the President shall ensure that if any helicopter procured 
with funds under this heading is used to aid or abet the 
operations of any illegal self-defense group or illegal 
security cooperative, such helicopter shall be immediately 
returned to the United States: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to 
support a Peruvian air interdiction program until the Secretary 
of State and Director of Central Intelligence certify to the 
Congress, 30 daysbefore any resumption of United States 
involvement in a Peruvian air interdiction program, that an air 
interdiction program that permits the ability of the Peruvian Air Force 
to shoot down aircraft will include enhanced safeguards and procedures 
to prevent the occurrence of any incident similar to the April 20, 2001 
incident: Provided further, That the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated 
under this heading, a report on the proposed uses of all funds under 
this heading on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, 
project, or activity: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $250,000,000 shall be apportioned 
directly to the United States Agency for International Development, to 
be used for economic and social programs: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading and under the heading ``Foreign 
Military Financing Program'', not less than $5,000,000 should be made 
available to support a Colombian Armed Forces unit dedicated to 
apprehending the leaders of paramilitary organizations: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for assistance for Colombia 
under this heading, up to $3,000,000 should be made available for 
commercially developed, web monitoring software, and training on the 
usage thereof, for the Colombian National Police: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available for assistance for Colombia under this 
heading, not less than $1,500,000 should be made available for 
vehicles, equipment, and other assistance for the human rights unit of 
the Procurador General: Provided further, That not more than 20 percent 
of the funds appropriated by this Act that are used for the procurement 
of chemicals for aerial coca and poppy fumigation programs may be made 
available for such programs unless the Secretary of State, after 
consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA), certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that (1) 
the herbicide mixture is being used in accordance with EPA label 
requirements for comparable use in the United States and any additional 
controls recommended by the EPA for this program, and with the 
Colombian Environmental Management Plan for aerial fumigation; (2) the 
herbicide mixture, in the manner it is being used, does not pose 
unreasonable risks or adverse effects to humans or the environment; (3) 
complaints of harm to health or licit crops caused by such fumigation 
are evaluated and fair compensation is being paid for meritorious 
claims; and such funds may not be made available for such purposes 
unless programs are being implemented by the United States Agency for 
International Development, the Government of Colombia, or other 
organizations, in consultation with local communities, to provide 
alternative sources of income in areas where security permits for 
small-acreage growers whose illicit crops are targeted for fumigation: 
Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 
further, That assistance provided with funds appropriated under this 
heading that is made available notwithstanding section 482(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, shall be made available 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That the provisions of section 
3204(b) through (d) of Public Law 106-246, as amended by Public Law 
107-115, shall be applicable to funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2003: Provided further, That no United States Armed Forces personnel or 
United States civilian contractor employed by the United States will 
participate in any combat operation in connection with assistance made 
available by this Act for Colombia: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $3,500,000 shall be made 
available for assistance for the Colombian National Park Service for 
training, equipment, and other assistance to protect Colombia's 
national parks and reserves: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not more than $15,680,000 may be 
available for administrative expenses of the Department of State, and 
not more than $4,500,000 may be available, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative expenses of 
the United States Agency for International Development.

                    MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by law, 
a contribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross, 
assistance to refugees, including contributions to the 
International Organization for Migration and the United Nations 
High Commissioner for Refugees, and other activities to meet 
refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel 
and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 
1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of 
title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, $787,000,000, which shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not more than 
$16,565,000 may be available for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That not less than $60,000,000 of the funds 
made available under this heading shall be made available for 
refugees from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and 
other refugees resettling in Israel: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for 
a headquarters contribution to the International Committee of 
the Red Cross only if the Secretary of State determines (and so 
reports to the appropriate committees of Congress) that the 
Magen David Adom Society of Israel is not being denied 
participation in the activities of the International Red Cross 
and Red Crescent Movement.

     UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE FUND

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $26,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

    NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS

    For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-
terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
$306,400,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism 
assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 23 of 
the Arms Export Control Actor the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 for demining activities, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the 
destruction of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including activities implemented through 
nongovernmental and international organizations, and section 301 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary contribution 
to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), 
consistent with the provisions of section 562 of this Act, and for a 
United States contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 
Preparatory Commission: Provided further, That of this amount not to 
exceed $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be made 
available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, to promote bilateral and 
multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation and disarmament: 
Provided further, That such funds may also be used for such countries 
other than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 
international organizations when it is in the national security 
interest of the United States to do so following consultation with the 
appropriate committees of Congress: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be made available for the 
International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of State 
determines (and so reports to the Congress) that Israel is not being 
denied its right to participate in the activities of that Agency: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available for demining and 
related activities, not to exceed $675,000, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, may be used for administrative 
expenses related to the operation and management of the demining 
program: Provided further, That the Secretary of State is authorized to 
provide not to exceed $250,000 for public-private partnerships for mine 
action by grant, cooperative agreement, or contract.

                       Department of the Treasury

               INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to 
international affairs technical assistance activities), 
$10,800,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law.

                     TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

             INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $80,000,000, 
of which up to $3,000,000 may remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the civilian personnel for whom military 
education and training may be provided under this heading may 
include civilians who are not members of a government whose 
participation would contribute to improved civil-military 
relations, civilian control of the military, or respect for 
human rights: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading for military education and training for Guatemala 
may only be available for expanded international military 
education and training and funds made available for Algeria, 
Nigeria and Guatemala may only be provided through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                   FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President 
to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, $4,072,000,000: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $2,100,000,000 
shall be available for grants only for Israel, and not less 
than $1,300,000,000 shall be made available for grants only for 
Egypt: Provided further, That the funds appropriated by this 
paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of the 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent 
that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for 
such purposes, grants made available for Israel by this 
paragraph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States, be 
available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 
$550,000,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel 
of defense articles and defense services, including research 
and development: Provided further, That except as provided in 
the following proviso, none of the funds appropriated by this 
paragraph may be made available for helicopters and related 
support costs for Colombia: Provided further, That up to 
$93,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this paragraph may be 
transferred to and merged with funds appropriated under the 
heading ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'' for helicopters, 
training and other assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces 
for security for the Cano Limon pipeline: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable 
notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this paragraph shall be obligated upon apportionment in 
accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, United States 
Code, section 1501(a).
    None of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, 
defense services, or design and construction services that are 
not sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export 
Control Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such 
procurements has first signed an agreement with the United 
States Government specifying the conditions under which such 
procurements may be financed with such funds: Provided, That 
all country and funding level increases in allocations shall be 
submitted through the regular notification procedures of 
section 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
assistance for Sudan and Liberia: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may include 
activities implemented through nongovernmental and 
international organizations: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
assistance for Guatemala: Provided further, That only those 
countries for which assistance was justified for the ``Foreign 
Military Sales Financing Program'' in the fiscal year 1989 
congressional presentation for security assistance programs may 
utilize funds made available under this heading for procurement 
of defense articles, defense services or design and 
construction services that are not sold by the UnitedStates 
Government under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended at the minimum 
rate necessary to make timely payment for defense articles and 
services: Provided further, That not more than $38,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading may be obligated for necessary 
expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only for use outside of the United States, for the general 
costs of administering military assistance and sales: Provided further, 
That not more than $356,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 
21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obligated for 
expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2003 
pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that 
this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
foreign military financing program funds estimated to be outlayed for 
Egypt during fiscal year 2003 shall be transferred to an interest 
bearing account for Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act .

                        PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$115,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be obligated or expended except as 
provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.

               TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                  INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

                      GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

    For the United States contribution for the Global 
Environment Facility, $147,812,533, to the International Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Global 
Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the Treasury, to 
remain available until expended.

       CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

    For payment to the International Development Association by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, $850,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

      CONTRIBUTION TO THE MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY

    For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,631,000, for the United 
States paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to 
remain available until expended.

              LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

    The United States Governor of the Multilateral Investment 
Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
for the callable capital portion of the United States share of 
such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $7,609,793.

       CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION

    For payment to the Inter-American Investment Corporation, 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, $18,351,667, for the United 
States share of the increase in subscriptions to capital stock, 
to remain available until expended.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT 
                                  FUND

    For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral 
Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the 
United States contribution to the fund, $24,590,667, to remain 
available until expended.

               CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

    For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian Development 
Fund, as authorized by the Asian Development Bank Act, as 
amended, $97,886,133, to remain available until expended.

              CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

    For payment to the African Development Bank by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, $5,104,473, for the United States 
paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to remain 
available until expended.

              LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

    The United States Governor of the African Development Bank 
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation for the callable 
capital portion of the United States share of such capital 
stock in an amount not to exceed $79,602,688.

              CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

    For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
Treasury to the increase in resources of the African 
Development Fund, $108,073,333, to remain available until 
expended.

  CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

    For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $35,804,955 for 
the United States share of the paid-in portion of the increase 
in capital stock, to remain available until expended.

              LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

    The United States Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development may subscribewithout fiscal year 
limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share 
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $123,328,178.

  contribution to the international fund for agricultural development

    For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
Treasury to increase the resources of the International Fund 
for Agricultural Development, $15,003,667, to remain available 
until expended.

                international organizations and programs

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of 
section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 
Participation Act of 1973, $195,150,000: Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available 
to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) 
or the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $500,000 should be made available for a United States 
contribution to the International Coffee Organization (ICO) if 
the United States becomes a member of the ICO prior to June 1, 
2003: Provided further, That if the United States does not 
rejoin the International Coffee Organization by June 1, 2003, 
the amount allocated under the previous proviso should be made 
available for the United Nations Center for Human Settlements 
(UN-HABITAT) in addition to other funds made available for UN-
HABITAT under this heading.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

             OBLIGATIONS DURING LAST MONTH OF AVAILABILITY

    Sec. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled 
``International Disaster Assistance'', and ``United States 
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', not more 
than 15 percent of any appropriation item made available by 
this Act shall be obligated during the last month of 
availability.

                  PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS

    Sec. 502. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act for development assistance may be 
made available to any United States private and voluntary 
organization, except any cooperative development organization, 
which obtains less than 20 percent of its total annual funding 
for international activities from sources other than the United 
States Government: Provided, That the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, after 
informing the Committees on Appropriations, may, on a case-by-
case basis, waive the restriction contained in this subsection, 
after taking into account the effectiveness of the overseas 
development activities of the organization, its level of 
volunteer support, its financial viability and stability, and 
the degree of its dependence for its financial support on the 
agency.
    (b) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
title II of this Act should be made available to private and 
voluntary organizations at a level which is at least equivalent 
to the level provided in fiscal year 1995.

                    LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

    Sec. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall be for 
official residence expenses of the United States Agency for 
International Development during the current fiscal year: 
Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, 
to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned foreign 
currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.

                         LIMITATION ON EXPENSES

    Sec. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 
entertainment expenses of the United States Agency for 
International Development during the current fiscal year.

               LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

    Sec. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $125,000 shall be available 
for representation allowances for the United States Agency for 
International Development during the current fiscal year: 
Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, 
to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned foreign 
currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available by this Act for general costs 
of administering military assistance and sales under the 
heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', not to exceed 
$2,000 shall be available for entertainment expenses and not to 
exceed $125,000 shall be available for representation 
allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
by this Act under the heading ``International Military 
Education and Training'', not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for entertainment allowances: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available by this Act for the Inter-American 
Foundation, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for 
entertainment and representation allowances: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available by this Act for the Peace 
Corps, not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available for 
entertainment expenses: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available by this Act under the heading ``Trade and 
Development Agency'', not to exceed $2,000 shall be available 
for representation and entertainment allowances.

                 PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS

    Sec. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
(other than funds for ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs'') pursuant to this Act, for 
carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, 
except for purposes of nuclear safety, to finance the export of 
nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology.

        PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES

    Sec. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended 
to finance directly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, 
Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria: Provided, That 
for purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance and 
guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents: Provided 
further, That assistance or other financing under this Act or 
under prior foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs appropriations Acts may be provided for humanitarian 
and relief assistance for Iraq notwithstanding the provisions 
of this section or any other provision of law, including 
comparable provisions contained in prior foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs appropriations Acts, if 
the President determines that the provision of assistance or 
other financing for Iraq is importantto the national security 
interests of the United States: Provided further, That such assistance 
or financing shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, except that notifications shall be 
transmitted at least 5 days in advance of obligations of funds: 
Provided further, That the President shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the status of the allocation, 
obligation and expenditure of funds made available for Iraq not later 
than every 60 days during fiscal year 2003, beginning on March 1, 2003: 
Provided further, That each such report shall include information on 
programs, projects, and activities that are being funded or will be 
funded with such assistance or financing, and the departments and 
agencies responsible for managing each such program, project, and 
activity: Provided further, That the authority of the second proviso of 
this section to provide assistance for Iraq shall expire on the date of 
enactment of the first subsequent supplemental appropriations Act for 
fiscal year 2003 that contains supplemental funding for appropriations 
accounts contained in this Act.

                             MILITARY COUPS

    Sec. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended 
to finance directly any assistance to the government of any 
country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by 
decree or military coup: Provided, That assistance may be 
resumed to such government if the President determines and 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that subsequent 
to the termination of assistance a democratically elected 
government has taken office: Provided further, That the 
provisions of this section shall not apply to assistance to 
promote democratic elections or public participation in 
democratic processes: Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                       TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS

    Sec. 509. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in addition to 
transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated or transferred 
to agencies of the United States Government pursuant to the 
provisions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961.
    (c) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated under an appropriation account to which they were not 
appropriated, except for transfers specifically provided for in 
this Act, unless the President, not less than five days prior 
to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and 
provides a written policy justification to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
    (d) Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds 
appropriated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 
the United States Agency for International Development and 
another agency of the United States Government under the 
authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 or any comparable provision of law, shall expressly 
provide that the Office of the Inspector General for the agency 
receiving the transfer or allocation of such funds shall 
perform periodic program and financial audits of the use of 
such funds: Provided, That funds transferred under such 
authority may be made available for the cost of such audits.

                  DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY

    Sec. 510. Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry 
out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the end of 
the fiscal year immediately preceding the current fiscal year 
are, if deobligated, hereby continued available during the 
current fiscal year for the same purpose under any authority 
applicable to such appropriations under this Act: Provided, 
That the authority of this section may not be used in fiscal 
year 2003.

                         AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

    Sec. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation after the expiration 
of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this 
Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for the purposes of 
chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 667, chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, and funds provided 
under the heading ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the 
Baltic States'', shall remain available for an additional four 
years from the date on which the availability of such funds 
would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially 
obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of 
availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any funds made 
available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 
of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are 
allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in order to 
address balance of payments or economic policy reform 
objectives, shall remain available until expended.

            LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

    Sec. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the government of 
any country which is in default during a period in excess of 
one calendar year in payment to the United States of principal 
or interest on any loan made to the government of such country 
by the United States pursuant to a program for which funds are 
appropriated under this Act unless the President determines, 
following consultations with the Committees on Appropriations, 
that assistance to such country is in the national interest of 
the United States.

                           COMMERCE AND TRADE

    Sec. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and none 
of the funds otherwise made available pursuant to this Act to 
the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan, 
any assistance or any other financial commitments for 
establishing or expanding production of any commodity for 
export by any country other than the United States, if the 
commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the 
time the resulting productive capacity is expected to become 
operative and if the assistance will cause substantial injury 
to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
commodity: Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to 
the Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of 
Directors the benefits to industry and employment in theUnited 
States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States producers of 
the same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman of the 
Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding 
feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction, 
consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connection 
with the growth or production in a foreign country of an 
agricultural commodity for export which would compete with a 
similar commodity grown or produced in the United States: 
Provided, That this subsection shall not prohibit--
            (1) activities designed to increase food security 
        in developing countries where such activities will not 
        have a significant impact in the export of agricultural 
        commodities of the United States; or
            (2) research activities intended primarily to 
        benefit American producers.

                          SURPLUS COMMODITIES

    Sec. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, the International Development 
Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-
American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the 
Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment 
Corporation, the North American Development Bank, the European 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the African 
Development Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the 
voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by 
these institutions, using funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to this Act, for the production or extraction of any 
commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus on world 
markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to 
United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
commodity.

                       NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

    Sec. 515. For the purposes of providing the executive 
branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of 
the funds made available under this Act for ``Child Survival 
and Health Programs Fund'', ``Development Assistance'', 
``International Organizations and Programs'', ``Trade and 
Development Agency'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement'', ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'', ``Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'', ``Assistance for 
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'', ``Economic 
Support Fund'', ``Peacekeeping Operations'', ``Capital 
Investment Fund'', ``Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development'', ``Operating Expenses of 
the United States Agency for International Development Office 
of Inspector General'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs'', ``Foreign Military Financing 
Program'', ``International Military Education and Training'', 
``Peace Corps'', and ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'', 
shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified 
to the Appropriations Committees for obligation under any of 
these specific headings unless the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress are previously notified 15 days in 
advance: Provided, That the President shall not enter into any 
commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 
of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision of major 
defense equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other 
major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or 
combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 
percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 
advance of such commitment: Provided further, That this section 
shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, program, 
or project under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 of less than 10 percent of the amount previously 
justified to the Congress for obligation for such activity, 
program, or project for the current fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the requirements of this section or any similar 
provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act 
requiring notification in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk 
to human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case of 
any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the 
appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as 
early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after 
taking the action to which such notification requirement was 
applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating 
such waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided 
pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the 
emergency circumstances.

LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND 
                                PROGRAMS

    Sec. 516. Subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under this 
Act or any previously enacted Act making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, 
which are returned or not made available for organizations and 
programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2004.

             INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

    Sec. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under the 
heading ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former 
Soviet Union'' shall be made available for assistance for a 
government of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union--
            (1) unless that government is making progress in 
        implementing comprehensive economic reforms based on 
        market principles, private ownership, respect for 
        commercial contracts, and equitable treatment of 
        foreign private investment; and
            (2) if that government applies or transfers United 
        States assistance to any entity for the purpose of 
        expropriating or seizing ownership or control of 
        assets, investments, or ventures.
Assistance may be furnished without regard to this subsection 
if the President determines that to do so is in the national 
interest.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union'' shall be made available for assistance for a government 
of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union if that 
government directs any action in violation of the territorial 
integrity or national sovereignty of anyother Independent State 
of the former Soviet Union, such as those violations included in the 
Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds may be made available 
without regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President 
determines that to do so is in the national security interest of the 
United States.
    (c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union'' shall be made available for any state to enhance its 
military capability: Provided, That this restriction does not 
apply to demilitarization, demining or nonproliferation 
programs.
    (d) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Assistance for 
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' for the 
Russian Federation, Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    (e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance for the 
Independent States of the former Soviet Union shall be subject 
to the provisions of section 117 (relating to environment and 
natural resources) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
    (f) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations Acts 
that are or have been made available for an Enterprise Fund in 
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union may be 
deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing accounts prior to 
the disbursement of such funds by the Fund for program 
purposes. The Fund may retain for such program purposes any 
interest earned on such deposits without returning such 
interest to the Treasury of the United States and without 
further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made available for 
Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate 
necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
    (g) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts, or 
making grants, with funds appropriated in this Act or prior 
appropriations Acts under the heading ``Assistance for the 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' and under 
comparable headings in prior appropriations Acts, for projects 
or activities that have as one of their primary purposes the 
fostering of private sector development, the Coordinator for 
United States Assistance to the New Independent States and the 
implementing agency shall encourage the participation of and 
give significant weight to contractors and grantees who propose 
investing a significant amount of their own resources 
(including volunteer services and in-kind contributions) in 
such projects and activities.

   PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

    Sec. 518. None of the funds made available to carry out 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of 
family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice 
abortions. None of the funds made available to carry out part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used 
to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a 
method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the 
funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any 
biomedical research which relates in whole or in part, to 
methods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary 
sterilization as a means of family planning. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for any 
country or organization if the President certifies that the use 
of these funds by any such country or organization would 
violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and 
involuntary sterilizations.

                 EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES

    Sec. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
other than for administrative expenses made available for 
fiscal year 2003, for programs under title I of this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations for use for any of the 
purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in such 
receiving account may be used, but no such appropriation, 
except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 
by more than 25 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That 
the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                   SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

    Sec. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be obligated or expended for Colombia, Liberia, Serbia, Sudan, 
Zimbabwe, Pakistan, or the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
except as provided through the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations.

              DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

    Sec. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ``program, project, 
and activity'' shall be defined at the appropriations Act 
account level and shall include all appropriations and 
authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limitations with 
the exception that for the following accounts: Economic Support 
Fund and Foreign Military Financing Program, ``program, 
project, and activity'' shall also be considered to include 
country, regional, and central program level funding within 
each such account; for the development assistance accounts of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
``program, project, and activity'' shall also be considered to 
include central, country, regional, and program level funding, 
either as: (1) justified to the Congress; or (2) allocated by 
the executive branch in accordance with a report, to be 
provided to the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of 
the enactment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

                  CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH ACTIVITIES

    Sec. 522. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made available by 
this Act for assistance under the heading ``Child Survival and 
Health Programs Fund'', may be used to reimburse United States 
Government agencies, agencies of State governments, 
institutions of higher learning, and private and voluntary 
organizations for the full cost of individuals (including for 
the personal services of such individuals) detailed or assigned 
to, or contracted by, as the case may be, the United States 
Agency for International Development for the purpose of 
carrying out activities under that heading: Provided, That up 
to $3,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act for 
assistance under the heading ``Development Assistance''may be 
used to reimburse such agencies, institutions, and organizations for 
such costs of such individuals carrying out other development 
assistance activities: Provided further, That funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for child survival activities or 
disease programs including activities relating to research on, and the 
prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under title II of this Act may be made available 
pursuant to section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 if a 
primary purpose of the assistance is for child survival and related 
programs: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under title 
II of this Act, not less than $446,500,000 shall be made available for 
family planning/reproductive health.

                              AFGHANISTAN

    Sec. 523. Of the funds appropriated by title II of this 
Act, not less than $295,500,000 shall be made available for 
humanitarian, reconstruction, and related assistance for 
Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds made available 
pursuant to this section, not less than $50,000,000 should be 
from funds appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support 
Fund'' for rehabilitation of primary roads, implementation of 
the Bonn Agreement and women's development, of which not less 
than $5,000,000 is to support activities coordinated by the 
Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs, including the establishment 
and support of multi-service women's centers in Afghanistan: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available pursuant to 
this section from ``Development Assistance'', ``International 
Disaster Assistance'' and ``Transition Initiatives'', high 
priority should be placed on girls' and women's education, 
health, legal and social rights, economic opportunities, and 
political participation by women: Provided further, That 
assistance should be made available to communities and families 
that were adversely affected by the military operations: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available pursuant to 
this section, up to $9,850,000 may be transferred to and merged 
with funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
``Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for 
International Development'' and ``Operating Expenses of the 
United States Agency for International Development Inspector 
General''.

                NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

    Sec. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense 
articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent and under 
the same conditions as are other committees pursuant to 
subsection (f) of that section: Provided, That before issuing a 
letter of offer to sell excess defense articles under the Arms 
Export Control Act, the Department of Defense shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of such Committees if such defense 
articles are significant military equipment (as defined in 
section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in 
terms of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or 
if notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would receive 
such excess defense articles: Provided further, That such 
Committees shall also be informed of the original acquisition 
cost of such defense articles.

                       AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

    Sec. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds 
appropriated under the headings ``Trade and Development 
Agency'', ``International Military Education and Training'', 
``Foreign Military Financing Program'', ``Migration and Refugee 
Assistance'', ``Peace Corps'', and ``Nonproliferation, Anti-
Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 
and section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956.

                           DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

    Sec. 526. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 
provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available 
for assistance for activities to support democracy, human 
rights, and the rule of law in the People's Republic of China, 
Hong Kong and Tibet: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 
may be made available to nongovernmental organizations to 
support activities which preserve cultural traditions and 
promote sustainable development and environmental conservation 
in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in 
other Tibetan communities in China: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' 
should be made available for assistance for Taiwan for the 
purposes of furthering political and legal reforms: Provided 
further, That such funds shall only be made available to the 
extent that they are matched from sources other than the United 
States Government: Provided further, That funds made available 
pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    (b) In addition to the funds made available in subsection 
(a), of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'' not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs and activities to foster democracy, 
human rights, civic education, women's development, press 
freedoms, and the rule of lawin countries with a significant 
Muslim population, and where such programs and activities would be 
important to United States efforts to respond to, deter, or prevent 
acts of international terrorism: Provided, That funds made available 
pursuant to the authority of this subsection should support new 
initiatives or bolster ongoing programs and activities in those 
countries: Provided further, That not less than $3,000,000 should be 
made available for programs and activities that provide professional 
training for journalists: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds made available pursuant to the authority 
of this subsection may be made available to support the advancement of 
democracy and human rights in Iran: Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    (c) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), not 
less than $9,000,000 shall be made available for the Human 
Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights and Labor, Department of State, to support the 
activities described in subsection (a), and of the funds made 
available under subsection (b), not less than $7,000,000 shall 
be made available for such Fund to support the activities 
described in subsection (b): Provided, That funds made 
available in this section for such Fund are in addition to the 
$12,000,000 requested by the President for the Fund for fiscal 
year 2003.
    (d) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), not 
less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for the National 
Endowment for Democracy to support the activities described in 
subsection (a), and of the funds made available under 
subsection (b), not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for the National Endowment for Democracy to support 
the activities described in subsection (b): Provided, That the 
funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for the 
National Endowment for Democracy may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, and 
the Secretary of State shall provide a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations within 120 days of the date of enactment of 
this Act on the status of the allocation, obligation, and 
expenditure of such funds.

       PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST COUNTRIES

    Sec. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance 
under any heading of this Act and funds appropriated under any 
such heading in a provision of law enacted prior to the 
enactment of this Act, shall not be made available to any 
country which the President determines--
            (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 
        individual or group which has committed an act of 
        international terrorism; or
            (2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
    (b) The President may waive the application of subsection 
(a) to a country if the President determines that national 
security or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The 
President shall publish each waiver in the Federal Register 
and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes effect, shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the waiver 
(including the justification for the waiver) in accordance with 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                          DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

    Sec. 528. In order to enhance the continued participation 
of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and 
debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which 
is a grantee or contractor of the United States Agency for 
International Development may place in interest bearing 
accounts local currencies which accrue to that organization as 
a result of economic assistance provided under title II of this 
Act and any interest earned on such investment shall be used 
for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to that 
organization.

                           SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

    Sec. 529. (a) Separate Accounts for Local Currencies.--(1) 
If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign 
country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which 
result in the generation of local currencies of that country, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall--
            (A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 
        separate account established by that government;
            (B) enter into an agreement with that government 
        which sets forth--
                    (i) the amount of the local currencies to 
                be generated; and
                    (ii) the terms and conditions under which 
                the currencies so deposited may be utilized, 
                consistent with this section; and
            (C) establish by agreement with that government the 
        responsibilities of the United States Agency for 
        International Development and that government to 
        monitor and account for deposits into and disbursements 
        from the separate account.
    (2) Uses of Local Currencies.--As may be agreed upon with 
the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a 
separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent 
amount of local currencies, shall be used only--
            (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 
        chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such 
        purposes as--
                    (i) project and sector assistance 
                activities; or
                    (ii) debt and deficit financing; or
            (B) for the administrative requirements of the 
        United States Government.
    (3) Programming Accountability.--The United States Agency 
for International Development shall take all necessary steps to 
ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies disbursed 
pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the 
purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
    (4) Termination of Assistance Programs.--Upon termination 
of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 
chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered 
balances of funds which remain in a separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of for 
such purposes as maybe agreed to by the government of that 
country and the United States Government.
    (5) Reporting Requirement.--The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall report on an 
annual basis as part of the justification documents submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations on the use of local 
currencies for the administrative requirements of the United 
States Government as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and 
such report shall include the amount of local currency (and 
United States dollar equivalent) used and/or to be used for 
such purpose in each applicable country.
    (b) Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers.--(1) If 
assistance is made available to the government of a foreign 
country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that country 
shall be required to maintain such funds in a separate account 
and not commingle them with any other funds.
    (2) Applicability of Other Provisions of Law.--Such funds 
may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of law 
which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance 
including provisions which are referenced in the Joint 
Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 98-
1159).
    (3) Notification.--At least 15 days prior to obligating any 
such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the 
President shall submit a notification through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
which shall include a detailed description of how the funds 
proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion 
of the United States interests that will be served by the 
assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the 
economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such 
assistance).
    (4) Exemption.--Nonproject sector assistance funds may be 
exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) only through 
the notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

  COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL 
                         FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

    Sec. 530. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
as payment to any international financial institution while the 
United States Executive Director to such institution is 
compensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 
whatever compensation such Director receives from the United 
States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual 
occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while any 
alternate United States Director to such institution is 
compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the rate 
provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (b) For purposes of this section, ``international financial 
institutions'' are: the International Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian 
Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the African 
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the 
International Monetary Fund, the North American Development 
Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

         COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ

    Sec. 531. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act to carry out the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of chapter 2 of part 
I, relating to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation) or 
the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide assistance 
to any country that is not in compliance with the United 
Nations Security Council sanctions against Iraq unless the 
President determines and so certifies to the Congress that--
            (1) such assistance is in the national interest of 
        the United States;
            (2) such assistance will directly benefit the needy 
        people in that country; or
            (3) the assistance to be provided will be 
        humanitarian assistance for foreign nationals who have 
        fled Iraq and Kuwait.

AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN 
                         DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

    Sec. 532. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, 
shall not be construed to prohibit activities authorized by or 
conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American 
Foundation Act or the African Development Foundation Act. The 
agency shall promptly report to the Committees on 
Appropriations whenever it is conducting activities or is 
proposing to conduct activities in a country for which 
assistance is prohibited.

                  IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

    Sec. 533. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to provide--
            (a) any financial incentive to a business 
        enterprise currently located in the United States for 
        the purpose of inducing such an enterprise to 
relocateoutside the United States if such incentive or inducement is 
likely to reduce the number of employees of such business enterprise in 
the United States because United States production is being replaced by 
such enterprise outside the United States; or
            (b) assistance for any program, project, or 
        activity that contributes to the violation of 
        internationally recognized workers rights, as defined 
        in section 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers 
        in the recipient country, including any designated zone 
        or area in that country: Provided, That the application 
        of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be 
        commensurate with the level of development of the 
        recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 
        assistance for the informal sector in such country, 
        micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 
        agriculture.

                          SPECIAL AUTHORITIES

    Sec. 534. (a) Afghanistan, Lebanon, Montenegro, Victims of 
War, Displaced Children, and Displaced Burmese.--Funds 
appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan may be made available notwithstanding section 
512 of this Act and any similar provision of law, and funds 
appropriated in titles I and II of this Act that are made 
available for Lebanon, Montenegro, and for victims of war, 
displaced children, and displaced Burmese, and to assist 
victims of trafficking in persons and, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to 
combat such trafficking, may be made available notwithstanding 
any other provision of law.
    (b) Tropical Forestry and Biodiversity Conservation 
Activities.--Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 
provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part 
II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of 
supporting tropical forestry and biodiversity conservation 
activities and energy programs aimed at reducing greenhouse gas 
emissions: Provided, That such assistance shall be subject to 
sections 116, 502B, and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961.
    (c) Personal Services Contractors.--Funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part 
II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
Act of 1954, may be used by the United States Agency for 
International Development to employ up to 20 personal services 
contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim 
support for new or expanded overseas programs and activities 
managed by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are 
hired and trained: Provided, That not more than 7 of such 
contractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided 
further, That such funds appropriated to carry out the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 may be made available for personal 
services contractors assigned only to the Office of 
Procurement; the Bureau for Africa; and the Bureau for Asia and 
the Near East: Provided further, That such funds appropriated 
to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954, may be made available only for personal 
services contractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace.
    (d)(1) Waiver.--The President may waive the provisions of 
section 1003 of Public Law 100-204 if the President determines 
and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate 
that it is important to the national security interests of the 
United States.
    (2) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant 
to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no more than a period 
of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months 
after the enactment of this Act.
    (e) Contingencies.--During fiscal year 2003, the President 
may use up to $45,000,000 under the authority of section 451 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act, notwithstanding the funding ceiling 
in section 451(a).
    (f) Small Business.--In entering into multiple award 
indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the United States Agency for International Development may 
provide an exception to the fair opportunity process for 
placing task orders under such contracts when the order is 
placed with any category of small or small disadvantaged 
business.
    (g) Shipment of Humanitarian Assistance.--During fiscal 
year 2003, of the amounts made available by the United States 
Agency for International Development to carry out the 
provisions of section 123(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, funds may be made available to nongovernmental 
organizations for administrative costs necessary to implement a 
program to obtain available donated space on commercial ships 
for the shipment of humanitarian assistance overseas.
    (h) Reconstituting Civilian Police Authority.--In providing 
assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under section 
660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 
nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean support 
for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national entity 
emerging from instability, as well as a nation emerging from 
instability.
    (i) Repeal.--Section 545(d) of Public Law 106-429, and 
comparable provisions contained in prior Acts making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs, are hereby repealed.
      (j) World Food Program.--Of the funds managed by the 
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance of 
the United States Agency for Intenational Development, from 
this or any other Act, not less than $6,000,000 should be made 
available as a general contribution to the World Food Program, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law.

                     ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

    Sec. 535. It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 
        secondary boycott of American firms that have 
        commercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 
        in the region and to United States investment and trade 
        in the Middle East and North Africa;
            (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 
        reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly 
        terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of 
        Israel immediately disbanded;
            (3) the three Arab League countries with diplomatic 
        and trade relations with Israel should return their 
        ambassadors to Israel, should refrain from downgrading 
        their relations with Israel, and should play a 
        constructive role in securing a peaceful resolution of 
        the Israeli-Arab conflict;
            (4) the remaining Arab League states should 
        normalize relations with their neighbor Israel;
            (5) the President and the Secretary of State should 
        continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott 
        of Israel and find concrete steps to demonstrate that 
        opposition by, for example, taking into consideration 
        the participation of any recipient country in the 
        boycott when determining to sell weapons to said 
        country; and
            (6) the President should report to Congress 
        annually on specific steps being taken by the United 
        States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 
        their relations with Israel to bring about the 
        termination of the Arab League boycott of Israel, 
        including those to encourage allies and trading 
        partners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting 
        businesses from complying with the boycott and 
        penalizing businesses that do comply.

                  ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACTIVITIES

    Sec. 536. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act for ``Economic Support Fund'', assistance 
may be provided to strengthen the administration of justice in 
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and in other 
regions consistent with the provisions of section 534(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except that programs to enhance 
protection of participants in judicial cases may be conducted 
notwithstanding section 660 of that Act. Funds made available 
pursuant to this section may be made available notwithstanding 
section 534(c) and the second and third sentences of section 
534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

                       ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

    Sec. 537. (a) Assistance Through Nongovernmental 
Organizations.--Restrictions contained in this or any other Act 
with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed 
to restrict assistance in support of programs of 
nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 
of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, and from funds appropriated under the heading 
``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'': 
Provided, That before using the authority of this subsection to 
furnish assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental 
organizations, the President shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations under the regular notification procedures of 
those committees, including a description of the program to be 
assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for 
furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to alter any existing 
statutory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary 
sterilizations contained in this or any other Act.
    (b) Public Law 480.--During fiscal year 2003, restrictions 
contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance 
for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance 
under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to carry 
out title I of such Act and made available pursuant to this 
subsection may be obligated or expended except as provided 
through the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations.
    (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply--
            (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 
        law prohibiting assistance to countries that support 
        international terrorism; or
            (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 
        law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
        country that violates internationally recognized human 
        rights.

                                EARMARKS

    Sec. 538. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which are 
earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs within the 
same account notwithstanding the earmark if compliance with the 
earmark is made impossible by operation of any provision of 
this or any other Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 
that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made 
available under the same terms and conditions as originally 
provided.
    (b) In addition to the authority contained in subsection 
(a), the original period of availability of funds appropriated 
by this Act and administered by the United States Agency for 
International Development that are earmarked for particular 
programs or activities by this or any other Act shall be 
extended for an additional fiscal year if the Administrator of 
such agency determines and reports promptly to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the termination of assistance to a 
country or a significant change in circumstances makes it 
unlikely that such earmarked funds can be obligated during the 
original period of availability: Provided, That such earmarked 
funds that are continued available for an additional fiscal 
year shall be obligated only for the purpose of such earmark.

                         CEILINGS AND EARMARKS

    Sec. 539. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act shall 
not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or 
otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act 
specifically so directs. Earmarks or minimum funding 
requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable 
to funds appropriated by this Act.

                 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

    Sec. 540. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
the United States not authorized before the date of the 
enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That not to 
exceed $750,000 may be made available to carry out the 
provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96-533.

           PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS

    Sec. 541. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any 
assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United 
Nations or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 
costs for participation of another country's delegation at 
international conferences held under the auspices of 
multilateral or international organizations.

              NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS--DOCUMENTATION

    Sec. 542. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental 
organization which fails to provide upontimely request any 
document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of the 
United States Agency for International Development.

  PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT EXPORT LETHAL 
   MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

    Sec. 543. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be available to any foreign 
government which provides lethal military equipment to a 
country the government of which the Secretary of State has 
determined is a terrorist government for purposes of section 
6(j) of the Export Administration Act. The prohibition under 
this section with respect to a foreign government shall 
terminate 12 months after that government ceases to provide 
such military equipment. This section applies with respect to 
lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered 
into after October 1, 1997.
    (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other 
similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President 
determines that furnishing such assistance is important to the 
national interests of the United States.
    (c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) is 
exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report with respect to the 
furnishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include a 
detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, 
including the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and 
an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States 
national interests.

 WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES

    Sec. 544. (a) In General.--Of the funds appropriated under 
this Act that are made available for a foreign country under 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, an amount 
equivalent to 110 percent of the total unpaid fines determined 
to be owed under the parking programs in the District of 
Columbia and New York City, New York by such country as of 
September 30, 2002 that were incurred after the first day of 
the fiscal year preceding the current fiscal year shall be 
withheld from obligation for such country until the Secretary 
of State certifies and reports in writing to the appropriate 
congressional committees that such fines and penalties are 
fully paid to the governments of the District of Columbia and 
New York City, New York.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

    LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

    Sec. 545. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the President 
has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the Middle 
East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Public Law 
104-107) or any other legislation to suspend or make 
inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, That if the 
President fails to make the certification under section 
604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 or 
to suspend the prohibition under other legislation, funds 
appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance 
for the Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank and 
Gaza.

                     WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN

    Sec. 546. If the President determines that doing so will 
contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide 
or other violations of international humanitarian law, the 
President may direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, of up to 
$30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Nations 
War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the former 
Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council or such other 
tribunals or commissions as the Council may establish or 
authorize to deal with such violations, without regard to the 
ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof: 
Provided, That the determination required under this section 
shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required under 
section 552(c): Provided further, That the drawdown made under 
this section for any tribunal shall not be construed as an 
endorsement or precedent for the establishment of any standing 
or permanent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided 
further, That funds made available for tribunals other than 
Yugoslavia or Rwanda shall be made available subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                               LANDMINES

    Sec. 547. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
demining equipment available to the United States Agency for 
International Development and the Department of State and used 
in support of the clearance of landmines and unexploded 
ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a 
grant basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms and 
conditions as the President may prescribe.

           RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

    Sec. 548. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new 
office of any department or agency of the United States 
Government for the purpose of conducting official United States 
Government business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza 
and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing entity 
provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: 
Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to the 
acquisition of additional space for the existing Consulate 
General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meetings between 
officers and employees of the United States and officials of 
the Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian 
governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of 
Principles, for the purpose of conducting official United 
States Government business with such authority should continue 
to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has been 
true in the past, officers and employees of the United States 
Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects 
with Palestinians (including those who now occupy positions in 
the Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have 
incidental discussions.

               PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES

    Sec. 549. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act under the heading ``International 
Military Education and Training'' or ``Foreign Military 
Financing Program'' for Informational Program activities or 
under the headings ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'', 
``Development Assistance'', and ``Economic Support Fund'' may 
be obligated or expended to pay for--
            (1) alcoholic beverages; or
            (2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
        substantially of a recreational character, including 
        but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events, 
        theatrical and musical productions, and amusement 
        parks.

   RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES

    Sec. 550. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available to pay any voluntary contribution of the United 
States to the United Nations (including the United Nations 
Development Program) if the United Nations implements or 
imposes any taxation on any United States persons.

                            CARIBBEAN BASIN

    Sec. 551. (a) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to 
purchase defense articles and services under the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast Guard.
    (b) Of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act and 
of the funds appropriated to carry out food assistance programs 
managed by the United States Agency for International 
Development, a total of not less than $52,500,000 should be 
allocated for assistance for Haiti in fiscal year 2003.
    (c) Of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act, a 
total of $37,680,000 should be allocated for assistance for 
Nicaragua and $40,130,000 should be allocated for assistance 
for Honduras, to address the conditions of increasing poverty 
in the rural sectors of those countries through programs that 
support, among other things, increased agricultural production 
and other income generating opportunities, improved health, and 
expanded education opportunities, especially for disadvantaged 
youth.

         LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

    Sec. 552. (a) Prohibition of Funds.--None of the funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 
obligated or expended with respect to providing funds to the 
Palestinian Authority.
    (b) Waiver.--The prohibition included in subsection (a) 
shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro 
tempore of the Senate that waiving such prohibition is 
important to the national security interests of the United 
States.
    (c) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant 
to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period 
of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months 
after the enactment of this Act.

              LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES

    Sec. 553. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be provided to any unit of the security forces of a foreign 
country if the Secretary of State has credible evidence that 
such unit has committed gross violations of human rights, 
unless the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the government of such country is taking 
effective measures to bring the responsible members of the 
security forces unit to justice: Provided, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed to withhold funds made available by 
this Act from any unit of the security forces of a foreign 
country not credibly alleged to be involved in gross violations 
of human rights: Provided further, That in the event that funds 
are withheld from any unit pursuant to this section, the 
Secretary of State shall promptly inform the foreign government 
of the basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effective 
measures to bring the responsible members of the security 
forces to justice.

            PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY AND TROPICAL FORESTS

    Sec. 554. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
``Development Assistance'', not less than $145,000,000 should 
be made available for programs and activities which directly 
protect biodiversity, including forests, in developing 
countries: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this section, $50,000,000 shall be made available to carry out 
tropical forest conservation activities authorized by the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of which amount up to 
$40,000,000 may be made available for the cost, as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
modifying loans and loan guarantees, pursuant to the provisions 
of part V of such Act, the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 
1998.

    ENERGY CONSERVATION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMS

    Sec. 555. (a) Funding.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
Act, not less than $175,000,000 should be made available to 
support policies and programs in developing countries and 
countries in transition that directly (1) promote a wide range 
of energy conservation, energy efficiency and clean energy 
programs and activities, including the transfer of clean and 
environmentally sustainable energy technologies; (2) measure, 
monitor, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (3) increase 
carbon sequestration activities; and (4) enhance climate change 
mitigation and adaptation programs.
    (b) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report.--Not later than 45 
days after the date on which the President's fiscal year 2004 
budget request is submitted to Congress, the President shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing 
in detail the following--
            (1) all Federal agency obligations and 
        expenditures, domestic and international, for climate 
        change programs and activities in fiscal year 2003, 
        including an accounting of expenditures by agency with 
        each agency identifying climate change activities and 
        associated costs by line item as presented in the 
        President's Budget Appendix; and
            (2) all fiscal year 2002 obligations and estimated 
        expenditures, fiscal year 2003 estimated expenditures 
        and estimated obligations, and fiscal year 2004 
        requested funds by the United States Agency for 
        International Development, by country and central 
        program, for each of the following: (1) to promote the 
        transfer and deployment of a wide range of United 
        States clean energy and energy efficiency technologies; 
        (2) to assist in the measurement, monitoring, 
        reporting, verification, and reduction of greenhouse 
        gas emissions; (3) to promote carbon capture and 
        sequestration measures; (4) to help meet such 
        countries' responsibilities under the Framework 
        Convention on Climate Change; and (5) to develop 
        assessments of the vulnerability to impacts of climate 
        change and mitigation and adaptation response 
        strategies.

                                ZIMBABWE

    Sec. 556. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive director to each international 
financial institution to vote against any extension by the 
respective institution of any loans, to the Government of 
Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote 
democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines and 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of 
law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for 
ownership and title to property, freedom of speech and 
association.

                                NIGERIA

    Sec. 557. None of the funds appropriated under the headings 
``International Military Education and Training'' and ``Foreign 
Military Financing Program'' may be made available for 
assistance for Nigeria until the President certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Nigerian Minister of 
Defense, the Chief of the Army Staff, and the Minister of State 
for Defense/Army are suspending from the Armed Forces those 
members, of whatever rank, against whom there is credible 
evidence of gross violations of human rights in Benue State in 
October 2001, and the Government of Nigeria and the Nigerian 
Armed Forces are taking effective measures to bring such 
individuals to justice: Provided, That the President may waive 
such prohibition if he determines that doing so is in the 
national security interest of the United States: Provided 
further, That prior to exercising such waiver authority, the 
President shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations describing the involvement of the Nigerian Armed 
Forces in the incident in Benue State, the measures that are 
being taken to bring such individuals to justice, and whether 
any Nigerian Armed Forces units involved with the incident in 
Benue State are receiving United States assistance.

                                 BURMA

    Sec. 558. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'', not less than $7,000,000 shall be 
made available to support democracy activities in Burma, along 
the Burma-Thailand border, for activities of Burmese student 
groups and other organizations located outside Burma, and for 
the purpose of supporting the provision of humanitarian 
assistance to displaced Burmese along Burma's borders: 
Provided, That of this amount $500,000 should be made available 
to support newspapers, publications, and other media activities 
promoting democracy inside Burma: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided further, 
That funds made available by this section shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                      ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS

    Sec. 559. Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting 
from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an 
Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, a plan for the distribution of the assets of 
the Enterprise Fund.

                                CAMBODIA

    Sec. 560. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct 
the United States executive directors of the international 
financial institutions to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to oppose loans to the Central Government of Cambodia, 
except loans to meet basic human needs.
    (b)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for assistance for the Central Government of 
Cambodia.
    (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance for basic 
education, reproductive and maternal and child health, cultural 
and historic preservation, programs for the prevention, 
treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, malaria, polio and other infectious diseases, 
programs to combat human trafficking that are provided through 
nongovernmental organizations, and for the Ministry of Women 
and Veterans Affairs to combat human trafficking.
    (c) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'', up to $5,000,000 may be made 
available for activities to support democracy, including 
assistance for democratic political parties.
    (d) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, $3,750,000 shall 
be made available, notwithstanding subsection (b), as a 
contribution for an endowment to sustain rehabilitation 
programs for Cambodians suffering from physical disabilities 
that are administered by an American nongovernmental 
organization that is directly supported by the United States 
Agency for International Development: Provided, That such funds 
may be made available only if an amount at least equal to one-
half the United States contribution is provided for the 
endowment from sources other than the United States Government.

                    FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT

    Sec. 561. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
State shall jointly provide to the Congress by May 1, 2003, a 
report on all military training provided to foreign military 
personnel (excluding sales, and excluding training provided to 
the military personnel of countries belonging to the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization) under programs administered by 
the Department of Defense and the Department of State during 
fiscal years 2002 and 2003, including those proposed for fiscal 
year 2003. This report shall include, for each such military 
training activity, the foreign policy justification and purpose 
for the training activity, the cost of the training activity, 
the number of foreign students trained and their units of 
operation, and the location of the training. In addition, this 
report shall also include, with respect to United States 
personnel, the operational benefits to United States forces 
derived from each such training activity and the United States 
military units involved in each such training activity. This 
report may include a classified annex if deemed necessary and 
appropriate.
    (b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress shall 
be deemed to mean a report to the Appropriations and Foreign 
Relations Committees of the Senate and the Appropriations and 
International Relations Committees of the House of 
Representatives.

            KOREAN PENINSULA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

    Sec. 562. None of the funds appropriated by this Act, or 
prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs, may be made available for 
assistance to the Korean Peninsula Energy Organization (KEDO): 
Provided, That the President may waive this restriction and 
provide up to $5,000,000 of funds appropriated under the 
heading ``Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and 
Related Programs'' for assistance to KEDO for administrative 
expenses only notwithstanding any other provision of law, if he 
determines that it is vital to the national security interests 
of the United States and provides a written policy 
justification to the appropriate congressional committees: 
Provided further, That funds may be obligated for assistance to 
KEDO subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.

                         PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

    Sec. 563. (a) Limitation on Assistance.--None of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be provided to support a 
Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State determines and 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that--
            (1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing 
        entity has been democratically elected through credible 
        and competitive elections;
            (2) the elected governing entity of a new 
        Palestinian state--
                    (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to 
                peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel;
                    (B) is taking appropriate measures to 
                counter terrorism and terrorist financing in 
                the West Bank and Gaza, including the 
                dismantling of terrorist infrastructures;
                    (C) is establishing a new Palestinian 
                security entity that is fully cooperative with 
                appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
                security organizations; and
            (3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
        body of a new Palestinian state) is working with other 
        countries in the region to vigorously pursue efforts to 
        establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace in 
        the Middle East that will enable Israel and an 
        independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
        context of full and normal relationships, which should 
        include--
                    (A) termination of all claims or states of 
                belligerency;
                    (B) respect for and acknowledgement of the 
                sovereignty, territorial integrity, and 
                political independence of every state in the 
                area through measures including the 
                establishment of demilitarized zones;
                    (C) their right to live in peace within 
                secure and recognized boundaries free from 
                threats or acts of force;
                    (D) freedom of navigation through 
                international waterways in the area; and
                    (E) a framework for achieving a just 
                settlement of the refugee problem.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
the newly elected governing entity should enact a constitution 
assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and respect 
for human rights for its citizens, and should enact other laws 
and regulations assuring transparent and accountable 
governance.
    (c) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (a) if he 
determines that it is vital to the national security interests 
of the United States to do so.
    (d) Exemption.--The restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian 
Authority and affiliated institutions, or a newly elected 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements of 
subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 552 
of this Act (``Limitation on Assistance to the Palestinian 
Authority'').

                                COLOMBIA

    Sec. 564. (a) Determination and Certification Required.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
by this Act that are available for assistance for the Colombian 
Armed Forces, may be made available as follows:
            (1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obligated 
        prior to a determination and certification by the 
        Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2).
            (2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be 
        obligated only after the Secretary of State certifies 
        and reports to the appropriate congressional committees 
        that:
                    (A) The Commander General of the Colombian 
                Armed Forces is suspending from the Armed 
                Forces those members, of whatever rank, who 
                have been credibly alleged to have committed 
                gross violations of human rights, including 
                extra-judicial killings, or to have aided or 
                abetted paramilitary organizations.
                    (B) The Colombian Government is prosecuting 
                those members of the Colombian Armed Forces, of 
                whatever rank, who have been credibly alleged 
                to have committed gross violations of human 
                rights, including extra-judicial killings, or 
                to have aided or abetted paramilitary 
                organizations, and is punishing those members 
                of the Colombian Armed Forces found to have 
                committed such violations of human rights or to 
                have aided or abetted paramilitary 
                organizations.
                    (C) The Colombian Armed Forces are 
                cooperating with civilian prosecutors and 
                judicial authorities in such cases (including 
                providing requested information, such as the 
                identity of persons suspended from the Armed 
                Forces and the nature and cause of the 
                suspension, and access to witnesses, relevant 
                military documents, and other requested 
                information).
                    (D) The Colombian Armed Forces are severing 
                links (including denying access to military 
                intelligence, vehicles, and other equipment or 
                supplies, and ceasing other forms of active or 
                tacit cooperation) at the command, battalion, 
                and brigade levels, with paramilitary 
                organizations.
                    (E) The Colombian Armed Forces are 
                executing orders for capture of leaders of 
                paramilitary organizations that continue armed 
                conflict.
            (3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 
        after July 31, 2003, if the Secretary of State 
        certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 
        committees, after such date, that the Colombian Armed 
        Forces are continuing to meet the conditions contained 
        in paragraph (2) and are conducting vigorous operations 
        to restore government authority and respect for human 
        rights in areas under the effective control of 
        paramilitary and guerrilla organizations.
    (b) Consultative Process.--At least 10 days prior to making 
the certifications required by subsection (a), the Secretary of 
State shall consult with internationally recognized human 
rights organizations regarding progress in meeting the 
conditions contained in that subsection.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Aided or abetted.--The term ``aided or 
        abetted'' means to provide any support to paramilitary 
        groups, including taking actions which allow, 
        facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such 
        groups.
            (2) Paramilitary groups.--The term ``paramilitary 
        groups'' means illegal self-defense groups and illegal 
        security cooperatives.

                          ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS

    Sec. 565. (a) Denial of Visas to Supporters of Colombian 
Illegal Armed Groups.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary 
of State shall not issue a visa to any alien who the Secretary 
determines, based on credible evidence--
            (1) has willfully provided any support to the 
        Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the 
        National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United Self-
        Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), including taking 
        actions or failing to take actions which allow, 
        facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such 
        groups; or
            (2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or 
        otherwise participated in the commission of gross 
        violations of human rights, including extra-judicial 
        killings, in Colombia.
    (b) Waiver.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis, that the 
issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to support the 
peace process in Colombia or for urgent humanitarian reasons.

 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

    Sec. 566. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, 
technical support, consulting services, or any other form of 
assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.

                                  IRAQ

    Sec. 567. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' may be 
made available for programs benefitting the Iraqi people and to 
support efforts to bring about a political transition in Iraq: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available pursuant to the 
authorities provided in this section may be made available to 
any organization to reimburse or pay for costs incurred by such 
organization in prior fiscal years: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this section are made available 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.

                       WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM

    Sec. 568. (a) Oversight.--For fiscal year 2003, 30 days 
prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West 
Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to 
the appropriate committees of Congress that procedures have 
been established to assure the Comptroller General of the 
United States will have access to appropriate United States 
financial information in order to review the uses of United 
States assistance for the Program funded under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'' for the West Bank and Gaza.
    (b) Vetting.--Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State 
shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such assistance 
is not provided to or through any individual or entity that the 
Secretary knows or has reason to believe advocates, plans, 
sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist activity. 
The Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, establish 
procedures specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out 
this subsection.
    (c) Audits.--(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure that Federal 
or non-Federal audits of all contractors and grantees, and 
significant subcontractors and subgrantees, under the West Bank 
and Gaza Program, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 
ensure, among other things, compliance with this section.
    (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'' that are made available for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, up to $1,000,000 may be 
used by the Office of the Inspector General of the United 
States Agency for International Development for audits, 
inspections, and other activities in furtherance of the 
requirements of this subsection. Such funds are in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes.

                               INDONESIA

    Sec. 569. Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made available 
for assistance for Indonesia, and licenses may be issued for 
the export of lethal defense articles for the Indonesian Armed 
Forces, only if the President certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that--
            (1) the Indonesia Minister of Defense is suspending 
        from the Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank, 
        who have been credibly alleged to have committed gross 
        violations of human rights, or to have aided or abetted 
        militia groups;
            (2) the Indonesian Government is prosecuting those 
        members of the Indonesian Armed Forces, of whatever 
        rank, who have been credibly alleged to have committed 
        gross violations of human rights, or to have aided or 
        abetted militia groups, and is punishing those members 
        of the Indonesian Armed Forces found to have committed 
        such violations ofhuman rights or to have aided or 
abetted militia groups;
            (3) the Indonesian Armed Forces are cooperating 
        with civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in 
        such cases (including providing access to witnesses, 
        relevant military documents, and other requested 
        information); and
            (4) the Minister of Defense is making publicly 
        available audits of receipts and expenditures of the 
        Indonesian Armed Forces.

  RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS DESTABILIZING SIERRA LEONE

    Sec. 570. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for assistance for the government of any 
country for which the Secretary of State determines there is 
credible evidence that such government has aided or abetted, 
within the previous 6 months, in the illicit distribution, 
transportation, or sale of diamonds mined in Sierra Leone.
    (b) Whenever the prohibition on assistance required under 
subsection (a) is exercised, the Secretary of State shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations in a timely manner.

                    VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES

    Sec. 571. Section 579(c)(2)(D) of the Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(2) of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113), as amended, is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``January 1, 2003''.

            CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

    Sec. 572. Funds appropriated in Public Law 107-115 that 
were available for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 
and an equal amount in this Act, shall be made available for 
the UNFPA if the President determines that the UNFPA no longer 
supports or participates in the management of a program of 
coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available for the UNFPA may be used in 
the People's Republic of China: Provided further, That the 
other conditions on availability of funds for abortion and 
abortion-related activities contained in either this Act or 
Public Law 107-115, including but not limited to section 
576(c), shall apply to any assistance provided for the UNFPA in 
this Act or Public Law 107-115, respectively: Provided further, 
That the conditions on availability of funds for the UNFPA as 
contained in section 576 (c) of Public Law 107-115 shall apply 
to any assistance provided for the UNFPA in this Act: Provided 
further, That the amount of funds that the UNFPA plans to spend 
in the People's Republic of China in calendar years 2002 and 
2003, as determined by the Secretary of State, shall be 
deducted from funds made available to the UNFPA under Public 
Law 107-115 and this Act.

              PROCUREMENT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REFORM

    Sec. 573. (a) Funding Conditions.--Of the funds made 
available under the heading ``International Financial 
Institutions'' in this Act, 10 percent of the United States 
portion or payment to such International Financial Institution 
shall be withheld by the Secretary of the Treasury, until the 
Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that, 
to the extent pertinent to its lending programs, the 
institution is--
            (1) implementing procedures for conducting annual 
        audits by qualified independent auditors for all new 
        investment lending;
            (2) implementing procedures for annual independent 
        external audits of central bank financial statements 
        for countries making use of International Monetary Fund 
        resources under new arrangements or agreements with the 
        Fund;
            (3) taking steps to establish an independent fraud 
        and corruption investigative organization or office;
            (4) implementing a process to assess a recipient 
        country's procurement and financial management 
        capabilities including an analysis of the risks of 
        corruption prior to initiating new investment lending; 
        and
            (5) taking steps to fund and implement programs and 
        policies to improve transparency and anti-corruption 
        programs and procurement and financial management 
        controls in recipient countries.
    (b) Definitions.--The term ``International Financial 
Institutions'' means the International Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development, the International Development Association, the 
International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American 
Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, 
the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund, 
the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 
African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the 
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the 
International Monetary Fund.

                              CENTRAL ASIA

    Sec. 574. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available for assistance for the Government of Uzbekistan only 
if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Uzbekistan 
is making substantial and continuing progress in meeting its 
commitments under the ``Declaration on the Strategic 
Partnership and Cooperation Framework Between the Republic of 
Uzbekistan and the United States of America''.
    (b) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
for assistance for the Government of Kazakhstan only if the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the Government of Kazakhstan has made 
significant improvements in the protection of human rights 
during the preceding six month period.
    (c) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements under 
subsection (b) if he determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that such a waiver is in the national 
security interests of the United States.
    (d) Not later than October 1, 2003, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
describing the following:
            (1) The defense articles, defense services, and 
        financial assistance provided by the United States to 
        the countries of Central Asia during the six-month 
        period ending 30 days prior to submission of each such 
        report.
            (2) The use during such period of defense articles, 
        defense services, and financial assistance provided by 
        the United States by units of the armedforces, border 
guards, or other security forces of such countries.
    (e) For purposes of this section, the term ``countries of 
Central Asia'' means Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, 
Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

                 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

    Sec. 575. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of 
the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide financing to 
Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-NATO allies for the 
procurement by leasing (including leasing with an option to 
purchase) of defense articles from United States commercial 
suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment (other than 
helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible 
civilian application), if the President determines that there 
are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for 
those defense articles being provided by commercial lease 
rather than by government-to-government sale under such Act.

                             WAR CRIMINALS

    Sec. 576. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be made 
available for assistance, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive directors to the 
international financial institutions to vote against any new 
project involving the extension by such institutions of any 
financial or technical assistance, to any country, entity, or 
municipality whose competent authorities have failed, as 
determined by the Secretary of State, to take necessary and 
significant steps to implement its international legal 
obligations to apprehend and transfer to the International 
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (the ``Tribunal'') 
all persons in their territory who have been indicted by the 
Tribunal and to otherwise cooperate with the Tribunal.
    (2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to 
humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratization.
    (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the competent authorities of such 
country, entity, or municipality are--
            (1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including access 
        for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 
        provision of documents, and the surrender and transfer 
        of indictees or assistance in their apprehension; and
            (2) are acting consistently with the Dayton 
        Accords.
    (c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an 
international financial institution regarding the extension of 
any new project involving financial or technical assistance or 
grants to any country or entity described in subsection (a), 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations a written justification for the proposed 
assistance, including an explanation of the United States 
position regarding any such vote, as well as a description of 
the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, its 
purpose, and its intended beneficiaries.
    (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of State, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult 
with representatives of human rights organizations and all 
government agencies with relevant information to help prevent 
indicted war criminals from benefiting from any financial or 
technical assistance or grants provided to any country or 
entity described in subsection (a).
    (e) The Secretary of State may waive the application of 
subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 
entity, or municipality upon a written determination to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such assistance directly 
supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords.
    (f) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            (1) Country.--The term ``country'' means Bosnia and 
        Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.
            (2) Entity.--The term ``entity'' refers to the 
        Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, 
        Montenegro and the Republika Srpska.
            (3) Municipality.--The term ``municipality'' means 
        a city, town or other subdivision within a country or 
        entity as defined herein.
            (4) Dayton accords.--The term ``Dayton Accords'' 
        means the General Framework Agreement for Peace in 
        Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with annexes relating 
        thereto, done at Dayton, November 10 through 16, 1995.

                               USER FEES

    Sec. 577. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director at each international 
financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the 
International Financial Institutions Act) and the International 
Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, grant, strategy or policy of 
these institutions that would require user fees or service 
charges on poor people for primary education or primary 
healthcare, including prevention and treatment efforts for HIV/
AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, child, and maternal 
well-being, in connection with the institutions' financing 
programs.

                           FUNDING FOR SERBIA

    Sec. 578. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available for assistance for Serbia after June 15, 2003, if the 
President has made the determination and certification 
contained in subsection (c).
    (b) After June 15, 2003, the Secretary of the Treasury 
should instruct the United States executive directors to the 
international financial institutions to support loans and 
assistance to the Government of the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (or a government of a successor state) subject to 
the conditions in subsection (c): Provided, That section 576 of 
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1997, as amended, shall not apply to the 
provision of loans and assistance to the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (or a successor state) through international 
financial institutions.
    (c) The determination and certification referred to in 
subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 
certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (or a 
government of a successor state) is--
            (1) cooperating with the International Criminal 
        Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access for 
        investigators, the provision of documents, and the 
        surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance in 
        their apprehension;
            (2) taking steps that are consistent with the 
        Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 
        security and other support which has served to maintain 
        separate Republika Srpska institutions; and
            (3) taking steps to implement policies which 
        reflect a respect for minority rights and the rule of 
        law, including the release of political prisoners from 
        Serbian jails and prisons.
    (d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, Kosovo, 
humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote democracy in 
municipalities.

          PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE

    Sec. 579. (a) Prohibition on Taxation.--None of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be made available to provide 
assistance for a foreign country under a new bilateral 
agreement governing the terms and conditions under which such 
assistance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
provision stating that assistance provided by the United States 
shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign 
government, and the Secretary of State shall expeditiously seek 
to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as 
necessary, to conform with this requirement.
    (b) Reimbursement of Foreign Taxes.--An amount equivalent 
to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 
2003 by a foreign government or entity against commodities 
financed under United States assistance programs for which 
funds are appropriated by this Act, either directly or through 
grantees, contractors and subcontractors, as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, shall be withheld from obligation from 
funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal year 2004 and 
allocated for the central government of such country and for 
the West Bank and Gaza Program to the extent that the Secretary 
of State certifies and reports in writing to the Committees on 
Appropriations that such taxes have not been reimbursed to the 
Government of the United States.
    (c) De Minimis Exception.--Foreign taxes of a de minimis 
nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection 
(b).
    (d) Refund to the Treasury and Reprogramming of Funds.--Of 
the funds withheld from obligation for each country or entity 
pursuant to subsection (b), one-half may become available for 
reprogramming for other purposes (pursuant to section 515 of 
this Act and consistent with the purposes for which such funds 
were originally appropriated) and one-half shall be deposited 
in the General Fund of the Treasury on, or within 5 days after, 
September 1, 2004, pursuant to the certification required under 
subsection (b).
    (e) Implementation.--The Secretary of State shall issue 
rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, to 
implement the prohibition against the taxation of assistance 
contained in this section.
    (f) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2004, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations which assesses the 
following--
            (1) the extent to which existing bilateral 
        agreements provide exemption from taxation;
            (2) the status of negotiations of new framework 
        bilateral agreements or modifications of existing 
        framework bilateral agreements;
            (3) the reasons why new framework bilateral 
        agreements or modifications of existing bilateral 
        agreements, entered into within the previous 5 years, 
        have (as appropriate) failed to include exemption from 
        taxation; and
            (4) the administrative procedures that foreign 
        governments use to ensure that United States assistance 
        commodities are not taxed or, if they are, that such 
        taxes are reimbursed to the United States Government, 
        and the adequacy of those procedures.
    (g) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            (1) the terms ``taxes'' and ``taxation'' refer to 
        value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 
        commodities financed with United States assistance for 
        programs for which funds are appropriated by this Act; 
        and
            (2) the term ``bilateral agreement'' refers to a 
        framework bilateral agreement between the Government of 
        the United States and the government of the country 
        receiving assistance that describes the privileges and 
        immunities applicable to United States foreign 
        assistance for such country generally, or an individual 
        agreement between the Government of the United States 
        and such government that describes, among other things, 
        the treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded 
        the United States assistance provided under that 
        agreement.

                               GAO REPORT

    Sec. 580. Not later than November 1, 2003, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall provide a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the extent to which the 
Department of State is complying with section 301(c) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, andon the implementation of 
procedures that have been established to meet the standards of the 
Department of State regarding compliance with the requirements of 
section 301(c).

                      TRAINING PROGRAM EVALUATION

    Sec. 581. Not later than June 30, 2003, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing 
in detail the steps that the Departments of State and Defense 
are making to improve performance evaluation procedures for the 
International Military Education and Training (IMET) program 
and the progress that the Departments of State and Defense are 
making in implementing section 548 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961.

                   COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

    Sec. 582. (a) Authority.--Funds made available to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, 
notwithstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the 
effectiveness and accountability of civilian police authority 
in Jamaica and El Salvador through training and technical 
assistance in human rights, the rule of law, strategic 
planning, and through assistance to foster civilian police 
roles that support democratic governance including assistance 
for programs to prevent conflict and foster improved police 
relations with the communities they serve.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) The Administrator of the United States Agency 
        for International Development shall submit, at the time 
        of submission of the agency's Congressional Budget 
        Justification Document for fiscal year 2004, and 
        annually thereafter, a report to the Committees on 
        Appropriations describing the progress these programs 
        are making toward improving police relations with the 
        communities they serve and institutionalizing an 
        effective community-based police program.
            (2) The requirements of paragraph (1) are in lieu 
        of the requirements contains in section 587(b) of 
        Public Law 107-115.
    (c) Notification.--Assistance provided under subsection (a) 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.

    OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 
                              RESTRICTIONS

    Sec. 583. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds by OPIC.--None of 
the funds made available in this Act may be used by the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation to insure, reinsure, 
guarantee, or finance any investment in connection with a 
project involving the mining, polishing or other processing, or 
sale of diamonds in a country that fails to meet the 
requirements of subsection (c).
    (b) Limitation on Use of Funds by the Export-Import Bank.--
None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States to guarantee, insure, 
extend credit, or participate in an extension of credit in 
connection with the export of any goods to a country for use in 
an enterprise involving the mining, polishing or other 
processing, or sale of diamonds in a country that fails to meet 
the requirements of subsection (c).
    (c) Requirements.--The requirements referred to in 
subsections (a) and (b) are that the country concerned is 
implementing the recommendations, obligations and requirements 
developed by the Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds, or 
taking other measures that the Secretary of State determines to 
contribute effectively to preventing and eliminating the trade 
in conflict diamonds.

                        TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING

    Sec. 584. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, under the 
headings ``Trade and Development Agency'', ``Development 
Assistance'', ``Transition Initiatives'', ``Economic Support 
Fund'', ``International Affairs Technical Assistance'', and 
``International Organizations and Programs'', not less than 
$452,000,000 should be made available for trade capacity 
building assistance.

                    TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

    Sec. 585. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) There is a lack of transparency in the revenues 
        and expenditures of the national budgets of many 
        developing countries that receive United States 
        assistance.
            (2) In such countries, official revenues--
        particularly from natural resource extraction--are 
        often unreported, under-reported, or inaccurately 
        recorded by foreign government agencies.
            (3) Such inefficiencies--which in some instances 
        mask outright theft--result in the failure of such 
        governments to adequately provide their citizens with 
        social, political, economic, and legal benefits and 
        opportunities, and undermine the effectiveness of 
        assistance provided to such countries by the United 
        States and other international donors.
            (4) Good governance and respect for the rule of law 
        are critical to a nation's development.
    (b) Report.--Not more than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations, describing in detail--
            (1) Those countries whose central governments 
        receive foreign assistance from the United States;
            (2) Relevant laws and regulations in such countries 
        governing the public disclosure of revenues and 
        expenditures in national budgets;
            (3) The adequacy of those laws and regulations, and 
        the extent to which they are implemented and enforced;
            (4) Those countries receiving such assistance where 
        no such laws or regulations exist, and the extent to 
        which such revenues and expenditures are publicly 
        disclosed; and
            (5) Programs and activities sponsored by the United 
        States Government to promote accurate disclosure of 
        revenues and expenditures in the national budgets of 
        such countries, and the results of those programs and 
        activities.

  AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN AND OTHER CITIZENS IN EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA

    Sec. 586. (a) Information relevant to the December 2, 1980, 
murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador, and the 
May 5, 2001, murder of Sister Barbara Ann Ford and the murders 
of other American citizens in Guatemala since December 1999, 
should be investigated and made public.
    (b) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the 
President shall order all Federal agencies and departments, 
including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that possess 
relevant information, to expeditiously declassify and release 
to the victims' families such information, consistent with 
existing standards and procedures on classification, and shall 
provide a copy of such order to the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    (c) In making determinations concerning declassification 
and release of relevant information, all Federal agencies and 
departments should use the discretion contained within such 
existing standards and procedures on classification in support 
of releasing, rather than withholding, such information.
    (d) All reasonable efforts should be taken by the American 
Embassy in Guatemala to work with relevant agencies of the 
Guatemalan Government to protect the safety of American 
citizens in Guatemala, and to assist in the investigations of 
violations of human rights.
    This division may be cited as the ``Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2003''.

     DIVISION F--INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
                               purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of 
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

    For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, 
acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and 
performance of other functions, including maintenance of 
facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands 
and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Land Management, including the general administration of the 
Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands 
pursuant to Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), 
$825,712,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$1,000,000 is for high priority projects which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps; of which $2,500,000 shall 
be available for assessment of the mineral potential of public 
lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law 96-487 
(16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall 
be derived from the special receipt account established by the 
Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
460l-6a(i)); and of which $3,000,000 shall be available in 
fiscal year 2003 subject to a match by at least an equal amount 
by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to such 
Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting conservation of 
Bureau lands and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation 
as a lump sum grant without regard to when expenses are 
incurred; in addition, $32,696,000 for Mining Law 
Administration program operations, including the cost of 
administering the mining claim fee program; to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation from annual mining 
claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation estimated 
at not more than $825,712,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, from communication site rental fees 
established by the Bureau for the cost of administering 
communication site activities: Provided, That appropriations 
herein made shall not be available for the destruction of 
healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the care of the 
Bureau or its contractors.

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

    For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression 
operations, fire science and research, emergency 
rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire 
assistance by the Department of the Interior, $654,406,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$12,374,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of fire 
facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available for 
repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts from 
which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 
may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from 
funds available from this appropriation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or 
office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection 
rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of 
United States property, may be credited to the appropriation 
from which funds were expended to provide that protection, and 
are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 
That using the amounts designated under this title of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for hazardous 
fuels reduction activities, and for training and monitoring 
associated with such hazardous fuels reduction activities, on 
Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities 
that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, That 
the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the 
Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as 
mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, 
That in entering into such grants or cooperative agreements, 
the Secretary may consider the enhancement of local and small 
business employment opportunities for rural communities, and 
that in entering into procurement contracts under this section 
on a best value basis, the Secretary may take into account the 
ability of an entity to enhance local and small business 
employment opportunities in rural communities, and that the 
Secretary may award procurement contracts, grants, or 
cooperative agreements under this section to entities that 
include local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or 
related partnerships, or small or disadvantaged businesses: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head may 
be used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs 
of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and 
conference, as required by section 7of such Act in connection 
with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations to enter 
into non-competitive sole source leases of real property with local 
governments, at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized 
improvements for fire facilities on such leased properties, including 
but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other 
initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance 
payments for any such lease or for construction activity associated 
with the lease.

                    CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

    For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior 
and any of its component offices and bureaus for the remedial 
action, including associated activities, of hazardous waste 
substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $9,978,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sums recovered from or paid by 
a party in advance of or as reimbursement for remedial action 
or response activities conducted by the Department pursuant to 
section 107 or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this 
account to be available until expended without further 
appropriation: Provided further, That such sums recovered from 
or paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments and 
may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real property, 
which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise disposed of by 
the Secretary and which shall be credited to this account.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $11,976,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                       PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 
1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907), $220,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $400,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That no payment shall be made to otherwise 
eligible units of local government if the computed amount of 
the payment is less than $100.

                            LAND ACQUISITION

    For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
318(d) of Public Law 94-579, including administrative expenses 
and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, 
$33,450,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended.

                   OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

    For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other 
improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad 
grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and 
California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent 
rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein 
including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such 
grant lands; $105,633,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all receipts 
during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and 
California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against 
the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be 
transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance 
with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the 
Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).

               FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND

                   (REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)

    In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 102-
381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem Health and 
Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose of planning, 
preparing, implementing and monitoring salvage timber sales and 
forest ecosystem health and recovery activities such as release 
from competing vegetation and density control treatments. The 
Federal share of receipts (defined as the portion of salvage 
timber receipts not paid to the counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f 
and 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et seq., and Public Law 106-393) derived 
from treatments funded by this account shall be deposited into 
the Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.

                           RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

    For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 
and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands 
pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any 
other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys received 
during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the 
Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and the amount 
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral 
leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the 
Department of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses.

               SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

    For administrative expenses and other costs related to 
processing application documents and other authorizations for 
use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of 
providing copies of official public land documents, for 
monitoring construction, operation, and termination of 
facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for 
rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under Public Law 94-579, as amended, and Public Law 
93-153, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) 
of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have 
been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a 
result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not 
appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended 
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, 
protect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 
the Bureau of Land Management which have been damaged by the 
action of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any 
unauthorized person, without regard to whether all moneys 
collected from each such action are used on the exact lands 
damaged which led to the action: Provided further, That any 
such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to repair 
damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may be 
used to repair other damaged public lands.

                       MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

    In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under 
existing laws, there is hereby appropriated suchamounts as may 
be contributed under section 307 of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1701), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative 
costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted 
lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available until 
expended.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be 
available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of 
temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of 
necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 
United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the 
discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities 
authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for 
solely on her certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau 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 the cost of printing either in cash or in 
services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable 
of meeting accepted quality standards.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

    For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, 
conservation, management, investigations, protection, and 
utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, 
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-horned 
cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general 
administration, and for the performance of other authorized 
functions related to such resources by direct expenditure, 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 
agreements with public and private entities, $917,429,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2004, except as otherwise 
provided herein: Provided, That not less than $2,000,000 shall 
be provided to local governments in southern California for 
planning associated with the Natural Communities Conservation 
Planning (NCCP) program and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That $2,000,000 is for high 
priority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth 
Conservation Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$9,077,000 shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), 
(c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as 
amended, for species that are indigenous to the United States 
(except for processing petitions, developing and issuing 
proposed and final regulations, and taking any other steps to 
implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), 
(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed 
$6,000,000 shall be used for any activity regarding the 
designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), 
excluding litigation support, for species already listed 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1) as of the date of enactment this 
Act: Provided further, That of the amount available for law 
enforcement, up to $400,000 to remain available until expended, 
may at the discretion of the Secretary, be used for payment for 
information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws 
administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the 
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on her certificate: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided for environmental 
contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain available until 
expended for contaminant sample analyses.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, 
management, investigation, protection, and utilization of 
fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands 
and interests therein; $54,427,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a single procurement for the expansion of the Clark R. 
Bavin Forensics Laboratory in Oregon may be issued, which 
includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, That 
the solicitation and the contract shall contain the clause 
``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232.18: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
single procurement for the construction of the Kodiak National 
Wildlife Refuge visitor center may be issued which includes the 
full scope of the project: Provided further, That the 
solicitation and the contract shall contain the clause 
``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232.18.

                            land acquisition

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in 
accordance with statutory authority applicable to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, $73,370,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated for specific land acquisition projects can be used 
to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or other 
management costs.

                      LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for private 
conservation efforts to be carried out on private lands, 
$40,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
amount provided herein is for a Landowner Incentive Program 
established by the Secretary that provides matching, 
competitively awarded grants to States, the District of 
Columbia, Tribes, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin 
Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, to 
establish, or supplement existing, landowner incentive programs 
that provide technical and financial assistance, including 
habitat protection and restoration, to private landowners for 
the protection and management of habitat to benefit federally 
listed, proposed, or candidate species, or other at-risk 
species on private lands: Provided further, That from 
unobligated balances of prior year appropriations, an amount of 
$40,000,000 is rescinded.

                           STEWARDSHIP GRANTS

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for private 
conservation efforts to be carried out on private lands, 
$10,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
amount provided herein is for the Secretary to establish a 
Private Stewardship Grants Program to provide grants and other 
assistance to individuals and groups engaged in private 
conservation efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, 
or candidate species, or other at-risk species: Provided 
further, That from unobligated balances of prior year 
appropriations, an amount of $10,000,000 is rescinded.

            COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), as 
amended, $81,000,000, of which $29,529,000 is to be derived 
from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund and 
$51,471,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended.

                     NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,414,000.

               NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233, 
as amended, $38,560,000, to remain available until expended.

                NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

    For financial assistance for projects to promote the 
conservation of neotropical migratory birds in accordance with 
the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, Public Law 
106-247 (16 U.S.C. 6101-6109), $3,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

    For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-4213, 4221-4225, 
4241-4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 
1997 (Public Law 105-96; 16 U.S.C. 4261-4266), the Rhinoceros 
and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301-5306), and 
the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301), 
$4,800,000, to remain available until expended.

                    STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

    For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, 
and federally recognized Indian tribes under the provisions of 
the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife 
Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of 
programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, 
including species that are not hunted or fished, $65,000,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
provided herein, $5,000,000 is for a competitive grant program 
for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of 
this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
after deducting said $3,000,000 and administrative expenses, 
apportion the amount provided herein in the following manner: 
(A) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 
percent thereof: and (B) to Guam, American Samoa, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: 
(A) one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land 
area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 
States; and (B) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to 
which the population of such State bears to the total 
population of all such States: Provided further, That the 
amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted 
equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is 
less than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment 
under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent 
of such amount: Provided further, That the Federal share of 
planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs 
of such projects and the Federal share of implementation grants 
shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of such 
projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such 
projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs: 
Provided further, That no State, territory, or other 
jurisdiction shall receive a grant unless it has developed, or 
committed to develop by October 1, 2005, a comprehensive 
wildlife conservation plan, consistent with criteria 
established by the Secretary of the Interior, that considers 
the broad range of the State, territory, or other 
jurisdiction's wildlife and associated habitats, with 
appropriate priority placed on those species with the greatest 
conservation need and taking into consideration the relative 
level of funding available for the conservation of those 
species: Provided further, That any amount apportioned in 2003 
to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains 
unobligated as of September 30, 2004, shall be reapportioned, 
together with funds appropriated in 2005, in the manner 
provided herein: Provided further, That balances from amounts 
previously appropriated under the heading ``State Wildlife 
Grants'' shall be transferred to and merged with this 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of 
not to exceed 102 passenger motor vehicles, of which 75 are for 
replacement only (including 39 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 cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: 
Provided further, That the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service is authorized to grant $500,000 appropriated in Public 
Law 107-63 for land acquisition to the Narragansett Indian 
Tribe for acquisition of the Great Salt Pond burial tract: 
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.

                         National Park Service

                 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

    For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the 
National Park Service (including special road maintenance 
service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), and 
for the general administration of the National Park Service, 
$1,565,565,000, of which $10,878,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration 
shall remain availableuntil expended; of which $85,280,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2004, is for maintenance repair or 
rehabilitation projects for constructed assets, operation of the 
National Park Service automated facility management software system, 
and comprehensive facility condition assessments; and of which 
$2,000,000 is for the Youth Conservation Corps for high priority 
projects: Provided, That the only funds in this account which may be 
made available to support United States Park Police are those funds 
approved for emergency law and order incidents pursuant to established 
National Park Service procedures, those funds needed to maintain and 
repair United States Park Police administrative facilities, and those 
funds necessary to reimburse the United States Park Police account for 
the unbudgeted overtime and travel costs associated with special events 
for an amount not to exceed $10,000 per event subject to the review and 
concurrence of the Washington headquarters office.

                       UNITED STATES PARK POLICE

    For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of the 
United States Park Police, $78,431,000.

                  NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

    For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, 
natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership 
programs, environmental compliance and review, international 
park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for other 
activities, and grant administration, not otherwise provided 
for, $61,667,000.

                     URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2501 
et seq.), $300,000, to remain available until expended.

                       HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and the 
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-333), $69,000,000, to be derived from the Historic 
Preservation Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
2004: Provided, That, of the amount provided herein, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, is for a grant 
for the perpetual care and maintenance of National Trust 
Historic Sites, as authorized under 16 U.S.C. 470a(e)(2), to be 
made available in full upon signing of a grant agreement: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, these funds shall be available for investment with the 
proceeds to be used for the same purpose as set out herein: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided, 
$30,000,000 shall be for Save America's Treasures for priority 
preservation projects, of nationally significant sites, 
structures, and artifacts: Provided further, That any 
individual Save America's Treasures grant shall be matched by 
non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual projects 
shall only be eligible for one grant, and all projects to be 
funded shall be approved by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations and the Secretary of the Interior in 
consultation with the President's Committee on the Arts and 
Humanities prior to the commitment of grant funds: Provided 
further, That Save America's Treasures funds allocated for 
Federal projects shall be available by transfer to appropriate 
accounts of individual agencies, after approval of such 
projects by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the 
President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of 
physical facilities, including the modifications authorized by 
section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and 
Expansion Act of 1989, $327,843,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $1,800,000 for the Virginia City Historic 
District and $500,000 for the Fort Osage National Historic 
Landmark shall be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund 
pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470a, of which not to exceed $3,000,000 
is for site acquisition for the proposed Morris Thompson 
Cultural and Visitors Center, to be made available to the 
Tanana Chiefs Conference under an Annual Funding Agreement 
through the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act, and of which $400,000 is for the Alice Ferguson Foundation 
for facility upgrade and rehabilitation at the Hard Bargain 
Farm: Provided, That none of the funds in this or any other 
Act, may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of more than 
160 Full Time Equivalent personnel working for the National 
Park Service's Denver Service Center funded under the 
construction program management and operations activity: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this or 
any other Act may be used to pre-design, plan, or construct any 
new facility (including visitor centers, curatorial facilities, 
administrative buildings), for which appropriations have not 
been specifically provided if the net construction cost of such 
facility is in excess of $5,000,000, without prior approval of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That this restriction applies to all funds available 
to the National Park Service, including partnership and fee 
demonstration projects: Provided further, That the National 
Park Service may transfer to the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico, 
funds for the construction of the National Cave and Karst 
Research Institute to be built and operated in accordance with 
provisions in Public Law 105-325 and all other applicable laws 
and regulations. Title to the Institute will be held by the 
City of Carlsbad.

                    LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

    The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2003 by 16 
U.S.C. 460l-10a is rescinded.

                 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 through 
11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of 
lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with the 
statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, 
$172,468,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, of 
which $98,000,000 is for the State assistance program including 
$3,000,000 to administer the State assistance program: 
Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
$15,000,000 may be for Federal grants, including Federal 
administrative expenses, to the State of Florida for the 
acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, within 
the Evergladeswatershed (consisting of lands and waters within 
the boundaries of the South Florida Water Management District, Florida 
Bay and the Florida Keys, including the areas known as the Frog Pond, 
the Rocky Glades and the Eight and One-Half Square Mile Area) under 
terms and conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary to improve and 
restore the hydrological function of the Everglades watershed: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading for assistance to the 
State of Florida to acquire lands within the Everglades watershed are 
contingent upon new matching non-Federal funds by the State, or are 
matched by the State pursuant to the cost-sharing provisions of section 
316(b) of Public Law 104-303, and shall be subject to an agreement that 
the lands to be acquired will be managed in perpetuity for the 
restoration of the Everglades: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided for the State Assistance program may be used to establish a 
contingency fund.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 301 passenger motor 
vehicles, of which 273 shall be for replacement only, including 
not to exceed 226 for police-type use, 10 buses, and 8 
ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to 
the National Park Service may be used to process any grant or 
contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 
1913: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to 
the National Park Service may be used to implement an agreement 
for the redevelopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until 
such agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall not 
be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not 
including any day in which either House of Congress is not in 
session because of adjournment of more than 3 calendar days to 
a day certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full and 
comprehensive report on the development of the southern end of 
Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances relied upon 
in support of the proposed project.
    None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National 
Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the 
United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
    The National Park Service may distribute to operating units 
based on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs 
designed to improve workplace and employee safety, and to 
encourage employees receiving workers' compensation benefits 
pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to 
return to appropriate positions for which they are medically 
able.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 
2003 and thereafter, sums provided to the National Park Service 
by private entities for utility services shall be credited to 
the appropriate account and remain available until expended: 
Provided, That heretofore and hereafter, in carrying out the 
work under reimbursable agreements with any State, local or 
tribal government, the National Park Service may, without 
regard to 31 U.S.C. 1341 or any other provision of law or 
regulation, record obligations against accounts receivable from 
such entities, and shall credit amounts received from such 
entities to the appropriate account, such credit to occur 
within 90 days of the date of the original request by the 
National Park Service for payment.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

    For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research 
covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the 
mineral and water resources of the United States, its 
territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 
43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their 
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to 
power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data relative to the 
foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the 
economic conditions affecting mining and materials processing 
industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and 
related purposes as authorized by law and to publish and 
disseminate data; $925,287,000, of which $64,855,000 shall be 
available only for cooperation with States or municipalities 
for water resources investigations; and of which $15,499,000 
shall remain available until expended for conducting inquiries 
into the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries; and of which $8,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for satellite operations; and of which 
$24,623,000 shall be available until September 30, 2004, for 
the operation and maintenance of facilities and deferred 
maintenance; and of which $170,926,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2004, for the biological research activity and 
the operation of the Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That 
none of these funds provided for the biological research 
activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 
property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 
property owner: Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost 
of topographic mapping or water resources data collection and 
investigations carried on in cooperation with States and 
municipalities.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    The amount appropriated for the United States Geological 
Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 53 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement only; 
reimbursement to the General Services Administration for 
security guard services; contracting for the furnishing of 
topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other 
specialized surveys when it is administratively determined that 
such procedures are in the public interest; construction and 
maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; 
acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation 
wells; expenses of the United States National Committee on 
Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses of persons on 
the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to represent the United 
States in the negotiation and administration of interstate 
compacts: Provided, That activities funded by appropriations 
herein made may be accomplished through the use of contracts, 
grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 
et seq.: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions 
of the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (31 
U.S.C. 6301-6308), the U.S. Geological Survey is authorized to 
continue existing, and hereafter, to enter intonew cooperative 
agreements directed towards a particular cooperator, in support of 
joint research and data collection activities with Federal, State, and 
academic partners funded by appropriations herein, including those that 
provide for space in cooperator facilities.

                      Minerals Management Service

                royalty and offshore minerals management

    For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and 
environmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other minerals 
leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and for 
matching grants or cooperative agreements; including the 
purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, $165,321,000, of which $83,284,000, shall be 
available for royalty management activities; and an amount not 
to exceed $100,230,000, to be credited to this appropriation 
and to remain available until expended, from additions to 
receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on August 
5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collections for Outer 
Continental Shelf administrative activities performed by the 
Minerals Management Service over and above the rates in effect 
on September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for Outer 
Continental Shelf administrative activities established after 
September 30, 1993: Provided, That to the extent $100,230,000 
in additions to receipts are not realized from the sources of 
receipts stated above, the amount needed to reach $100,230,000 
shall be credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting 
from rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect 
before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for 
computer acquisitions shall remain available until September 
30, 2004: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
Act shall be available for the payment of interest in 
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided further, 
That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable 
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine 
cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be 
available for refunds of overpayments in connection with 
certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals 
Management Service (MMS) concurred with the claimed refund due, 
to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to 
correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided 
further, That MMS may under the royalty-in-kind pilot program, 
or under its authority to transfer oil to the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, use a portion of the revenues from royalty-
in-kind sales, without regard to fiscal year limitation, to pay 
for transportation to wholesale market centers or upstream 
pooling points, to process or otherwise dispose of royalty 
production taken in kind, and to recover MMS transportation 
costs, salaries, and other administrative costs directly 
related to filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Provided 
further, That MMS shall analyze and document the expected 
return in advance of any royalty-in-kind sales to assure to the 
maximum extent practicable that royalty income under the pilot 
program is equal to or greater than royalty income recognized 
under a comparable royalty-in-value program.

                           OIL SPILL RESEARCH

    For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, 
title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, 
section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,105,000, 
which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, 
to remain available until expended.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                       REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 
95-87, as amended, including the purchase of not to exceed 10 
passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; $105,092,000: 
Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to 
regulations, may use directly or through grants to States, 
moneys collected in fiscal year 2003 for civil penalties 
assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands 
adversely affected by coal mining practices after August 3, 
1977, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.

                    ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

    For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, 
as amended, including the purchase of not more than 10 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $191,745,000, to 
be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund 
and to remain available until expended; of which up to 
$10,000,000, to be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of 
the Fund, shall be for supplemental grants to States for the 
reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage 
from coal mines, and for associated activities, through the 
Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to 
minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal 
year 2003: Provided further, That of the funds herein provided 
up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program 
authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95-87, as amended, of 
which no more than 25 percent shall be used for emergency 
reclamation projects in any one State and funds for federally 
administered emergency reclamation projects under this proviso 
shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further, That prior year 
unobligated funds appropriated for the emergency reclamation 
program shall not be subject to the 25 percent limitation per 
State and may be used without fiscal year limitation for 
emergency projects: Provided further, That pursuant to Public 
Law 97-365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to use 
up to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed 
to the United States Government to pay for contracts to collect 
these debts: Provided further, That funds made available under 
title IV of Public Law 95-87 may be used for any required non-
Federal share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal 
Government for the purpose of environmental restoration related 
to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned 
mines: Provided further, That such projects must be consistent 
with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That the State of 
Maryland may set aside the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent 
of the totalof the grants made available to the State under 
title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as 
amended (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited 
in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established under 
a State law, pursuant to which law the amount (together with all 
interest earned on the amount) is expended by the State to undertake 
acid mine drainage abatement and treatment projects, except that before 
any amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are 
deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund, the 
State of Maryland must first complete all Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act priority one projects.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

    For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), 
as amended, the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001-
2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 
U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as amended, $1,857,319,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2004 except as otherwise provided 
herein, of which not to exceed $87,857,000 shall be for welfare 
assistance payments and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination 
Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed $133,209,000 shall be 
available for payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with ongoing contracts, 
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into 
with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2003, as 
authorized by such Act, except that tribes and tribal 
organizations may use their tribal priority allocations for 
unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, 
or annual funding agreements and for unmet welfare assistance 
costs; and up to $2,000,000 shall be for the Indian Self-
Determination Fund which shall be available for the 
transitional cost of initial or expanded tribal contracts, 
grants, compacts or cooperative agreements with the Bureau 
under such Act; and of which not to exceed $447,985,000 for 
school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other 
education programs shall become available on July 1, 2003, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2004; and of which 
not to exceed $57,686,000 shall remain available until expended 
for housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, 
litigation support, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land 
records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act 
of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed 
$45,065,000 within and only from such amounts made available 
for school operations shall be available to tribes and tribal 
organizations for administrative cost grants associated with 
the operation of Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That 
any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which remain 
unobligated as of September 30, 2004, may be transferred during 
fiscal year 2005 to an Indian forest land assistance account 
established for the benefit of such tribe within the tribe's 
trust fund account: Provided further, That any such unobligated 
balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2005: 
Provided further, That ISEP contingency funds may be used to 
cover expenses for negotiated rulemaking required by Public Law 
107-110.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
facilities, including architectural and engineering services by 
contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and 
preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of the 
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87-483, 
$348,252,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such amounts as may be available for the construction of 
the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be transferred to the 
Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 
percent of contract authority available to the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to 
cover the road program management costs of the Bureau: Provided 
further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available on a 
nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2003, in implementing new construction or facilities 
improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 
that are provided to tribally controlled grant schools under 
Public Law 100-297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost 
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 
as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such 
grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the 
Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided 
further, That in considering applications, the Secretary shall 
consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal organization would 
be deficient in assuring that the construction projects conform 
to applicable building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, 
or State health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 
2005(a), with respect to organizational and financial 
management capabilities: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary declines an application, the Secretary shall follow 
the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided 
further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any 
grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes 
provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).

 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO 
                                INDIANS

    For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals 
and for necessary administrative expenses, $60,949,000, to 
remain available until expended; of which $24,870,000 shall be 
available for implementation of enacted Indian land and water 
claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 101-618 and 102-575, 
and for implementation of other enacted water rights 
settlements; of which $5,068,000 shall be available for future 
water supplies facilities under Public Law 106-163; and of 
which $31,011,000 shall be available pursuant to Public Laws 
99-264, 100-580, 106-263, 106-425, and 106-554: Provided, That 
of the amount provided for implementation of Public Law 106-
263, $3,000,000 for a water rights and habitat acquisition 
program shall be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund.

                 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    For the cost of guaranteed and insured loans, $5,000,000, 
as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $72,464,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed and insured loan programs, $493,000.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of 
Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative 
agreements, compacts and grants, either directly or in 
cooperation with States and other organizations.
    Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
may contract for services in support of the management, 
operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the San 
Carlos Irrigation Project.
    Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the 
revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and 
insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account) 
shall be available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase of 
not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles, of which not to 
exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
operations, pooled overhead general administration (except 
facilities operations and maintenance), or provided to 
implement the recommendations of the National Academy of Public 
Administration's August 1999 report shall be available for 
tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements 
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the 
Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act 
of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
    In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 
distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish 
the Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe, or 
the government-to-government relationship between the United 
States and that tribe, or that tribe's ability to access future 
appropriations.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided herein 
for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., 
shall be available to support the operation of any elementary 
or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
    Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for 
schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the 
schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996. No 
funds available to the Bureau shall be used to support expanded 
grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade structure 
in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each 
school in the Bureau school system as of October 1, 1995. Funds 
made available under this Act may not be used to establish a 
charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is 
defined in section 1146 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2026)), except that a charter school that is in 
existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that has 
operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, 
may continue to operate during that period, but only if the 
charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to 
reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal 
property (including buses and vans), the funds of the charter 
school are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the 
Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter school 
programs of the State in which the school is located if the 
charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
schools sharing a campus with a charter school and performing 
functions related to the charter school's operation and 
employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal 
employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ``Federal Tort Claims 
Act'').

                          Departmental Offices

                            Insular Affairs

                       ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

    For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
$76,217,000, of which: (1) $70,922,000 shall be available until 
expended for technical assistance, including maintenance 
assistance, disaster assistance, insular management controls, 
coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree snake control 
and research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 
compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 
1661(c)); grants to the Government of American Samoa, in 
addition to current local revenues, for construction and 
support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of 
the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the 
Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the 
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law 
(Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $5,295,000 shall be 
available for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular 
Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the 
territorial and local governments herein provided for, 
including such transactions of all agencies or 
instrumentalities established or used by such governments, may 
be audited by the General Accounting Office, at its discretion, 
in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future United 
States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands 
approved by Public Law 104-134: Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding 
shall be made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: 
Provided further, That the funds for the program of operations 
and maintenance improvement are appropriated to 
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement 
of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and 
cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the 
grantee's commitment to timely maintenance of its capital 
assets: Provided further, That any appropriation for disaster 
assistance under this heading in this Act or previous 
appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds 
for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant 
to section 404 of the Robert T.Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).

                      compact of free association

    For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the 
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 
of the Compact of Free Association, and for economic assistance 
and necessary expenses for the Republic of Palau as provided 
for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of 
Free Association, $20,985,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized by Public Law 99-239 and Public Law 99-
658.

                        Departmental Management

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for management of the Department of 
the Interior, $72,427,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 may be 
for official reception and representation expenses, and of 
which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers 
compensation payments and unemployment compensation payments 
associated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau 
of Mines.

                        Office of the Solicitor

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$47,773,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$36,239,000, of which $3,812,000 shall be for procurement by 
contract of independent auditing services to audit the 
consolidated Department of the Interior annual financial 
statement and the annual financial statement of the Department 
of the Interior bureaus and offices funded in this Act.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

                         FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

    For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
grants, $141,277,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $15,000,000 is for historical accounting: Provided, That 
funds for trust management improvements may be transferred, as 
needed, to the Bureau of Indian Affairs ``Operation of Indian 
Programs'' account and to the Departmental Management 
``Salaries and Expenses'' account: Provided further, That funds 
made available to Tribes and Tribal organizations through 
contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2003, as 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by 
the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the statute of 
limitations shall not commence to run on any claim, including 
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust funds, 
until the affected tribe or individual Indian has been 
furnished with an accounting of such funds from which the 
beneficiary can determine whether there has been a loss: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly 
statement of performance for any Indian trust account that has 
not had activity for at least 18 months and has a balance of 
$1.00 or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
an annual account statement and maintain a record of any such 
accounts and shall permit the balance in each such account to 
be withdrawn upon the express written request of the account 
holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is 
available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 
administrative errors of either disbursements from or deposits 
to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 
30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous payments that are 
recovered shall be credited to this account.

                       INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

    For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands 
and expenses associated with redetermining and redistributing 
escheated interests in allotted lands, and for necessary 
expenses to carry out the Indian Land Consolidation Act of 
1983, as amended, by direct expenditure or cooperative 
agreement, $7,980,000, to remain available until expended and 
which may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
Departmental Management.

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration

                NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

    To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 
restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380) (33 U.S.C. 2701 et 
seq.), and Public Law 101-337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et 
seq.), $5,538,000, to remain available until expended.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of 
which shall be for replacement and which may be obtained by 
donation, purchase or through available excess surplus 
property: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with 
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase 
price for the replacement aircraft: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Office of 
Aircraft Services shall transfer to the Sheriff's Office, Kane 
County, Utah, without restriction, a Cessna U206G, 
identification number N211S, serial number 20606916, for the 
purpose of facilitating more efficient law enforcement 
activities at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the 
Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument: Provided further, 
That no programs funded with appropriated funds in the 
``Departmental Management'', ``Office of the Solicitor'', and 
``Office of Inspector General'' may be augmented through the 
Working Capital Fund or the Consolidated Working Fund.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or 
office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency 
reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, 
utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or 
destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: 
Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this 
authority until funds specifically made available to the 
Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been 
exhausted: Provided further, Thatall funds used pursuant to 
this section are 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, and must be replenished by a 
supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as 
possible.
    Sec. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the 
several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention 
of wildland fires on or threatening lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its 
jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or 
actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other 
unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage 
assessment activities related to actual oil spills; for the 
prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in 
section 1773(b) of Public Law 99-198 (99 Stat. 1658); for 
emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public Law 
95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds available to 
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such 
funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory 
authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out the 
regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That 
appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations 
shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred 
during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to 
other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, 
or other equipment in connection with their use for wildland 
fire operations, such reimbursement to be credited to 
appropriations currently available at the time of receipt 
thereof: Provided further, That for wildland fire operations, 
no funds shall be made available under this authority until the 
Secretary determines that funds appropriated for ``wildland 
fire operations'' shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided 
further, That all funds used pursuant to this section are 
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, and must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment 
funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts 
from which emergency funds were transferred.
    Sec. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and 
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will 
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations 
shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other activity 
in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535 and 1536 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided, That reimbursements for 
costs and supplies, materials, equipment, and for services 
rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the 
time such reimbursements are received.
    Sec. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Secretary, 
in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private 
residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 
authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in 
societies or associations which issue publications to members 
only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are 
not members.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the 
Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902 and D.C. Code 4-204).
    Sec. 106. Annual appropriations made in this title shall be 
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued 
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of 12 months 
beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
    Sec. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
preleasing, leasing and related activities placed under 
restriction in the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 
1998, in the areas of northern, central, and southern 
California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the 
eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and 
east of 86 degrees west longitude.
    Sec. 108. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related 
activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning 
area.
    Sec. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and 
natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the 
eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any lands located 
outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer Continental 
Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-2002.
    Sec. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and natural 
gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the Mid-
Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
    Sec. 111. Advance payments made under this title to Indian 
tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia pursuant to 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 
1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may be invested by the Indian 
tribe, tribal organization, or consortium before such funds are 
expended for the purposes of the grant, compact, or annual 
funding agreement so long as such funds are--
            (1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal 
        organization, or consortium only in obligations of the 
        United States, or in obligations or securities that are 
        guaranteed or insured by the United States, or mutual 
        (or other) funds registered with the Securities and 
        Exchange Commission and which only invest in 
        obligations of the United States or securities that are 
        guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
            (2) deposited only into accounts that are insured 
        by an agency or instrumentality of the UnitedStates, or 
are fully collateralized to ensure protection of the funds, even in the 
event of a bank failure.
    Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
National Park Service shall not develop or implement a reduced 
entrance fee program to accommodate non-local travel through a 
unit. The Secretary may provide for and regulate local non-
recreational passage through units of the National Park System, 
allowing each unit to develop guidelines and permits for such 
activity appropriate to that unit.
    Sec. 113. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special Trustee 
for American Indians and any available unobligated balances 
from prior appropriations Acts made under the same headings, 
shall be available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust 
management and reform activities.
    Sec. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior hereafter has ongoing authority to 
negotiate and enter into agreements and leases, without regard 
to section 321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 
U.S.C. 303b), with any person, firm, association, organization, 
corporation, or governmental entity, for all or part of the 
property within Fort Baker administered by the Secretary as 
part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The proceeds 
of the agreements or leases or any statutorily authorized fees, 
hereafter shall be retained by the Secretary and such proceeds 
shall remain available until expended, without further 
appropriation, for the preservation, restoration, operation, 
maintenance, interpretation, public programs, and related 
expenses of the National Park Service and nonprofit park 
partners incurred with respect to Fort Baker properties.
    Sec. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian probate cases in 
the Department of the Interior, the hearing requirements of 
chapter 10 of title 25, United States Code, are deemed 
satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian probate judge, 
appointed by the Secretary without regard to the provisions of 
title 5, United States Code, governing the appointments in the 
competitive service, for such period of time as the Secretary 
determines necessary: Provided, That the basic pay of an Indian 
probate judge so appointed may be fixed by the Secretary 
without regard to the provisions of chapter 51, and subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, governing the 
classification and pay of General Schedule employees, except 
that no such Indian probate judge may be paid at a level which 
exceeds the maximum rate payable for the highest grade of the 
General Schedule, including locality pay.
    Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any 
Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, 
to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to 
address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping 
service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No 
tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation 
funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2003. Under 
circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or 
inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent 
limitation does not apply.
    Sec. 117. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2003 shall be 
allocated among the schools proportionate to the unmet need of 
the schools as determined by the Postsecondary Funding Formula 
adopted by the Office of Indian Education Programs.
    Sec. 118. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall take such 
action as may be necessary to ensure that the lands comprising 
the Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas (as described in 
section 123 of Public Law 106-291) are used only in accordance 
with this section.
    (b) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used only: (1) 
for religious and cultural uses that are compatible with the 
use of the lands as a cemetery; and (2) as a burial ground.
    Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the authority 
provided by Public Law 104-134, as amended by Public Law 104-
208, the Secretary may accept and retain land and other forms 
of reimbursement: Provided, That the Secretary may retain and 
use any such reimbursement until expended and without further 
appropriation: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all 
activities authorized by Public Law 100-696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz.
    Sec. 120. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the 
National Park Service may authorize, through cooperative 
agreement, the Golden Gate National Parks Association to 
provide fee-based education, interpretive and visitor service 
functions within the Crissy Field and Fort Point areas of the 
Presidio.
    Sec. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), sums received 
by the Bureau of Land Management for the sale of seeds or 
seedlings including those collected in fiscal year 2002, may be 
credited to the appropriation from which funds were expended to 
acquire or grow the seeds or seedlings and are available 
without fiscal year limitation.
    Sec. 122. Tribal School Construction Demonstration Program. 
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Construction.--The term ``construction'', with 
        respect to a tribally controlled school, includes the 
        construction or renovation of that school.
            (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the 
        Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
        (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.
            (4) Tribally controlled school.--The term 
        ``tribally controlled school'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 5212 of the Tribally Controlled 
        Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2511).
            (5) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
        Department of the Interior.
            (6) Demonstration program.--The term 
        ``demonstration program'' means the Tribal School 
        Construction Demonstration Program.
    (b) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a 
demonstration program for fiscal years 2003 through2007 to 
provide grants to Indian tribes for the construction of tribally 
controlled schools.
            (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations, in carrying out the demonstration 
        program under subsection (b), the Secretary shall award 
        a grant to each Indian tribe that submits an 
        application that is approved by the Secretary under 
        paragraph (2). The Secretary shall ensure that an 
        Indian tribe that agrees to fund all future operation 
        and maintenance costs of the tribally controlled school 
        constructed under the demonstration program from other 
        than federal funds receives the highest priority for a 
        grant under this section.
            (2) Grant applications.--An application for a grant 
        under the section shall--
                    (A) include a proposal for the construction 
                of a tribally controlled school of the Indian 
                tribe that submits the application; and
                    (B) be in such form as the Secretary 
                determines appropriate.
            (3) Grant agreement.--As a condition to receiving a 
        grant under this section, the Indian tribe shall enter 
        into an agreement with the Secretary that specifies--
                    (A) the costs of construction under the 
                grant;
                    (B) that the Indian tribe shall be required 
                to contribute towards the cost of the 
                construction a tribal share equal to 50 percent 
                of the costs; and
                    (C) any other term or condition that the 
                Secretary determines to be appropriate.
            (4) Eligibility.--Grants awarded under the 
        demonstration program shall be used only for 
        construction or replacement of a tribally controlled 
        school.
    (c) Effect of Grant.--A grant received under this section 
shall be in addition to any other funds received by an Indian 
tribe under any other provision of law. The receipt of a grant 
under this section shall not affect the eligibility of an 
Indian tribe receiving funding, or the amount of funding 
received by the Indian tribe, under the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) or the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 
et seq.).
    (d) Report.--At the conclusion of the five-year 
demonstration program, the Secretary shall report to Congress 
as to whether the demonstration program has achieved its 
purposes of providing additional tribes fair opportunities to 
construct tribally controlled schools, accelerating 
construction of needed educational facilities in Indian 
Country, and permitting additional funds to be provided for the 
Department's priority list for construction of replacement 
educational facilities.
    Sec. 123. White River Oil Shale Mine, Utah. Sale.--Subject 
to the terms and conditions of section 126 of the Department of 
the Interior and Related Agencies Act, 2002, the Administrator 
of General Services shall sell all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the improvements and equipment 
of the White River Oil Shale Mine.
    Sec. 124. The Secretary of the Interior may use or contract 
for the use of helicopters or motor vehicles on the Sheldon and 
Hart National Wildlife Refuges for the purpose of capturing and 
transporting horses and burros. The provisions of subsection 
(a) of the Act of September 8, 1959 (73 Stat. 470; 18 U.S.C. 
47(a)) shall not be applicable to such use. Such use shall be 
in accordance with humane procedures prescribed by the 
Secretary.
    Sec. 125. Funds provided in this Act for Federal land 
acquisition by the National Park Service for Shenandoah Valley 
Battlefields National Historic District, and Ice Age National 
Scenic Trail may be used for a grant to a State, a local 
government, or any other governmental land management entity 
for the acquisition of lands without regard to any restriction 
on the use of Federal land acquisition funds provided through 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 as amended.
    Sec. 126. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended by the National Park Service to enter 
into or implement a concession contract which permits or 
requires the removal of the underground lunchroom at the 
Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
    Sec. 127. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New 
Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of 
such bridge, when such pedestrian use is consistent with 
generally accepted safety standards.
    Sec. 128. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act for any fiscal year may be used to designate, or to 
post any sign designating, any portion of Canaveral National 
Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as a clothing-optional 
area or as an area in which public nudity is permitted, if such 
designation would be contrary to county ordinance.
    Sec. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service may use funds 
appropriated in this Act for incidental expenses related to 
promoting and celebrating the Centennial of the National 
Wildlife Refuge System.
    Sec. 130. The National Park Service may in fiscal year 2003 
and thereafter enter into a cooperative agreement with and 
transfer funds to Capital Concerts, a nonprofit organization, 
for the purpose of carrying out programs pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
6305.
    Sec. 131. No later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the House Committee 
on Resources and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs a 
summary of the Ernst and Young report on the historical 
accounting for the five named plaintiffs in Cobell v. Norton. 
The summary shall not provide individually identifiable 
financial information, but shall fully describe the aggregate 
results of the historical accounting.
    Sec. 132. None of the funds in this or any other Act for 
the Department of the Interior or the Department of Justice can 
be used to compensate the Special Master and the Special 
Master-Monitor, and all variations thereto, appointed by the 
United States District Court for the District of Columbia in 
the Cobell v. Norton litigation at an annual rate that exceeds 
200 percent of the highest SeniorExecutive Service rate of pay 
for the Washington-Baltimore locality pay area.
    Sec. 133. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act the 
Special Trustee for American Indians, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Tribes, shall appoint new 
members to the Special Trustee Advisory Board.
    Sec. 134. The Secretary of the Interior may use 
discretionary funds to pay private attorneys fees and costs for 
employees and former employees of the Department of the 
Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. 
Norton to the extent that such fees and costs are not paid by 
the Department of Justice or by private insurance. In no case 
shall the Secretary make payments under this section that would 
result in payment of hourly fees in excess of the highest 
hourly rate approved by the District Court for the District of 
Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. Norton.
    Sec. 135. Section 124(a) of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1997 (16 U.S.C. 1011 
(a)), as amended, is further amended by inserting after the 
phrase ``appropriations made for the Bureau of Land 
Management'' the phrase ``including appropriations for the 
Wildland Fire Management account allocated to the National Park 
Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Indian 
Affairs''.
    Sec. 136. Public Law 107-106 is amended as follows: in 
section 5(a) strike ``9 months after the date of enactment of 
the Act'' and insert in lieu thereof ``September 30, 2003''.
    Sec. 137. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
funds provided in the Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2002, 
Public Law 107-116, for the National Museum of African American 
History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission 
shall remain available until expended.
    Sec. 138. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in 
carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and 
endangered species of salmon, implement a system of mass 
marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are 
released from Federally operated or Federally financed 
hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases of coho, 
chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must have a visible 
mark that can be readily identified by commercial and 
recreational fishers.
    Sec. 139. The visitor center at the Bitter Lake National 
Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico shall be named for Joseph R. 
Skeen and, hereafter, shall be referred to in any law, 
document, or record of the United States as the ``Joseph R. 
Skeen Visitor Center''.
    Sec. 140. In fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, with 
respect to a service contract for the provision solely of 
transportation services at Zion National Park or Rocky Mountain 
National Park, the Secretary of the Interior may obligate the 
expenditure of fees expected to be received in that fiscal year 
before the fees are received, so long as total obligations do 
not exceed fee collections retained at Zion National Park or 
Rocky Mountain National Park, respectively, by the end of that 
fiscal year.
    Sec. 141. Section 6(f) of Public Law 88-578 as amended 
shall not apply to LWCF program #02-00010.
    Sec. 142. Notwithstanding section 1(d) of Public Law 107-
62, the National Park Service is authorized to obligate 
$1,000,000 made available in fiscal year 2002 to plan the John 
Adams Presidential memorial in cooperation with non-Federal 
partners.
    Sec. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated and remaining available in the Construction (Trust 
Fund) account of the National Park Service at the completion of 
all authorized projects, shall be available for the 
rehabilitation and improvement of Going-to-the-Sun Road in 
Glacier National Park.
    Sec. 144. Hereafter, the Department of the Interior 
National Business Center may continue to enter into grants, 
cooperative agreements, and other transactions, under the 
Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act 
of 1992, and other related legislation.
    Sec. 145. (a) In General.--Nothing in section 134 of the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2002 (115 Stat. 443) affects the decision of the United 
States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Sac and Fox 
Nation v. Norton, 240 F.3d 1250 (2001).
    (b) Use of Certain Indian Land.--Nothing in this section 
permits the conduct of gaming under the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) on land described in 
section 123 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 944), or land that 
is contiguous to that land, regardless of whether the land or 
contiguous land has been taken into trust by the Secretary of 
the Interior.
    Sec. 146. Section 3(f)(2)(B) of Public Law 99-548 (100 
Stat. 3061; 113 Stat. 1501A-168) is amended by striking ``(iv) 
Sec. 8.'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(iv) Sec. 7.
                            ``(v) Sec. 8.''.
    Sec. 147. Not to exceed $650,000 of the funds made 
available under the heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Construction'' in Public Law 107-63 for hangar roof 
replacement at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, and such 
sums as may be necessary from ``Departmental Management, 
Salaries and Expenses'', may be transferred to ``United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Resource Management'' for 
operational needs at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
    Sec. 148. Public Law 107-331 is amended in Sections 301(b) 
and 301(d) by striking the word ``Secretary'' each place it 
appears and inserting in lieu thereof the word ``Director'', 
and by striking the text of Section 301(c)(3) and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``Director.--The term `Director' means the 
Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.''.
    Sec. 149. Section 113 of Public Law 104-208 (31 U.S.C. 501 
note.) is amended by deleting ``That such fund shall be paid in 
advance'' and inserting ``That such fund may be paid in 
advance''.
    Sec. 150. Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (a) 
Decreased Cost-Sharing Requirement.--Section 507(c) of the 
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 
U.S.C. 470a note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) Except'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except'';
            (2) by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'';
            (3) by striking ``(2) The Secretary'' and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary'';
            (4) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraphs (1) and (3)''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Exception.--The Secretary shall not obligate 
        funds made available under subsection (d)(2) for a 
        grant with respect to a building or structure listed 
        on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register 
        of Historic Places unless the grantee agrees to 
        provide, from funds derived from non-Federal sources, 
        an amount that is equal to 30 percent of the total cost 
        of the project for which the grant is provided.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 507(d) of the 
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 
U.S.C. 470a note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Pursuant to'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--Under''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Additional funding.--In addition to amounts 
        made available under paragraph (1), there is authorized 
        to be appropriated from the Historic Preservation Fund 
        to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2003 through 2008.''.
    Sec. 151. The document entitled ``Final Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Renewal of the Federal Grant for the 
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Right-of-Way (FEIS)'' dated 
November 2002, shall be deemed sufficient to meet the 
requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) with respect to the 
determination contained in the Record of Decision dated January 
8, 2003 relating to the renewal of the Federal right-of-way for 
the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and related facilities.
    Sec. 152. Missouri River. It is the sense of the Congress 
that the member States and tribes of the Missouri River Basin 
Association are strongly encouraged to reach agreement on a 
flow schedule for the Missouri River as soon as practicable for 
2003.
    Sec. 153. Treatment of Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund 
Interest. (a) In General.--In addition to the transfer provided 
for in section 402(h) of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)), interest credited 
to the fund established by section 401 of such Act (30 U.S.C. 
1231) shall be transferred to the Combined Fund identified in 
section 402(h)(2) up to such amount as is estimated by the 
trustees of such Combined Fund to offset the amount of any 
deficit in net assets in the Combined Fund. The cumulative 
additional amount that may be transferred under this section 
from the date of enactment of this Act through September 30, 
2004 shall not exceed $34,000,000.
    (b) Prohibition on Other Transfers.--Except as provided in 
subsection (a), no principal amounts in or credited to the fund 
established by section 401 of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231) may be transferred to 
the Combined Fund identified in section 402(h)(2) of such Act 
(30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)).
    (c) Limitation.--This section shall cease to have any force 
and effect after September 30, 2004.
    Sec. 154. Section 511(g)(2)(A) of the Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 410ddd(g)(2)(A)) 
is amended by striking ``$2,000,000'' and inserting 
``$5,000,000''.
    Sec. 155. Replacement of Coastal Barrier Resources System 
Map. (a) In General.--The map described in subsection (b) is 
replaced, in the maps depicting the Coastal Barrier Resources 
System that are referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal 
Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), by the map entitled 
``Plum Tree Island Unit VA-59P, Long Creek Unit VA-60/VA-60P'' 
and dated May 1, 2002.
    (b) Description of Replaced Map.--The map referred to in 
subsection (a) is the map that--
            (1) relates to Plum Island Unit VA-59P and Long 
        Creek Unit VA-60/VA-60P located in Poquoson and 
        Hampton, Virginia; and
            (2) is included in a set of maps entitled ``Coastal 
        Barrier Resources System'', dated October 24, 1990, 
        revised on October 23, 1992, and referred to in section 
        4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 
        3503(a)).
    (c) Availability.--The Secretary of the Interior shall keep 
the replacement map described in subsection (b) on file and 
available for inspection in accordance with section 4(b) of the 
Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(b)).
    Sec. 156. Sense of the Congress Regarding Southern 
California Offshore Oil Leases. (a) Findings.--Congress finds 
that--
            (1) there are 36 undeveloped oil leases on land in 
        the southern California planning area of the outer 
        Continental Shelf that--
                    (A) have been under review by the Secretary 
                of the Interior for an extended period of time, 
                including some leases that have been under 
                review for over 30 years; and
                    (B) have not been approved for development 
                under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
                U.S.C. 1331 et seq.);
            (2) the oil companies that hold the 36 leases--
                    (A) have expressed an interest in retiring 
                the leases in exchange for equitable 
                compensation; and
                    (B) are engaged in settlement negotiations 
                with the Secretary of the Interior for the 
                retirement of the leases; and
            (3) it would be a waste of the taxpayer's money to 
        continue the process for approval or permitting of the 
        36 leases while the Secretary of the Interior and the 
        lessees are negotiating to retire the leases.
    (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
that no funds made available by this Act or any other Act for 
any fiscal year should be used by the Secretary of the Interior 
to approve any exploration, development, or production plan 
for, or application for a permit to drill on, the 36 
undeveloped leases in the southern California planning area of 
the outer Continental Shelf during any period in which the 
lessees are engaged in settlement negotiations with the 
Secretary of the Interior for the retirement of the leases.
    Sec. 157. Modified Water Delivery Project in the State of 
Florida. (a) Authority.--The Corps of Engineers, using funds 
made available for modifications authorized by section 104 of 
the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 
1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), shall immediately carry out 
alternative 6D (including paying 100 percent of the cost of 
acquiring land or an interest in land) for the purpose of 
providing a flood protection system for the 8.5 square mile 
area described in the report entitled ``Central and South 
Florida Project, Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades 
National Park, Florida, 8.5 Square Mile Area, General 
Reevaluation Report and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement'' and dated July 2000.
    (b) Condition.--
            (1) In general.--The Corps of Engineers may only 
        acquire real property used as a residence for the 
        purpose of carrying out the project described in 
        subsection (a) if the Corps of Engineers or the non-
        Federal sponsor first offers the owner of such real 
        property comparable real property within the part of 
        the 8.5 square mile area that will be provided flood 
        protection under such project. This paragraph does not 
        affect the authority of the Corps of Engineers to 
        acquire property for which this condition has been met 
        or to which this condition does not apply.
            (2) Authority to acquire land and provide 
        assistance.--The Corps of Engineers is authorized to 
        acquire such land in the flood protected portion of the 
        8.5 square mile area from willing sellers, and provide 
        such financial assistance, as may be necessary to carry 
        out this subsection.
            (3) Funding.--The Corps of Engineers and the non-
        Federal sponsor may carry out this subsection with 
        funds made available to carry out the project described 
        in subsection (a) and funds provided by the Department 
        of the Interior for land acquisition assistance for 
        Everglades restoration purposes.
    Sec. 158. No funds appropriated for the Department of the 
Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used to study or 
implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or to reduce the water 
level of the lake below the range of water levels required for 
the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
    Sec. 159. Notwithstanding the limitation in subparagraph 
(2)(B) of section 18(a) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
U.S.C. 2717(a)), the total amount of all fees imposed by the 
National Indian Gaming Commission for fiscal year 2004 shall 
not exceed $12,000,000.
    Sec. 160. Moccasin Bend National Archeological District 
Act. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
``Moccasin Bend National Archeological District Act''.
    (b) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.
            (2) Archeological district.--The term 
        ``archeological district'' means the Moccasin Bend 
        National Archeological District.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
        Tennessee.
            (4) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled, 
        ``Boundary Map Moccasin Bend National Archeological 
        District'', numbered 301/80098, and dated September 
        2002.
    (c) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--In order to preserve, protect, and 
        interpret for the benefit of the public the nationally 
        significant archeological and historic resources 
        located on the peninsula known as Moccasin Bend, 
        Tennessee, there is established as a unit of 
        Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, the 
        Moccasin Bend National Archeological District.
            (2) Boundaries.--The archeological district shall 
        consist of approximately 780 acres generally depicted 
        on the Map. The Map shall be on file and available for 
        public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
        National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
            (3) Acquisition of land and interests in land.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary may acquire 
                by donation, purchase from willing sellers 
                using donated or appropriated funds, or 
                exchange, lands and interests in lands within 
                the exterior boundary of the archeological 
                district. The Secretary may acquire the State, 
                county and city-owned land and interests in 
                land for inclusion in the archeological 
                district only by donation.
                    (B) Easement outside boundary.--To allow 
                access between areas of the archeological 
                district that on the date of the enactment of 
                this section are noncontiguous, the Secretary 
                may acquire by donation or purchase from 
                willing owners using donated or appropriated 
                funds, or exchange, easements connecting the 
                areas generally depicted on the Map.
    (d) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--The archeological district shall 
        be administered by the Secretary in accordance with 
        this section, with laws applicable to Chickamauga and 
        Chattanooga National Military Park, and with the laws 
        generally applicable to units of the National Park 
        System.
            (2) Cooperative agreement.--The Secretary may 
        consult and enter into cooperative agreements with 
        culturally affiliated federally recognized Indian 
        tribes, governmental entities, and interested persons 
        to provide for the restoration, preservation, 
        development, interpretation, and use of the 
        archeological district.
            (3) Visitor interpretive center.--For purposes of 
        interpreting the historical themes and cultural 
        resources of the archeological district, the Secretary 
        may establish and administer a visitor center in the 
        archeological district.
            (4) General management plan.--Not later than three 
        years after funds are made available under this 
        section, the Secretary shall develop a general 
        management plan for the archeological district. The 
        general management plan shall describe the appropriate 
        protection and preservation of natural, cultural, and 
        scenic resources, visitor use, and facility development 
        within the archeological district consistent with the 
        purposes of this section, while ensuring continued 
        access by private landowners to their property.
    (e) Repeal of Previous Acquisition Authority.--The Act of 
August 3, 1950 (Chapter 532; 16 U.S.C. 424a-4) is repealed.
    Sec. 161. Section 6 of Public Law 102-495 (106 Stat. 3173) 
is amended by removing subsections 6(b) and (c) in their 
entirety and substituting the following:
    ``(b) Lands Transfer to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.--
Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the following described 
land, consisting of 1.7 acres, more or less, situated in the 
County of Clallam, State of Washington, are hereby conveyed to 
the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian Tribe: the parcel lying south of 
the existing roadway and extending southward to the Inner 
Harbor line of the Port Angeles Tidelands, and beginning at the 
north-south line 1,106 feet west of the eastern boundary of Out 
Lot 6 and running easterly 1,671 feet to the north-south line 
565 feet east of the eastern boundary of Out Lot 6, to be 
further described on a detailed legal description and map filed 
later with the Oregon/Washington Office of the Bureau of Land 
Management. Said legal description and map shall be provided by 
the tribe, at its cost and expense, within ninety (90) days of 
the enactment of this Act. This conveyance shall be subject to 
the following provisions:
            ``(1) There shall be public access to the beach 
        along the south side of the parcel at all times.
            ``(2) The City of Port Angeles shall have the right 
        to construct and maintain a waterfront trail adjacent 
        to the existing roadway along the north side of the 
        parcel, the location of which shall be determined in 
        conjunction with the Secretary.
            ``(3) Parking facilities on the parcel shall be 
        open to the public at all times.
            ``(4) The Agreement entered into on August 11, 
        1992, between the City of Port Angeles and the Tribe 
        regarding the use of the adjacent leaseholds.
            ``(5) Easements shall be hereby reserved in favor 
        of the United States upon, over, under, through, and 
        across the lands conveyed under this section allowing 
        the United States, its successors, assigns, and agents, 
        unrestricted and uninterrupted access to any adjoining 
        lands owned or controlled by the United States, 
        including but not limited to, the U.S. Coast Guard Air 
        Station located on Ediz Hook, and allowing the United 
        States, its successors, assigns, and agents, to 
        install, construct, operate, maintain, repair, and 
        replace utility lines and other related equipment upon, 
        over, under, through, and across the lands conveyed 
        under this section in order to operate said air station 
        or to conduct any other Federal mission, operation, or 
        activity upon lands owned or controlled by the United 
        States.
            ``(6) A navigation easement shall be hereby 
        reserved in favor of the United States over the lands 
        conveyed under this section for the continued aircraft 
        operations at the adjacent U.S. Coast Guard Air Station 
        on Ediz Hook. Said navigation easement shall be based 
        on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards 
        contained in FAA Advisory Circular 150/5390-2A, 
        ``Heliport Design,'' dated January 20, 1994. In any 
        event, the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian Tribe shall not 
        construct any building or structure that intrudes into 
        navigable airspace, as defined in FAA regulations.''.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                     FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

    For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $251,685,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                       STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

    For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing 
technical and financial assistance to States, territories, 
possessions, and others, and for forest health management 
including treatments of pests, pathogens and invasive or 
noxious plants, cooperative forestry, and education and land 
conservation activities and conducting an international program 
as authorized, $286,574,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized by law: Provided, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading for the acquisition of lands 
or interests in lands shall be available until the Forest 
Service notifies the House Committee on Appropriations and the 
Senate Committee on Appropriations, in writing, of specific 
acquisition of lands or interests in lands to be undertaken 
with such funds: Provided further, That each forest legacy 
grant shall be for a specific project or set of specific tasks: 
Provided further, That grants for acquisition of lands or 
conservation easements shall require that the State 
demonstrates that 25 percent of the total value of the project 
is comprised of a non-Federal cost share: Provided further, 
That funds provided in this Act and in Public Laws 106-113, 
106-291, and 107-63, for the West Branch Forest Legacy Project 
in the State of Maine, consisting of at least 45,000 acres of 
fee simple purchase and at least 275,000 acres in a 
conservation easement, that have not been expended by January 
31, 2004, shall be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management 
account and shall be available to perform rehabilitation and 
restoration activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of the funds provided under this 
heading, $1,000,000 shall be made available to Kake Tribal 
Corporation as an advance direct lump sum payment to implement 
the Kake Tribal Corporation Land Transfer Act (Public Law 106-
283).

                         NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and 
utilization of the National Forest System, $1,362,299,000, to 
remain available until expended, which shall include 50 percent 
of all moneys received during prior fiscal years as fees 
collected under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965, as amended, in accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 
U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated balances 
available at the start of fiscal year 2003 shall be displayed 
by budget line item in the fiscal year 2004 budget 
justification: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
authorize the expenditure or transfer of such sums as necessary 
to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses 
and burros from National Forest System lands: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided under this heading for Forest 
Products, $4,000,000 shall be allocated to the Alaska Region, 
in addition to its normal allocation for the purposes of 
preparing additional timber for sale, to establish a 3-year 
timber supply and such funds may be transferred to other 
appropriations accounts as necessary to maximize 
accomplishment: Provided further, That within funds available 
for the purpose of implementing the Valles Caldera Preservation 
Act, notwithstanding the limitations of section 107(e)(2) of 
the Valles Caldera Preservation Act (Public Law 106-248), for 
fiscal year 2003, the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the 
Valles Caldera Trust may receive, upon request, compensation 
for each day (including travel time) that the Chair is engaged 
in the performance of the functions of the Board, except that 
compensation shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the 
annual rate in effect for members of the Senior Executive 
Service at the ES-1 level, andshall be in addition to any 
reimbursement for travel, subsistence and other necessary expenses 
incurred by the Chair in the performance of the Chair's duties.

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

    For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency fire 
suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under 
fire protection agreement, hazardous fuel reduction on or 
adjacent to such lands, and for emergency rehabilitation of 
burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
$1,379,938,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such funds including unobligated balances under this head, 
are available for repayment of advances from other 
appropriations accounts previously transferred for such 
purposes: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of 
any unobligated balances remaining (exclusive of amounts for 
hazardous fuels reduction) at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall 
be transferred, as repayment for past advances that have not 
been repaid, to the fund established pursuant to section 3 of 
Public Law 71-319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.): Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $8,000,000 of 
funds appropriated under this appropriation shall be used for 
Fire Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science 
Program: Provided further, That all authorities for the use of 
funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements, available to execute the Forest and Rangeland 
Research appropriation, are also available in the utilization 
of these funds for the Joint Fire Science Program: Provided 
further, That funds provided shall be available for emergency 
rehabilitation and restoration, hazard reduction activities in 
the urban-wildland interface, support to Federal emergency 
response, and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest 
Service: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
$228,109,000 is for hazardous fuel treatment, $7,124,000 is for 
rehabilitation and restoration, $1,850,000 is for capital 
improvement and maintenance of fire facilities, $21,427,000 is 
for research activities and to make competitive research grants 
pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Research Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $46,555,000 
is for state fire assistance, $8,240,000 is for volunteer fire 
assistance, $16,934,000 is for forest health activities on 
State, private, and Federal lands, and $5,000,000 is for 
economic action programs: Provided further, That amounts in 
this paragraph may be transferred to the ``State and Private 
Forestry'', ``National Forest System'', ``Forest and Rangeland 
Research'', and ``Capital Improvement and Maintenance'' 
accounts to fund state fire assistance, volunteer fire 
assistance, and forest health management, vegetation and 
watershed management, heritage site rehabilitation, wildlife 
and fish habitat management, trails and facilities maintenance 
and restoration: Provided further, That transfers of any 
amounts in excess of those authorized in this paragraph, shall 
require approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in compliance with reprogramming procedures 
contained in House Report No. 105-163: Provided further, That 
the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the 
Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as 
mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, 
That in entering into such grants or cooperative agreements, 
the Secretary may consider the enhancement of local and small 
business employment opportunities for rural communities, and 
that in entering into procurement contracts under this section 
on a best value basis, the Secretary may take into account the 
ability of an entity to enhance local and small business 
employment opportunities in rural communities, and that the 
Secretary may award procurement contracts, grants, or 
cooperative agreements under this section to entities that 
include local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps or 
related partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth 
groups, or small or disadvantaged businesses: Provided further, 
That in addition to funds provided for State Fire Assistance 
programs, and subject to all authorities available to the 
Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry 
Appropriations, up to $15,000,000 may be used on adjacent non-
Federal lands for the purpose of protecting communities when 
hazard reduction activities are planned on national forest 
lands that have the potential to place such communities at 
risk: Provided further, That included in funding for hazardous 
fuel reduction is $5,000,000 for implementing the Community 
Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106-393, title VI, and any 
portion of such funds shall be available for use on non-Federal 
lands in accordance with authorities available to the Forest 
Service under the State and Private Forestry Appropriation: 
Provided further, That in expending the funds provided with 
respect to this Act for hazardous fuels reduction, the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may 
conduct fuel reduction treatments on Federal lands using all 
contracting and hiring authorities available to the Secretaries 
applicable to hazardous fuel reduction activities under the 
wildland fire management accounts: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding Federal Government procurement and contracting 
laws, the Secretaries may conduct fuel reduction treatments, 
rehabilitation and restoration, and other activities authorized 
under this heading on and adjacent to Federal lands using 
grants and cooperative agreements: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding Federal Government procurement and contracting 
laws, in order to provide employment and training opportunities 
to people in rural communities, the Secretaries may award 
contracts, including contracts for monitoring activities, to 
local private, non-profit, or cooperative entities; Youth 
Conservation Corps crews or related partnerships, with State, 
local and non-profit youth groups; small or micro-businesses; 
or other entities that will hire or train a significant 
percentage of local people to complete such contracts: Provided 
further, That the authorities described above relating to 
contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements are available 
until all funds provided in this title for hazardous fuels 
reduction activities in the urban wildland interface are 
obligated.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $552,039,000, to remain available until expended 
for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and acquisition 
of buildings and other facilities, and for construction, 
reconstruction, repair and maintenance of forest roads and 
trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 
and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That up to $15,000,000 of 
the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall be 
available for the decommissioning of roads, including 
unauthorized roads not part of the transportation system, which 
are no longer needed: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
expended to decommission any system road until notice and an 
opportunity for public comment has been provided on each 
decommissioning project: Provided further, That the Forest 
Service shall transfer $500,000 appropriated in Public Law 107-
63 within the Capital Improvement and Maintenance 
appropriation, to the State and Private Forestry appropriation, 
and shall provide these funds in an advance direct lump sum 
payment to Purdue University for planning and construction of a 
hardwood tree improvement and generation facility: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any provision of law, funds 
provided for construction of facilities at Purdue University in 
Indiana in this Act, in the amount of $1,700,000 shall be 
available to the University, and $1,000,000 provided in this 
Act for construction of facilities in Cordova, Alaska shall be 
available to the city.

                            LAND ACQUISITION

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 460l-4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 
and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in 
accordance with statutory authority applicable to the Forest 
Service, $133,815,000 tobe derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That from amounts previously appropriated under this heading for the 
acquisition of lands in the Tongass National Forest, $350,000 shall be 
provided as an advance direct lump sum payment to the City of Juneau 
for the acquisition of 10.5 acres of land in Southeastern Alaska for a 
wild bird rehabilitation clinic and nature education center.

         ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

    For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of 
the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the 
Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San 
Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, 
California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to be derived 
from forest receipts.

            ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

    For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from 
funds deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, 
public school districts, or other public school authorities 
pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
484a), and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited by 
non-federal parties pursuant to related Land Sale and Exchange 
Acts, to remain available until expended.

                         range betterment fund

    For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, 
and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the 
prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on 
lands in National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to 
section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, as amended, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed 6 percent 
shall be available for administrative expenses associated with 
on-the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvements.

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

    For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $92,000, to 
remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund 
established pursuant to the above Act.

        MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage 
federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 
of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public 
Law 96-487), $5,542,000, to remain available until expended.

               ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

    Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal 
year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to exceed 113 
passenger motor vehicles of which 10 will be used primarily for 
law enforcement purposes and of which 113 shall be for 
replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger motor vehicles from 
excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; operation and 
maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to exceed seven 
for replacement only, and acquisition of sufficient aircraft 
from excess sources to maintain the operable fleet at 195 
aircraft for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and 
other Forest Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions 
of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with 
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase 
price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) 
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to 
7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in 
the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a 
note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 
31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
    None of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move or close 
any regional office for National Forest System administration 
of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture without the 
consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management 
appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation 
of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under its 
jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning 
conditions if and only if all previously appropriated emergency 
contingent funds under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' 
have been released by the President and apportioned and all 
funds under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' are 
obligated.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Agency for International 
Development and the Foreign Agricultural Service in connection 
with forest and rangeland research, technical information, and 
assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to 
support forestry and related natural resource activities 
outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and 
cooperation with United States and international organizations.
    None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the 
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless the 
proposed transfer is approved in advance by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the 
reprogramming procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163.
    None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the 
procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163.
    No funds available to the Forest Service shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of 
Agriculture that exceed the total amount transferred during 
fiscal year 2000 for such purposes without the advance approval 
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to 
conduct a program of not less than $2,000,000 for high priority 
projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be 
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps.
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $2,500 is 
available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses.
    Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial 
assistance to the National Forest Foundation, without regard to 
when the Foundation incurs expenses, for administrative 
expenses or projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of 
the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no more 
than $400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end 
of the period of Federal financial assistance, private 
contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds made 
available by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the 
Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal 
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, That 
authorized investments of Federal funds held by the Foundation 
may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United 
States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and 
interest by the United States.
    Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, 
$2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be available for matching funds to the National Fishand 
Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3701-3709, and may be 
advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial assistance, without regard 
to when expenses are incurred, for projects on or benefitting National 
Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal 
financial assistance, private contributions to match on at least one-
for-one basis funds advanced by the Forest Service: Provided further, 
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal 
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for interactions with and providing technical assistance to 
rural communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 percent of 
the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the ``National 
Forest System'' and ``Capital Improvement and Maintenance'' 
accounts and planned to be allocated to activities under the 
``Jobs in the Woods'' program for projects on National Forest 
land in the State of Washington may be granted directly to the 
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for 
accomplishment of planned projects. Twenty percent of said 
funds shall be retained by the Forest Service for planning and 
administering projects. Project selection and prioritization 
shall be accomplished by the Forest Service with such 
consultation with the State of Washington as the Forest Service 
deems appropriate.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge 
National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), 
and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99-663.
    For fiscal years 2003 through 2007, the Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized to enter into grants, contracts, and 
cooperative agreements as appropriate with the Pinchot 
Institute for Conservation, as well as with public and other 
private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals, 
to provide for the development, administration, maintenance, or 
restoration of land, facilities, or Forest Service programs, at 
the Grey Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, 
subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of 
Agriculture may prescribe, any such public or private agency, 
organization, institution, or individual may solicit, accept, 
and administer private gifts of money and real or personal 
property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the 
activities and services at the Grey Towers National Historic 
Landmark: Provided further, That such gifts may be accepted 
notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts business with 
the Department of Agriculture in any capacity.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments to Del 
Norte County, California, pursuant to sections 13(e) and 14 of 
the Smith River National Recreation Area Act (Public Law 101-
612).
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service not to 
exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the 
General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel 
and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance or 
participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, 
training sessions, management reviews, land purchase 
negotiations and similar non-litigation related matters. Future 
budget justifications for both the Forest Service and the 
Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
previously transferred and the requested funding transfers.
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be used for necessary expenses in the event of law 
enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect natural 
resources and public or employee safety: Provided, That such 
amounts shall not exceed $1,000,000.
    The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the sale of 
excess buildings, facilities, and other properties owned by the 
Forest Service and located on the Green Mountain National 
Forest, the revenues of which shall be retained by the Forest 
Service and available to the Secretary without further 
appropriation and until expended for maintenance and 
rehabilitation activities on the Green Mountain National 
Forest.
    The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer or reimburse 
funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$15,000,000, to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
of Commerce to expedite conferencing and consultations as 
required under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, 16 
U.S.C. 1536. The amount of the transfer or reimbursement shall 
be as mutually agreed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of Commerce, as 
applicable, or their designees. The amount shall in no case 
exceed the actual costs of consultation and conferencing.
    Beginning on June 30, 2001 and concluding on December 31, 
2003, an eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under Title V of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service 
shall be considered to be a Federal employee for purposes of 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                         CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

                               (DEFERRAL)

    Of the funds made available under this heading for 
obligation in prior years, $87,000,000 shall not be available 
until October 1, 2003: Provided, That funds made available in 
previous appropriations Acts shall be available for any ongoing 
project regardless of the separate request for proposal under 
which the project was selected.

                 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

    For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
research and development activities, under the authority of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), 
including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and 
equitable interests in any real property or any facility or for 
plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting 
inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning 
the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral 
substances without objectionable social and environmental costs 
(30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), $624,900,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $4,000,000 is to continue a 
multi-year project for construction, renovation, furnishing, 
and demolition or removal of buildings at National Energy 
Technology Laboratory facilities in Morgantown, West Virginia 
and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and of which $150,000,000 are to 
be made available, after coordination with the private sector, 
for a request for proposals for a Clean Coal Power Initiative 
providing for competitively-awarded research, development, and 
demonstration projects to reduce the barriers to continued and 
expanded coal use: Provided, That no project may be selected 
for which sufficient funding is not available to provide for 
the total project: Provided further, That funds shall be 
expended in accordance with the provisions governing the use of 
funds contained under the heading ``Clean Coal Technology'' in 
prior appropriations: Provided further, That the Department may 
include provisions for repayment of Government contributions to 
individual projects in an amount up to the Government 
contribution to the project on terms and conditions that are 
acceptable to the Department including repayments from sale and 
licensing of technologies from both domestic and foreign 
transactions: Provided further, That such repayments shall be 
retained by the Department for future coal-related research, 
development and demonstration projects: Provided further, That 
any technology selected under this program shall be considered 
a Clean Coal Technology, and any project selected under this 
program shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology Project, 
forthe purposes of 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7651n, and Chapters 51, 52, 
and 60 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Provided 
further, That no part of the sum herein made available shall be used 
for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and 
gas: Provided further, That up to 4 percent of program direction funds 
available to the National Energy Technology Laboratory may be used to 
support Department of Energy activities not included in this account.

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

    For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil 
shale reserve activities, $17,831,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior years 
shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil shale 
reserve activities.

                      ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND

    For necessary expenses in fulfilling installment payments 
under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the United 
States and the State of California on October 11, 1996, as 
authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 104-106, $36,000,000, 
to become available on October 1, 2003 for payment to the State 
of California for the State Teachers' Retirement Fund from the 
Elk Hills School Lands Fund.

                          ENERGY CONSERVATION

    For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation 
activities, $897,603,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That $270,000,000 shall be for use in energy 
conservation grant programs as defined in section 3008(3) of 
Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507): Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99-509, such 
sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs as follows: 
$225,000,000 for weatherization assistance grants and 
$45,000,000 for State energy conservation grants.

                          ECONOMIC REGULATION

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of 
the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $1,487,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                      STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

    For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
facility development and operations and program management 
activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $172,856,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                         SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

    For the acquisition and transportation of petroleum and for 
other necessary expenses pursuant to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 
$7,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
from unobligated balances of prior year appropriations, an 
amount of $5,000,000 is rescinded.

                   NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

    For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating Oil 
Reserve storage, operations, and management activities pursuant 
to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 2000, $6,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                   ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of 
the Energy Information Administration, $80,611,000, to remain 
available until expended.

            administrative provisions, department of energy

    Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, repair, and 
cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the General Services 
Administration for security guard services.
    From appropriations under this Act, transfers of sums may 
be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance 
of work for which the appropriation is made.
    None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or finance 
authorized price support or loan guarantee programs unless 
specific provision is made for such programs in an 
appropriations Act.
    The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, 
equipment, and other contributions from public and private 
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other 
agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign: Provided, That 
revenues and other moneys received by or for the account of the 
Department of Energy or otherwise generated by sale of products 
in connection with projects of the Department appropriated 
under this Act may be retained by the Secretary of Energy, to 
be available until expended, and used only for plant 
construction, operation, costs, and payments to cost-sharing 
entities as provided in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or 
agreements: Provided further, That the remainder of revenues 
after the making of such payments shall be covered into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any 
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by the 
Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be executed 
prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any 
day in which either House of Congress is not in session because 
of adjournment of more than 3 calendar days to a day certain) 
from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
and the President of theSenate of a full comprehensive report 
on such project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon in 
support of the proposed project.
    No funds provided in this Act may be expended by the 
Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process procurement 
documents for programs or projects for which appropriations 
have not been made.
    In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act, the 
Secretary may accept fees and contributions from public and 
private sources, to be deposited in a contributed funds 
account, and prosecute projects using such fees and 
contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or 
private agencies or concerns.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 
1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of 
the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health 
Service, $2,492,115,000, together with payments received during 
the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services 
furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds 
made available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or 
compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be 
deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract 
award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or 
tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Provided 
further, That $18,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund: 
Provided further, That $460,130,000 for contract medical care 
shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2004: 
Provided further, That contract medical care funds appropriated 
heretofore and hereafter for tribes recognized after January 1, 
1995, may be used to provide medical services directly or 
through contract medical care: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, up to $25,000,000 shall be used to carry out 
the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That funds 
provided in this Act may be used for one-year contracts and 
grants which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long 
as the total obligation is recorded in the year for which the 
funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts 
collected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and 
requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act 
(exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new 
facilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein, 
and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship programs 
under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) 
shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2004: 
Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 
organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 
available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 
until expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the amounts provided herein, not to 
exceed $270,734,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal 
organizations for contract or grant support costs associated 
with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual 
funding agreements between the Indian Health Service and a 
tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior to or during 
fiscal year 2003, of which not to exceed $2,500,000 may be used 
for contract support costs associated with new or expanded 
self-determination contracts, grants, self-governance compacts 
or annual funding agreements: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (42 
U.S.C. 254c-3(c)) for fiscal year 2003 and thereafter for the 
purpose of making grants shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, contributions authorized by 10 U.S.C. 1111 for the 
Uniformed Service of the Public Health Service shall be paid in 
fiscal year 2003 and thereafter from the Department of Health 
and Human Services' Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for 
Commissioned Officers account without charges billed to the 
Indian Health Service: Provided further, That heretofore and 
hereafter the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 1116 shall not apply to 
the Indian Health Service: Provided further, That funds 
available for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund may be 
used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under 
the Indian Health Facilities account: Provided further, That of 
the amounts provided for Indian Health Services, $15,000,000 is 
provided to the Alaska Federation of Natives for alcohol 
control, prevention, treatment, sobriety and wellness, of which 
at least $100,000 shall be available for an independent third 
party to conduct an evaluation of the program and $5,000,000 
shall be available to the Alaska Native Tribal Health 
Consortium for substance abuse and behavioral health counselors 
through the Counselor in Every Village Program: Provided 
further, That no more than 10 percent may be used by any entity 
receiving funding for administrative overhead including 
indirect costs: Provided further, That prior to the release of 
funds to a regional Native non-profit entity, it must enter 
into an agreement with the regional Native health corporation 
on allocation of resources to avoid duplication of effort and 
to foster cooperation.

                        INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

    For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and 
equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including 
quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, 
and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of 
modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; and for provision 
of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as 
authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses necessary to 
carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 
support activities of the Indian Health Service, $376,190,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
for the planning, design, construction or renovation of health 
facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be 
used to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or 
enlarge health or related facilities: Provided further, That 
from the funds appropriated herein, $5,000,000 shall be 
designated by the Indian Health Service as a contribution to 
the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) to continue a 
priority project for the acquisition of land, planning, design 
and construction of 79 staff quarters in the Bethel service 
area, pursuant to the negotiated project agreement between the 
YKHC and the Indian Health Service: Provided further, That this 
project shall not be subject to the construction provisions of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act and 
shall be removed from the Indian Health Service priority list 
upon completion: Provided further, That the Federal Government 
shall not be liable for any property damages or other 
construction claims that may arise from YKHC undertaking this 
project: Provided further, That the land shall be owned or 
leased by the YKHC and title to quarters shall remain vested 
with the YKHC: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 
shall be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM 
equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to 
the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated to the Indian 
Health Service may be used for sanitation facilities 
construction for new homes funded with grants by the housing 
programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 
from this account and the ``Indian Health Services'' account 
shall be used by the Indian Health Service to obtain ambulances 
for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in 
conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between the 
Indian Health Service and the General Services Administration: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 shall be placed 
in a Demolition Fund, available until expended, to be used by 
the Indian Health Service for demolition of Federal buildings: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of title 
III, section 306, of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
(Public Law 94-437, as amended), construction contracts 
authorized under title I of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975, as amended, may be used 
rather than grants to fund small ambulatory facility 
construction projects: Provided further, That if a contract is 
used, the IHS is authorized to improve municipal, private, or 
tribal lands, and that at no time, during construction or after 
completion of the project will the Federal Government have any 
rights or title to any real or personal property acquired as a 
part of the contract: Provided further, That notwithstandingany 
other provision of law or regulation, for purposes of acquiring sites 
for a new clinic and staff quarters in St. Paul Island, Alaska, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services may accept land donated by the 
Tanadgusix Corporation.

            ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

    Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service 
shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase 
of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; purchase, 
renovation and erection of modular buildings and renovation of 
existing facilities; payments for telephone service in private 
residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms or allowances 
therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and for expenses 
of attendance at meetings which are concerned with the 
functions or activities for which the appropriation is made or 
which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or 
management of those functions or activities.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health 
care at all tribally administered or Indian Health Service 
facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with 
funds recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 
U.S.C. 2651-2653) shall be credited to the account of the 
facility providing the service and shall be available without 
fiscal year limitation. Notwithstanding any other law or 
regulation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be 
administered under Public Law 86-121 (the Indian Sanitation 
Facilities Act) and Public Law 93-638, as amended.
    Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act, except those used for administrative and program direction 
purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at 
curtailing Federal travel and transportation.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal 
organization through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized 
by title I or title III of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may be 
deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination contract 
under title I, or a self-governance agreement under title III 
of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe 
or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation.
    None of the funds made available to the Indian Health 
Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule 
published in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the 
Department of Health and Human Services, relating to the 
eligibility for the health care services of the Indian Health 
Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget 
request reflecting the increased costs associated with the 
proposed final rule, and such request has been included in an 
appropriations Act and enacted into law.
    Funds made available in this Act are to be apportioned to 
the Indian Health Service as appropriated in this Act, and 
accounted for in the appropriation structure set forth in this 
Act.
    With respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health 
Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health 
Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those 
entities, on a reimbursable basis, including payment in advance 
with subsequent adjustment. The reimbursements received 
therefrom, along with the funds received from those entities 
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited 
to the same or subsequent appropriation account which provided 
the funding. Such amounts shall remain available until 
expended.
    Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 
associated with the provision of goods, services, or technical 
assistance.
    The appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service 
may not be altered without advance approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi 
Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, 
$14,491,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act are to 
be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups including 
evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, 
those in significantly substandard housing, and all others 
certified as eligible and not included in the preceding 
categories: Provided further, That none of the funds contained 
in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo 
and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo 
family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled 
on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or 
replacement home is provided for such household: Provided 
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than one 
new or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 
shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have 
selected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 
reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo 
reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d-
10.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                        PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

    For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title XV 
of Public Law 99-498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), 
$5,490,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for construction of the Library Technology Center.

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

    For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 
authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 
science, and history; development, preservation, and 
documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; 
conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; 
maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for terms not to 
exceed 30 years), and protection of buildings, facilities, and 
approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to five replacement passenger vehicles; 
purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for 
employees, $463,205,000, of which not to exceed $53,634,000 for 
the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, 
exhibition reinstallation, security improvements, the National 
Museum of the American Indian, and the repatriation of skeletal 
remains program shall remain available until expended, and 
including such funds as may be necessary to support American 
overseas research centers and a total of $125,000 for the 
Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That 
funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments to 
independent contractors performing research services or 
participating in official Smithsonian presentations: Provided 
further, That the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal 
appropriations designated in this Act for lease or rent 
payments for long term and swing space, as rent payable to the 
Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may be 
deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution to 
the extent that federally supported activities are housed in 
the 900 H Street, N.W. building in the District of Columbia: 
Provided further, That this use of Federal appropriations shall 
not be construed as debt service, a Federal guarantee of, a 
transfer of risk to, or an obligation of,the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That no appropriated funds may be used to 
service debt which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring the 
900 H Street building or of planning, designing, and constructing 
improvements to such building: Provided further, That from unobligated 
balances of prior year appropriations, an amount of $14,100,000 is 
rescinded.

            REPAIR, RESTORATION AND ALTERATION OF FACILITIES

    For necessary expenses of maintenance, repair, restoration, 
and alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the 
Smithsonian Institution, including necessary personnel, by 
contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of 
August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), $83,425,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $18,875,000 is provided for 
maintenance, repair, rehabilitation and alteration of 
facilities at the National Zoological Park, and of which not to 
exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, 
protection systems, and repair or restoration of facilities of 
the Smithsonian Institution may be negotiated with selected 
contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor 
qualifications as well as price: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single 
procurement contract for the repair and renovation of the 
Patent Office Building may be issued which includes the full 
scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation 
of the contract and the contract shall contain the clause 
``availability of funds'' found at 48 C.F.R. 52.232-18.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    For necessary expenses for construction of the National 
Museum of the American Indian, including necessary personnel, 
$16,000,000, to remain available until expended.

           ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

    None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to 
make any changes to the existing Smithsonian science programs 
including closure of facilities, relocation of staff or 
redirection of functions and programs without approval from the 
Board of Regents of recommendations received from the Science 
Commission.
    None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to 
initiate the design for any proposed expansion of current space 
or new facility without consultation with the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees.
    None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used for 
the Holt House located at the National Zoological Park in 
Washington, D.C., unless identified as repairs to minimize 
water damage, monitor structure movement, or provide interim 
structural support.
    None of the funds available to the Smithsonian may be 
reprogrammed without the advance written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the 
procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163.

                        National Gallery of Art

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of 
Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and 
administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the 
Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public 
resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-
sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of 
the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art 
associations or societies whose publications or services are 
available to members only, or to members at a price lower than 
to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of 
uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for 
other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); 
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, 
improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 
and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of 
art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without 
advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such 
rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the 
Gallery may deem proper, $77,219,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,026,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain 
available until expended.

            REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

    For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
otherwise, as authorized, $16,230,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for 
environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair 
or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may 
be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the 
basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

    For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and 
security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$16,310,000.

                              CONSTRUCTION

    For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration 
of the existing features of the building and site of the John 
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $17,600,000, to 
remain available until expended.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of 
the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) 
including hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,488,000.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$116,489,000, shall be available to the National Endowment for 
the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the 
arts through assistance to organizations and individuals 
pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g) of the Act, including 
$17,000,000 for support of arts education and public outreach 
activities through the Challenge America program, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
previously appropriated to the National Endowment for the Arts 
``Matching Grants'' account and ``Challenge America'' account 
may be transferred to and merged with this account.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$109,632,000, shall be available to the National Endowment for 
the Humanities for support of activities in the humanities, 
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, and for administering the 
functions of the Act, to remain available until expended.

                            MATCHING GRANTS

    To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as amended, $16,122,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $10,436,000 shall be availableto the National Endowment 
for the Humanities for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That 
this appropriation shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and 
devises of money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by 
grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of subsections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal 
years for which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

                       Administrative Provisions

    None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant 
or contract documents which do not include the text of 18 
U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to 
the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be 
used for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That funds from nonappropriated sources may 
be used as necessary for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the 
National Endowment for the Arts may approve grants up to 
$10,000, if in the aggregate this amount does not exceed 5 
percent of the sums appropriated for grant making purposes per 
year: Provided further, That such small grant actions are taken 
pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of 
authority from the National Council on the Arts to the 
Chairperson.

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a 
Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $1,224,000: Provided, 
That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the 
full costs of its publications, and such fees shall be credited 
to this account as an offsetting collection, to remain 
available until expended without further appropriation.

               NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

    For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 
(20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $7,000,000.

                        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

    None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act, 
except funds appropriated to the Office of Management and 
Budget, shall be available to study the alteration or transfer 
of the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Public Law 89-665, as amended), $3,667,000: 
Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for 
compensation of level V of the Executive Schedule or higher 
positions.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National 
Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71-71i), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,253,000: Provided, 
That all appointed members of the Commission will be 
compensated at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 
annual rate of pay for positions at level IV of the Executive 
Schedule for each day such member is engaged in the actual 
performance of duties.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

                       HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

    For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106-292 (36 U.S.C. 2301-2310), 
$38,663,000, of which $1,900,000 for the museum's repair and 
rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the museum's 
exhibitions program shall remain available until expended.

                             Presidio Trust

                          PRESIDIO TRUST FUND

    For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $21,327,000 
shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to remain available 
until expended.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive Order 
issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or 
distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote 
public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on 
which congressional action is not complete.
    Sec. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 304. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
department or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide 
a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any 
officer or employee of such department or agency except as 
otherwise provided by law.
    Sec. 305. No assessments may be levied against any program, 
budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act 
unless advance notice of such assessments and the basis 
therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropriations and 
are approved by such committees.
    Sec. 306. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified 
as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located 
on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands in 
a manner different than such sales were conducted in fiscal 
year 2002.
    Sec. 307. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
shall be obligated or expended to accept or process 
applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim 
located under the general mining laws.
    (b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not 
apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the 
claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the 
Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all 
requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims 
and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as 
the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by 
that date.
    (c) Report.--On September 30, 2003, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by the 
Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) 
of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208).
    (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent 
applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the 
request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party 
contractor to be selected by the Bureau of Land Management to 
conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill 
sites contained in a patent application as set forth in 
subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the 
sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party 
contractor in accordance with the standard procedures employed 
by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third-
party contractors.
    Sec. 308. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts appropriated to or earmarked in committeereports for 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service by Public 
Laws 103-138, 103-332, 104-134, 104-208, 105-83, 105-277, 106-113, 106-
291, and 107-63 for payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with self-determination or self-
governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as 
funded by such Acts, are the total amounts available for fiscal years 
1994 through 2002 for such purposes, except that, for the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal 
priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts, 
grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding agreements.
    Sec. 309. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
for the Arts--
            (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
        individual if such grant is awarded to such individual 
        for a literature fellowship, National Heritage 
        Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
            (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to 
        ensure that no funding provided through a grant, except 
        a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or 
        regional group, may be used to make a grant to any 
        other organization or individual to conduct activity 
        independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in 
        this subsection shall prohibit payments made in 
        exchange for goods and services.
            (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to 
        a group, unless the application is specific to the 
        contents of the season, including identified programs 
        and/or projects.
    Sec. 310. The National Endowment for the Arts and the 
National Endowment for the Humanities are authorized to 
solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of the United 
States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and other property 
or services and to use such in furtherance of the functions of 
the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment 
for the Humanities. Any proceeds from such gifts, bequests, or 
devises, after acceptance by the National Endowment for the 
Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be 
paid by the donor or the representative of the donor to the 
Chairman. The Chairman shall enter the proceeds in a special 
interest-bearing account to the credit of the appropriate 
endowment for the purposes specified in each case.
    Sec. 311. (a) In providing services or awarding financial 
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, 
the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall 
ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding 
financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or 
programs that serve underserved populations.
    (b) In this section:
            (1) The term ``underserved population'' means a 
        population of individuals, including urban minorities, 
        who have historically been outside the purview of arts 
        and humanities programs due to factors such as a high 
        incidence of income below the poverty line or to 
        geographic isolation.
            (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty 
        line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
        Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 
        673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
        U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size 
        involved.
    (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 
under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 
1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority 
is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance 
for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will 
encourage public knowledge, education, understanding, and 
appreciation of the arts.
    (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 
Act of 1965--
            (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant 
        category for projects, productions, workshops, or 
        programs that are of national impact or availability or 
        are able to tour several States;
            (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 
        15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any 
        single State, excluding grants made under the authority 
        of paragraph (1);
            (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress 
        annually and by State, on grants awarded by the 
        Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of 
        such Act; and
            (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
        grants to improve and support community-based music 
        performance and education.
    Sec. 312. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be expended or obligated to complete and issue the 5-
year program under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act.
    Sec. 313. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
support Government-wide administrative functions unless such 
functions are justified in the budget process and funding is 
approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds in this Act may be used for GSA Telecommunication 
Centers.
    Sec. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 2003 the Secretaries of Agriculture and the 
Interior are authorized to limit competition for watershed 
restoration project contracts as part of the ``Jobs in the 
Woods'' Program established in Region 10 of the Forest Service 
to individuals and entities in historically timber-dependent 
areas in the States of Washington, Oregon, northern California, 
Idaho, Montana, and Alaska that have been affected by reduced 
timber harvesting on Federal lands. The Secretaries shall 
consider the benefits to the local economy in evaluating bids 
and designing procurements which create economic opportunities 
for local contractors.
    Sec. 316. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 2002 in the 
roads and trails fund provided for in the 14th paragraph under 
the heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' of the Act of March 4, 1913 (37 
Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C. 501), shall be used by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, without regard to the State in which the amounts 
were derived, to repair or reconstruct roads, bridges, and 
trails on National Forest System lands or to carry out and 
administer projects to improve forest health conditions, which 
may include the repair or reconstruction of roads, bridges, and 
trails on National Forest System lands in the wildland-
community interface where there is an abnormally high risk of 
fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing risks to human 
safety and public health and property and enhancing ecological 
functions, long-term forest productivity, and biological 
integrity. The projects may be completed in a subsequent fiscal 
year. Funds shall not be expended under this section to replace 
funds which would otherwise appropriately be expended from the 
timber salvage sale fund. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to exempt any project from any environmental law.
    Sec. 317. Other than in emergency situations, none of the 
funds in this Act may be used to operate telephone answering 
machines during core business hours unless such answering 
machines include an option that enables callers to reach 
promptly an individual on-duty with the agency being contacted.
    Sec. 318. No timber sale in Region 10 shall be advertised 
if the indicated rate is deficit when appraised usinga residual 
value approach that assigns domestic Alaska values for western 
redcedar. Program accomplishments shall be based on volume sold. Should 
Region 10 sell, in fiscal year 2003, the annual average portion of the 
decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current Tongass Land 
Management Plan in sales which are not deficit when appraised using a 
residual value approach that assigns domestic Alaska values for western 
redcedar, all of the western redcedar timber from those sales which is 
surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made 
available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States at 
prevailing domestic prices. Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal year 2003, 
less than the annual average portion of the decadal allowable sale 
quantity called for in the Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which 
are not deficit when appraised using a residual value approach that 
assigns domestic Alaska values for western redcedar, the volume of 
western redcedar timber available to domestic processors at prevailing 
domestic prices in the contiguous 48 United States shall be that 
volume: (i) which is surplus to the needs of domestic processors in 
Alaska, and (ii) is that percent of the surplus western redcedar volume 
determined by calculating the ratio of the total timber volume which 
has been sold on the Tongass to the annual average portion of the 
decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current Tongass Land 
Management Plan. The percentage shall be calculated by Region 10 on a 
rolling basis as each sale is sold (for purposes of this amendment, a 
``rolling basis'' shall mean that the determination of how much western 
redcedar is eligible for sale to various markets shall be made at the 
time each sale is awarded). Western redcedar shall be deemed ``surplus 
to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska'' when the timber sale 
holder has presented to the Forest Service documentation of the 
inability to sell western redcedar logs from a given sale to domestic 
Alaska processors at a price equal to or greater than the log selling 
value stated in the contract. All additional western redcedar volume 
not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States domestic processors 
may be exported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 
holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices 
at the election of the timber sale holder.
    Sec. 319. A project undertaken by the Forest Service under 
the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program as authorized by 
section 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996, as amended, 
shall not result in--
            (1) displacement of the holder of an authorization 
        to provide commercial recreation services on Federal 
        lands. Prior to initiating any project, the Secretary 
        shall consult with potentially affected holders to 
        determine what impacts the project may have on the 
        holders. Any modifications to the authorization shall 
        be made within the terms and conditions of the 
        authorization and authorities of the impacted agency.
            (2) the return of a commercial recreation service 
        to the Secretary for operation when such services have 
        been provided in the past by a private sector provider, 
        except when--
                    (A) the private sector provider fails to 
                bid on such opportunities;
                    (B) the private sector provider terminates 
                its relationship with the agency; or
                    (C) the agency revokes the permit for non-
                compliance with the terms and conditions of the 
                authorization.
In such cases, the agency may use the Recreation Fee 
Demonstration Program to provide for operations until a 
subsequent operator can be found through the offering of a new 
prospectus.
    Sec. 320. Prior to October 1, 2003, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall not be considered to be in violation of 
subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely 
because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this 
section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 
U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, That if the 
Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within 
the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the 
National Forest System, this section shall be void with respect 
to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order 
completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.
    Sec. 321. Until September 30, 2005, the authority of the 
Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an agreement under the 
first section of Public Law 94-148 (16 U.S.C. 565a-1) for a 
purpose described in such section includes the authority to use 
that legal instrument when the principal purpose of the 
resulting relationship is to the mutually significant benefit 
of the Forest Service and the other party or parties to the 
agreement, including nonprofit entities. An agreement entered 
into under this section shall not be subject to Public Law 95-
224, Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act (1977).
    Sec. 322. No funds provided in this Act may be expended to 
conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either 
the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the 
boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the 
Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary 
existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are 
allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such 
monument.
    Sec. 323. Section 347 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in 
section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105-277; 16 U.S.C. 
2104 note), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``September 30, 
        2004'' and all that follows and inserting ``September 
        30, 2013, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
        Management, via agreement or contract as appropriate, 
        may enter into stewardship contracting projects with 
        private persons or other public or private entities to 
        perform services to achieve land management goals for 
        the national forests and the public lands that meet 
        local and rural community needs.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(4)--
                    (A) by striking ``noncommercial cutting or 
                removing of trees'' and inserting ``removing 
                vegetation''; and
                    (B) by striking ``non-commercial 
                objectives'' and inserting ``land management 
                objectives'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end a new 
        paragraph as follows:
            ``(5) Contracting officer.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture or 
        the Secretary of the Interior may determine the 
        appropriate contracting officer to enter into and 
        administer an agreement or contract under subsection 
        (a).'';
            (4) in subsections (c)(3), (d), (f), and (g), by 
        inserting ``and the Bureau of Land Management'' after 
        ``Forest Service'' each place it appears;
            (5) in the section heading, by striking 
        ``DEMONSTRATION PROJECT'' and inserting ``PROJECTS'';
            (6) in subsections (d)(2) and (f)(2)(B), by 
        striking ``demonstration'' each place it appears;
            (7) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``the 
        Secretary'' both places it appears and inserting ``the 
        Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management''and by 
inserting ``or the public lands'' after ``National Forest System''; and
            (8) in subsection (g), by striking ``each 
        individual stewardship pilot project'' and inserting 
        ``the stewardship contracting projects''.
    Sec. 324. Technical Correction Related to Cabin User 
Fees.--Section 608(b)(2) of the Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 6207(b)(2); Public Law 106-291) is amended by 
striking ``value influences'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``criteria'' and striking ``section 606(b)(3)'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``section 606(b)(2)''.
    Sec. 325. Extension of Forest Service Conveyances Pilot 
Program.--Section 329 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (16 U.S.C. 580d note; 
Public Law 107-63) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``10'' and 
        inserting ``20'';
            (2) in subsection (c) by inserting at the end of 
        the subsection ``Additionally, proceeds from the sale 
        of conveyances on no more than 3 sites shall be 
        available for construction of replacement 
        facilities.''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``2005'' and 
        inserting ``2006''.
    Sec. 326. Employees of the foundations established by Acts 
of Congress to solicit private sector funds on behalf of 
Federal land management agencies shall, in fiscal year 2004, 
qualify for General Service Administration contract airfares.
    Sec. 327. In entering into agreements with foreign 
countries pursuant to the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1856m) the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior are authorized to enter into 
reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished under 
said agreements to provide wildfire services are considered, 
for purposes of tort liability, employees of the country 
receiving said services when the individuals are fighting 
fires. The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the 
Interior shall not enter into any agreement under this 
provision unless the foreign country (either directly or 
through its fire organization) agrees to assume any and all 
liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters 
engaged in firefighting in a foreign country. When an agreement 
is reached for furnishing fire fighting services, the only 
remedies for acts or omissions committed while fighting fires 
shall be those provided under the laws of the host country and 
those remedies shall be the exclusive remedies for any claim 
arising out of fighting fires in a foreign country. Neither the 
sending country nor any organization associated with the 
firefighter shall be subject to any action whatsoever 
pertaining to or arising out of fighting fires.
    Sec. 328. A grazing permit or lease issued by the Secretary 
of the Interior or a grazing permit issued by the Secretary of 
Agriculture where National Forest System lands are involved 
that expires, is transferred, or waived during fiscal year 2003 
shall be renewed under section 402 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1752), 
section 19 of the Granger-Thye Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
580l), title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 
U.S.C. 1010 et seq.), or, if applicable, section 510 of the 
California Desert Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 410aaa-50). The 
terms and conditions contained in the expired, transferred, or 
waived permit or lease shall continue in effect under the 
renewed permit or lease until such time as the Secretary of the 
Interior or Secretary of Agriculture as appropriate completes 
processing of such permit or lease in compliance with all 
applicable laws and regulations, at which time such permit or 
lease may be canceled, suspended or modified, in whole or in 
part, to meet the requirements of such applicable laws and 
regulations. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter 
the statutory authority of the Secretary of the Interior or the 
Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That where National Forest 
System lands are involved and the Secretary of Agriculture has 
renewed an expired or waived grazing permit prior to or during 
fiscal year 2003 under the authority of section 504 of the 
Rescissions Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-19), the terms and 
conditions of the renewed grazing permit shall remain in effect 
until such time as the Secretary of Agriculture completes 
processing of the renewed permit in compliance with all 
applicable laws and regulations or until the expiration of the 
renewed permit, whichever comes first. Upon completion of the 
processing, the permit may be canceled, suspended or modified, 
in whole or in part, to meet the requirements of applicable 
laws and regulations. Nothing in this section shall be deemed 
to alter the Secretary of Agriculture's statutory authority.
    Sec. 329. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
regulation, to promote the more efficient use of the health 
care funding allocation for fiscal year 2003, the Eagle Butte 
Service Unit of the Indian Health Service, at the request of 
the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, may pay base salary rates to 
health professionals up to the highest grade and step available 
to a physician, pharmacist, or other health professional and 
may pay a recruitment or retention bonus of up to 25 percent 
above the base pay rate.
    Sec. 330. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 
appropriations Act.
    Sec. 331. Prohibition of Oil and Gas Drilling in the Finger 
Lakes National Forest, New York.--None of the funds in this Act 
may be used to prepare or issue a permit or lease for oil or 
gas drilling in the Finger Lakes National Forest, New York, 
during fiscal year 2003.
    Sec. 332. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for the planning, design, or construction of 
improvements to Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House 
without the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 333. In awarding a Federal Contract with funds made 
available by this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior (the ``Secretaries'') may, in 
evaluating bids and proposals, give consideration to local 
contractors who are from, and who provide employment and 
training for, dislocated and displaced workers in an 
economically disadvantaged rural community, including those 
historically timber-dependent areas that have been affected by 
reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands and other forest-
dependent rural communities isolated from significant 
alternative employment opportunities: Provided, That the 
contract is for forest hazardous fuels reduction, watershed or 
water quality monitoring or restoration, wildlife or fish 
population monitoring, or habitat restoration or management: 
Provided further, That the terms ``rural community'' and 
``economically disadvantaged'' shall have the same meanings as 
in section 2374 of Public Law 101-624: Provided further, That 
the Secretaries shall develop guidance to implement this 
section: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall 
be construed as relieving the Secretaries of any duty under 
applicable procurement laws, except as provided in this 
section.
    Sec. 334. Section 401(e)(4)(B) of Public Law 105-83 is 
amended after ``Not more than'' by striking ``5 percent'' and 
inserting ``15 percent''.
    Sec. 335. The Record of Decision for the 2003 Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement for the 1997 Tongass Land 
Management Plan shall not be reviewed under any Forest Service 
administrative appeal process, and its adequacy shall not be 
subject to judicial review by any court of the United States.
    Sec. 336. Section 7(c) of Public Law 106-143 is amended by 
striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2004''.
    Sec. 337. Clarification of Alaska Native Settlement Trusts. 
(a) Section 1629b of title 43, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) at subsection (d)(1) by striking ``An'' and 
        inserting in its place ``Except as otherwise set forth 
        in subsection (d)(3) of this section, an'';
            (2) by creating the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(3) A resolution described in subsection (a)(3) of 
this section shall be considered to be approved by the 
shareholders of a Native Corporation if it receives the 
affirmative vote of shares representing--
            ``(A) a majority of the shares present or 
        represented by proxy at the meeting relating to such 
        resolution, or
            ``(B) an amount of shares greater than a majority 
        of the shares present or represented by proxy at the 
        meeting relating to such resolution (but not greater 
        than two-thirds of the total voting power of the 
        corporation) if the corporation establishes such a 
        level by an amendment to its articles of 
        incorporation.'';
            (3) by creating the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Substantially All of the Assets.--For purposes of 
this section and section 1629e of this title, a Native 
Corporation shall be considered to be transferring all or 
substantially all of its assets to a Settlement Trust only if 
such assets represent two-thirds or more of the fair market 
value of the Native Corporation's total assets.''.
    (b) Section 1629e(a)(3) of title 43, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting in its place 
the following:
                    ``(B) shall give rise to dissenters rights 
                to the extent provided under the laws of the 
                State only if--
                            ``(i) the rights of beneficiaries 
                        in the Settlement Trust receiving a 
                        conveyance are inalienable; and
                            ``(ii) a shareholder vote on such 
                        transfer is required by (a)(4) of 
                        section 1629b of this title.''.
    Sec. 338. Congress reaffirms its original intent that the 
Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act of 
1998 be implemented, and hereby extends the expiration of the 
Quincy Library Group Act by 5 years.
    Sec. 339. Amendment to Titles I and II of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act.--(a) Title I of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231-6247b) is amended--
            (1) by amending section 166 (42 U.S.C. 6246) to 
        read as follows:
    ``Sec. 166. There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to implement this part, to remain 
available until expended.'';
            (2) in section 186 (42 U.S.C. 6250e), by striking 
        ``for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003''; and
            (3) in section 191 (42 U.S.C. 6251), by striking 
        ``September 30, 2003'' each time it appears and 
        inserting ``September 30, 2008''.
    (b) Title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6211-6251) is amended--
            (1) by amending section 256(h) (42 U.S.C. 6276) to 
        read as follows:
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 
implement this part, to remain available until expended.''; and
    (2) in section 281 (42 U.S.C. 6285), by striking 
``September 30, 2003'' each time it appears and inserting 
``September 30, 2008''.
    Sec. 340. No funds appropriated in this Act for the 
acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be expended for 
the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in 
condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this provision 
shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the 
Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, 
or to funds appropriated for federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes.
    Sec. 341. Designation of Panthertown Valley Tract of 
Nantahala National Forest, Jackson County, North Carolina, in 
Honor of James and Elspeth McClure Clarke.--The portion of the 
Nantahala National Forest in Jackson County, North Carolina, 
known as the Panthertown Valley tract and consisting of 
approximately 6,294 acres is hereby designated as the ``James 
and Elspeth McClure Clarke Forest'' in honor of James and 
Elspeth McClure Clarke.

            TITLE IV--T'UF SHUR BIEN PRESERVATION TRUST AREA

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``T'uf Shur Bien 
Preservation Trust Area Act''.

SEC. 402. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) in 1748, the Pueblo of Sandia received a grant 
        from a representative of the King of Spain, which grant 
        was recognized and confirmed by Congress in 1858 (11 
        Stat. 374); and
            (2) in 1994, the Pueblo filed a civil action 
        against the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
        of Agriculture in the United States District Court for 
        the District of Columbia (Civil No. 1:94CV02624), 
        asserting that Federal surveys of the grant boundaries 
        erroneously excluded certain land within the Cibola 
        National Forest, including a portion of the Sandia 
        Mountain Wilderness.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this title are--
            (1) to establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation 
        Trust Area in the Cibola National Forest;
            (2) to confirm the status of national forest land 
        and wilderness land in the Area while resolving issues 
        associated with the civil action referred to in 
        subsection (a)(2) and the opinions of the Solicitor of 
        the Department of the Interior dated December 9, 1988 
        (M-36963; 96 I.D. 331) and January 19, 2001 (M-37002); 
        and
            (3) to provide the Pueblo, the parties to the civil 
        action, and the public with a fair and just settlement 
        of the Pueblo's claim.

SEC. 403. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Area.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``Area'' means 
                the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area, 
                comprised of approximately 9890 acres of land 
                in the Cibola National Forest, as depicted on 
                the map.
                    (B) Exclusions.--The term ``Area'' does not 
                include--
                            (i) the subdivisions;
                            (ii) Pueblo-owned land;
                            (iii) the crest facilities; or
                            (iv) the special use permit area.
            (2) Crest facilities.--The term ``crest 
        facilities'' means--
                    (A) all facilities and developments located 
                on the crest of Sandia Mountain, including the 
                Sandia Crest Electronic Site;
                    (B) electronic site access roads;
                    (C) the Crest House;
                    (D) the upper terminal, restaurant, and 
                related facilities of Sandia Peak Tram Company;
                    (E) the Crest Observation Area;
                    (F) parking lots;
                    (G) restrooms;
                    (H) the Crest Trail (Trail No. 130);
                    (I) hang glider launch sites;
                    (J) the Kiwanis cabin; and
                    (K) the land on which the facilities 
                described in subparagraphs (A) through (J) are 
                located and the land extending 100 feet along 
                terrain to the west of each such facility, 
                unless a different distance is agreed to in 
                writing by the Secretary and the Pueblo and 
                documented in the survey of the Area.
            (3) Existing use.--The term ``existing use'' means 
        a use that--
                    (A) is occurring in the Area as of the date 
                of enactment of this Act; or
                    (B) is authorized in the Area after 
                November 1, 1995, but before the date of 
                enactment of this Act.
            (4) La luz tract.--The term ``La Luz tract'' means 
        the tract comprised of approximately 31 acres of land 
        owned in fee by the Pueblo and depicted on the map.
            (5) Local public body.--The term ``local public 
        body'' means a political subdivision of the State of 
        New Mexico (as defined in New Mexico Code 6-5-1).
            (6) Map.--The term ``map'' means the Forest Service 
        map entitled ``T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area'' 
        and dated April 2000.
            (7) Modified use.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``modified use'' 
                means an existing use that, at any time after 
                the date of enactment of this Act, is modified 
                or reconfigured but not significantly expanded.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``modified use'' 
                includes--
                            (i) a trail or trailhead being 
                        modified, such as to accommodate 
                        handicapped access;
                            (ii) a parking area being 
                        reconfigured (but not expanded); and
                            (iii) a special use authorization 
                        for a group recreation use being 
                        authorized for a different use area or 
                        time period.
            (8) New use.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``new use'' 
                means--
                            (i) a use that is not occurring in 
                        the Area as of the date of enactment of 
                        this Act; and
                            (ii) an existing use that is being 
                        modified so as to be significantly 
                        expanded or altered in scope, 
                        dimension, or impact on the land, 
                        water, air, or wildlife resources of 
                        the Area.
                    (B) Exclusions.--The term ``new use'' does 
                not include a use that--
                            (i) is categorically excluded from 
                        documentation requirements under the 
                        National Environmental Policy Act of 
                        1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or
                            (ii) is carried out to comply with 
                        the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
                        U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
            (9) Piedra lisa tract.--The term ``Piedra Lisa 
        tract'' means the tract comprised of approximately 160 
        acres of land owned by the Pueblo and depicted on the 
        map.
            (10) Pueblo.--The term ``Pueblo'' means the Pueblo 
        of Sandia in its governmental capacity.
            (11) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of 
        the Forest Service.
            (12) Settlement agreement.--The term ``Settlement 
        Agreement'' means the Agreement of Compromise and 
        Settlement dated April 4, 2000, among the United 
        States, the Pueblo, and the Sandia Peak Tram Company.
            (13) Special use permit.--The term ``special use 
        permit'' means the Special Use Permit issued December 
        1, 1993, by the Secretary to Sandia Peak Tram Company 
        and Sandia Peak Ski Company.
            (14) Special use permit area.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``special use 
                permit area'' means the land and facilities 
                subject to the special use permit.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``special use 
                permit area'' includes--
                            (i) approximately 46 acres of land 
                        used as an aerial tramway corridor;
                            (ii) approximately 945 acres of 
                        land used as a ski area; and
                            (iii) the land and facilities 
                        described in Exhibit A to the special 
                        use permit, including--
                                    (I) the maintenance road to 
                                the lower tram tower;
                                    (II) water storage and 
                                water distribution facilities; 
                                and
                                    (III) 7 helispots.
            (15) Subdivision.--The term ``subdivision'' means--
                    (A) the subdivision of--
                            (i) Sandia Heights Addition;
                            (ii) Sandia Heights North Unit I, 
                        II, or 3;
                            (iii) Tierra Monte;
                            (iv) Valley View Acres; or
                            (v) Evergreen Hills; and
                    (B) any additional plat or privately-owned 
                property depicted on the map.
            (16) Traditional or cultural use.--The term 
        ``traditional or cultural use'' means--
                    (A) a ceremonial activity (including the 
                placing of ceremonial materials in the Area); 
                and
                    (B) the use, hunting, trapping, or 
                gathering of plants, animals, wood, water, and 
                other natural resources for a noncommercial 
                purpose.

SEC. 404. T'UF SHUR BIEN PRESERVATION TRUST AREA.

    (a) Establishment.--The T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust 
Area is established within the Cibola National Forest and the 
Sandia Mountain Wilderness as depicted on the map--
            (1) to recognize and protect in perpetuity the 
        rights and interests of the Pueblo in and to the Area, 
        as specified in section 405(a);
            (2) to preserve in perpetuity the national forest 
        and wilderness character of the Area; and
            (3) to recognize and protect in perpetuity the 
        longstanding use and enjoyment of the Area by the 
        public.
    (b) Administration and Applicable Law.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall continue to 
        administer the Area as part of the National Forest 
        System subject to and consistent with the provisions of 
        this title affecting management of the Area.
            (2) Traditional or cultural uses.--Traditional or 
        cultural uses by Pueblo members and members of other 
        federally-recognized Indian tribes authorized to use 
        the Area by the Pueblo under section 405(a)(4) shall 
        not be restricted except by--
                    (A) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
                seq.) (including regulations promulgated under 
                that Act) as in effect on the date of enactment 
                of this Act; and
                    (B) applicable Federal wildlife protection 
                laws, as provided in section 406(a)(2).
            (3) Later enactments.--To the extent that any law 
        enacted or amended after the date of enactment of this 
        Act is inconsistent with this title, the law shall not 
        apply to the Area unless expressly made applicable by 
        Congress.
            (4) Trust.--The use of the word ``Trust'' in the 
        name of the Area--
                    (A) is in recognition of the specific 
                rights and interests of the Pueblo in the Area; 
                and
                    (B) does not confer on the Pueblo the 
                ownership interest that exists in a case in 
                which the Secretary of the Interior accepts the 
                title to land held in trust for the benefit of 
                an Indian tribe.
    (c) Map.--
            (1) Filing.--As soon as practicable after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file the 
        map and a legal description of the Area with the 
        Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives 
        and with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
        of the Senate.
            (2) Public availability.--The map and legal 
        description shall be on file and available for public 
        inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest 
        Service, Washington, District of Columbia.
            (3) Effect.--The map and legal description filed 
        under paragraph (1) shall have the same effect as if 
        the map and legal description were included in this 
        title, except that--
                    (A) technical and typographical errors 
                shall be corrected;
                    (B) changes that may be necessary under 
                subsection (b), (d), or (e) of section 409 or 
                subsection (b) or (c) of section 413 shall be 
                made; and
                    (C) to the extent that the map and the 
                language of this title conflict, the language 
                of this title shall control.
    (d) No Conveyance of Title.--No right, title, or interest 
of the United States in or to the Area or any part of the Area 
shall be conveyed to or exchanged with any person, trust, or 
governmental entity, including the Pueblo, without specific 
authorization of Congress.
    (e) Prohibited Uses.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law--
                    (A) no use prohibited by the Wilderness Act 
                (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) as of the date of 
                enactment of this Act shall be permitted in the 
                wilderness portion of the Area; and
                    (B) none of the following uses shall be 
                permitted in any portion of the Area:
                            (i) Gaming or gambling.
                            (ii) Mineral production.
                            (iii) Timber production.
                            (iv) Any new use to which the 
                        Pueblo objects under section 405(a)(3).
            (2) Mining claims.--The Area is closed to the 
        location of mining claims under section 2320 of the 
        Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 23) (commonly known as the 
        ``Mining Law of 1872'').
    (f) No Modification of Boundaries.--Establishment of the 
Area shall not--
            (1) affect the boundaries of or repeal or 
        disestablish the Sandia Mountain Wilderness or the 
        Cibola National Forest; or
            (2) modify the existing boundary of the Pueblo 
        grant.

SEC. 405. PUEBLO RIGHTS AND INTERESTS IN THE AREA.

    (a) In General.--The Pueblo shall have the following rights 
and interests in the Area:
            (1) Free and unrestricted access to the Area for 
        traditional or cultural uses, to the extent that those 
        uses are not inconsistent with--
                    (A) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
                seq.) (including regulations promulgated under 
                that Act) as in effect on the date of enactment 
                of this Act; or
                    (B) applicable Federal wildlife protection 
                laws as provided in section 406(a)(2).
            (2) Perpetual preservation of the national forest 
        and wilderness character of the Area under this title.
            (3) Rights in the management of the Area as 
        specified in section 407, including--
                    (A) the right to consent or withhold 
                consent to a new use;
                    (B) the right to consultation regarding a 
                modified use;
                    (C) the right to consultation regarding the 
                management and preservation of the Area; and
                    (D) the right to dispute resolution 
                procedures.
            (4) Exclusive authority, in accordance with the 
        customs and laws of the Pueblo, to administer access to 
        the Area for traditional or cultural uses by members of 
        the Pueblo and of other federally-recognized Indian 
        tribes.
            (5) Such other rights and interests as are 
        recognized in sections 404, 405(c), 407, 408, and 409.
    (b) Access.-- Except as provided in subsection (a)(4), 
access to and use of the Area for all other purposes shall 
continue to be administered by the Secretary.
    (c) Compensable Interest.--
            (1) In general.--If, by an Act of Congress enacted 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, Congress 
        diminishes the national forest or wilderness 
        designation of the Area by authorizing a use prohibited 
        by section 404(e) in all or any portion of the Area, or 
        denies the Pueblo access for any traditional or 
        cultural use in all or any portion of the Area--
                    (A) the United States shall compensate the 
                Pueblo as if the Pueblo held a fee title 
                interest in the affected portion of the Area 
                and as though the United States had acquired 
                such an interest by legislative exercise of the 
                power of eminent domain; and
                    (B) the restrictions of sections 404(e) and 
                406(a) shall be disregarded in determining just 
                compensation owed to the Pueblo.
            (2) Effect.--Any compensation made to the Pueblo 
        under paragraph (c) shall not affect the extinguishment 
        of claims under section 410.

SEC. 406. LIMITATIONS ON PUEBLO RIGHTS AND INTERESTS IN THE AREA.

    (a) Limitations.--The rights and interests of the Pueblo 
recognized in this title do not include--
            (1) any right to sell, grant, lease, convey, 
        encumber, or exchange land or any interest in land in 
        the Area (and any such conveyance shall not have 
        validity in law or equity);
            (2) any exemption from applicable Federal wildlife 
        protection laws;
            (3) any right to engage in a use prohibited by 
        section 404(e); or
            (4) any right to exclude persons or governmental 
        entities from the Area.
    (b) Exception.--No person who exercises traditional or 
cultural use rights as authorized by section 405(a)(4) may be 
prosecuted for a Federal wildlife offense requiring proof of a 
violation of a State law (including regulations).

SEC. 407. MANAGEMENT OF THE AREA.

    (a) Process.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall consult with 
        the Pueblo not less than twice each year, unless 
        otherwise mutually agreed, concerning protection, 
        preservation, and management of the Area (including 
        proposed new uses and modified uses in the Area and 
        authorizations that are anticipated during the next 6 
        months and were approved in the preceding 6 months).
            (2) New uses.--
                    (A) Request for consent after 
                consultation.--
                            (i) Denial of consent.--If the 
                        Pueblo denies consent for a new use 
                        within 30 days after completion of the 
                        consultation process, the Secretary 
                        shall not proceed with the new use.
                            (ii) Granting of consent.--If the 
                        Pueblo consents to the new use in 
                        writing or fails to respond within 30 
                        days after completion of the 
                        consultation process, the Secretary may 
                        proceed with the notice and comment 
                        process and the environmental analysis.
                    (B) Final request for consent.--
                            (i) Request.--Before the Secretary 
                        (or a designee) signs a record of 
                        decision or decision notice for a 
                        proposed new use, the Secretary shall 
                        again request the consent of the 
                        Pueblo.
                            (ii) Denial of consent.--If the 
                        Pueblo denies consent for a new use 
                        within 30 days after receipt by the 
                        Pueblo of the proposed record of 
                        decision or decision notice, the new 
                        use shall not be authorized.
                            (iii) Failure to respond.--If the 
                        Pueblo fails to respond to the consent 
                        request within 30 days after receipt of 
                        the proposed record of decision or 
                        decision notice--
                                    (I) the Pueblo shall be 
                                deemed to have consented to the 
                                proposed record of decision or 
                                decision notice; and
                                    (II) the Secretary may 
                                proceed to issue the final 
                                record of decision or decision 
                                notice.
            (3) Public involvement.--
                    (A) In general.--With respect to a proposed 
                new use or modified use, the public shall be 
                provided notice of--
                            (i) the purpose and need for the 
                        proposed new use or modified use;
                            (ii) the role of the Pueblo in the 
                        decisionmaking process; and
                            (iii) the position of the Pueblo on 
                        the proposal.
                    (B) Court challenge.--Any person may bring 
                a civil action in the United States District 
                Court for the District of New Mexico to 
                challenge a determination by the Secretary 
                concerning whether a use constitutes a new use 
                or a modified use.
    (b) Emergencies and Emergency Closure Orders.--
            (1) Authority.--The Secretary shall retain the 
        authority of the Secretary to manage emergency 
        situations, to--
                    (A) provide for public safety; and
                    (B) issue emergency closure orders in the 
                Area subject to applicable law.
            (2) Notice.--The Secretary shall notify the Pueblo 
        regarding emergencies, public safety issues, and 
        emergency closure orders as soon as practicable.
            (3) No consent.--An action of the Secretary 
        described in paragraph (1) shall not require the 
        consent of the Pueblo.
    (c) Disputes Involving Forest Service Management and Pueblo 
Traditional Uses.--
            (1) In general.--In a case in which the management 
        of the Area by the Secretary conflicts with a 
        traditional or cultural use, if the conflict does not 
        pertain to a new use subject to the process specified 
        in subsection (a)(2), the process for dispute 
        resolution specified in this subsection shall apply.
            (2) Dispute resolution process.--
                    (A) In general.--In the case of a conflict 
                described in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) the party identifying the 
                        conflict shall notify the other party 
                        in writing addressed to the Governor of 
                        the Pueblo or the Regional Forester, as 
                        appropriate, specifying the nature of 
                        the dispute; and
                            (ii) the Governor of the Pueblo or 
                        the Regional Forester shall attempt to 
                        resolve the dispute for a period of at 
                        least 30 days after notice has been 
                        provided before bringing a civil action 
                        in the United States District Court for 
                        the District of New Mexico.
                    (B) Disputes requiring immediate 
                resolution.--In the case of a conflict that 
                requires immediate resolution to avoid 
                imminent, substantial, and irreparable harm--
                            (i) the party identifying the 
                        conflict shall notify the other party 
                        and seek to resolve the dispute within 
                        3 days of the date of notification; and
                            (ii) if the parties are unable to 
                        resolve the dispute within 3 days--
                                    (I) either party may bring 
                                a civil action for immediate 
                                relief in the United States 
                                District Court for the District 
                                of New Mexico; and
                                    (II) the procedural 
                                requirements specified in 
                                subparagraph (A) shall not 
                                apply.

SEC. 408. JURISDICTION OVER THE AREA.

    (a) Criminal Jurisdiction.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, jurisdiction over crimes committed in 
        the Area shall be allocated as provided in this 
        paragraph.
            (2) Jurisdiction of the pueblo.--The Pueblo shall 
        have jurisdiction over an offense committed by a member 
        of the Pueblo or of another federally-recognized Indian 
        tribe who is present in the Area with the permission of 
        the Pueblo under section 405(a)(4).
            (3) Jurisdiction of the united states.--The United 
        States shall have jurisdiction over--
                    (A) an offense described in section 1153 of 
                title 18, United States Code, committed by a 
                member of the Pueblo or another federally-
                recognized Indian tribe;
                    (B) an offense committed by any person in 
                violation of the laws (including regulations) 
                pertaining to the protection and management of 
                national forests;
                    (C) enforcement of Federal criminal laws of 
                general applicability; and
                    (D) any other offense committed by a member 
                of the Pueblo against a person not a member of 
                the Pueblo.
            (4) Jurisdiction of the state of new mexico.--The 
        State of New Mexico shall have jurisdiction over an 
        offense under the law of the State committed by a 
        person not a member of the Pueblo.
            (5) Overlapping jurisdiction.--To the extent that 
        the respective allocations of jurisdiction over the 
        Area under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) overlap, the 
        governments shall have concurrent jurisdiction.
            (6) Federal use of state law.--Under the 
        jurisdiction of the United States described in 
        paragraph (3)(D), Federal law shall incorporate any 
        offense defined and punishable under State law that is 
        not so defined under Federal law.
    (b) Civil Jurisdiction.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs 
        (2) and (3), the United States, the State of New 
        Mexico, and local public bodies shall have the same 
        civil adjudicatory, regulatory, and taxing jurisdiction 
        over the Area as was exercised by those entities on the 
        day before the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Jurisdiction of the pueblo.--
                    (A) In general.--The Pueblo shall have 
                exclusive civil adjudicatory jurisdiction 
                over--
                            (i) a dispute involving only 
                        members of the Pueblo;
                            (ii) a civil action brought by the 
                        Pueblo against a member of the Pueblo; 
                        and
                            (iii) a civil action brought by the 
                        Pueblo against a member of another 
                        federally-recognized Indian tribe for a 
                        violation of an understanding between 
                        the Pueblo and the other tribe 
                        regarding use of or access to the Area 
                        for traditional or cultural uses.
                    (B) Regulatory jurisdiction.--The Pueblo 
                shall have no regulatory jurisdiction over the 
                Area, except that the Pueblo shall have 
                exclusive authority to--
                            (i) regulate traditional or 
                        cultural uses by the members of the 
                        Pueblo and administer access to the 
                        Area by other federally-recognized 
                        Indian tribes for traditionalor 
cultural uses, to the extent such regulation is consistent with this 
title; and
                            (ii) regulate hunting and trapping 
                        in the Area by members of the Pueblo, 
                        to the extent that the hunting or 
                        trapping is related to traditional or 
                        cultural uses, except that such hunting 
                        and trapping outside of that portion of 
                        the Area in sections 13, 14, 23, 24, 
                        and the northeast quarter of section 25 
                        of T12N, R4E, and section 19 of T12N, 
                        R5E, N.M.P.M., Sandoval County, New 
                        Mexico, shall be regulated by the 
                        Pueblo in a manner consistent with the 
                        regulations of the State of New Mexico 
                        concerning types of weapons and 
                        proximity of hunting and trapping to 
                        trails and residences.
                    (C) Taxing jurisdiction.--The Pueblo shall 
                have no authority to impose taxes within the 
                Area.
            (3) State and local taxing jurisdiction.--The State 
        of New Mexico and local public bodies shall have no 
        authority within the Area to tax the uses or the 
        property of the Pueblo, members of the Pueblo, or 
        members of other federally-recognized Indian tribes 
        authorized to use the Area under section 405(a)(4).

SEC. 409. SUBDIVISIONS AND OTHER PROPERTY INTERESTS.

    (a) Subdivisions.--
            (1) In general.--The subdivisions are excluded from 
        the Area.
            (2) Jurisdiction.--
                    (A) In general.--The Pueblo shall have no 
                civil or criminal jurisdiction for any purpose, 
                including adjudicatory, taxing, zoning, 
                regulatory or any other form of jurisdiction, 
                over the subdivisions and property interests 
                therein, and the laws of the Pueblo shall not 
                apply to the subdivisions.
                    (B) State jurisdiction.--The jurisdiction 
                of the State of New Mexico and local public 
                bodies over the subdivisions and property 
                interests therein shall continue in effect, 
                except that on application of the Pueblo a 
                tract comprised of approximately 35 contiguous, 
                nonsubdivided acres in the northern section of 
                Evergreen Hills owned in fee by the Pueblo at 
                the time of enactment of this Act, shall be 
                transferred to the United States and held in 
                trust for the Pueblo by the United States and 
                administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
            (3) Limitations on trust land.--Trust land 
        described in paragraph (2)(B) shall be subject to all 
        limitations on use pertaining to the Area contained in 
        this title.
    (b) Piedra Lisa.--
            (1) In general.--The Piedra Lisa tract is excluded 
        from the Area.
            (2) Declaration of trust title.--The Piedra Lisa 
        tract--
                    (A) shall be transferred to the United 
                States;
                    (B) is declared to be held in trust for the 
                Pueblo by the United States; and
                    (C) shall be administered by the Secretary 
                of the Interior subject to all limitations on 
                use pertaining to the Area contained in this 
                title.
            (3) Applicability of certain restriction.--The 
        restriction contained in section 406(a)(4) shall not 
        apply outside of Forest Service System trails.
    (c) Crest Facilities.--
            (1) In general.--The land on which the crest 
        facilities are located is excluded from the Area.
            (2) Jurisdiction.--The Pueblo shall have no civil 
        or criminal jurisdiction for any purpose, including 
        adjudicatory, taxing, zoning, regulatory or any other 
        form of jurisdiction, over the land on which the crest 
        facilities are located and property interests therein, 
        and the laws of the Pueblo, shall not apply to that 
        land. The preexisting jurisdictional status of that 
        land shall continue in effect.
    (d) Special Use Permit Area.--
            (1) In general.--The land described in the special 
        use permit is excluded from the Area.
            (2) Jurisdiction.--
                    (A) In general.--The Pueblo shall have no 
                civil or criminal jurisdiction for any purpose, 
                including adjudicatory, taxing, zoning, 
                regulatory, or any other form of jurisdiction, 
                over the land described in the special use 
                permit, and the laws of the Pueblo shall not 
                apply to that land.
                    (B) Preexisting status.--The preexisting 
                jurisdictional status of that land shall 
                continue in effect.
            (3) Amendment to plan.--In the event the special 
        use permit, during its existing term or any future 
        terms or extensions, requires amendment to include 
        other land in the Area necessary to realign the 
        existing or any future replacement tram line, 
        associated structures, or facilities, the land subject 
        to that amendment shall thereafter be excluded from the 
        Area and shall have the same status under this title as 
        the land currently described in the special use permit.
            (4) Land dedicated to aerial tramway and related 
        uses.--Any land dedicated to aerial tramway and related 
        uses and associated facilities that are excluded from 
        the special use permit through expiration, termination 
        or the amendment process shall thereafter be included 
        in the Area, but only after final agency action no 
        longer subject to any appeals.
    (e) La Luz Tract.--
            (1) In general.--The La Luz tract now owned in fee 
        by the Pueblo is excluded from the Area and, on 
        application by the Pueblo, shall be transferred to the 
        United States and held in trust for the Pueblo by the 
        United States and administered by the Secretary of the 
        Interior subject to all limitations on use pertaining 
        to the Area contained in this title.
            (2) Nonapplicability of certain restriction.--The 
        restriction contained in section 406(a)(4) shall not 
        apply outside of Forest Service System trails.
    (f) Evergreen Hills Access.--The Secretary shall ensure 
that Forest Service Road 333D, as depicted on the map, is 
maintained in an adequate condition in accordance with section 
1323(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3210(a)).
    (g) Pueblo Fee Land.--Those properties not specifically 
addressed in subsections (a) or (e) that are owned in fee by 
the Pueblo within the subdivisions are excluded from the Area 
and shall be subject to the jurisdictional provisions of 
subsection (a).
    (h) Rights-of-Way.--
            (1) Road rights-of-way.--
                    (A) In general.--In accordance with the 
                Pueblo having given its consent in the 
                Settlement Agreement, the Secretary of the 
                Interior shall grant to the County of 
                Bernalillo, New Mexico, in perpetuity, the 
                following irrevocable rights-of-way for roads 
                identified on the map in order to provide for 
                public access to the subdivisions, the special 
                use permit land and facilities, the other 
                leasehold and easement rights and interests of 
                the Sandia Peak Tram Company and its 
                affiliates, the Sandia Heights South 
                Subdivision, and the Area--
                            (i) a right-of-way for Tramway 
                        Road;
                            (ii) a right-of-way for Juniper 
                        Hill Road North;
                            (iii) a right-of-way for Juniper 
                        Hill Road South;
                            (iv) a right-of-way for Sandia 
                        Heights Road; and
                            (v) a right-of-way for Juan Tabo 
                        Canyon Road (Forest Road No. 333).
                    (B) Conditions.--The road rights-of-way 
                shall be subject to the following conditions:
                            (i) Such rights-of-way may not be 
                        expanded or otherwise modified without 
                        the Pueblo's written consent, but road 
                        maintenance to the rights-of-way shall 
                        not be subject to Pueblo consent.
                            (ii) The rights-of-way shall not 
                        authorize uses for any purpose other 
                        than roads without the Pueblo's written 
                        consent.
                            (iii) Except as provided in the 
                        Settlement Agreement, existing rights-
                        of-way or leasehold interests and 
                        obligations held by the Sandia Peak 
                        Tram Company and its affiliates, shall 
                        be preserved, protected, and unaffected 
                        by this title.
            (2) Utility rights-of-way.--In accordance with the 
        Pueblo having given its consent in the Settlement 
        Agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall grant 
        irrevocable utility rights-of-way in perpetuity across 
        Pueblo land to appropriate utility or other service 
        providers serving Sandia Heights Addition, Sandia 
        Heights North Units I, II, and 3, the special use 
        permit land, Tierra Monte, and Valley View Acres, 
        including rights-of-way for natural gas, power, water, 
        telecommunications, and cable television services. Such 
        rights-of-way shall be within existing utility 
        corridors as depicted on the map or, for certain water 
        lines, as described in the existing grant of easement 
        to the Sandia Peak Utility Company: Provided, That use 
        of water line easements outside the utility corridors 
        depicted on the map shall not be used for utility 
        purposes other than water lines and associated 
        facilities. Except where above-ground facilities 
        already exist, all new utility facilities shall be 
        installed underground unless the Pueblo agrees 
        otherwise. To the extent that enlargement of existing 
        utility corridors is required for any technologically-
        advanced telecommunication, television, or utility 
        services, the Pueblo shall not unreasonably withhold 
        agreement to a reasonable enlargement of the easements 
        described above.
            (3) Forest service rights-of-way.--In accordance 
        with the Pueblo having given its consent in the 
        Settlement Agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 
        shall grant to the Forest Service the following 
        irrevocable rights-of-way in perpetuity for Forest 
        Service trails crossing land of the Pueblo in order to 
        provide for public access to the Area and through 
        Pueblo land--
                    (A) a right-of-way for a portion of the 
                Crest Spur Trail (Trail No. 84), crossing a 
                portion of the La Luz tract, as identified on 
                the map;
                    (B) a right-of-way for the extension of the 
                Foothills Trail (Trail No. 365A), as identified 
                on the map; and
                    (C) a right-of-way for that portion of the 
                Piedra Lisa North-South Trail (Trail No. 135) 
                crossing the Piedra Lisa tract.

SEC. 410. EXTINGUISHMENT OF CLAIMS.

    (a) In General.--Except for the rights and interests in and 
to the Area specifically recognized in sections 404, 405, 407, 
408, and 409, all Pueblo claims to right, title and interest of 
any kind, including aboriginal claims, in and to land within 
the Area, any part thereof, and property interests therein, as 
well as related boundary, survey, trespass, and monetary damage 
claims, are permanently extinguished. The United States' title 
to the Area is confirmed.
    (b) Subdivisions.--Any Pueblo claims to right, title and 
interest of any kind, including aboriginal claims, in and to 
the subdivisions and property interests therein (except for 
land owned in fee by the Pueblo as of the date of enactment of 
this Act), as well as related boundary, survey, trespass, and 
monetary damage claims, are permanently extinguished.
    (c) Special Use and Crest Facilities Areas.--Any Pueblo 
right, title and interest of any kind, including aboriginal 
claims, and related boundary, survey, trespass, and monetary 
damage claims, are permanently extinguished in and to--
            (1) the land described in the special use permit; 
        and
            (2) the land on which the crest facilities are 
        located.
    (d) Pueblo Agreement.--As provided in the Settlement 
Agreement, the Pueblo has agreed to the relinquishment and 
extinguishment of those claims, rights, titles and interests 
extinguished pursuant to subsection (a), (b) and (c).
    (e) Consideration.--The recognition of the Pueblo's rights 
and interests in this title constitutes adequate consideration 
for the Pueblo's agreement to the extinguishment of the 
Pueblo's claims in this section and the right-of-way grants 
contained in section 409, and it is the intent of Congress that 
those rights and interests may only be diminished by a future 
Act of Congress specifically authorizing diminishment of such 
rights, with express reference to this title.

SEC. 411. CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Strict Construction.--This title recognizes only 
enumerated rights and interests, and no additional rights, 
interests, obligations, or duties shall be created by 
implication.
    (b) Existing Rights.--To the extent there exist within the 
Area as of the date of enactment of this Act any valid private 
property rights associated with private land that are not 
otherwise addressed in this title, such rights are not modified 
or otherwise affected by this title, nor is the exercise of any 
such right subject to the Pueblo's right to withhold consent to 
new uses in the Area as set forth in section 405(a)(3)(A).
    (c) Not Precedent.--The provisions of this title creating 
certain rights and interests in the National Forest System are 
uniquely suited to resolve the Pueblo's claim and the 
geographic and societal situation involved, and shall not be 
construed as precedent for any other situation involving 
management of the National Forest System.
    (d) Fish and Wildlife.--Except as provided in section 
408(b)(2)(B), nothing in this title shall be construed as 
affecting the responsibilities of the State of New Mexico with 
respect to fish and wildlife, including the regulation of 
hunting, fishing, or trapping within the Area.
    (e) Federal Land Policy and Management Act.--Section 316 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1746) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Any 
corrections authorized by this section which affect the 
boundaries of, or jurisdiction over, land administered by 
another Federal agency shall be made only after consultation 
with, and the approval of, the head of such other agency.''

SEC. 412. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    (a) Enforcement.--A civil action to enforce the provisions 
of this title may be brought to the extent permitted under 
chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code. Judicial review shall 
be based on the administrative record and subject to the 
applicable standard of review set forth in section 706 of title 
5, United States Code.
    (b) Waiver.--A civil action may be brought against the 
Pueblo for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief under this 
title, but no money damages, including costs or attorney's 
fees, may be imposed on the Pueblo as a result of such judicial 
action.
    (c) Venue.--Venue for any civil action provided for in this 
section, as well as any civil action to contest the 
constitutionality of this title, shall lie only in the United 
States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

SEC. 413. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTRIBUTIONS AND LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) Contributions.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may accept 
        contributions from the Pueblo, or from other persons or 
        governmental entities--
                    (A) to perform and complete a survey of the 
                Area; or
                    (B) to carry out any other project or 
                activity for the benefit of the Area in 
                accordance with this title.
            (2) Deadline.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete 
        the survey of the Area under paragraph (1)(A).
    (b) Land Exchange.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, after consultation with 
        the Pueblo, the Secretary shall, in accordance with 
        applicable laws, prepare and offer a land exchange of 
        National Forest land outside the Area and contiguous to 
        the northern boundary of the Pueblo's Reservation 
        within sections 10, 11, and 14 of T12N, R4E, N.M.P.M., 
        Sandoval County, New Mexico, excluding wilderness land, 
        for land owned by the Pueblo in the Evergreen Hills 
        subdivision in Sandoval County contiguous to National 
        Forest land, and the La Luz tract in Bernalillo County.
            (2) Acceptance of payment.--Notwithstanding section 
        206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
        (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), the Secretary may either make or 
        accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25 
        percent of the total value of the land or interests 
        transferred out of Federal ownership.
            (3) Funds received.--Any funds received by the 
        Secretary as a result of the exchange shall be 
        deposited in the fund established under the Act of 
        December 4, 1967, known as the Sisk Act (16 U.S.C. 
        484a), and shall be available to purchase non-Federal 
        land within or adjacent to the National Forests in the 
        State of New Mexico.
            (4) Treatment of land exchanged or conveyed.--All 
        land exchanged or conveyed to the Pueblo is declared to 
        be held in trust for the Pueblo by the United States 
        and added to the Pueblo's Reservation subject to all 
        existing and outstanding rights and shall remain in its 
        natural state and shall not be subject to commercial 
        development of any kind. Land exchanged or conveyed to 
        the Forest Service shall be subject to all limitations 
        on use pertaining to the Area under this title.
            (5) Failure to make offer.--If the land exchange 
        offer is not made by the date that is 180 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
        submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
        of the United States Senate and the Committee on 
        Resources of the United States House of 
        Representatives, a report explaining the reasons for 
        the failure to make the offer including an assessment 
        of the need for any additional legislation that may be 
        necessary for the exchange. If additional legislation 
        is not necessary, the Secretary, consistent with this 
        section, should proceed with the exchange pursuant to 
        existing law.
    (c) Land Acquisition and Other Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may acquire land 
        owned by the Pueblo within the Evergreen Hills 
        Subdivision in Sandoval County or any other privately 
        held land inside of the exterior boundaries of the 
        Area. The boundaries of the Cibola National Forest and 
        the Area shall be adjusted to encompass any land 
        acquired pursuant to this section.
            (2) Piedra lisa tract.--Subject to the availability 
        of appropriations, the Secretary shall compensate the 
        Pueblo for the fair market value of--
                    (A) the right-of-way established pursuant 
                to section 409(h)(3)(C); and
                    (B) the conservation easement established 
                by the limitations on use of the Piedra Lisa 
                tract pursuant to section 409(b)(2).
    (d) Reimbursement of Certain Costs.--
            (1) In general.--The Pueblo, the County of 
        Bernalillo, New Mexico, and any person that owns or has 
        owned property inside of the exterior boundaries of the 
        Area as designated on the map, and who has incurred 
        actual and direct costs as a result of participating in 
        the case of Pueblo of Sandia v. Babbitt, Civ. No. 94-
        2624 HHG (D.D.C.), or other proceedings directly 
        related to resolving the issues litigated in that case, 
        may apply for reimbursement in accordance with this 
        section. Costs directly related to such participation 
        which shall qualify for reimbursement shall be--
                    (A) dues or payments to a homeowner 
                association for the purpose of legal 
                representation; and
                    (B) legal fees and related expenses.
            (2) Treatment of reimbursement.--Any reimbursement 
        provided in this subsection shall be in lieu of that 
        which might otherwise be available pursuant to the 
        Equal Access to Justice Act (24 U.S.C. 2412).
            (3) Payments.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriated funds the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        make reimbursement payments as provided in this 
        section.
            (4) Applications.--Not later than 180 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, applications for 
        reimbursement shall be filed with the Department of the 
        Treasury, Financial Management Service, Washington, 
        D.C.
            (5) Maximum reimbursement.--No party shall be 
        reimbursed in excess of $750,000 under this section, 
        and the total amount reimbursed in accordance with this 
        section shall not exceed $3,000,000.

SEC. 414. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
necessary to carry out this title, including such sums as are 
necessary for the Forest Service to carry out responsibilities 
of the Forest Service in accordance with section 413(c).

SEC. 415. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of this title shall take effect immediately 
on enactment of this Act.

  TITLE V--NATIONAL FOREST ORGANIZATIONAL CAMP FEE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 
                                  2003

SECTION 501. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``National Forest 
Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003''.

SEC. 502. FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Organizational camps, such as those 
        administered by the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and faith-
        based and community-based organizations, provide a 
        valuable service to young people, individuals with a 
        disability, and their families by promoting physical, 
        mental, and spiritual health through activities 
        conducted in a natural environment.
            (2) The 192,000,0000 acres of national forests and 
        grasslands of the National Forest System managed for 
        multiple uses by the Forest Service provide an ideal 
        setting for such organizational camps.
            (3) The Federal Government should charge land use 
        fees for the occupancy and use of National Forest 
        System lands by such organizational camps that, while 
        based on the fair market value of the land in use, also 
        recognize the benefits provided to society by such 
        organizational camps, do not preclude the ability of 
        such organizational camps from utilizing these lands, 
        and permit capital investment in, and maintenance of, 
        camp facilities by such organizational camps or their 
        sponsoring organizations.
            (4) Organizational camps should--
                    (A) ensure that their facilities meet 
                applicable building and safety codes, including 
                fire and health codes;
                    (B) have annual inspections as required by 
                local law, including at a minimum inspections 
                for fire and food safety; and
                    (C) have in place safety plans that address 
                fire and medical emergencies and encounters 
                with wildlife.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to establish a 
land use fee system that provides for an equitable return to 
the Federal Government for the occupancy and use of National 
Forest System lands by organizational camps that serve young 
people or individuals with a disability.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``organizational camp'' means a public 
        or semipublic camp that--
                    (A) is developed on National Forest System 
                lands by a nonprofit organization or 
                governmental entity;
                    (B) provides a valuable service to the 
                public by using such lands as a setting to 
                introduce young people or individuals with a 
                disability to activities that they may not 
                otherwise experience and to educate them on 
                natural resource issues; and
                    (C) does not have as its primary purpose 
                raising revenue through commercial activities.
            (2) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest 
        Service.
            (3) The term ``individual with a disability'' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 7(20) of the 
        Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705(20)).
            (4) The term ``children at risk'' means children 
        who are raised in poverty or in single-parent homes or 
        are subject to such circumstances as parental drug 
        abuse, homelessness, or child abuse.
            (5) The term ``change in control'' means--
                    (A) for a corporation, the sale or transfer 
                of a controlling interest in the corporation;
                    (B) for a partnership or limited liability 
                company, the sale or transfer of a controlling 
                interest in the partnership or limited 
                liability company; and
                    (C) for an individual, the sale or transfer 
                of an organizational camp subject to this Act 
                to another party.

SEC. 503. FEES FOR OCCUPANCY AND USE OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS 
                    AND FACILITIES BY ORGANIZATIONAL CAMPS.

    (a) Land Use Fee.--
            (1) Percentage of land value.--The Secretary shall 
        charge an annual land use fee for each organizational 
        camp for its occupancy and use of National Forest 
        System lands equal to five percent of the product of 
        the following:
                    (A) The total number of acres of National 
                Forest System lands authorized for the 
                organizational camp.
                    (B) The estimated per-acre market value of 
                land and buildings in the county where the camp 
                is located, as reported in the most recent 
                Census of Agriculture conducted by the National 
                Agricultural Statistics Service.
            (2) Annual adjustment.--The land use fee determined 
        under paragraph (1) for an organizational camp shall be 
        adjusted annually by the annual compounded rate of 
        change between the two most recent Censuses of 
        Agriculture.
            (3) Reduction in fees.--
                    (A) Type of participants.--The Secretary 
                shall reduce the land use fee determined under 
                paragraph (1) proportionate to the number of 
                individuals with a disability and children at 
                risk who annually attend the organizational 
                camp.
                    (B) Type of programs.--After making the 
                reduction required by subparagraph (A), the 
                Secretary shall reduce the remaining land use 
                fee amount by up to 60 percent, proportionate 
                to the number of persons who annually attend 
                the organizational camp who participate in 
                youth programs through organized and supervised 
                social, citizenship, character-building, or 
                faith-based activities oriented to outdoor-
                recreation experiences.
                    (C) Relation to minimum fee.--The 
                reductions made under this paragraph may not 
                reduce the land use fee for an organizational 
                camp below the minimum land use fee required to 
                be charged under paragraph (4).
                    (D) Special considerations.--For purposes 
                of determining the amount of the land use fee 
                reduction required under subparagraph (A) or 
                (B), the Secretary may not take into 
                consideration the existence of sponsorships or 
                scholarships to assist persons in attending the 
                organizational camp.
            (4) Minimum land use fee.--The Secretary shall 
        charge a minimum land use fee under paragraph (1) that 
        represents, on average, the Secretary's cost annually 
        to administer an organizational camp special use 
        authorization in the National Forest Region in which 
        the organizational camp is located. Notwithstanding 
        paragraph (3) or subsection (d), the minimum land use 
        fee shall not be subject to a reduction or waiver.
    (b) Facility Use Fee.--
            (1) Percentage of facilities value.--If an 
        organizational camp uses a Government-owned facility on 
        National Forest System lands pursuant to section 7 of 
        the Act of April 24, 1950 (commonly known as the 
        Granger-Thye Act; 16 U.S.C. 580d), the Secretary shall 
        charge, in addition to the land use fee imposed under 
        subsection (a), a facility use fee equal to five 
        percent of the value of the authorized facilities, as 
        determined by the Secretary.
            (2) Reduction in fees prohibited.--Notwithstanding 
        subsection (d), the facility use fees determined under 
        paragraph (1) shall not be subject to a reduction or 
        waiver.
    (c) Fee Related to Receipt of Other Revenues.--If an 
organizational camp derives revenue from the use of National 
Forest System lands or authorized facilities described in 
subsection (b) for purposes other than to introduce young 
people or individuals with a disability to activities that they 
may not otherwise experience and to educate them on natural 
resource issues, the Secretary shall charge, in addition to the 
land use fee imposed under subsection (a) and the facility use 
fee imposed under subsection (b), an additional fee equal to 
five percent of that revenue.
    (d) Work-In-Lieu Program.--Subject to subsections (a)(4) 
and (b)(2), section 3 of the Federal Timber Contract Payment 
Modification Act (16 U.S.C. 539f) shall apply to the use fees 
imposed under this section.

SEC. 504. IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) Prompt Implementation.--The Secretary shall issue 
direction regarding implementation of this Act by interim 
directive within 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. The Secretary shall implement this Act beginning with 
the first billing cycle for organizational camp special use 
authorizations occurring more than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Phase-In of Use Fee Increases.--In issuing any 
direction regarding implementation of this Act under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall consider whether to phase-in any 
significant increases in annual land or facility use fees for 
organizational camps.

SEC. 505. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.

    Except as specifically provided by this Act, nothing in 
this Act supersedes or otherwise affects any provision of law, 
regulation, or policy regarding the issuance or administration 
of authorizations for organizational camps regarding the 
occupancy and use of National Forest System lands.

SEC. 506. DEPOSIT AND EXPENDITURE OF USE FEES.

    (a) Deposit and Availability.--Unless subject to section 7 
of the Act of April 24, 1950 (commonly known as the Granger-
Thye Act; 16 U.S.C. 580d), use fees collected by the Secretary 
under this Act shall be deposited in a special account in the 
Treasury and shall remain available to the Secretary for 
expenditure, without further appropriation until expended, for 
the purposes described in subsection (c).
    (b) Transfer.--Upon request of the Secretary, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary from the 
special account such amounts as the Secretary may request. The 
Secretary shall accept and use such amounts in accordance with 
subsection (c).
    (c) Use.--Use fees deposited pursuant to subsection (a) and 
transferred to the Secretary under subsection (b) shall be 
expended for monitoring of Forest Service special use 
authorizations, administration of the Forest Service's special 
program, interpretive programs, environmental analysis, 
environmental restoration, and similar purposes.

SEC. 507. MINISTERIAL ISSUANCE, OR AMENDMENT AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) NEPA Exception.--The ministerial issuance or amendment 
of an organizational camp special use authorization shall not 
be subject to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
    (b) Rule of Construction.--For purposes of subsection (a), 
the ministerial issuance or amendment of an authorization 
occurs only when the issuance or amendment of the authorization 
would not change the physical environment or the activities, 
facilities, or program of the operations governed by the 
authorization, and at least one of the following apply:
            (1) The authorization is issued upon a change in 
        control of the holder of an existing authorization.
            (2) The holder, upon expiration of an 
        authorization, is issued a new authorization.
            (3) The authorization is amended--
                    (A) to effectuate administrative changes, 
                such as modification of the land use fee or 
                conversion to a new special use authorization 
                form; or
                    (B) to include nondiscretionary 
                environmental standards or to conform with 
                current law.
    This division may be cited as the ``Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

   DIVISION G--LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                 RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
   Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for 
other purposes, namely:

                      TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

    For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings 
and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for 
training centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998 and the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional 
Occupations Act; and the National Skill Standards Act of 1994; 
$2,755,070,000 plus reimbursements, of which $1,651,055,000 is 
available for obligation for the period July 1, 2003 through 
June 30, 2004; of which $1,045,465,000 is available for 
obligation for the period April 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004, 
including $1,000,965,000 to carry out chapter 4 of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and $44,500,000 to carry out 
section 169 of such Act; of which $30,000,000 is available on 
October 1, 2002 until expended to carry out section 
173(a)(4)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and of 
which $27,550,000 is available for the period July 1, 2003 
through June 30, 2006 for necessary expenses of construction, 
rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
provided herein under section 137(c) of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998, $306,608,000 shall be for activities 
described in section 132(a)(2)(A) of such Act and 
$1,157,162,000 shall be for activities described in section 
132(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That $9,098,000 
shall be for carrying out section 172 of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or related regulation, $77,836,000 
shall be for carrying out section 167 of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998, including $72,686,000 for formula 
grants, $4,640,000 for migrant and seasonal housing, and 
$510,000 for other discretionary purposes: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the transfer limitation under section 
133(b)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, up to 30 
percent of such funds may be transferred by a local board if 
approved by the Governor: Provided further, That funds provided 
to carry out section 171(d) of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 may be used for demonstration projects that provide 
assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 
workers: Provided further, That funding provided to carry out 
projects under section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 that are identified in the Conference Agreement, shall not 
be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) of such 
Act, the requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D) of such Act, or 
the joint funding requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 
171(c)(4)(A) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds from 
any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services 
at or for Job Corps centers.
    For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings 
and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for 
training centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment Act 
of 1998; $2,463,000,000 plus reimbursements, of which 
$2,363,000,000 is available for obligation for the period 
October 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004, and of which 
$100,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 2003 
through June 30, 2006, for necessary expenses of construction, 
rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers.
    Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 107-
116 for the Employment and Training Administration, funding 
shall be restored to the prior grantee, no later than March 28, 
2003, for a period of performance of twenty-four months at an 
annualized level equivalent to fiscal year 2000 funding levels, 
for the following grants: Building a High Skills Workforce 
Development System, Building a High Skills Cities/Counties 
Consortium, and Increasing Academic and Employability Skills: 
Applying New Standards in Job Corps Centers.

            COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS

    To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as 
amended, $445,200,000.

              FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

    For payments during the current fiscal year of trade 
adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I; and 
for training, allowances for job search and relocation, and 
related State administrative expenses under part II, 
subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 
1974, as amended, $972,200,000, together with such amounts as 
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation 
for payments for any period subsequent to September 15 of the 
current year.

     STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS

    For authorized administrative expenses, $143,452,000, 
together with not to exceed $3,475,451,000 (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 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 
section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, 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, 2003, except that funds used for 
automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by 
the States through September 30, 2005; ofwhich $143,452,000, 
together with not to exceed $773,283,000 of the amount which may be 
expended from said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for 
the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004, 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: Provided, That to the extent that 
the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2003 is 
projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 4,526,000, 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 system, or which are used 
to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
insurance programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants or agreements 
with non-State entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this Act for activities authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, 
as amended, and title III of the Social Security Act, may be used by 
the States to fund integrated Employment Service and Unemployment 
Insurance automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation 
principles prescribed under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-
87.

        ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS

    For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 
authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security 
Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as 
authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1954, as amended; and for nonrepayable advances to the 
Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 
5, United States Code, and to the ``Federal unemployment 
benefits and allowances'' account, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004, $463,000,000.
    In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black 
Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after 
September 15, 2003, for costs incurred by the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.

                         PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

    For expenses of administering employment and training 
programs, $121,424,000, including $4,711,000 to administer 
welfare-to-work grants, together with not to exceed 
$54,228,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

              Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare Benefits 
Administration, $117,044,000.

                  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

               PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to 
make such expenditures, including financial assistance 
authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96-364, within limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available to such Corporation, 
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in 
carrying out the program through September 30, 2003, for such 
Corporation: Provided, That not to exceed $13,050,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: 
Provided further, That expenses of such Corporation in 
connection with the termination of pension plans, for the 
acquisition, protection or management, and investment of trust 
assets, and for benefits administration services shall be 
considered as non-administrative expenses for the purposes 
hereof, and excluded from the above limitation.

                  Employment Standards Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards 
Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and 
local agencies and their employees for inspection services 
rendered, $381,578,000, together with $2,029,000 which may be 
expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 
39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Act: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be for the 
development of an alternative system for the electronic 
submission of reports required to be filed under the Labor-
Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, 
and for a computer database of the information for each 
submission by whatever means, that is indexed and easily 
searchable by the public via the Internet: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept, retain, 
and spend, until expended, in the name of the Department of 
Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid to the Secretary of 
Labor, in accordance with the terms of the Consent Judgment in 
Civil Action No. 91-0027 of the United States District Court 
for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands (May 21, 
1992): Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is 
authorized to establish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing 
applications and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 
14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 
U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for processing applications and 
issuing registrations under title I of the Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).

                            SPECIAL BENEFITS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
(except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or 
any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5, chapter 81 of the 
United States Code; continuation of benefits as provided for 
under the heading ``Civilian War Benefits'' in the Federal 
Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' 
Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) 
and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); 
and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits 
required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Act, as amended, $163,000,000, together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 
year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other 
benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current 
year: Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used under 
section 8104 of title 5, United States Code, by the Secretary 
of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at 
the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed, 
disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of 
reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2002, shall remain 
available until expended for the payment of compensation, 
benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That in addition 
there shall be transferred to this appropriation from the 
Postal Service and from any other corporation or 
instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title 5, 
United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share of the 
cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary determines 
to be the cost of administration for employees of such fair 
share entities through September 30, 2003: Provided further, 
That of those funds transferred to this account from the fair 
share entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal 
Employees' Compensation Act, $37,657,000 shall be made 
available to the Secretary as follows: (1) for the operation of 
and enhancement to the automated data processing systems, 
including document imaging and conversion to a paperless 
office, $24,928,000; (2) for medical bill review and periodic 
roll management, $12,027,000; (3) for communications redesign, 
$702,000;and (4) the remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may require that any person filing a notice of injury or a 
claim for benefits under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or 
33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such notice and claim, such 
identifying information (including Social Security account number) as 
such regulations may prescribe.

    ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
                           COMPENSATION FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Act, $104,867,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor 
is authorized to transfer to any Executive agency with 
authority under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Act, including within the Department of Labor, 
such sums as may be necessary in fiscal year 2003 to carry out 
those authorities: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
require that any person filing a claim for benefits under the 
Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying information 
(including Social Security account number) as may be 
prescribed.

                    BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Beginning in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, such sums as 
may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, to 
remain available until expended, for payment of all benefits 
authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and interest on 
advances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that Act. In 
addition, the following amounts shall be available from the 
Fund for fiscal year 2003 for expenses of operation and 
administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as 
authorized by section 9501(d)(5): $31,987,000 for transfer to 
the Employment Standards Administration, ``Salaries and 
Expenses''; $22,952,000 for transfer to Departmental 
Management, ``Salaries and Expenses''; $334,000 for transfer to 
Departmental Management, ``Office of Inspector General''; and 
$356,000 for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the 
expenses of the Department of the Treasury.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration, $453,256,000, including not to exceed 
$91,139,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for 
grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act (the ``Act''), which grants shall be no less 
than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational safety and 
health programs required to be incurred under plans approved by 
the Secretary under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year 
of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized 
by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums for 
occupational safety and health training and education grants: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary 
of Labor is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2003, to collect and retain fees for services provided to 
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize 
such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, 
to administer national and international laboratory recognition 
programs that ensure the safety of equipment and products used 
by workers in the workplace: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which is 
applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 
which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 
or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds 
appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, 
regulation, or order under the Act with respect to any employer 
of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category 
having an occupational injury lost workday case rate, at the 
most precise Standard Industrial Classification Code for which 
such data are published, less than the national average rate as 
such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting 
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with 
section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except--
            (1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, 
        consultation, technical assistance, educational and 
        training services, and to conduct surveys and studies;
            (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
        response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation 
        for violations found during such inspection, and to 
        assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected 
        within a reasonable abatement period and for any 
        willful violations found;
            (3) to take any action authorized by such Act with 
        respect to imminent dangers;
            (4) to take any action authorized by such Act with 
        respect to health hazards;
            (5) to take any action authorized by such Act with 
        respect to a report of an employment accident which is 
        fatal to one or more employees or which results in 
        hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take 
        any action pursuant to such investigation authorized by 
        such Act; and
            (6) to take any action authorized by such Act with 
        respect to complaints of discrimination against 
        employees for exercising rights under such Act:

Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to 
any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not 
maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer 
employees: Provided further, That not less than $3,200,000 
shall be used to extend funding for the Institutional 
Competency Building training grants which commenced in 
September 2000, for program activities for the period of 
September 30, 2003 to September 30, 2004, provided that a 
grantee has demonstrated satisfactory performance.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $274,741,000, including purchase and bestowal 
of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and 
first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
including $3,000,000 for an award to the National Technology 
Transfer Center for a coal slurry impoundment pilot project in 
Southern West Virginia;including up to $2,000,000 for mine 
rescue and recovery activities; and including $10,000,000 for 
digitizing mine maps and developing technologies to detect mine voids, 
through contracts, grants, or other arrangements, to remain available 
until expended; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by 
the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, 
and the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be 
collected, to be available for mine safety and health education and 
training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, 
the Mine Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 
from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, 
materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums 
for such activities; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, 
buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private 
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, 
Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administration 
is authorized to promote health and safety education and training in 
the mining community through cooperative programs with States, 
industry, and safety associations; and any funds available to the 
department may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 
for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a 
major disaster.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and 
local agencies and their employees for services rendered, 
$415,855,000, together with not to exceed $72,029,000, which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund; and $2,570,000 which 
shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2003 
through September 30, 2003, for Occupational Employment 
Statistics, and $5,000,000 to be used to fund the mass layoff 
statistics program under section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act 
(29 U.S.C. 49l-2).

                 Office of Disability Employment Policy

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 
Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and 
initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of 
eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people 
with disabilities, $47,487,000.

                        Departmental Management

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three sedans, and including the 
management or operation, through contracts, grants or other 
arrangements of Departmental activities conducted by or through 
the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, including bilateral 
and multilateral technical assistance and other international 
labor activities, of which the funds designated to carry out 
bilateral assistance under the international child labor 
initiative shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2004, and $55,000,000, for the acquisition of Departmental 
information technology, architecture, infrastructure, 
equipment, software and related needs which will be allocated 
by the Department's Chief Information Officer in accordance 
with the Department's capital investment management process to 
assure a sound investment strategy; $390,069,000; together with 
not to exceed $310,000, which may be expended from the 
Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund: Provided, That no funds made available by this Act 
may be used by the Solicitor of Labor to participate in a 
review in any United States court of appeals of any decision 
made by the Benefits Review Board under section 21 of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921) 
where such participation is precluded by the decision of the 
United States Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs v. NewportNews Shipbuilding, 115 S. Ct. 
1278 (1995), notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained 
in Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure: Provided 
further, That no funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
Secretary of Labor to review a decision under the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been 
appealed and that has been pending before the Benefits Review Board for 
more than 12 months: Provided further, That any such decision pending a 
review by the Benefits Review Board for more than 1 year shall be 
considered affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on the 1-year 
anniversary of the filing of the appeal, and shall be considered the 
final order of the Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the 
United States courts of appeals: Provided further, That these 
provisions shall not be applicable to the review or appeal of any 
decision issued under the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et 
seq.).

                    VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

    Not to exceed $188,537,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100-4110A, 
4212, 4214, and 4321-4327, and Public Law 103-353, and which 
shall be available for obligation by the States through 
December 31, 2003. To carry out the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Act and section 168 of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998, $25,675,000, of which $7,425,000 shall 
be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2003 through 
June 30, 2004.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $56,659,000, together with not to 
exceed $5,597,000, which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

                          (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may 
be transferred between appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 
such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of 
both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in 
advance of any transfer.
    Sec. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No. 13126, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the 
procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or 
harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced 
or indentured child labor in industries and host countries 
already identified by the U.S. Department of Labor prior to 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 104. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to the Denali Commission through the 
Department of Labor to conduct job training of the local 
workforce where Denali Commission projects will be constructed.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

           TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                     HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

    For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII, 
XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a) 
of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V 
(including section 510), and sections 1128E and 1820 of the 
Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 
1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, 
as amended, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, and the 
Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, 
$6,472,630,000, of which $298,153,000 shall be available for 
construction and renovation (including equipment) of health 
care and other facilities, and of which $40,000,000 from 
general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social 
Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare 
rural hospital flexibility grants program under section 1820 of 
such Act: Provided, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $250,000 shall be available until expended for 
facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease 
Center: Provided further, That in addition to fees authorized 
by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 
1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure of 
information under the Act sufficient to recover the full costs 
of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall 
remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided 
further, That fees collected for the full disclosure of 
information under the ``Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data 
Collection Program'', authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the 
Social Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full 
costs of operating the program, and shall remain available 
until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That no 
more than $40,000,000 is available for carrying out the 
provisions of Public Law 104-73: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $275,138,000 shall be 
for the program under title X of the Public Health Service Act 
to provide for voluntary family planning projects: Provided 
further, That amounts provided to said projects under such 
title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy 
counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall 
not be expended for any activity (including the publication or 
distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote 
public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or 
candidate for public office: Provided further, That 
$719,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs 
authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health Service 
Act:Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$46,000 is available for Catholic Social Services, The Bridge, Wilkes 
Barre, PA for abstinence education and related services, $500,000 is 
available for CentraCare Health Foundation for administration, St. 
Cloud, Minnesota, to increase the ability of educational institutions 
to produce nurses in a region with high demand, $41,000 is available 
for Chester County Health Department, Chester County Government 
Services Center, West Chester, PA, for abstinence education and related 
services, $105,000 is available for the City of Chester, Bureau of 
Health, SABER Project, Chester, PA, for abstinence education and 
related services, $86,000 is available for George Washington Carver 
Community Center, Project A.C.E., Norristown, PA, for abstinence 
education and related services, $51,000 is available for Heart Beat, 
New Bloomfield, PA, for abstinence education and related services, 
$79,000 is available for Keystone Central School District, Central 
Mountain Middle School East, Lock Haven, PA, for abstinence education 
and related services, $88,000 is available for Keystone Economic 
Development Corporation, Johnstown, PA, for abstinence education and 
related services, $92,000 is available for L.V.C.P.T.P., St. Luke's 
Health Network, CHOICE program, Bethlehem, PA, for abstinence education 
and related services, $74,000 is available for Lackawanna Trail School 
District, Factoryville, PA, for abstinence education and related 
services, $112,000 is available for LaSalle University, Philadelphia, 
PA, for abstinence education and related services, $111,000 is 
available for Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, for 
abstinence education and related services, $136,000 is available for 
Neighborhood United Against Drugs, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence 
education and related services, $23,000 is available for New Brighton 
School District, New Brighton, PA, for abstinence education and related 
services, $1,250,000 is available for Northeastern Ohio Universities 
College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio, for the Center for Leadership in 
Public Health and Community Medicine, $72,000 is available for Nueva 
Esperanza, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence education and related 
services, $72,000 is available for Partners in Family and Community 
Development, Athens, PA, for abstinence education and related services, 
$50,000 is available for Potter County Human Services, Roulette, PA, 
for abstinence education and related services, $71,000 is available for 
Rape and Victim Assistance Center of Schuykill County, Pottsville, PA, 
for abstinence education and related services, $82,000 is available for 
Real Commitment, Gettysburg, PA, for abstinence education and related 
services, $101,000 is available for the School District of Lancaster, 
Project IMPACT, Lancaster, PA, for abstinence education and related 
services, $102,000 is available for the School District of 
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence education and related 
services, $700,000 is available for the Silver Ring Thing Program, 
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, for expansion of a program promoting 
abstinence, $74,000 is available for the Guidance Center, project 
RAPPORT, Smethport, PA, for abstinence education and related services, 
$109,000 is available for To Our Children's Future with Health, Inc., 
Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence education and related services, 
$136,000 is available for Tressler Lutheran Services, Harrisburg, PA, 
for abstinence education and related services, $84,000 is available for 
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit, Mcveytown, PA, for abstinence education 
and related services, $500,000 is available for the University of 
Akron, Ohio, for a nursing study, $1,000,000 is available for the 
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, for Consortium to Promote 
Nursing Faculty, $300,000 is available for the University of Louisville 
Research Foundation, Kentucky, to establish a Center for Cancer Nursing 
Education and Research, $126,000 is available for the Urban Family 
Council, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence education and related 
services, $41,000 is available for Venago County Area Vo-Tech, Oil 
City, PA, for abstinence education and related services, $136,000 is 
available for Washington Hospital Teen Outreach, Academy for Adolescent 
Health, Washington, PA, for abstinence education and related services, 
$300,000 is available for William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, 
Michigan, for the Beaumont Nurse Anesthesia Education Rural Initiative, 
$136,000 is available for the Women's Care Center for Erie County, 
Inc., Abstinence Advantage Program, Erie, PA, for abstinence education 
and related services, $50,000 is available for York County, Human Life 
Services, Inc., York, PA, for abstinence education and related 
services, $95,000 is available for Community Ministries of the Lutheran 
Home at Topton, Reading, PA, for abstinence education and related 
services, $50,000 is available for Clarke College in Dubuque, IA, for 
the planning of a community health center, $700,000 is available for 
Clinical Pharmacy Training Program at University of Hawaii at Hilo, 
$100,000 is available for Family Voices of Iowa in the ASK Resource 
Center, Des Moines, IA, to continue and expand the Family Health 
Information Center, $1,000,000 is available for Iowa Dept of Public 
Health to continue the Center for Healthcare Workforce Shortages, 
$350,000 is available for National Healthy Start Association, 
Baltimore, Maryland, to gather and disseminate information on best 
practices under the Healthy Start program and provide technical 
assistance to Healthy Start grantees, $125,000 is available for the 
Tulsa Coalition for Children's Health in Tulsa, Oklahoma for a study 
regarding delivery of pediatric health care in northeastern Oklahoma, 
and $50,000 is available for Waianae Coast Community Health Center 
leadership training:Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
502(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed $115,900,000 is 
available for carrying out special projects of regional and national 
significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act, of which 
$500,000 is available for the City of Milwaukee Health Department for a 
pilot program providing health services to at-risk children in day care 
and $10,000 is available for the Dane County Neighborhood Child Health 
Clinic in Madison, Wisconsin to provide child dental services: Provided 
further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $25,000,000 shall 
be available from amounts available under section 241 of the Public 
Health Service Act to carry out Parts A, B, C, and D of Title XXVI of 
the Public Health Service Act to fund section 2691 Special Projects of 
National Significance: Provided further, That $55,000,000 is available 
for special projects of regional and national significance under 
section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act, which shall not be 
counted toward compliance with the allocation required in section 
502(a)(1) of such Act, and which shall be used only for making 
competitive grants to provide abstinence education (as defined in 
section 510(b)(2) of such Act) to adolescents and for evaluations 
(including longitudinal evaluations) of activities under the grants and 
for Federal costs of administering the grants: Provided further, That 
grants under the immediately preceding proviso shall be made only to 
public and private entities which agree that, with respect to an 
adolescent to whom the entities provide abstinence education under such 
grant, the entities will not provide to that adolescent any other 
education regarding sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an 
entity expressly required by law to provide health information or 
services the adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking health 
information or services from the entity in a different setting than the 
setting in which the abstinence education was provided: Provided 
further, That the funds expended for such evaluations may not exceed 
3.5 percent of such amount.

           HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of 
the program, as authorized by title VII of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended. For administrative expenses to carry 
out the guaranteed loan program, including section 709 of the 
Public Health Service Act, $3,914,000.

             VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

    For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 
Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for claims associated 
with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to vaccines 
administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 
of title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That for necessary 
administrative expenses, not to exceed $2,991,000 shall be 
available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

    To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, XXI, 
and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102, 
103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety and 
Health Act of 1977, sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970, title IV of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
Assistance Act of 1980; including insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries; and hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft, $4,296,566,000, of which $268,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for equipment, and 
construction and renovation of facilities, and of which 
$183,763,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain available 
until September 30, 2004, and in addition, such sums as may be 
derived from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to 
this account: Provided, That in addition to amounts provided 
herein, $14,000,000 shall be available from amounts available 
under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out 
the National Immunization Surveys: Provided further, That in 
addition to amounts provided herein, $125,899,000 shall be 
available from amounts available under section 241 of the 
Public Health Service Act to carry out the National Center for 
Health Statistics surveys: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available for injury prevention and control at the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used, in 
whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control: Provided 
further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$28,600,000 shall be available from amounts available under 
section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out 
information systems standards development and architecture and 
applications-based research used at local public health levels: 
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$41,900,000 shall be available from amounts available under 
section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out 
Research Tools and Approaches activities within the National 
Occupational Research Agenda: Provided further, That the 
Director may redirect the total amount made available under 
authority of Public Law 101-502, section 3, dated November 3, 
1990, to activities the Director may so designate: Provided 
further, That the Congress is to be notified promptly of any 
such transfer: Provided further, That not to exceed $12,500,000 
may be available for making grants under section 1509 of the 
Public Health Service Act to not more than 15 States: Provided 
further, That without regard to existing statute, funds 
appropriated may be used to proceed, at the discretion of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with property 
acquisition, including a long-term ground lease for 
construction on non-federal land, to support the construction 
of a replacement laboratory in the Fort Collins, Colorado area: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a single contract or related contracts for development and 
construction of facilities may be employed which collectively 
include the full scope of the project: Provided further, That 
the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 
``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18.

                     National Institutes of Health

                       NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to cancer, $4,622,394,000.

               NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and 
blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $2,812,011,000.

         NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, 
$374,067,000.

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and 
kidney disease, $1,633,347,000.

        NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and 
stroke, $1,466,005,000.

         NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious 
diseases, $3,730,973,000: Provided, That $100,000,000 may be 
made available to International Assistance Programs, ``Global 
Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis'', to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That up to 
$375,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities construction 
grants to enhance the Nation's capability to do research on 
biological and other agents.

             NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, 
$1,859,084,000.

        NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to child health and human 
development, $1,213,817,000.

                         NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual 
disorders, $637,290,000.

          NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

    For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health 
sciences, $618,258,000.

                      NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to aging, $1,000,099,000.

 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and 
musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $489,324,000.

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other 
communication disorders, $372,805,000.

                 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to nursing research, 
$131,438,000.

           NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and 
alcoholism, $418,773,000.

                    NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $968,013,000.

                  NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to mental health, 
$1,349,788,000.

                NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to human genome research, 
$468,037,000.

      NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging and 
bioengineering research, $280,100,000.

                 NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to research resources and 
general research support grants, $1,146,272,000: Provided, That 
none of these funds shall be used to pay recipients of the 
general research support grants program any amount for indirect 
expenses in connection with such grants: Provided further, That 
$120,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities construction 
grants.

       NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to complementary and 
alternative medicine, $114,149,000.

       NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to minority health and health 
disparities research, $186,929,000.

                  JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

    For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty 
International Center, $63,880,000.

                      NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to health information 
communications, $302,099,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be 
available until expended for improvement of information 
systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2003, the Library may 
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 
services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 
the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health: Provided 
further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$8,200,000 shall be available from amounts available under 
section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out 
National Information Center on Health Services Research and 
Health Care Technology and related health services.

                         OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
Director, National Institutes of Health, $267,974,000: 
Provided, That funding shall be available for the purchase of 
not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: 
Provided further, That the Director may direct up to 1 percent 
of the total amount made available in this or any other Act to 
all National Institutes of Health appropriations to activities 
the Director may so designate: Provided further, That no such 
appropriation shall be decreased by more than 1 percent by any 
such transfers and that the Congress is promptly notified of 
the transfer: Provided further, That the National Institutes of 
Health is authorized to collect third party payments for the 
cost of clinical services that are incurred in National 
Institutes of Health research facilities and that such payments 
shall be credited to the National Institutes of Health 
Management Fund: Provided further, That all funds credited to 
the National Institutes of Health Management Fund shall remain 
available for 1 fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they 
are deposited: Provided further, That up to $500,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 499 of the Public Health Service 
Act.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and 
acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the 
National Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of 
real property, $632,800,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, single contracts or related contracts, which collectively 
include the full scope of the project, may be employed for the 
development and construction of the first and second phases of 
the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center: Provided 
further, That the solicitations and contracts shall contain the 
clause ``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

               SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

    For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to substance abuse and mental health 
services, the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill 
Individuals Act of 1986, and section 301 of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to program management, $3,158,068,000, 
of which $21,461,000 shall be available for the projects and in 
the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the 
conference report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 
$955,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
protection, maintenance, and environmental remediation of the 
Federally owned facilities at St. Elizabeths Hospital: Provided 
further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$62,200,000 shall be available from amounts available under 
section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out 
Subpart II of Title XIX of the Public Health Service Act to 
fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data 
collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 
total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities 
shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for 
Subpart II of Title XIX: Provided further, That in addition to 
amounts provided herein, $12,000,000 shall be made available 
from amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health 
Service Act to carry out data collection activities supporting 
the annual National Household Survey.

               Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

                    HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

    For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health 
Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, 
amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, 
reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data 
shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the amount made 
available pursuant to section 927(c) of the Public Health 
Service Act shall not exceed $303,695,000.

               Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

                     GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI 
and XIX of the Social Security Act, $112,090,218,000, to remain 
available until expended.
    For making, after May 31, 2003, payments to States under 
title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of 
fiscal year 2003 for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
    For making payments to States or in the case of section 
1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security 
Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2004, $51,861,386,000, 
to remain available until expended.
    Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with 
respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such 
quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved 
in that or any subsequent quarter.

                  PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

    For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as 
provided under section 1844 of the Social Security Act, 
sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 
1965, section 278(d) of Public Law 97-248, and for 
administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of 
the Social Security Act, $81,462,700,000.

                           PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, 
XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and 
XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Clinical 
Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not to exceed 
$2,581,672,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital 
Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust 
Funds, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security 
Act; together with all funds collected in accordance with 
section 353 of the Public Health Service Act and section 
1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may be 
collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which 
shall remain available until expended, and together with 
administrative fees collected relative to Medicare overpayment 
recovery activities, which shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance with 
31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under title XIII 
of the Public Health Service Act shall be credited to and 
available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: 
Provided further, That from amounts appropriated under this 
heading,$3,000,000 for the managed care system redesign shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That $51,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2004, is for contract costs for 
the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available for research, demonstration 
and evaluation, $1,500,000 is available for AIDS Healthcare Foundation 
in Los Angeles for a demonstration of residential and outpatient 
treatment facilities, $500,000 is available for Bucks County Health 
Improvement Project, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, $464,000 is available for 
Children's Hospice International demonstration program to provide a 
continuum of care for children with life-threatening conditions and 
their families, $350,000 is available for Children's Hospitals and 
Clinics of Minneapolis/St. Paul, in partnership with the National 
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, for a demonstration project 
to provide pediatric palliative care education and consultation 
services, $100,000 is available for Community Catalyst Inc. in Boston, 
MA to expand a benefits management program to improve the delivery of 
healthcare benefits to low-income individuals, $75,000 is available for 
Cook County Illinois Bureau of Health Services to improve the 
management of the vulnerable patients with poorly controlled diabetes, 
$700,000 is available for the County of Sacramento, California for 
implementation of the SacAdvantage pilot program to increase 
availability of health insurance for uninsured workers and their 
dependents through premium subsidies and purchasing pools, $200,000 is 
available for Equip for Equality in Chicago, Illinois for a 
demonstration project to document the impact of an independent 
investigative unit to examine deaths and serious allegations of abuse 
and neglect of people with disabilities at facilities in Illinois, 
$300,000 is available for Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA, for a 
demonstration project for the evaluation of advanced illness 
coordinated care for Medicare beneficiaries, $100,000 is available for 
Hope House Day Care Center in Memphis, Tennessee for a demonstration 
project on improving the overall well-being of HIV positive children, 
$500,000 is available for the Hospice of Metro Denver in Denver, 
Colorado to establish a clinical and training affiliation with the 
University of Colorado's Health Science Center and to develop cutting-
edge palliative care practices, $350,000 is available for Illinois 
Primary Health Care Association, in Springfield, Illinois, to implement 
the Shared Integrated Management Information System, $100,000 is 
available for Jefferson Area Board for Aging, Charlottesville, 
Virginia, for continuation of the recruitment, retention, training, and 
support of nursing assistants, $100,000 is available for Johns Hopkins 
School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, for an advanced respiratory medicine 
project to study in-home, self-administered high frequency chest wall 
oscillation therapy, $130,000 is available for Medical Care for 
Children Partnership, Fairfax, Virginia to provide outreach to increase 
access to medical and dental care for children, and $325,000 is 
available for The Breast Cancer Fund in San Francisco, California (in 
collaboration with Shanti) for the ``Lifelines'' project to increase 
access to breast cancer treatment for medically underserved 
women:Provided further, That to the extent Medicare claims volume is 
projected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to 
exceed 223,500,000 Part A claims and/or 870,000,000 Part B claims, an 
additional $46,800,000 shall be available for obligation for every 
50,000,000 increase in Medicare claims volume (including a pro rata 
amount for any increment less than 50,000,000) from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2003 from 
Medicare+Choice organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the 
Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing 
contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.

      HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

    For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1308 of 
the Public Health Service Act, any amounts received by the 
Secretary in connection with loans and loan guarantees under 
title XIII of the Public Health Service Act, to be available 
without fiscal year limitation for the payment of outstanding 
obligations. During fiscal year 2003, no commitments for direct 
loans or loan guarantees shall be made.

                Administration for Children and Families

  PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT 
                                PROGRAMS

    For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social 
Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), 
$2,475,800,000, to remain available until expended; and for 
such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2004, 
$1,100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
    For making payments to each State for carrying out the 
program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under title 
IV-A of the Social Security Act before the effective date of 
the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
with respect to such State, such sums as may be necessary: 
Provided, That the sum of the amounts available to a State with 
respect to expenditures under such title IV-A in fiscal year 
1997 under this appropriation and under such title IV-A as 
amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations 
under section 116(b) of such Act.
    For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles 
I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the 
Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the last 3 months of 
the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for 
the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

                   LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

    For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,700,000,000.

                     REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

    For making payments for refugee and entrant assistance 
activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422), $436,724,000: 
Provided, That funds appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act for fiscal year 2003 shall 
be available for the costs of assistance provided and other 
activities through September 30, 2005: Provided further, That 
up to $10,000,000 is available to carry out the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000.
    For carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief 
Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), $10,000,000.

   PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

    For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990), $2,099,994,000 shall be 
used to supplement, not supplant state general revenue funds 
for child care assistance for low-income families: Provided, 
That $19,120,000 shall be available for child care resource and 
referral and school-aged child care activities, of which 
$1,000,000 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll free hotline: 
Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts required to 
be reserved by the States under section 658G, $272,672,000 
shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized under 
section 658G, of which $100,000,000 shall be for activities 
that improve the quality of infant and toddler care: Provided 
further, That $10,000,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for 
child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities.

                      SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

    For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the 
Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such 
Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph 
for a State to carry out Stateprograms pursuant to title XX of 
such Act shall be 10 percent.

                CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 
and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities 
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 310 and 316 
of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, as amended, 
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), sections 1201 and 
1211 of the Children's Health Act of 2000, the Abandoned 
Infants Assistance Act of 1988, the Early Learning 
Opportunities Act, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 
429A, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, and sections 
40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322; for making 
payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act, sections 
439(h), 473A, and 477(i) of the Social Security Act, and title 
IV of Public Law 105-285, and for necessary administrative 
expenses to carry out said Acts and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, 
XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 
(24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 
501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, section 5 
of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), 
sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322, and 
section 126 and titles IV and V of Public Law 100-485, 
$8,643,117,000, of which $43,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004, 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) and may be made 
for adoptions completed in fiscal years 2001 and 2002; of which 
$6,667,533,000 shall be for making payments under the Head 
Start Act, of which $1,400,000,000 shall become available 
October 1, 2003 and remain available through September 30, 
2004; and of which $739,315,000 shall be for making payments 
under the Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided, That 
not less than $7,250,000 shall be for section 680(3)(B) of the 
Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended: Provided 
further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$6,000,000 shall be available from amounts available under 
section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out the 
provisions of Section 1110 of the Social Security Act: 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: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition 
of intangible property which permits grant funds, or intangible 
assets acquired with funds authorized under section 680 of the 
Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended, to become the 
sole property of such grantees after a period of not more than 
12 years after the end of the grant for purposes and uses 
consistent with the original grant: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act, as amended, shall be available for 
financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or 
investments in private business enterprises owned by community 
development corporations: Provided further, That $90,567,000 
shall be for activities authorized by the Runaway and Homeless 
Youth Act, notwithstanding the allocation requirements of 
section 388(a) of such Act, of which $40,770,000 is for the 
transitional living program: Provided further, That $35,000,000 
is for a compassion capital fund to provide grants to 
charitable organizations to emulate model social service 
programs and to encourage research on the best practices of 
social service organizations.

                   PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

    For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security Act, 
$305,000,000 and for section 437, $100,000,000.

       PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE

    For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $4,855,000,000.
    For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
under title IV-E of the Act, for the first quarter of fiscal 
year 2004, $1,745,600,000.
    For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under section 
474 of title IV-E, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 
year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary.

                        Administration on Aging

                        AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of the 
Public Health Service Act, $1,376,001,000, of which $5,500,000 
shall be available for activities regarding medication 
management, screening, and education to prevent incorrect 
medication and adverse drug reactions: Provided, That 
$149,670,000 shall be available for carrying out section 311 of 
the OlderAmericans Act of 1965 consistent with the formula of 
such Act (as amended by section 217 of this Act).

                        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, $361,364,000, 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 XX of the Public Health Service Act, 
$11,885,000 shall be for activities specified under section 
2003(b)(2), of which $10,157,000 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 of this amount, $50,000,000 is for minority AIDS 
prevention and treatment activities; and $20,000,000 shall be 
for an Information Technology Security and Innovation Fund for 
Department-wide activities involving cybersecurity, information 
technology security, and related innovation projects.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $37,300,000: Provided, That, of such amount, 
necessary sums are available for providing protective services 
to the Secretary and investigating non-payment of child support 
cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 
U.S.C. 228.

                        OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

    For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$30,328,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be 
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of 
the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 
and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

                            POLICY RESEARCH

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act 
and title III of the Public Health Service Act, $2,499,000: 
Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$18,000,000 shall be available from amounts available under 
section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out 
national health or human services research and evaluation 
activities: Provided further, That the expenditure of any funds 
available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act 
are subject to the requirements of section 205 of this Act.

     RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

    For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health 
Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for 
payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan 
and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical care of dependents and 
retired personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care Act (10 
U.S.C. ch. 55 and 56), and for payments pursuant to section 
229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), such 
amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year. The 
following are definitions for the medical benefits of the 
Public Health Service Commissioned Officers that apply to 10 
U.S.C. chapter 56, section 1116(c). The source of funds for the 
monthly accrual payments into the Department of Defense 
Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund shall be the 
Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers 
account. For purposes of this Act, the term ``pay of members'' 
shall be construed to be synonymous with retirement payments to 
U.S. Public Health Service officers who are retired for age, 
disability, or length of service; payments to survivors of 
deceased officers; medical care to active duty and retired 
members and dependents and beneficiaries; and for payments to 
the Social Security Administration for military service 
credits; all of which payments are provided for by the 
Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers 
account.

            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, $2,246,680,000: Provided, That this 
amount is distributed as follows: Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, $1,543,440,000 of which $300,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the National Pharmaceutical 
Stockpile; Office of the Secretary, $152,240,000; Health 
Resources and Services Administration; $546,000,000; and the 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended; Provided further, That at the 
discretion of the Secretary, these amounts may be transferred 
between categories subject to normal reprogramming procedures: 
Provided further, That employees of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention or the Public Health Service, both 
civilian and Commissioned Officers, detailed to States, 
municipalities or other organizations under authority of 
Section 214 of the Public Health Service Act for purposes 
related to homeland security, shall be treated as non-Federal 
employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be included 
within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, 
or the Department of Health and Human Services during the 
period of detail or assignment.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Secretary.
    Sec. 202. The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health 
Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in 
AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for 
International Development, the United Nations International 
Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.
    Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may 
be used to implement section 399F(b) of the Public Health 
Service Act or section 1503 of the National Institutes of 
Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 103-43.
    Sec. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for 
the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration shallbe used to pay the salary of an 
individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in 
excess of Executive Level I.
    Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service 
Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or 
for other taps and assessments made by any office located in 
the Department of Health and Human Services, prior to the 
Secretary's preparation and submission of a report to the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House 
detailing the planned uses of such funds.
    Sec. 206. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act, such portion as the Secretary shall 
determine, but not more than 2.1 percent, of any amounts 
appropriated for programs authorized under said Act shall be 
made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or 
contracts) of the implementation and effectiveness of such 
programs.

                          (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 207. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for the Department of Health and Human 
Services in this or any other Act may be transferred between 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by 
more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That an 
appropriation may be increased by up to an additional 2 percent 
subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That the Appropriations 
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 
days in advance of any transfer.
    Sec. 208. The Director of the National Institutes of 
Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS 
Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes, 
centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified by 
these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the 
human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Congress is 
promptly notified of the transfer.
    Sec. 209. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the 
National Institutes of Health, the amount for research related 
to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by 
the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the 
Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made 
available to the ``Office of AIDS Research'' account. The 
Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from 
such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) 
of the Public Health Service Act.
    Sec. 210. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
made available to any entity under title X of the Public Health 
Service Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the 
Secretary that it encourages family participation in the 
decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it 
provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to 
coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.
    Sec. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to 
carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary denies 
participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity 
(including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the 
entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, 
provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate prospective 
adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity (based 
on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of 
providing the service to such entity's enrollees): Provided 
further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to 
change the Medicare program's coverage for such services and a 
Medicare+Choice organization described in this section shall be 
responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain information 
about all Medicare covered services.
    Sec. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
provider of services under title X of the Public Health Service 
Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 
or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 
abuse, rape, or incest.
    Sec. 213. The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167) 
is amended--
            (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 
                ``1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001'' and 
                inserting ``1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 
                and 2003''; and
                    (B) in subsection (e), by striking 
                ``October 1, 2002'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``October 1, 2003''; and
            (2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in 
        subsection (b)(2), by striking ``September 30, 2002'' 
        and inserting ``September 30, 2003''.
    Sec. 214. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) none of 
the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold 
substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26) if such 
State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
by May 1, 2003 that the State will commit additional State 
funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to ensure compliance 
with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to 
individuals under 18 years of age.
    (b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State under 
subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such State's 
substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage 
point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate 
goal established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under section 1926 of such Act.
    (c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in fiscal 
year 2003 for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance 
activities at a level that is not less than the level of such 
expenditures maintained by the State for fiscal year 2002, and 
adding to that level the additional funds for tobacco 
compliance activities required under subsection (a). The State 
is to submit a report to the Secretary on all fiscal year 2002 
State expenditures and all fiscal year 2003 obligations for 
tobacco prevention and compliance activities by program 
activity by July 31, 2003.
    (d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing 
the timing of the State obligation of the additionalfunds 
required by the certification described in subsection (a) as late as 
July 31, 2003.
    (e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to section 1926 
from a territory that receives less than $1,000,000.
    Sec. 215. In order for the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention to carry out international health activities, 
including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and 
environmental disease, and other health activities abroad 
during fiscal year 2003, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services is authorized to provide such funds by advance or 
reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be necessary to 
pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, renovation, 
and management of facilities outside of the United States for 
the use of the Department of Health and Human Services. The 
Department of State shall cooperate fully with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to ensure that the Department of 
Health and Human Services has secure, safe, functional 
facilities that comply with applicable regulation governing 
location, setback, and other facilities requirements and serve 
the purposes established by this Act. The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services is authorized, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 
make available to public or nonprofit private institutions or 
agencies in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as 
necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international 
health activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS 
and other infectious diseases, chronic and environmental 
diseases, and other health activities abroad.
    Sec. 216. The Division of Federal Occupational Health may 
utilize personal services contracting to employ professional 
management/administrative and occupational health 
professionals.
    Sec. 217. (a) Section 311 of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the caption, by striking ``of cash 
                or commodities'' and inserting ``and payment''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``The Secretary of 
                        Agriculture shall allot and provide in 
                        the form of cash or commodities or a 
                        combination thereof (at the discretion 
                        of the State) to each State agency'' 
                        and inserting ``The Secretary shall 
                        allot and provide, in accordance with 
                        this section, to or on behalf of each 
                        State agency''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``to each 
                        grantee'' and inserting ``to or on 
                        behalf of each grantee''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the caption, to read as follows: 
                ``Option to obtain commodities from Secretary 
                of Agriculture'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), to read as follows: 
                ``Each State agency and each grantee under 
                title VI shall be entitled to use all or any 
                part of amounts allotted under subsection (b) 
                to obtain from the Secretary of Agriculture 
                commodities available through any Federal food 
                commodity processing program, at the rates at 
                which such commodities are valued for purposes 
                of such program.'';
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) 
                as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;
                    (D) by striking paragraph (3);
                    (E) by adding after paragraph (1) the 
                following new paragraphs:
            ``(2) The Secretary of Agriculture shall determine 
        and report to the Secretary, by such date as the 
        Secretary may require, the amount (if any) of its 
        allotment under subsection (b) which each State agency 
        and title VI grantee has elected to receive in the form 
        of commodities. Such amount shall include an amount 
        bearing the same ratio to the costs to the Secretary of 
        Agriculture of providing such commodities under this 
        subsection as the value of commodities received by such 
        State agency or title VI grantee under this subsection 
        bears to the total value of commodities so received.
            ``(3) From the allotment under subsection (b) for 
        each State agency and title VI grantee, the Secretary 
        shall first reimburse the Secretary of Agriculture for 
        costs of commodities received by such State agency or 
        grantee under this subsection, and shall then pay the 
        balance (if any) to such State agency or grantee.'';
                    (F) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, in 
                the first sentence, to read as follows: ``Each 
                State agency shall promptly and equitably 
                disburse amounts received under this subsection 
                to recipients of grants and contracts.''; and
                    (G) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by 
                striking ``donation'' and inserting 
                ``provision''.
    Sec. 218. Notwithstanding section 409B(c) of the Public 
Health Service Act regarding a limitation on the number of such 
grants, funds appropriated in this Act may be expended by the 
Director of the National Institutes of Health to award Core 
Center Grants to encourage the development of innovative 
multidisciplinary research and provide training concerning 
Parkinson's disease. Each center funded under such grants shall 
be designated as a Morris K. Udall Center for Research on 
Parkinson's Disease.
      Sec. 219. The Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 
(Public Law 107-20) is amended, in the matter under the heading 
``low income home energy assistance'' under the heading 
``Administration for Children and Families'' under the heading 
``DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES'', in chapter 7 of 
title II, by striking ``$300,000,000'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof, ``$200,000,000'', and by adding under such heading the 
following new paragraph: ``For an additional amount for the Low 
Income Home Energy Assistance Program authorized under title 
XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 
U.S.C. 8621(e)), $100,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.''.
    Sec. 220. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the $6,667,533,000 provided for the Head Start Act shall be 
exempt from the across-the-board rescission under section 601 
of division N.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and 
Human Services Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                   TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

    For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (``ESEA'') and section 418A of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, $13,853,400,000, of which $4,651,199,000 
shall become available on July 1, 2003, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2004, and of which 
$9,027,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 2003, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2004, for academic 
year 2003-2004: Provided, That $7,172,971,000 shall be 
available for basic grants under section 1124: Provided 
further, That up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall be 
available to the Secretary of Education on October 1, 2002, to 
obtain updated educational-agency-level census poverty data 
from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 
$1,365,031,000 shall be available for concentration grants 
under section 1124A: Provided further, That $1,670,239,000 
shall be available for targeted grants under section 1125: 
Provided further, That $1,541,759,000 shall be available for 
education finance incentive grants under section 1125A: 
Provided further, That $235,000,000 shall be available for 
comprehensive school reform grants under part F of the ESEA.

                               IMPACT AID

    For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,196,000,000, 
of which $1,032,000,000 shall be for basic support payments 
under section 8003(b), $51,000,000 shall be for payments for 
children with disabilities under section 8003(d), $45,000,000 
shall be for construction under section 8007 and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2004, $60,000,000 shall be for 
Federal property payments under section 8002, and $8,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities 
maintenance under section 8008.

                      SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

    For carrying out school improvement activities authorized 
by titles II, IV, V, VI, and parts B and C of title VII of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (``ESEA''); part 
B of title II of the Higher Education Act; the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
$8,052,957,000, of which $508,100,000 shall become available 
October 1, 2002, and shall remain available through September 
30, 2004, of which $4,132,167,000 shall become available on 
July 1, 2003, and remain available through September 30, 2004, 
and of which $1,765,000,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2003, and shall remain available through September 30, 2004, 
for academic year 2003-2004: Provided, That up to $12,000,000 
may be used to carry out section 2345 of the ESEA: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available for subpart 3, part 
C, of title II of the ESEA, $3,000,000 shall be used by the 
Center for Civic Education to implement a comprehensive program 
to improve public knowledge, understanding, and support of the 
Congress and the state legislatures: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV of 
the ESEA, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence 
program to provide education-related services to local 
educational agencies in which the learning environment has been 
disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis: Provided 
further, That $75,000,000 for continuing and new grants to 
demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform 
shall be allocated and expended in the same manner as the funds 
provided under the Fund for the Improvement of Education for 
thispurpose were allocated and expended in fiscal year 2002: 
Provided further, That $162,000,000 shall be available to support the 
activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the ESEA, 
of which up to 5 percent shall become available October 1, 2002, for 
evaluation, technical assistance, school networking, peer review of 
applications, and program outreach activities and of which not less 
than 95 percent shall become available on July 1, 2003, and remain 
available through September 30, 2004, for grants to local educational 
agencies: Provided further, That funds made available to local 
educational agencies under this subpart shall be used only for 
activities related to establishing smaller learning communities in high 
schools: Provided further, That funds made available to carry out part 
C of title VII of the ESEA may be used for construction: Provided 
further, That funds made available to carry out part B of title VII of 
the ESEA may be used for construction, renovation and modernization of 
any elementary school, secondary school, or structure related to an 
elementary school or secondary school, run by the Department of 
Education of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native 
Hawaiian student body: Provided further, That $387,000,000 shall be for 
subpart l of part A of title VI of the ESEA: Provided further, That no 
funds appropriated under this heading may be used to carry out section 
5494 under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Provided 
further, That $814,660,000 shall be available to carry out part D of 
title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That $212,160,000 of the funds 
for subpart l, part D of title V of the ESEA shall be available for the 
projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers 
on the conference report accompanying this Act.

                            INDIAN EDUCATION

    For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965, $122,368,000.

                      ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

    For carrying out title III, part A of the ESEA, 
$690,000,000, of which $494,000,000 shall become available on 
July 1, 2003, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2004.

                           SPECIAL EDUCATION

    For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act, $10,095,639,000, of which $4,135,233,000 shall 
become available for obligation on July 1, 2003, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2004, and of which 
$5,672,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2003, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2004, for academic 
year 2003-2004: Provided, That $10,000,000 shall be for 
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic to support the 
development, production, and circulation of recorded 
educational materials: 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: Provided further, That the amount for 
section 611(c) of the Act shall be equal to the amount 
available for that section in the Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 2002, increased by the amount of inflation 
as specified in section 611(f)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act: Provided 
further, That $7,715,000 of the funds for section 672 of the 
Act shall be available for the projects and in the amounts 
specified in the statement of the managers of the conference 
report accompanying this Act.

            REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 
1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $2,956,382,000, 
of which $1,000,000 shall be used to improve the quality of 
applied orthotic and prosthetic research and help meet the 
demand for provider services: Provided, That the funds provided 
for title I of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (``the AT 
Act'') shall be allocated notwithstanding section 105(b)(1) of 
the AT Act: Provided further, That section 101(f) of the AT Act 
shall not limit the award of an extension grant to three years: 
Provided further, That no State or outlying area awarded funds 
under section 101 shall receive less than the amount received 
in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That $3,540,000 of the 
funds for section 303 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 shall 
be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in 
the statement of the managers on the conference report 
accompanying this Act.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

                 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

    For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 
U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $15,500,000.

               NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

    For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under 
titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 
U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $54,050,000, of which $1,600,000 shall be 
for construction and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute 
may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as 
authorized under section 207.

                          GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

    For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of 
Gallaudet University under titles I and II ofthe Education of 
the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $98,438,000: Provided, 
That from the total amount available, the University may at its 
discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under 
section 207.

                     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, and title 
VIII-D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and 
Public Law 102-73, $1,956,060,000, of which $1,158,060,000 
shall become available on July 1, 2003 and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2004 and of which $791,000,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2003 and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2004: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation, 
the Secretary of Education shall not require the use of a 
restricted indirect cost rate for grants issued pursuant to 
section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
Technology Education Act: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided for Adult Education State Grants, $70,000,000 shall be 
made available for integrated English literacy and civics 
education services to immigrants and other limited English 
proficient populations: Provided further, That of the amount 
reserved for integrated English literacy and civics education, 
notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to States based on 
a State's absolute need as determined by calculating each 
State's share of a 10-year average of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted for legal 
permanent residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 
percent allocated to States that experienced growth as measured 
by the average of the 3 most recent years for which Immigration 
and Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted for 
legal permanent residence are available, except that no State 
shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available for the Adult 
Education and Family Literacy Act, $9,500,000 shall be for 
national leadership activities under section 243 and $6,560,000 
shall be for the National Institute for Literacy under section 
242: Provided further, That $23,500,000 shall be for Youth 
Offender Grants, of which $5,000,000 shall be used in 
accordance with section 601 of Public Law 102-73 as that 
section was in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law 105-
220.

                      STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

    For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, section 
428K, part C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, as amended, $13,450,500,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2004.
    The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be 
eligible during award year 2003-2004 shall be $4,050.

                            HIGHER EDUCATION

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (``HEA''), as amended, section 
1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, title VIII of 
the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, and the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, $2,100,701,000, 
of which $3,000,000 for interest subsidies authorized by 
section 121 of the HEA, shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That $10,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2004, shall be available to fund fellowships for 
academic year 2004-2005 under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of 
said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: 
Provided further, That $1,000,000 is for data collection and 
evaluation activities for programs under the HEA, including 
such activities needed to comply with the Government 
Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and 
section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in 
foreign countries by individuals who are participating in 
advanced foreign language training and international studies in 
areas that are vital to United States national security and who 
plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these 
countries in the fields of government, the professions, or 
international development: Provided further, That up to one 
percent of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso may 
be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and 
information dissemination activities: Provided further, That 
$140,599,000 of the funds for part B of title VII of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 shall be available for the projects and 
in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on 
the conference report accompanying this Act.

                           HOWARD UNIVERSITY

    For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et 
seq.), $240,000,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be 
for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 
University Endowment Act (Public Law 98-480) and shall remain 
available until expended.

         COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM

    For Federal administrative expenses authorized under 
section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $762,000 to 
carry out activities related to existing facility loans entered 
into under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

  HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM 
                                ACCOUNT

    The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds insured 
pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the 
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, of such bonds shall not exceed zero.
    For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically 
Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered 
into pursuant to title III, part D of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, as amended, $208,000.

                    INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

    For carrying out activities authorized by Public Law 107-
279, $450,887,000: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, 
$140,000,000 shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2004: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be 
available to extend for one additional year the contract for 
the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and 
Science Education authorized under section 2102(a)(2) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, prior to its 
amendment by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public Law 
107-110.

                        Departmental Management

                         PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three 
passenger motor vehicles, $412,545,000, of which $12,795,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for building 
alterations and related expenses for the modernization of the 
Mary E. Switzer Building in Washington, D.C.

                        OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

    For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as 
authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education 
Organization Act, $86,276,000.

                    OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of 
Education Organization Act, $41,000,000.

                       STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

    For Federal administrative expenses (in addition to funds 
made available under section 458), to carry out part D of title 
I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts B, C, D and E 
of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
$105,388,000.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

                          (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the 
Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by 
more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the 
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
    Sec. 305. Section 1202 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting the following 
subsection at the end thereof:
    ``(g) Supplement, not Supplant.--A State or local 
educational agency shall use funds received under this subpart 
only to supplement the level of non-Federal funds that, in the 
absence of funds under this subpart, would be expended for 
activities authorized under this subpart, and not to supplant 
those non-Federal funds.''.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                       TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

    For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home--
Washington and the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home Trust Fund, $68,013,000, of which $5,769,000 shall remain 
available until expended for construction and renovation of the 
physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington 
and the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single contract 
or related contracts for development and construction, to 
include construction of a facility at the United States Naval 
Home, may be employed which collectively include the full scope 
of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and 
contract shall contain the clause ``availability of funds'' 
found at 48 CFR 52.232-18 and 252.232-7007, Limitation of 
Government Obligations.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

        DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, $356,205,000: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available to the 
Corporation for National and Community Service in this Act 
shall be used to provide stipends or other monetary incentives 
to volunteers or volunteer leaders whose incomes exceed 125 
percent of the national poverty level.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as 
authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which 
shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, 
for the fiscal year 2005, $390,000,000: Provided, That no funds 
made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by 
this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties, or 
similar forms of entertainment for Government officials or 
employees: Provided further, That none of the funds contained 
in this paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support 
any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or 
is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis 
of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2003, in addition to the amounts 
provided above, $48,744,000, for costs related to digital 
program production, development, and distribution, associated 
with the transition of public broadcasting todigital 
broadcasting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation in 
consultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees, 
or their designated representatives: Provided further, That in addition 
to the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 106-554, 
$183,000 shall be available for administrative costs for fiscal year 
2003, notwithstanding section 396(k)(3)(A) of the Public Broadcasting 
Act.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested in it by 
the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171-180, 
182-183), including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for 
expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 
1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses necessary for the 
Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil 
Service Reform Act, Public Law 95-454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71), 
$41,425,000, including $1,500,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2004, for activities authorized by the Labor-
Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): Provided, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-
cost recovery, for special training activities and other 
conflict resolution services and technical assistance, 
including those provided to foreign governments and 
international organizations, and for arbitration services shall 
be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That fees for 
arbitration services shall be available only for education, 
training, and professional development of the agency workforce: 
Provided further, That the Director of the Service is 
authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States 
gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in the 
aid of any projects or functions within the Director's 
jurisdiction.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and 
Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $7,178,000.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

    For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act, 
$245,485,000, of which $10,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the Recruiting and Educating Librarians for the 
21st Century Initiative: Provided, That of the amount provided, 
$25,000 shall be awarded to the Abington Art Center, 
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, for a work-study program for at-risk 
junior and high school students, $100,000 shall be awarded to 
the Aleutian World War II Museum in Alaska for interactive 
media display, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Allentown Art 
Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, for educational programs for 
25 school districts in 7 Pennsylvania counties, $25,000 shall 
be awarded to the Alley Pond Environmental Center, Douglaston, 
New York, for environmental education programs, $500,000 shall 
be awarded to the American Village Project in Montevallo, 
Alabama, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Army Aviation 
Heritage Foundation in Ozark, Alabama, for educational 
programs, $175,000 shall be awarded to the Arts Council of New 
Orleans, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Asian Art Museum, San 
Francisco, California, for exhibits and education programs, 
$575,000 shall be awarded to the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, 
Massachusetts, for climate control systems to preserve 
collections, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Bishops Museum in 
Honolulu, Hawaii, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Boston 
Public Library Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, for 
preservation and enhancement of the John Adams Presidential 
Library and for related educational programs, $250,000 shall be 
awarded to the Bowers Museum, City of Santa Ana, California, 
for educationprograms, publications and technology, $500,000 
shall be awarded to the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 
for equipment and technology, exhibits and education programs, $100,000 
shall be awarded to the Butler Area Public Library, Pennsylvania, for 
program enhancements, $275,000 shall be awarded to the California State 
University, San Marcos, California, to upgrade electronic catalog and 
to provide computer stations for the library, $175,000 shall be awarded 
to the Cape Cod Maritime Museum to develop exhibits and academic 
programs, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Carnegie Library of 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to purchase library materials and upgrade 
technology at the East Liberty Branch Library, $250,000 shall be 
awarded to the Carnegie Library, Union Springs, Alabama, for program 
development, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Chicago State University 
Gwendolyn Brooks Center to expand its repository of the literary works 
of Gwendolyn Brooks, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Chickasaw 
Cultural Center in Chickasaw, Oklahoma, $100,000 shall be awarded to 
the Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, New York, to establish 
early childhood education programs and exhibits, $100,000 shall be 
awarded to the Children's Museum of Stockton, Stockton, California, for 
a Delta Region Exhibit, $100,000 shall be awarded to the City of 
Abilene, Texas, for the collection and display of artifacts, and for 
exhibits at the Texas Forts Trail Museum, $50,000 shall be awarded to 
the City of Anatuvik Pass Museum in Alaska for museum exhibits, 
$200,000 shall be awarded to the City of Dallas, Texas, for the Dallas 
Public Library, to establish ``Teen Wise Centers'' for at-risk youth, 
$150,000 shall be awarded to the Clark County Heritage Center, 
Springfield, Ohio, for technology upgrades and exhibit development, 
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Cleveland Health Museum, Ohio, for 
exhibits, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Commonwealth Zoological 
Corporation (Zoo New England), Boston, Massachusetts, for the ``Living 
Classroom'' science education program and for outreach, $800,000 shall 
be awarded to the Davenport Music History Museum in Davenport, Iowa, 
$300,000 shall be awarded to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National 
Historical Park in Ohio for education and cultural programs, $75,000 
shall be awarded to the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, 
Easton, Pennsylvania, to establish a National Museum of Industrial 
History in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to display a repository of 
industrial machines, equipment and technology of the 19th and 20th 
centuries focusing on steel, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Delaware 
County Historical Society, Media, Pennsylvania, to develop and expand 
educational programs highlighting historical themes and sites relating 
to the Delaware County, $2,200,000 shall be awarded to the Discovery 
Center, Springfield, Missouri, $250,000 shall be awarded to the 
Downtown Chambersburg, Inc., Pennsylvania, $50,000 shall be awarded to 
the Eleanor Roosevelt's Papers at George Washington University for 
related program development, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Exploris 
Museum, for the Global Awareness Program, including exhibits, a film 
program, and educational programs, $100,000 shall be awarded to the 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to expand educational programming 
and technology improvements at the de Young Museum, $1,000,000 shall be 
awarded to the Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, 
for the Centennial Russian Museum Exhibit, $200,000 shall be awarded to 
the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for exhibits, 
professional development and educational programming to students to 
explore bioscience and biotechnology, $200,000 shall be awarded to the 
Frederick C. Crawford Museum of Transportation Industry, Cleveland, 
Ohio, for educational programming, planning and exhibits, $900,000 
shall be awarded to the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and 
Science, Fresno, California, for technology, exhibits, educational and 
outreach programs, and to develop a science-based exhibition and 
learning center, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Gadsden Museum of Art 
in Alabama for museum programs, $278,000 shall be awarded to the George 
Eastman House, Rochester, New York, for the ``Picture Link'' project, 
$100,000 shall be awarded to the Georgia Hall of Fame at Museum of 
Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia, for educational activities and 
programs, $62,000 shall be awarded to the Glendale Public Library, 
Glendale, California, for personnel, equipment and other expenses to 
implement the Homework AssisTeens program, $200,000 shall be awarded to 
the Hesperia Community Library, Hesperia, California, to 
purchaselibrary materials and upgrade technology, $150,000 shall be 
awarded to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, for exhibits 
in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War, 
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Holmdel Township Library, Monmouth 
County, New Jersey, for technology equipment and upgrades, $25,000 
shall be awarded to the Hudson Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 
to expand exhibits, education, arts and outreach programs, $200,000 
shall be awarded to the Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, 
for exhibits and educational programs, $50,000 shall be awarded to the 
Imaginarium Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska, to develop science 
exhibits and distance delivery modules, $150,000 shall be awarded to 
the Interboro Public Library, Pennsylvania, for library programs, 
$150,000 shall be awarded to the International Wolf Center, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, for education, outreach, and teacher training 
programs, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Iowa Radio Reading 
Information Service (IRRIS), $150,000 shall be awarded to the Italian-
American Cultural Center of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa, for exhibits, 
multi-media collections and for displays, $500,000 shall be awarded to 
the Kendall County Forest Preserve District, Yorkville, Illinois, for 
the consolidation and preservation of the collection at the Old Barn 
Museum, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Kent State University, Kent, 
Ohio, for an Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education 
project, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Kodiak Maritime Museum in 
Alaska, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Lafayette College, Easton, 
Pennsylvania, for technology updates to the Skillman Library, $375,000 
shall be awarded to the Leon County, Florida, for purchase of equipment 
and books for the Ft. Braden Branch Library, $300,000 shall be awarded 
to the Lewis and Clark College Bicentennial Hall in Portland, Oregon, 
for program and equipment support, $300,000 shall be awarded to the 
MacKay Library of Union County, Cranford, New Jersey, $75,000 shall be 
awarded to the Magic Library in Kirkwood, Missouri, for design and 
development of interactive exhibits and software, $50,000 shall be 
awarded to the Marion County Library, Marion, South Carolina, to 
establish a computer lab, $45,000 shall be awarded to the McKinley 
Museum, Canton, Ohio, for equipment, $200,000 shall be awarded to the 
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas, $250,000 shall be awarded to the 
Middletown Township Public Library, Monmouth County, New Jersey, for 
technology equipment and upgrades, $300,000 shall be awarded to the 
Monterey County Youth Museum, Monterey, California, for interactive 
mobile exhibits and educational programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to 
the Museum of African Art, New York, New York, for exhibits and 
educational programs, $750,000 shall be awarded to the National 
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, New York, for 
educational outreach using baseball to teach students through distance 
learning technology, $300,000 shall be awarded to the National Civil 
War Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to develop and enhance 
educational exhibits and programs for area K-12 schools focusing on 
U.S. Civil War history, $90,000 shall be awarded to the National 
Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Fort Worth, Texas, for creation of and 
equipment for an audio tour of the permanent exhibition, $325,000 shall 
be awarded to the National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
to institute a teacher-training program which will assist educators in 
responding to classroom challenges and establish a pilot program to 
address violence in schools, $650,000 shall be awarded to the National 
Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, $1,500,000 
shall be awarded to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 
Washington, D.C., $775,000 shall be awarded to the Native American 
Cultural and Educational Authority, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for 
exhibits for the museum, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Natural 
History Museum of Los Angeles, California, for its ``Earth Odyssey'' 
environmental science program, $350,000 shall be awarded to the Nevada 
State Historic Preservation Office, $500,000 shall be awarded to the 
New York Botanical Garden's Virtual Herbarium imaging project in Bronx, 
New York, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the New York Hall of Science 
to develop, expand, and display science-related educational materials, 
$300,000 shall be awarded to the North Carolina State Museum of Natural 
Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, for development of environmental 
exhibits and educational programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to the 
North Dakota Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Foundation inWashburn, North 
Dakota, for exhibits and other interpretation, $250,000 shall be 
awarded to the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana, 
$90,000 shall be awarded to the Oneonta City Library, Blount County, 
Alabama, for books, internet, audiovisual and reading aids, $220,000 
shall be awarded to the Orangevale Library, Sacramento, California, for 
evaluation and analysis of existing library service, program and 
facilities, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Pennsylvania Trolley 
Museum for exhibit development and educational programs, $221,000 shall 
be awarded to the Pittsburgh Children's Museum, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, to develop and enhance educational exhibits and programs 
for area K-12 schools, $725,000 shall be awarded to the Please Touch 
Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to develop educational programs 
focusing on hands-on learning experiences, $75,000 shall be awarded to 
Rivertownes, Pennsylvania, $350,000 shall be awarded to the Rock and 
Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, for music education 
programs for at-risk youth, $250,000 shall be awarded to Rutgers, the 
State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, to catalog, 
organize and preserve collections at the Carey Library, $500,000 shall 
be awarded to the San Bernardino County Museum, California, to develop 
the Inland Empire Archival Heritage Center and Web Module, $50,000 
shall be awarded to the Schoharie Free Library in Schoharie County, New 
York, to purchase books and equipment, $155,000 shall be awarded to the 
Science Center of Pinellas County, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, for a 
planetarium project $450,000 shall be awarded to the Shaker Museum and 
Library, Old Chatham, New York, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Simon 
Wiesenthal Center's Los Angeles Museum for Tolerance, Los Angeles, 
California, for the Tools for Tolerance for Educators program to 
provide teacher training in diversity, tolerance and cooperation, 
$150,000 shall be awarded to the Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson, 
Mississippi, for the development of exhibits regarding civil rights, 
$25,000 shall be awarded to the St. Paul Public Library, Minnesota, to 
expand its School Work and Mentoring Place Program and its Small 
Business Resource Center, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Standing 
Bear Museum and Learning Center in Ponca City, Oklahoma, $75,000 shall 
be awarded to the State Historical Society of Iowa for Civil War flag 
restoration, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the State Historical 
Society of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa, for the development of exhibits 
for the World Food Prize, $100,000 shall be awarded to the State 
Theater of Easton, Easton, Pennsylvania, for technological 
infrastructure improvements and the development of educational 
programming, $125,000 shall be awarded to The International 
Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee, $250,000 shall be 
awarded to The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, for 
exhibits, education and outreach programs, $70,000 shall be awarded to 
the Tillamook County Library, Oregon, for modernization of library 
service, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Union City Public Library, 
New Jersey, for personnel, books and technology to improve library 
services for low-income individuals, $100,000 shall be awarded to the 
Union County Historical Society & Heritage Museum in Mississippi, for 
exhibit and program development, $400,000 shall be awarded to the 
University of Idaho for digital archiving, $200,000 shall be awarded to 
the University of Maine at Fort Kent to house the Acadian Archives 
which preserves, celebrates and disseminates information about the 
region's history, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Vietnam Archive 
Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, for digitization, 
$150,000 shall be awarded to the Virginia Living Museum for the 
expansion of its educational programs in its capital campaign project, 
$50,000 shall be awarded to the Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 
to develop programs in partnership with area K-12 schools for teacher 
training workshops and specialized workshops for students, $100,000 
shall be awarded to the Westchester Library System, Ardsley, New York, 
for its digital divide online services project, $450,000 shall be 
awarded to the Whitney Museum of American Art to establish a touring 
exhibition program in Iowa, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Whittier 
Public Library, City of Whittier, California, to establish a children's 
homework center and family literacy center, $100,000 shall be awarded 
to the Willet Memorial Library in Macon, Georgia, for library 
enhancements, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Witte Museum of San 
Antonio, Texas, to develop the ``American Originals'' exhibit and 
educational programs, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Zimmer 
Children's Museum of Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles, 
Los Angeles, California, for the expansion of the YouThink program, 
$100,000 shall be awarded to the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, for educational programs for elementary and secondary 
students, and $500,000 shall be awarded to the St. Louis Children's 
Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, for a collaborative project with the St. 
Louis Public Library to create interactive exhibits and educational 
programs

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
Social Security Act, $8,585,000, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.

        National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the National Commission on 
Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act of 
July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91-345, as amended), $1,010,000.

                     National Council on Disability

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973, as amended, $2,858,000.

                     National Labor Relations Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations 
Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-
Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167), 
and other laws, $238,982,000: Provided, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in 
organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with 
investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning 
bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred 
to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), 
and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as 
amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition 
employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, 
canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated 
on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the 
water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes.

                        National Mediation Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including 
emergency boards appointed by the President, $11,315,000.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and 
Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $9,673,000.

                       Railroad Retirement Board

                     DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

    For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act 
of 1974, $132,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming 
available in fiscal year 2003 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) 
of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 
2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall be available 
proportional to the amount by which the product of recipients 
and the average benefit received exceeds $132,000,000: 
Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall be 
credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day of 
each month in the fiscal year.

          FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS

    For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2004, which shall be the 
maximum amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of 
Public Law 98-76.

                      LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

    For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the 
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $100,000,000, to be 
derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the 
railroad unemployment insurance administration fund.

             LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized 
by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, not more than 
$6,363,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts 
and railroad unemployment insurance account: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available in any other paragraph of this 
Act may be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any 
such transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, 
office supplies, communications facilities or services, 
maintenance services, or administrative services for the 
Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any 
personnel of the Office; used to pay any other operating 
expense ofthe Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any 
service provided, or expense incurred, by the Office.

                     Social Security Administration

                PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

    For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
and the Federal Disability Insurance trust funds, as provided 
under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social 
Security Act, $20,400,000.

               SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

    For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and 
Health Act of 1977, $300,177,000, to remain available until 
expended.
    For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Federal 
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, for costs incurred in the 
current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.
    For making benefit payments under title IV of the Federal 
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 for the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2004, $97,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                  SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

    For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security 
Act, section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public 
Law 93-66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, 
including payment to the Social Security trust funds for 
administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) 
of the Social Security Act, $23,914,392,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That any portion of the 
funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and not 
obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to 
the Treasury.
    For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social 
Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current 
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
    For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2004, 
$11,080,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$7,825,000,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of 
the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That not less 
than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory 
Board: Provided further, That unobligated balances of funds 
provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2003 
not needed for fiscal year 2003 shall remain available until 
expended to invest in the Social Security Administration 
information technology and telecommunications hardware and 
software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-
payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: 
Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under 
this heading for expenditures for official time for employees 
of the Social Security Administration pursuant to section 7131 
of title 5, United States Code, and for facilities or support 
services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, 
regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of 
such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with 
interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise 
appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are 
made.
    In addition, $111,000,000 to be derived from administration 
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected 
pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or 
section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93-66, which shall remain 
available until expended. To the extent that the amounts 
collected pursuant to such section 1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in 
fiscal year 2003 exceed $111,000,000, the amounts shall be 
available in fiscal year 2004 only to the extent provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts.
    From funds previously appropriated for this purpose, any 
unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall be 
available to continue Federal-State partnerships which will 
evaluate means to promote Medicare buy-in programs targeted to 
elderly and disabled individuals under titles XVIII and XIX of 
the Social Security Act.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $21,000,000, together with not to exceed 
$62,000,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by 
section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
    In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the 
``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security 
Administration, to be merged with this account, to be available 
for the time and purposes for which this account is available: 
Provided, That notice of such transfers shall be transmitted 
promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate.

                    United States Institute of Peace

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of 
Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of Peace 
Act, $16,362,000.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended 
balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to 
current appropriations provided in this Act: Provided, That 
such transferred balances are used for the same purpose, and 
for the same periods of time, for which they were originally 
appropriated.
    Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use 
of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 
or video presentation designed to support or defeat legislation 
pending before the Congress or any State legislature, except in 
presentation to the Congress or any State legislature itself.
    (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or 
contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related 
to any activity designed to influence legislation or 
appropriations pending before the Congress or any State 
legislature.
    Sec. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, 
respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses 
under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception 
and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make 
available for official reception and representation expenses 
not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for ``Salaries 
and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service''; and 
the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to 
make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for 
``Salaries and expenses, National Mediation Board''.
    Sec. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
no funds appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry out 
any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the 
hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
    Sec. 506. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
Congress.
    (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the 
same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United 
States that is not made in the United States, the person shall 
be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with 
funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, 
suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 507. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing 
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal 
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this 
Act, including but not limited to State and local governments 
and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state: 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project 
which will be financed with Federal money; (2) the dollar 
amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and (3) 
percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project 
or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.
    Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for any 
abortion.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none 
of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated 
under this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage 
that includes coverage of abortion.
    (c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package 
of services covered by a managed care provider or organization 
pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
    Sec. 509. (a) The limitations established in the preceding 
section shall not apply to an abortion--
            (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
        rape or incest; or
            (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
        physical disorder, physical injury, or physical 
        illness, including a life-endangering physical 
        condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy 
        itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place 
        the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is 
        performed.
    (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or 
private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a 
State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
    (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from 
offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's 
contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
    Sec. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for--
            (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for 
        research purposes; or
            (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
        destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of 
        injury or death greater than that allowed for research 
        on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and 
        section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
        U.S.C. 289g(b)).
    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo 
or embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human 
subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, 
cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or 
human diploid cells.
    Sec. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of 
any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the 
schedules of controlled substances established by section 202 
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
    (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when 
there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 
federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to 
determine therapeutic advantage.
    Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with 
an entity if--
            (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the 
        United States and is subject to the requirementin 
section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code, regarding submission 
of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of 
certain veterans; and
            (2) such entity has not submitted a report as 
        required by that section for the most recent year for 
        which such requirement was applicable to such entity.
    Sec. 513. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 
1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b)) 
providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 
health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's 
capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until 
legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard.
    Sec. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 515. Section 1708 of the United States Institute of 
Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4607) is amended in subsection (g), by 
striking ``on or before December 31, 1970''.
    This division may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

          DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for 
other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

                                 SENATE

      Payment to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress

    For a payment to Paul David Wellstone, Jr., son of Paul 
David Wellstone, late a Senator from Minnesota, $50,000; Mark 
D. Wellstone, son of Paul David Wellstone, late a Senator from 
Minnesota, $50,000; and Michael Kerner, Guardian of the Estate 
of Joshua Kerner, for Joshua Kerner, minor, son of Marcia 
Wellstone Markuson, deceased, daughter of Paul David Wellstone, 
late a Senator from Minnesota, $50,000.

                           Expense Allowances

    For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $20,000; Majority Leader 
of the Senate, $20,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $20,000; 
Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the 
Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore emeritus, $7,500; 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, 
$5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and 
Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, 
$127,500.

    Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

    For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority 
Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, 
$30,000.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$117,041,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
without regard to the following limitations:

                      OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

    For the Office of the Vice President, $1,949,000.

                  OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $518,000.

              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, 
$150,000.

              OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$3,094,000.

               OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $2,042,000.

                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$11,266,000.

                         CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

    For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of 
the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $1,305,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $2,610,000.

 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY AND THE 
                       CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

    For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $648,000.

                           POLICY COMMITTEES

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,362,000 for each such committee; 
in all, $2,724,000.

                         OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

    For Office of the Chaplain, $315,000.

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

    For Office of the Secretary, $17,079,000.

             OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$43,161,000.

        OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $1,410,000.

               AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 
authorized by law, and related expenses, $30,075,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 
Counsel of the Senate, $4,581,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,176,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority 
                             of the Senate

    For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; 
Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for 
the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

    For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
Senate, or conducted under section 134(a) of Public Law 601, 
Seventy-ninth Congress section 112 of Public Law 96-304 and 
Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $109,450,000.

EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
                                CONTROL

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $520,000.

                        SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$7,077,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2007.

             SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $114,423,000, of which $9,570,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2005, and of which 
$13,574,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007.

                          MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

    For miscellaneous items, $18,355,500, of which up to 
$500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 
mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the purpose 
of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator in a county 
(or equivalent unit of local government) with a population of 
less than 250,000 and at which the Senator will personally 
attend: Provided, That any amount allocated to a Senator for 
such mailing shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the 
mailing and the remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator 
from other funds available to the Senator: Provided further, 
That not later than October 31, 2003, the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate shall submit a report to the Committee 
on Rules and Administration and Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate on the results of the program.

        SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $294,545,000.

                          OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Sec. 1. (a) Section 111 of title 3, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$20,000''.
    (b) The matter under the subheading ``expense allowances of 
the vice president, president pro tempore, majority and 
minority leaders and majority and minority whips'' under the 
heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under chapter VI of title I of 
the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1978 (Public Law 
95-355; 92 Stat. 532) is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence (2 U.S.C. 31a-1) 
        (relating to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the 
        Senate) by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting 
        ``$20,000''; and
            (2) in the third sentence (2 U.S.C. 32b) (relating 
        to the President pro tempore) by striking ``$10,000'' 
        and inserting ``$20,000''.
    (c) The matter under the subheading ``expense allowances of 
the vice president, the president pro tempore, majority and 
minority leaders, and majority and minority whips'' under the 
heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under chapter IX of title I of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 31a-1; 
Public Law 98-63; 97 Stat. 333) (relating to the Majority and 
Minority Whips) is amended by striking ``not exceed $5,000'' 
and inserting ``not exceed $10,000''.
    (d) The matter under the subheading ``Expense Allowances of 
the Vice President, the President pro tempore, Majority and 
Minority Leaders, the Majority and Minority Whips, and the 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees'' 
under the heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under chapter IX of 
title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
31a-3; Public Law 99-88; 99 Stat. 348) (relating to the 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees) is 
amended by striking ``not exceed $3,000'' and inserting ``not 
exceed $5,000''.
    (e) Section 5 of title I of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2001, as enacted into law by section 1(a) 
of Public Law 106-554 (2 U.S.C. 31a-4; 114 Stat. 2763A-97) 
(relating to the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 
Committees) is amended by striking ``$3,000'' and inserting 
``$5,000''.
    (f) The amendments made by this section shall apply to 
fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 2. (a) The matter under the subheading ``stationery 
(revolving fund)'' under the heading ``Contingent Expenses of 
the Senate'' under the heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under 
chapter VII of title I of the Second Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 46a; Public Law 94-32; 89 
Stat. 182) is amended by striking ``$4,500'' and inserting 
``$8,000''.
    (b) The amendment made by this section shall apply to 
fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 3. Effective on and after October 1, 2002, each of the 
dollar amounts contained in the table under section 
105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 
(2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the dollar 
amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in effect on 
September 30, 2002, increased by an additional $50,000 each.
    Sec. 4. Public Safety Exception to Inscriptions Requirement 
on Mobile Offices. (a) In General.--Section 3(f)(3) under the 
subheading ``administrative provisions'' under the heading 
``SENATE'' in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1975 (2 
U.S.C. 59(f)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
flush sentence:
``The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may 
prescribe regulations to waive or modify the requirement under 
subparagraph (B) if such waiver or modification is necessary to 
provide for the public safety of a Senator and the Senator's 
staff and constituents.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and 
apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 5. Multi-year Contracting Authority. (a) Subject to 
regulations prescribed by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate, the Secretary and the Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may--
            (1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of 
        severable services for a period that begins in one 
        fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year to the 
        same extent and under the same conditions as the head 
        of an executive agency under the authority of section 
        303L of the Federal Property and Administrative 
        Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253l); and
            (2) enter into multiyear contracts for the 
        acquisition of property and services to the same extent 
        and under the same conditions as the head of an 
        executive agency under the authority of section 304B of 
        the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
        1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c).
    (b) This section shall take effect on October 1, 2002, and 
shall apply in fiscal year 2003 and successive fiscal years.
    Sec. 6. Consultants. (a) In General.--Section 101 of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence by 
        striking ``six individual consultants'' and inserting 
        ``eight individual consultants''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(C) Each appointing authority under subsection (a) may 
designate the title of the position of any individual appointed 
under that subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 7. Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus of the 
Senate. (a) Establishment.--There is established the Office of 
the President pro tempore emeritus of the Senate.
    (b) Designation.--Any Member of the Senate who--
            (1) is designated by the Senate as the President 
        pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate; and
            (2) is serving as a Member of the Senate,
shall be the President pro tempore emeritus of the United 
States Senate.
    (c) Appointment and Compensation of Employees.--The 
President pro tempore emeritus is authorized to appoint and fix 
the compensation of such employees as the President pro tempore 
emeritus determines appropriate.
    (d) Expense Allowance.--There is authorized an expense 
allowance for the President pro tempore emeritus which shall 
not exceed $7,500 each fiscal year. The President pro tempore 
emeritus may receive the expense allowance (1) as reimbursement 
for actual expenses incurred upon certification and 
documentation of such expenses by the President pro tempore 
emeritus, or (2) in equal monthly payments. Such amounts paid 
to the President pro tempore emeritus as reimbursement of 
actual expenses incurred upon certification and documentation 
under this subsection, shall not be reported as income, and the 
expenses so reimbursed shall not be allowed as a deduction 
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act and shall apply only with respect 
to the 108th Congress.
    Sec. 8. Administration of Across-the-Board Reduction. In 
the administration of section 601 of title VI of division N of 
this Act, with respect to the budget authority provided under 
the heading ``Senate'' under this title--
            (1) the percentage rescission under subsection (a) 
        of that section shall apply to the total amount of all 
        funds appropriated under that heading; and
            (2) the rescission may be applied without regard to 
        subsection (b) of that section.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$956,086,000, as follows:

                        HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$16,530,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,979,000, 
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 
of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,899,000, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $2,309,000, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$1,624,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Minority Whip, $1,214,000, including $5,000 for official 
expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative 
Floor Activities, $446,000; Republican Steering Committee, 
$834,000; Republican Conference, $1,397,000; Democratic 
Steering and Policy Committee, $1,490,000; Democratic Caucus, 
$741,000; nine minority employees, $1,337,000; training and 
program development--majority, $290,000; training and program 
development--minority, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, 
$340,000; and Cloakroom Personnel--minority, $340,000.

                  Members' Representational Allowances

   Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and 
                             Official Mail

    For Members' representational allowances, including 
Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$476,536,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special 
and select, authorized by House resolutions, $103,421,000: 
Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2004.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on 
Appropriations, $24,200,000, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such 
committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available 
for reimbursement to agencies for services performed: Provided, 
That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and 
expenses until December 31, 2004.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $152,027,000, including: for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than 
$13,000, of which not more than $10,000 is for the Family Room, 
for official representation and reception expenses, 
$20,032,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of 
Garages, and including not more than $3,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $5,097,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 
$105,363,000, of which $7,693,000 shall remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Inspector General, $3,947,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, 
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $894,000; for 
the Office of the Chaplain, $149,000; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the 
Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, 
$1,464,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law 
Revision Counsel of the House, $2,168,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
$5,852,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections 
Calendar Office, $915,000; and for other authorized employees, 
$146,000: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, up 
to $660,000 may be transferred to the Office of the Architect 
of the Capitol, subject to the approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

                        ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $183,372,000, including: supplies, 
materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$3,384,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; Government 
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $178,888,000; and 
miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, 
repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 
deceased employees of the House, $690,000.

                           CHILD CARE CENTER

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives 
Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account 
established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the 
level specified in the budget of the Center, as submitted to 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 101. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members' 
Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction or 
To Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
fiscal year 2003. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
made under such allowances for fiscal year 2003 shall be 
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, 
if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 
have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of 
the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member 
of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
    Sec. 102. (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury 
of the United States a revolving fund for the House of 
Representatives to be known as the Net Expenses of Equipment 
Revolving Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``Revolving Fund''), consisting of funds deposited by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives from 
amounts provided by offices of the House of Representatives to 
purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain the equipment located in 
such offices, and amounts provided by Members of the House of 
Representatives (including Delegates and Resident Commissioners 
to the Congress) to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain 
furniture for their district offices.
    (b) Amounts in the Revolving Fund shall be used by the 
Chief Administrative Officer without fiscal year limitation to 
purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain equipment for offices of 
the House of Representatives and furniture for the district 
offices of Members of the House of Representatives (including 
Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress).
    (c) The Revolving Fund shall be treated as a category of 
allowances and expenses for purposes of section 101(a) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(a)).
    (d) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2003 and each succeeding fiscal year, except that for purposes 
of making deposits into the Revolving Fund under subsection 
(a), the Chief Administrative Officer may deposit amounts 
provided by offices of the House of Representatives during 
fiscal year 2002 or any succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 103. Effective with respect to fiscal year 2003 and 
each succeeding fiscal year, any amount received by House 
Information Resources from any office of the House of 
Representatives as reimbursement for services provided shall be 
deposited in the Treasury for credit to the account of the 
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 104. Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (41 U.S.C. 5) does not apply to purchases and 
contracts for supplies or services for any office of the House 
of Representatives in any fiscal year.
    Sec. 105. (a) Establishment.--The Chief Administrative 
Officer shall establish a program under which an employing 
office of the House of Representatives may agree to repay (by 
direct payment on behalf of the employee) any student loan 
previously taken out by an employee of the office. For purposes 
of this section, a Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) 
shall not be considered to be an employee of the House of 
Representatives.
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration 
shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out the program under this section.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
the program under this section during fiscal year 2003 and each 
succeeding fiscal year.

       PROGRAM TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HOUSE OF 
           REPRESENTATIVES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

    Sec. 106. (a) In General.--In order to promote an increase 
in opportunities for individuals with disabilities to provide 
services to the House of Representatives, the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is 
authorized to--
            (1) enter into 1 or more contracts with 
        nongovernmental entities to provide for the performance 
        of services for offices of the House of Representatives 
        by individuals with disabilities who are employees of, 
        or under contract with, such entities; and
            (2) provide reasonable accommodations, including 
        assistive technology devices and assistive technology 
        services, to enable such individuals to perform such 
        services under such contracts.
    (b) Elements of Program.--The Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House of Representatives, in entering into any contract 
under subsection (a), shall seek to ensure that--
            (1) traditional and nontraditional outreach efforts 
        are used to attract individuals with disabilities for 
        educational benefit and employment opportunities in the 
        House;
            (2) the non-governmental entity provides adequate 
        education and training for individuals with 
        disabilities to enhance such employment opportunities; 
        and
            (3) efforts are made to educate employing offices 
        in the House about opportunities to employ individuals 
        with disabilities.
    (c) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated from 
the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives 
$500,000 to carry out this section for each of the fiscal years 
2003 through 2007.
    Sec. 107. (a) At any time on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives may incur obligations and make 
expenditures out of available appropriations for meals, 
refreshments, and other support and maintenance for Members, 
officers, and employees of the House of Representatives when, 
in the judgment of the Chief Administrative Officer, such 
obligations and expenditures are necessary to respond to 
emergencies involving the safety of human life or the 
protection of property.
    (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect any 
other authority of the Chief Administrative Officer to incur 
obligations and make expenditures for the items and services 
described in subsection (a) for Members, officers, and 
employees of the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 108. (a) Section 312(d) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112(d)), is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' 
        and inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(3) The House of Representatives shall make payments from 
amounts provided in appropriations acts for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer for 
the following activities carried out under this section:
            ``(A) The payment of the salary of the director of 
        the center.
            ``(B) The reimbursement of individuals employed by 
        the center for the cost of training classes and 
        conferences in connection with the provision of child 
        care services, together with the cost of travel 
        (including transportation and subsistence) incurred in 
        connection with such classes and conferences.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 109. (a) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b) is amended by striking 
``upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives'' each place it appears and inserting the 
following: ``effective upon the expiration of the 21-day period 
(or such alternative period that may be imposed by the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) 
which begins on the date such Committee has been notified of 
the transfer''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 110. (a) Section 202(b)(5) of the 21st Century 
Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 
Law 107-273; 116 Stat. 1775) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) Section 101(b) of the Legislative Branch 
        Appropriations Act, 2000 (2 U.S.C. 130f(b)) is amended 
        by striking `with respect to any proceeding' and all 
        that follows and inserting `as required by section 530D 
        of title 28, United States Code.'.''.
    (b) Section 712(b) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
(2 U.S.C. 288k(b)), as amended by section 202(b)(2) of the 21st 
Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, 
is amended by inserting ``, United States Code'' after ``title 
28''.
    (c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 
as if included in the enactment of the 21st Century Department 
of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,658,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $7,643,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House.
    For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

    For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of 
the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his 
assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to 
the Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $725 per month 
each to four medical officers while on duty in the Office of 
the Attending Physician; (3) an allowance of $725 per month to 
two assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 
assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistants; and (4) $1,414,000 for reimbursement to the 
Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, 
which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable 
appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, 
allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
available for all the purposes thereof, $3,000,000, of which 
$300,000 shall remain available until expended, to be disbursed 
by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
Special Services Office, $3,035,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount 
may be used to employ more than 58 individuals: Provided 
further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during 
emergencies, to employ not more than two additional individuals 
for not more than 120 days each, and not more than 10 
additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the 
Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, of the statements for the second session of 
the One Hundred Seventh Congress, showing appropriations made, 
indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together 
with a chronological history of the regular appropriations 
bills as required by law,$30,000, to be paid to the persons 
designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

    For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government 
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $175,675,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.

                            General Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security 
equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, 
materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of 
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be 
expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol 
Police in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses, $28,100,000, of which $1,400,000 shall remain 
available until expended, to be disbursed by the Chief of the 
Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the 
Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
for fiscal year 2003 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland 
Security.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority.--Amounts appropriated for 
fiscal year 2003 for the Capitol Police may be transferred 
between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon 
the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 1002. Capitol Police Contract Authority. (a) In 
General.--The United States Capitol Police may--
            (1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of 
        severable services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal 
        year and ends in the next fiscal year to the same 
        extent as the head of an executive agency under the 
        authority of section 303L of the Federal Property and 
        Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253l); 
        and
            (2) enter into multiyear contracts for the 
        acquisitions of property and nonaudit-related services 
        to the same extent as executive agencies under the 
        authority of section 304B of the Federal Property and 
        Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c).
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1003. Disposal of Surplus Property. (a) In General.--
Within the limits of available appropriations, the Capitol 
Police may dispose of surplus or obsolete property of the 
Capitol Police by interagency transfer, donation, sale, trade-
in, or other appropriate method.
    (b) Amounts Received.--Any amounts received by the Capitol 
Police from the disposition of property under subsection (a) 
shall be credited to the account established for the general 
expenses of the Capitol Police, and shall be available to carry 
out the purposes of such account during the fiscal year in 
which the amounts are received and the following fiscal year.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1004. Recruitment and Relocation Bonuses. Section 909 
of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-117; 
115 Stat. 2320) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the 
                Board determines that the Capitol Police would 
                be likely, in the absence of such a bonus, to 
                encounter difficulty in filling the position'' 
                and inserting ``the Chief, in the Chief's sole 
                discretion, determines that such a bonus will 
                assist the Capitol Police in recruitment 
                efforts''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Determination not appealable or reviewable.--
        Any determination of the Chief under this subsection 
        shall not be appealable or reviewable in any manner.'';
            (2) by striking subsections (e) and (f)(2); and
            (3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
        subsections (e) and (f), respectively.
    Sec. 1005. Recruitment of Individuals Without Regard to 
Age. (a) In General.--The Chief of the Capitol Police shall 
carry out any activities and programs to recruit individuals to 
serve as members of the Capitol Police without regard to the 
age of the individuals.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
be construed to affect any provision of law of any rule or 
regulation providing for the mandatory separation of members of 
the Capitol Police on the basis of age, or any provision of law 
or any rule or regulation regarding the calculation of 
retirement or other benefits for members of the Capitol Police.
    Sec. 1006. Retention Allowances. Section 909(b) of the 
Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-117; 115 Stat. 
2320) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B); 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``if--'' and inserting ``if 
                the Chief, in the Chief's sole discretion, 
                determines that such a bonus will assist the 
                Capitol Police in retention efforts.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the reduction 
        or the elimination of a retention allowance may not be 
        appealed'' and inserting ``any determination of the 
        Chief under this subsection, or the reduction or 
        elimination of a retention allowance, shall not be 
        appealable or reviewable in any manner''.
    Sec. 1007. Educational Assistance Program. Section 908 of 
the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1924; Public Law 
107-117; 115 Stat. 2319) is amended to read as follows:

             ``EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES

    ``Sec. 908. (a) Establishment.--In order to recruit or 
retain qualified personnel, the Chief of the Capitol Police may 
establish an educational assistance program for employees of 
the Capitol Police under which the Capitol Police may agree--
            ``(1) to repay (by direct payments on behalf of the 
        participating employee) all or any portion of a student 
        loan previously taken out by the employee;
            ``(2) to make direct payments to an educational 
        institution on behalf of a participating employee or to 
        reimburse a participating employee for all or any 
        portion of any tuition or related educational expenses 
        paid by the employee.
    ``(b) Special Rules For Student Loan Repayments.--
            ``(1) Application of regulations under executive 
        branch program.--In carrying out subsection (a)(1), the 
        Chief of the Capitol Police may, by regulation, make 
        applicable such provisions of section 5379 of title 5, 
        United States Code, as the Chief determines necessary 
        to provide for such program.
            ``(2) Restrictions on prior reimbursements.--The 
        Capitol Police may not reimburse any individual under 
        subsection (a)(1) for any repayments made by the 
        individual prior to entering into an agreement with the 
        Capitol Police to participate in the program under this 
        section.
            ``(3) Use of recovered amounts.--Any amount repaid 
        by, or recovered from, an individual under subsection 
        (a)(1) and its implementing regulations shall be 
        credited to the appropriation account available for 
        salaries or general expenses of the Capitol Police at 
        the time of repayment or recovery. Such credited amount 
        may be used for any authorized purpose of the account 
        and shall remain available until expended.
    ``(c) Limit on Amount of Payments.--The total amount paid 
by the Capitol Police with respect to any individual under the 
program under this section may not exceed $40,000.
    ``(d) No Review of Determinations.--Any determination made 
under the program under this section shall not be reviewable or 
appealable in any manner.
    ``(e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.''.
    Sec. 1008. Applicable Pay Rate Upon Appointment. (a) In 
General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the rate 
of basic pay payable to an individual upon appointment to a 
position with the Capitol Police shall be at a rate within the 
minimum and maximum pay rates applicable to the position.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1009. Overtime Compensation For Officers at Rank of 
Lieutenant or Higher. (a) In General.--The Chief of the Capitol 
Police may provide for the compensation of overtime work of 
officers of the Capitol Police at the rank of lieutenant and 
higher. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect 
the compensation of overtime work of officers of the Capitol 
Police at any rank not described in the previous sentence.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--In providing for the 
compensation of overtime work under this section, the Chief 
shall provide the compensation in the same manner and subject 
to the same terms and conditions which are applicable to the 
compensation of overtime work of officers and members of the 
United States Secret Service Uniformed Division and the United 
States Park Police who serve at the rank of lieutenant and 
higher, in accordance with section 1 of the Act entitled ``An 
Act to provide a 5-day week for officers and members of the 
Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park Police force, 
and the White House Police force, and for other purposes'', 
approved August 15, 1950 (sec. 5-1304, D.C. Official Code).
    Sec. 1010. Training Programs For Personnel. (a) In 
General.--Chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 4120. Training for employees of the Capitol Police

    ``(a) The Chief of the Capitol Police may, by regulation, 
make applicable such provisions of this chapter as the Chief 
determines necessary to provide for training of employees of 
the Capitol Police. The regulations shall provide for training 
which, in the determination of the Chief, is consistent with 
the training provided by agencies under the preceding sections 
of this chapter.
    ``(b) The Office of Personnel Management shall provide the 
Chief of the Capitol Police with such advice and assistance as 
the Chief may request in order to enable the Chief to carry out 
the purposes of this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
41 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following:

``4120. Training for employees of the Capitol Police.''.

    Sec. 1011. Additional Compensation for Employees With 
Specialty Assignments and Proficiencies. (a) Establishment of 
Positions.--The Chief of the Capitol Police may establish and 
determine, from time to time, positions in salary classes of 
employees of the Capitol Police to be designated as employees 
with specialty assignments or proficiencies, based on the 
experience, education, training, or other appropriate factors 
required to carry out the duties of such employees.
    (b) Additional Compensation.--In addition to the regularly 
scheduled rate of basic pay, each employee holding a position 
designated under this section shall receive an amount 
determined by the Chief, except that--
            (1) such amount may not exceed 25 percent of the 
        employee's annual rate of basic pay; and
            (2) such amount may not be paid in a calendar year 
        to the extent that, when added to the total basic pay 
        paid or payable to such employee for service performed 
        in the year, such amount would cause the total to 
        exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for level 
        II of the Executive Schedule, as of the end of such 
        year.
    (c) Manner of Payment.--The additional compensation 
authorized by this subsection shall be paid to an employee in a 
manner determined by the Chief or his designee except when the 
employee ceases to be assigned to the specialty assignment or 
ceases to maintain the required proficiency. The loss of such 
additional compensation shall not constitute an adverse action 
for any purpose.
    (d) Determination Not Appealable or Reviewable.--Any 
determination under section (a) shall not be appealable or 
reviewable in any manner.
    Sec. 1012. Application of Premium Pay Limits on Annualized 
Basis. (a) In General.--Any limits on the amount of premium pay 
which may be earned by officers and members of the Capitol 
Police during emergencies (as determined by the Capitol Police 
Board) shall be applied by the Chief of the Capitol Police on 
an annual basis and not on a pay period basis. Any 
determination under this subsection shall not be reviewable or 
appealable in any manner.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to hours of duty occurring on or after September 11, 
2001.
    Sec. 1013. (a) Subsection (c) of the first section of 
Public Law 96-152 (2 U.S.C. 1902) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(c) The annual rate of pay for the Chief of the Capitol 
Police shall be the amount equal to $1,000 less than the lower 
of the annual rate of pay in effect for the Sergeant-at-Arms of 
the House of Representatives or the annual rate of pay in 
effect for the Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate.''.
    (b) Section 907(b) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 
(2 U.S.C. 1901 note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) The annual rate of pay for the Assistant Chief of the 
Capitol Police shall be the amount equal to $1,000 less than 
the annual rate of pay in effect for the Chief of the Capitol 
Police.''.
    (c) Section 108(a)(4) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1903(a)(4)) is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(4) The annual rate of pay for the Chief 
        Administrative Officer shall be the amount equal to 
        $1,000 less than the annual rate of pay in effect for 
        the Chief of the Capitol Police.''.
    (d) The amendments made by this section shall apply with 
respect to the first pay period beginning on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 1014. (a) Capitol Police Board; Composition; 
Redefining Mission.--
            (1) Purpose.--The purpose of the Capitol Police 
        Board is to oversee and support the Capitol Police in 
        its mission and to advance coordination between the 
        Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
        Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
        of the Senate, in their law enforcement capacities, and 
        the Congress. Consistent with this purpose, the Capitol 
        Police Board shall establish general goals and 
        objectives covering its major functions and operations 
        to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its 
        operations.
            (2) Composition.--The Capitol Police Board shall 
        consist of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
        Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
        the Senate, the Chief of the Capitol Police, and the 
        Architect of the Capitol. The Chief of Capitol Police 
        shall serve in an ex-officio capacity and be a non-
        voting member of the Board.
    (b) Initial Review and Report.--Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Capitol Police 
Board shall--
            (1) examine the mission of the Capitol Police Board 
        and, based on that analysis, redefine the Capitol 
        Police Board's mission, mission-related processes, and 
        administrative processes;
            (2) conduct an assessment of the effectiveness and 
        usefulness of its statutory functions in contributing 
        to the Capitol Police Board's ability to carry out its 
        mission and meet its goals, including an explanation of 
        the reasons for any determination that the statutory 
        functions are appropriate and advisable in terms of its 
        purpose, mission, and long-term goals; and
            (3) submit to the Speaker and minority leader of 
        the House of Representatives and the President pro 
        tempore and minority leader of the Senate a report on 
        the results of its examination and assessment, 
        including recommendations for any legislation that the 
        Capitol Police Board considers appropriate and 
        necessary.
    (c) Executive Assistant.--
            (1) Establishment.--There shall be established in 
        the Capitol Police an Executive Assistant for the 
        Capitol Police Board to act as a central point for 
        communication and enhance the overall effectiveness and 
        efficiency of the Capitol Police Board's administrative 
        activities.
            (2) Appointment.--The Executive Assistant shall be 
        appointed by the Chief of the Capitol Police in 
        consultation with the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
        Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
        of the Senate.
            (3) Duties.--The Executive Assistant shall be 
        assigned to, and report to, the Chairman of the Board. 
        The Executive Assistant shall assist the Capitol Police 
        Board in developing, documenting, and implementing a 
        clearly defined process for additional tasks assigned 
        to the Capitol Police Board under this section, and 
        shall perform any additional duties assigned by the 
        Capitol Police Board.
    (d) Documentation.--
            (1) Functions and processes.--The Capitol Police 
        Board shall document its functions and processes, 
        including its mission statement, policies, directives, 
        and operating procedures established or revised under 
        subsection (a)(1) or (b), and make such documentation 
        available for examination to the Speaker and minority 
        leader of the House of Representatives, the President 
        pro tempore and minority leader of the Senate, the 
        Chief of the Capitol Police, and the Comptroller 
        General.
            (2) Meetings.--The Capitol Police Board shall 
        document Board meetings and make the documentation 
        available for distribution to the Speaker and minority 
        leader of the House of Representatives and the 
        President pro tempore and minority leader of the 
        Senate.
    (e) Assistance of Comptroller General.--Upon request, the 
Comptroller General shall provide assistance to the Capitol 
Police Board in carrying out its responsibilities under this 
subsection.
    (f) References in Law; Effect on Other Laws.--(1) Any 
reference in any law or resolution in effect as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act to the ``Capitol Police Board'' shall 
be deemed to refer to the Capitol Police Board as composed 
under subsection (a)(2).
    (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
the jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives of the Capitol Police 
Board or its individual members unless specifically provided 
herein.
    Sec. 1015. Transfer of Library of Congress Police to the 
United States Capitol Police. (a) Transfer of Library of 
Congress Police to the United States Capitol Police.--
            (1) Transfer of personnel and functions.--There are 
        transferred to the United States Capitol Police--
                    (A) each Library of Congress Police 
                employee; and
                    (B) any functions performed under the first 
                section of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 
                167) and section 9 of that Act (2 U.S.C. 167h) 
                (as in effect immediately before the effective 
                date of this section).
            (2) Effect on personnel.--
                    (A) Annual and sick leave.--Any annual or 
                sick leave to the credit of an individual 
                transferred under paragraph (1) shall be 
                transferred to the credit of that individual as 
                an employee of the United States Capitol 
                Police.
                    (B) Service performed for retirement 
                purposes.--For those Library of Congress Police 
                employees transferred under paragraph (1)(A), 
                any period of service performed by a Library of 
                Congress Police employee shall be deemed to be 
                service performed as a member of the United 
                States Capitol Police for purposes of chapters 
                83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code.
                    (C) Vacancies.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, upon the date of enactment of 
                this section and until completion of the 
                transfer under paragraph (1), vacancies in 
                Library of Congress police employee positions, 
                if filled, shall be filled in accordance with 
                the employment standards of the United States 
                Capitol Police, to the extent practicable as 
                determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police.
            (3) Effective date of transfer of personnel and 
        functions.--Library of Congress employees transferred 
        to the United States Capitol Police under paragraph 
        (1)(A), and Library of Congress functions transferred 
        under paragraph (1)(B) shall be transferred to the 
        United States Capitol Police upon approval of the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
        and the appropriate authorizing committees.
    (b) Transition.--
            (1) Implementation plan.--
                    (A) Plan.--Not later than 180 days after 
                the date of enactment of this section, the 
                Chief of the Capitol Police shall prepare and 
                submit to the appropriate committees of 
                Congress for approval, and to the Capitol 
                Police Board and the Librarian of Congress, a 
                plan--
                            (i) describing the policies and 
                        procedures, and actions the Chief of 
                        the Capitol Police will take in 
                        implementing the transfer provisions 
                        under this section;
                            (ii) establishing dates by which 
                        Library of Congress personnel and 
                        functions authorized to be transferred 
                        under subsection (a)(1) shall be 
                        transferred to the United States 
                        Capitol Police;
                            (iii) in consultation with the 
                        Librarian of Congress, providing for 
                        the performance of law enforcement and 
                        protection functions relating to the 
                        buildings and grounds of the Library of 
                        Congress, including collections 
                        security, within the overall security 
                        responsibilities of the United States 
                        Capitol Police;
                            (iv) recommending legislative 
                        changes needed to implement the 
                        transfers under subsection (a)(1), 
                        including--
                                    (I) identifying options for 
                                addressing how to apply United 
                                States Capitol Police 
                                retirement provisions to such 
                                transferred personnel;
                                    (II) identifying options 
                                related to providing voluntary 
                                separation incentives to 
                                transferred personnel; and
                                    (III) identifying options 
                                to ensure the Librarian of 
                                Congress maintains appropriate 
                                authority to execute his 
                                security responsibilities;
                            (v) detailing the mechanisms to be 
                        used by the Chief of the Capitol Police 
                        for ensuring that Library of Congress 
                        employees transferred to the United 
                        States Capitol Police under subsection 
                        (a)(1) are not adversely affected by 
                        the transfer with respect to pay;
                            (vi) addressing--
                                    (I) how United States 
                                Capitol Police training and 
                                qualification requirements will 
                                be applied to Library of 
                                Congress employees transferred 
                                under subsection (a)(1); and
                                    (II) the overall training 
                                needs of the merged police 
                                force; and
                            (vii) providing an analysis of the 
                        cost implications of implementing the 
                        plan.
            (2) Implementation report.--Not later than 1 year 
        after the date of enactment of this section, and 
        annually thereafter until the transfer is fully 
        implemented, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall 
        prepare and submit a report to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress, the Capitol Police Board, and 
        the Librarian of Congress, on the Chief of the Capitol 
        Police's progress in implementing the plan required in 
        paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, including any 
        adjustments to cost estimates or legislative changes 
        needed to implement the provisions of this section.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Act of August 4, 1950'' means the 
        Act entitled ``An Act relating to the policing of the 
        buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress'', 
        approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167 et seq.); and
            (2) the term ``Library of Congress Police 
        employee''--
                    (A) means an employee of the Library of 
                Congress designated as police under the first 
                section of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 
                167) (as in effect immediately before the 
                effective date of this section); and
                    (B) does not include any civilian employee 
                performing police support functions.
    (d) Effective Date.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, this section shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this section.
    Sec. 1016. Clarification of Authority of Capitol Police to 
Police Botanic Garden. (a) Buildings.--Section 5101 of title 
40, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``all buildings 
on the real property described under section 5102(c) (including 
the Administrative Building of the United States Botanic 
Garden),'' after ``Capitol Power Plant,''.
    (b) Grounds.--Section 5102 of title 40, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) National Garden of the United States Botanic 
Garden.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided under 
        paragraph (2), the United States Capitol Grounds shall 
        include--
                    ``(A) the National Garden of the United 
                States Botanic Garden;
                    ``(B) all grounds contiguous to the 
                Administrative Building of the United States 
                Botanic Garden, including Bartholdi Park; and
                    ``(C) all grounds bounded by the curblines 
                of First Street, Southwest on the east; 
                Washington Avenue, Southwest to its 
                intersection with Independence Avenue, and 
                Independence Avenue from such intersection to 
                its intersection with Third Street, Southwest 
                on the south; Third Street, Southwest on the 
                west; and Maryland Avenue, Southwest on the 
                north.
            ``(2) Maintenance and improvements.--
        Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), jurisdiction 
        and control over the buildings on the grounds described 
        in paragraph (1) shall be retained by the Joint 
        Committee on the Library, and the Joint Committee on 
        the Library shall continue to be solely responsible for 
        the maintenance and improvement of the grounds 
        described in such paragraph.
            ``(3) Authority not limited.--Nothing in this 
        subsection shall limit the authority of the Architect 
        of the Capitol under section 307E of the Legislative 
        Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c).''.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 9(a) of 
the Act of July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended by 
striking ``sections 193a to 193m, 212a, 212a-2, and 212b of 
this title and regulations promulgated under section 212b of 
this title,'' and inserting ``this Act (and regulations 
promulgated under section 14 of this Act (2 U.S.C. 1969)), and 
chapter 51 of title 40, United States Code,''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year 
thereafter.
    Sec. 1017. Capitol Police Special Officers. (a) In 
General.--In the event of an emergency, as determined by the 
Capitol Police Board or in a concurrent resolution of Congress, 
the Chief of the Capitol Police may appoint--
            (1) any law enforcement officer from any Federal 
        agency or State or local government agency made 
        available by that agency to serve as a special officer 
        of the Capitol Police within the authorities of the 
        Capitol Police in policing the Capitol buildings and 
        grounds; and
            (2) any member of the uniformed services, including 
        members of the National Guard, made available by the 
        appropriate authority to serve as a special officer of 
        the Capitol Police within the authorities of the 
        Capitol Police in policing the Capitol buildings and 
        grounds.
    (b) Conditions of Appointment.--An individual appointed as 
a special officer under this section shall--
            (1) serve without pay for service performed as a 
        special officer (other than pay received from the 
        applicable employing agency or service);
            (2) serve as a special officer no longer than a 
        period specified at the time of appointment;
            (3) not be a Federal employee by reason of service 
        as a special officer, except as provided under 
        paragraph (4); and
            (4) shall be an employee of the Government for 
        purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States 
        Code, if that individual is acting within the scope of 
        his office or employment in service as a special 
        officer.
    (c) Qualifications.--Any individual appointed under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to--
            (1) qualification requirements as the Chief of the 
        Capitol Police determines necessary; and
            (2) approval by the Capitol Police Board.
    (d) Reimbursement Agreements.--Nothing in this section 
shall prohibit the Capitol Police from entering into an 
agreement for the reimbursement of services provided under this 
section with any Federal, State, or local agency.
    (e) Any appointment under this section shall be subject to 
initial approval by the Capitol Police Board and to final 
approval by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (in 
consultation with the Minority Leader of the House of 
Representatives) and the President pro tempore of the Senate 
(in consultation with the Minority Leader of the Senate), 
acting jointly.
    (f) Subject to approval by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives (in consultation with the Minority Leader of 
the House of Representatives) and the President pro tempore of 
the Senate (in consultation with the Minority Leader of the 
Senate), acting jointly, the CapitolPolice Board may prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section.
    (g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to fiscal year 
2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1018. Transfer of Disbursing Function. (a) In 
General.--
            (1) Disbursing officer.--The Chief of the Capitol 
        Police shall be the disbursing officer for the Capitol 
        Police. Any reference in any law or resolution before 
        the date of enactment of this section to funds paid or 
        disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
        House of Representatives and the Secretary of the 
        Senate relating to the pay and allowances of Capitol 
        Police employees shall be deemed to refer to the Chief 
        of the Capitol Police.
            (2) Transfer.--Any statutory function, duty, or 
        authority of the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
        House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate 
        as disbursing officers for the Capitol Police shall 
        transfer to the Chief of the Capitol Police as the 
        single disbursing officer for the Capitol Police.
            (3) Continuity of function during transition.--
        Until such time as the Chief notifies the Chief 
        Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives 
        and the Secretary of the Senate that systems are in 
        place for discharging the disbursing functions under 
        this subsection, the House of Representatives and the 
        Senate shall continue to serve as the disbursing 
        authority on behalf of the Capitol Police.
    (b) Treasury Accounts.--
            (1) Salaries.--
                    (A) In general.--There is established in 
                the Treasury of the United States a separate 
                account for the Capitol Police, into which 
                shall be deposited appropriations received by 
                the Chief of the Capitol Police and available 
                for the salaries of the Capitol Police.
                    (B) Transfer authority during transition.--
                Until such time as the Chief notifies the Chief 
                Administrative Officer of the House of 
                Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate 
                that systems are in place for discharging the 
                disbursing functions under subsection (a), the 
                Chief shall have the authority to transfer 
                amounts in the account to the House of 
                Representatives and the Senate to the extent 
                necessary to enable the Chief Administrative 
                Officer of the House of Representatives and the 
                Secretary of the Senate to continue to serve as 
                the disbursing authority on behalf of the 
                Capitol Police pursuant to subsection (a)(3).
            (2) General expenses.--There is established in the 
        Treasury of the United States a separate account for 
        the Capitol Police, into which shall be deposited 
        appropriations received by the Chief of the Capitol 
        Police and available for the general expenses of the 
        Capitol Police.
    (c) Transfer of Funds, Assets, Accounts, Records, and 
Authority.--
            (1) In general.--The Chief Administrative Officer 
        of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of 
        the Senate are authorized and directed to transfer to 
        the Chief of the Capitol Police all funds, assets, 
        accounts, and copies of original records of the Capitol 
        Police that are in the possession or under the control 
        of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
        Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate in order 
        that all such items may be available for the unified 
        operation of the Capitol Police. Any funds so 
        transferred shall be deposited in the Treasury accounts 
        established under subsection (b) and be available to 
        the Chief of the Capitol Police for the same purposes 
        as, and in like manner and subject to the same 
        conditions as, the funds prior to the transfer.
            (2) Existing transfer authority.--Any transfer 
        authority existing before the date of enactment of this 
        Act granted to the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
        House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate 
        for salaries, expenses, and operations of the Capitol 
        Police shall be transferred to the Chief of the Capitol 
        Police.
    (d) Unexpended Balances.--Except as may otherwise be 
provided in law, the unexpended balances of appropriations for 
the fiscal year 2003 and succeeding fiscal years that are 
subject to disbursement by the Chief of the Capitol Police 
shall be withdrawn as of September 30 of the fifth fiscal year 
following the period or year for which provided. Unpaid 
obligations chargeable to any of the balances so withdrawn or 
appropriations for prior years shall be liquidated from any 
appropriations for the same general purpose, which, at the time 
of payment, are available for disbursement.
    (e) Hiring Authority; Eligibility for Same Benefits as 
House Employees.--
            (1) Authority.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph 
                (B), the Chief of the Capitol Police, in 
                carrying out the duties of office, is 
                authorized to appoint, hire, discharge, and set 
                the terms, conditions, and privileges of 
                employment of employees of the Capitol Police, 
                subject to and in accordance with applicable 
                laws and regulations.
                    (B) Review and approval.--In carrying out 
                the authority under this paragraph, the Chief 
                of the Capitol Police shall be subject to the 
                following requirements:
                            (i) The appointment and termination 
                        of any officer, member, or employee 
                        shall be subject to the approval of the 
                        Committee on House Administration of 
                        the House of Representatives and the 
                        Committee on Rules and Administration 
                        of the Senate.
                            (ii) The promotion of any 
                        noncivilian officer, member, or 
                        employee to any rank higher than 
                        Private First Class, and the promotion 
                        of any civilian employee to any 
                        position, shall be subject to the 
                        approval of the Committees referred to 
                        in clause (i).
                            (iii) The establishment of any new 
                        position for officers, members, or 
                        employeesshall be subject to the 
approval of the Committees referred to in clause (i).
            (2) Benefits.--Employees of the Capitol Police who 
        are appointed by the Chief under the authority of this 
        subsection shall be subject to the same type of 
        benefits (including the payment of death gratuities, 
        the withholding of debt, and health, retirement, Social 
        Security, and other applicable employee benefits) as 
        are provided to employees of the House of 
        Representatives, and any such individuals serving as 
        employees of the Capitol Police as of the date of 
        enactment of this Act shall be subject to the same 
        rules governing rights, protections, pay, and benefits 
        in effect immediately before such date until such rules 
        are changed under applicable laws or regulations.
    (f) Worker's Compensation.--
            (1) Account.--There shall be established a separate 
        account in the Capitol Police for purposes of making 
        payments for employees of the Capitol Police under 
        section 8147 of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Payments without fiscal year limitation.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments 
        may be made from the account established under 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection without regard to the 
        fiscal year for which the obligation to make such 
        payments is incurred.
    (g) Effect on Existing Law.--
            (1) In general.--The provisions of this section 
        shall not be construed to reduce the pay or benefits of 
        any employee of the Capitol Police whose pay was 
        disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
        House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate 
        before the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Superseding provisions.--All provisions of law 
        inconsistent with this section are hereby superseded to 
        the extent of the inconsistency.
    (h) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 1821 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 1901) is amended by 
striking the third sentence.
    (2) Section 1822 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (2 U.S.C. 1921) is repealed.
    (3) Section 111 of title I of the Act entitled ``Making 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1977, and for other purposes'', approved May 4, 
1977 (2 U.S.C. 64-3), is amended--
            (A) by striking ``Secretary of the Senate'' and 
        inserting ``Chief of the Capitol Police''; and
            (B) by striking ``United States Senate'' and 
        inserting ``Capitol Police''.
    (i) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act and shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal 
year thereafter.
    Sec. 1019. (a) Long Term Strategic Plan.--
            (1) In general.--The Chief of the United States 
        Capitol Police, in consultation with the Comptroller 
        General, shall develop a long term strategic plan which 
        outlines the goals and objectives of the Capitol 
        Police.
            (2) Annual update.--During the period in which the 
        strategic plan developed under this subsection is in 
        effect, the Chief shall annually update the plan.
            (3) Period covered by plan.--The strategic plan 
        under this subsection shall cover the first 5 fiscal 
        years which begin after the plan is developed.
    (b) Annual Performance Plan.--
            (1) In general.--With respect to each year which is 
        covered by the strategic plan developed under 
        subsection (a), the Chief of the Capitol Police, in 
        consultation with the Comptroller General, shall 
        develop an annual performance plan for implementing the 
        goals and objectives of the strategic plan during the 
        year.
            (2) Contents.--The annual performance plan 
        developed under this subsection for a year shall 
        include performance goals for each of the goals and 
        objectives of the strategic plan which apply during the 
        year, and shall include (to the extent practicable) 
        quantifiable performance measures for determining the 
        success of the Capitol Police in meeting each such 
        performance goal.
            (3) Evaluation by comptroller general.--The 
        Comptroller General shall annually evaluate the 
        implementation of the plan and the extent to which the 
        Capitol Police have met the performance goals of the 
        plan, and shall provide the results of the evaluation 
        to the Capitol Police Board, the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
        Senate, the Committee on House Administration of the 
        House of Representatives, and the Committee on Rules 
        and Administration of the Senate.
    (c) Initial Action Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of the Capitol 
Police shall develop an initial action plan describing the 
policies, procedures, and actions the Chief will carry out to 
meet the requirements of this section and setting forth a 
timetable for carrying out each such policy, procedure, and 
action, and shall submit such plan (upon the approval of the 
Capitol Police Board) to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
    Sec. 1020. Deadline for Regulations. Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of the 
Capitol Police shall promulgate any regulations required by 
Sections 1004, 1006, 1007 and 1011 of this Act.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,059,000, of which $254,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That 
the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance may have the 
authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to 
dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency 
transfer, donation, or discarding.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $3,000 to 
be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, $32,101,000, of which 
not more than $100,000 is to remain available until September 
30, 2006, for the acquisition and partial support for 
implementation of a Central Financial Management System: 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for the 
purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1101. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office may, by regulation, make applicable such provisions of 
section 3396 of title 5, United States Code, as the Director 
determines necessary to establish a program providing 
opportunities for employees of the Office to engage in details 
or other temporary assignments in other agencies, study, or 
uncompensated work experience which will contribute to the 
employees' development and effectiveness.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1102. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office may enter into agreements or contracts without regard to 
section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 
U.S.C. 5).
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys 
and studies in connection with activities under the care of the 
Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the 
general and administrative support of the operations under the 
Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; 
electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 
equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 
Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, 
maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle, 
$59,343,000, of which $450,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2007.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol, $32,094,000, of which $19,065,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2007.

                            Capitol Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of 
grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office 
buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $8,356,000, of which 
$1,780,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007.

                        Senate Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision of 
the Architect of the Capitol, $64,871,000, of which $21,600,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2007.

                         House Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the House office buildings, $60,960,000, of which 
$25,610,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007.

                          Capitol Power Plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power 
(including the purchase of electrical energy) and water and 
sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office 
buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about 
the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning 
refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such 
buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for 
air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union 
Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary 
Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which 
shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect 
of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into 
the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $102,286,000, 
of which $61,739,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2003.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $37,521,000, of which $18,014,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2007 and $5,500,000 shall 
remain available until expended.

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, and 
operation of buildings and grounds of the United States Capitol 
Police, $23,900,000, of which $23,500,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That $22,000,000 
of the amount provided is withheld from obligation subject to 
the notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate: Provided further, That any 
amounts provided to the Architect of the Capitol prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act for maintenance, care, and 
operation of buildings of the United States Capitol Police 
which remain unobligated as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act shall be transferred to the account under this 
heading.

                             Botanic Garden

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, 
grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, 
maintenance, repair, and operation of a passengermotor vehicle; 
all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, 
$6,103,000, of which $120,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2007: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for 
any activities of the National Garden.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1201. Small Purchase Contracting Authority. (a) In 
General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the 
        United States (41 U.S.C. 5) shall apply with respect to 
        purchases and contracts for the Architect of the 
        Capitol as if the reference to ``$25,000'' in paragraph 
        (1) of such section were a reference to ``$100,000''; 
        and
            (2) the Architect may procure services, equipment, 
        and construction for security related projects in the 
        most efficient manner he determines appropriate.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1202. Multi-year Contract Authority. (a) In General.--
The Architect of the Capitol may--
            (1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of 
        severable services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal 
        year and ends in the next fiscal year to the same 
        extent as the head of an executive agency under the 
        authority of section 303L of the Federal Property and 
        Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253l); 
        and
            (2) enter into multiyear contracts for the 
        acquisitions of property and nonaudit-related services 
        to the same extent as executive agencies under the 
        authority of section 304B of the Federal Property and 
        Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c).
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1203. Deputy Architect of the Capitol/Chief Operating 
Officer. (a) Establishment of Deputy Architect of the 
Capitol.--There shall be a Deputy Architect of the Capitol who 
shall serve as the Chief Operating Officer of the Office of the 
Architect of the Capitol. The Deputy Architect of the Capitol 
shall be appointed by the Architect of the Capitol and shall 
report directly to the Architect of the Capitol and shall be 
subject to the authority of the Architect of the Capitol. The 
Architect of the Capitol shall appoint the Deputy Architect of 
the Capitol not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. The Architect of the Capitol shall consult with 
the Comptroller General or his designee before making the 
appointment.
    (b) Qualifications.--The Deputy Architect of the Capitol 
shall have strong leadership skills and demonstrated ability in 
management, including in such areas as strategic planning, 
performance management, worker safety, customer satisfaction, 
and service quality.
    (c) Responsibilities.--
            (1) In general.--The Deputy Architect of the 
        Capitol shall be responsible to the Architect of the 
        Capitol for the overall direction, operation, and 
        management of the Office of the Architect of the 
        Capitol, including implementing the Office's goals and 
        mission; providing overall organization management to 
        improve the Office's performance; and assisting the 
        Architect of the Capitol in promoting reform, and 
        measuring results.
            (2) Responsibilities.--The Deputy Architect's 
        responsibilities include--
                    (A) developing, implementing, annually 
                updating, and maintaining a long-term strategic 
                plan covering a period of not less than 5 years 
                for the Office of the Architect of the Capitol;
                    (B) developing and implementing an annual 
                performance plan that includes annual 
                performance goals covering each of the general 
                goals and objectives in the strategic plan and 
                including to the extent practicable 
                quantifiable performance measures for the 
                annual goals;
                    (C) proposing organizational changes and 
                staffing needed to carry out the Office of the 
                Architect of the Capitol's mission and 
                strategic and annual performance goals; and
                    (D) reviewing and directing the operational 
                functions of the Office of the Architect of the 
                Capitol.
    (d) Additional Responsibilities.--The Architect of the 
Capitol may delegate to the Deputy Architect such additional 
duties as the Architect determines are necessary or 
appropriate.
    (e) Action Plan.--
            (1) In general.--No later than 90 days after the 
        appointment, the Deputy Architect shall prepare and 
        submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
        of Representatives and Senate and the Committee on 
        Rules and Administration of the Senate, an action plan 
        describing the policies, procedures, and actions the 
        Deputy Architect will implement and timeframes for 
        carrying out the responsibilities under this section.
            (2) Action plan.--The action plan shall be--
                    (A) approved and signed by both the 
                Architect of the Capitol and the Deputy 
                Architect; and
                    (B) developed concurrently and consistent 
                with the development of a strategic plan.
            (3) Additional senior positions.--Notwithstanding 
        section 108(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
        Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1839), as amended by section 129(c) 
        of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002, the 
        Architect of the Capitol may fix the rate of basic pay 
        for not more than 3 additional positions at a rate not 
        to exceed the highest total rate of pay for the Senior 
        Executive Service under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 
        of title 5, United States Code, for the locality 
        involved.
    (f) Evaluation.--The General Accounting Office shall 
evaluate annually the implementation of the action plan and 
provide the results of the evaluation to the Architect of the 
Capitol, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate and the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate.
    (g) Removal.--The Deputy Architect of the Capitol may be 
removed by the Architect of the Capitol for misconduct or 
failure to meet performance goals set forth in the performance 
agreement in subsection (i). Upon the removal of the Deputy 
Architect of the Capitol, the Architect of the Capitol shall 
immediately notify in writing the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate, and the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, stating the specific 
reasons for the removal.
    (h) Compensation.--The Deputy Architect of the Capitol 
shall be paid at an annual rate of pay to be determined by the 
Architect but not to exceed $1,500 less than the annual rate of 
pay for the Architect of the Capitol.
    (i) Annual Performance Report.--The Deputy Architect of the 
Capitol shall prepare and transmit to the Architect of the 
Capitol an annual performance report. This report shall contain 
an evaluation of the extent to which the Office of the 
Architect of the Capitol met its goals and objectives.
    (j) Termination of Role.--As of October 1, 2006, the role 
of the Comptroller General and the General Accounting Office, 
as established by this section, will cease.
    Sec. 1204. Deputy Architect to Act in Case of Absence, 
Disability, or Vacancy. The proviso under the subheading 
``salaries'' under the heading ``Office of the Architect of the 
Capitol'' under the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'' of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1971 (2 U.S.C. 1805) is 
amended by striking ``Assistant Architect'' and inserting 
``Deputy Architect''.
    Sec. 1205. Delegation of Authority by Architect of the 
Capitol. The matter under the subheading ``Office of the 
Architect of the Capitol'' under the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE 
CAPITOL'' of the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956 (2 U.S.C. 
1804) is amended by striking ``Architect of the Capitol is 
authorized'' through ``proper'' and inserting ``Architect of 
the Capitol may delegate to the assistants of the Architect 
such authority of the Architect as the Architect may determine 
proper, except those authorities, duties, and responsibilities 
specifically assigned to the Deputy Architect of the Capitol by 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003''.
    Sec. 1206. Assistant Architect. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the compensation of the Assistant Architect 
who is incumbent in that position when the position of 
Assistant Architect is abolished shall not be reduced so long 
as the former Assistant Architect is employed at the Office of 
the Architect of the Capitol. Whenever the Architect of the 
Capitol receives a pay adjustment after the date of enactment 
of this section, the compensation of such former Assistant 
Architect shall be adjusted by the same percentage as the 
compensation of the Architect of the Capitol. The authority 
granted in this section shall be in addition to the authority 
the Architect of the Capitol has in section 129(c)(1)(A) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002, as amended by this 
Act, to fix the rate of basic pay for not more than 15 
positions at a rate not to exceed the highest total rate of pay 
for the Senior Executive Service under subchapter VIII of 
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, for the locality 
involved.
    Sec. 1207. Senate Staff Health and Fitness Facility. 
Section 4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 
U.S.C. 121f) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``Staff'' after 
        ``Senate'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``Staff'' 
        after ``Senate'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ``Staff'' after 
        ``costs of the Senate'';
            (4) in subsection (d), by inserting ``Staff'' after 
        ``Senate''; and
            (5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(e) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate shall promulgate regulations pertaining to the operation 
and use of the Senate Staff Health and Fitness Facility.''.
    Sec. 1208. Allocation of Responsibility for Library 
Buildings and Grounds. (a) In General.--The first section of 
the Act of June 29, 1922 (2 U.S.C. 141) is amended to read as 
follows:

``SECTION 1. ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND 
                    GROUNDS.

    ``(a) Architect of the Capitol.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Architect of the Capitol 
        shall have charge of all work at the Library of 
        Congress buildings and grounds (as defined in section 
        11 of the Act entitled `An Act relating to the policing 
        of the buildings of the Library of Congress' approved 
        August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167(j)) that affects--
                    ``(A) the structural integrity of the 
                buildings;
                    ``(B) buildings systems, including 
                mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and 
                elevators;
                    ``(C) the architectural features of the 
                buildings;
                    ``(D) compliance with building and fire 
                codes, laws, and regulations with respect to 
                the specific responsibilities set for under 
                this paragraph;
                    ``(E) the care and maintenance of Library 
                grounds; and
                    ``(F) purchase of all equipment necessary 
                to fulfill the responsibilities set forth under 
                this paragraph.
            ``(2) Employees.--The employees required for the 
        performance of the duties under paragraph (1) shall be 
        appointed by the Architect of the Capitol.
    ``(b) Librarian of Congress.--The Librarian of Congress 
shall have charge of all work (other than work under subsection 
(a)) at the Library of Congress buildings and grounds.
    ``(c) Transfer of Funds.--The Architect of the Capitol and 
the Librarian of Congress may enter into agreements with each 
other to perform work under this section, and, subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate and the Joint Committee on the 
Library, may transfer between themselves appropriations or 
other available funds to pay the costs therefor.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year 
thereafter.
    Sec. 1209. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Architect of the Capitol may accept appropriations and services 
from other federal agencies for the purpose of enhancing 
security for projects under his jurisdiction upon the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
the Senate.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and 
expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the 
Board, $358,474,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2003, and shall remain available until expended, 
under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 
U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2003 and shall remain available 
until expended for the development and maintenance of an 
international legal information database and activities related 
thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may not 
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under the 
Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the 
$6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $10,886,000 is to remain available until expended 
for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and all 
other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic 
services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available 
solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the 
Librarian, of special and unique materials for additions to the 
collections: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the 
certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas 
Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $911,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the acquisition and partial support for implementation of 
an Integrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $11,100,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of teaching educators 
how to incorporate the Library's digital collections into 
school curricula and shall be transferred to the educational 
consortium formed to conduct the ``Joining Hands Across 
America: Local Community Initiative'' project as approved by 
the Library: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 
$500,000 shall remain available until expended, and shall be 
transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for 
carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106-173, of which 
amount $10,000 may be used for official representation and 
reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 
Commission: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $4,250,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2007 for the acquisition and partial support for 
implementation of a Central Financial Management System: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$789,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004 for 
the Lewis and Clark Exhibition and an additional $200,000 shall 
remain available until expended, and shall be transferred to 
Southern Illinois University for the purpose of developing a 
permanent commemoration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
purpose of developing a high-speed data transmission between 
the Library of Congress and educational facilities, libraries, 
or networks serving Western North Carolina: Provided further, 
That, of the total amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain 
available until expended and shall be equally divided and 
transferred to the Alexandria Museum of Art and the New Orleans 
Museum of Art for activities relating to the Louisiana Purchase 
Bicentennial Celebration.

                            Copyright Office

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$39,226,000, of which not more than $23,321,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be derived from collections 
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2003 under 
section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Provided, That 
the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any funds 
derived from collections under such section, in excess of the 
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 
appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than 
$6,191,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 
2003 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005 of 
such title: Provided further, That the total amount available 
for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $29,512,000: Provided further, That 
not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available 
for the maintenance of an ``International Copyright Institute'' 
in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 
purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 
intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 
not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of 
the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for activities of the 
International Copyright Institute and for copyright 
delegations, visitors, and seminars.

                     Congressional Research Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution 
of the United States of America, $86,952,000: Provided, That no 
part of such amount may be used to pay any salary or expense in 
connection with any publication, or preparation of material 
therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be 
issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on 
HouseAdministration of the House of Representatives or the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 
1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $50,963,000, 
of which $14,697,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended to reimburse the National 
Federation of the Blind for costs incurred in the operation of 
its ``NEWSLINE'' program.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1301. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of 
Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on 
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses for the 
incentive awards program.
    Sec. 1302. (a) For fiscal year 2003, the obligational 
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 
described in subsection (b) may not exceed $109,929,000.
    (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 
reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from 
sources other than appropriations to the Library in 
appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
    (c) During fiscal year 2003, the Librarian of Congress may 
temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--Salaries and Expenses'' to the 
revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research 
Program established under section 103 of the Library of 
Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106-481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of 
such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, 
That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the 
Library for any amounts transferred to it before the period of 
availability of the Library appropriation expires.
    Sec. 1303. National Digital Information Infrastructure and 
Preservation Program.--The Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 
2001 (as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554, 114 
Stat. 2763A-194), division A, chapter 9, under the heading 
``Library of Congress'' ``Salaries and Expenses'' is amended by 
striking ``March 31, 2003'' and inserting ``March 31, 2005''.
    Sec. 1304. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. The 
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note 
prec. 101; Public Law 106-173) is amended--
            (1) in section 6(b), by striking paragraph (2) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(2) Staff.--Consistent with all other applicable 
        Federal laws governing appointments and compensation, 
        the staff of the Commission may be appointed without 
        regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
        Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
        service, and may be paid without regard to the 
        provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
        53 of that title relating to classification and General 
        Schedule pay rates.''; and
            (2) in section 7(h)(3), by striking ``subsection 
        (b)(2)'' and inserting ``section 6(b)(2)''.
    Sec. 1305. Section 2(c)(3) of the History of the House 
Awareness and Preservation Act (2 U.S.C. 183(c)(3)) is amended 
by inserting ``excerpts of'' after ``dissemination of''.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and 
the distribution of Congressional information in any format; 
printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses 
necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index to 
the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (section 902 of 
title 44, United States Code); printing and binding of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to 
Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed 
without charge to the recipient, $90,143,000: Provided, That 
this appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of 
the permanent edition of the Congressional Record for 
individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates 
authorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the 
appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation 
under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the 
funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any 
other Act for printing and binding and related services 
provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States 
Code, may be expended to print a document, report, or 
publication after the 27-month period beginning on the date 
that such document, report, or publication is authorized by 
Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such 
printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United 
States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or 
unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the 
Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the 
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate.

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents 
necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of 
Government publications and their distribution to the public, 
Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 
depository and international exchange libraries as authorized 
by law, $29,661,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than 
$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized for 
producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other 
related publications for  2001 and 2002 to depository and other 
designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or 
unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the 
Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the 
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 
accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by 
section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 
Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more than 
$2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public 
Printer in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund 
shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 
passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to 
the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the 
provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary or 
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund and the funds 
provided under the headings ``Office of Superintendent of 
Documents'' and ``salaries and expenses'' together may not be 
available for the full-time equivalent employment of more than 
3,219 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the 
Public Printer may request, subject to the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate): Provided further, That activities financed through 
the revolving fund may provide information in any format.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits 
comparable to those payable under section 901(5), (6), and (8) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and 
(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in 
foreign countries, $451,134,000: Provided, That not more than 
$2,210,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 
2003: Provided further, That not more than $790,000 of 
reimbursements received under section 9105 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2003: 
Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations 
for administrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum 
or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available 
to finance an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as 
determined by the respective Forum, including necessary travel 
expenses of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That 
payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as 
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved 
are initially financed: Provided further, That this 
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of 
any other department or agency which is a member of the 
American Consortium on International Public Administration 
(ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses 
attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
Institute of Administrative Sciences.

         PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

    For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 
Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership 
Center, $13,000,000.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1401. Open World Leadership Center. (a) In General.--
Section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 
(2 U.S.C. 1151) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``Center 
        for Russian Leadership Development'' and inserting 
        ``Open World Leadership Center'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking all after 
                ``Government'' and inserting ``a center to be 
                known as the `Open World Leadership Center (the 
                `Center').''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by inserting ``(the `Board')'' 
                        after ``Board of Trustees''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D), by 
                        striking ``United States and Russian 
                        relations'' and inserting ``relations 
                        between the United States and eligible 
                        foreign states'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``Russia'' and 
                        inserting ``eligible foreign states''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the 
                        end and inserting the following: ``and 
                        to establish and administer a program 
                        to enable cultural leaders of Russia to 
                        gain significant, firsthand exposure to 
                        the operation of American cultural 
                        institutions.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Russian 
                nationals'' and inserting ``nationals of 
                eligible foreign states''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by 
                        striking ``3,000'' and inserting 
                        ``3,500''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by 
                        striking ``Russia'' and inserting ``an 
                        eligible foreign state'';
            (4) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Russian 
                Leadership Development Center Trust Fund'' and 
                inserting ``Open World Leadership Center Trust 
                Fund''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``of 
                Trustees of the Center'';
            (5) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ``of Trustees 
        of the Center''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Eligible Foreign State Defined.--In this section, the 
term `eligible foreign state' means--
            ``(1) any country specified in section 3 of the 
        FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801); and
            ``(2) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, 
except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided 
under regulations relating to parking facilities for the House 
of Representatives issued by the Committee on House 
Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee on 
Rules and Administration.
    Sec. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2003 
unless expressly so provided in this Act.
    Sec. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is 
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of 
any office or position appropriated for is different from that 
specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation 
and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with 
respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for 
the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, 
and committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and 
clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House of 
Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto.
    Sec. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued under existing law.
    Sec. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to 
the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of the 
Congressional Accountability Act to pay awards and settlements 
as authorized under such subsection.
    Sec. 206. Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
any legislative branch entity which participates in the 
Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) 
established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by 
the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among 
all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) 
may not exceed $2,000.
    Sec. 207. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in 
the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``2002'' and 
inserting ``2003''.
    Sec. 208. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation 
with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and 
improve the landscape features, excluding streets and 
sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by 
Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the 
west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I-395 
tunnel on the southeast.
    Sec. 209. John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Training and Development. There are appropriated, out of any 
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000, to 
remain available until expended, to the John C. Stennis Center 
for Public Service Training and Development.
    Sec. 210. Title II of the Congressional Award Act. There 
are appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $250,000, to remain available until 
expended, to carry out title II of the Congressional Award Act 
(2 U.S.C. 811 et seq.): Provided, That funds appropriated for 
this purpose do not exceed 100 percent of funds donated to the 
Board in cash or in kind under section 208(c) of the 
Congressional Award Act: Provided further, That such funds are 
used for staff salaries and overhead, postage, travel, 
equipment, and accounting costs.
    Sec. 211. (a) Each office in the legislative branch, except 
the House and the Senate, which is responsible for preparing 
any written statement furnished under part 3 of subchapter A of 
chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on behalf of a 
person shall make the statement available to the person in an 
electronic format (at the direction of the person) which will 
enable the person to provide the statement electronically to a 
tax preparer or other provider of financial services.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to statements 
prepared for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 
2004.
    Sec. 212. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriation Act.
    This division may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

  DIVISION I--TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
                               purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$89,447,000, of which not to exceed $2,211,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $809,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of 
the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,657,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed 
$12,452,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$8,375,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,453,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $29,071,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration; not to exceed $1,926,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,391,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to 
exceed $611,000 shall be available for the Board of Contract 
Appeals; not to exceed $1,304,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to 
exceed $13,187,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 
any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office 
of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no 
appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by 
more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, 
That any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be 
submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107-
71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to 
$2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.

                         Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$8,700,000.

           Transportation Planning, Research, and Development

    For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development 
activities, and making grants, to remain available until 
expended, $21,000,000.

                          Working Capital Fund

    Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $131,766,000, shall 
be paid from appropriations made available to the Department of 
Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided 
on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of 
Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on 
operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: 
Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an 
agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 
administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be 
levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments 
and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees.

               Minority Business Resource Center Program

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as authorized 
by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$18,367,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry 
out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000.

                       Minority Business Outreach

    For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center 
outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related 
to any mode of transportation.

                        Payments to Air Carriers

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

    In addition to funds made available from any other source 
to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 
41731 through 41742, $52,100,000, to be derived from the 
Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended.

                 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                           Aviation Security

    For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration related to providing civil aviation security 
services pursuant to Public Law 107-71, $4,516,300,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $3,037,900,000 shall 
be available for screening activities and of which 
$1,478,400,000 shall be available for airport support and 
enforcement presence: Provided, That $144,000,000 shall be 
derived by reimbursement from ``Federal Aviation 
Administration, Facilities and equipment,'' for explosives 
detection systems: Provided further, That security service fees 
authorized under 49 U.S.C. 44940 shall be credited to this 
appropriation as offsetting collections and used for providing 
civil aviation security services authorized by that section: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
General Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as 
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 
2003, so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the General Fund estimated at not more than $1,866,300,000: 
Provided further, That any security service fees collected in 
excess of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
treated as offsetting collections in fiscal year 2004: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
recruit or hire personnel into the Transportation Security 
Administration which would cause the agency to exceed a 
staffing level of 45,000 full-time permanent positions: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided herein, 
$265,000,000 shall be available only for physical modification 
of commercial service airports for the purpose of installing 
checked baggage explosive detection systems and $174,500,000 
shall be available only for procurement of checked baggage 
explosive detection systems, including explosive trace 
detection systems.

                       Maritime and Land Security

    For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration related to maritime and land transportation 
security grants and services pursuant to Public Law 107-71, 
$244,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total amount provided herein, $150,000,000 shall be 
available only to make port security grants, which shall be 
distributed under the same terms and conditions as provided for 
under Public Law 107-117; $4,000,000 shall be available only 
for radiation detection and monitoring system evaluation and 
procurement; and $30,000,000 shall be available only to execute 
grants, contracts, and interagency agreements for the purpose 
of deploying Operation Safe Commerce.

                        Research and Development

    For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
Administration for research and development related to 
transportation security, $110,200,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
herein, $10,000,000 shall be available only to make research 
and development grants for port security pursuant to the terms 
and conditions of section 70107(i) of Public Law 107-295.

                             Administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Transportation 
Security Administration, including intelligence activities, 
pursuant to Public Law 107-71, $308,700,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                              COAST GUARD

                           Operating Expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of 
the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to 
exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and welfare, 
$4,322,122,000, of which $340,000,000 shall be available for 
defense-related activities; and of which $25,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall 
be available for pay of administrative expenses in connection 
with shipping commissioners in the United States: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available to compensate in excess of 37 active duty flag 
officer billets: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be available for expenses incurred 
for yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the 
extent fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to 
this appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 1116(c) of title 10, United States Code, amounts made 
available under this heading may be used to make payments into 
the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care 
Fund for fiscal year 2003 under section 1116(a) of title 10, 
United States Code: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, not less than $15,686,000 shall 
be used solely to increase staffing at search and rescue 
stations, surf stations and command centers; increase the 
training and experience level of individuals serving in said 
stations through targeted retention efforts; revise personnel 
policies and expand training programs; and to modernize and 
improve the quantity and quality of personal safety equipment, 
including survival suits, for personnel assigned to said 
stations: Provided further, That the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall audit and certify to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations that the funding described in the 
preceding proviso is being used solely to supplement and not 
supplant the Coast Guard's level of effort in this area in 
fiscal year 2002.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

    For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
thereto, $742,100,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $25,600,000 
shall be available to acquire, repair, renovateor improve 
vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain available until 
September 30, 2007; $4,000,000 shall be available to acquire new 
aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain available until 
September 30, 2005; $121,300,000 shall be available for other 
equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2005; $50,200,000 
shall be available for shore facilities and aids to navigation 
facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2005; $63,000,000 
shall be available for personnel compensation and benefits and related 
costs, to remain available until September 30, 2004; and $478,000,000 
shall be available for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, to 
remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real 
property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be credited to this 
appropriation as offsetting collections and made available only for the 
National Distress and Response System Modernization program, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2004: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this heading may be obligated or 
expended for the Integrated Deepwater Systems (IDS) system integration 
contract in fiscal year 2003 until the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of 
Transportation and the Director, Office of Management and Budget 
jointly certify to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
that funding for the IDS program for fiscal years 2004 through 2008, 
funding for the National Distress and Response System Modernization 
program to allow for full deployment of said system by 2006, and 
funding for other essential search and rescue procurements, are fully 
funded in the Coast Guard Capital Investment Plan and within the Office 
of Management and Budget's budgetary projections for the Coast Guard 
for those years: Provided further, That the Director, Office of 
Management and Budget shall submit the budget request for the IDS 
integration contract delineating sub-headings which include the 
following: systems integrator, ship construction, aircraft, equipment, 
and communication, providing specific assets and costs under each 
subheading: Provided further, That upon initial submission to the 
Congress of the fiscal year 2004 President's budget, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital 
investment plan for the United States Coast Guard which includes 
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2004 through 2008, 
with total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the funding 
targets for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by $150,000 per day for each day after 
initial submission of the President's budget that the plan has not been 
submitted to the Congress.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the available balances under this heading, $17,000,000 
are rescinded.

                Environmental Compliance and Restoration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's 
environmental compliance and restoration functions under 
chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $17,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                         Alteration of Bridges

    For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of 
obstructive bridges, $17,200,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds for bridge alteration projects 
conducted pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 511 are available only to the 
extent that the steel, iron, and manufactured products used in 
such projects are produced in the United States, unless 
contrary to law or international agreement, or unless the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard determines such action to be 
inconsistent with the public interest or the cost unreasonable.

                              Retired Pay

    For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this 
purpose, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payments for career 
status bonuses under the National Defense Authorization Act, 
and for payments for medical care of retired personnel and 
their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 
U.S.C. ch. 55), $889,000,000.

                            Reserve Training

    For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as 
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and 
supplies, equipment, and services, $86,495,000.

              Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; 
maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities 
and equipment, as authorized by law, $22,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $3,500,000 shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That there 
may be credited to and used for the purposes of this 
appropriation funds received from State and local governments, 
other public authorities, private sources, and foreign 
countries, for expensesincurred for research, development, 
testing, and evaluation.

                    FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

                               Operations

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
operations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by 
Public Law 104-264, $7,069,019,000, of which $3,799,278,000 
shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of 
which not to exceed $5,716,046,000 shall be available for air 
traffic services program activities; not to exceed $836,007,000 
shall be available for aviation regulation and certification 
program activities; not to exceed $207,600,000 shall be 
available for research and acquisition program activities; not 
to exceed $12,325,000 shall be available for commercial space 
transportation program activities; not to exceed $48,782,000 
shall be available for financial services program activities; 
not to exceed $69,307,000 shall be available for human 
resources program activities; not to exceed $83,392,000 shall 
be available for regional coordination program activities; not 
to exceed $82,974,000 shall be available for staff offices; and 
not to exceed $29,650,000 shall be available for information 
services: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 
or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation 
user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of 
the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the 
provision of agency services, including receipts for the 
maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 
issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 
airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests 
related thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration 
forms: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for the 
contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, That 
funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a 
nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 
development of aviation safety standards: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new 
applicants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal 
Aviation Administration employee unless such employee actually 
performed work during the time corresponding to such premium 
pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may 
be obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical 
charting and cartography are available for activities conducted 
by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund.

                        Facilities and Equipment

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or 
purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental 
facilities and equipment as authorized under part A of subtitle 
VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering 
and service testing, including construction of test facilities 
and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; 
construction and furnishing of quarters and related 
accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal 
Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where 
such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, lease, 
or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this 
heading; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$2,981,022,000, of which $2,576,366,760 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2005, and of which $404,655,240 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and 
private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and 
modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further, 
That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 
2004 President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment 
plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes 
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2004 through 
2008, with total funding for each year of the plan constrained 
to the funding targets for those years as estimated and 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget.

                        Facilities and Equipment

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the available balances under this heading, $20,000,000 
are rescinded.

                 Research, Engineering, and Development

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under 
part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $148,450,000, 
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to 
remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and 
private sources, for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development.

                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

    For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid 
for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility 
planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of 
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
States Code, and under other law authorizing such obligations; 
for procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway 
incursion prevention devices and systems at airports of such 
title; for implementation of section 203 of Public Law 106-181; 
and for inspection activities and administration of airport 
safety programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,100,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That none of the funds under this heading shall be available 
for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for 
which are in excess of $3,400,000,000 in fiscal year 2003, 
notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not more than $63,620,000 of funds limited 
under this heading shall be obligated for administration and 
not less than $20,000,000 shall be for the Small Community Air 
Service Development Pilot Program.

                   Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund

    The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures and investments, within the limits of 
funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in accordance 
with section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out 
the program for aviation insurance activities under chapter 443 
of title 49, United States Code.

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

    Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the 
Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed $316,126,000, 
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration 
together with advances and reimbursements received by the 
Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That of the funds 
available under section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States 
Code: $7,500,000 shall be available for ``Child Passenger 
Protection Education Grants'' under section 2003(b) of Public 
Law 105-178, as amended; $47,000,000 shall be available for 
construction of state border safety inspection facilities at 
the United States/Mexico border, and shall remain available 
until expended; $59,967,000 shall be available for border 
enforcement activities required by section 350 of Public Law 
107-87, and shall remain available until expended; $269,700,000 
shall be available in addition to funds made available by 
section 330 of this Act, to enable the Secretary of 
Transportation to make grants for surface transportation 
projects, and shall remain available until expended; and 
$7,000,000 shall be available for environmental streamlining 
activities, which may include making grants to, or entering 
into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions, 
with a Federal agency, State agency, local agency, authority, 
association, nonprofit or for-profit corporation, or 
institution of higher education: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the surface 
transportation projects identified in the Joint Explanatory 
Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying this Act 
are eligible for funding made available for surface 
transportation projects under this heading: Provided further, 
That the Federal share payable on account of any such project 
carried out with funds made available under this heading shall 
be 100 percent.

                          Federal-Aid Highways

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for 
which are in excess of $31,800,000,000 for Federal-aid highways 
and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 2003: 
Provided, That within the $31,800,000,000 obligation limitation 
on Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs, not more than $462,500,000 shall be available for the 
implementation or execution of programs for transportation 
research (sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 
23, United States Code, as amended; section 5505 of title 49, 
Unites States Code, as amended; and sections 5112 and 5204-5209 
of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year 2003: Provided further, 
That this limitation on transportation research programs shall 
not apply to any authority previously made available for 
obligation: Provided further, That within the $232,000,000 
obligation limitation on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 
the following sums shall be made available for Intelligent 
Transportation System projects that are designed to achieve the 
goals and purposes set forth in section 5203 of the Intelligent 
Transportation Systems Act of 1998 (subtitle C of title V of 
Public Law 105-178; 112 Stat. 453; 23 U.S.C. 502 note) in the 
following specified areas:
            Advance Traveler Information System & Smart Card 
        System, Ohio, $1,000,000;
            Advanced Traffic Analysis Center, North Dakota 
        State University, $1,000,000;
            Alaska Statewide: Smart Emergency Medical Access 
        System, $1,000,000;
            Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) and Mobile Data 
        Terminals--PalmTran, Palm Beach, Florida, $850,000;
            Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $750,000;
            Bozeman Pass Wildlife Channelization Study, 
        Montana, $250,000;
            Capital District Transportation Authority, Customer 
        Information ITS Project, New York, $800,000;
            CCTA Burlington Multimodal Transit Center, Vermont, 
        $500,000;
            C-DOT ITS for I-70 Tunnels, Colorado, $3,700,000;
            Center for Injury Sciences UAB Crash Notification, 
        Alabama, $3,000,000
            Central Florida Regional Trans. Authority Orange/
        Seminole ITS, $1,500,000;
            Chapel Hill Transit, North Carolina, real time 
        passenger information system and vehicle location 
        system, $750,000;
            Chattanooga (CARTA) ITS, Tennessee, $1,875,000;
            Cicero Avenue travel information system, Illinois, 
        $300,000;
            City of Austin, Texas ITS Deployment Program, 
        Texas, $500,000;
            City of Boston intelligent transportation system, 
        Massachusetts, $1,000,000;
            City of Inglewood, California intelligent 
        transportation system deployment project, $500,000;
            CVISN, New Mexico, $525,000;
            DelDOT Integrated Transportation Management System, 
        DelTrac, Statewide Transit Passenger Information 
        System, Delaware, $1,000,000;
            Elkhorn Boulevard Project, Sacramento, California, 
        $125,000;
            Emergency Vehicle Access Program, Antrim, 
        Pennsylvania, $60,000;
            Emergency Vehicle Optical Pre-Emption, Town of 
        Islip, New York, $595,000;
            Flint Mass Transportation Authority ITS program, 
        Michigan, $1,000,000;
            Fog Detection Improvements and Traffic Monitoring, 
        Rural Mountain Region, North Carolina, $200,000;
            Gettysburg Borough Signal Coordination and Upgrade-
        Signalization; Adams County, Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;
            GMU ITS Research, Virginia, $1,000,000;
            Great Lakes ITS program, Michigan, $1,500,000;
            Harrison County Sheriff's Department ITS, 
        Mississippi, $750,000;
            HART Bus Tracking & Communication, Florida, 
        $4,000,000;
            Hoosier SAFE-T, Indiana, $500,000;
            Houma, Louisiana, $1,250,000;
            Huntsville, Alabama, $1,500,000;
            I-80 Dynamic Message Signs, Southern Wyoming, 
        $3,000,000;
            I-90 Truck Wind Warning System, Columbia River, 
        Washington, $125,000;
            Idaho Commercial Vehicle Systems and Networks 
        (CVISN), $750,000;
            Illinois Statewide, $2,500,000;
            Intelligent transportation, Autonomous dial-a-ride 
        transit (ADART) phase IV implementation, Corpus 
        Christi, Texas, $500,000;
            Intermodal ITS center, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 
        $500,000;
            Interstate 95/Interstate 40 travel information 
        improvements, Johnston County, North Carolina, 
        $500,000;
            Iowa Statewide ITS, Iowa, $1,400,000;
            Kansas City Scout Advanced Traffic Management 
        System, Missouri, $1,500,000;
            Kansas City, Kansas Smart Port, $500,000;
            Kent Intracity Transit Project, Washington, 
        $1,500,000;
            Law Enforcement Communications for Security, 
        Biometrics, Iowa, $2,550,000;
            Lynnwood ITS, Washington, $2,000,000;
            Macomb County ITS Integration, Michigan, $250,000;
            Maine Statewide Rural Advanced Traveler Info. 
        System, $1,000,000;
            Maryland Statewide ITS, $1,000,000;
            Metrolina Traffic Management Center Communication, 
        North Carolina, $2,000,000;
            MetroLink Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) 
        passenger information delivery system project, 
        California, $500,000;
            Minnesota Guidestar, $9,100,000;
            Missouri Statewide Rural ITS, $2,150,000;
            Montachusett Area Regional Transit (MART) advanced 
        vehicle located system, Massachusetts, $200,000;
            Monterey-Salinas Transit, intelligent 
        transportation system, California, $750,000;
            Nebraska statewide ITS, $3,000,000;
            New Bedford ITS Port Information Center, 
        Massachusetts, $1,000,000;
            New York Metropolitan Area enhanced operations, New 
        York, $655,000;
            Northern Virginia ITS, Virginia, $750,000;
            Oklahoma Statewide ITS, $2,750,000;
            Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania, 
        $2,000,000;
            Program of Projects, Washington, $5,000,000;
            Providence Transportation Information Center ITS, 
        Rhode Island, $1,500,000;
            Richmond Highway intelligent transportation system 
        project, Virginia, $400,000;
            Round Rock, Texas, Williamson County, 
        Communications Integration, $500,000;
            Rural Highway Information System, Kentucky, 
        $6,000,000;
            Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Sacramento 
        region intelligent transportation system projects, 
        California, $1,000,000;
            Salem, New Hampshire ITS, $900,000;
            San Diego Joint Transportation Operations Center, 
        California, $2,000,000;
            Santa Teresa Border Tech Center, New Mexico State 
        University, $1,000,000;
            Shreveport ITS, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
            Sierra Madre Intermodal Transportation Center, 
        California, $1,500,000;
            South Carolina DOT Statewide ITS, $1,500,000;
            South Com Regional Dispatch Trauma Center, 
        Matteson, Olympia Fields, and Richton Park, Illinois, 
        $100,000;
            SR-68/Riverside Dr. ITS, Espanola, New Mexico, 
        $500,000;
            State of Wisconsin, deployment of commercial 
        vehicle information system and networks, level one 
        capability, $500,000;
            Statewide Transportation Operations Center, 
        Kentucky, $1,365,000;
            Surface Transportation Institute, University of 
        North Dakota, $1,000,000;
            Surveillance Camera and Transportation Management 
        Center, Des Moines, Iowa, $400,000;
            The Rapid, Grand Rapids, Michigan Public 
        Transportation, $1,000,000;
            Traffic Corridor Communications System, Lake 
        County, Illinois, $2,000,000;
            Tri-Cities Advanced Traffic Management System, 
        Washington, $500,000;
            Tucson ER-LINK ITS project, Arizona, $625,000;
            UALR Intelligent transportation system, Little 
        Rock, Arkansas, $250,000;
            University of Nebraska Lincoln SMART 
        Transportation, $1,000,000;
            University of Kentucky Transportation Center, 
        $1,500,000;
            US-395 Columbia River Bridge Traffic Operations and 
        Traveler Information System, Washington, $250,000;
            Utah ITS Commuter Link, Davis and Utah Counties, 
        $1,000,000;
            Vermont Statewide Rural Advanced Traveler System, 
        $1,500,000;
            Vermont Variable Message Signs, $1,000,000;
            Washington, DC Metro ITS, $2,000,000;
            Wisconsin State Patrol Mobile Data Communications 
        Network Upgrade, $2,000,000.

                          Federal-Aid Highways

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States 
Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including 
the National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 
23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement 
for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, 
$32,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended.

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the unobligated balances made available under Public Law 
103-331, Public Law 102-388, Public Law 102-240, Public Law 
102-143, Public Law 101-516, Public Law 97-424, Public Law 101-
164, Public Law 100-17, and Public Law 95-599, $5,609,337 is 
rescinded.

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to each 
state under the programs authorized under sections 1101(a)(1), 
1101(a)(2), 1101(a)(3), 1101(a)(4) and 1101(a)(5) of Public Law 
105-178, as amended, $250,000,000 are rescinded.

                 Appalachian Development Highway System

    For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Development 
Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public 
Law 102-240, as amended, $188,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

              FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                          MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier 
safety programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant to 
section 104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, not to 
exceed $117,464,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from 
appropriations made available by this Act and from any 
available take-down balances to the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration: Provided, That such amounts shall be available 
to carry out the functions and operations of the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration.

                 National Motor Carrier Safety Program

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of 
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 31102, 31106 and 
31309, $190,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 
the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation 
or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 
excess of $190,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants'', and 
``Information Systems''.

             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under 
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of 
subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $138,288,000, of 
which $98,161,131 shall remain available until September 30, 
2005: 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.

                        Operations and Research

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until 
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the total 
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2003, are in excess of 
$72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.

                        National Driver Register

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Secretary with respect to the National Driver Registerunder 
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund, and to remain available until expended.

                     Highway Traffic Safety Grants

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of 
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 
U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, to remain available until expended, 
$225,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations 
for which, in fiscal year 2003, are in excess of $225,000,000 
for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, of 
which $165,000,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety Programs'' 
under 23 U.S.C. 402, $20,000,000 shall be for ``Occupant 
Protection Incentive Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 405, and 
$40,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving 
Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 410: Provided further, 
That none of these funds shall be used for construction, 
rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings 
and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or 
structures: Provided further, That not to exceed $8,150,000 of 
the funds made available for section 402, not to exceed 
$1,000,000 of the funds made available for section 405, and not 
to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds made available for section 
410 shall be available to NHTSA for administering highway 
safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 
available for section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving 
Countermeasures Grants'' shall be available for technical 
assistance to the States.

                    FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

                         Safety and Operations

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $117,363,000, of 
which $6,636,000 shall remain available until expended.

                   Railroad Research and Development

    For necessary expenses for railroad research and 
development, $29,325,000, to remain available until expended.

            Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program

     The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to 
the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations 
pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, 
in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to pay 
any amounts required pursuant to the guarantee of the principal 
amount of obligations under sections 511 through 513 of such 
Act, such authority to exist as long as any such guaranteed 
obligation is outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 
502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan 
guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for the 
credit risk premium during fiscal year 2003: Provided further, 
That no payments of principal or interest shall be collected 
during fiscal year 2003 for the direct loan made to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation under section 502 of 
such Act.

                    Next Generation High-Speed Rail

    For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed 
Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102, 
$30,450,000,  to remain available until expended.

                     Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
the Alaska Railroad, $22,000,000 shall be for capital 
rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger 
operations, to remain available until expended.

         GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, $1,050,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2003, including 
$522,000,000 for quarterly grants for operating expenses, 
$295,000,000 for quarterly grants for capital expenses along 
the Northeast Corridor Mainline, and $233,000,000 for quarterly 
grants for general capital improvements: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation shall approve funding to cover 
operating losses and a long-distance train of the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation only after receiving and 
reviewing a grant request for each specific train route: 
Provided further, That each such grant request shall be 
accompanied by a detailed financial analysis and revenue 
projection justifying the federal support to the Secretary's 
satisfaction: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Transportation and the Amtrak Board of Directors shall ensure 
that, of the amount made available under this heading, 
sufficient sums are reserved to satisfy the contractual 
obligations of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
commuter and intercity passenger rail service: Provided 
further, That within 60 days of enactment of this Act but not 
later than May 1, 2003, Amtrak shall transmit to the Secretary 
of Transportation and the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations a business plan for operating and capital 
improvements to be funded in fiscal year 2003 under section 
24104(a) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the business plan shall include a description of the work 
to be funded, along with cost estimates and an estimated 
timetable for completion of the projects covered by this 
business plan: provided further, That not later than June 1, 
2003 and each month thereafter, Amtrak shall submit to the 
Secretary of Transportation and the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a supplemental report regarding the business 
plan, which shall describe the work completed to date, any 
changes to the business plan, and the reasons for such changes: 
Provided further, That excluding payments made before March 1, 
2003, none of the funds in this Act may be used for operating 
expenses and capital projects not approved by the Secretary of 
Transportation nor on the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation's fiscal year 2003 business plan: Provided further, 
That none of the funds under this heading may be obligated or 
expended until the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
agrees to continue abiding by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 
2, 3, 5, 9, and 11 of the summary of conditions for the direct 
loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in the same manner as in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                        Administrative Expenses

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of 
title 49, United States Code, $14,600,000: Provided, That no 
more than $73,000,000 of budget authority shall be available 
for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds in this 
Act available for the execution of contracts under section 
5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 shall be 
reimbursed to the Department of Transportation's Office of 
Inspector General for costs associated with audits and 
investigations of transit-related issues, including reviews of 
new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $2,600,000 for the National transit database shall 
remain available until expended.

                             Formula Grants

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308, 
5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178, 
$767,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That no more than $3,839,000,000 of budget authority shall be 
available for these purposes: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 3008 of Public Law 105-178, $50,000,000 
of the funds to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred 
to and merged with funding provided for the replacement, 
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and 
the construction of bus-related facilities under ``Federal 
Transit Administration, Capital investment grants''.

                   University Transportation Research

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, 
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be available 
for these purposes.

                     Transit Planning and Research

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, 
5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322, 
$24,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
no more than $122,000,000 of budget authority shall be 
available for these purposes: Provided further, That $5,250,000 
is available to provide rural transportation assistance (49 
U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 is available to carry out 
programs under the National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), 
$8,250,000 is available to carry out transit cooperative 
research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $60,385,600 is available 
for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305), 
$12,614,400 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C. 
5313(b)); and $31,500,000 is available for the national 
planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).

                      Trust Fund Share of Expenses

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of 
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-5308, 5310-
5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 
3038 of Public Law 105-178, $5,781,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account 
of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $3,071,200,000 shall 
be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's formula grants 
account: Provided further, That $97,800,000 shall be paid to 
the Federal Transit Administration's transit planning and 
research account: Provided further, That $58,400,000 shall be 
paid to the Federal Transit Administration's administrative 
expenses account: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be 
paid to the Federal Transit Administration's university 
transportation research account: Provided further, That 
$120,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit 
Administration's job access and reverse commute grants program: 
Provided further, That $2,428,800,000 shall be paid to the 
Federal Transit Administration's capital investment grants 
account.

                       Capital Investment Grants

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309, 
5318, and 5327, $607,200,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That no more than $3,036,000,000 of budget 
authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided 
further, That there shall be available for fixed guideway 
modernization, $1,214,400,000; there shall be available for the 
replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related 
equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, 
$607,200,000, which shall include $50,000,000 made available 
under 5309(m)(3)(C) of this title, plus $50,000,000 transferred 
from ``Federal Transit Administration, Formula Grants''; and 
there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems 
$1,214,400,000, together with $45,000,000 transferred from the 
Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants Program account and all 
unobligated balances made available in Public Law 105-277 to 
carry out section 3037 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; to be 
available as follows:
            Alaska-Hawaii Setaside, $10,296,000;
            Altamont, CA, Commuter Express Maintenance Facility 
        San Joaquin Rail Commission, $1,000,000;
            Atlanta North Springs, GA (North Line Extension), 
        $16,110,000;
            Baltimore, MD, Central LRT Double Tracking Project, 
        $18,000,000;
            Birmingham, AL, Transit Corridor Study, $2,000,000;
            Boston, MA, North Shore Corridor Project, $338,000;
            Boston, MA, South Boston Piers Transitway, 
        $681,000;
            Bridgeport, CT, Intermodal Transportation Center 
        Project, $2,500,000;
            Burlington-Middlebury, VT, Commuter Rail, 
        $1,500,000;
            Central Phoenix/East Valley, AZ, Light Rail, 
        $12,000,000;
            Charlotte, NC, South Corridor Light Rail Transit 
        Project, $11,000,000;
            Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Dougals Branch 
        Reconstruction, $55,000,000;
            Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Ravenswood 
        Reconstruction, $3,000,000;
            Cleveland, OH, Euclid Corridor Transportation 
        Project, $6,000,000;
            Dallas, TX, North Central Light Rail Extension, 
        $60,000,000;
            Denver, CO, Southeast Center LRT (T-REX), 
        $70,000,000;
            Fort Lauderdale, Tri-County Commuter Rail Upgrades, 
        $29,250,000;
            Houston, TX, Advanced Metro Transit Plan, 
        $11,000,000;
            Las Vegas, NV, Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway, 
        $7,000,000;
            Little Rock, AR, River Rail Streetcar Project, 
        $1,700,000;
            Los Angeles, CA, Eastside Corridor LRT, $4,000,000;
            Los Angeles, CA, North Hollywood Red Line, 
        $40,490,000;
            Lowell, MA to Nashua, NH, Commuter Rail Extension, 
        $3,000,000;
            Maryland, MARC Commuter Rail Improvements, 
        $11,750,000;
            Memphis, TN, Medical Center Rail Extension, 
        $15,610,000;
            Metra Commuter Rail and Line Extension Projects 
        (North Central, Union Pacific West, SouthWest), 
        $52,000,000;
            Metro North Rolling Stock, CT, $4,000,000;
            Minneapolis, MN, Hiawatha Corridor LRT, 
        $60,000,000;
            Minneapolis, MN, Northstar Corridor, $5,000,000;
            Nashville, TN, East Corridor Commuter Rail, 
        $4,000,000;
            New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail--MOS1, 
        $19,200,000;
            New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail--MOS2, 
        $50,000,000;
            New Orleans, LA, Canal Street Streetcar Project, 
        $22,000,000;
            New York, Long Island Railroad East Side Access 
        Project, $13,500,000;
            New York, Second Avenue Subway, $2,000,000;
            Newark-Elizabeth, NJ, Rail Link, $60,000,000;
            Northern Indiana South Shore Commuter Rail Project, 
        $2,500,000;
            Oceanside-Escondido, CA, Rail Corridor, 
        $13,600,000;
            Ogden to Provo, UT, Commuter Rail Corridor, 
        $5,000,000;
            Orange County, CA, Centerline Light Rail Project, 
        $1,500,000;
            Pawtucket, RI, Layover Facility, $4,500,000;
            Pittsburgh, PA, North Shore Connector, $7,025,000;
            Pittsburgh, PA, Stage II LRT Reconstruction, 
        $26,250,000;
            Portland, OR, Interstate MAX Light Rail Extension, 
        $70,000,000;
            Puget Sound, WA, Sounder Commuter Rail, 
        $30,000,000;
            Raleigh, NC, Triangle Transit Regional Rail 
        Service, $9,000,000;
            Salt Lake City, UT, CBD to University LRT, 
        $68,760,000;
            Salt Lake City, UT, Medical Center LRT, 
        $12,000,000;
            Salt Lake City, UT, North/South LRT, $720,000;
            San Diego, CA, Trolley Mission Valley East LRT 
        Extension, $65,000,000;
            San Francisco, CA, BART Extension to San Francisco 
        Airport, $100,000,000;
            San Francisco, CA, Third Street Light Rail 
        Extension (Phase II), $1,500,000;
            San Jose, CA, Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor 
        Project, $250,000;
            San Juan, PR, Tren Urbano, $40,000,000;
            Scranton, PA to New York City, NY, Passenger Rail 
        Service, $2,000,000;
            SEPTA, PA, Schuylkill Valley Metro Line, 
        $9,000,000;
            St. Louis, MO, Metrolink, St. Clair Extension, 
        $3,370,000;
            Stamford, CT, Urban Transitway, $10,000,000;
            Vermont Transportation Authority Rolling Stock, 
        $500,000;
            Virginia Railway Express project, $2,000,000;
            Washington, DC, Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit 
        Project, $26,500,000;
            Washington, DC/MD, Largo Extension, $60,000,000;
            Wilmington, DE, Train Station improvements, 
        $2,000,000;
            Wilsonville-Beaverton Commuter Rail Line, OR, 
        $2,500,000.

                 Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants

    Notwithstanding section 3037(l)(3) of Public Law 105-178, 
as amended, for necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of 
the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That no more than 
$150,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these 
purposes: Provided further, That up to $300,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading may be used by the Federal Transit 
Administration for technical assistance and support and 
performance reviews of the Job Access and Reverse Commute 
Grants program: Provided further, That $45,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading together with all unobligated 
balances made available in Public Law 105-277 to carry out 
section 3037 of Public Law 105-178 shall be transferred to and 
merged with funds for new fixed guideway systems under the 
Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment Grants 
account.

             SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

    The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by 
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal year.

                       Operations and Maintenance

                    (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

    For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of 
those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, $14,086,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662.

              RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

                     Research and Special Programs

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Research and Special Programs Administration, $40,980,000, of 
which $645,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, 
and of which $3,250,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2005: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected 
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and 
dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance 
of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions.

                            Pipeline Safety

                         (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

                    (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

    For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and 
to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, $63,842,000, of which $7,472,000 shall 
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2005; of which $56,370,000 
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 
$24,823,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2005.

                     Emergency Preparedness Grants

                     (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), 
$200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, 
to remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That 
not more than $14,300,000 shall be made available for 
obligation in fiscal year 2003 from amounts made available by 
49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall 
be made available for obligation by individuals other than the 
Secretary of Transportation, or his designee.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $57,421,000: Provided, That the Inspector 
General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the 
duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 
U.S.C. App. 3) to investigate allegations of fraud, including 
false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any 
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the 
Department: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading shall be used to investigate, pursuant to 
section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or 
deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by 
domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) 
the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with 
respect to item (1) of this proviso.

                      SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $19,450,000: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
to exceed $1,000,000 from fees established by the Chairman of 
the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this 
appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary 
and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting 
collections are received during fiscal year 2003, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no 
more than $18,450,000.

                                TITLE II

                            RELATED AGENCIES

       ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by 
section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended 
$5,194,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
received for publications and training expenses.

                  NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) $72,450,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                               TITLE III

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be 
available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability 
insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on 
official department business; and uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
    Sec. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2003 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be 
absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or previous 
appropriations Acts.
    Sec. 303. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department of Transportation shall be available for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an 
Executive Level IV.
    Sec. 304. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than 106 political and 
Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: 
Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision 
or political and Presidential appointees in an independent 
agency funded in this Act may be assigned on temporary detail 
outside the Department of Transportation or such independent 
agency.
    Sec. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
    Sec. 306. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 307. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract 
pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall 
be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a 
matter of public record and available for public inspection, 
except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
    Sec. 309. The limitations on obligations for the programs 
of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any 
authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for 
obligation, or to any other authority previously made available 
for obligation.
    Sec. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2003, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall--
            (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
        for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for 
        administrative expenses and programs funded from the 
        administrative takedown authorized by section 
        104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, for the 
        highway use tax evasion program and for the Bureau of 
        Transportation Statistics;
            (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 
        limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to 
        the unobligated balance of amounts made available from 
        the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
        Account) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
        programs for the previous fiscal year the funds for 
        which are allocated by the Secretary;
            (3) determine the ratio that--
                    (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-
                aid Highways less the aggregate of amounts not 
                distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears 
                to
                    (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
                appropriated for Federal-aid highways and 
                highway safety construction programs (other 
                than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
                sections set forth in paragraphs (1) through 
                (7) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be 
                appropriated for section 105 of title 23, 
                United States Code, equal to the amount 
                referred to in subsection (b)(8)) for such 
                fiscal year less the aggregate of the amounts 
                not distributed under paragraph (1) of this 
                subsection;
            (4) distribute the obligation limitation for 
        Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not 
        distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 117 
        of title 23, United States Code (relating to high 
        priority projects program), section 201 of the 
        Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the 
        Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, 
        and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section 
        105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to 
        minimum guarantee) so that the amount of obligation 
        authority available for each of such sections is equal 
        to the amount determined by multiplying the ratio 
        determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized 
        to be appropriated for such section (except in the case 
        of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;
            (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided 
        for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not 
        distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts 
        distributed under paragraph (4) for each of the 
        programs that are allocated by the Secretary under 
        title 23, United States Code (other than activities to 
        which paragraph (1) applies and programs to which 
        paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the ratio 
        determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized 
        to be appropriated for such program for such fiscal 
        year: Provided, That the amount of obligation 
        limitation distributed for each program does not exceed 
        90 percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
        for such program, except that for each of the programs 
        authorized under section 129(c) of title 23, United 
        States Code and section 1064 of Public Law 102-240, as 
        amended, sections 1118 and 1119 of Public Law 105-178, 
        as amended, section 1101(a)(11) of Public Law 105-178, 
        as amended, section 118(c) of title 23, United States 
        Code, section 144(g) of title 23, United States Code, 
        section 1221 of Public Law 105-178, as amended, section 
        1101(a)(15) of Public Law 105-178, as amended, section 
        104(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, section 
        104(d)(1) of title 23, United States Code, and section 
        202(b) of title 23, United States Code (excluding the 
        portion to be made available for Forest Highways under 
        such subsection), the amount of obligation limitation 
        distributed for each program shall equal the amount 
        authorized to be appropriated for such program; and
            (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided 
        for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not 
        distributed under paragraphs (1) and(2) and amounts 
distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs (other than the minimum guarantee 
program, but only to the extent that amounts apportioned for the 
minimum guarantee program for such fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, 
and the Appalachian development highway system program) that are 
apportioned by the Secretary under title 23, United States Code, in the 
ratio that--
                    (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for 
                such programs that are apportioned to each 
                State for such fiscal year, bear to
                    (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
                appropriated for such programs that are 
                apportioned to all States for such fiscal year.
    (b) The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways 
shall not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 
23, United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface 
Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 9 of 
the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sections 131(b) 
and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 
1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface 
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; 
(6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 157 of 
title 23, United States Code, as in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century; and (8) under section 105 of title 23, United 
States Code (but, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for 
such fiscal year).
    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution of 
the obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) 
if a State will not obligate the amount distributed during that 
fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 
able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously 
distributed during that fiscal year giving priority to those 
States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned 
under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code, 
section 160 (as in effect on the day before the enactment of 
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) of title 
23, United States Code, and under section 1015 of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 
Stat. 1943-1945).
    (d) The obligation limitation shall apply to transportation 
research programs carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, 
United States Code, except that obligation authority made 
available for such programs under such limitation shall remain 
available for a period of 3 fiscal years.
    (e) Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds: (1) that 
are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for 
Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program under 
section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for carrying 
out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United States 
Code, and highway-related programs under chapter 4 of title 23, 
United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary determines will 
not be allocated to the States, and will not be available for 
obligation, in such fiscal year due to the imposition of any 
obligation limitation for such fiscal year. Such distribution 
to the States shall be made in the same ratio as the 
distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6). 
The funds so distributed shall be available for any purposes 
described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
    (f) Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal year 
under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a section set forth 
in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used and 
shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs for future fiscal years.
    Sec. 311. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 
U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor 
vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined 
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for 
a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not 
withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State 
is in noncompliance with this provision.
    Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would 
establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles 
wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation Scheme and 
the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.
    Sec. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems (along 
with associated approach lighting equipment and runway visual 
range equipment) which conform to FAA design and performance 
specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal 
airport-aid program, airport development aid program or airport 
improvement program grant: Provided, That, the FederalAviation 
Administration shall accept such equipment, which shall thereafter be 
operated and maintained by FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
    Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made 
available by this Act under ``Federal Transit Administration, 
Capital investment grants'' for projects specified in this Act 
or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 
September 30, 2005, and other recoveries, shall be made 
available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
    Sec. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds appropriated before October 1, 2002, under any section of 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain 
available for expenditure may be transferred to and 
administered under the most recent appropriation heading for 
any such section.
    Sec. 316. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
compensate in excess of 350 technical staff-years under the 
federally funded research and development center contract 
between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for 
Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 2003.
    Sec. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
whenever an allocation is made of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for expenditure on the Federal lands highway 
program, and whenever an apportionment is made of the sums 
authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on the surface 
transportation program, the congestion mitigation and air 
quality improvement program, the National Highway System, the 
Interstate maintenance program, the bridge program, the 
Appalachian development highway system, and the minimum 
guarantee program, the Secretary of Transportation shall--
            (1) deduct a sum in such amount not to exceed .45 
        percent of all sums so made available, as the Secretary 
        determines necessary, to administer the provisions of 
        law to be financed from appropriations for motor 
        carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety 
        research: Provided, That any deduction by the Secretary 
        of Transportation in accordance with this subsection 
        shall be deemed to be a deduction under section 
        104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, and the 
        sum so deducted shall remain available until expended; 
        and
            (2) deduct a sum in such amount not to exceed 2.65 
        percent of all sums so made available, as the Secretary 
        determines necessary to administer the provisions of 
        law to be financed from appropriations for the programs 
        authorized under chapters 1 and 2 of title 23, United 
        States Code, and to make transfers in accordance with 
        section 104(a)(1)(A)(ii) of title 23, United States 
        Code: Provided, That any deduction by the Secretary of 
        Transportation in accordance with this subsection shall 
        be deemed to be a deduction under section 104(a)(1)(A) 
        of title 23, United States Code, and the sum so 
        deducted shall remain available until expended.
    Sec. 318. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses 
incurred for training may be credited respectively to the 
Federal Highway Administration's ``Federal-Aid Highways'' 
account, the Federal Transit Administration's ``Transit 
Planning and Research'' account, and to the Federal Railroad 
Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for 
State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant 
to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
    Sec. 319. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry 
boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 
5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels and 
facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facilities, 
including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of 
such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities: 
Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made 
available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used by 
the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger 
ferryboat services demonstration project to test the viability 
of different intra-island and inter-island ferry boat routes 
and technology: Provided further, That notwithstanding-49 
U.S.C. 5302(a)(7), funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii 
ferry boats may be used to acquire passenger ferry boats and to 
provide passenger ferry transportation services within areas of 
the State of Hawaii under the control or use of the National 
Park Service.
    Sec. 320. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data 
products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 
111 may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the 
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, 
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction.
    Sec. 321. (a) Section 47107 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 47107(p) the 
following:
    ``(q) Notwithstanding any written assurances prescribed in 
subsections (a) through (p), a general aviation airport with 
more than 300,000 annual operations may be exempt from having 
to accept scheduled passenger air carrier service, provided 
that the following conditions are met:
            ``(1) No scheduled passenger air carrier has 
        provided service at the airport within five years prior 
        to January 1, 2002;
            ``(2) The airport is located within the Class B 
        airspace of an airport that maintains an airport 
        operating certificate pursuant to Section 44706 of 
        title 49; and,
            ``(3) The certificated airport operating under 
        Section 44706 of title 49 has sufficient capacity and 
        does not contribute to significant delays as defined by 
        DOT/FAA in the `Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 
        2001'.
    ``(r) An airport that meets the conditions of subsections 
(q)(1) through (3) is not subject to Section 47524 of title 49 
with respect to a prohibition on all scheduled passenger 
service.''.
    (b) This section shall be effective upon enactment, 
notwithstanding any other section of title 49.
    Sec. 322. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the 
absence of express authorization by Congress, be used directly 
or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, 
telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or written material, 
radio, television, video presentation, electronic 
communications, or other device, intended or designed to 
influence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a State 
legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise, any 
legislation or appropriation by Congress or a State legislature 
after the introduction of any bill or resolution in Congress 
proposing such legislation or appropriation, or after the 
introduction of any bill or resolution in a State legislature 
proposing such legislation or appropriation: Provided, That 
this shall not prevent officers or employees of the Department 
of Transportation or related agencies funded in this Act from 
communicating to Members of Congress or to Congress, on the 
request of any Member, or to members of a State legislature, or 
to a State legislature, through the proper official channels, 
requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem 
necessary for the efficient conduct of business.
    Sec. 323. (a) Funds provided in Public Law 106-69 for the 
Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit connector and funds 
provided in Public Law 106-346 for the Wilmington downtown 
corridor project shall be available for Wilmington, Delaware 
commuter rail improvements.
    (b) Funds provided in Public Law 106-346 for Missoula 
Ravalli Transportation Management Administration buses shall be 
available for Missoula Ravalli Transportation Management 
Administrationbuses and bus facilities.
    Sec. 324. (a) In General.--Hereafter, none of the funds 
made available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless 
the entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will 
comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
    (b) Sense of the Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
            (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and 
        products.--In the case of any equipment or product that 
        may be authorized to be purchased with financial 
        assistance provided using funds made available in this 
        Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities 
        receiving the assistance should, in expending the 
        assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and 
        products to the greatest extent practicable.
            (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In 
        providing financial assistance using funds made 
        available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency 
        shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a 
        notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) 
        by the Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined 
by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or 
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United 
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
Walnut Ridge Regional Airport shall transfer to the Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) their localizer instrument 
landing system, which shall thereafter be operated and 
maintained by FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
    Sec. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
Williams Gateway Airport shall transfer to the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) air traffic control tower equipment, which 
shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA in 
accordance with agency criteria.
    Sec. 327. Section 218(a) of Title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ``reauthorization of the'' before 
``Transportation''.
    Sec. 328. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule 
or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the 
Department to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment 
to the Department of an amount determined by the Secretary.
    Sec. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used to make 
a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation, or the 
Secretary of Department in which the Transportation Security 
Administration is operating, notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days 
before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full 
funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is 
announced by the department or its modal administrations from: 
(1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal Highway 
Administration other than the emergency relief program; (2) the 
airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation 
Administration; (3) any program of the Federal Transit 
Administration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway 
modernization programs; or (4) any port security grants 
totaling $500,000 or more of the Transportation Security 
Administration: Provided, That no notification shall involve 
funds that are not available for obligation.
    Sec. 330. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in this Act, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for surface transportation projects, $90,600,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the surface transportation projects 
identified in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee 
of Conference accompanying this Act are eligible for funding 
made available by the immediately preceding clause of this 
provision.
    Sec. 331. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for engineering work related to an additional runway at 
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
    Sec. 332. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
shall be available for the design or construction of a light 
rail system in Houston, Texas;
    (b) Notwithstanding (a), amounts made available in this Act 
or previous Acts under the heading ``Federal Transit 
Administration, Capital investment grants'' for a Houston, 
Texas, Metro advanced transit plan project shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure subject to the following 
conditions:
            (1) Sufficient amounts shall be used for major 
        investment studies in 4 major corridors.
            (2) The Texas Department of Transportation shall 
        review and comment on the findings of the studies under 
        paragraph (1). Any comments by such department on such 
        findings shall be included in any final report on such 
        studies.
            (3) If a final report on the studies under 
        paragraph (1) is not available for at least the 1-month 
        period preceding the date of any referendum held by the 
        City of Houston, Texas, or by a county of Texas, 
        regarding approval of the issuance of bonds for funding 
        a light rail system in Houston, Texas, all information 
        developed by such studies regarding passenger and cost 
        estimates for such a system shall be made available to 
        the public at least 1 month before the date of the 
        referendum.
    Sec. 333. Of the funds provided in section 101(a)(2) of 
Public Law 107-42, $90,000,000 are rescinded.
    Sec. 334. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter 
into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under 
which agreement the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct 
a study of the procedures by whichthe Department of Energy, 
together with the Department of Transportation and the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, selects routes for the shipment of spent nuclear 
fuel from research nuclear reactors between or among existing 
Department of Energy facilities currently licensed to accept such spent 
nuclear fuel.
    (b) In conducting the study under subsection (a), the 
National Academy of Sciences shall analyze the manner in which 
the Department of Energy--
            (1) selects potential routes for the shipment of 
        spent nuclear fuel from research nuclear reactors 
        between or among existing Department facilities 
        currently licensed to accept such spent nuclear fuel;
            (2) selects such a route for a specific shipment of 
        such spent nuclear fuel; and
            (3) conducts assessments of the risks associated 
        with shipments of such spent nuclear fuel along such a 
        route.
    (c) The analysis under subsection (b) shall include a 
consideration whether, and to what extent, the procedures 
analyzed for purposes of that subsection take into account the 
following:
            (1) The proximity of the routes under consideration 
        to major population centers and the risks associated 
        with shipments of spent nuclear fuel from research 
        nuclear reactors through densely populated areas.
            (2) Current traffic and accident data with respect 
        to the routes under consideration.
            (3) The quality of the roads comprising the routes 
        under consideration.
            (4) Emergency response capabilities along the 
        routes under consideration.
            (5) The proximity of the routes under consideration 
        to places or venues (including sports stadiums, 
        convention centers, concert halls and theaters, and 
        other venues) where large numbers of people gather.
    (d) In conducting the study under subsection (a), the 
National Academy of Sciences shall also make such 
recommendations regarding the matters studied as the National 
Academy of Sciences considers appropriate.
    (e) The Secretary shall disburse to the National Academy of 
Sciences the funds for the cost of the study required by 
subsection (a) not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (f) Not later than six months after the date of the 
disbursal of funds under subsection (e), the National Academy 
of Sciences shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a), 
including the recommendations required by subsection (d).
    (g) In this section, the term ``appropriate committees of 
Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committees on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation, Energy and Natural Resources, and 
        Environment and Public Works of the Senate;
            (2) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
        House of Representatives; and
            (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
        of Representatives and the Senate.
    Sec. 335. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport 
sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration and 
the Transportation Security Administration without cost 
building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or 
space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating 
to air traffic control, air navigation, aviation security or 
weather reporting: Provided, That the prohibition of funds in 
this section does not apply to negotiations between the agency 
and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market'' 
rates for these items or to grant assurances that require 
airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for 
air traffic control facilities and the TSA for necessary 
security checkpoints.
    Sec. 336. For the purpose of any applicable law, for fiscal 
year 2003, the city of Norman, Oklahoma, shall be considered to 
be part of the Oklahoma City Transportation Management Area.
    Sec. 337. For an airport project that the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determines will add 
critical airport capacity to the national air transportation 
system, the Administrator is authorized to accept funds from an 
airport sponsor, including entitlement funds provided under the 
``Grants-in-Aid for Airports'' program, for the FAA to hire 
additional staff or obtain the services of consultants: 
Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to accept and 
utilize such funds only for the purpose of facilitating the 
timely processing, review, and completion of environmental 
activities associated with such project.
    Sec. 338. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of subchapter I of Chapter 471 of title 49, the 
Secretary of Transportation may provide grants under such 
subchapter I of chapter 471 to the airport sponsor of the 
Double Eagle II Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for--
            (1) the construction of an air traffic control 
        tower; and
            (2) the acquisition and installation of air traffic 
        control equipment to be used in the air traffic control 
        tower that will assist in sustaining or improving the 
        safe and efficient movement of air traffic.
    (b) Eligibility.--The sponsor shall be eligible for a grant 
under this section if--
            (1) the sponsor would otherwise be eligible to 
        participate in the pilot program established under 
        section 47124(b)(3) of title 49 except for the lack of 
        the air traffic control tower proposed to be 
        constructed under this section; and
            (2) the sponsor agrees to fund not less than 10 
        percent of the costs of construction of the air traffic 
        control tower.
    (c) Project Costs.--Grants under this act shall be paid 
only from amounts apportioned to the sponsor or for airports in 
the state under section 47114(d) of title 49, United States 
Code.
    (d) Federal Cost.--The Federal cost of construction of an 
air traffic control tower under this section may not exceed 
$1,800,000.
    Sec. 339. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
States may use funds provided in this Act under section 402 of 
title 23, United States Code, to produce and place highway 
safety public service messages in television, radio, cinema, 
and print media, and on the Internet in accordance with 
guidance issued by the Secretary of Transportation: Provided, 
That any state that uses funds for such public service messages 
shall submit to the Secretary a report describing and assessing 
the effectiveness of the messages: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 of the funds allocated for innovative seat belt 
projects under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, and 
$11,000,000 of funds allocated under section 163 of title 23, 
United States Code, shall be used as directed by the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, to purchase advertising 
in broadcast media to support the national mobilizations 
conducted in all fifty states, aimed at increasing seat belt 
use and reducing impaired driving: Provided further, That up to 
$1,000,000 of the funds allocated under section 163 of title 
23, United States Code, shall be used by the Administrator to 
evaluate the effectiveness of alcohol-impaired driving programs 
that purchase advertising as provided by this section.
    Sec. 340. For purposes of entering into joint public-
private partnerships and other cooperative arrangements for the 
performance of work, the Coast Guard Yard and other Coast Guard 
specialized facilities designated by the Commandant may enter 
into agreements or other arrangements, receive and retain funds 
from and pay funds to such public and private entities, and may 
accept contributions of funds, materials, services, and the use 
of facilities from such entities: Provided, That amounts 
received under this section may be credited to appropriate 
Coast Guard accounts.
    Sec. 341. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, except 
for activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act, 
unless such assessments or agreements have completed the normal 
reprogramming process for Congressional notification.
    Sec. 342. None of the funds in this Act may be expended to 
issue, implement, or enforce a regulation that diminishes or 
revokes an exemption authorized under section 345 of the 
National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 
104-59; 109 Stat. 613; 49 U.S.C. 31136 note) before the 
Secretary of Transportation determines by a rulemaking 
proceeding that the exemptions granted are not in the public 
interest and adversely affects the safety of commercial motor 
vehicles with respect to such exemption that is required under 
subsection (c) of such section and, as under subsection (d), if 
a result of monitoring the safety performance of drivers of 
commercial vehicles that are subject to an exemption under 
section 345, the Secretary determines that public safety has 
been severely affected by an exemption granted under this 
section, the Secretary shall report to Congress that 
determination: Provided, That this limitation shall not 
preclude the Secretary from revoking an exemption granted to an 
individual, farm, company, or other entity under section 345 of 
Public Law 104-59 for national security reasons.
    Sec. 343. (a) From the unexpended balances of the Local 
Rail Freight Assistance program under chapter 221 of title 49, 
U.S.C., $690,287 are rescinded.
    (b) For the necessary expenses of the State of Iowa for a 
rail infrastructure rehabilitation project on the Iowa Northern 
Railway, $690,287, to remain available until expended.
    Sec. 344. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in this Act, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for surface transportation projects, $285,000,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
surface transportation projects identified in the Joint 
Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
accompanying this Act are eligible for funding made available 
by the immediately preceding clause of this provision.
    Sec. 345. Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity 
        Act for the 21st Century--
                    (A) item number 426 (112 Stat. 272) is 
                amended by striking ``Louisiana Highway 16'' 
                and inserting the following: ``Louisiana 
                Highway 1026'';
                    (B) item number 696 (112 Stat. 383), 
                relating to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is 
                amended by inserting after ``Gettysburg 
                comprehensive road improvement study'' the 
                following: ``and construction of projects 
                identified in the study'';
                    (C) item number 230 is amended by striking 
                ``Construct new exit 46A on I-90 at route 170 
                in North Chili'' and inserting ``Monroe County 
                transportation improvements on Long Pond Road, 
                Pattonwood Road, and Leyll road'';
                    (D) item number 1344 (112 Stat. 306) is 
                amended by striking ``Upgrade'' and all that 
                follows through ``City'' and inserting the 
                following, ``Upgrade Frederic Douglas Circle 
                and Manhattan Avenue from West 110th Street to 
                West 125th Street, New York City'';
                    (E) item number 1108 is amended by striking 
                ``Construct'' and all that follows through 
                ``Brownsville'' and inserting ``Construct west 
                Rail Project in or near Brownsville, including 
                a new railroad international bridge crossing 
                over the Rio Grande River'';
                    (F) item number 1269 (112 Stat. 303) is 
                amended by striking ``Implement'' and all that 
                follows through ``system'' and inserting the 
                following: ``New York City Department of Parks 
                and Recreation, Bronx, NY Center Transportation 
                Project'';
                    (G) item number 933 (112 Stat. 291) is 
                amended by striking ``Redesign'' and all that 
                follows through ``City'' and inserting the 
                following: ``Design, construction and related 
                enhancement of the Grand Concourse between E. 
                161st St. and E. 166th St., New York City'';
                    (H) item number 75 (112 Stat. 259) is 
                amended by striking ``Construct'' and all that 
                follows through ``Route'' and inserting the 
                following: ``Bronx, NY River Greenway''; and
                    (I) item number 1735 (112 Stat. 320) is 
                amended by inserting: ``, and/or, 
                notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
                design, and construction of Type II noise 
                abatement projects south of the new interchange 
                and Neshaminy Creek, along Interstate 95 
                between Exit 25 and 26 in Bensalem Township, 
                Bucks County'' after ``improvements'';
            (2) section 3030(d)(3) of the Transportation Equity 
        Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is 
        amended by redesignating the second subparagraph (D) 
        (as added by section 361 of Public Law 107-87) as 
        subparagraph (E) and by inserting at the end:
                    ``(F) Port of Anchorage Intermodal 
                passenger and freight facility.
                    ``(G) Mobile Waterfront Terminal and 
                Maritime Center of the Gulf.''.
            (3) of the $668,000 appropriated under the heading 
        ``Surface Transportation Projects'' in Public Law 103-
        331 for CA 113 railroad grade separation, California, 
        the unobligated share shall be available for railroad 
        grade separation for the City of Dixon, Solano County, 
        California;
            (4) the $500,000 appropriated under the heading 
        ``Surface Transportation Projects'' in Public Law 103-
        331 for 6th and 7th Sts. improvements Brownsville, TX 
        may be used to construct the West Rail project in or 
        near Brownsville, including a new international 
        railroad bridge crossing over the Rio Grande River;
            (5) section 610, section 609(c), and the last 
        sentence of section 604(b)(1) of Public Law 97-468 are 
        repealed; and
            (6) for the purpose of further leveraging Federal 
        resources and enhancing private investment supporting 
        the financing of public toll roads in Orange County, 
        California, authorized by section 129(d) of title 23, 
        United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation 
        shall modify the agreements entered into with the San 
        Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency and the 
        Foothill Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency 
        pursuant to section 339 of Public Law 102-388, section 
        336 of Public Law 103-331 and section 356 of Public Law 
        104-50, to extend the term of coverage provided by such 
        lines throughout the term of the revenue bonds issued 
        to acquire, finance or refinance those facilities, 
        including revenue bonds issued by a new joint powers 
        agency to finance the acquisition of assets from the 
        existing Transportation Corridor Agencies: Provided, 
        That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
        modifications shall be deemed eligible under section 
        184 of title 23, United States Code, and shall be 
        funded under section 188 of title 23, United States 
        Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, any amounts of the original Federal 
        lines of credit not drawn upon, up to the combined 
        original principal amount of $240,000,000, shall 
        continue to be available for draws until such revenue 
        bonds have been retired: Provided further, That 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more 
        than 20 percent of the combined original principal 
        amount shall be available for draws in any one year: 
        Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, any draw (except for operation and 
        maintenance expenses) shall be repaid not later than 
        five years following the year in which such revenue 
        bonds have been retired. In implementing this section, 
        the Secretary may modify other terms of the existing 
        Federal lines of credit, including by combining them 
        into a single line of credit the principal amount of 
        which is limited to $240,000,000, provided that the 
        marginal budgetary cost of any such additional 
        modifications is funded under section 188 of title 23, 
        United States Code.
    Sec. 346. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or 
expended by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for 
the development or implementation of a pilot program for the 
purpose of allowing commercial drivers 18 to 20 years of age to 
operate the trucks and buses of motor carriers in interstate 
commerce.
    Sec. 347. Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note, 
Public Law 102-240) is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``Over-
        the-Road Buses and'' before ``Public''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``to any vehicle 
        which'' and inserting the following: ``to--
                    ``(A) any over-the-road bus (as defined in 
                section 301 of the Americans with Disabilities 
                Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181)); or
                    ``(B) any vehicle that''.
    Sec. 348. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall 
be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated insection 350 
of Public Law 107-87, including that the Secretary submit a report to 
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees annually on the safety 
and security of transportation into the United States by Mexico-
domiciled motor carriers.
    Sec. 349. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 350. On February 15, 2003, and on each year 
thereafter, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall 
submit to the appropriate Congressional Committees a report 
detailing the per passenger operating loss on each rail line.
    Sec. 351. Deputation of Law Enforcement Officers. (a) 
Deputation Authority.--Subchapter I of chapter 449 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 44922. DEPUTATION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    ``(a) Deputation Authority.--The Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security may deputize a State or local law 
enforcement officer to carry out Federal airport security 
duties under this chapter.
    ``(b) Fulfillment of Requirements.--A State or local law 
enforcement officer who is deputized under this section shall 
be treated as a Federal law enforcement officer for purposes of 
meeting the requirements of this chapter and other provisions 
of law to provide Federal law enforcement officers to carry out 
Federal airport security duties.
    ``(c) Agreements.--To deputize a State or local law 
enforcement officer under this section, the Under Secretary 
shall enter into a voluntary agreement with the appropriate 
State or local law enforcement agency that employs the State or 
local law enforcement officer.
    ``(d) Reimbursement.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Under Secretary shall 
        reimburse a State or local law enforcement agency for 
        all reasonable, allowable, and allocable costs incurred 
        by the State or local law enforcement agency with 
        respect to a law enforcement officer deputized under 
        this section.
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
        necessary to carry out this subsection.
    ``(e) Federal Tort Claims Act.--A State or local law 
enforcement officer who is deputized under this section shall 
be treated as an `employee of the Government' for purposes of 
sections 1346(b), 2401(b), and chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code, while carrying out Federal airport security duties 
within the course and scope of the officer's employment, 
subject to federal supervision and control, and in accordance 
with the terms of such deputation.
    ``(f) Stationing of Officers.--The Under Secretary may 
allow law enforcement personnel to be stationed other than at 
the airport security screening location if that would be 
preferable for law enforcement purposes and if such personnel 
would still be able to provide prompt responsiveness to 
problems occurring at the screening location.''.
    (b) Security Service Fee.--Section 44940(a)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term 
`Federal law enforcement personnel' includes State and local 
law enforcement officers who are deputized under section 
44922.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end of the items relating to subchapter I the 
following:

``44922. Deputation of State and local law enforcement officers.''.

    (d) Deputation of Federal Law Enforcement Officers.--
Section 114(q)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by adding ``or other federal agency'' after ``Transportation 
Security Administration''.
    Sec. 352. FAA Notice to Airmen FDC 2/0199. (a) In 
General.--The Secretary of Transportation--
            (1) shall maintain in full force and effect, for a 
        period of one year after the date of enactment of this 
        Act, the restrictions imposed under Federal Aviation 
        Administration Notice to Airmen FDC 2/0199 and the 
        restrictions that had been in effect on September 26, 
        2002 and that were imposed under local Notices to 
        Airmen based on or derived from Notice to Airmen FDC 1/
        3353;
            (2) shall rescind immediately any waivers or 
        exemptions from those restrictions that are in effect 
        on the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (3) may not grant any waivers or exemptions from 
        those restrictions, except--
                    (A) as authorized by air traffic control 
                for operational or safety purposes;
                    (B) for operational purposes of an event, 
                stadium, or other venue, including (in the case 
                of a sporting event) equipment or parts, 
                transport of team members, officials of the 
                governing body and immediate family members and 
                guests of such teams and officials to and from 
                the event, stadium, or other venue;
                    (C) for broadcast coverage for any 
                broadcast rights holder;
                    (D) for safety and security purposes of the 
                event, stadium, or other venue; or
                    (E) to operate an aircraft in restricted 
                airspace to the extent necessary to arrive at 
                or depart from an airport using standard air 
                traffic procedures.
    (b) Waivers.--Beginning no earlier than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may modify or 
terminate such restrictions, or issue waivers or exemptions 
from such restrictions, if the Secretary promulgates, after 
public notice and an opportunity for comment, a rule setting 
forth the standards under which the Secretary may grant a 
waiver or exemption. Such standards shall provide a level of 
security at least equivalent to that provided by the waiver 
policy applied by the Secretary as of the date of enactment of 
this Act.
    (c) Funding Limitation.--Unless and until the Secretary 
promulgates a rule in accordance with subsection (b) above, 
none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act 
may be used to terminate or limit the restrictions described in 
paragraph (a)(1) above or togrant waivers of, or exemptions 
from, such restrictions except as provided in paragraph (a)(3) above.
    (d) Broadcast Contracts Not Affected.--Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to affect contractual rights 
pertaining to any broadcasting agreement.
    Sec. 353. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
procure Coast Guard ships, including main diesel engines, 
unless such procurement is in compliance with the Buy American 
Act, 41 U.S.C. 10(a)-10(d).
    Sec. 354. Title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subsection (d) of section 13703 and relettering 
subsequent subsections accordingly.
    Sec. 355. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
apply or enforce a regulatory requirement for strengthening of 
flight deck doors on classes of aircraft not specifically 
required to take such action under Public Law 107-71, section 
104(a)(1), unless and until the Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security, after opportunity for notice and 
comment, determines that such strengthening is necessary for 
aviation security purposes.
    Sec. 356. Insert the following new section at the end of 
chapter 53 of Title 49, United States Code:
    ``Sec. 5339. Effective for funds not yet expended on the 
effective date of this section, the federal share for funds 
under this chapter for a grantee named in section 603(14) of 
Public Law 97-468 shall be the same as the federal share under 
23 U.S.C. section 120(b) for federal aid highway funds 
apportioned to the state in which it operates.''.
    Sec. 357. (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall enter into an agreement with the State of Nevada, the 
State of Arizona, or both, to provide a method of funding for 
construction of a Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge from funds allocated 
for the Federal Lands Highway Program under section 202(b) of 
title 23, United States Code.
    (b) Methods of Funding.--
            (1) The agreement entered into under subsection (a) 
        shall provide for funding in a manner consistent with 
        the advance construction and debt instrument financing 
        procedures for Federal-aid Highways set forth in 
        sections 115 and 122 of title 23, except that the 
        funding source may include funds made available under 
        the Federal Lands Highway Program.
            (2) Eligibility for funding under this subsection 
        shall not be construed as a commitment, guarantee, or 
        obligation on the part of the United States to provide 
        for payment of principal or interest of an eligible 
        debt financing instrument as so defined in section 122, 
        nor create a right of a third party against the United 
        States for payment under an eligible debt financing 
        instrument. The agreement entered into pursuant to 
        subsection (a) shall make specific reference to this 
        provision of law.
            (3) The provisions of this section do not limit the 
        use of other available funds for which the project 
        referenced in subsection (a) is eligible.
    Sec. 358. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this Act may be made available to 
any person or entity convicted of violating the Buy American 
Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
    Sec. 359. For fiscal year 2003, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, historic covered bridges eligible for Federal 
assistance under section 1224 of the Transportation Equity Act 
for the 21st Century, as amended, may be funded from amounts 
set aside for the discretionary bridge program.
    Sec. 360. None of the funds provided in this Act or prior 
Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard ``Acquisition, 
construction, and improvements'' shall be available after the 
fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year, unless the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard first submits to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations a quarterly report on the 
agency's mission hour emphasis and a quarterly report on all 
major Coast Guard acquisition projects including projects 
executed for the Coast Guard by the United States Navy and 
vessel traffic service projects: Provided, That such 
acquisition reports shall include an acquisition schedule, 
estimated current and year funding requirements, and a schedule 
of anticipated obligations and outlays for each major 
acquisition project: Provided further, That such acquisition 
reports shall rate on a relative scale the cost risk, schedule 
risk, and technical risk associated with each acquisition 
project and include a table detailing unobligated balances to 
date and anticipated unobligated balances at the close of the 
fiscal year and the close of the following fiscal year should 
the Administration's pending budget request for the 
acquisition, construction, and improvements account be fully 
funded: Provided further, That such acquisition reports shall 
also provide abbreviated information on the status of shore 
facility construction and renovation projects: Provided 
further, That all information submitted in such mission hour 
emphasis and acquisition reports shall be current as of the 
last day of the preceding quarter.
    Sec. 361. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 2003 
in section 188(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, along 
with any available unobligated balances of funds made available 
in prior years, $115,000,000 shall instead be available for the 
programs authorized in section 1101(a)(9) of Public Law 105-
178, as amended, and $65,000,000 shall instead be made 
available for section 1221 of Public Law 105-178, as amended.
    Sec. 362. Funds provided in this Act for the Working 
Capital Fund shall be reduced by $12,600,000, which limits 
fiscal year 2003 Working Capital Fund obligational authority 
for elements of the Department of Transportation funded in this 
Act to no more than $119,166,000: Provided, That such 
reductions from the budget request shall be allocated by the 
Department of Transportation to each appropriations account in 
proportion to the amount included in each account for the 
Working Capital Fund.
    Sec. 363. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary 
of Transportation is authorized to waive any of the terms, 
conditions, reservations, and restrictions contained in the 
deeds of conveyance and subsequent corrections to the deeds of 
conveyance under which the United States conveyed certain 
property to Gadsden, Alabama, for airport purposes.
    (b) No waiver may be granted under subsection (a) if the 
waiver would result in the closure of an airport.
    (c) Gadsden, Alabama, shall agree that in selling, leasing, 
or conveying any interest in, the property for which waivers 
are granted under subsection (a), the amount received by the 
city shall be used by the city for the development, 
improvement, operation, or maintenance of the Gadsden Municipal 
Airport.
    Sec. 364. Of the funds made available under section 
1101(a)(12) and section 1503 of Public Law 105-178, as amended, 
$8,000,000 are rescinded.
    Sec. 365. Transfer of Funds Between Highway Projects, Lake 
Charles, Louisiana.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available for construction of roads and a 
bridge to provide access to the Rose Bluff industrial area, 
Lake Charles, Louisiana, under section 149(a)(87) of the 
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 
1987 (101 Stat. 194; 109 Stat. 607) and item 17 of the table 
contained in section 1106(a)(2) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2038) shall be 
made available for the project in Lake Charles, Louisiana, 
consisting of--
            (1) construction of Nelson Access Road to the Port 
        of Lake Charles as described in item 1596 of the table 
        contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity 
        Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 315);
            (2) planning, design, and reconstruction of Cove 
        Lane exit from Interstate 210; and
            (3) planning, design, and construction of West 
        Prien Lake Road.
    Sec. 366. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
the funds available under section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, 
United States Code, for surface transportation projects, 
$13,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to make grants 
to the Kentucky Turnpike Authority to pay the debt on bonds 
issued by the Kentucky Turnpike Authority before January 1, 
2003, for the Daniel Boone Parkway, Kentucky, and the 
Cumberland Parkway, Kentucky.
    Sec. 367. Letters of Intent for Airport Security 
Improvement Projects.--(a) The Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security may issue a letter of intent to an 
airport committing to obligate from future budget authority an 
amount, not more than the Federal Government's share of the 
project's cost, for an airport security improvement project 
(including interest costs and costs of formulating the project) 
at the airport. The letter shall establish a schedule under 
which the Under Secretary will reimburse the airport for the 
Government's share of the project's costs, as amounts become 
available, if the airport, after the Under Secretary issues the 
letter, carries out the project without receiving amounts under 
Chapter 471 of title 49.
    (b) The airport shall notify the Under Secretary of the 
airport's intent to carry out the airport security improvement 
project before the project begins.
    (c) A letter of intent may be issued under this section 
only if--
            (1) The airport security improvement project to 
        which the letter applies involves the replacement of 
        baggage conveyer systems or the reconfiguration of 
        terminal baggage areas in order to install explosive 
        detection systems; and
            (2) The Under Secretary determines that the project 
        will improve security or will improve the efficiency of 
        the airport without lessening security.
    (d) A letter of intent issued under this section is not an 
obligation of the Government under section 1501 of title 31, 
and the letter is not deemed to be an administrative commitment 
for financing. An obligation or administrative commitment may 
be made only as amounts are provided in authorization and 
appropriations laws.
    (e) The Government's share of the project's cost shall be 
75 percent for a project at an airport having at least 0.25 
percent of the total number of passenger boardings each year at 
all airports and 90 percent for a project at any other airport.
    (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit 
the obligation of amounts pursuant to a letter of intent under 
this section in the same fiscal year as the letter of intent is 
issued.
    (g) The Under Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the House Transportation and 
Infrastructure Committee, and the Senate Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation Committee at least 3 days prior to the issuance 
of a letter of intent under this section.
    (h) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $500,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2003, 2004, 
2005, 2006, and 2007.
    Sec. 368. Section 342 of the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, is amended by 
striking ``Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and King 
Counties to Seattle'' and inserting ``Ferry/tunnel project in 
Bremerton, Washington''.
    Sec. 369. Section 343 of the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, is amended by 
striking ``Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and King 
Counties to Seattle'' and inserting ``Ferry/tunnel project in 
Bremerton, Washington''.
    Sec. 370. (a) Inclusion of Towers in Airport Development.--
Section 47102(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(M) constructing an air traffic control 
                tower or acquiring and installing air traffic 
                control, communications, and related equipment 
                at an air traffic control tower under the terms 
                specified in section 47124(b)(4).''.
    (b) Construction of Air Traffic Control Towers.--
            (1) In general.--Section 47124(b)(4) of title 49, 
        United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) Construction of air traffic control towers.--
                    ``(A) Grants.--The Secretary may provide 
                grants to a sponsor of--
                            ``(i) a primary airport--
                                    ``(I) from amounts made 
                                available under sections 
                                47114(c)(1) and 47114(c)(2) for 
                                the construction or improvement 
                                of a nonapproach control tower, 
                                as defined by the Secretary, 
                                and for the acquisition and 
                                installation of air traffic 
                                control, communications, and 
                                related equipment to be used in 
                                that tower;
                                    ``(II) from amounts made 
                                available under sections 
                                47114(c)(1) and 47114(c)(2) for 
                                reimbursement for the cost of 
                                construction or improvement of 
                                a nonapproach control tower, as 
                                defined by the Secretary, 
                                incurred after October 1, 1996, 
                                if the sponsor complied with 
                                the requirements of sections 
                                47107(e), 47112(b), and 
                                47112(c) in constructing or 
                                improving that tower; and
                                    ``(III) from amounts made 
                                available under sections 
                                47114(c)(1) and 47114(c)(2) for 
                                reimbursement for the cost of 
                                acquiring and installing in 
                                that tower air traffic control, 
                                communications, and related 
                                equipment that was acquired or 
                                installed after October 1, 
                                1996; and
                            ``(ii) a public-use airport that is 
                        not a primary airport--
                                    ``(I) from amounts made 
                                available under sections 
                                47114(c)(2) and 47114(d) for 
                                the construction or improvement 
                                of a nonapproach control tower, 
                                as defined by the Secretary, 
                                and for the acquisition and 
                                installation of air traffic 
                                control, communications, and 
                                related equipment to be used in 
                                that tower;
                                    ``(II) from amounts made 
                                available under sections 
                                47114(c)(2) and 47114(d)(3)(A) 
                                for reimbursement for the cost 
                                of construction or improvement 
                                of a nonapproach control tower, 
                                as defined by the Secretary, 
                                incurred after October 1, 1996, 
                                if the sponsor complied with 
                                the requirements of sections 
                                47107(e), 47112(b), and 
                                47112(c) in constructing or 
                                improving that tower; and
                                    ``(III) from amounts made 
                                available under sections 
                                47114(c)(2) and 47114(d)(3)(A) 
                                for reimbursement for the cost 
                                of acquiring and installing in 
                                that tower air traffic control, 
                                communications, and related 
                                equipment that was acquired or 
                                installed after October 1, 
                                1996.
                    ``(B) Eligibility.--An airport sponsor 
                shall be eligible for a grant under this 
                paragraph only if--
                            ``(i)(I) the sponsor is a 
                        participant in the Federal Aviation 
                        Administration contract tower program 
                        established under subsection (a) and 
                        continued under paragraph (1) or the 
                        pilot program established under 
                        paragraph (3); or
                            ``(II) construction of a 
                        nonapproach control tower would qualify 
                        the sponsor to be eligible to 
                        participate in such program;
                            ``(ii) the sponsor certifies that 
                        it will pay not less than 10 percent of 
                        the cost of the activities for which 
                        the sponsor is receiving assistance 
                        under this paragraph;
                            ``(iii) the Secretary affirmatively 
                        accepts the proposed contract tower 
                        into a contract tower program under 
                        this section and certifies that the 
                        Secretary will seek future 
                        appropriations to pay the Federal 
                        Aviation Administration's cost of the 
                        contract to operate the tower to be 
                        constructed under this paragraph;
                            ``(iv) the sponsor certifies that 
                        it will pay its share of the cost of 
                        the contract to operate the tower to be 
                        constructed under this paragraph; and
                            ``(v) in the case of a tower to be 
                        constructed under this paragraph from 
                        amounts made available under section 
                        47114(d)(2) or 47114(d)(3)(B), the 
                        Secretary certifies that--
                                    ``(I) the Federal Aviation 
                                Administration has consulted 
                                the State within the borders of 
                                which the tower is to be 
                                constructed and the State 
                                supports the construction of 
                                the tower as part of its State 
                                airport capital plan; and
                                    ``(II) the selection of the 
                                tower for funding is based on 
                                objective criteria.
                    ``(C) Limitation on federal share.--The 
                Federal share of the cost of construction of a 
                nonapproach control tower under this paragraph 
                may not exceed $1,100,000.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 47124(b) of 
        such title is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ``Level 
                I air traffic control towers, as defined by the 
                Secretary,'' and inserting ``nonapproach 
                control towers, as defined by the Secretary,''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(E) by striking 
                ``Subject to paragraph (4)(D), of'' and 
                inserting ``Of''.
            (3) Savings clause.--Notwithstanding the amendments 
        made by this section, the towers for which assistance 
        is being provided on the day before the date of 
        enactment of this Act under section 47124(b)(4) of 
        title 49, United States Code, as in effect on such day, 
        may continue to be provided such assistance under the 
        terms of such section.
    (c) Nonapproach Control Towers.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Federal 
        Aviation Administration may enter into a lease 
        agreement or contract agreement with a private entity 
        to provide for construction and operation of a 
        nonapproach control tower as defined by the Secretary 
        of Transportation.
            (2) Terms and conditions.--An agreement entered 
        into under this section--
                    (A) shall be negotiated under such 
                procedures as the Administrator considers 
                necessary to ensure the integrity of the 
                selection process, the safety of air travel, 
                and to protect the interests of the United 
                States;
                    (B) may provide a lease option to the 
                United States, to be exercised at the 
                discretion of the Administrator, to occupy any 
                general-purpose space in a facility covered by 
                the agreement;
                    (C) shall not require, unless specifically 
                determined otherwise by the Administrator, 
                Federal ownership of a facility covered under 
                the agreement after the expiration of the 
                agreement;
                    (D) shall describe the consideration, 
                duties, and responsibilities for which the 
                United States and the private entity are 
                responsible;
                    (E) shall provide that the United States 
                will not be liable for any action, debt, or 
                liability of any entity created by the 
                agreement;
                    (F) shall provide that the private entity 
                may not execute any instrument or document 
                creating or evidencing any indebtedness with 
                respect to a facility covered by the agreement 
                unless such instrument or document specifically 
                disclaims any liability of the United States 
                under the instrument or document; and
                    (G) shall include such other terms and 
                conditions as the Administrator considers 
                appropriate.
    (d) Use of Apportionments to Pay Non-Federal Share of 
Operation Costs.--
            (1) Study.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
        conduct a study of the feasibility, costs, and benefits 
        of allowing the sponsor of an airport to use not to 
        exceed 10 percent of amounts apportioned to the sponsor 
        under section 47114 to pay the non-Federal share of the 
        cost of operation of an air traffic control tower under 
        section 47124(b) of title 49, United States Code.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit 
        to Congress a report on the results of the study.
    Sec. 371. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
by this Act, there is hereby appropriated $3,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, to enable the Secretary to maintain 
operations of the Midway Island airfield.
    Sec. 372. Section 145(c) of Public Law 107-71 is amended by 
striking the number (18) and inserting the number (27).
    Sec. 373. Susquehanna Greenway, Maryland. The table 
contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century is amended in item 1603 (112 Stat. 316) by 
striking ``Construct pedestrian bicycle bridge across 
Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville'' and 
inserting ``Develop Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway, 
including acquisition of property, construction of hiker-biker 
trails, and construction or use of docks, ferry boats, bridges, 
or vans to convey bikers and pedestrians across the Susquehanna 
River between Cecil County and Harford County''.
    Sec. 374. Item number 1320 in the table contained in 
section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (112 Stat. 305) is amended by striking ``Reconstruct 
79th Street Traffic Circle, New York City'' and inserting 
``Cross Harbor Freight Movement Project EIS, New York City''.
    Sec. 375. Of the $3,400,000 appropriated under the heading 
``Highway Demonstration Projects'' in Public Law 101-516 for 
Pennsylvania State Route 711 Bypass (Ligonier), the unobligated 
share shall be available for transportation projects in the 
counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, 
Indiana, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
    Sec. 376. Of the $900,000 appropriated under the heading 
``Federal Highway Demonstration Projects'' in Public Law 102-
143 for Pennsylvania State Route 711 Bypass (Ligonier), the 
unobligated share shall be available for transportation 
projects in the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, 
Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington and 
Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
    Sec. 377. Of the funds made available in Public Law 107-87 
under the Federal-aid Highways account to carry out 23 U.S.C. 
129(c) and section 1064 of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended, $2,000,000 
shall be transferred to the Federal Transit Administration's 
Formula Grant account and made available to the Jersey City 
Pier redevelopment and terminal construction project: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 23 
U.S.C. 104(k), such funds shall be administered under terms and 
conditions deemed appropriate by the Secretary.
    This division may be cited as the ``Department of 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

    DIVISION J--TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
  Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
 Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, 
                        and for other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Treasury 
Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building 
and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, 
repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial 
insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned 
overseas, when necessary for the performance of official 
business; not to exceed $3,500,000 for official travel 
expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain available until 
expended for information technology modernization requirements; 
not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and 
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury 
and to be accounted for solely on his certificate, 
$189,201,000: Provided, That the Office of Foreign Assets 
Control shall be funded at no less than $21,206,000 and 120 
full time equivalent positions: Provided further, That of these 
amounts $2,900,000 is available for grants to State and local 
law enforcement groups to help fight money laundering: Provided 
further, That of these amounts, $5,893,000 shall be for the 
Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit Program, of which such 
amounts as may be necessary may be transferred to accounts of 
the Department's offices and bureaus to conduct audits: 
Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in 
addition to any other provided in this Act.

        DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services for the Department 
of the Treasury, $65,628,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to 
accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the 
requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other 
organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority 
shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated shall be used to support or supplement the 
Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information Systems 
or Business Systems Modernization.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel 
expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not 
to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential 
nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the 
Inspector General of the Treasury, $35,736,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses.

           TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General 
for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150 
for replacement only for police-type use) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Inspector General for Tax Administration; not to exceed 
$6,000,000 for official travel expenses; and not to exceed 
$500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, 
to be allocated and expended under the direction of the 
Inspector General for Tax Administration, $125,011,000.

                AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM

    For necessary expenses to administer the Air Transportation 
Stabilization Board established by section 102 of the Air 
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (Public Law 
107-42), $6,041,000, to remain available until expended.

           TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION

    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury 
Building and Annex, $28,932,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                 EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    To develop and implement programs to expand access to 
financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals, 
$2,000,000, such funds to become available upon authorization 
of this program as provided by law and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of these funds, such sums as may 
be necessary may be transferred to accounts of the Department's 
offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided in this Act.

                         COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

    For necessary expenses, as determined by the Secretary, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse 
any Department of the Treasury organization for the costs of 
providing support to counter, investigate, or prosecute 
unexpected threats or acts of terrorism, including payment of 
rewards in connection with these activities: Provided, That the 
entire dollar amount shall be available only to the extent that 
an official request for a specific dollar amount is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress.

                  FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel 
expenses of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend 
meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities, law 
enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 
for official reception and representation expenses; and for 
assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without 
reimbursement,$51,752,000, of which not to exceed $3,400,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2005; and of which 
$8,338,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, 
That funds appropriated in this account may be used to procure personal 
services contracts.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, 
including materials and support costs of Federal law 
enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed 52 for 
police-type use, without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses 
for student athletic and related activities; uniforms without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current 
fiscal year; the conducting of and participating in firearms 
matches and presentation of awards; for public awareness and 
enhancing community support of law enforcement training; not to 
exceed $11,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses; room and board for student interns; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $134,986,000, of which $650,000 
shall be available for an interagency effort to establish 
written standards on accreditation of Federal law enforcement 
training; and of which up to $24,266,000 for materials and 
support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training shall 
remain available until September 30, 2005, and of which up to 
20 percent of the $24,266,000 also shall be available for 
travel, room and board costs for participating agency basic 
training during the first quarter of a fiscal year, subject to 
full reimbursement by the benefitting agency: Provided, That 
the Center is authorized to accept and use gifts of property, 
both real and personal, and to accept services, for authorized 
purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which 
shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center to the 
outstanding student who graduated from a basic training program 
at the Center during the previous fiscal year, which shall be 
funded only by gifts received through the Center's gift 
authority: Provided further, That the Center is authorized to 
accept detailees from other Federal agencies, on a non-
reimbursable basis, to staff the accreditation function: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, students attending training at any Center site shall 
reside in on-Center or Center-provided housing, insofar as 
available and in accordance with Center policy: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated in this account shall be 
available, at the discretion of the Director, for the 
following: training United States Postal Service law 
enforcement personnel and Postal police officers; State and 
local government law enforcement training on a space-available 
basis; training of foreign law enforcement officials on a 
space-available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to 
this appropriation, except that reimbursement may be waived by 
the Secretary for law enforcement training activities in 
foreign countries undertaken pursuant to section 801 of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, (Public 
Law 104-32); training of private sector security officials on a 
space-available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to 
this appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal 
personnel to attend course development meetings and training 
sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Center is 
authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements 
from agencies receiving training sponsored by the Center, 
except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end 
of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Center is 
authorized to provide training for the Gang Resistance 
Education and Training program to Federal and non-Federal 
personnel at any facility in partnership with the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, That the 
Center is authorized to provide short-term medical services for 
students undergoing training at the Center.

     ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES

    For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real property 
and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facility 
improvements, and related expenses, $36,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

                 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

    For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and 
convict offenders involved in organized crime drug trafficking, 
including cooperative efforts with State and local law 
enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury Department law 
enforcement violations such as money laundering, violent crime, 
and smuggling, $107,576,000.

                      Financial Management Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, 
$222,078,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2005, for information systems 
modernization initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 822 vehicles 
for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for replacement 
only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; 
services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined 
by the Director; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence 
allowances to employees where a major investigative assignment 
requires an employee to work 16 hours or more per day or to 
remain overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed 
$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses; for 
training of State and local law enforcement agencies with or 
without reimbursement, including training in connection with 
the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 
accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative 
research and development programs for Laboratory Services and 
Fire Research Center activities; and provision of laboratory 
assistance to State and local agencies, with or without 
reimbursement, $886,430,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall be available for the payment of attorneys' fees as 
provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); of which up to $2,000,000 
shall be available for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, 
equipment, or aircraft available for official use by a State or 
local law enforcement agency if the conveyance will be used in 
joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries 
including Social Security and Medicare, travel, fuel, training, 
equipment, supplies, and other similar costs of State and local 
law enforcement personnel, including sworn officers and support 
personnel, that are incurred in joint operations with the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; of which $13,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available for 
disbursements through grants, cooperative agreements or 
contracts to local governments for Gang Resistance Education 
and Training; and of which $3,200,000 for a new headquarters 
shall remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That 
no funds appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or 
administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or 
centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the 
records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition 
of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided 
further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay 
administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or 
employee of the United States to implement an amendment or 
amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of 
``Curios or relics'' in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from 
ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein 
shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for 
relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 
925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be available to 
investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for 
relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 
925(c): Provided further, That no funds under this Act may be 
used to electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant 
to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification 
code.

                     United States Customs Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the United States Customs 
Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,535 motor 
vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of which 
1,500 are for police-type use and commercial operations; hire 
of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal 
services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; and awards of compensation to 
informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the United 
States Customs Service, $2,527,155,000, of which such sums as 
become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums 
subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the total, 
not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for 
rental space in connection with preclearance operations; not to 
exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
research; not less than $100,000 shall be available to promote 
public awareness of the child pornography tipline; not less 
than $200,000 shall be available for Project Alert; not to 
exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
conducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081; not 
to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until expended for the 
procurement of automation infrastructure items, including 
hardware, software, and installation; not to exceed $1,250,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2004 for 
strengthened enforcement of U.S. trade laws pertaining to 
steel; and not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until 
expended for repairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That of 
the total amount of funds made available for forced child labor 
activities in fiscal year 2003, not to exceed $5,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for operations and support of 
such activities: Provided further, That uniforms may be 
purchased without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal year 
aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in subsection 5(c)(1) 
of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall 
be $30,000.

                   HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For administrative expenses related to the collection of 
the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law 103-182, 
$3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund and to be transferred to and merged with the Customs 
``Salaries and Expenses'' account for such purposes.

  OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION 
                                PROGRAMS

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and 
other related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, 
including operational training and mission-related travel, and 
rental payments for facilities occupied by the air or marine 
interdiction and demand reduction programs, the operations of 
which include the following: the interdiction of narcotics and 
other goods; the provision of support to Customs and other 
Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or 
administration of laws enforced by the Customs Service; and, at 
the discretion of the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of 
assistanceto Federal, State, and local agencies in other law 
enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts, $181,829,000, which 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That no aircraft or 
other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft which is one of 
a kind and has been identified as excess to Customs requirements and 
aircraft which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to 
any other Federal agency, department, or office outside of the 
Department of Homeland Security, during fiscal year 2003 without the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

                        AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

    For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs automated 
systems, $435,332,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not less than $312,900,000 shall be for the development 
of the Automated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for 
the Automated Commercial Environment until the United States 
Customs Service prepares and submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the 
capital planning and investment control review requirements 
established by the Office of Management and Budget, including 
OMB Circular A-11, part 3; (2) complies with the United States 
Customs Service's Enterprise Information Systems Architecture; 
(3) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, 
guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the 
Federal Government; (4) is reviewed and approved by the Customs 
Investment Review Board, the Department of the Treasury, and 
the Office of Management and Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the 
General Accounting Office: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the 
Automated Commercial Environment until such expenditure plan 
has been approved by the Committees on Appropriations.

                           United States Mint

               UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

    Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, 
the United States Mint is provided funding through the United 
States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with 
the production of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and 
protective services, including both operating expenses and 
capital investments. The aggregate amount of new liabilities 
and obligations incurred during fiscal year 2003 under such 
section 5136 for circulating coinage and protective service 
capital investments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 
$34,900,000.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

                     ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

    For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt 
issues of the United States, $194,468,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses, and of which not to exceed $2,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for systems 
modernization; and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2004 for the purpose of 
completing the shut-down of the savings bond marketing 
activity: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from the 
General Fund for fiscal year 2003 shall be reduced by not more 
than $4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees and Treasury 
Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so as 
to result in a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation from the 
General Fund estimated at $190,068,000. In addition, $40,000 to 
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse 
the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for 
financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 
of Public Law 101-380.

                        Internal Revenue Service

                 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing and 
account services, shared services support, general management 
and administration; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, 
$3,955,777,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for the Tax 
Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which $7,000,000 shall 
be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of 
which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                          TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing 
litigation support; conducting criminal investigation and 
enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; 
collecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document matching 
program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt 
identification, referral and settlement; compiling statistics 
of income and conducting compliance research; purchase (for 
police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, $3,729,072,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2005, for research, 
and of which not less than $60,000,000 shall be used to combat 
abusive tax shelters.

             EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE

    For funding essential earned income tax credit compliance 
and error reduction initiatives, $146,000,000, of which not to 
exceed $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the Social Security 
Administration for the costs of implementing section 1090 of 
the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.

                          INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
information systems and telecommunications support, including 
developmental information systems and operational information 
systems; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $1,632,444,000, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2004.

                     BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service, 
$366,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005, for 
the capital asset acquisition of information technology 
systems, including management and related contractual costs of 
said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 
operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That none of 
these funds may be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations, and such 
Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the 
capital planning and investment control review requirements 
established by the Office of Management and Budget, including 
Circular A-11 part 3; (2) complies with the Internal Revenue 
Service's enterprise architecture, including the modernization 
blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal Revenue Service's 
enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the 
Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and 
the Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by 
the General Accounting Office; and (6) complies with the 
acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems 
acquisition management practices of the Federal Government.

               HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

    For necessary expenses to implement the health insurance 
tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
210), $70,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2004.

          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

    Sec. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be 
transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation 
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a 
training program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service 
employees are trained in taxpayers' rights, in dealing 
courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural 
relations.
    Sec. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 
confidentiality of taxpayer information.
    Sec. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved 
facilities and increased manpower to provide sufficient and 
effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers. The 
Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of the 
Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a priority and 
allocate resources necessary to increase phone lines and staff 
to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line 
service.

                      United States Secret Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
including purchase of not to exceed 610 vehicles for police-
type use for replacement only, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; purchase of American-made side-car compatible 
motorcycles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance 
requested by State and local governments, which may be provided 
without reimbursement; services of expert witnesses at such 
rates as may be determined by the Director; rental of buildings 
in the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard 
booths, and other facilities on private or other property not 
in Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to 
perform protective functions; for payment of per diem and/or 
subsistence allowances to employees where a protective 
assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of a 
protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day or to 
remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the conducting of 
and participating in firearms matches; presentation of awards; 
for travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions 
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this 
or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance from the 
Committees on Appropriations; for research and development; for 
making grants to conduct behavioral research in support of 
protective research and operations; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed 
$100,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to 
foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit 
investigations; for payment in advance for commercial 
accommodations as may be necessary to perform protective 
functions; and for uniforms without regard to the 
generalpurchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
$1,029,150,000, of which $1,633,000 shall be available for forensic and 
related support of investigations of missing and exploited children, 
and of which $4,583,000 shall be available as a grant for activities 
related to the investigations of exploited children and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for 
protective travel shall remain available until September 30, 2004.

     ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, 
and improvement of facilities, $3,519,000, to remain available 
until expended.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

    Sec. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary of 
the Treasury in connection with law enforcement activities of a 
Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law enforcement 
organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from 
unobligated balances remaining in the Fund on September 30, 
2003, shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines.
    Sec. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for 
official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase 
of motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price 
limitations for vehicles purchased and used overseas for the 
current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the 
Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical 
services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign 
countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2003 in this Act for the 
enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall be 
expended in a manner so as not to diminish enforcement efforts 
with respect to section 105 of the Federal Alcohol 
Administration Act.
    Sec. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this Act made available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United States Customs Service, 
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement, and United States 
Secret Service may be transferred between such appropriations 
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 
more than 2 percent.
    Sec. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this Act made available to the Departmental Offices--Salaries 
and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration, Financial Management Service, 
and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred between such 
appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent.
    Sec. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be 
transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration's appropriation upon the advance approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or 
decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
    Sec. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of law 
enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the 
Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the 
respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Departmental 
vehicle management principles: Provided, That the Secretary may 
delegate this authority to the Assistant Secretary for 
Management.
    Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or 
otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 
Federal Reserve note.
    Sec. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds 
from ``Salaries and Expenses'', Financial Management Service, 
to the Debt Services Account as necessary to cover the costs of 
debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be 
reimbursed to such Salaries and Expenses account from debt 
collections received in the Debt Services Account.
    Sec. 119. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105-119 (5 U.S.C. 
3104 note), is further amended by striking ``4 years'' and 
inserting ``5 years''.
    Sec. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United 
States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the 
explicit approval of the House Committee on Financial Services 
and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs.
    Sec. 121. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act may be used for the production of Customs 
Declarations that do not inquire whether the passenger had been 
in the proximity of livestock.
    Sec. 122. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is 
directed to establish an accrediting body that will include 
representatives from the Federal law enforcement community, as 
well as non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law 
enforcement training. The purpose of this body will be to 
establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality and 
effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training programs, 
facilities, and instructors.
    Sec. 123. The Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997 
(as contained in section 101(f) of Division A of Public Law 
104-208), under the heading ``Treasury Franchise Fund'', as 
amended by section 120 of the Treasury Department 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (enacted pursuant to section 1(a)(3) 
of Public Law 106-554), is further amended by striking ``until 
October 1, 2002'' and inserting ``until October 1, 2004''.
    Sec. 125. Amendment to John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Training and Development Act.--For fiscal year 2003 and 
thereafter, section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for 
Public Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(b) Investment of Fund Assets.--
            ``(1) At the request of the Center, it shall be the 
        duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in full 
        the amounts appropriated to the fund. Such investments 
        may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the 
        United States issued directly to the fund.
            ``(2) The purposes for which obligations of the 
        United States may be issued under chapter 31 of Title 
        31 are hereby extended to authorize the issuance at par 
        of special obligations directly to the fund. Such 
        special obligations shall bear interest at a rate equal 
        to the average rate of interest, computed as to the end 
        of the calendar month next preceding the date of such 
        issue, borne by all marketable interest-bearing 
        obligations of the United States then forming a part of 
        the public debt; except that where such average rate is 
        not a multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum, the rate 
        of interest of such special obligations shall be the 
        multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum next lower than 
        such average rate. All requests of the Center to the 
        Secretary of the Treasury provided for in this section 
        shall be binding upon the Secretary.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(c) Authority To Sell Obligations.--At the request of the 
Center, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem any 
obligation issued directly to the fund. Obligations issued to 
the fund under subsection (b)(2) shall be redeemed at par plus 
accrued interest. Any other obligations issued directly to the 
fund shall be redeemed at the market price.''.
    Sec. 126. Amendment to James Madison Memorial Fellowship 
Act.--For fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, section 811 of the 
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Act (20 U.S.C. 4510) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(b) Investment of Amounts Appropriated.--
            ``(1) At the request of the Trust Fund, it shall be 
        the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in 
        full the amounts appropriated and contributed to the 
        fund. Such investments may be made only in interest-
        bearing obligations of the United States issued 
        directly to the fund.
            ``(2) The purposes for which obligations of the 
        United States may be issued under chapter 31 of Title 
        31 are hereby extended to authorize the issuance at par 
        of special obligations directly to the fund. Such 
        special obligations shall bear interest at a rate equal 
        to the average rate of interest, computed as to the end 
        of the calendar month next preceding the date of such 
        issue, borne by all marketable interest-bearing 
        obligations of the United States then forming a part of 
        the public debt; except that where such average rate is 
        not a multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum, the rate 
        of interest of such special obligations shall be the 
        multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum next lower than 
        such average rate. All requests of the Trust Fund to 
        the Secretary of the Treasury provided for in this 
        section shall be binding upon the Secretary.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(c) Sale of Obligations Acquired by Fund.--At the request 
of the Trust Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem 
any obligation issued directly to the fund. Obligations issued 
to the fund under subsection (b)(2) shall be redeemed at par 
plus accrued interest. Any other obligations issued directly to 
the fund shall be redeemed at the market price.''.
    Sec. 127. Authority for the Creation of Integrated Border 
Inspection Areas and Designation of Foreign Law Enforcement 
Officers.--(a) Creation of Integrated Border Inspection 
Areas.--
            (1) The Commissioner of Customs, in consultation 
        with the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA), 
        shall seek to establish Integrated Border Inspection 
        Areas (IBIAs), i.e., areas on either side of the United 
        States-Canada border in which the United States Customs 
        officers can inspect vehicles entering the United 
        States from Canada before they enter the United States, 
        or Canadian officers can inspect vehicles entering 
        Canada from the United States before they enter Canada. 
        This may include, where appropriate, employment of 
        reverse inspection techniques.
            (2) The Commissioner of Customs, in consultation 
        with the Administrator of the General Services 
        Administration when appropriate, shall endeavor to 
        carry out the IBIA program in a manner that minimizes 
        adverse impacts on the surrounding community.
    (b) Section 1401(i) of title 19, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ``, including foreign law enforcement 
officers,'' after ``or other person''.
    (c) Section 1629 of title 19, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (a) by inserting ``, or subsequent 
        to their exit from,'' after ``prior to their arrival 
        in'';
            (2) in paragraph (c) by inserting ``or 
        exportation'' after ``relating to the importation'' and 
        by inserting ``or exit'' after ``port of entry'';
            (3) in paragraph (e), by--
                    (A) inserting ``and agriculture 
                inspection'' after ``customs'' in each instance 
                where reference is currently made to ``customs 
                officers'' or ``customs officials'' in this 
                subsection;
                    (B) inserting ``and the Secretary of 
                Agriculture'' after ``in coordination with the 
                Secretary'';
                    (C) inserting ``or that have gone directly 
                from that country to the United States'' after 
                ``to that country from the United States'';
                    (D) inserting ``or exportation'' after 
                ``governing the importation'';
                    (E) deleting ``and'' and inserting a comma 
                (``,'') after ``such functions'';
                    (F) inserting ``, and enjoy such privileges 
                and immunities'' after ``such duties'';
                    (G) inserting ``or are afforded'' after 
                ``authorized to perform''; and
                    (H) deleting ``under reciprocal agreement'' 
                and inserting ``by treaty, agreement or law''.
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Persons designated to perform the duties of an 
officer of the Customs Service pursuant to section 1401 (i) of 
this title shall be entitled to the same privileges and 
immunities as an officer of the Customs Service with respect to 
any actions taken by the designated person in the performance 
of such duties.''.
    This title may be cited as the ``Treasury Department 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                   Payment to the Postal Service Fund

    For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, 
$60,014,000, of which $31,014,000 shall not be available for 
obligation until October 1, 2003: Provided, That mail for 
overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be 
free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the 
Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, 
regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of 
any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any 
individual participating in a State or local program of child 
support enforcement, a fee for information requested or 
provided concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post 
offices in fiscal year 2003.
    This title may be cited as the ``Postal Service 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO 
                             THE PRESIDENT

        Compensation of the President and the White House Office

                     COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

    For compensation of the President, including an expense 
allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3 
U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available for official expenses shall be expended for any other 
purpose and any unused amount shall revert to the Treasury 
pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for 
official expenses shall be considered as taxable to the 
President.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by 
law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence 
expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended 
and accounted for as provided in that section; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, teletype 
news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended 
and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to 
exceed $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be 
available for allocation within the Executive Office of the 
President, $50,715,000: Provided, That $8,650,000 of the funds 
appropriated shall be available for reimbursements to the White 
House Communications Agency.

                      Office of Homeland Security

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security, 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 13288, $19,398,000: Provided, 
That the Office of Homeland Security shall submit a report 
identifying estimated obligations for each function assigned to 
this Office pursuant to Executive Order No. 13288 to the 
Committees on Appropriations no later than November 1, 2002.

                 Executive Residence at the White House

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, 
refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the 
White House and official entertainment expenses of the 
President, $12,228,000, to be expended and accounted for as 
provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.

                         REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

    For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at 
the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That 
all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence 
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this 
paragraph: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, such amount for reimbursable operating 
expenses shall be the exclusive authority of the Executive 
Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting 
collections, for such expenses: Provided further, That the 
Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring a 
reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal 
to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance 
payments shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require the national committee of the political party of 
the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately 
accounted for and available for expenses relating to 
reimbursable political events sponsored by such committee 
during such fiscal year: Provided further, That the Executive 
Residence shall ensure that a written notice of any amount owed 
for a reimbursable operating expense under this paragraph is 
submitted to the person owingsuch amount within 60 days after 
such expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected within 30 
days after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That the 
Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess penalties and 
other charges on any such amount that is not reimbursed within such 30 
days, in accordance with the interest and penalty provisions applicable 
to an outstanding debt on a United States Government claim under 
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That 
each such amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 
charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after 
the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during 
the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, 
the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable official and 
ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists of 
reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such amount that 
has been reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking 
of expenses related to reimbursable events within the Executive 
Residence that includes a standard for the classification of any such 
expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no 
provision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive 
Residence from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II 
of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.

                   WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
Executive Residence at the White House, $1,200,000, to remain 
available until expended, for required maintenance, safety and 
health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.

 Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the 
                             Vice President

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
provide assistance to the President in connection with 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $4,066,000.

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, heating 
and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the 
official residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official 
entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted 
for solely on his certificate, $324,000: Provided, That 
advances or repayments or transfers from this appropriation may 
be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 
out such activities.

                      Council of Economic Advisers

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisors 
in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 
(15 U.S.C. 1021), $3,763,000.

                      Office of Policy Development

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
107, $3,251,000.

                       National Security Council

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,821,000.

                        Office of Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $91,505,000, of 
which $[17,470,000] shall remain available until expended for 
the Capital Investment Plan for continued modernization of the 
information technology infrastructure within the Executive 
Office of the President: Provided, That the Executive Office of 
the President shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations that includes a current description of: (1) the 
Enterprise Architecture, as defined in OMB Circular A-130 and 
the Federal Chief Information Officers Council guidance; (2) 
the Information Technology (IT) Human Capital Plan; (3) the 
capital investment plan for implementing the Enterprise 
Architecture; and (4) the IT capital planning and investment 
control process: Provided further, That this report shall be 
reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget, 
and reviewed by the General Accounting Office.

                    Office of Management and Budget

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $62,394,000, of which not to 
exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, and 
of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official 
representation expenses: Provided, That, as provided in 31 
U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the 
objects for which appropriations were made except as otherwise 
provided by law: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management and 
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any 
agricultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 
Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available for the Office of Management and 
Budget by this Act may be expended for the altering of the 
transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except for 
testimony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget, 
before the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on 
Veterans' Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, 
That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings released 
by the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on 
Veterans' Affairs: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this Act may be available to pay the salary or 
expensesof any employee of the Office of Management and Budget 
who, after February 15, 2003, calculates, prepares, or approves any 
tabular or other material that proposes the sub-allocation of budget 
authority or outlays by the Committees on Appropriations among their 
subcommittees.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed $10,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and for participation in 
joint projects or in the provision of services on matters of 
mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public 
organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
$26,456,000; of which $2,350,000 shall remain available until 
expended, consisting of $1,350,000 for policy research and 
evaluation, and $1,000,000 for the National Alliance for Model 
State Drug Laws: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 
accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 
personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 
Office: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of these funds shall 
not be obligated until the Director submits performance 
measures of effectiveness for the High Intensity Drug 
Trafficking Areas program to the House Committee on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of these 
funds shall not be obligated until the Director submits, and 
the Committees on Appropriations approve, a human capital 
strategy for the Office.

                COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology 
Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $48,000,000, which shall remain 
available until expended, consisting of $22,000,000 for 
counternarcotics research and development projects, and 
$26,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology 
transfer program: Provided, That the $22,000,000 for 
counternarcotics research and development projects shall be 
available for transfer to other Federal departments or 
agencies.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs

             HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, 
$226,350,000, for drug control activities consistent with the 
approved strategy for each of the designated High Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall 
be transferred to State and local entities for drug control 
activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the 
date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 49 
percent, to remain available until September 30, 2004, may be 
transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to be 
determined by the Director, of which not less than $2,100,000 
shall be used for auditing services and associated activities, 
and at least $500,000 of the $2,100,000 shall be used to 
develop and implement a data collection system to measure the 
performance of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program: Provided further, That High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas Programs designated as of September 30, 2002, shall be 
funded at no less than the fiscal year 2002 initial allocation 
levels unless the Director submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations, and the Committees approve, justification for 
changes in those levels based on clearly articulated priorities 
for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs, as well 
as published Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 
measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That no funds of 
an amount in excess of the fiscal year 2003 budget request 
shall be obligated prior to the approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That no funds shall be used 
for any further or additional consolidation of the Southwest 
Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, except for the 
operation of an office with a coordinating role, until the 
Office submits a report on the structure of the Southwest 
Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.

                        SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for 
youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $223,200,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which the following amounts are available as 
follows: $150,000,000 to support a national media campaign, as 
authorized by the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998; 
$60,000,000 to continue a program of matching grants to drug-
free communities, of which $2,000,000 shall be a directed grant 
to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the 
National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as authorized 
in chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988, 
as amended; $3,000,000 for the Counterdrug Intelligence 
Executive Secretariat; $2,000,000 for evaluations and research 
related to National Drug Control Program performance measures; 
$1,000,000 for the National Drug Court Institute; $6,400,000 
for the United States Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping 
activities; and $800,000 for the United States membership dues 
to the World Anti-Doping Agency: Provided, That such funds may 
be transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to 
carry out such activities.

                          Unanticipated Needs

    For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during 
the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
$1,000,000.
    This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by Public 
Law 92-28, $4,658,000.

                      Federal Election Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $49,866,000, 
of which no less than $5,866,700 shall be available for 
internal automated data processing systems, and of which not to 
exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and 
representation expenses.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization 
Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 
1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, $28,950,000: Provided, That public 
members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid 
travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed 
intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management 
relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with this 
account, to be available without further appropriation for the 
costs of carrying out these conferences.

                    General Services Administration

                        REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

                         FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

                 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to be used 
for the purposes of, the Fund established pursuant to section 
210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $375,711,000. The 
revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 
available for necessary expenses of real property management 
and related activities not otherwise provided for, including 
operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and 
leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of 
Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental 
agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, 
allocation and transfer of space; contractual services incident 
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 
alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds, 
approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; 
maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; 
acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, 
or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 
purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 
federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 
projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new 
buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and payment 
of principal, interest, and any other obligations for public 
buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase 
contract; in the aggregate amount of $7,006,033,000, of which: 
(1) $717,488,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction (including funds for sites and expenses and 
associated design and construction services) of additional 
projects at the following locations:
    New Construction:
            Arkansas:
                    Little Rock, United States Courthouse 
                Annex, $77,154,000
            California:
                    San Diego, United States Courthouse Annex, 
                $23,901,000
            District of Columbia:
                    Washington, Southeast Federal Center Site 
                Remediation, $6,472,000
            Florida:
                    Fort Pierce, United States Courthouse, 
                $2,744,000
                    Orlando, United States Courthouse, 
                $79,261,000
            Iowa:
                    Cedar Rapids, United States Courthouse, 
                $5,167,000
            Maine:
                    Jackman, Border Station, $9,194,000
            Maryland:
                    Montgomery County, FDA consolidation, 
                $37,600,000
                    Suitland, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                Administration II, $9,461,000
                    Suitland, United States Census Bureau, 
                $176,919,000
            Mississippi:
                    Jackson, United States Courthouse, 
                $7,276,000
            Missouri:
                    Cape Girardeau, United States Courthouse, 
                $49,300,000
            Montana:
                    Raymond, Border Station, $7,753,000
            New York:
                    Brooklyn, United States Courthouse Annex--
                GPO, $39,500,000
                    Champlain, Border Station, $4,000,000.
                    Massena, Border Station, $1,646,000
                    New York, United States Mission to the 
                United Nations, $57,053,000
            North Dakota:
                    Portal, Border Station, $2,201,000
            Oregon:
                    Eugene, United States Courthouse, 
                $77,374,000
            Tennessee:
                    Nashville, United States Courthouse, 
                $7,095,000
            Texas:
                    Austin, United States Courthouse, 
                $13,809,000
            Utah:
                    Salt Lake City, United States Courthouse, 
                $9,783,000
            Washington:
                    Oroville, Border Station, $6,572,000
            Nationwide:
                    Nonprospectus Construction, $6,253,000:
Provided, That funding for any project identified above may be 
exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other such 
projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included 
in an approved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval 
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater 
amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct 
construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2004, and 
remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for funds for 
projects as to which funds for design or other funds have been 
obligated in whole or in part prior to such date; (2) 
$951,529,000 shall remain available until expended for repairs 
and alterations, of which $358,340,000 shall be available for 
basic repairs and alterations and $593,189,000 shall be 
available for the following repairs and alterations projects, 
which includes associated design and construction services:

            California:
                    Los Angeles, Federal Building, 300 North 
                Los Angeles Street
                    San Francisco, Appraisers Building
                    San Francisco, 50 United Nations Plaza 
                Federal Building (design)
                    Tecate, Tecate United States Border Station
            Colorado:
                    Denver, Byron G. Rogers Federal Building 
                and Courthouse
                    Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, Building 
                53 (design)
            Connecticut:
                    New Haven, Robert N. Gaimo Federal Building
            District of Columbia:
                    Federal Office Building 10A Garage
                    Harry S Truman Building (State)
                    GSA Central Office (design)
                    GSA Regional Office Building (design)
                    Herbert C. Hoover Building (design)
            Hawaii:
                    Hilo, Federal Building and Post Office 
                (design)
            Illinois:
                    Chicago, United States Custom House
            Iowa:
                    Davenport, Federal Building and United 
                States Courthouse
            Maryland:
                    Baltimore, Metro West
                    Baltimore, George H. Fallon Federal 
                Building (design)
                    Woodlawn, Operations Building
            Massachusetts:
                    Boston, John F. Kennedy Federal Building 
                Plaza
            Minnesota:
                    St. Paul, Warren E. Burger Federal Building 
                and U.S. Courthouse (design)
            Missouri:
                    Kansas City, Bannister Federal Complex, 
                Building 1
                    Kansas City, Bannister Federal Complex, 
                Building 2
            New Hampshire:
                    Manchester, Norris Cotton Federal Building
                    Portsmouth, Thomas J. McIntyre Federal 
                Building
            New York:
                    New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
            Ohio:
                    Cleveland, Howard M. Metzenbaum United 
                States Courthouse
                    Columbus, John W. Bricker Federal Building 
                (design)
            Pennsylvania:
                    Pittsburgh, William S. Moorhead Federal 
                Building
            Texas:
                    Dallas, Earle Cabell Federal Building--
                Courthouse and Santa Fe Federal Building
                    Fort Worth, Fritz Garland Lanham Federal 
                Building
            Washington:
                    Seattle, Henry M. Jackson Federal Building
                    Seattle, William Kenzo Nakamura, U.S. 
                Courthouse (design)
                    Auburn Warehouse Complex (design)
            Nationwide:
                    Elevator Program, Glass Fragmentation 
                Program and Anti-Terrorism Program:

Provided further, That funds made available in any previous Act 
in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations 
shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount 
identified for each project, except each project in any 
previous Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 
percent unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees 
on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further, That 
additional projects for which prospectuses have been fully 
approved may be funded under this category only if advance 
approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any 
prior Act for ``Repairs and Alterations'' may be used to fund 
costs associated with implementing security improvements to 
buildings necessary to meet the minimum standards for security 
in accordance with current law and in compliance with the 
reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the 
House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference between 
the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this or 
any prior Act, under the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'', 
may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to 
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided 
further, That all funds for repairs and alterations prospectus 
projects shall expire on September 30, 2004 and remain in the 
Federal Buildings Fund except funds for projects as to which 
funds for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or 
in part prior to such date: Provided further, That the amount 
provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Government 
arising from any projects under the heading ``Repairs and 
Alterations'' or used to fund authorized increases in 
prospectus projects; (3) $178,960,000 for installment 
acquisition payments including payments on purchase contracts 
which shall remain available until expended; (4) $3,113,211,000 
for rental of space which shall remain available until 
expended; and (5) $1,965,160,000 for building operations which 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
funds available to the General Services Administration shall 
not be available for expenses of any construction, repair, 
alteration and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if 
required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has 
not been approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 
for each project for required expenses for the development of a 
proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in 
the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency 
repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary to 
provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under 
section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and 
amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard 
booths, and other facilities on private or other property not 
in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate to 
enable the United States Secret Service to perform its 
protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be 
available from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 
That revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to 
this Fund during fiscal year 2003, excluding reimbursements 
under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in 
excess of $7,006,033,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not 
be available for expenditure except as authorized in 
appropriations Acts.

                           GENERAL ACTIVITIES

                      POLICY AND CITIZEN SERVICES

    For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities associated 
with the management of real and personal property assets and 
certain administrative services; Government-wide policy support 
responsibilities relating to acquisition, telecommunications, 
information technology management, and related technology 
activities; providing Internet access to Federal information 
and services; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$66,304,000.

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for Government-wide activities associated with utilization and 
donation of surplus personal property; disposal of real 
property; telecommunications, information technology 
management, and related technology activities; agency-wide 
policy direction and management, and Board of Contract Appeals; 
accounting, records management,and other support services 
incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States 
Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $83,663,000, of which $17,463,000 shall remain available 
until expended.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,916,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for 
payment for information and detection of fraud against the 
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Government 
property: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
available for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and 
private citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives 
resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General 
effectiveness.

                       ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses in support of interagency projects 
that enable the Federal Government to expand its ability to 
conduct activities electronically, through the development and 
implementation of innovative uses of the Internet and other 
electronic methods, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That these funds may be transferred to 
Federal agencies to carry out the purposes of the Fund: 
Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That such transfers may not be made until 10 
days after a proposed spending plan and justification for each 
project to be undertaken has been submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations.

           allowances and office staff for former presidents

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 
1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, 
$3,339,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General 
Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of such 
Acts.

                     ELECTION REFORM REIMBURSEMENTS

      For necessary expenses to carry out a program under which 
a one-time payment shall be made to the chief election 
authority of each State which, on a Statewide basis, obtained 
optical scan or electronic voting equipment for the 
administration of elections for Federal office in the State 
prior to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal 
office in November 2000, $15,000,000: Provided, That the amount 
of the payment made with respect to a State under such program 
shall be equal to the costs incurred by the State in obtaining 
optical scan or electronic voting equipment used to administer 
the most recent regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office in the State, except that in no case may the 
amount of the payment exceed $4,000 per voting precinct in the 
State at the time of the election: Provided further, That total 
payments made under such program shall not exceed $15,000,000.

          GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available 
to the General Services Administration shall be credited with 
the cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, 
and improvement, included as part of rentals received from 
Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
    Sec. 402. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles.
    Sec. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
available for fiscal year 2003 for Federal Buildings Fund 
activities may be transferred between such activities only to 
the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Provided, 
That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used 
to transmit a fiscal year 2004 request for United States 
Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet the design 
guide standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of 
the United States, and the Office of Management and Budget; and 
(2) does not reflect the priorities of the Judicial Conference 
of the United States as set out in its approved 5-year 
construction plan: Provided, That the fiscal year 2004 request 
must be accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization 
study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, or 
expanded.
    Sec. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide 
cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service 
usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any 
agency that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment 
for space and services as determined by the General Services 
Administration in compliance with the Public Buildings 
Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
    Sec. 406. Funds provided to other Government agencies by 
the Information Technology Fund, General Services 
Administration, under section 110 of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 757) and 
sections 5124(b) and 5128 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 
U.S.C. 1424(b) and 1428), for performance of pilot information 
technology projects which have potential for Government-wide 
benefits and savings, may be repaid to this Fund from any 
savings actually incurred by these projects or other funding, 
to the extent feasible.
    Sec. 407. From funds made available under the heading 
``Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of 
Revenue'', claims against the Government of less than $250,000 
arising from direct construction projects and acquisition of 
buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other 
construction projects with prior notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations.
    Sec. 408. Designation of the Judge Dan M. Russell, Jr. 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse. (a) The Federal 
building and United States courthouse located at 2015 15th 
Street in Gulfport, Mississippi, shall be known and designated 
as the ``Judge Dan M. Russell, Jr. Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''.
    (b) Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the Federal building 
and United States courthouse referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Judge Dan M. 
Russell, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
    Sec. 409. Designation.--(a) The United States courthouse 
located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New York, shall 
be known and designated as the ``Alfonse M. D'Amato United 
States Courthouse''.
    (b) Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the United States 
courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the ``Alfonse M. D'Amato United States 
Courthouse''.
    Sec. 410. Designation of Cesar E. Chavez Memorial 
Building.--(a) The building known as the Colonnade Center, 
located at 1244 Speer Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, shall be 
known and designated as the ``Cesar E. Chavez Memorial 
Building''.
    (b) Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the building referred 
to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
``Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building''.
    Sec. 411. For gross obligations for the principal amount of 
a direct loan as defined by Section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, not to exceed $250,000, to be available 
from amounts transferred by Treasury to the ``Disposal of 
surplus real and related personal property'' account of the 
General Services Administration.
    Sec. 412. Designation of Richard Sheppard Arnold United 
States Courthouse.--(a) The United States courthouse located at 
600 West Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, and any 
addition to the courthouse that may hereafter be constructed, 
shall be known and designated as the ``Richard Sheppard Arnold 
United States Courthouse''.
    (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States courthouse referred 
to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
``Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse''.
    Sec. 413. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Administrator of General Services is authorized to acquire, 
by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the properties known 
as 26 West Market Street, 30 West Market Street, 39 West Market 
Street, and 40 West Market Street in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 
so acquiring, the Administrator shall comply with applicable 
environmental and historical preservation statutes. This 
authority is in addition to the authority of the Administrator 
to acquire any sites necessary for construction of the new 
United States Courthouse in Salt Lake City, Utah.
    (b) In addition, the Administrator is authorized to 
relocate the historical building currently located at 39 West 
Market Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, to the parcels known as 
26, 30, and 40 West Market Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, and 
after the relocation the Administrator is authorized to sell by 
auction, or upon such other terms and conditions as the 
Administrator deems proper, the properties known as 26, 30, and 
40 West Market Street. All proceeds from such sale shall be 
deposited into the fund established under section 592 of title 
40, United States Code, and shall not be available for 
obligation until authorized by a future appropriations Act.
    (c) Funds made available in previous appropriations Acts 
for site, design and construction of a new Courthouse in Salt 
Lake City, as well as funds that may be made available for such 
project in fiscal year 2003 appropriations Acts, may be used to 
carry out the purposes of subsections (a) and (b).
    Sec. 414. Designation of Nathaniel R. Jones Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse. (a) In General.--The 
Federal building and United States courthouse located at 10 
East Commerce Street in Youngstown, Ohio, shall be known and 
designated as the ``Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
Federal building and United States courthouse referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse.
    Sec. 415. Designation of Eldon B. Mahon United States 
Courthouse.--(a) The United States Courthouse located at 501 
West 10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, shall be known and 
designated as the ``Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse''.
    (b) Any references in law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the building 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ``Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse''.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 
Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct procurement of 
survey printing, $32,027,000 together with not to exceed 
$2,626,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement 
appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems 
Protection Board.

 Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
                           Policy Foundation

 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 
                           POLICY TRUST FUND

    For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 
1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,996,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That up to 60 percent of such funds 
may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation for the 
necessary expenses of the Native Nations Institute.

                 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

    For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to 
carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and 
Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $1,309,000, to remain 
available until expended.

              National Archives and Records Administration

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses in connection with the 
administration of the National Archives (including the 
Information Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal 
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for 
expenses necessary for the review and declassification of 
documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$249,875,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United States 
is authorized to use any excess funds available from the amount 
borrowed for construction of the National Archives facility, 
for expenses necessary to provide adequate storage for 
holdings: Provided further, That of the funds made available, 
$11,837,000 is for the electronic records archive, $10,137,000 
of which shall be available until September 30, 2005: Provided 
further, That, of the funds provided in this paragraph, 
$600,000 shall be for the preservation of the records of the 
Freedmen's Bureau, as required by section 2910 of title 44, 
United States Code, and as authorized by section 3 of the 
Freedmen's Bureau Records Preservation Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106-444).

                        REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives 
facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, 
$14,208,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$1,250,000 is for the Military Personnel Records Center 
preliminary design studies, $3,250,000 is for repairs to the 
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Plaza, and 
$3,750,000 is for locating, purchasing, and other related site 
location expenses for the site of a new regional archives 
facility to be constructed in Anchorage, Alaska.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission

                             GRANTS PROGRAM

    For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 
2504, as amended, $6,500,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                      Office of Government Ethics

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $10,557,000.

                     Office of Personnel Management

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                  (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical 
examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a 
fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of 
the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 
10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights 
Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his 
or her post of duty, $129,486,000, of which $24,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the cost of the government-
wide human resources data network project, and $2,500,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the cost of leading the 
government-wide initiative to modernize the Federal payroll 
systems and service delivery; and in addition $120,791,000 for 
administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate 
trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management without 
regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 
printed materials, for the retirement and insurance programs, 
of which $27,640,000 shall remain available until expended for 
the cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems: 
Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not 
affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided 
by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8909(g), and 9004(f)(1)(A) and 
(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries 
and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of 
Personnel Management established pursuant to Executive Order 
No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like 
purpose: Provided further, That the President's Commission on 
White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 
of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2003, accept 
donations of money, property, and personal services in 
connection with the development of a publicity brochure to 
provide information about the White House Fellows, except that 
no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement 
of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such 
Commission.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                  (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act, as 
amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,519,000, and in addition, 
not to exceed $10,886,000 for administrative expenses to audit, 
investigate, and provide other oversight of the Office of 
Personnel Management's retirement and insurance programs, to be 
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector General: 
Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.

      GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS

    For payment of Government contributions with respect to 
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, 
United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health 
Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, such sums as may be 
necessary.

       GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE INSURANCE

    For payment of Government contributions with respect to 
employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by 
chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as may be 
necessary.

        PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

    For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased 
annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 
1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under 
special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That 
annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, 
and the Act of August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771-775), 
may hereafter be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund.

                       Office of Special Counsel

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 
of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-
12), Public Law 103-424, and the Uniformed Services Employment 
and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and 
expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; $12,449,000.

                        United States Tax Court

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and 
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,305,000: 
Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon 
the written certificate of the judge.

      White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

    For necessary expenses of the White House Commission on the 
National Moment of Remembrance, as authorized by Public Law 
106-579, $250,000.
    This title may be cited as the ``Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

    Sec. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary of 
any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a 
salary to a Government employee would result in a decision, 
determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit 
the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
    Sec. 504. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling 
a position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by 
an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the 
United States and has satisfactorily completed his period of 
active military or naval service, and has within 90 days after 
his release from such service or from hospitalization 
continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1 
year, made application for restoration to his former position 
and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management as 
still qualified to perform the duties of his former position 
and has not been restored thereto.
    Sec. 505. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 
through 4 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
    Sec. 506. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
Products.--In the case of any equipment or products that may be 
authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided 
under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities 
receiving such assistance should, in expending the assistance, 
purchase only American-made equipment and products.
    (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing 
financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a 
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
Congress.
    Sec. 507. If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label 
bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription 
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the 
United States that is not made in the United States, such 
person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or 
subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 508. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining 
available at the end of fiscal year 2003 from appropriations 
made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2003 
in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2004, 
for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, 
That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made in 
compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
    Sec. 509. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Executive Office of the President to request 
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official 
background investigation report on any individual, except 
when--
            (1) such individual has given his or her express 
        written consent for such request not more than 6 months 
        prior to the date of such request and during the same 
        presidential administration; or
            (2) such request is required due to extraordinary 
        circumstances involving national security.
    Sec. 510. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
(Public Law 93-400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with respect 
to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    Sec. 511. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign 
area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel 
Management may accept and utilize (without regard to any 
restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an 
Appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office pursuant 
to court approval.
    Sec. 512. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 
U.S.C. 10a-10c).
    Sec. 513. Endowment for Presidential Libraries. Section 
2112(g) of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
            ``(5)(A) Notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (4) (to 
        the extent that such paragraphs are inconsistent with 
        this paragraph), this subsection shall be administered 
        in accordance with this paragraph with respect to any 
        Presidential archival depository created as a 
        depository for the papers, documents, and other 
        historical materials and Presidential records 
        pertaining to any President who takes the oath of 
        office as President for the first time on or after July 
        1, 2002.
            ``(B) For purposes of subparagraphs (A)(ii), 
        (B)(i)(II), and (B)(ii)(II) of paragraph (3) the 
        percentage of 40 percent shall apply instead of 20 
        percent.
            ``(C)(i) In this subparagraph, the term `base 
        endowment amount' means the amount of the endowment 
        required under paragraph (3).
            ``(ii)(I) The Archivist may give credits against 
        the base endowment amount if the Archivist determines 
        that the proposed Presidential archival depository will 
        have construction features or equipment that are 
        expected to result in quantifiable long-term savings to 
        the Government with respect to the cost of facility 
        operations.
            ``(II) The features and equipment described under 
        subclause (I) shall comply with the standards 
        promulgated by the Archivist under subsection (a)(2).
            ``(III) The Archivist shall promulgate standards to 
        be used in calculating the dollar amount of any credit 
        to be given, and shall consult with all donors of the 
        endowment before giving any credits. The total dollar 
        amount of credits given under this paragraph may not 
        exceed 20 percent of the base endowment amount.
            ``(D)(i) In calculating the additional endowment 
        amount required under paragraph (4), the Archivist 
        shall take into account credits given under 
        subparagraph (C), and may also give credits against the 
        additional endowment amount required under paragraph 
        (4), if the Archivist determines that construction 
        features or equipment used in making or equipping the 
        physical or material change or addition are expected to 
        result in quantifiable long-term savings to the 
        Government with respect to the cost of facility 
        operations.
            ``(ii) The features and equipment described under 
        clause (i) shall comply with the standards promulgated 
        by the Archivist under subsection (a)(2).
            ``(iii) The Archivist shall promulgate standards to 
        be used in calculating the dollar amount of any credit 
        to be given, and shall consult with all donors of the 
        endowment before giving any credits. The total dollar 
        amount of credits given under this paragraph may not 
        exceed 20 percent of the additional endowment amount 
        required under paragraph (4).''.
    Sec. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 515. None of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for the purpose of transferring control over 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located at Glynco, 
Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Department of 
Homeland Security.
    Sec. 516. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal 
employees health benefit program which provides any benefits or 
coverage for abortions.
    Sec. 517. The provision of section 516 shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act 
of rape or incest.
    Sec. 518. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to procure any products, articles, goods, or wares mined, 
manufactured, or produced wholly or in part by forced or 
indentured child labor as identified in the 1995 U.S. 
Department of Labor Report on Forced and Bonded Child Labor, 
the 2002 U.S. Department of Labor Findings on the Worst Forms 
of Child Labor, or the most recent U.S. Department of State 
Human Rights Country Reports.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

    Sec. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may 
be used to pay travel to the United States for the immediate 
family of employees serving abroad in cases of death or life 
threatening illness of said employee.
    Sec. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
other Act for fiscal year 2003 shall obligate or expend any 
such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality 
has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a 
written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces 
are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of 
controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances 
Act) by the officers and employees of such department, agency, 
or instrumentality.
    Sec. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in 
accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 
Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle 
(exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and 
undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $8,100 
except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $9,100: 
Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed 
$3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 
for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the 
limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more 
than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid 
Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section may 
be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels 
vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the cost 
of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.
    Sec. 604. Appropriations of the executive departments and 
independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 5922-5924.
    Sec. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the current 
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any 
officer or employee of the Government of the United States 
(including any agency the majority of the stock of which is 
owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of 
duty is in the continental United States unless such person: 
(1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a person in the 
service of the United States on the date of the enactment of 
this Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a 
declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United 
States prior to such date and is actually residing in the 
United States; (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the 
United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South 
Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the 
Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States for 
permanent residence; (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or 
Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1, 
1975; or (6) is a national of the People's Republic of China 
who qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese 
Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the purpose 
of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall 
be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of 
this section with respect to his or her status have been 
complied with: Provided further, That any person making a false 
affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, 
shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more 
than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal 
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, 
any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That 
any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the 
provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by 
the Federal Government. This section shall not apply to 
citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the 
Philippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the 
United States in a current defense effort, or to international 
broadcasters employed by the United States Information Agency, 
or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary 
employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a 
result of emergencies.
    Sec. 606. Appropriations available to any department or 
agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, 
including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be 
available for payment to the General Services Administration 
for charges for space and services and those expenses of 
renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which 
constitute public improvements performed in accordance with the 
Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public 
Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other 
applicable law.
    Sec. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. Such 
funds shall be available until expended for the following 
purposes:
            (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
        and recycling programs as described in Executive Order 
        No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any such 
        programs adopted prior to the effective date of the 
        Executive order.
            (2) Other Federal agency environmental management 
        programs, including, but not limited to, the 
        development and implementation of hazardous waste 
        management and pollution prevention programs.
            (3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or 
        as deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal 
        agency.
    Sec. 608. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the 
corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available, in addition to objects 
for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the 
District of Columbia; services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and the objects specified under this head, all the 
provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of 
such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they 
are made available: Provided, That in the event any functions 
budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently 
transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on 
administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.
    Sec. 609. No part of any appropriation for the current 
fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to 
any person for the filling of any position for which he or she 
has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve 
the nomination of said person.
    Sec. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of 
boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, 
councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they 
are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and 
specific statutory approval to receive financial support from 
more than one agency or instrumentality.
    Sec. 611. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available for 
employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or 
occupied by the Postal Service and under the charge and control 
of the Postal Service, and such guards shall have, with respect 
to such property, the powers of special policemen provided by 
the first section of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 
Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or 
occupied by the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take 
the same actions as the Administrator of General Services may 
take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of 
June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 
318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under the authority 
and within the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 
1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
    Sec. 612. None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant 
to a resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with 
the applicable law of the United States.
    Sec. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of 
any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2003, by this or 
any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee 
described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
Code--
            (1) during the period from the date of expiration 
        of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the 
        Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 
        2002, until the normal effective date of the applicable 
        wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal 
        year 2003, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable 
        for the applicable grade and step of the applicable 
        wage schedule in accordance with such section 613; and
            (2) during the period consisting of the remainder 
        of fiscal year 2003, in an amount that exceeds, as a 
        result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable 
        under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of--
                    (A) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
                in fiscal year 2003 under section 5303 of title 
                5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
                under the General Schedule; and
                    (B) the difference between the overall 
                average percentage of the locality-based 
                comparability payments taking effect in fiscal 
                year 2003 under section 5304 of such title 
                (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the 
                overall average percentage of such payments 
                which was effective in fiscal year 2002 under 
                such section.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) 
of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no 
employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid 
during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a 
rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee.
    (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to 
an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from 
a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2002, shall be 
determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of 
Personnel Management.
    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of 
premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be 
changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2002, except 
to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management 
to be consistent with the purpose of this section.
    (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2002.
    (f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
(including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, 
retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that 
requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any 
requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or 
basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the 
application of this section shall be treated as the rate of 
salary or basic pay.
    (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit 
or require the payment to any employee covered by this section 
at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this 
section not in effect.
    (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for 
exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if the 
Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure 
the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
    Sec. 614. During the period in which the head of any 
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee 
of the Government appointed by the President of the United 
States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in 
excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such 
department head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to 
purchase furniture or make improvements for any such office, 
unless advance notice of such furnishing or redecoration is 
expressly approved by the Committees on Appropriations. For the 
purposes of this section, the term ``office'' shall include the 
entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well as 
any other space used primarily by the individual or the use of 
which is directly controlled by the individual.
    Sec. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease 
any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to 
existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting 
Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 
temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or 
other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in 
existing Center facilities.
    Sec. 616. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available 
for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be 
available for the interagency funding of national security and 
emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as 
provided by Executive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).
    Sec. 617. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal 
department, agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries 
or expenses of any employee appointed to a position of a 
confidential or policy-determining character excepted from the 
competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of title 5, United 
States Code, without a certification to the Office of Personnel 
Management from the head of the Federal department, agency, or 
other instrumentality employing the Schedule C appointee that 
the Schedule C position was not created solely or primarily in 
order to detail the employee to the White House.
    (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed to 
or from--
            (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
            (2) the National Security Agency;
            (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
            (4) the offices within the Department of Defense 
        for the collection of specialized national foreign 
        intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
            (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the 
        Department of State;
            (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, 
        Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration 
        of the Department of Justice, the Department of 
        Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, and the 
        Department of Energy performing intelligence functions; 
        and
            (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
    Sec. 618. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
other Act for the current fiscal year shall obligate or expend 
any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer 
in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all of 
its workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual 
harassment and that all of its workplaces are not in violation 
of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the 
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
    Sec. 619. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
the United States Customs Service may be used to allow--
            (1) the importation into the United States of any 
        good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or 
        manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as 
        determined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 
        1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); or
            (2) the release into the United States of any good, 
        ware, article, or merchandise on which the United 
        States Customs Service has in effect a detention order, 
        pursuant to such section 307, on the basis that the 
        good, ware, article, or merchandise may have been 
        mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or 
        indentured child labor.
    Sec. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary 
of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who--
            (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens 
        to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee 
        of the Federal Government from having any direct oral 
        or written communication or contact with any Member, 
        committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in 
        connection with any matter pertaining to the employment 
        of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the 
        department or agency of such other officer or employee 
        in any way, irrespective of whether such communication 
        or contact is at the initiative of such other officer 
        or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of 
        such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
            (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
        demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
        performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 
        relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or 
        discriminates in regard to any employment right, 
        entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of 
        employment of, any other officer or employee of the 
        Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit 
        any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other 
        officer or employee, by reason of any communication or 
        contact of such other officer or employee with any 
        Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as 
        described in paragraph (1).
    Sec. 621. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that--
            (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
        skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
        performance of official duties;
            (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
        of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
        participants;
            (3) does not require prior employee notification of 
        the content and methods to be used in the training and 
        written end of course evaluation;
            (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
        religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new 
        age'' belief systems as defined in Equal Employment 
        Opportunity Commission Notice N-915.022, dated 
        September 2, 1988; or
            (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, 
        participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the 
        workplace.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
directly upon the performance of official duties.
    Sec. 622. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard 
Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure 
policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement 
does not contain the following provisions: ``These restrictions 
are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or 
otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or 
liabilities created by Executive Order No. 12958; section 7211 
of title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures to 
Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as 
amended by theMilitary Whistleblower Protection Act (governing 
disclosure to Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) 
of title 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower 
Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, 
abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities 
Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures 
that could expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes 
which protect against disclosure that may compromise the national 
security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, 
United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act 
of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, 
rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order and 
listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are 
controlling.'': Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, 
a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a 
person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-
related activity, other than an employee or officer of the United 
States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular 
activity for which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not disclose any 
classified information received in the course of such activity unless 
specifically authorized to do so by the United States Government. Such 
nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar 
disclosures to Congress or to an authorized official of an executive 
agency or the Department of Justice that are essential to reporting a 
substantial violation of law.
    Sec. 623. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 
the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation 
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
    Sec. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal 
employee's home address to any labor organization except when 
the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such 
disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent 
jurisdiction.
    Sec. 625. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information 
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any 
organization outside of the Federal Government without the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 626. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda 
purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by 
the Congress.
    Sec. 627. (a) In this section the term ``agency''--
            (1) means an Executive agency as defined under 
        section 105 of title 5, United States Code;
            (2) includes a military department as defined under 
        section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the 
        Postal Rate Commission; and
            (3) shall not include the General Accounting 
        Office.
    (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations 
to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency 
shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official 
duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a 
Presidential appointee exempted under section 6301(2) of title 
5, United States Code, has an obligation to expend an honest 
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee's time in 
the performance of official duties.
    Sec. 628. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of 
this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by 
this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a 
member of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program 
(JFMIP), shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
JFMIP administrative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not 
to exceed a total of $800,000 including the salary of the 
Executive Director and staff support.
    Sec. 629. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of 
this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is 
hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse the ``Policy and 
Citizen Services'' account, General Services Administration, 
with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, funds made available for the current fiscal year by 
this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and 
other contracts. These funds shall be administered by the 
Administrator of General Services to support Government-wide 
financial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as 
approved by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency groups 
designated by the Director (including the Chief Financial 
Officers Council and the Joint Financial Management Improvement 
Program for financial management initiatives, the Chief 
Information Officers Council for information technology 
initiatives, and the Procurement Executives Council for 
procurement initiatives). The total funds transferred or 
reimbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers or 
reimbursements may only be made 15 days following notification 
of the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.
    Sec. 630. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal 
building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are 
otherwise authorized to be present at the location.
    Sec. 631. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available 
for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be 
available for the interagency funding of specific projects, 
workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the 
purposes of the National Science and Technology Council 
(authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit 
multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, 
That the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a report 
describing the budget of and resources connected with the 
National Science and Technology Council to the Committees on 
Appropriations, the House Committee on Science; and theSenate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 632. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
application, form, notification, press release, or other 
publications involving the distribution of Federal funds shall 
indicate the agency providing the funds and the amount 
provided. This provision shall apply to direct payments, 
formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 
funds.
    Sec. 633. Section 403(f) of Public Law 103-356 (31 U.S.C. 
501 note) is amended by striking ``October 1, 2002'' and 
inserting ``October 1, 2003''.
    Sec. 634. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of 
Personal Information on Use of Internet.--None of the funds 
made available in this or any other Act may be used by any 
Federal agency--
            (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate 
        list, derived from any means, that includes the 
        collection of any personally identifiable information 
        relating to an individual's access to or use of any 
        Federal Government Internet site of the agency; or
            (2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
        (including another government agency) to collect, 
        review, or obtain any aggregate list, derived from any 
        means, that includes the collection of any personally 
        identifiable information relating to an individual's 
        access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site.
    (b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection 
(a) shall not apply to--
            (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
        identify particular persons;
            (2) any voluntary submission of personally 
        identifiable information;
            (3) any action taken for law enforcement, 
        regulatory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
        applicable law; or
            (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that 
        is a system security action taken by the operator of an 
        Internet site and is necessarily incident to the 
        rendition of the Internet site services or to the 
        protection of the rights or property of the provider of 
        the Internet site.
    (c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            (1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to 
        implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in 
        law.
            (2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of 
        the agency's supervised institutions, including 
        assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
        condition, management practices and policies and 
        compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
        law.
    Sec. 635. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a 
provision providing prescription drug coverage, except where 
the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive 
coverage.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with--
            (1) any of the following religious plans:
                    (A) Personal Care's HMO; and
                    (B) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and
            (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for 
        the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
        religious beliefs.
    (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into 
or renews a contract under this section may not subject any 
individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual 
refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives 
because such activities would be contrary to the individual's 
religious beliefs or moral convictions.
    (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
    Sec. 636. The Congress of the United States recognizes the 
United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the official anti-
doping agency for Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic sport 
in the United States.
    Sec. 637. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for the 
statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 2003 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be an increase of 4.1 percent and shall be effective as 
of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning 
on or after January 1, 2003.
    (b) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from 
appropriations which are made to each applicable department or 
agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2003.
    Sec. 638. Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each applicable 
department or agency shall submit to the Committee on 
Appropriations a report detailing what policies and procedures 
are in place for each department or agency to give first 
priority to the location of new offices and other facilities in 
rural areas, as directed by the Rural Development Act of 1972.
    Sec. 639. United States Postal Service. (a) The United 
States Postal Service (USPS) is required under title 5, chapter 
83, United States Code, to fund Civil Service Retirement System 
benefits attributable to USPS employment since 1971.
    (b) The Office of Personnel Management has reviewed the 
USPS financing of the Civil Service Retirement System and 
determined current law payments overfund USPS liability.
    (c) Therefore, it is the Sense of the Congress that the 
Congress should address the USPS funding of the Civil Service 
Retirement System pension benefits.
    Sec.  640. Sense of Congress on Pay Parity. It is the sense 
of Congress that there should be parity between the adjustments 
in the compensation of members of the uniformed services and 
the adjustments in the compensation of civilian employees of 
the United States, including blue collar Federal employees paid 
under the Federal Wage System.
    Sec. 641. (a) In General.--The Administrator of General 
Services shall accept all right, title and interest in the 
property described in subsection (b)--
            (1) if written offer therefor (accompanied by such 
        proof of title, property descriptions, and other 
        information as the Administration may require) is 
        received by the Administrator from the owner of such 
        property within 12 months after the date of enactment 
        of this Act;
            (2) if all liability with respect to such property 
        and the owner of such property will remain with the 
        owner;
            (3) if the private sector is unable to dispose of 
        contaminants in the building on such property;
            (4) if the Administrator determines that a 
        significant public health risk exists from such 
        property; and
            (5) if the Administrator identifies an appropriate 
        Federal agency to accept all right, title, and interest 
        in such property.
    (b) Property Location.--The property described in this 
subsection is the property located at 5401 NW Broken Sound 
Boulevard, Boca Raton, Florida, and all improvements thereon.
    (c) Consideration.--The United States shall pay an amount 
that does not exceed $1 in consideration of any right, title, 
or interest received by the United States under this section.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to 
Congress a comprehensive report describing the efforts made by 
the Administrator to fulfill the conditions described in 
subsection (a).
    Sec. 642. (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (17) of subsection 
(a) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability 
Act (sec. 5-701(17), D.C. Official Code) or any other provision 
of such Act to the contrary, for purposes of determining the 
amount of an annuity required to be paid under such Act with 
respect to a United States Secret Service member who retired 
during the period from November 1, 1994, through October 29, 
1995 and who received availability pay under 5 U.S.C. 5545a 
during that period, the member's average pay shall be computed 
as if the member received availability pay for the 12 
consecutive months during which the highest salary was earned 
prior to retirement.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an annuity 
paid--
            (1) on or after November 1, 1994, in the case of a 
        survivor's annuity paid with respect to a Secret 
        Service member described in subsection (a); or
            (2) on or after October 1, 2002, with respect to a 
        Secret Service member described in subsection (a).
    Sec. 643. Section 902(b) of the Law Enforcement Pay Equity 
Act of 2000 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-554), shall 
cease to be effective on the first day of the first pay period 
on or after January 1, 2003.
    Sec. 644. No funds appropriated under this Act or any other 
Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be available to take 
any action based upon any provision of 5 U.S.C. 552 with 
respect to records collected or maintained pursuant to 18 
U.S.C. 846(b), 923(g)(3) or 923(g)(7), or provided by Federal, 
State, local, or foreign law enforcement agencies in connection 
with arson or explosives incidents or the tracing of a firearm, 
except that such records may continue to be disclosed to the 
extent and in the manner that records so collected, maintained, 
or obtained have been disclosed under 5 U.S.C. 552 prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 645. (a) Section 9505(d) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting 
the following: ``Such amount may not exceed the maximum amount 
which would be allowable under paragraph (3) of section 5384(b) 
if such paragraph were applied by substituting `the Internal 
Revenue Service' for `an agency'. ''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2002.
    Sec. 646. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce--
            (1) the proposed rule relating to the determination 
        that real estate brokerage is an activity that is 
        financial in nature or incidental to a financial 
        activity published in the Federal Register on January 
        3, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or
            (2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 
        1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec.  647. While nothing in this section shall prevent any 
agency of the executive branch from subjecting work performed 
by Federal Government employees or private contractors to 
public-private competition or conversions, none of the funds 
made available in this Act may be used by an agency of the 
executive branch to establish, apply, or enforce any numerical 
goal, target, or quota for subjecting the employees of the 
executive agency to public-private competitions or for 
converting such employees or the work performed by such 
employees to private contractor performance under the Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other administrative 
regulation, directive, or policy unless the goal, target, or 
quota is based on considered research and sound analysis of 
past activities and is consistent with the stated mission of 
the executive agency. Nothing in this section shall limit the 
use of such funds for the administration of the Government 
Performance and Results Act of 1993 or for the administration 
of any other provision of law.
    Sec. 648. (a) Section 8335(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``8336'' and inserting 
``8336(e)''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective 
as of January 1, 2003.
    This division may be cited as the ``Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2003''.

  DIVISION K--VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
               INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
  boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for 
sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, 
and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and 
for other purposes, namely:

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as 
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 
55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as 
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 
92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other 
officers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and 
certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life 
insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of article 
IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (50 
U.S.C. App. 540 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized 
by law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 
53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 
Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198), $28,949,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $17,138,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to 
``General operating expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for 
necessary expenses in implementing those provisions authorized 
in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the 
Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 
55), the funding source for which is specifically provided as 
the ``Compensation and pensions'' appropriation: Provided 
further, That such sums as may be earned on an actual 
qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ``Medical 
facilities revolving fund'' to augment the funding of 
individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to 
pensioners as authorized.

                         READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

    For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 
chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61), 
$2,264,808,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That expenses for rehabilitation program services and 
assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide under 
section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, other than 
under subsection (a)(1), (2), (5), and (11) of that section, 
shall be charged to this account.

                   VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

    For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans 
insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized 
by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, 
$27,530,000, to remain available until expended.

         VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2003, within 
the resources available, not to exceed $300,000 in gross 
obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially 
adapted housing loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $168,207,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General 
operating expenses''.

                  EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $3,400.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $70,000, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating 
expenses''.

            VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the cost of direct loans, $55,000, as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,626,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $289,000, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating 
expenses''.

          NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as 
amended, $558,000, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``General operating expenses'': Provided, 
That no new loans in excess of $5,000,000 may be made in fiscal 
year 2003.

  guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program 
                                account

    For the administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
transitional housing loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
chapter 37, subchapter VI, not to exceed $750,000 of the 
amounts appropriated by this Act for ``General operating 
expenses'' and ``Medical care'' may be expended.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                              MEDICAL CARE

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for 
furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care 
and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
the jurisdiction of the department; and furnishing recreational 
facilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other 
expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in 
the department; administrative expenses in support of planning, 
design, project management, real property acquisition and 
disposition, construction and renovation of any facility under 
the jurisdiction or for the use of the department; oversight, 
engineering and architectural activities not charged to project 
cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in 
the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the 
department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or 
by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; aid to State homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; 
administrative and legal expenses of the department for 
collecting and recovering amounts owed the department as 
authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the Federal Medical 
Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq., $23,889,304,000, 
plus reimbursements: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
establish a priority for treatment for veterans who are 
service-connected disabled, lower income, or have special 
needs: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $900,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall conduct by contract a program of 
recovery audits for the fee basis and other medical services 
contracts with respect to payments for hospital care; and, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by setoff 
or otherwise, as the result of such audits shall be available, 
without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes for which 
funds are appropriated under this heading and the purposes of 
paying a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a 
result of an audit carried out by the contractor: Provided 
further, That all amounts so collected under the preceding 
proviso with respect to a designated health care region (as 
that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be 
allocated, net of payments to the contractor, to that region.

                     MEDICAL CARE COLLECTIONS FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Amounts deposited during the current fiscal year in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund 
under section 1729A of title 38, United States Code, may be 
transferred to ``Medical care'', to remain available until 
expended.

                    MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until September 30, 
2004, $400,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the 
funds available under this heading $5,000,000 shall be 
transferred to ``Medical care'' for research oversight 
activities.

      MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; 
administrative expenses in support of capital policy 
activities, $74,716,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2004, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
technical and consulting services offered by the Facilities 
Management Field Support Service, including project management 
and real property administration (including leases, site 
acquisition and disposal activities directly supporting 
projects), shall be provided to Department of Veterans Affairs 
components only on a reimbursable basis, and such amounts will 
remain available until September 30, 2003.

                      Departmental Administration

                       GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

    For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
administrative expenses in support of department-wide capital 
planning, management and policy activities, uniforms or 
allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, and the Department 
of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 
$1,254,000,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 
assistance authorized under 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(1), (2), (5), and 
(11) that the Secretary determines are necessary to enable 
entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to 
become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable 
employment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in daily 
living, shall be charged to this account: Provided further, 
That the Veterans Benefits Administration shall be funded at 
not less than $992,100,000: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $66,000,000 
shall be available for obligation until September 30, 2004: 
Provided further, That from the funds made available under this 
heading, the Veterans Benefits Administration may purchase up 
to two passenger motor vehicles for use in operations of that 
Administration in Manila, Philippines: Provided further, That 
travel expenses for this account shall not exceed $17,082,000.

                    NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

    For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery 
Administration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $133,149,000, of which 
$6,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2004.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $58,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004.

                      CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

    For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of 
the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set 
forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 
8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, including 
planning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance 
or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment 
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated 
cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a 
project were made available in a previous major project 
appropriation, $99,777,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $5,000,000 shall be for Capital Asset Realignment for 
Enhanced Services (CARES) activities; and of which $10,000,000 
shall be to make reimbursements as provided in 41 U.S.C. 612 
for claims paid for contract disputes: Provided, That except 
for advance planning activities, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other 
capital asset management related activities, such as portfolio 
development and management activities, and investment strategy 
studies funded through the advance planning fund and the 
planning and design activities funded through the design fund 
and CARES funds, including needs assessments which may or may 
not lead to capital investments, none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be used for any project which has not 
been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this appropriation for 
fiscal year 2003, for each approved project (except those for 
CARES activities referenced above) shall be obligated: (1) by 
the awarding of a construction documents contract by September 
30, 2003; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by 
September 30, 2004: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall promptly report in writing to the 
Committees on Appropriations any approved major construction 
project in which obligations are not incurred within the time 
limitations established above: Provided further, That no funds 
from any other account except the ``Parking revolving fund'', 
may be obligated for constructing, altering, extending, or 
improving a project which was approved in the budget process 
and funded in this account until one year after substantial 
completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof with 
respect to that part only.

                      CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning and 
assessments of needs which may lead to capital investments, 
architectural and engineering services, maintenance or 
guarantee period services costs associated with equipment 
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the 
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 
8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United 
States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than 
$4,000,000, $226,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
along with unobligated balances of previous ``Construction, 
minor projects'' appropriations which are hereby made available 
for any project where the estimated cost is less than 
$4,000,000, of which $35,000,000 shall be for Capital Asset 
Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities: Provided, 
That from amounts appropriated under this heading, additional 
amounts may be used for CARES activities upon notification of 
and approval by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That funds in this account shall be available for: (1) 
repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the department which are 
necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural 
disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary 
to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.

                         PARKING REVOLVING FUND

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

       GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

    For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State 
nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify 
or alter existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary 
facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-8137, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

        GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES

    For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or 
improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
2408, $32,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                       administrative provisions

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2003 for 
``Compensation and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and 
``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' may be transferred to 
any other of the mentioned appropriations.
    Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2003 for salaries and expenses 
shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for 
``Construction, major projects'', ``Construction, minor 
projects'', and the ``Parking revolving fund'') shall be 
available for the purchase of any site for or toward the 
construction of any new hospital or home.
    Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or 
examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under 
the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, and persons 
receiving such treatment under 5 U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C. 
5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost is made to the 
``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2003 for ``Compensation and 
pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance 
and indemnities'' shall be available for payment of prior year 
accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the 
corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of 
fiscal year 2002.
    Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2003 shall be 
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior 
year appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the 
Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100-86, except 
that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they 
shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
    Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2003, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 
1920), the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 
1923), and the United States Government Life Insurance Fund (38 
U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating expenses'' 
account for the cost of administration of the insurance 
programs financed through those accounts: Provided, That 
reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus earnings 
accumulated in an insurance program in fiscal year 2003 that 
are available for dividends in that program after claims have 
been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set 
aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administration of 
an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings 
accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only 
to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for 
fiscal year 2003 which is properly allocable to the provision 
of each insurance program and to the provision of any total 
disability income insurance included in such insurance program.
    Sec. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs shall continue the Franchise 
Fund pilot program authorized to be established by section 403 
of Public Law 103-356 until October 1, 2003: Provided, That the 
Franchise Fund, established by title I of Public Law 104-204 to 
finance the operations of the Franchise Fund pilot program, 
shall continue until October 1, 2003.
    Sec. 109. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds 
to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account 
during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease 
services, may be obligated during the fiscal year in which the 
proceeds are received.
    Sec. 110. Funds available in any Department of Veterans 
Affairs appropriation for fiscal year 2003 or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management and 
the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication 
for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 
costs but not exceed $29,318,000 for the Office of Resolution 
Management and $3,010,000 for the Office of Employment and 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That payments 
may be made in advance for services to be furnished based on 
estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall 
be credited to ``General operating expenses'' for use by the 
office that provided the service.
    Sec. 111. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs shall be available to enter into any new 
lease of real property if the estimated annual rental is more 
than $300,000 unless the Secretary submits a report which the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Congress approve within 30 
days following the date on which the report is received.
    Sec. 112. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or 
treatment of any person by reason of eligibility under section 
1710(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, unless that person 
has disclosed to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such 
form as the Secretary may require--
            (1) current, accurate third-party reimbursement 
        information for purposes of section 1729 of such title; 
        and
            (2) annual income information for purposes of 
        section 1722 of such title.
    Sec. 113. (a)(1) Section 1729B of title 38, United States 
Code, is repealed. Any balance as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health 
Services Improvement Fund established under such section shall 
be transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Care Collections Fund established under section 1729A of title 
38, United States Code.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of 
such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 
1729B.
    (b) Section 1729A(b) of such title is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph 
        (10); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following 
        new paragraphs:
            ``(8) Section 8165(a) of this title.
            ``(9) Section 113 of the Veterans Millennium Health 
        Care and Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117; 38 U.S.C. 
        8111 note).''.
    (c) Section 1722A of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking 
                ``under subsection (a)'' and inserting ``under 
                this section''; and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence; and
            (2) by striking subsection (d).
    (d)(1) Section 8165 of such title is amended by striking 
``Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement 
Fund established under section 1729B of this title'' and 
inserting ``Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care 
Collections Fund established under section 1729A of this 
title''.
    (2) Section 113(b) of the Veterans Millennium Health Care 
and Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117; 38 U.S.C. 8111 note) is 
amended by striking ``Department of Veterans Affairs Health 
Services Improvement Fund established under section 1729B of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by section 202'' and 
inserting ``Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care 
Collections Fund established under section 1729A of title 38, 
United States Code''.
    Sec. 114. Of the amounts provided in this Act, $19,900,000 
shall be for information technology initiatives to support the 
enterprise architecture of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
implement sections 2 and 5 of Public Law 107-287.
    Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the $23,889,304,000 provided for ``Medical care'' under this 
title shall be exempt from the across-the-board rescission 
under section 601 of division N.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                        HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

              (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

    For activities and assistance under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the 
Act'' herein), not otherwise provided for, $17,223,566,000, and 
amounts that are recaptured in this account, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $13,023,566,000 and the 
aforementioned recaptures shall be available on October 1, 2002 
and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2003: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows:
            (1) $15,278,370,500 for expiring or terminating 
        section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
        section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 
        amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 
        contracts, for contracts entered into pursuant to 
        section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
        Act, for the 1-year renewal of section 8 contracts for 
        units in projects that are subject to approved plans of 
        action under the Emergency Low Income Housing 
        Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing 
        Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, 
        and for renewals of expiring section 8 tenant-based 
        annual contributions contracts (including amendments 
        and renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision 
        of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
        of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t))): Provided, That 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
        Secretary shall renew expiring section 8 tenant-based 
        annual contributions contracts for each public housing 
        agency (including for agencies participating in the 
        Moving to Work demonstration, unit months representing 
        section 8 tenant-based assistance funds committed by 
        the public housing agency for specific purposes, other 
        than reserves, that are authorized pursuant to any 
        agreement and conditions entered into under such 
        demonstration, and utilized in compliance with any 
        applicable program obligation deadlines) based on the 
        total number of unit months which were under lease as 
        reported on the most recent end-of-year financial 
        statement submitted by the public housing agency to the 
        Department, adjusted by such additional information 
        submitted by the public housing agency to the Secretary 
        which the Secretary determines to be timely and 
        reliable regarding the total number of unit months 
        under lease at the time of renewal of the annual 
        contributions contract, and by applying an inflation 
        factor based on local or regional factors to the actual 
        per unit cost as reported on such statement: Provided 
        further, That none of the funds made available in this 
        paragraph may be used to support a total number of unit 
        months under lease which exceeds a public housing 
        agency's authorized level of units under contract;
            (2) $391,922,000 for a central fund to be allocated 
        by the Secretary for amendments to section 8 tenant-
        based annual contributions contracts for such purposes 
        set forth in this paragraph: Provided, That subject to 
        the following proviso, the Secretary may use amounts 
        made available in such fund, as necessary, for contract 
        amendments resulting from a significant increased in 
        the per unit cost of vouchers or an increase in the 
        total number of unit months under lease as compared to 
        the per unit cost or the total number of unit months 
        provided for by the annual contributions contract: 
        Provided further, That if a public housing agency, at 
        any point in time during their fiscal year, has 
        obligated the amounts made available to such agency 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) under this heading for the 
        renewal of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
        contributions contracts, and if such agency has 
        expended fifty percent of the amounts available to such 
        agency in its annual contributions contract reserve 
        account, the Secretary shall make available such 
        amounts as are necessary from amounts available from 
        such central fund to fund amendments under the 
        preceding proviso within thirty days of a request from 
        such agency:Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available in this paragraph may be used to support a total number 
of unit months under lease which exceeds a public housing agency's 
authorized level of units under contract: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and the Senate on the obligation of funds 
provided in this paragraph in accordance with the directions specified 
in the joint explanatory statement of the managers accompanying this 
Act;
            (3) $234,016,500 for section 8 rental assistance 
        for relocation and replacement of housing units that 
        are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omnibus 
        Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 
        (Public Law 104-134), conversion of section 23 projects 
        to assistance under section 8, the family unification 
        program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of 
        witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in 
        public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from 
        a law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced 
        vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
        assistance under section 8(t) of the Act (42 
        U.S.C.1437f(t)), and tenant protection assistance, 
        including replacement and relocation assistance;
            (4) $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency 
        coordinators under section 23 of the Act;
            (5) not to exceed $1,072,257,000 for administrative 
        and other expenses of public housing agencies in 
        administering the section 8 tenant-based rental 
        assistance program, of which $69,547,000 is for such 
        expenses associated with section 8 tenant-based 
        assistance provided under this heading in paragraphs 
        (2) and (3): Provided, That, the fee otherwise 
        authorized under section 8(q) of the Act shall be 
        determined in accordance with section 8(q), as in 
        effect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 
        Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998: Provided 
        further, That none of the funds made available in this 
        paragraph shall be provided to any public housing 
        agency unless such agency reports to the Secretary the 
        amounts remaining available as of January 31, 2003 in 
        such agency's administrative reserve fee account: 
        Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law or regulation, the amount of fiscal 
        year 2003 fee payments otherwise authorized pursuant to 
        the first proviso in this paragraph for a public 
        housing agency shall be reduced accordingly by any such 
        amounts remaining in such agency's administrative fee 
        reserve account as of January 31, 2003 which exceed 105 
        percent of the amount of fees paid to such agency from 
        funds made available in fiscal year 2002: Provided 
        fruther, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to 
        any public housing agency if the amount of fiscal year 
        2003 fee payments otherwise authorized to be provided 
        to such agency pursuant to the first proviso in this 
        paragraph does not exceed $100,000: Provided further, 
        That, hereafter, the Secretary shall recapture any 
        funds provided in this paragraph from a public housing 
        agency which are in excess of the amounts expended by 
        such agency for the section 8 tenant-based rental 
        assistance program and not otherwise needed to maintain 
        an administrative fee reserve account balance of not to 
        exceed five percent: Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall provide a report to the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
        Senate no later than July 1, 2003, on the 
        administrative costs and other expenses associated with 
        the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program in 
        accordance with the directions included in the 
        statement of the managers accompanying this conference 
        report;
            (6) $196,000,000 for contract administrators for 
        section 8 project-based assistance; and
            (7) not less than $3,000,000 shall be transferred 
        to the Working Capital Fund for the development of and 
        modifications to information technology systems which 
        serve activities under ``Public and Indian Housing'': 
        Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up to 15 
        percent of funds provided under paragraphs (1), (2) or 
        (5), herein to paragraphs (1), (2) or (5), if the 
        Secretary determines that such action is necessary 
        because the funding provided under one such paragraph 
        otherwise would be depleted and as a result, the 
        maximum utilization of section 8 tenant-based 
        assistance with the funds appropriated for this purpose 
        by this Act would not be feasible: Provided further, 
        That prior to undertaking the transfer of funds in 
        excess of 10 percent from any paragraphpursuant to the 
previous proviso, the Secretary shall notify the Chairman and Ranking 
Member of the Subcommittees on Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and shall 
not transfer any such funds until 30 days after such notification: 
Provided further, That, hereafter, the Secretary shall require public 
housing agencies to submit accounting data for funds disbursed under 
this heading in this Act and prior Acts by source and purpose of such 
funds: Provided further, That incremental vouchers previously made 
available under this heading for non-elderly disabled families shall, 
to the extent practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly 
disabled families upon turnover: Provided further, That $1,600,000,000 
is rescinded from unobligated balances remaining from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under 
this heading or the heading ``Annual contributions for assisted 
housing'' or any other heading for fiscal year 2002 and prior years, to 
be effected by the Secretary no later than September 30, 2003: Provided 
further, That any such balances governed by reallocation provisions 
under the statute authorizing the program for which the funds were 
originally appropriated shall be available for the rescission: Provided 
further, That any obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal 
year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be cancelled.

                      PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 
capital and management activities for public housing agencies, 
as authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), $2,730,000,000 (the 
``Act''), to remain available until September 30, 2006: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
in addition to amounts otherwise allocated under this heading, 
$447,000,000 shall be allocated for such capital and management 
activities only among public housing agencies that have 
obligated all assistance for the agency for fiscal years 1998, 
1999, 2000, and 2001 made available under this same heading in 
accordance with the requirements under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
of section 9(j) of such Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, 
during fiscal year 2003, the Secretary may not delegate to any 
Department official other than the Deputy Secretary any 
authority under paragraph (2) of such section 9(j) regarding 
the extension of the time periods under such section for 
obligation of amounts made available for fiscal year 1998, 
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003: Provided further, That with 
respect to any amounts made available under the Public Housing 
Capital Fund for fiscal year 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003 
that remain unobligated in violation of paragraph (1) of such 
section 9(j) or unexpended in violation of paragraph (5)(A) of 
such section 9(j), the Secretary shall recapture any such 
amounts and reallocate such amounts among public housing 
agencies determined under section 6(j) of the Act to be high-
performing: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
heading, the term ``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will 
result in outlays immediately or in the future: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue final regulations to 
carry out section 9(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(j)), not later than August 1, 2003: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
up to $51,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under 
section 9(h) of such Act, of which up to $11,000,000 shall be 
for the provision of remediation services to public housing 
agencies identified as ``troubled'' under the Section 8 
Management Assessment Program and for surveys used to calculate 
local Fair Market Rents and assess housing conditions in 
connection with rental assistance under section 8 of the Act: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, up to $500,000 shall be for lease adjustments to 
section 23 projects, and no less than $18,600,000 shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development of 
and modifications to information technology systems which serve 
programs or activities under ``Public and Indian housing'': 
Provided further, That no funds may be used under this heading 
for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, up to $50,000,000 
shall be available for the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to make grants to public housing agencies for 
emergency capital needs resulting from emergencies and natural 
disasters in fiscal year 2003: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be 
for Neighborhood Networks grants for activities authorized in 
section 9(d)(1)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, amounts made available in the previous 
proviso shall be awarded to public housing agencies on a 
competitive basis as provided in section 102 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$55,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 
coordinators and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act and the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996.

                     PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

    For payments to public housing agencies for the operation 
and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(e)), $3,600,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for programs, 
as determined appropriate by the Attorney General, which assist 
in the investigation, prosecution, and prevention of violent 
crimes and drug offenses in public and federally-assisted low-
income housing, including Indian housing, which shall be 
administered by the Department of Justice through a 
reimbursable agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That up to $250,000,000 shall be 
made available for payments to public housing agencies that are 
eligible for additional funds for fiscal year 2002 payments for 
the operation and management of public housing: Provided 
further, That no funds may be made available under this heading 
in fiscal year2004 and subsequent fiscal years may be provided 
for fiscal year 2003 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing: Provided further, That no 
funds may be used under this heading for the purposes specified in 
section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended.

     REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)

    For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site 
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 
$574,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, of 
which the Secretary may use up to $6,250,000 for technical 
assistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly or 
indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, 
including training and cost of necessary travel for 
participants in such training, by or to officials and employees 
of the department and of public housing agencies and to 
residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall be used 
directly or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in 
awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly 
permitted herein: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for a 
Neighborhood Networks initiative for activities authorized in 
section 24(d)(1)(G) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
as amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, amounts made available in the previous 
proviso shall be awarded to public housing agencies on a 
competitive basis as provided in section 102 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.

                  NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
authorized under title I of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 
U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $649,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $2,200,000 shall be contracted through the 
Secretary as technical assistance and capacity building to be 
used by the National American Indian Housing Council in support 
of the implementation of NAHASDA; of which $4,000,000 shall be 
to support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract 
expertise, training, and technical assistance in the training, 
oversight, and management of Indian housing and tenant-based 
assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel; and of 
which no less than $600,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund for development of and modifications to 
information technology systems which serve programs or 
activities under ``Public and Indian housing'': Provided, That 
of the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be 
made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided 
further, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 
notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total 
principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 
of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $16,658,000: 
Provided further, That for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in the 
first proviso, which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used 
only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.

           INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $5,300,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $100,000 shall be for necessary expenses of 
the Land Title Report Commission pursuant to section 501(a) of 
Public Law 106-569: Provided, That such costs, including the 
costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $197,243,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000 from amounts in the 
first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used 
only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.

      NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z-13b), $1,035,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$39,712,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from amounts in the 
first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used 
only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.

                   Community Planning and Development

              HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

    For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $292,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2004: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
renew all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet 
all program requirements before awarding funds for new 
contracts and activities authorized under this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to $2,000,000 
of the funds under this heading for training, oversight, and 
technical assistance activities.

                 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development in 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $25,000,000 to 
remain available until expended, which amount shall be awarded 
by June 1, 2003, to Indian tribes, State housing finance 
agencies, State community and/or economic development agencies, 
local rural nonprofits and community development corporationsto 
support innovative housing and economic development activities in rural 
areas: Provided, That all grants shall be awarded on a competitive 
basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.

                EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES

    For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005, for ``Urban Empowerment 
Zones'', as authorized in section 1391(g) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1391(g)), including $2,000,000 
for each empowerment zone for use in conjunction with economic 
development activities consistent with the strategic plan of 
each empowerment zone.

                       COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For assistance to units of State and local government, and 
to other entities, for economic and community development 
activities, and for other purposes, $4,937,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That of the 
amount provided, $4,367,930,000 is for carrying out the 
community development block grant program under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the 
``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, 
That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds 
appropriated under this heading (other than a grant made 
available in this paragraph to the Housing Assistance Council 
or the National American Indian Housing Council, or a grant 
using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Act) shall be 
expended for ``Planning and Management Development'' and 
``Administration'', as defined in regulations promulgated by 
the Department: Provided further, That $71,000,000 shall be for 
grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of 
such Act; $3,300,000 shall be for a grant to the Housing 
Assistance Council; $2,400,000 shall be for a grant to the 
National American Indian Housing Council; $5,000,000 shall be 
available as a grant to the National Housing Development 
Corporation, for operating expenses not to exceed $2,000,000 
and for a program of affordable housing acquisition and 
rehabilitation; $5,000,000 shall be available as a grant to the 
National Council of La Raza for the HOPE Fund, of which 
$500,000 is for technical assistance and fund management, and 
$4,500,000 is for investments in the HOPE Fund and financing to 
affiliated organizations; $49,100,000 shall be for grants 
pursuant to section 107 of the Act; $9,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Neighborhood House, St. Paul, Minnesota for 
construction costs of the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for 
Community Building; no less than $3,400,000 shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development of 
and modification to information technology systems which serve 
programs or activities under ``Community planning and 
development''; $25,250,000 shall be for grants pursuant to the 
Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Program; $32,500,000 shall 
be for capacity building, of which $28,250,000 shall be for 
Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable 
Housing for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities 
as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 
(42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in effect immediately before June 12, 
1997, with not less than $5,000,000 of the funding to be used 
in rural areas, including tribal areas, and of which $4,250,000 
shall be for capacity building activities administered by 
Habitat for Humanity International; $60,000,000 shall be 
available for YouthBuild program activities authorized by 
subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall 
be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made 
available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild 
programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and 
nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild 
funding: Provided further, That no more than 10 percent of any 
grant award under the YouthBuild program may be used for 
administrative costs: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available for YouthBuild not less than $10,000,000 is for 
grants to establish YouthBuild programs in underserved and 
rural areas and $2,000,000 is to be made available for a grant 
to YouthBuild USA for capacity building for community 
development and affordable housing activities as specified in 
section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as amended.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$42,120,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and 
blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment, 
economic diversification, and community revitalization in areas 
with population outmigration or a stagnating or declining 
economic base, or to determine whether housing benefits can be 
integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives: 
Provided, That these grants shall be provided in accordance 
with the terms and conditions specified in the joint 
explanatory statement of the managers accompanying this Act.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$261,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic 
Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of targeted 
economic investments in accordance with the terms and 
conditions specified in the joint explanatory statement of the 
managers accompanying this Act.
    The referenced statement of the managers under this heading 
in Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended with respect to 
the amount made available to the City of Rome, New York, by 
striking ``related to the South Rome Industrial Park'' and 
inserting ``and building renovations at the Rome business and 
tech park''.
    The referenced statement of the managers under this heading 
in Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended with respect to a 
grant made available to the Community Medical Centers of 
Fresno, California by striking all after ``$300,000'' and 
inserting ``to the City of Fresno, California for 
rehabilitation of the Fresno Community Regional Medical Center 
neighborhood.''.
    The referenced statement of the managers under this heading 
in Public Law 106-377 and 107-73 is deemed to be amended with 
respect to grants made to the City of Mt. Clemens, Michigan by 
striking ``City of Mt. Clemens, Michigan'' and inserting ``Mt. 
Clemens Community Schools in Mt. Clemens, Michigan''.
    The referenced statement of the managers under the heading 
``Community development block grants'' in title II of Public 
Law 105-277 is deemed to be amended bystriking ``$750,000 to 
the Maryland State Department of Housing and Community Development for 
relocation of residents of Wagners Point community in Baltimore, 
Maryland'' and insert in lieu thereof ``$750,000 to the Maryland State 
Department of Housing and Community Development for relocation of 
residents of Wagners Point community in Baltimore, Maryland ($514,000) 
and for recovery efforts that occurred on or after the April 28, 2002 
tornado in Charles and Calvert Counties ($236,000)''.
    The referenced statement of the managers under this heading 
in Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended with respect to a 
grant made to the Metropolitan Development Association in 
Syracuse, New York by adding after the words ``Genesee Street 
Armory study'' the words ``and other development projects 
undertaken by the Association within the City of Syracuse''.

         COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,325,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2004, as authorized by section 
108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$275,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on 
outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries and 
expenses''.

                       BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

    For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 
108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make these 
grants available on a competitive basis as specified in section 
102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989.

                  HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act, as amended, $1,925,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2005: Provided, That of the total amount 
provided in this paragraph, up to $40,000,000 shall be 
available for housing counseling under section 106 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968; and no less than 
$1,100,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for 
the development of, maintenance of, and modification to 
information technology systems which serve programs or 
activities under ``Community planning and development''.
    In addition to amounts otherwise made available under this 
heading, $75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2005, for assistance to homebuyers as authorized under title II 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as 
amended: Provided, That the Secretary shall provide such 
assistance in accordance with a formula to be established by 
the Secretary that considers a participating jurisdiction's 
need for, and prior commitment to, assistance to homebuyers.

                       HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the emergency shelter grants program as authorized 
under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive housing program as 
authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; the 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program 
as authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended, to assist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 
plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of 
such Act, $1,225,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2005: Provided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made 
available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under the 
shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent housing: 
Provided further, That all funds awarded for services shall be 
matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall renew on an annual basis 
expiring contracts or amendments to contracts funded under the 
shelter plus care program if the program is determined to be 
needed under the applicable continuum of care and meets 
appropriate program requirements and financial standards, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That all awards 
of assistance under this heading shall be required to 
coordinate and integrate homeless programs with other 
mainstream health, social services, and employment programs for 
which homeless populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, 
State Children's Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance 
for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding through 
the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce 
Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: Provided 
further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for the national homeless data 
analysis project: Provided further, That $6,600,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
technical assistance: Provided further, That no less than 
$1,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development 
of and modifications to information technology systems which 
serve activities under ``Community planning and development'': 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available for a two-year 
grant demonstration program to be conducted in consultation 
with the Interagency Council on the Homeless.

                            Housing Programs

                    HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, 
or development of additional public and subsidized housing 
units for low income families not otherwise provided for, 
$1,033,801,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006: 
Provided, That $783,286,000, plus recaptures or cancelled 
commitments, shall be for capital advances, including 
amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the 
elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance for the 
elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including 
amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of 
expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, 
and for supportive services associated with the housing, of 
which amount $50,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and 
the continuation of existing congregate service grants for 
residents of assisted housing projects, and of which amount up 
to $25,000,000 shall be for grants under section 202b of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q-2) for conversion of 
eligible projects under such section to assisted living or 
related use: Provided further, That of the amount under this 
heading, $250,515,000 shall be for capital advances, including 
amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for 
project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, 
including amendments to contracts for such assistance and 
renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 
1-year term, and for supportive services associated with the 
housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by 
section811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant-based rental assistance 
contracts entered into pursuant to section 811 of such Act: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development only for making grants to private nonprofit organizations 
and consumer cooperatives for covering costs of architectural and 
engineering work, site control, and other planning relating to the 
development of supportive housing for the elderly that is eligible for 
assistance under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q): Provided further, That amounts made available in the previous 
proviso shall be awarded on a competitive basis as provided in section 
102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
1989: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate not later than 
July 15, 2003, in accordance with the direction included in the joint 
explanatory statement of the managers accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That no less than $500,000, to be divided evenly between the 
appropriations for the section 202 and section 811 programs, shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development of and 
modifications to information technology systems which serve activities 
under ``Housing programs'' or ``Federal housing administration'': 
Provided further, That, in addition to amounts made available for 
renewal of tenant-based rental assistance contracts pursuant to the 
second proviso of this paragraph, the Secretary may designate up to 25 
percent of the amounts earmarked under this paragraph for section 811 
of such Act for tenant-based assistance, as authorized under that 
section, including such authority as may be waived under the next 
proviso, which assistance is 5 years in duration: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive the provisions governing the terms and 
conditions of project rental assistance and tenant-based rental 
assistance for such section 202 and such section 811, except that the 
initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in 
duration: Provided further, That all balances and recaptures, as of 
October 1, 2002, remaining in the ``Congregate housing services'' 
account as authorized by the Housing and Community Development 
Amendments of 1978, as amended, shall be transferred to and merged with 
the amounts for those purposes under this heading.

                         FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

                          (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted 
balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 2002, and 
any collections made during fiscal year 2003, shall be 
transferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by 
section 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended.

                       RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

                              (RESCISSION)

    Up to $100,000,000 of recaptured section 236 budget 
authority resulting from prepayment of mortgages subsidized 
under section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
1) shall be rescinded in fiscal year 2003: Provided, That the 
limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments that 
may be required in any fiscal year by all contracts entered 
into under section 236 is reduced in fiscal year 2003 by not 
more than $100,000,000 in uncommitted balances of 
authorizations of contract authority provided for this purpose 
in appropriations Acts.

                  MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

    For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 
1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), $13,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to be derived from the 
Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to 
exceed the total amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be available from the general fund of the Treasury to the 
extent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 
pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to 
section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made 
available under this heading from the general fund shall be 
reduced as such collections are received during fiscal year 
2003 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than $0 and fees 
pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary to 
ensure such a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    During fiscal year 2003, commitments to guarantee loans to 
carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of 
$165,000,000,000.
    During fiscal year 2003, obligations to make direct loans 
to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $100,000,000: 
Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to 
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales of 
single family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed and direct loan program, $347,829,000, of which not 
to exceed $343,807,000 shall be transferred to the 
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''; and not to exceed 
$4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for 
``Office of Inspector General''. In addition, for 
administrative contract expenses, $85,720,000, of which no less 
than $21,360,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund for the development of and modifications to information 
technology systems which serve programs or activities under 
``Housing programs'' or ``Federal housing administration'': 
Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
$65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 2003, an additional 
$1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be available 
for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 
(including a pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), 
but in no case shall funds made available by this proviso 
exceed $16,000,000.

                GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 
238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 
1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee modifications, as 
that term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of 
up to $23,000,000,000.
    Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 
as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 
the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing 
in connection with the sale of multifamily real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act; and 
of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for loans to 
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale 
of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under such Act.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $223,716,000, of 
which $204,395,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation 
for ``Salaries and expenses''; and of which $19,321,000 shall 
be transferred to the appropriation for ``Office of Inspector 
General''.
    In addition, for administrative contract expenses necessary 
to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 
$93,780,000, of which no less than $14,240,000 shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development of 
and modifications to information technology systems which serve 
activities under ``Housing programs'' or ``Federal housing 
administration'': Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 2003, 
an additional $1,980 for administrative contract expenses shall 
be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 
commitments over $8,426,000,000 (including a pro rata amount 
for any increment below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 
made available by this proviso exceed $14,400,000.

                Government National Mortgage Association

GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 
purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $200,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2004.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, $10,343,000, to 
be derived from the GNMA guarantees of mortgage-backed 
securities guaranteed loan receipt account, of which not to 
exceed $10,343,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation 
for ``Salaries and expenses''.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

    For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs 
of research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions 
of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, $47,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $7,500,000 shall be for the Partnership for 
Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise 
provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 
1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1987, as amended, $45,899,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004, of which $20,250,000 shall be to carry out 
activities pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no 
funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government 
in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control

                         LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

    For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992, $176,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004, of which $10,000,000 shall be for the 
Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 
include research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, 
including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint 
poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: 
Provided, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, $50,000,000 shall be made available on a competitive 
basis for areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs, as 
identified by the Secretary as having: (1) the highest number 
of pre-1940 units of rental housing; and (2) a 
disproportionately high number of documented cases of lead-
poisoned children: Provided further, That each grantee 
receiving funds under the previous proviso shall target those 
privately owned units and multifamily buildings that are 
occupied by low-income families as defined under section 
3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided 
further, That not less than 90 percent of the funds made 
available under this paragraph shall be used exclusively for 
abatement, inspections, risk assessments, temporary relocations 
and interim control of lead-based hazards as defined by 42 
U.S.C. 4851: Provided further, That each recipient of funds 
provided under the first proviso shall make a matching 
contribution in an amount not less than 25 percent: Provided 
further, That each applicant shall submit a detailed plan and 
strategy that demonstrates adequate capacity that is acceptable 
to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant to 
a Notice of Funding Availability.

                     Management and Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $1,090,229,000, of which $20,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2004, for funds 
control improvements; and of which $548,202,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 
Administration, $10,343,000 shall be provided from funds of the 
Government National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be 
provided from the ``Community development loan guarantees 
program'' account, $150,000 shall be provided by transfer from 
the ``Native American housing block grants'' account, $200,000 
shall be provided by transfer from the``Indian housing loan 
guarantee fund program'' account and $35,000 shall be transferred from 
the ``Native Hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund'' account: Provided, 
That funds made available under this heading shall only be allocated in 
the manner specified in the report accompanying this Act unless the 
Committees on Appropriations of both the House of Representatives and 
the Senate are notified of any changes in an operating plan or 
reprogramming: Provided further, That no less than $10,500,000 shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development of and 
modifications to information technology systems: Provided further, That 
of the total amount made available under this heading, not less than 
$21,000,000 is to be made available to the Chief Financial Officer 
exclusively for activities to implement appropriate funds control 
systems, including improvements in automated financial management 
systems, additional training of departmental employees in proper fund 
control procedures, and establishment of a division of appropriations 
law within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer: Provided further, 
That the Chief Financial Officer shall submit a revised departmental 
funds control handbook to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and Senate no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That no official or employee of the Department shall be 
designated as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment holder has 
implemented an adequate system of funds control and has received 
training in funds control procedures and directives: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall, within 30 days of enactment of this Act, 
permanently transfer no fewer than four appropriations law attorneys 
from the Legislative Division of the Office of Legislation and 
Regulations, Office of General Counsel to the OCFO: Provided further, 
That personnel transferred pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
report directly to the Chief Financial Officer: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter, the Chief 
Financial Officer of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
shall, in consultation with the Budget Officer, have sole authority to 
investigate potential or actual violations under the Anti-Deficiency 
Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.) and all other statutes and regulations 
related to the obligation and expenditure of funds made available in 
this, or any other Act; shall determine whether violations exist; and 
shall submit final reports on violations to the Secretary, the 
President, the Office of Management and Budget and the Congress in 
accordance with applicable statutes and Office of Management and Budget 
circulars: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer shall 
establish positive control of and maintain adequate systems of 
accounting for appropriations and other available funds as required by 
31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided further, That for the purpose of determining 
whether a violation exists under the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 
1341 et seq.), the point of obligation shall be the executed agreement 
or contract: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer shall: 
(a) appoint qualified personnel to conduct investigations of potential 
or actual violations; (b) establish minimum training requirements and 
other qualifications for personnel that may be appointed to conduct 
investigations; (c) establish guidelines and timeframes for the conduct 
and completion of investigations; (d) prescribe the content, format and 
other requirements for the submission of final reports on violations; 
and (e) prescribe such additional policies and procedures as may be 
required for conducting investigations of, and administering, 
processing, and reporting on, potential and actual violations of the 
Anti-Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regulations governing 
the obligation and expenditure of funds made available in this or any 
other Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall fill 7 out of 10 
vacancies at the GS-14 and GS-15 levels until the total number of GS-14 
and GS-15 positions in the Department has been reduced from the number 
of GS-14 and GS-15 positions on the date of enactment of Public Law 
106-377 by 2\1/2\ percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
submit a staffing plan for the Department by March 15, 2003.

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

    For additional capital for the Working Capitol Fund (42 
U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications to, and 
infrastructure for Department-wide information technology 
systems, and for the continuing operation of both Department-
wide and program-specific information systems, $276,300,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That any 
amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to the Department in this Act, or any 
other Act, may be used to award a new contract for the HUD 
Information Technology Services (HITS) project until 90 days 
after the Department has submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
comprehensive five-year information technology plan in 
accordance with the direction included in the report 
accompanying this Act.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$97,499,000, of which $23,343,000 shall be provided from the 
various funds of the Federal Housing Administration: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have independent authority 
over all personnel issues within this office: Provided further, 
That no less than $300,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund for the development of and modifications to 
information technology systems for the Office of Inspector 
General.

                         CONSOLIDATED FEE FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

    Of the balances remaining available from fees and charges 
under section 7(j) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act on October 1, 2002, $8,000,000 are rescinded.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500 
for official reception and representation expenses, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 
from the Federal Housing Enterprises Oversight Fund: Provided, 
That not to exceed such amount shall be available from the 
general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 
collections to theFund: Provided further, That the general fund 
amount shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal 
year so as to result in a final appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated 
with such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects 
described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 
note) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash, shall be 
remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority 
or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the 
Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or 
local governments or local housing agencies with projects 
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the 
Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority or 
cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury 
to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their 
project at a lower interest rate.
    Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act 
may be used during fiscal year 2003 to investigate or prosecute 
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity 
engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or 
maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in 
solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a 
Government official or entity, or a court of competent 
jurisdiction.
    Sec. 203. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of the 
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from 
any amounts made available under this title for fiscal year 
2003 that are allocated under such section, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall allocate and make a grant, 
in the amount determined under subsection (b), for any State 
that--
            (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 
        under clause (ii) of such section; and
            (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 
        fiscal year 2003 under such clause (ii) because the 
        areas in the State outside of the metropolitan 
        statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) in 
        fiscal year 2003 do not have the number of cases of 
        acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required 
        under such clause.
    (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any State 
described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on the 
cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of that State that 
are outside of metropolitan statistical areas that qualify 
under clause (i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 
2003, in proportion to AIDS cases among cities and States that 
qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of such section and States 
deemed eligible under subsection (a).
    Sec. 204. (a) Section 225(a) of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, Public Law 106-74 (113 Stat. 
1076), is amended by striking ``year 2000, and the amounts that 
would otherwise be allocated for fiscal year 2001 and fiscal 
year 2002'', and inserting ``years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 
2003''.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate to 
Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that otherwise would 
be allocated for fiscal year 2003 under section 854(c) of the 
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City 
of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Durham-
Chapel Hill, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Any 
amounts allocated to Wake County shall be used to carry out 
eligible activities under section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12904) within such metropolitan statistical area.
    Sec. 205. (a) During fiscal year 2003, in the provision of 
rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection with a 
program to demonstrate the economy and effectiveness of 
providing such assistance for use in assisted living facilities 
that is carried out in the counties of the State of Michigan 
specified in subsection (b) of this section, notwithstanding 
paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family 
residing in an assisted living facility in any such county, on 
behalf of which a public housing agency provides assistance 
pursuant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, at 
the time the family initially receives such assistance, to pay 
rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the monthly adjusted 
income of the family by such a percentage or amount as the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines to be 
appropriate.
    (b) The counties specified in this subsection are Oakland 
County, Macomb County, Wayne County, and Washtenaw County, in 
the State of Michigan.
    Sec. 206. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant 
or assistance made pursuant to title II of this Act shall be 
made on a competitive basis in accordance with section 102 of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
1989.
    Sec. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds in this Act or in any other Act in any fiscal year, 
including all future and prior fiscal years, may be used 
hereafter by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
provide any assistance or other funds for housing units defined 
in section 9(n) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as in 
effect immediately before the enactment of this Act) as 
``covered locally developed public housing units''. The States 
of New York and Massachusetts shall reimburse any funds already 
made available under any appropriations Act for these units to 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for reallocation 
to public housing agencies: Provided, That, if either State 
fails to make such reimbursement within 12 months, the 
Secretary shall recapture such funds through reductions from 
the amounts allocated to each State under section 106 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.
    Sec. 208. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, 
without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, 
for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for 
utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of the 
Federal National MortgageAssociation, Government National 
Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal 
Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal 
Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
    Sec. 209. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or 
through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation 
for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be 
available for any program, project or activity in excess of 
amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted to 
Congress.
    Sec. 210. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of such Act as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget 
for 2003 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter 
provided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 
agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of 
assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), 
except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage 
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or 
where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the 
financial interest of the United States Government.
    Sec. 211. None of the funds provided in this title for 
technical assistance, training, or management improvements may 
be obligated or expended unless HUD provides to the Committees 
on Appropriations a description of each proposed activity and a 
detailed budget estimate of the costs associated with each 
program, project or activity as part of the Budget 
Justifications. For fiscal year 2003, HUD shall transmit this 
information to the Committees by March 15, 2003 for 30 days of 
review.
    Sec. 212. (a) Section 9(n)(1) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 is hereby repealed.
    (b) Section 226 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999, is hereby repealed.
    (c) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be deemed to 
have taken effect on October 1, 1998.
    (d) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall be deemed to 
have taken effect on October 21, 1998.
    Sec. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
fiscal year 2003, in managing and disposing of any multifamily 
property that is owned or held by the Secretary and is occupied 
primarily by elderly or disabled families, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall maintain any rental 
assistance payments under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 that are attached to any dwelling units in 
the property. To the extent the Secretary determines that such 
a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not 
feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such 
section 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 
of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance 
payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 
properties or provide other rental assistance.
    Sec. 214. A public housing agency or such other entity that 
administers Federal housing assistance in the states of Alaska, 
Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to include a 
resident of public housing or a recipient of assistance 
provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 on the board of directors or a similar governing board of 
such agency or entity as required under section (2)(b) of such 
Act. Each public housing agency or other entity that 
administers Federal housing assistance under section 8 in the 
states of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an 
advisory board of not less than 6 residents of public housing 
or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide advice and 
comment to the public housing agency or other administering 
entity on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 
advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly.
    Sec. 215. (a) Section 24(m)(1) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(m)(1)) is amended by striking 
``$600,000,000'' and all that follows through ``2002'' and 
inserting the following: ``$574,000,000 for fiscal year 2003''.
    (b) Section 24(n) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)) is amended by striking ``September 30, 
2002'' and inserting ``September 30, 2004''.
    Sec. 216. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, 
unobligated, and excess funds in each program and activity 
within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit 
additional, updated budget information to these committees upon 
request.
    Sec. 217. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall submit an annual report no later than August 30, 2003 and 
annually thereafter to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations regarding the number of Federally assisted units 
under lease and the per unit cost of these units to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    Sec. 218. Notwithstanding the requirements regarding first-
time homebuyers in section 104 of the National Affordable 
Housing Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12704), the Enterprise Housing 
Corporation of Maryland may use the remaining balance of the 
grant award, H3-95MD0005-I-N, within the East Baltimore 
Community of the City of Baltimore, Maryland.
      Sec. 219. In applying the across-the-board rescission 
under section 601 of division N to amounts made available under 
the heading ``Housing certificate fund'', the Secretary shall 
have discretion in applying such rescission among the programs, 
projects, or activities within the account notwithstanding 
section 601(b).

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition 
of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and 
repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and 
monuments outside of the United States and its territories and 
possessions; rent of office and garage space in foreign 
countries; purchase (one for replacement only) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 
countries, $35,246,000, to remain available until expended.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant 
to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, 
including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances 
therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. Sec. 5901-5902, and for 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. Sec. 3109 but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
Sec. 5376, $7,850,000, of which $1,400,000 shall be derived 
from unobligated balances: Provided, That of the amounts 
appropriated, $500,000 is available until September 30, 2004: 
Provided further, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board shall have not more than three career 
Senior Executive Service positions.

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions

   COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    To carry out the Community Development Banking and 
Financial Institutions Act of 1994, including services 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES-3, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, of 
which $5,000,000 shall be for financial assistance, technical 
assistance, training and outreach programs designed to benefit 
Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native 
communities and provided primarily through qualified community 
development lender organizations with experience and expertise 
in community development banking and lending in Indian country, 
Native American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations 
and other suitable providers, and up to $10,750,000 may be used 
for administrative expenses, including administration of the 
New Markets Tax Credit, up to $6,000,000 may be used for the 
cost of direct loans, and up to $250,000 may be used for 
administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program: 
Provided, That the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations 
for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$11,000,000.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal 
awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to 
Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $57,000,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

       NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS OPERATING EXPENSES

              (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (the ``Corporation'') in carrying out 
programs, activities, and initiatives under the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et 
seq.), $429,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2004: Provided, That the Corporation shall enroll no more than 
50,000 AmeriCorps members in the National Service Trust: 
Provided further, That not morethan $32,500,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses authorized under section 
501(a)(4): Provided further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
not more than $275,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
shall be available for grants under the National Service Trust program 
authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et 
seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps program), of 
which $100,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation, 
shall be transferred to the National Service Trust for educational 
awards authorized under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12601), and of which up to $5,000,000 shall be available to support 
national service scholarships for high school students performing 
community service: Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
this heading for grants under the National Service Trust program 
authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act, not more than 
$50,000,000 may be used to administer, reimburse, or support any 
national service program authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That to the maximum extent 
feasible, funds appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act 
shall be provided in a manner that is consistent with the 
recommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure that priority 
is given to programs that demonstrate quality, innovation, 
replicability, and sustainability: Provided further, That not more than 
$10,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall be 
made available for the Points of Light Foundation for activities 
authorized under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.), of 
which not more than $2,500,000 may be used to support an endowment 
fund, the corpus of which shall remain intact and the interest income 
from which shall be used to support activities described in title III 
of the Act, provided that the Foundation may invest the corpus and 
income in federally insured bank savings accounts or comparable 
interest bearing accounts, certificates of deposit, money market funds, 
mutual funds, obligations of the United States, and other market 
instruments and securities but not in real estate investments: Provided 
further, That no funds shall be available for national service programs 
run by Federal agencies authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, That to the maximum extent 
practicable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the level of 
matching funds and in-kind contributions provided by the private 
sector, and shall reduce the total Federal costs per participant in all 
programs: Provided further, That not more than $25,000,000 of the funds 
made available under this heading shall be available for the Civilian 
Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $43,000,000 
shall be available for school-based and community-based service-
learning programs authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $35,500,000 
shall be available for quality and innovation activities authorized 
under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.), of 
which $6,000,000 shall be available for challenge grants to non-profit 
organizations: Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be made available to 
America's Promise--The Alliance for Youth, Inc.: Provided further, That 
not more than $3,000,000 shall be available for audits and other 
evaluations authorized under section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): 
Provided further, That of the unobligated balances remaining from funds 
appropriated under this heading during fiscal year 2002 and prior 
years, $48,000,000 are rescinded.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term 
``qualified student loan'' with respect to national service 
education awards shall mean any loan determined by an 
institution of higher education to be necessary to cover a 
student's cost of attendance at such institution and made, 
insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a State agency, 
in addition to other meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the 
National and Community Service Act.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National and 
Community Service Act to assist entities in placing applicants 
who are individuals with disabilities may be provided to any 
entity that receives a grant under section 121 of the Act.

               U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. 7251-7298, $14,326,000 of which $1,045,000 shall be 
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance as 
described, and in accordance with the process and reporting 
procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 102-229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National 
Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, 
including the purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $32,445,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                Department of Health and Human Services

                     National Institutes of Health

          NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

    For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set 
forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 
and section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986, $84,074,000.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

            TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

    For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set 
forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(SARA), as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act, as amended, $82,800,000, to be derived from the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund pursuant to section 
517(a) of SARA (26 U.S.C. 9507): Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a health 
assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator 
of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, 
evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, 
biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, 
and referral to accredited health care providers: Provided 
further, That in performing any such health assessment or 
health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of 
ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 
104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant 
to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2003, and 
existing profiles may be updated as necessary.

                    Environmental Protection Agency

                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

    For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; 
necessary expenses for personnel andrelated costs and travel 
expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; 
procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other operating 
expenses in support of research and development; construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not 
to exceed $75,000 per project, $720,261,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That the Office of 
Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
hereafter contract directly with individuals or indirectly with 
institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, 
for the temporary or intermittent personal services of students or 
recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the purposes of 
chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be 
considered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.

                 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

    For environmental programs and management, including 
necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel 
and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library 
memberships in societies or associations which issue 
publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
than to subscribers who are not members; construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to 
exceed $19,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $2,111,604,000, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2004, including administrative costs of the 
brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief 
and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall certify grant 
amendments for grant numbers C-340461-02 and C-340461-03.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, 
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 
$75,000 per project, $36,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$42,918,000, to remain available until expended.

                     HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), 
(c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; $1,272,888,000, 
to remain available until expended, consisting of $636,444,000, 
as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 
101-508, and $636,444,000 as a payment from general revenues to 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by 
section 517(b) of SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other 
Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $12,742,000 shall be transferred to the ``Office of 
Inspector General'' appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2004, and $86,168,000 shall be transferred to the 
``Science and technology'' appropriation to remain available 
until September 30, 2004.

                LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM

    For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground 
storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and 
for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$72,313,000, to remain available until expended.

                           OIL SPILL RESPONSE

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 
Protection Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990, $15,581,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.

                   STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

    For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
performance partnership grants, $3,859,994,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended (the ``Act''), of which up to 
$75,000,000 shall be available for loans, including interest 
free loans as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A), to 
municipal, inter-municipal, interstate, or State agencies or 
nonprofit entities for projects that provide treatment for or 
that minimize sewage or stormwater discharges using one or more 
approaches which include, but are not limited to, decentralized 
or distributed stormwater controls, decentralized wastewater 
treatment, low-impact development practices, conservation 
easements, stream buffers, or wetlands restoration; 
$850,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except that, 
notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
as amended, none of the funds made available under this heading 
in this Act, or in previous appropriations Acts, shall be 
reserved by the Administrator for health effects studies on 
drinking water contaminants; $50,000,000 shall be for 
architectural, engineering, planning, design, construction and 
related activities in connection with the construction of high 
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area of the 
United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the 
appropriate border commission; $43,000,000 shall be for 
grantsto the State of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; $3,000,000 
shall be for remediation of above ground leaking fuel tanks pursuant to 
Public Law 106-554; $314,887,000 shall be for making grants for the 
construction of drinking water, wastewater and storm water 
infrastructure and for water quality protection in accordance with the 
terms and conditions specified for such grants in the joint explanatory 
statement of the managers accompanying this Act; $8,225,000 for grants 
for construction of alternative decentralized wastewater facilities 
under the National Decentralized Wastewater Demonstration program, in 
accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the joint 
explanatory statement of the managers accompanying this Act; 
$90,500,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended, including grants, interagency agreements, and 
associated program support costs; and $1,150,382,000 shall be for 
grants, including associated program support costs, to States, 
federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and 
air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media 
pollution prevention, control and abatement and related activities, 
including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this 
heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making grants under section 103 
of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and data 
collection activities subject to terms and conditions specified by the 
Administrator, of which $50,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 
128 of CERCLA, as amended, and $19,999,900 shall be for Environmental 
Information Exchange Network grants, including associated program 
support costs: Provided, That for fiscal year 2003, State authority 
under section 302(a) of Public Law 104-182 shall remain in effect: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Act, 
the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control 
revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the fund shall 
not apply to amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund 
in fiscal year 2003 and prior years where such amounts represent costs 
of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or were 
deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for separately from 
other assets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, 
including administration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2003, 
and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, the Administrator is 
authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under 
section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to 
sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2003, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 
518(c) of the Act, up to a total of 1\1/2\ percent of the funds 
appropriated for State Revolving Funds under title VI of that Act may 
be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of 
such Act: Provided further, That no funds provided by this legislation 
to address the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure 
needs of the colonias in the United States along the United States-
Mexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established an enforceable local 
ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction 
the development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or the 
development within an existing colonia the construction of any new 
home, business, or other structure which lacks water, wastewater, or 
other necessary infrastructure: Provided further, That the referenced 
statements of the managers under this heading in Public Laws 105-276, 
106-74, and 106-377 are deemed to be amended by striking everything 
after ``Creek'' in reference to item numbers 27, 38, and 59, 
respectively, and inserting, ``and the Upper Ocmulgee River Watersheds, 
Georgia'': Provided further, That the referenced statement of the 
managers under this heading in Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be 
amended by adding the words ``water and'' before the word 
``wastewater'' in reference to item number 205: Provided further, That 
the referenced statement of the managers under this heading in Public 
Law 106-74 is deemed to be amended by striking everything after 
``improvement'' in reference to item number 137 and inserting, ``and 
extensions to the Indian Ridge Industrial Park;'': Provided further, 
That the referenced statement of the managers under this heading in 
Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended by striking everything after 
``wastewater'' in reference to item number 103 and inserting, ``and 
drinking water infrastructure improvements;'': Provided further, That 
the referenced statement of the managers under this heading in Public 
Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended by striking everything after ``for'' 
in reference to item number 283 and inserting, ``the Mount Pleasant 
Waterworks Commission, South Carolina, for the Snowden Community 
Wastewater Collection Project;'': Provided further, That the referenced 
statement of the managers under this heading in Public Law 106-377 is 
deemed to be amended in reference to item number 216 by inserting 
before the period, ``, and, after February 1, 2003, any remaining 
unobligated funds to the City of Wendover, Utah for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements''.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    For fiscal year 2003, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, in carrying out the Agency's function to implement 
directly Federal environmental programs required or authorized 
by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, may 
award cooperative agreements to federally-recognized Indian 
Tribes or Intertribal consortia, if authorized by their member 
Tribes, to assist the Administrator in implementing Federal 
environmental programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized 
by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be 
awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements.
    None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act shall be used to promulgate a final regulation to 
implement changes in the payment of pesticide tolerance 
processing fees as proposed at 64 Fed. Reg. 31040, or any 
similar proposals. The Environmental Protection Agency may 
proceed with the development of such a rule.
    The Environmental Protection Agency may not use any of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to 
implement the Registration Fee system codified at 40 Code of 
Federal Regulations Subpart U (sections 152.400 et seq.) if its 
authority to collect maintenance fees pursuant to FIFRA section 
4(i)(5) is extended for at least 1 year beyond September 30, 
2002.
    Section 136a-1 of title 7, U.S.C. is amended--
            (1) in subsection (i)(5)(C)(i) by striking 
        ``$17,000,000 fiscal year 2002'' and inserting 
        ``$21,500,000 for fiscal year 2003'';
            (2) in subsection (i)(5)(H) by striking ``2002'' 
        and inserting ``2003'';
            (3) in subsection (i)(6) by striking ``2002'' and 
        inserting ``2003''; and
            (4) in subsection (k)(3)(A) by striking ``2002'' 
        and inserting ``2003''.
    As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the National 
Academy of Sciences to evaluate the impact of the final rule 
relating to prevention of significant deterioration and 
nonattainment new source review, published at 67 Fed. Reg. 
80186 (December 31, 2002). The study shall include--
            (1) increases or decreases in emissions of 
        pollutants regulated under the New Source Review 
        program;
            (2) impacts on human health;
            (3) pollution control and prevention technologies 
        installed after the effective date of the rule at 
        facilities covered under the rulemaking;
            (4) increases or decreases in efficiency of 
        operations, including energy efficiency, at covered 
        facilities; and
            (5) other relevant data.
    The National Academy of Sciences shall submit an interim 
report to Congress no later than March 3, 2004, and shall 
submit a final report on implementation of the rules.

                   Executive Office of the President

                OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National 
Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act 
of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, $5,368,000.

  COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

    For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to 
the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of 
Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act 
of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to 
exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$3,031,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 202 of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall 
consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $30,848,000, to be derived from the Bank 
Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the 
FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            DISASTER RELIEF

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $800,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 
U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until expended, of which not 
to exceed $2,900,000 may be transferred to ``Emergency 
management planning and assistance'' for the consolidated 
emergency management performance grant program; and not to 
exceed $21,577,000 may be transferred to the Office of 
Inspector General for audits and investigations: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for disaster 
declaration FEMA-1379-DR and hereafter, the Texas Medical 
Center is to be considered for FEMA Public Assistance and 
Hazard Mitigation grants as if it were an eligible 
applicant:Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading in Public Law 105-276 for a pilot project of seismic retrofit 
technology at California State University, San Bernardino, are reduced 
to $3,559,500, the funds made available under this heading in Public 
Law 106-74 for a pilot project of seismic retrofit technology at 
California State University, San Bernardino, are reduced to $0, and 
that the funds made available as a result of this action shall be used 
to mitigate fire danger in the area of the San Bernardino National 
Forest due to bark beetle infestation.

                 NATIONAL PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION FUND

    For a pre-disaster mitigation grant program pursuant to 42 
U.S.C. 5131 et seq., $150,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That grants shall be awarded on a 
competitive basis subject to the criteria in 42 U.S.C. 5133(g): 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5133(f), grant 
awards shall be made without reference to State allocations, 
quotas, or other formula-based allocations of funds.

            DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    For the cost of direct loans, $557,000 as authorized by 
section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct loan program, $557,000.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
including hire and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of attendance of 
cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned 
with the work of emergency preparedness; transportation in 
connection with the continuity of Government programs to the 
same extent and in the same manner as permitted the Secretary 
of a Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $245,690,000.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$14,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Inspector General of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall hereafter also serve as the Inspector 
General of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.

              EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 
1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 
et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 
U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National 
Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and 
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $388,299.000: Provided, That 
of the amount provided under this heading: $25,000,000 shall be 
for grants for interoperable communications equipment; 
$25,000,000 shall be for grants for emergency operations 
centers; $60,000,000 shall be for existing Urban Search and 
Rescue Teams; $165,000,000 shall be for emergency management 
performance grants; $20,000,000 shall be for Community 
Emergency Response Teams.

                     FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
programs as authorized by section 33 of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 
et seq.), $750,000,000 to remain available through September 
30, 2004: Provided, That up to 5 percent of this amount shall 
be transferred to ``Salaries and expenses'' for program 
administration.

                RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND

    The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2003, as 
authorized by Public Law 106-377, shall not be less than 100 
percent of the amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary for its 
radiological emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal 
year. The methodology for assessment and collection of fees 
shall be fair and equitable; and shall reflect costs of 
providing such services, including administrative costs of 
collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to this section 
shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting collections and 
will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 
2003, and remain available until expended.

                        CERRO GRANDE FIRE CLAIMS

    For an additional amount for ``Cerro Grande Fire Claims'', 
up to $90,000,000 shall be made available for claims resulting 
from the Cerro Grande fires: Provided, That up to $5,000,000 
may be made available for administrative purposes.

                   EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

    To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant 
to title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $153,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That total 
administrative costs shall not exceed 3\1/2\ percent of the 
total appropriation.

                      FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND

    For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $150,000,000, and such 
additional sums as may be provided by State and local 
governments or other political subdivisions for cost-shared 
mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2), to remain 
available until expended.

                     NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (``Act'') and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 
as amended, not to exceed $32,393,000 for salaries and expenses 
associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance 
operations, and not to exceed $77,666,000 for flood mitigation, 
to remain available until September 30, 2004, including up to 
$20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 of the Act, which 
amount shall be available for transfer to the National Flood 
Mitigation Fund until September 30, 2004, and which amounts 
shall be derived from offsetting collections assessed and 
collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4014, and shall be retained and 
used for necessary expenses under this heading: Provided, That 
beginning in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, fees authorized 
in 42 U.S.C. 4014(a)(1)(B)(iii) shall be collected only if 
provided in advance in appropriations acts. In fiscal year 
2003, no funds in excess of: (1) $55,000,000 for operating 
expenses; (2) $529,380,000 for agents' commissions and taxes; 
and (3) $40,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall 
be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without 
prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations.

                     NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Notwithstanding sections 1366(b)(3)(B)-(C) and 1366(f) of 
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, for 
activities designed to reduce the risk of flood damage to 
structures pursuant to such Act, of which $20,000,000 shall be 
derived from the National Flood Insurance Fund.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 
for disaster relief for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001, in Public Law 107-117, may be used to provide funds to 
the City of New York and the State of New York for costs 
associated with such attacks that are unreimbursable under the 
Stafford Act, including but not limited to the non-federal 
share of relevant programs: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available, $90,000,000 shall be available upon enactment of 
this Act to administer baseline and follow-up screening and 
clinical examinations and long-term health monitoring and 
analysis for emergency services personnel and rescue and 
recovery personnel, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be 
made available for such services for current and retired 
firefighters.
      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
sections 403 and 407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (43 U.S.C. 5170b and 42 U.S.C. 
5173), the Federal Emergency Management Agency is directed to 
provide, from funds appropriated to the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency for disaster relief for the terrorist attacks 
of September 11, 2001, in Public Law 107-117, up to 
$1,000,000,000 to establish a captive insurance company or 
other appropriate insurance mechanism for claims arising from 
debris removal, which may include claims made by city 
employees.
    FEMA is hereby directed to recognize that a hospital 
building has met the ``immediate occupancy'' requirements of 
the Seismic Hazard Mitigation Program for Hospitals (SHMPH) if 
such building is approved by California's Office of Statewide 
Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) for occupancy until 
2030 or beyond under the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities 
Seismic Safety Act of 1983 now in effect.

                    General Services Administration

                FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Information 
Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$11,541,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen 
Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, 
revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 
available for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Information 
Center activities in the aggregate amount of $18,000,000. 
Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this Fund 
during fiscal year 2003 in excess of $18,000,000 shall remain 
in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except 
as authorized in appropriations Acts.

                  Interagency Council on the Homeless

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the 
employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code) of the Interagency Council on the 
Homeless in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 
$1,500,000.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                           HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of human space flight research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support and services; maintenance; construction of 
facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization and 
modification of facilities, construction of new facilities and 
additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
environmental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or 
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; space 
flight, spacecraft control and communications activities 
including operations, production, and services; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and 
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$6,180,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, 
of which amounts as determined by the Administrator for 
salaries and benefits; training, travel and awards; facility 
and related costs; information technology services; science, 
engineering, fabricating and testing services; and other 
administrative services may be transferred to ``Science, 
aeronautics and technology'' in accordance with section 312(b) 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended 
by Public Law 106-377.

                  SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of science, aeronautics and technology 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support and services; maintenance; 
construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
revitalization, and modification of facilities, construction of 
new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility 
planning and design, environmental compliance and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications 
activities including operations, production, and services; 
program management; personnel and related costs, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $9,207,665,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2004, of which amounts as determined by the Administrator 
for salaries and benefits; training, travel and awards; 
facility and related costs; information technology services; 
science, engineering, fabricating and testing services; and 
other administrative services may be transferred to ``Human 
space flight'' in accordance with section 312(b) of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by 
Public Law 106-377.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$25,600,000.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
$3,836,000,000 provided for the Shuttle program shall be exempt 
from the across-the-board rescission under section 601 in 
division N.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', or ``Science, 
aeronautics and technology'' by this appropriations Act, when 
any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of 
obligations for construction of facilities as authorized by 
law, such amount available for such activity shall remain 
available until expended. This provision does not apply to the 
amounts appropriated for institutional minor revitalization and 
construction of facilities, and institutional facility planning 
and design.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', or ``Science, 
aeronautics and technology'' by this appropriations Act, the 
amounts appropriated for construction of facilities shall 
remain available until September 30, 2005.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Office of Inspector General'', amounts made 
available by this Act for personnel and related costs and 
travel expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall remain available until September 30, 2003 
and may be used to enter into contracts for training, 
investigations, costs associated with personnel relocation, and 
for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year. 
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain 
available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is 
claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
    NASA is authorized to proceed with establishment of a Non-
Governmental Organization for International Space Station 
research: Provided, That no funds in this Act or any other 
appropriations Act may be expended for establishment of a Non-
Governmental Organization that includes engineering and 
integration functions identified asPhase 2 in the Report of 
NASA's International Space Station Utilization Management Concept 
Development Study submitted on January 10, 2003.
    There is hereby established in the United States Treasury a 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration working capital 
fund. Amounts in the fund are available for financing 
activities, services, equipment, information, and facilities as 
authorized by law to be provided within the Administration; to 
other agencies or instrumentalities of the United States; to 
any State, Territory, or possession or political subdivision 
thereof; to other public or private agencies; or to any person, 
firm, association, corporation, or educational institution on a 
reimbursable basis. The fund shall also be available for the 
purpose of funding capital repairs, renovations, 
rehabilitation, sustainment, demolition, or replacement of NASA 
real property, on a reimbursable basis within the 
Administration. Amounts in the fund are available without 
regard to fiscal year limitation. The capital of the fund 
consists of amounts appropriated to the fund; the reasonable 
value of stocks of supplies, equipment, and other assets and 
inventories on order that the Administrator transfers to the 
fund, less the related liabilities and unpaid obligations; and 
payments received for loss or damage to property of the fund. 
The fund shall be reimbursed, in advance, for supplies and 
services at rates that will approximate the expenses of 
operation, such as the accrual of annual leave, depreciation of 
plant, property and equipment, and overhead.

                  National Credit Union Administration

                       CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

    During fiscal year 2003, gross obligations of the Central 
Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans 
to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 U.S.C. 1795 et 
seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Provided, That 
administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility in 
fiscal year 2003 shall not exceed $309,000.

               COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

    For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program 
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $1,000,000 
shall be available: Provided, That of this amount $700,000, 
together with amounts of principal and interest on loans 
repaid, is available until expended for loans to community 
development credit unions, and $300,000 is available until 
September 30, 2004 for technical assistance to low-income and 
community development credit unions.

                      National Science Foundation

                    RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and 
the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 
1880-1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight 
services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; and 
authorized travel; $4,083,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$320,000,000 shall remain available until expended for Polar 
research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other 
Federal agencies for operational and science support and 
logistical and other related activities for the United States 
Antarctic program; the balance to remain available until 
September 30, 2004: Provided, That receipts for scientific 
support services and materials furnished by the National 
Research Centers and other National Science Foundation 
supported research facilities may be credited to this 
appropriation: Provided further, That to the extent that the 
amount appropriated is less than the total amount authorized to 
be appropriated for included program activities, all amounts, 
including floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act 
for those program activities or their subactivities shall be 
reduced proportionally: Provided further, That $85,000,000 of 
the funds available under this heading shall be made available 
for a comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for 
economically significant crops.

          MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

    For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, 
facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant to the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, including 
authorized travel, $149,510,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                     EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

    For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 
engineering education and human resources programs and 
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 
1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized travel, and rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $909,080,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That to 
the extent that the amount of this appropriation is less than 
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included 
program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, 
specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities 
or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861-1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement 
of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services; $190,352,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered 
into under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 2003 for 
maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other 
services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.

                  OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

    For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the 
employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out section 4 
of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) 
and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,500,000: 
Provided, That not more than $9,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$9,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized 
by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 
8101-8107), $105,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a 
homeownership program that is used in conjunction with section 
8 assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended; and of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family 
rental housing program.

                        Selective Service System

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training 
for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service 
System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian 
employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to 
exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$26,480,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the 
President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 
31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to be 
necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
expended for or in connection with the induction of any person 
into the Armed Forces of the United States.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 402. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
expended--
            (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or 
        employee of the United States unless--
                    (A) such certification is accompanied by, 
                or is part of, a voucher or abstract which 
                describes the payee or payees and the items or 
                services for which such expenditure is being 
                made; or
                    (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to 
                such certification, and without such a voucher 
                or abstract, is specifically authorized by law; 
                and
            (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by 
        the General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt 
        by law from such audit.
    Sec. 403. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
department or agency may be obligated or expended for: (1) the 
transportation of any officer or employee of such department or 
agency between the domicile and the place of employment of the 
officer or employee, with the exception of an officer or 
employee authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 
5 U.S.C. 7905 or (2) to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other 
personal servants to any officer or employee of such department 
or agency.
    Sec. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients 
that do not share in the cost of conducting research resulting 
from proposals not specifically solicited by the Government: 
Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by the recipient 
shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the grantee or 
contractor and the Government in the research.
    Sec. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide 
reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant 
(whether retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at 
more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of 
the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law.
    Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-
Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory 
proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section 7 of the 
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
    Sec. 407. Except as otherwise provided under existing law, 
or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an 
existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any 
appropriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting 
service shall be limited to contracts which are: (1) a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection; and (2) 
thereafter included in a publicly available list of all 
contracts entered into within 24 months prior to the date on 
which the list is made available to the public and of all 
contracts on which performance has not been completed by such 
date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall be 
updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description of 
the work to be performed under each such contract.
    Sec. 408. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of 
any appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or 
expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for 
a contract for services unless such executive agency: (1) has 
awarded and entered into such contract in full compliance with 
such Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and (2) 
requires any report prepared pursuant to such contract, 
including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses and manuals, 
and any report prepared by the agency which is substantially 
derived from or substantially includes any report prepared 
pursuant to such contract, to contain information concerning: 
(A) the contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and 
(B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to such 
contract.
    Sec. 409. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
Congress.
    Sec. 410. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for 
indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A-21.
    Sec. 411. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2003 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be 
absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
    Sec. 412. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are 
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in 
compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, 
the protection of private property rights, or unfunded 
mandates.
    Sec. 413. Except in the case of entities that are funded 
solely with Federal funds or any natural persons that are 
funded under this Act, none of the funds in this Act shall be 
used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties to 
lobby or litigate in respect to adjudicatory proceedings funded 
in this Act. A chief executive officer of any entity receiving 
funds under this Act shall certify that none of these funds 
have been used to engage in the lobbying of the Federal 
Government or in litigation against the United States unless 
authorized under existing law.
    Sec. 414. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than 
for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, 
for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, 
distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
radio, television or film presentation designed to support or 
defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in 
presentation to the Congress itself.
    Sec. 415. All Departments and agencies funded under this 
Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory 
authorities and funding, to expand their use of ``E-Commerce'' 
technologies and procedures in the conduct of their business 
practices and public service activities.
    Sec. 416. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government that is established after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 417. Section 404(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is 
amended by striking ``15 percent'' and inserting ``7.5 
percent''.
    Sec. 418. The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 2451, et seq.), is amended by adding at 
the end of title III a new section 315 as follows:

          ``ENHANCED-USE LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY DEMONSTRATION

    ``Sec. 315. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Administrator may enter into a lease 
under this section with any person or entity (including another 
department or agency of the Federal Government or an entity of 
a State or local government) with regard to any real property 
under the jurisdiction of the Administrator at no more than two 
(2) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 
centers.
    ``(b) Consideration.--
            ``(1) A person or entity entering into a lease 
        under this section shall provide consideration for the 
        lease at fair market value as determined by the 
        Administrator, except that in the case of a lease to 
        another department or agency of the Federal Government, 
        that department or agency shall provide consideration 
        for the lease equal to the full costs to NASA in 
        connection with the lease.
            ``(2) Consideration under this subsection may take 
        one or a combination of the following forms:
                    ``(A) the payment of cash.
                    ``(B) the maintenance, construction, 
                modification or improvement of facilities on 
                real property under the jurisdiction of the 
                Administrator.
                    ``(C) the provision of services to NASA, 
                including launch services and payload 
                processing services; or
                    ``(D) use by NASA of facilities on the 
                property.
            ``(3)(A) The Administrator may utilize amounts of 
        cash consideration received under this subsection for a 
        lease entered into under this section to cover the full 
        costs to NASA in connection with the lease. These funds 
        shall remain available until expended.
            ``(B) Any amounts of cash consideration received 
        under this subsection that are not utilized in 
        accordance with subparagraph (A) shall be deposited in 
        a capital asset account to be established by the 
        Administrator, shall be available for maintenance, 
        capital revitalization, and improvements of the real 
        property assets of the centers selected for this 
        demonstration program, and shall remain available until 
        expended.
    ``(c) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Administrator 
may require such terms and conditions in connection with a 
lease under this section as the Administrator considers 
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
    ``(d) Relationship to Other Lease Authority.--The authority 
under this section to lease property of NASA is in addition to 
any other authority to lease property of NASA under law.
    ``(e) Lease Restrictions.--NASA is not authorized to lease 
back property under this section during the term of the out-
lease or enter into other contracts with the lessee respecting 
the property.
    ``(f) Plan and Reporting Requirements.--At least 15 days 
prior to the Administrator entering into the first lease under 
this section, the Administrator shall submit a plan to the 
Congress on NASA's proposed implementation of this 
demonstration. The Administrator shall submit an annual report 
by January 31st of each year regarding the status of the 
demonstration.''.
    Sec. 419. Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5196c, amounts provided 
in Public Law 107-117 and subsequent appropriations Acts for 
the construction of emergency operations centers (or similar 
facilities) shall only require a 25 percent non-Federal cost 
share.
      Sec. 420. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
department or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure 
passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA 
estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per 
gallon.
    Sec. 421. Subsection (b) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph (12):
            ``(12) Eligible grantee on behalf of alaska native 
        villages.--The Alaska Village Initiatives, a non-profit 
        organization incorporated in the State of Alaska, shall 
        be considered an eligible grantee for purposes of 
        receiving assistance under this section on behalf of 
        Alaska Native villages.''.
    Sec. 422. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland 
Security is authorized to acquire fee title to up to 178.5 
acres of undeveloped property on the North and West sides of 
Virginia Routes 601 and 605 in Clarke County and Loudoun 
County, Virginia, adjacent to a Federal Emergency Management 
Agency facility in Clarke County and Loudoun County, Virginia.
      Sec. 423. Section 1344(b) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (6) and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following new paragraph (6):
            ``(6) the Director of the Central Intelligence 
        Agency, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation, the Administrator of the Drug 
        Enforcement Administration, and the Administrator of 
        the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;''.
      This division may be cited as the ``Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

          DIVISION L--HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 AMENDMENTS

    Sec. 101. General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107-296) is amended--
            (1) in section 308, by striking subsections (a) 
        through (c)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof the 
        following:
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology, shall carry out the 
responsibilities under section 302(4) through both extramural 
and intramural programs.
    ``(b) Extramural Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through 
        the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall 
        operate extramural research, development, 
        demonstration, testing, and evaluation programs so as 
        to--
                    ``(A) ensure that colleges, universities, 
                private research institutes, and companies (and 
                consortia thereof) from as many areas of the 
                United States as practicable participate;
                    ``(B) ensure that the research funded is of 
                high quality, as determined through merit 
                review processes developed under section 
                302(14); and
                    ``(C) distribute funds through grants, 
                cooperative agreements, and contracts.
            ``(2) University-based centers for homeland 
        security.--
                    ``(A) Designation.--The Secretary, acting 
                through the Under Secretary for Science and 
                Technology, shall designate a university-based 
                center or several university-based centers for 
                homeland security. The purpose of the center or 
                these centers shall be to establish a 
                coordinated, university-based system to enhance 
                the Nation's homeland security.
                    ``(B) Criteria for designation.--Criteria 
                for the designation of colleges or universities 
                as a center for homeland security, shall 
                include, but are not limited to, demonstrated 
                expertise in--
                            ``(i) The training of first 
                        responders.
                            ``(ii) Responding to incidents 
                        involving weapons of mass destruction 
                        and biological warfare.
                            ``(iii) Emergency and diagnostic 
                        medical services.
                            ``(iv) Chemical, biological, 
                        radiological, and nuclear 
                        countermeasures or detection.
                            ``(v) Animal and plant health and 
                        diagnostics.
                            ``(vi) Food safety.
                            ``(vii) Water and wastewater 
                        operations.
                            ``(viii) Port and waterway 
                        security.
                            ``(ix) Multi-modal transportation.
                            ``(x) Information security and 
                        information engineering.
                            ``(xi) Engineering.
                            ``(xii) Educational outreach and 
                        technical assistance.
                            ``(xiii) Border transportation and 
                        security.
                            ``(xiv) The public policy 
                        implications and public dissemination 
                        of homeland security related research 
                        and development.
                    ``(C) Discretion of secretary.--To the 
                extent that exercising such discretion is in 
                the interest of homeland security, and with 
                respect to the designation of any given 
                university-based center for homeland security, 
                the Secretary may except certain criteria as 
                specified in section 308(b)(2)(B) and consider 
                additional criteria beyond those specified in 
                section 308(b)(2)(B). Upon designation of a 
                university-based center for homeland security, 
                the Secretary shall that day publish in the 
                Federal Register the criteria that were 
                excepted or added in the selection process and 
                the justification for the set of criteria that 
                were used for that designation.
                    ``(D) Report to congress.--The Secretary 
                shall report annually, from the date of 
                enactment, to Congress concerning the 
                implementation of this section. That report 
                shall indicate which center or centers have 
                been designated and how the designation or 
                designations enhance homeland security, as well 
                as report any decisions to revoke or modify 
                such designations.
                    ``(E) Authorization of appropriations.--
                There are authorized to be appropriated such 
                sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
                paragraph.
    ``(c) Intramural Programs.--
            ``(1) Consultation.--In carrying out the duties 
        under section 302, the Secretary, acting through the 
        Under Secretary for Science and Technology, may draw 
        upon the expertise of any laboratory of the Federal 
        Government, whether operated by a contractor or the 
        Government.''; and
            (2) in subsection 835(d) by striking all after the 
        word ``security'' and inserting in lieu thereof a 
        period.
    Sec. 102. Non-Prejudicial Repeal of Sections 1714 Through 
1717 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. (a) Repeal.--In 
accordance with subsection (c), sections 1714 through 1717 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) are 
repealed.
    (b) Application of the Public Health Service Act.--The 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) shall be 
applied and administered as if the sections repealed by 
subsection (a) had never been enacted.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--No inference shall be drawn from 
the enactment of sections 1714 through 1717 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296), or from this repeal, 
regarding the law prior to enactment of sections 1714 through 
1717 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296). 
Further, no inference shall be drawn that subsection (a) or (b) 
affects any change in that prior law, or that Leroy v. 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Office of Special 
Master, No. 02-392V (October 11, 2002), was incorrectly 
decided.
    (d) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
that--
            (1) the Nation's ability to produce and develop new 
        and effective vaccines faces significant challenges, 
        and important steps are needed to revitalize our 
        immunization efforts in order to ensure an adequate 
        supply of vaccines and to encourage the development of 
        new vaccines;
            (2) these steps include ensuring that patients who 
        have suffered vaccine-related injuries have the 
        opportunity to seek fair and timely redress, and that 
        vaccine manufacturers, manufacturers of components or 
        ingredients of vaccines, and physicians and other 
        administrators of vaccines have adequate protections;
            (3) prompt action is particularly critical given 
        that vaccines are a front line of defense against 
        common childhood and adult diseases, as well as against 
        current and future biological threats; and
            (4) not later than 6 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives should report a bill addressing the 
        issues described in paragraphs (1) through (3).
    Sec. 103. General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107-296) is amended--
            (1) in subsection 232(f), by striking the period at 
        the end of the sentence and inserting: ``: Provided, 
        That any such transfer or provision of funding shall be 
        carried out in accordance with section 605 of Public 
        Law 107-77.'';
            (2) in subsection 234(b), by striking the period at 
        the end of the sentence and inserting: ``: Provided, 
        That any such transfer shall be carried out in 
        accordance with section 605 of Public Law 107-77.'';
            (3) in subsection 873(b)--
                    (A) by inserting ``Except as authorized by 
                section 2601 of title 10, United States Code, 
                and by section 93 of title 14, United States 
                Code,'' before the word ``Gifts'' in the second 
                place it appears; and
                    (B) by striking the letter ``G'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``g'' in the word 
                ``Gifts'' in the second place it appears;
            (4) in subsection 1511(e)(2), after the word 
        ``development'' and before the period, by inserting: 
        ``, and to any funds provided to the Coast Guard from 
        the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund of the Highway Trust 
        Fund for boating safety programs''; and
            (5) at the end of the Act, by adding the following 
        new section:
    ``Sec. 1714. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, any report, notification, or consultation addressing 
directly or indirectly the use of appropriated funds and 
stipulated by this Act to be submitted to, or held with, the 
Congress or any Congressional committee shall also be submitted 
to, or held with, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives under the same 
conditions and with the same restrictions as stipulated by this 
Act.''.
    Sec. 104. Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
Security. (a) In General.--Section 103(b) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(b) Inspector General.--There shall be in the Department 
an Office of Inspector General and an Inspector General at the 
head of such office, as provided in the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 App. U.S.C.).''.
    (b) Special Provisions Concerning the Inspector General.--
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 App. U.S.C.) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 8J;
            (2) by redesignating section 8I as section 8J; and
            (3) by inserting after section 8H the following:

  ``SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

    ``Sec. 8I. (a)(1) Notwithstanding the last two sentences of 
section 3(a), the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security shall be under the authority, direction, and 
control of the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to 
audits or investigations, or the issuance of subpoenas, that 
require access to sensitive information concerning--
            ``(A) intelligence, counterintelligence, or 
        counterterrorism matters;
            ``(B) ongoing criminal investigations or 
        proceedings;
            ``(C) undercover operations;
            ``(D) the identity of confidential sources, 
        including protected witnesses;
            ``(E) other matters the disclosure of which would, 
        in the Secretary's judgment, constitute a serious 
        threat to the protection of any person or property 
        authorized protection by section 3056 of title 18, 
        United States Code, section 202 of title 3 of such 
        Code, or any provision of the Presidential Protection 
        Assistance Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note); or
            ``(F) other matters the disclosure of which would 
        constitute a serious threat to national security.
    ``(2) With respect to the information described in 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security may prohibit 
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
from carrying out or completing any audit or investigation, or 
from issuing any subpoena, after such Inspector General has 
decided to initiate, carry out, or complete such audit or 
investigation or to issue such subpoena, if the Secretary 
determines that such prohibition is necessary to prevent the 
disclosure of any information described in paragraph (1), to 
preserve the national security, or to prevent a significant 
impairment to the interests of the United States.
    ``(3) If the Secretary of Homeland Security exercises any 
power under paragraph (1) or (2), the Secretary shall notify 
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security in 
writing within seven days stating the reasons for such 
exercise. Within 30 days after receipt of anysuch notice, the 
Inspector General shall transmit to the President of the Senate, the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and appropriate committees and 
subcommittees of Congress the following:
            ``(A) A copy of such notice.
            ``(B) A written response to such notice that 
        includes a statement regarding whether the Inspector 
        General agrees or disagrees with such exercise, and the 
        reasons for any disagreement.
    ``(b) The exercise of authority by the Secretary described 
in paragraph (2) should not be construed as limiting the right 
of Congress or any committee of Congress to access any 
information it seeks.
    ``(c) Subject to the conditions established in subsections 
(a) and (b) above, in carrying out the duties and 
responsibilities specified in this Act, the Inspector General 
of the Department of Homeland Security may initiate, conduct, 
and supervise such audits and investigations in the Department 
of Homeland Security as the Inspector General considers 
appropriate.
    ``(d) Any report required to be transmitted by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to the appropriate committees or 
subcommittees of Congress under section 5(d) shall be 
transmitted, within the seven-day period specified under such 
section, to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and appropriate committees and 
subcommittees of Congress.
    ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
carrying out the duties and responsibilities specified in this 
Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall have oversight responsibility for the internal 
investigations performed by the Office of Internal Affairs of 
the United States Customs Service, the Office of Inspections of 
the United States Secret Service, the Bureau of Border 
Security, and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration 
Services. The head of each such office or bureau shall promptly 
report to the Inspector General the significant activities 
being carried out by such office or bureau.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 811 of the Homeland Security Act of 
        2002 (Public Law 107-296) is repealed.
            (2) Section 8D of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
        (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by 
                        striking ``, the Office of Internal 
                        Affairs of the United States Customs 
                        Service, and the Office of Inspections 
                        of the United States Secret Service,''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by 
                        striking ``each'';
                    (B) in subsection (c), by striking 
                ``bureaus and services'' and inserting 
                ``bureau''; and
                    (C) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) by striking ``a bureau or 
                        service'' and inserting ``the bureau''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking ``or service'' 
                        after ``such bureau''.
    Sec. 105. Executive Office for Immigration Review. (a) The 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is amended--
            (1) in subsection 1102(2), by inserting new 
        paragraphs (A) and (B) as follows, and by redesignating 
        current paragraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs ``(C)'' 
        and ``(D)'' respectively--
                    ``(A) by striking `Attorney General' in the 
                title and inserting in lieu thereof `Secretary 
                of Homeland Security';
                    ``(B) by striking `The Attorney General' in 
                subsection (a)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof 
                `The Secretary of Homeland Security';'' and
            (2) by adding, at the end of title XI, subtitle A, 
        a new section as follows--

``SEC. 1104. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    ``The provisions of this subtitle shall take effect on the 
date of the transfer of functions from the Commissioner of 
Immigration and Naturalization to officials of the Department 
of Homeland Security.''.
    Sec.  106. Savings Provision of Certain Transfers Made 
Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The transfer of 
functions under subtitle B of title XI of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) shall not affect any pending 
or completed administrative actions, including orders, 
determinations, rules, regulations, personnel actions, permits, 
agreements, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, or 
registrations, in effect on the date immediately prior to the 
date of such transfer, or any proceeding, unless and until 
amended, modified, superseded, terminated, set aside, or 
revoked. Pending civil actions shall not be affected by such 
transfer of functions.
    Sec.  107. Restoration of Provision Regarding Fees to Cover 
the Full Costs of All Adjudication Services. The Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is amended by 
striking section 457, including the amendment made by such 
section: Provided, That no court shall have jurisdiction over 
any cause or claim arising under the provisions of section 457 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296), this 
section, or any regulations promulgated thereunder.
    This division may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Act 
Amendments of 2003''.

                       DIVISION M--OTHER MATTERS

                 DEFENSE RELATED TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

    Sec. 101. Section 8126 of Public Law 107-248 is amended to 
read as follows: ``Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 
107-206, under the heading `Defense Emergency Response Fund', 
$4,500,000 may be made available to settle the disputed takings 
of property adjacent to the Army Tooele Depot, Utah: Provided, 
That none of these funds may be used to acquire fee title to 
the properties.''.
    Sec. 102. Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 107-
248, under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', 
$20,000,000 shall be available for use only in the disposal of 
obsolete vessels in the Maritime Administration National 
Defense Reserve Fleet. Further, the Secretary of the Navy and 
the Secretary of Transportation shall report to the 
congressional defense committees no later than March 1, 2003, 
regarding the total number of obsolete vessels in the Maritime 
Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet designated for 
disposal, the comparative condition of the vessels, the method 
of disposal, and the projected costs for disposal of each 
vessel.
    Sec. 103. Section 124 of Public Law 107-249 is amended by 
adding at the end before the period the following new proviso: 
``: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000 may be used to 
provide connectivity between the various North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization headquarters and the capitals of the New 
Independent States of the former Soviet Union''.
    Sec. 104. In Public Law 107-249, the total amount 
appropriated under the heading ``Military Construction, Air 
Force'' is reduced by $18,600,000, and the total amount 
appropriated under the heading ``Military Construction, Air 
Force Reserve'' is increased by $18,600,000.
    Sec. 105. (a) Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 107-
249 for ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $15,000,000 for 
land acquisition at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, may be 
transferred by the Secretary of the Air Force to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service to fulfill the obligations of 
the Air Force under section 3011(b)(5)(F) of the Military Lands 
Withdrawal Act of 1999. Upon receipt by the Service of the 
funds transferred in this paragraph, the obligations of the 
Department of the Air Force shall be considered fulfilled.
    (b) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may grant 
funds received by the Service under subsection (a) in a lump 
sum to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for use in 
accomplishing the purposes of section 3011(b)(5)(F) of the 
Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999. Funds received by the 
Foundation under the previous paragraph shall be subject to the 
provisions of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), other than section 
10(a) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(a)).
    Sec. 106. Section 8040 of Public Law 107-248 is amended by 
striking ``$100,000'' and inserting ``$250,000'': Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Office of 
Economic Adjustment (OEA) is authorized to make grants using 
funds made available under the heading ``Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' in accordance with the guidance 
provided in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of 
Conference for the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 5010 
(House Report 107-732) and these projects shall hereafter be 
considered to be authorized by law.

                          (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 107. Upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall make the following transfers of funds: Provided, 
That the amounts transferred shall be made available for the 
same purpose as the appropriations to which transferred, and 
for the same time period as the appropriation from which 
transferred: Provided further, That the amounts shall be 
transferred between the following appropriations in the amount 
specified:
            To:
                    Under the heading, ``Procurement, Defense-
                Wide, 2003/2005'', $48,900,000; and
                    ``Procurement, Defense-Wide, 2002/2004'', 
                $55,100,000;
            From:
                    Under the heading, ``Defense Emergency 
                Response Fund, 2002'', $40,000,000;
                    ``Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 
                Vehicles, Army, 2003/2005'', $5,000,000;
                    ``Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 2002/
                2004'', $10,100,000;
                    ``Other Procurement, Air Force, 2003/
                2005'', $7,000,000;
                    ``Research, Development, Test and 
                Evaluation, Army, 2002/2003'', $5,000,000; and
                    ``Research, Development, Test and 
                Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 2003/2004'', 
                $36,900,000.
    Sec. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
funds made available to the Department of Defense under the 
heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' in the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107-
248), the Secretary of Defense shall award a grant in the 
amount of $2,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 
Quecreek Mine disaster rescue and recovery efforts and a grant 
in the amount of $600,000 to the City of Philadelphia for 
safety and security lighting of the Platt Bridge.

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 109. In addition to amounts appropriated in Public Law 
107-248, there are hereby appropriated the following amounts 
for the following accounts: Provided, That funds included in 
this provision may be transferred to and merged with 
appropriations previously made available to the Department of 
Defense for the same time period and for the same purposes as 
required to carry out the intent of Congress as expressed in 
the Classified Annex accompanying the Statement of the 
Managers:
            ``Military Personnel, Army'', $771,200,000;
            ``Military Personnel, Navy'', $213,800,000;
            ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', $68,600,000;
            ``Military Personnel, Air Force'', $563,400,000;
            ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', 
        $1,340,347,000;
            ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $435,813,000;
            ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', 
        $202,100,000;
            ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', 
        $1,766,958,000;
            ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', 
        $1,377,313,000;
            ``Missile Procurement, Air Force'', $115,000,000;
            ``Other Procurement, Air Force'', $2,271,657,000;
            ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', $33,448,000;
            ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
        Navy'', $2,000,000;
            ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air 
        Force'', $311,980,000;
            ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
        Defense-Wide'', $416,284,000;
            ``Defense Health Program'', $95,100,000; and
            ``Intelligence Community Management Account'', 
        $15,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be transferred 
        to the Department of Justice for the National Drug 
        Intelligence Center.
    Sec. 110. Funds appropriated by this Act or by Public Law 
107-248, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act 
or in Public Law 107-248, for intelligence activities are 
deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 414).
    Sec. 111. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds for Research and 
Development on Total Information Awareness Program.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, no funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
Defense, whether to an element of the Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency or any other element, or to any other 
department, agency, or element of the Federal Government, may 
be obligated or expended on research and development on the 
Total Information Awareness program unless--
            (1) the report described in subsection (b) is 
        submitted to Congress not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act; or
            (2) the President certifies to Congress in writing, 
        that--
                    (A) the submittal of the report to Congress 
                within 90 days after the date of the enactment 
                of this Act is not practicable; and
                    (B) the cessation of research and 
                development on the Total Information Awareness 
                program would endanger the national security of 
                the United States.
    (b) Report.--The report described in this subsection is a 
report, in writing, of the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney 
General, and the Director of Central Intelligence, acting 
jointly, that--
            (1) contains--
                    (A) a detailed explanation of the actual 
                and intended use of funds for each project and 
                activity of the Total Information Awareness 
                program, including an expenditure plan for the 
                use of such funds;
                    (B) the schedule for proposed research and 
                development on each project and activity of the 
                Total Information Awareness program; and
                    (C) target dates for the deployment of each 
                project and activity of the Total Information 
                Awareness program;
            (2) assesses the likely efficacy of systems such as 
        the Total Information Awareness program in providing 
        practically valuable predictive assessments of the 
        plans, intentions, or capabilities of terrorists or 
        terrorist groups;
            (3) assesses the likely impact of the 
        implementation of a system such as the Total 
        Information Awareness program on privacy and civil 
        liberties;
            (4) sets forth a list of the laws and regulations 
        that govern the information to be collected by the 
        Total Information Awareness program, and a description 
        of any modifications of such laws that will be required 
        to use the information in the manner proposed under 
        such program; and
            (5) includes recommendations, endorsed by the 
        Attorney General, for practices, procedures, 
        regulations, or legislation on the deployment, 
        implementation, or use of the Total Information 
        Awareness program to eliminate or minimize adverse 
        effects of such program on privacy and other civil 
        liberties.
    (c) Limitation on Deployment of Total Information Awareness 
Program.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
except as provided in paragraph (2), if and when research and 
development on the Total Information Awareness program, or any 
component of such program, permits the deployment or 
implementation of such program or component, no department, 
agency, or element of the Federal Government may deploy or 
implement such program or component, or transfer such program 
or component to another department, agency, or element of the 
Federal Government, until the Secretary of Defense--
            (A) notifies Congress of that development, 
        including a specific and detailed description of--
                    (i) each element of such program or 
                component intended to be deployed or 
                implemented; and
                    (ii) the method and scope of the intended 
                deployment or implementation of such program or 
                component (including the data or information to 
                be accessed or used); and
            (B) has received specific authorization by law from 
        Congress for the deployment or implementation of such 
        program or component, including--
                    (i) a specific authorization by law for the 
                deployment or implementation of such program or 
                component; and
                    (ii) a specific appropriation by law of 
                funds for the deployment or implementation of 
                such program or component.
    (2) The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not apply with 
respect to the deployment or implementation of the Total 
Information Awareness program, or a component of such program, 
in support of the following:
            (A) Lawful military operations of the United States 
        conducted outside the United States.
            (B) Lawful foreign intelligence activities 
        conducted wholly against non-United States persons.
    (d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Total Information Awareness program should 
        not be used to develop technologies for use in 
        conducting intelligence activities or law enforcement 
        activities against United States persons without 
        appropriate consultation with Congress or without clear 
        adherence to principles to protect civil liberties and 
        privacy; and
            (2) the primary purpose of the Defense Advanced 
        Research Projects Agency is to support the lawful 
        activities of the Department of Defense and the 
        national security programs conducted pursuant to the 
        laws assembled for codification purposes in title 50, 
        United States Code.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Total information awareness program.--The term 
        ``Total Information Awareness program''--
                    (A) means the computer hardware and 
                software components of the program known as 
                Total Information Awareness, any related 
                information awareness program, or any successor 
                program under the Defense Advanced Research 
                Projects Agency or another element of the 
                Department of Defense; and
                    (B) includes a program referred to in 
                subparagraph (1), or a component of such 
                program, that has been transferred from the 
                Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or 
                another element of the Department of Defense to 
                any other department, agency, or element of the 
                Federal Government.
            (2) Non-united states person.--The term ``non-
        United States person'' means any person other than a 
        United States person.
            (3) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' has the meaning given that term in section 
        101(i) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
        1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(i)).

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 112. Section 8005 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107-248) is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: ``: 
Provided further, That, in addition to the transfer authority 
provided in this section, and subject to the terms and 
conditions of this section except the limitation in the fourth 
proviso, the Secretary of Defense may, only to meet unforeseen 
fuel costs borne by the Defense Working Capital Fund resulting 
from fuel cost increases and the global war on terrorism, 
transfer up to an additional $500,000,000 of funds made 
available in this Act to the Department of Defense for military 
functions (except military construction), from such 
appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for 
the same time period, as the appropriation or fund within the 
Defense Working Capital Fund to which transferred: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act 
for the Department of Defense may be used for the drawdown 
authority in section 202 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107-327) prior to notifying the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of the source of funds to 
be used for such purpose''.

                DIVISION N--EMERGENCY RELIEF AND OFFSETS

    Section 1. Short Title.--This division may be cited as the 
``Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2003''.
    That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                        TITLE I--ELECTION REFORM

                     Election Assistance Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002, $2,000,000.

                     Election Assistance Commission

                        ELECTION REFORM PROGRAMS

      For necessary expenses to carry out programs as 
authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $833,000,000, 
of which $830,000,000 shall be for requirements payments under 
Section 257 of that Act, of which $1,500,000 shall be available 
for a Help America Vote College Program, and of which 
$1,500,000 shall be available for the establishment of a Help 
America Vote foundation: Provided, That no more than \1/10\ of 
1 percent of funds available for requirements payments under 
Section 257 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 shall be 
allocated to any territory.

                    General Services Administration

                        ELECTION REFORM PAYMENTS

      For necessary expenses to carry out programs of payments 
to states as authorized by Title I of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002, $650,000,000, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be 
available to the General Services Administration for necessary 
administrative expenses.

                Department of Health and Human Services

                        DISABLED VOTER SERVICES

      For necessary expenses to carry out programs as 
authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $15,000,000, 
of which $13,000,000 shall be for payments to states to promote 
disabled voter access, and of which $2,000,000 shall be for 
payments to states for disabled voters protection and advocacy 
systems.

                   TITLE II--AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Agricultural Assistance 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 202. CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Assistance Available.--The Secretary of Agriculture (in 
this title referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall use such 
sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to make emergency financial assistance available to 
producers on a farm that have incurred qualifying losses for 
the 2001 or 2002 crop of an agricultural commodity (other than 
sugar or tobacco) due to damaging weather or related condition, 
as determined by the Secretary.
    (b) Administration.--
            (1) Use of former administrative authority.--Except 
        as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall make 
        assistance available under this section in the same 
        manner as provided under section 815 of the 
        Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
        Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
        Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-55), 
        including using the same loss thresholds for quantity 
        and quality losses as were used in administering that 
        section.
            (2) Payment rate.--The payment rate for a crop for 
        assistance provided under this section to the producers 
        on a farm shall be calculated as follows:
                    (A) If the producers obtained a policy or 
                plan of insurance, including a catastrophic 
                risk protection plan, for the crop under the 
                Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 
                seq.), 50 percent of the applicable price for 
                the crop.
                    (B) If a policy or plan of insurance, 
                including a catastrophic risk protection plan, 
                for the crop was not available to the producers 
                under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 50 
                percent of the applicable price for the crop.
                    (C) Subject to subsections (e) and (f), if 
                the producers did not obtain a policy or plan 
                of insurance, including a catastrophic risk 
                protection plan, available for the crop under 
                the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 45 percent of 
                the applicable price for the crop.
    (c) Election of Crop Year.--If a producer incurred 
qualifying crop losses in both the 2001 and 2002 crop years, 
the producer shall elect to receive assistanceunder this 
section for losses incurred in either the 2001 crop year or the 2002 
crop year, but not both.
    (d) Payment Limitation.--
            (1) Limitation.--Assistance provided under this 
        section to a producer for losses to a crop, together 
        with the amounts specified in paragraph (2) applicable 
        to the same crop, may not exceed 95 percent of what the 
        value of the crop would have been in the absence of the 
        losses, as estimated by the Secretary.
            (2) Other payments.--In applying the limitation in 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the 
        following:
                    (A) Any crop insurance payment made under 
                the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
                et seq.) or payment under section 196 of the 
                Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act 
                of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) that the producer 
                receives for losses to the same crop.
                    (B) The value of the crop that was not lost 
                (if any), as estimated by the Secretary.
    (e) Ineligibility for Assistance.--Except as provided in 
subsection (f), the producers on a farm shall not be eligible 
for assistance under this section with respect to losses to an 
insurable commodity or noninsurable commodity if the producers 
on the farm--
            (1) in the case of an insurable commodity, did not 
        obtain a policy or plan of insurance for the insurable 
        commodity under the Federal Crop Insurance Act for the 
        crop incurring the losses; and
            (2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, did 
        not file the required paperwork, and pay the 
        administrative fee by the applicable State filing 
        deadline, for the noninsurable commodity under section 
        196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
        Act of 1996 for the crop incurring the losses.
    (f) Contract Waiver.--The Secretary may waive subsection 
(e) with respect to the producers on a farm if the producers 
enter into a contract with the Secretary under which the 
producers agree--
            (1) in the case of an insurable commodity, to 
        obtain a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal 
        Crop Insurance Act providing additional coverage for 
        the insurable commodity for each of the next two crops; 
        and
            (2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, to 
        file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative 
        fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the 
        noninsurable commodity for each of the next two crops 
        under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture 
        Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.
    (g) Effect of Violation.--In the event of the violation of 
a contract under subsection (f) by a producer, the producer 
shall reimburse the Secretary for the full amount of the 
assistance provided to the producer under this section.
    (h) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Additional coverage.--The term ``additional 
        coverage'' has the meaning given the term in section 
        502(b)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
        1502(b)(1)).
            (2) Insurable commodity.--The term ``insurable 
        commodity'' means an agricultural commodity (excluding 
        livestock) for which the producers on a farm are 
        eligible to obtain a policy or plan of insurance under 
        the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
            (3) Noninsurable commodity.--The term 
        ``noninsurable commodity'' means an eligible crop for 
        which the producers on a farm are eligible to obtain 
        assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture 
        Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.

SEC. 203. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Livestock Compensation Program.--
            (1) Use of commodity credit corporation funds.--
        Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this 
        Act, the Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity 
        Credit Corporation to carry out the 2002 Livestock 
        Compensation Program announced by the Secretary on 
        October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 63070).
            (2) Eligible applicants.--Subject to subsection 
        (c), in carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) provide assistance to any applicant 
                that--
                            (i) conducts a livestock operation 
                        that is physically located in a 
                        disaster county; and
                            (ii) meets all other eligibility 
                        requirements established by the 
                        Secretary for the Program; and
                    (B) provide assistance to any applicant 
                that--
                            (i) produces an animal described in 
                        section 10806(a)(1) of the Farm 
                        Security and Rural Investment Act of 
                        2002 (21 U.S.C. 321d(a)(1)); and
                            (ii) meets all other eligibility 
                        requirements established by the 
                        Secretary for the Program.
    (b) Livestock Assistance Program.--
            (1) Assistance available.--Subject to paragraph (2) 
        and subsection (c), the Secretary shall use 
        $250,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
        Corporation to establish a program under which payments 
        are made to livestock producers for losses in a 
        disaster county. To carry out the program, the 
        Secretary shall use the criteria established to carry 
        out the 1999 Livestock Assistance Program, except that, 
        in lieu of the gross revenue criteria used for the 1999 
        Livestock Assistance Program, the Secretary shall use 
        the adjusted gross income limitation contained in 
        section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
        U.S.C. 1308-3a).
            (2) Choice of payments.--If the livestock operation 
        of the producers is located in a county that was 
        declared to be a disaster county for both calendar year 
        2001 and calendar year 2002, the producers shall elect 
        to receive payments under this subsection for losses in 
        either calendar year 2001 or calendar year 2002, but 
        not both. If the livestock operation is located in a 
        county that was declared to be a disaster county in 
        just one of those calendar years, the producers may 
        still elect to receive payments under this subsection 
        for losses in either calendar year, but not both.
    (c) Relationship of Livestock Assistance Programs.--
            (1) Reduction in payments.--The amount of 
        assistance that the producers would otherwise receive 
        for a loss under a livestock assistance program 
        described in paragraph (2) shall be reduced by the 
        amount of the assistance that the producers receive 
        under any other livestock assistance program described 
        in such paragraph.
            (2) Covered livestock assistance programs.--
        Paragraph (1) applies to the following livestock 
        assistance programs:
                    (A) The 2002 Cattle Feed Program announced 
                by the Secretary on September 3, 2002 (67 Fed. 
                Reg. 56260).
                    (B) The 2002 Livestock Compensation 
                Program, as announced by the Secretary on 
                October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 63070), and 
                modified in accordance with subsection (a).
                    (C) The livestock assistance program 
                established under subsection (b).
                    (D) Any other livestock assistance program, 
                as determined by the Secretary.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Disaster county.--The term ``disaster county'' 
        means a county included in the geographic area covered 
        by a qualifying natural disaster declaration for 
        calendar year 2001 or calendar year 2002 for which the 
        request for such declaration was submitted during the 
        period beginning on January 1, 2001, and ending on the 
        date of enactment of this Act. However, the term does 
        not include a contiguous county.
            (2) Qualifying natural disaster declaration.--The 
        term ``qualifying natural disaster declaration'' 
        means--
                    (A) a natural disaster declared by the 
                Secretary under section 321(a) of the 
                Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
                U.S.C. 1961(a)); or
                    (B) a major disaster or emergency 
                designated by the President under the Robert T. 
                Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
                Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).

SEC. 204. EMERGENCY SURPLUS REMOVAL.

     The Secretary shall transfer $250,000,000 of funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to the fund established by section 
32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), to carry out 
emergency surplus removal of agricultural commodities.

SEC. 205. TOBACCO PAYMENTS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible person.--The term ``eligible person'' 
        means a person that--
                    (A) owns a farm for which, irrespective of 
                temporary transfers or undermarketings, a basic 
                quota or allotment for eligible tobacco is 
                established for the 2002 crop year under part I 
                of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural 
                Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.);
                    (B) controls the farm from which, under the 
                quota or allotment for the relevant period, 
                eligible tobacco is marketed, could have been 
                marketed, or can be marketed, taking into 
                account temporary transfers; or
                    (C) grows, could have grown, or can grow 
                eligible tobacco that is marketed, could have 
                been marketed, or can be marketed under the 
                quota or allotment for the 2002 crop year, 
                taking into account temporary transfers.
            (2) Eligible tobacco.--The term ``eligible 
        tobacco'' means each of the following kinds of tobacco:
                    (A) Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 
                11, 12, 13, and 14.
                    (B) Fire-cured tobacco, comprising types 
                21, 22, and 23.
                    (C) Dark air-cured tobacco, comprising 
                types 35 and 36.
                    (D) Virginia sun-cured tobacco, comprising 
                type 37.
                    (E) Burley tobacco, comprising type 31.
                    (F) Cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco, 
                comprising types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55.
    (b) Payments.--Not later than June 1, 2003, the Secretary 
shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 
payments under this section.
    (c) Poundage Payment Quantities.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Flue-cured and cigar tobacco.--In the 
                case of Flue-cured tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, 
                and 14) and cigar-filler and cigar-binder 
                tobacco (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), the 
                poundage payment quantity under this section 
                shall equal the number of pounds of the basic 
                poundage quota of the kind of tobacco, 
                irrespective of temporary transfers or 
                undermarketings, under part I of subtitle B of 
                title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
                1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) for the 2002 crop 
                year.
                    (B) Other kinds of eligible tobacco.--In 
                the case of each other kind of eligible 
                tobacco, the poundage payment quantity under 
                this section shall equal--
                            (i) in the case of eligible persons 
                        that are owners described in subsection 
                        (a)(1)(A), the number of pounds of the 
                        basic poundage quota of the kind of 
                        tobacco, irrespective of temporary 
                        transfers or undermarketings, as 
                        determined under paragraph (2); and
                            (ii) in the case of eligible 
                        persons that are controllers described 
                        in subsection (a)(1)(B) or growers 
                        described in subsection (a)(1)(C), the 
                        number of pounds of effective poundage 
                        quota of the kind of tobacco, including 
                        temporary transfers or undermarketings, 
                        as determined under paragraph (2).
            (2) Conversion of individual allotments to poundage 
        payment quantities.--In the case of each kind of 
        eligible tobacco other than Flue-cured tobacco (types 
        11, 12, 13, and 14) and Burley tobacco (type 31), 
        individual allotments shall be converted to poundage 
        payment quantities by multiplying--
                    (A) the number of acres that may, 
                irrespective of temporary transfers or 
                undermarketings, be devoted, without penalty, 
                to the production of the kind of tobacco under 
                the allotment under part I of subtitle B of 
                title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
                1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) for the 2002 crop 
                year; by
                    (B)(i) in the case of fire-cured tobacco 
                (type 21), 1,746 pounds per acre;
                    (ii) in the case of fire-cured tobacco 
                (types 22 and 23), 2,676 pounds per acre;
                    (iii) in the case of dark air-cured tobacco 
                (types 35 and 36), 2,475 pounds per acre;
                    (iv) in the case of Virginia sun-cured 
                tobacco (type 37), 1,502 pounds per acre; and
                    (v) in the case of cigar-filler and cigar-
                binder tobacco (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), 
                2,230 pounds per acre.
    (d) Available Payment Amounts.--The available payment 
amount for each kind of eligible tobacco under subsection (b) 
shall not exceed the amount obtained by multiplying--
            (1) 5.55 cents per pound; and
            (2) the national basic poundage quota for the 
        applicable kind for the 2002 marketing year, as 
        determined under subsection (c)(2).
    (e) Division of Payments Among Eligible Persons.--
            (1) In general.--Payments available with respect to 
        a pound of payment quantity, as determined under 
        subsection (d), shall be made available to eligible 
        persons in accordance with this paragraph, as 
        determined by the Secretary.
            (2) Flue-cured and cigar tobacco.--In the case of 
        payments made available in a State under subsection (b) 
        for Flue-cured tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and 
        cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco (types 42, 43, 
        44, 54, and 55), the Secretary shall distribute (as 
        determined by the Secretary)--
                    (A) 50 percent of the payments to eligible 
                persons that are owners described in subsection 
                (a)(1)(A); and
                    (B) 50 percent of the payments to eligible 
                persons that are growers described in 
                subsection (a)(1)(C).
            (3) Other kinds of eligible tobacco.--In the case 
        of payments made available in a State under subsection 
        (b) for each other kind of eligible tobacco not covered 
        by paragraph (2), the Secretary shall distribute (as 
        determined by the Secretary)--
                    (A) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to 
                eligible persons that are owners described in 
                subsection (a)(1)(A);
                    (B) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to 
                eligible persons that are controllers described 
                in subsection (a)(1)(B); and
                    (C) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to 
                eligible persons that are growers described in 
                subsection (a)(1)(C).
    (f) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia only 
if the State of Georgia agrees to use $13,000,000 to make 
payments at the same time, or subsequently, to the same persons 
in the same manner as provided for the Federal payments under 
this section, as required by section 204(b)(6) of the 
Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; 
Public Law 106-224).
    (g) Judicial Review.--A determination by the Secretary 
under this section shall not be subject to judicial review.

SEC. 206. COTTONSEED.

    The Secretary shall use $50,000,000 of funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to producers 
and first-handlers of the 2002 crop of cottonseed.

SEC. 207. HURRICANE ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--In a State in a which a qualifying natural 
disaster declaration has been made during a calendar year, the 
Secretary shall make available to first processors that are 
eligible to obtain a loan under section 156(a) of the Federal 
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7272(a)) assistance in the form of payments, or commodities in 
the inventory of the Commodity Credit Corporation from carrying 
out that section, to partially compensate producers and first 
processors for crop and other losses that are related to the 
qualifying natural disaster declaration.
    (b) Administration.--Assistance under this section shall 
be--
            (1) shared by an affected first processor with 
        affected producers that provide commodities to the 
        processor in a manner that reflects contracts entered 
        into between the processor and the producers; and
            (2) made available under such terms and conditions 
        as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out 
        this section.
    (c) Quantity.--To carry out this section, the Secretary 
shall--
            (1) use 150,000 tons of commodities in the 
        inventory of the Commodity Credit Corporation under 
        section 156(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
        and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a));
            (2) make payments in an aggregate amount equal to 
        the market value of 150,000 tons of commodities 
        described in paragraph (1); or
            (3) take any combination of actions described in 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) using commodities or payments 
        with a total market value of 150,000 tons of 
        commodities described in paragraph (1).
    (d) Limitations.--The Secretary shall provide assistance 
under this section only in a State described in section 
359f(c)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 
U.S.C. 1359ff(c)(1)(A)) in which a qualifying natural disaster 
declaration was made during calendar year 2002.
    (e) Qualifying Natural Disaster Declaration.--In this 
section, the term ``qualifying natural disaster declaration'' 
means--
            (1) a natural disaster declared by the Secretary 
        under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
        Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)); or
            (2) a major disaster or emergency designated by the 
        President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
        and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).

SEC. 208. WEATHER-RELATED LOSSES.

    The Secretary shall use not more than $60,000,000 of funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to 
sugar beet producers that suffered production losses (including 
quality losses), as determined by the Secretary, for either the 
2001 crop year or the 2002 crop year, but not both, as elected 
by the producers.

SEC. 209. ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS LOCATED ALONG RIO GRANDE 
                    FOR WATER LOSSES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of 
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to 
the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Department of 
Agriculture, to provide assistance to agricultural producers in 
the State of Texas with farming operations along the Rio Grande 
that have suffered economic losses during the 2002 crop year 
due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water to the United 
States in accordance with the Treaty Relating to the 
Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of 
the Rio Grande, and Supplementary Protocol signed November 14, 
1944, signed at Washington, February 3, 1944 (59 Stat. 1219; TS 
994).
    (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance provided to 
individual agricultural producers under this section shall be 
proportional to the amount of economic losses described in 
subsection (a) that were incurred by the producers.

SEC. 210. ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS LOCATED IN NEW MEXICO 
                    FOR TEBUTHIURON APPLICATION LOSSES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use not more than 
$1,650,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
reimburse agricultural producers on farms located in the 
vicinity of Malaga, New Mexico, for losses incurred during 
calendar years 2002 and 2003 as the result of the application 
by the Federal Government of tebuthiuron on land on or near the 
farms of the producers during August 2002. The funds made 
available under this subsection shall remain available until 
expended.
    (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance provided to 
individual agricultural producers under this section shall be 
proportional to the amount of losses described in subsection 
(a) that were incurred by the producers.

SEC. 211. ASSISTANCE TO CITRUS AND LIME GROWERS FOR LOST PRODUCTION 
                    FROM TREES REMOVED TO CONTROL CITRUS CANKER.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall use not more than $18,200,000 of the funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain available until 
expended, to compensate commercial citrus and lime growers in 
the State of Florida for lost production with respect to trees 
removed to control citrus canker, and with respect to certified 
citrus nursery stocks within the citrus canker quarantine 
areas, as determined by the Secretary.
    (b) Removal of Trees.--For a grower to receive assistance 
for a tree under this section, the tree must have been removed 
after September 30, 2001.

SEC. 212. ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 1232(a)(7)(A)(iii) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(7)(A)(iii)) is amended by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: ``, except that this clause shall 
not apply to the 2002 calendar year, and the Secretary shall 
repay the owner or operator (in a manner determined by the 
Secretary) for any reduction in rental payments made to the 
owner or operator as the result of the application of this 
clause to the 2002 calendar year''.

SEC. 213. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
        following new subsection (b):
    ``(b) Technical Assistance.--
            ``(1) Date of enactment through september 30, 
        2003.--During the period beginning on the date of 
        enactment of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 
        and ending on September 30, 2003, Commodity Credit 
        Corporation funds made available under paragraphs (4) 
        through (7) of subsection (a) shall be available for 
        the provision of technical assistance (subject to 
        section 1242) for the conservation programs specified 
        in subsection (a).
            ``(2) Subsequent fiscal years.--Effective beginning 
        on October 1, 2003, Commodity Credit Corporation funds 
        made available under paragraphs (3) through (7) of 
        subsection (a) shall be available for the provision of 
        technical assistance (subject to section 1242) for the 
        conservation programs specified in subsection (a).''; 
        and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
        (d) and inserting after subsection (b) the following 
        new subsection (c):
    ``(c) Relationship to Other Law.--The use of Commodity 
Credit Corporation funds under subsection (b) to provide 
technical assistance shall not be considered an allotment or 
fund transfer from the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
purposes of the limit on expenditures for technical assistance 
imposed by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i).''.

SEC. 214. PRODUCER-OWNED COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATION LOAN 
                    FORFEITURE AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 844 of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 
106-387 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-160), and amended by section 
101(9) of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 
2763, 2763A-172)), is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``BURLEY, 
        FLUE-CURED, AND CIGAR BINDER TYPE 54-55''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, or the 1999, 
                        2000, and 2001 crops of type 21 Fire-
                        cured tobacco or type 37 Virginia sun-
                        cured tobacco'' after ``tobacco'' the 
                        first place it appears; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Burley, Flue-
                        cured, or Cigar Binder Type 54-55'' the 
                        second place it appears;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 
                ``Burley, Flue-cured, Cigar Binder Type 54-55, 
                or any other kind of tobacco'' and inserting 
                ``any kind of tobacco''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``the 
                Burley, Flue-cured, or Cigar Binder Type 54-55 
                tobacco'' and inserting ``any tobacco''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
apply during fiscal year 2003.

SEC. 215. BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION.

    In addition to funds made available under section 106 of 
the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 2763, 
2763A-173), the Secretary shall use not more than $15,000,000 
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 
payments to agricultural producers for incidental costs 
incurred by the producers as a result of payments received 
under that section.

SEC. 216. FUNDING.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use the funds, 
facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to carry out this title, to remain available until expended.
    (b) Administration.--The Secretary, acting through the Farm 
Service Agency, may use not more than $70,000,000 of funds of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to cover administrative costs 
associated with the implementation of this title and title I of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
7901 et seq.), to remain available until expended.
    (c) Limitation.--Section 1241(a)(3) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(3)) is amended by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: ``, using not more 
than $3,773,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2003 through 
2013''.

SEC. 217. REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may promulgate such 
regulations as are necessary to implement this title.
    (b) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and 
administration of this title shall be made without regard to--
            (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 
        553 of title 5, United States Code;
            (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of 
        Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 
        13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and 
        public participation in rulemaking; and
            (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 
        (commonly known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
    (c) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
      Sec. 218. Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 
Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference accompanying 
Conference Report 105-217, the provisions of this title that 
would have been estimated by the Office of Management and 
Budget as changing direct spending or receipts under section 
252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 were they included in an Act other than an appropriations 
Act shall be treated as direct spending or receipts 
legislation, as appropriate, under section 252 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and by the 
Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees, as 
appropriate, under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                   TITLE III--WILDLAND FIRE EMERGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

    For an additional amount to repay prior year advances from 
other appropriations transferred for wildfire suppression and 
emergency rehabilitation by the Department of the Interior, 
$189,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

    For an additional amount to repay advances from other 
appropriations from which funds were transferred for wildfire 
suppression and emergency rehabilitation activities, 
$636,000,000, to remain available until expended. Of the funds 
provided, $70,000,000 shall be transferred to the Knutson 
Vandenburg fund, $30,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
Salvage Sale fund, $143,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
Land Acquisition account, $132,000,000 shall be transferred to 
the Capital Improvement and Maintenance account, $30,000,000 
shall be transferred to the Timber Purchaser Election account, 
$77,000,000 shall be transferred to the State and Private 
Forestry account, $23,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
Forest and Rangeland Research account, $62,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the National Forest System account, $20,000,000 
shall be transferred to the Brush Disposal Account, $30,000,000 
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Forest 
Service, $4,000,000 shall be transferred to the Receipts for 
Road and Trail fund, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
Operations and Maintenance of Quarters fund, and $14,000,000 
shall be transferred to the Forest Service Recreation Fee 
Demonstration fund.

                      TITLE IV--TANF AND MEDICARE

    Sec. 401. Section 114 of Public Law 107-229, as amended by 
section 3 of Public Law 107-240 and by section 2 of Public Law 
107-294, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``the date specified in section 
        107(c) of this joint resolution'' and inserting ``June 
        30, 2003''; and
            (2) by striking ``: Provided further, That 
        notwithstanding'' and all that follows through the 
        period and inserting a period.
    Sec. 402. (a) Section 1848(i)(1)(C) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(i)(1)(C) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(C) the determination of conversion 
                factors under subsection (d), including without 
                limitation a prospective redetermination of the 
                sustainable growth rates for any or all 
                previous fiscal years,''.
    (b)(1) Notwithstanding the determination of the applicable 
standardized amounts under paragraph (3)(A) of section 1886(d) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)), for purposes 
of making payments under such section for discharges occurring 
during the period beginning on April 1, 2003, and ending on 
September 30, 2003, the standardized amount applicable under 
such paragraph for hospitals located other than in a large 
urban area for that period shall be increased to an amount 
equal to the standardized amount otherwise applicable under 
such paragraph for hospitals located in a large urban area for 
that period.
    (2) The increase in the standardized amount for hospitals 
located other than in a large urban area provided for under 
paragraph (1) for the period beginning on April 1, 2003, and 
ending on September 30, 2003, shall not apply to discharges 
occurring after such period, and shall not be taken into 
account in calculating the payment amounts applicable for 
discharges occurring after such period.
    Sec. 403. Section 136 of Public Law 107-229, as added by 
section 5 of Public Law 107-240, is amended by striking ``60 
days after the date specified in section 107(c) of Public Law 
107-229, as amended'' and inserting ``September 30, 2003''.
    Sec. 404. Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 
Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the 
committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217, 
the provisions of this title that would have been estimated by 
the Office of Management and Budget as changing direct spending 
or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 were they included in an 
Act other than an appropriations Act shall be treated as direct 
spending or receipts legislation, as appropriate, under section 
252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, and by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget 
Committees, as appropriate, under the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974.

                      TITLE V--FISHERIES DISASTERS

      Sec. 501. Fisheries Disasters.--In addition to amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available, $100,000,000 is 
appropriated to the Department of Commerce for fisheries 
disaster assistance. Not more than 5 percent of such funds may 
be used for administrative expenses, and no funds may be used 
for lobbying activities or representational expenses.
    (a) Western Pacific and North Pacific.--$5,000,000 shall be 
made available as a direct lump sum payment to the State of 
Hawaii for economic assistance to fisheries affected by federal 
closures or fishing restrictions and $35,000,000 shall be made 
available as a direct lump sum payment to the State of Alaska 
no later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
to make payments to persons or entities which have experienced 
significant economic hardship. Funds in Alaska shall be used to 
provide (A) personal assistance with priority given to food, 
energy needs, housing assistance, transportation fuel including 
subsistence activities, and other urgent needs; (B) assistance 
for small businesses including fishermen, fish processors, and 
related businesses serving the fishing industry; (C) and 
assistance for local and borough governments adversely affected 
by reductions in fish landing fees and other fishing-related 
revenue; and (D) product development and marketing.
    (b) Northeast and West Coast.--$10,000,000 shall be made 
available to conduct a voluntary fishing capacity reduction 
program in the Northeast multispecies fishery and $10,000,000 
shall be made available to conduct a voluntary fishing capacity 
reduction program in the West Coast groundfish fishery. Such 
sums shall supplement the voluntary capacity reduction program 
authorized for the fishery in Sec. 211 of Public Law 107-206 
and be consistent with section 312(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the requirements 
relating to the capacity program in section 211 of Public Law 
107-206 that shall--
            (1) permanently revoke all fishery licenses, 
        fishery permits, area and species endorsements, and any 
        other fishery privileges issued to a vessel or vessels 
        (or to persons on the basis of their operation or 
        ownership of that vessel or vessels) removed under the 
        program; and
            (2) ensure that vessels removed under the program 
        are made permanently ineligible to participate in any 
        fishery worldwide, and that the owners of such vessels 
        will operate only under the United States flag or be 
        scrapped as a reduction vessel pursuant to section 
        600.1011(c) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations.
    (c) Gulf and South Atlantic.--
            (1) $17,500,000 shall be made available for 
        assistance to the shrimp industries in the states of 
        South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida in 
        proportion to the percentage of the shrimp catch landed 
        by each state for economic assistance to the South 
        Atlantic shrimp fishery: Provided, That the State of 
        Florida shall receive only that proportion associated 
        with landings of the Florida east coast fishery; and
            (2) $17,500,000 shall be made available for 
        assistance to the shrimp industries in the states of 
        Mississippi, Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida in 
        proportion to the percentage of the shrimp catch landed 
        by each state for economic assistance to the Gulf 
        shrimp fishery: Provided, That the State of Florida 
        shall receive only that proportion associated with 
        landings of the Florida gulf coast fishery. Provided 
        further, That 2 percent of funds received by each state 
        shall be retained by the state for distribution of 
        additional payments to fishermen with a demonstrated 
        record of compliance with turtle excluder and bycatch 
        reduction device regulations, and that the remainder of 
        the funds may be used only for: (A) personal assistance 
        with priority given to food, energy needs, housing 
        assistance, transportation fuel, and other urgent 
        needs; (B) assistance for small businesses including 
        fishermen, fish processors, and related businesses 
        serving the fishing industry; (C) domestic product 
        marketing and seafood promotion; (D) state seafood 
        testing programs; (E) development of limited entry 
        programs for the fishery; (F) funding or other 
        incentives to ensure widespread and proper use of 
        turtle excluder devices and bycatch reduction devices 
        in the fishery; and (G) voluntary capacity reduction 
        programs for shrimp fisheries under limited access.
    (d) Blue Crab Fishery.--$5,000,000 shall be made available 
for assistance to blue crab fisheries affected by reduced 
harvests and sales of blue crab in proportion to the amount of 
the catch landed by each state, Provided, That such funds may 
be used only for: (A) personal assistance with priority given 
to food, energy needs, housing assistance, transportation fuel, 
and other urgent needs; (B) assistance for small businesses 
including fishermen, fish processors, and related businesses 
serving the fishing industry; (C) domestic product marketing 
and seafood promotion; and (D) state seafood testing programs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce, in 
consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall 
provide coordinated, enhanced and routine support for fisheries 
monitoring and enforcement through use of remote sensing, 
aircraft and communications assets, with particular emphasis on 
federal waters seaward of the coasts of South Carolina and 
Georgia, including the Charleston Bump closed area.

                           TITLE VI--OFFSETS

    Sec. 601. (a) Across-the-Board Rescissions.--There is 
hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.65 percent of--
            (1) the budget authority provided (or obligation 
        limitation imposed) for fiscal year 2003 for any 
        discretionary account in divisions A through K of this 
        joint resolution;
            (2) the budget authority provided in any advance 
        appropriation for fiscal year 2003 for any 
        discretionary account in any prior fiscal year 
        appropriations Act; and
            (3) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 
        2003 for any program subject to limitation contained in 
        this joint resolution.
    (b) Proportionate Application.--Any rescission made by 
subsection (a) shall be applied proportionately--
            (1) to each discretionary account and each item of 
        budget authority described in subsection (a); and
            (2) within each such account and item, to each 
        program, project, and activity (with programs, 
        projects, and activities as delineated in the 
        appropriation Act or accompanying reports for the 
        relevant fiscal year covering such account or item, or 
        for accounts and items not included in appropriation 
        Acts, as delineated in the most recently submitted 
        President's budget).
    (c) The rescission in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
budget authority appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this joint resolution in the following amounts in the following 
activities or accounts:
            $4,696,000,000 provided for the Special 
        Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
        Children (WIC) in the Department of Agriculture in 
        division A;
            $6,667,533,000 provided for the Head Start Act in 
        the Department of Education in division G;
            $23,889,304,000 provided for medical care in the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs in division K; and
            $3,836,000,000 provided for the Shuttle program in 
        the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 
        division K.

     TITLE VII--BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION BORROWING AUTHORITY

    Sec. 701. For the purposes of providing funds to assist in 
financing the construction, acquisition, and replacement of the 
transmission system of the Bonneville Power Administration and 
to implement the authority of the Administrator under the 
Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.), an additional $700,000,000 in 
borrowing authority is made available under the Federal 
Columbia River Transmission System Act (16 U.S.C. 838 et seq.), 
to remain outstanding at any time: Provided, That the 
Bonneville Power Administration shall not use more than 
$531,000,000 of its permanent borrowing authority in fiscal 
year 2003.
    Sec. 702. Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 
Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the 
committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217, 
the provisions of this title that would have been estimated by 
the Office of Management and Budget as changing direct spending 
or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 were they included in an 
Act other than an appropriations Act shall be treated as direct 
spending or receipts legislation, as appropriate, under section 
252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, and by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget 
Committees, as appropriate, under the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974.

                               DIVISION O

                     PRICE-ANDERSON ACT AMENDMENTS

SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF INDEMNIFICATION AUTHORITY.

    Indemnification of Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
Licensees.--Section 170 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2210(c)) is amended by striking ``August 1, 2002'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``December 31, 2003''.

                               DIVISION P

      UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

    Section 1. Short Title.--This division may be cited as the 
``United States-China Economic and Security Review 
Commission''.
    Sec. 2. (a) Appropriations.--There are appropriated, out of 
any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$1,800,000, to remain available until expended, to the United 
States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
    (b) Name Change.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1238 of the Floyd D. 
        Spence National Defense Authorization Act of 2001 (22 
        U.S.C. 7002) is amended--
                    (A) in the section heading by inserting 
                ``ECONOMIC AND'' before ``SECURITY'';
                    (B) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
                        ``Economic and'' before ``Security''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
                        ``Economic and'' before ``Security'';
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in the subsection heading, by 
                        inserting ``Economic and'' before 
                        ``Security'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
                        ``Economic and'' before ``Security'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding 
                                subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                                ``Economic and'' before 
                                ''Security''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (H), 
                                by inserting ``Economic and'' 
                                before ``Security''; and
                            (iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting 
                        ``Economic and'' before ``Security'' 
                        each place it appears; and
                    (D) in subsection (e)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
                        ``Economic and'' before ``Security'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
                        ``Economic and'' before ``Security'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) in the first sentence, 
                                by inserting ``Economic and'' 
                                before ``Security''; and
                                    (II) in the second 
                                sentence, by inserting 
                                ``Economic and'' before 
                                ``Security'';
                            (iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting 
                        ``Economic and'' before ``Security''; 
                        and
                            (v) in paragraph (6), by inserting 
                        ``Economic and'' before ``Security'' 
                        each place it appears.
            (2) References.--Any reference in any Federal law, 
        Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of 
        authority, or any document of or relating to the United 
        States-China Security Review Commission shall be deemed 
        to refer to the United States-China Economic and 
        Security Review Commission.
    (c) Membership, Responsibilities, and Terms.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1238(b)(3) of the Floyd D. 
        Spence National Defense Authorization Act of 2001 (22 
        U.S.C. 7002) is amended by striking subparagraph (F) 
        and inserting the following:
                    ``(F) each appointing authority referred to 
                under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this 
                paragraph shall--
                            ``(i) appoint 3 members to the 
                        Commission;
                            ``(ii) make the appointments on a 
                        staggered term basis, such that--
                                    ``(I) 1 appointment shall 
                                be for a term expiring on 
                                December 31, 2003;
                                    ``(II) 1 appointment shall 
                                be for a term expiring on 
                                December 31, 2004; and
                                    ``(III) 1 appointment shall 
                                be for a term expiring on 
                                December 31, 2005;
                            ``(iii) make all subsequent 
                        appointments on an approximate 2-year 
                        term basis to expire on December 31 of 
                        the applicable year; and
                            ``(iv) make appointments not later 
                        than 30 days after the date on which 
                        each new Congress convenes;''.
            (2) Responsibilities of the Commission.--The United 
        States-China Commission shall focus, in lieu of any 
        other areas of work or study, on the following:
                    (A) Proliferation practices.--The 
                Commission shall analyze and assess the Chinese 
                role in the proliferation of weapons of mass 
                destruction and other weapons (including dual 
                use technologies) to terrorist-sponsoring 
                states, and suggest possible steps which the 
                United States might take, including economic 
                sanctions, to encourage the Chinese to stop 
                such practices.
                    (B) Economic reforms and united states 
                economic transfers.--The Commission shall 
                analyze and assess the qualitative and 
                quantitative nature of the shift of United 
                States production activities to China, 
                including the relocation of high-technology, 
                manufacturing, and R&D facilities; the impact 
                of these transfers on United States national 
                security, including political influence by the 
                Chinese Government over American firms, 
                dependence of the United States national 
                security industrial base on Chinese imports, 
                the adequacy of United States export control 
                laws, and the effect of these transfers on 
                United States economic security, employment, 
                and the standard of living of the American 
                people; analyze China's national budget and 
                assess China's fiscal strength to address 
                internal instability problems and assess the 
                likelihood of externalization of such problems.
                    (C) Energy.--The Commission shall evaluate 
                and assess how China's large and growing 
                economy will impact upon world energy supplies 
                and the role the United States can play, 
                including joint R&D efforts and technological 
                assistance, in influencing China's energy 
                policy.
                    (D) United states capital markets.--The 
                Commission shall evaluate the extent of Chinese 
                access to, and use of United States capital 
                markets, and whether the existing disclosure 
                and transparency rules are adequate to identify 
                Chinese companies which are active in United 
                States markets and are also engaged in 
                proliferation activities or other activities 
                harmful to U.S. security interests.
                    (E) Corporate reporting.--The Commission 
                shall assess United States trade and investment 
                relationship with China, including the need for 
                corporate reporting on United States 
                investments in China and incentives that China 
                may be offering to United States corporations 
                to relocate production and R&D to China.
                    (F) Regional economic and security 
                impacts.--The Commission shall assess the 
                extent of China's ``hollowing-out'' of Asian 
                manufacturing economies, and the impact on 
                United States economic and security interests 
                in the region; review the triangular economic 
                and security relationship among the United 
                States, Taipei and Beijing, including Beijing's 
                military modernization and force deployments 
                aimed at Taipei, and the adequacy of United 
                States executive branch coordination and 
                consultation with Congress on United States 
                arms sales and defense relationship with 
                Taipei.
                    (G) United states-china bilateral 
                programs.--The Commission shall assess science 
                and technology programs to evaluate if the 
                United States is developing an adequate 
                coordinating mechanism with appropriate review 
                by the intelligence community with Congress; 
                assess the degree of non-compliance by China 
                and United States-China agreements on prison 
                labor imports and intellectual property rights; 
                evaluate United States enforcement policies; 
                and recommend what new measures the United 
                States Government might take to strengthen our 
                laws and enforcement activities and to 
                encourage compliance by the Chinese.
                    (H) World trade organization compliance.--
                The Commission shall review China's record of 
                compliance to date with its accession agreement 
                to the WTO, and explore what incentives and 
                policy initiatives should be pursued to promote 
                further compliance by China.
                    (I) Media control.--The Commission shall 
                evaluate Chinese government efforts to 
                influence and control perceptions of the United 
                States and its policies through the internet, 
                the Chinese print and electronic media, and 
                Chinese internal propaganda.
            (3) Effective date.--This section shall take effect 
        on the date of enactment of this Act.
      And the Senate agreed to the same.

                                   Bill Young,
                                   Ralph Regula,
                                   Jerry Lewis,
                                   Hal Rogers,
                                   Frank R. Wolf,
                                   Jim Kolbe,
                                   James T. Walsh,
                                   Charles H. Taylor,
                                   David L. Hobson,
                                   Ernest J. Istook, Jr.
                                   Henry Bonilla,
                                   Joe Knollenberg,
                                   Jack Kingston,
                                   John P. Murtha,
                                   Norman D. Dicks
                                           (except sections 323 and 335 
                                               of Division F, and 
                                               conservation spending),
                                   Alan B. Mollohan,
                                   Peter J. Visclosky,
                                   Jose E. Serrano,
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

                                   Ted Stevens,
                                   Thad Cochran,
                                   Arlen Specter,
                                   Pete V. Domenici,
                                   Kit Bond,
                                   Mitch McConnell,
                                   Conrad Burns,
                                   Richard C. Shelby,
                                   Judd Gregg,
                                   Robert F. Bennett,
                                   Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
                                   Larry Craig,
                                   Kay Bailey Hutchison,
                                   Mike DeWine,
                                   Sam Brownback,
                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                   Daniel K. Inouye,
                                   Ernest F. Hollings,
                                   Patrick J. Leahy,
                                   Barbara A. Mikulski,
                                   Patty Murray
                                           (except for sections 323 and 
                                               335 of Division F),
                                   Byron L. Dorgan,
                                   Dianne Feinstein,
                                   Tim Johnson,
                                   Mary L. Landrieu,
                                Managers on the Part of the Senate.
       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

      The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at 
the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on 
the amendment of the Senate to the resolution (H.J. Res. 2) 
making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, submit the 
following joint statement to the House and the Senate in 
explanation of the effects of the action agreed upon by the 
managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report.
      This conference agreement includes the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2003; the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2003; the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003; 
the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003; the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2003; the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2003; the Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; the Treasury and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2003; the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; the Homeland Security Act 
Amendments of 2003; additional appropriations for the 
Department of Defense; miscellaneous appropriations; and 
amendments to the Price-Anderson Act.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
   ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

                        Congressional Directives

      The statement of the managers remains silent on 
provisions that were in both the House directives as contained 
in H. Rept. 107-623, and the Senate directives as contained in 
the Congressional Record of January 15, 2003, pages S356-S410, 
that remain unchanged by this conference agreement, except as 
noted in this statement of the managers.
      For many years, this Act has included bill language 
regarding the employment of temporary personnel as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and/or 7 U.S.C. 2225. The conference agreement 
does not include this language under individual accounts in 
this Act, because it appears that this authority is no longer 
required. In particular, this authority was not utilized by the 
Farm Service Agency during fiscal year 2001, the most recent 
year for which information was provided. The conferees agree to 
provide authority to employ temporary personnel as a general 
provision of this Act (section 703). The exercise of this 
authority will require detailed justification, notification to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and advance 
approval of the Committees.
      The conferees agree that Federal Employees' Compensation 
Act (FECA) costs be absorbed within appropriations provided 
herein.

                     TITLE I--AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

      The conference agreement provides $3,412,000 for the 
Office of the Secretary as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$31,629,000 as proposed by the House.
      The conferees are seriously concerned by the growing 
frequency of departmental and agency initiatives for which the 
required prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House and Senate has not been provided. The conferees 
note the efficiencies which attach to the least possible 
statutory requirements and the benefits which accrue to the 
more flexible Congressional direction expressed in Committee 
reports. However, the continuing practice of reliance on 
Committee report language must be accompanied by departmental 
and agency compliance with Congressional directives. Section 
720 of this Act, and similar language included in previous 
acts, provide detailed guidelines to the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture for those activities that require prior 
notification to the Congress. Such notification was not 
provided in the recent release of Section 32 funds for the 
creation of a Livestock Compensation Program, the establishment 
of a Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Center, the improper 
use of Conservation Operations funds for the implementation of 
Farm Bill programs, and other similar violations of statutory 
reprogramming and prior notification requirements. The 
conferees expect full compliance with Section 720 in the areas 
of state office collocations, administrative and information 
technology convergence, and all other activities that fall 
within the scope of that section. The conferees also expect 
that no reprogramming of funds occur in the absence of an 
emergency or not as a consequence of unforeseen events. 
Further, the conferees note that when an agency submits a 
reprogramming request to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations and does not receive identical responses from 
the House and Senate, it is the responsibility of the agency to 
reconcile the House and Senate differences before proceeding, 
and if reconciliation is not possible, to consider the 
reprogramming request unapproved.
      The conferees are concerned that the U.S. and Canada made 
little progress in implementing the harmonized standards for 
pesticide regulation as required by the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The conferees direct USDA, in 
consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, to 
institute these standards so that concerns in the pricing of 
agricultural products for the farmers will be addressed. The 
conferees also direct USDA to report on the planned actions 
taken to implement the harmonization standards to the 
Committees on Appropriations within 180 days of enactment of 
this Act.

                          Executive Operations

                            CHIEF ECONOMIST

      The conference agreement provides $8,566,000 for the 
Office of the Chief Economist as proposed by the House instead 
of $12,016,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The President's budget request included additional 
funding for the Website for Commodity Market Information, 
Weather Information and Drought Management, and to Analyze 
Critical Farm Energy Data. The conferees provide an increase of 
$692,000 to be applied to the highest priority needs for which 
additional funding was requested.

                       NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

      The conference agreement provides $13,759,000 for the 
National Appeals Division as proposed by both the House and 
Senate.

                 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

      The conference agreement provides $7,358,000 for the 
Office of Budget and Program Analysis as proposed by both the 
House and Senate.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

      The conference agreement provides $15,251,000 for the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer as proposed by the 
House instead of $31,275,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees expect that increases provided above fiscal 
year 2002 shall go toward the highest priority items contained 
in the fiscal year 2003 budget request.

                      COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

      The conference agreement provides $133,155,000 for common 
computing environment as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

      The conference agreement provides $5,572,000 for the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer as proposed by the House 
instead of $7,877,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

      The conference agreement does not provide $41,000,000 for 
the Working Capital Fund as proposed by the House. The Senate 
bill contained no such provision. The conferees note that 
$21,700,000 in fiscal year 2002 balances have been transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund, and will be available to meet the 
needs for which an appropriation was requested.
      The conferees direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
submit a feasibility study to the Committees on Appropriations 
on the need for remote mirroring backup technology of the 
National Finance Center's data. This study should include a 
breakdown of the costs and the timeframe associated with 
acquiring such technology, and should designate an appropriate 
physical location for the backup site. The study shall also 
specify how the costs of the remote data capability should be 
assigned and paid for by non-USDA users of the National Finance 
Center, including the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment 
Board. Upon approval by the Committees on Appropriations, the 
funds appropriated to the Working Capital Fund shall be made 
available to provide mirror imaging technology for the National 
Finance Center.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

      The conference agreement provides $400,000 for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights as proposed by the 
Senate. The House bill contained no such provision.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

      The conference agreement provides $664,000 for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Administration as proposed by 
the House instead of $780,000 as proposed by the Senate.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments

      The conference agreement provides $196,781,000 for 
agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments 
instead of $195,900,000 as proposed by the House and 
$197,662,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The President's budget request includes additional 
funding for the Fair Labor Standards and Service Contract Acts 
and for major repairs and improvements to headquarters. The 
conferees provide an increase of $881,000 to be applied to the 
highest priority needs for which additional funding is 
requested.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

      The conference agreement provides $15,685,000 for 
Hazardous Materials Management as proposed by the House and 
Senate.

                      Departmental Administration

      The conference agreement provides $38,095,000 for 
Departmental Administration as proposed by the House instead of 
$42,479,000 as proposed by the Senate.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

      The conference agreement provides $3,821,000 for the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations 
as proposed by the House instead of $4,157,000 as proposed by 
the Senate.

                        Office of Communications

      The conference agreement provides $9,140,000 for the 
Office of Communications as proposed by the House instead of 
$9,637,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees direct the Office to provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations, in either electronic or facsimile 
format, as requested, copies of any open source news material 
made available to USDA officials that is purchased or otherwise 
obtained using appropriated funds, amending licenses as 
necessary.

                    Office of the Inspector General

      The conference agreement provides $74,097,000 for the 
Office of the Inspector General as proposed by the House 
instead of $78,127,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement does not include increased funds 
in this account for financial statement audits for the Food and 
Nutrition Service and Rural Development programs, or the 
increase requested for Forest Service audits. Funds for FNS and 
RD audits are included in the accounts for those programs, as 
requested.

                     Office of the General Counsel

      The conference agreement provides $35,017,000 for the 
Office of the General Counsel instead of $34,446,000 as 
proposed by the House and $35,588,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conferees expect that increases provided above the 
fiscal year 2002 level shall go toward highest priority items 
contained in the fiscal year 2003 budget request.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

      The conference agreement provides $588,000 for the Office 
of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics as 
proposed by the House instead of $780,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

                       Economic Research Service

      The conference agreement provides $69,123,000 for the 
Economic Research Service instead of $73,329,000 as proposed by 
the House and $65,123,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees provide $5,000,000 for ERS to carry out 
food and nutrition studies, of which $1,000,000 is for the 
Small Research Grants Program. The conference agreement 
provides full funding for the ERS portion of the Agricultural 
Resource Management Survey.
      The conferees are aware that the current primary 
livestock model used by USDA has not been re-estimated in its 
entirety since 1990 and much of the data used to develop this 
model was from the 1960s and 1970s, long before packer 
concentration, captive supplies and increasing imports. These 
factors have had significant impacts on the livestock industry. 
The conferees direct the Economic Research Service to update, 
revise, and improve livestock modeling capacity.
      The conferees are concerned that ERS appears to have 
ceased publishing regional monthly production costs for dairy 
farmers. These monthly production calculations are a valuable 
tool and helpful to Congress in developing dairy policy. As 
such the conferees strongly urge the Department to publish or 
otherwise make available regional monthly production cost 
calculations for dairy farmers.
      The conferees request the Economic Research Service to 
conduct a study of the Cranberry Marketing Committee and its 
administration of the Cranberry Marketing Order and report to 
the Committees on Appropriations by September 30, 2003. The 
study shall focus on the economics of the cranberry industry 
and the response of the Cranberry Marketing Committee to the 
unprecedented losses incurred by cranberry growers since 1999. 
The report of the study shall include recommendations to ensure 
that the Cranberry Marketing Order is administered in a manner 
that benefits cranberry growers and promotes the public 
interest.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

      The conference agreement provides $139,354,000 for the 
National Agricultural Statistics Service instead of 
$137,858,000 as proposed by the House and $140,854,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes full funding for the 
NASS portion of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey, 
and $1,500,000 for e-government activities.

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $1,052,770,000 for the 
Agricultural Research Service, Salaries and Expenses, instead 
of $1,002,193,000 as proposed by the House and $1,053,597,000 
as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees have agreed to increased funding for the 
following laboratories and areas of research: Genetic Resources 
Research, Riverside, CA, Parlier, CA, Corvallis, OR, Ames, IA, 
Davis, CA, Madison, WI, and Pullman, WA $200,000 each; 
Agricultural Genome Sequencing at Weslaco, TX, $250,000; 
Ithaca, NY, and Albany, CA, $400,000 each; Improve Biomass 
Feedstock for Production of Energy and Biobased Products at 
Albany, CA, Athens, GA, and Madison, WI, $200,000 each; 
Technologies for Biobased Products at Albany, CA, $400,000, 
Athens, GA, $200,000, and Peoria, IL, $800,000; Improve 
Conversion of Agricultural Materials to Biofuels at Bushland, 
TX, Albany, CA, and Peoria, IL, $200,000 each; Determine Rates 
of Gene Flow from Crops to Nearby Vegetation at Corvallis, OR, 
and Ames, IA, $225,000 each; Develop and Test Novel Strategies 
to Prevent Pest Resistance to Plant-Incorporated Protectants at 
Wapato, WA, $225,000; Limit Transgene Activity to Specific 
Tissues at Albany, CA, and Ames, IA, $400,000 each, and Ithaca, 
NY, and Peoria, IL, $225,000 each; Develop Biocontrol Programs 
for Invasive Pests at Davis, CA, Frederick MD, Newark, DE, 
$200,000 each, and Wooster, OH, $250,000; Identify and 
Characterize Exotic Plant Diseases at Wooster, OH, Frederick, 
MD, and Prosser, WA, $200,000 each; Research on Emerging and 
Exotic Animal Diseases for PRDC at Ames, IA, $450,000, Marek's 
Disease Research at Athens, GA, $400,000, BSE/TSE Research at 
Albany, CA, Ames, IA, and Pullman, WA, $400,000 each, Managing 
Waste to Reduce Risks to the Environment and Human Health at 
Madison, WI, and Bushland, TX, $200,000 each; Protect Water and 
Air from Manure Nutrients and Pathogens at Ames, IA, Athens, 
GA, Kimberly, ID, $200,000 each, and University Park, PA, 
$225,000; Assess Risks to Agricultural Resources Arising from 
Weather Variabilities at Coshocton, OH, $200,000; Accoustics 
Technology, Oxford, MS, $200,000; Advanced Animal Vaccines, 
Greenport, NY, $150,000; Aerial Application Research, $120,000; 
Agricultural Genome Bioinformatics, Las Cruces, NM, $500,000; 
Agricultural Law, $100,000; Agroforestry Research, Booneville, 
AR, $50,000; Animal Welfare Information Center, $80,000; 
Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, WV, 
$250,000; Appalachian Pasture Beef, Beaver, WV $100,000; 
Aquaculture Density Research, FL $200,000; Aquaculture 
Research, Aberdeen, ID, $250,000; Arid Lands Research, Las 
Cruces, NM, $250,000; Arkansas Childrens' Nutrition Center, 
Little Rock, AR, $250,000; Barley Food Health Benefits 
Research, Beltsville, MD, $50,000; Biomass Crop Production, 
Brookings, SD, $500,000; Biomedical Materials in Plants, 
Beltsville, MD, $425,000; Biotechnology Research to Improve 
Crops and Livestock, Stoneville, MS, $1,500,000; Bovine 
Genetics, Beltsville, MD, $300,000; Broiler Production in the 
Mid-South, Mississippi State, MS, $1,000,000; Canal Point 
Sugarcane Research, Canal Point, FL, $500,000; Catfish Health, 
Stoneville, MS, $500,000; Central Great Plains Research 
Station, Akron, CO, $500,000; Cereal Disease Research, St. 
Paul, MN, $250,000; Chloroplast Genetic Engineering Research, 
Urbana, IL, $500,000; Coffee and Cocoa, $500,000; Corn 
Germplasm, Ames, IA, $500,000; Cotton Genetics Research, 
Florence, SC, $250,000; Cotton Genomics, Breeding, Varietal 
Development, and Pest Resistance, Stoneville, MS, $700,000; 
Dairy Forage Research, Madison, WI, $1,000,000; Dairy Genetics 
Research, Beltsville, MD, $350,000; Delta Nutrition 
Intervention Initiative, LittleRock, AR, $750,000; Endophyte 
Research, Booneville, AR, $250,000; Fish Disease Research, Auburn, AL, 
$500,000; Floriculture and Nursery Research, $500,000; Food Safety and 
Engineering, Wyndmoor, PA (Purdue), $500,000; Food Safety for Listeria, 
E. coli, and Other Food Pathogens, $350,000; Forage-Livestock Systems, 
Lexington, KY, $800,000; Forage and Range Research, Logan, UT, 
$250,000; Formosan Subterranean Termite, New Orleans, LA, $200,000; Ft. 
Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, Miles City, MT, 
$500,000; Ft. Pierce Horticultural Research Laboratory, Ft. Pierce, FL, 
$500,000; Glassy-Winged Sharp Shooter, $600,000; Grand Forks Human 
Nutrition Laboratory, Grand Forks, ND, $250,000; Grape Genetics, 
Geneva, NY $250,000; Grapefruit Juice/Drug Interaction, Winterhaven, 
FL, $300,000; Greenhouse Lettuce Germplasm, Salinas, CA, $40,000; 
Harbor Branch Aquaculture Initiative, Stuttgart, AR, $250,000; Harry 
Dupree National Aquacultural Research Center, Stuttgart, AR, $250,000; 
Sugarcane Research, Houma, LA, $250,000; Hides and Leather Research, 
Wyndmoor, PA, $100,000; Horticulture Research, Poplarville, MS, 
$500,000; Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA, 
$400,000; Integrated Farming Systems, Ames, IA, $250,000; IPM 
Strategies for Northern Climates, Fairbanks, AK, $700,000; Johne's 
Disease (Bovine Paratuberculosis), $1,000,000; Karnal Bunt, Manhattan, 
KS, $250,000; Livestock Genome Sequencing, Clay Center, NE, $250,000; 
Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) Virus, Pullman, WA, (Cooperation with 
ARS Dubois, ID Sheep Station and WSU), $200,000; Microbial Genomics 
Initiative, Pullman, WA, (Cooperation with ARS Tick Res. Unit 
Kerrville, TX & WSU), $300,000; Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, 
Madison, WI, $500,000; Mid-West/Mid-South Irrigation, Columbia, MO, 
$300,000; Minor Use Pesticides (IR-4), $150,000; National Cold Water 
Marine Aquaculture, Orono, ME, $250,000; National Corn to Ethanol 
Research Pilot Plant, ARS staffing, Wyndmoor, PA, $400,000; National 
Nutrition Monitoring System, Beltsville, MD, $500,000; National 
Sclerotinia Initiative, Fargo, ND, $500,000; National Soil Erosion 
Laboratory, West Lafayette, IN, $250,000; Natural Products, Oxford, MS, 
$350,000; Northern Grains Insect Research Laboratory, Brookings, SD, 
$500,000; Northern Great Plains Ecosystem, Sidney, MT, $800,000; 
Noxious Weeds in the Desert Southwest, Las Cruces, NM $250,000; 
Nutritional Requirements Research at Childrens' Nutrition Research 
Center, Houston, TX, $450,000; Ogallala Aquifer, Bushland, TX, 
$750,000; Olive Fruit Fly Research, Parlier, CA, Montpellier, France, 
$200,000; Ornamental Crops Research, Poplarville, MS, (University of 
Tennessee), $750,000; Pear Thrips, Ithaca, NY, (University of Vermont) 
$100,000; Phytoestrogen Research, SRRC $750,000 (Cooperative Research 
Tulane, Xavier, and University of Toledo $250,000 each); Plant Stress 
and Water Conservation Research, Lubbock, TX, $250,000; Potato 
Research, Aberdeen, ID, $30,000; Poultry Diseases, Athens, GA, 
$800,000; Precision Agriculture Research, Mandan, ND, $500,000; 
Regional Grains Genotyping Research, Raleigh, NC, $250,000; Resistance 
Management and Risk Assessment in BT Cotton and Other Plant-
Incorporated Protectants, Stoneville, MS, $1,100,000; Seafood Waste, 
Fairbanks, AK, $200,000; Sedimentation Issues in Flood-Control Dam 
Rehabilitations, Oxford, MS, $475,000; Shellfish Genetics, Newport, OR, 
(OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center) $250,000; Small Fruit Research, 
Corvallis, OR, $250,000; Soil Dynamics, Auburn, AL, $250,000; Soil-
Plant Nutrient Research, Ft. Collins, CO, $100,000; Sorghum Research, 
$662,000 (Manhattan, KS $200,000; Bushland, TX $212,000; Little Rock, 
AR $150,000, and Stillwater, OK $100,000); Source Water Protection 
Initiatives, (Columbus, OH, $250,000; W. Lafayette, IN, $250,000) 
$500,000; Sudden Oak Disease Syndrome, Ft. Detrick, MD, $200,000; Sugar 
Beet Research, Kimberly, ID, $130,000; Sustainable Olive Production, 
Weslaco, TX, $130,000; Sustainable Viticulture Research, Davis, CA, 
$250,000; Sweet Potato Research, Stoneville, MS, $350,000; Swine Lagoon 
Alternatives Research, Florence, SC, $500,000; Trout Genome Mapping, 
Leetown, WV, (WV University) $500,000; U.S. National Arboretum, 
Washington, DC, $250,000; U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research, 
Hilo, HI, $200,000; U.S. Vegetable Lab staffing, Charleston, SC, 
$500,000; Virus-Free Fruit Tree Cultivars, Prosser, WA, $250,000; 
Viticulture Research, ($300,000 U. ID Parma, $400,000 NWCSFR(U. ID/WSU/
OSU)), ($150,000, Prosser (WSU)) $850,000; Waste Management Research, 
Western Kentucky University, $1,000,000; Water Use Reduction/Producer 
Enhancement Research, (Water Quality/Water Use Research), Dawson, GA, 
$500,000; West Nile Virus, Gainesville, FL, $250,000; Western Grazing 
Lands Research, Burns, OR, $750,000; Western Wheat Quality Laboratory, 
Pullman, WA, $75,000; Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative, $600,000; pay 
costs, $17,689,000.
      The conference agreement provides for the redirection of 
funding for hyperspectral imaging technology research, as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees expect that close cooperation will be 
established and maintained among the nursery and floral 
industry, the Agricultural Research Service, the University of 
Tennessee, and the Tennessee State University / ARS Nursery 
Crop Research Station in McMinnville, Tennessee, to avoid 
duplication of effort. The conference agreement includes 
$750,000 for this collaborative ornamental horticulture 
program.
      The conference agreement provides an increase of $50,000 
from the fiscal year 2002 level to continue research on 
shiitake mushrooms at the South Central Family Farm Research 
Center at Booneville, AR.
      The conference agreement continues the fiscal year 2002 
level of funding for all research projects proposed to be 
terminated in the President's budget.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

      The conference agreement provides $119,480,000 for the 
Agricultural Research Service, Buildings and Facilities, 
instead of $95,280,000 as proposed by the House and 
$100,955,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The following table reflects the conference agreement:



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      National Agricultural Library.--The conferees understand 
that a number of cracks have occurred within the brick veneer 
structure of the Abraham Lincoln National Agricultural Library 
in Beltsville, Maryland, posing a serious life-safety concern 
for pedestrian traffic. The conference agreement provides 
$1,500,000 to investigate and initiate remedy for this serious 
issue.
      U.S. National Arboretum.--A study to determine the 
underlying cause of water quality degradation in the Hickey Run 
area was completed in 1999. This study provided numerous 
recommendations to reduce the waste and pollution entering the 
U.S. National Arboretum in the District of Columbia. The 
conference agreement provides $1,700,000 for Hickey Run 
pollution abatement activities to be carried out at the U.S. 
National Arboretum.
      Completion of facilities.--The conference agreement 
provides funding necessary to complete the construction of 
research facilities at the following locations: Maricopa, AZ; 
Aberdeen, ID; Manhattan, KS; Orono, ME; St. Paul, MN; Oxford, 
MS; Poplarville, MS; Woodward, OK; Brookings, SD; Logan, UT; 
and Madison, WI. The conferees expect that these construction 
projects will deliver complete and useable facilities within 
the appropriations provided under this Act.

      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

                   RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

      The conference agreement provides $620,827,000 for 
research and education activities instead of $572,616,000 as 
proposed by the House and $651,411,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The following table reflects the conference agreement:

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      The conferees have included $500,000 for the Special 
Research Grant for Agricultural Diversity in the Red River 
Trade Corridor. Of this amount, $100,000 is intended for the 
Northern Great Plains Inc. to initiate the establishment of 
policies and procedures of the Northern Great Plains Regional 
Authority as required by the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002.

              NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

      The conference agreement provides $7,100,000 for the 
Native American Institutions Endowment Fund as proposed by the 
Senate, instead of $9,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                          EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

      The conference agreement provides $453,468,000 for 
extension activities instead of $441,821,000 as proposed by the 
House and $452,767,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The following table reflects the conference agreement:


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      Within funds provided for the farm safety program, the 
conference agreement includes $4,200,000 for the AgrAbility 
project.
      The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for Youth 
Grants as authorized under section 7412 of PL 107-171. Funding 
for similar activities is also provided under Smith-Lever, 
Youth at Risk, and other programs funded under this account. 
The conferees provide this funding to supplement funds provided 
in PL 107-171 and expect that future funding for Extension 
youth activities be provided through the other established 
programs.
      The conference agreement provides $540,000 for urban 
horticulture activities in Wisconsin, of which $378,000 is 
directed to the University of Wisconsin Extension and $162,000 
is directed to Growing Power of Milwaukee for community food 
systems.

                         INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

      The conference agreement provides $46,743,000 for 
integrated activities instead of $47,868,000 as proposed by the 
House and $48,218,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The following table reflects the conference agreement:


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              OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

      The conference agreement provides $3,493,000 for Outreach 
for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers under CSREES as proposed by 
the Senate. The House had proposed $8,243,000 for this account 
elsewhere in the bill.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

      The conference agreement provides $730,000 for the Office 
of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs as 
proposed by the House instead of $780,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $725,502,000 for the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) instead of 
$735,937,000 as proposed by the House and $735,673,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The following table reflects the conference agreement:

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                        [In thousands of dollars]

  Pest and Disease Exclusion:
    Agricultural quarantine inspection..................          55,988
    User fees...........................................               -
    Cattle ticks........................................           6,354
    Foreign animal diseases/FMD.........................           7,989
    Fruit fly exclusion and detection...................          56,818
    Import-export inspection............................           9,556
    Screwworm...........................................          30,679
    Trade issues resolution management..................          11,527
    Tropical bont tick..................................             422
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Pest and Disease Exclusion...............         179,333
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
  Plant and Animal Health Monitoring:
    Animal health monitoring & surveillance.............          93,826
    Animal and plant health regulatory enforcement......           8,538
    Emergency management systems........................           9,044
    Pest detection......................................          21,794
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Plant & Animal Health Monitoring.........         133,202
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
  Pest and Disease Management:
    Aquaculture.........................................           1,397
    Biological control..................................           9,118
    Boll weevil.........................................          62,000
    Brucellosis.........................................          10,258
    Chronic wasting disease.............................          14,933
    Emerging plant pests................................          75,289
    Golden nematode.....................................             630
    Grasshopper.........................................           4,369
    Gypsy moth..........................................           4,677
    Imported fire ant...................................           2,437
    Johnes disease......................................          21,000
    Noxious weeds.......................................           1,911
    Pink bollworm.......................................           2,000
    Plum pox............................................           4,051
    Pseudorabies........................................           4,286
    Scrapie.............................................          15,474
    Tuberculosis........................................          14,895
    Wildlife services operations........................          69,036
    Witchweed...........................................           1,530
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Pest and Disease Management..............         319,291
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
  Animal Care:
    Animal welfare......................................          16,408
    Horse protection....................................             493
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Animal Care..............................          16,901
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
  Scientific and Technical Services:
    AITI................................................           4,242
    Biotechnology/environmental protection..............          10,997
    Plant methods development labs......................           5,373
    Veterinary biologics................................          13,167
    Veterinary diagnostics..............................          23,921
    Wildlife services methods development...............          14,972
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Scientific and Technical Services........          72,672
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Contingency fund                                                   4,103
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Salaries and Expenses....................         725,502


      The conference agreement provides $56,818,000 for the 
fruit fly exclusion and detection program, an increase of 
$20,000,000 above the fiscal year 2002 funding level. The 
increase includes $15,904,000 to enhance international 
activities to prevent Mediterranean fruit flies from moving 
into the United States, $3,182,000 to enhance activities at 
domestic borders, and $150,000 for olive fruit fly trapping 
efforts.
      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 to conduct 
preclearance quarantine inspections from Hawaii, Guam, Puerto 
Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands to the continental U.S. instead 
of $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $1,000,000 for the 
cooperative agreement with the Wisconsin Animal Health 
Consortium as proposed by the House instead of $750,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $200,000 to assist in 
creating a database of North Carolina's agriculture industry 
for rapid response capabilities instead of $300,000 as proposed 
by the House.
      The conference agreement provides $250,000 for the New 
Mexico Rapid Syndrome Validation Program instead of $300,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $900,000 for alkaline 
digesters of which $700,000 is for Auburn University College of 
Medicine and $200,000 is for the Mississippi Animal Disease and 
Research Diagnostic Laboratory in Jackson, MS instead of 
$1,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $9,044,000 for 
Emergency Management Systems as proposed by the House instead 
of $11,043,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
agreement does not include language encouraging APHIS to work 
with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture's Emergency 
Programs Division as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $1,397,000 for 
aquaculture as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,164,000 as 
proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement appropriates $62,000,000 for the 
boll weevil eradication program as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $53,000,000 as proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement provides $10,258,000 for 
brucellosis instead of $8,639,000 as proposed by the House and 
$10,358,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 
does not include $100,000 for the Arkansas Livestock and 
Poultry Commission Brucellosis Program as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $14,933,000 for chronic 
wasting disease as proposed by the House instead of $14,900,000 
as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides an increase of 
$9,000,000 for glassy-winged sharpshooter containment and 
control for a total of $17,500,000.
      The conference agreement provides an increase of 
$9,251,000 for the Asian long-horned beetle program for a total 
of $35,000,000.
      The conference agreement provides an increase of 
$16,549,000 for citrus canker.
      The conference agreement provides $4,369,000 for 
grasshopper program, of which not less than $650,000 shall be 
for grasshopper and Mormon cricket control activities in Utah; 
$150,000 to prepare necessary environmental documents; $500,000 
to continue control measures; and not less than $300,000 shall 
be for grasshopper and Mormon cricket control activities in 
Nevada as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $2,437,000 for the 
control, management, and eradication of the imported fire ant 
of which $45,000 is for New Mexico and $260,000 is for 
Tennessee.
      The conference agreement provides $1,911,000 for noxious 
weeds instead of $1,438,000 as proposed by the House and 
$1,611,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 
includes $300,000 for the Kiski Basin Initiative (PA); $100,000 
for the Nez-Perce Bio-Control Center; and $250,000 for 
implementation of an invasive species program to prevent the 
spread of cogongrass in Mississippi.
      The conference agreement provides $15,474,000 for scrapie 
instead of $20,474,000 as proposed by the House and $8,178,000 
as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $14,895,000 for 
tuberculosis as proposed by the Senate instead of $18,124,000 
as proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement provides $69,036,000 for 
wildlife services operations instead of $65,709,000 as proposed 
by the House and $67,144,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for a 
cooperative rabies oral rabies vaccination program of which 
$350,000 shall be for operations in Maryland.
      The conference agreement provides $5,217,000 to provide 
an effective response to control animal diseases in U.S. wild 
animal populations of which $1,250,000 is for remote diagnostic 
and wildlife disease surveillance as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $500,000 for hazing 
programs to manage cormorants in central New York watersheds 
instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement provides $1,200,000 for wolf 
predation management, of which $1,050,000 is for Wisconsin, 
Minnesota, and Michigan, and $150,000 is for New Mexico and 
Arizona.
      The conference agreement provides $1,000,000 for a 
cooperative agreement with Miami-Dade County, FL, to assist in 
mosquito control efforts.
      The conference agreement provides $50,000 to be used to 
assist Missouri in eradicating feral hogs.
      The conference agreement provides $250,000 for beaver 
management and control in North Carolina.
      The conference agreement provides $1,300,000 for predator 
control programs in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming instead of 
$1,500,000 as proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement provides $200,000 to establish a 
Wildlife Services State Office in Pennsylvania as proposed by 
the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $400,000 to assist the 
Nevada Division of Wildlife with returning displaced wildlife 
back to its natural habitat instead of $500,000 as proposed by 
the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $300,000 for a 
cooperative agreement with the Eastern Idaho Sandhill Crane 
Lure Crop Project as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides an increase of $800,000 
for animal welfare activities, as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides an increase of $250,000 
to enhance existing research efforts at the National Wildlife 
Research Center field station in Starkville, Mississippi 
instead of $300,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $600,000 to expand the 
existing program at the Jack Berryman Institute and facilitate 
a cooperative relationship with the Mississippi Agriculture and 
Forestry Experiment Station instead of $700,000 as proposed by 
the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $700,000 for 
maintenance and operations necessary to support wildlife 
methods development at the National Wildlife Research Center in 
Ft. Collins, CO, as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees are aware of outbreaks in Texas of Avian 
Influenza in poultry during 2002 and expect APHIS to provide 
assistance to egg producers who have depopulated their flocks.
      The conferees are concerned about USDA's response to the 
outbreak and spread of chronic wasting disease in states east 
of the Mississippi River and believe that USDA needs to do much 
more to expand laboratory testing capacity in order to help 
states get control of the problem. The conferees expect USDA to 
expand testing capacity by developing appropriate protocols 
with laboratories that are capable of doing the testing and by 
providing the necessary resources for laboratories to conduct 
rapid testing.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

      The conference agreement provides $9,989,000 for Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service Buildings and Facilities 
instead of $13,189,000 as proposed by both the House and 
Senate.
      The conference agreement includes funds for all budgeted 
items except Plum Island.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           MARKETING SERVICES

      The conference agreement provides $75,702,000 for the 
Agricultural Marketing Service as proposed by the House instead 
of $75,411,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes a total of $15,759,000 
for the pesticide data program of which not less than 
$1,000,000 shall be added to the existing funding for the 
drinking water initiative.

                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $61,619,000 as proposed 
by both the House and Senate.

    FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

      The conference agreement provides $14,910,000 for Funds 
for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply as proposed by 
both the House and Senate.

                   Payments to States and Possessions

      The conference agreement appropriates $1,347,000 for 
Payments to States and Possessions as proposed by the House and 
Senate.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $39,950,000 for the 
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration instead 
of $44,746,000 as proposed by the House and $44,475,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $4,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a study on the issues surrounding 
a ban on packer ownership. The conferees direct the Secretary 
to report the findings within 24 months of enactment.
      The conference agreement includes $500,000, as proposed 
by the House, to establish a cooperative relationship with the 
Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois Corn Growers Associations to 
conduct a pilot program for development of production 
protocols.

        LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $42,463,000 as proposed 
by the House and Senate.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

      The conference agreement provides $603,000 for the Office 
of the Under Secretary for Food Safety as proposed by the House 
instead of $780,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

      The conference agreement provides $759,759,000 for the 
Food Safety and Inspection Service, as proposed by the Senate, 
instead of $755,793,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees 
direct that no less than $649,802,000 of the total is for 
Federal food safety inspection, as proposed by the Senate, 
instead of $679,097,000 for Federal food safety and inspection, 
as proposed by the House. The conference agreement fully funds 
the budget request.
      The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 to remain 
available through fiscal year 2004, to hire no fewer than 50 
FTEs for enforcement of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act 
(HMSA) through full-time ante-mortem inspection, particularly 
unloading, handling, stunning, and killing of animals at 
slaughter plants. The conferees also support the ongoing 
activities of the 17 District Veterinary Medical Specialists 
and expect that their mission be limited to HMSA enforcement. 
Further, the conferees also direct the General Accounting 
Office to review and report to the Appropriations Committees by 
July 1, 2003, on the scope and frequency of HMSA violations, 
and provide recommendations on the extent to which additional 
resources for inspection personnel, training, and other agency 
functions are needed to properly regulate slaughter facilities 
in the area of HMSA enforcement.
      The conference agreement includes the following amounts.

Food Safety and Inspection Service, funding by activity

                        (In thousands of dollars)

  Food Safety Inspection:
    Federal.............................................         679,502
    State...............................................          49,702
    International.......................................          16,110
Codex Alimentarius......................................           2,573
FAIM....................................................          11,872
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................         759,759
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Federal Food Inspection.................................         649,082
Import/Export Inspection................................          12,767
Laboratory Services.....................................          38,440
FAIM....................................................           8,005
Grants to States........................................          43,672
Special Assistance to State Programs....................           5,220
Codex Alimentarius......................................           2,573
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................         759,759
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

      The conference agreement provides $622,000 for the Office 
of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
Services as proposed by the House instead of $899,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees are concerned that little progress has been 
made in implementing Sec. 3013 of P.L. 107-171 and direct the 
Under Secretary to take action to implement this provision as 
soon as possible this fiscal year.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $976,738,000 for the 
Farm Service Agency as proposed by the House instead of 
$986,913,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                         STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

      The conference agreement provides $4,000,000 for State 
Mediation Grants, as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                        DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

      The conference agreement provides $100,000 for the Dairy 
Indemnity Program, as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.

           AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The following table reflects the conference agreement:

Farm Ownership Loans:
    Direct..............................................  ($130,000,000)
    Subsidy.............................................     $15,093,000
    Guaranteed..........................................($1,000,000,000)
    Subsidy.............................................      $7,500,000
Farm Operating Loans:
    Direct..............................................  ($605,000,000)
    Subsidy.............................................    $104,423,000
    Unsubsidized guaranteed.............................($1,700,000,000)
    Subsidy.............................................     $53,890,000
    Subsidized guaranteed...............................  ($400,000,000)
    Subsidy.............................................     $47,200,000
Indian tribe land acquisition...........................    ($2,000,000)
    Subsidy.............................................        $179,000
Boll weevil eradication.................................  ($100,000,000)
    Subsidy.............................................              $0
ACIF expenses:
    Salaries and expenses (transfer to FSA).............    $279,176,000
    Administrative expenses.............................      $8,000,000

                         Risk Management Agency

      The conference agreement provides $70,708,000 for the 
Risk Management Agency as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$70,726,000 as proposed by the House.

                              CORPORATIONS

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

      The conference agreement provides an appropriation of 
such sums as may be necessary for the Federal Crop Insurance 
Corporation Fund (estimated to be $2,886,000,000 in the 
President's fiscal year 2003 Budget Request), as proposed by 
both the House and Senate.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

      The conference agreement provides an appropriation of 
such sums as may be necessary for Reimbursement for Net 
Realized Losses of the Commodity Credit Corporation (estimated 
to be $16,285,000,000 in the President's fiscal year 2003 
Budget Request), as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                       Hazardous Waste Management

                        (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

      The conference agreement provides a limitation of 
$5,000,000 for Hazardous Waste Management, as proposed by both 
the House and Senate.

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

      The conference agreement provides $750,000 for the Office 
of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment as 
proposed by the House instead of $902,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

      The conference agreement provides $825,004,000 for 
Conservation Operations instead of $843,553,000 as proposed by 
the House and $840,002,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes Senate bill language 
that prohibits funds in this account from being used to provide 
technical assistance for farm bill programs.
      The conference agreement provides $23,500,000 for the 
grazing lands conservation initiative as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $21,500,000 as proposed by the House.
      The conferees direct NRCS to treat Congressional earmarks 
as additions to the States' funding allocation.
      Projects identified in House Report 107-275, House Report 
107-623, Senate Report 107-223, and those identified on pages 
S384-S386 of the Congressional Record of January 15, 2003 that 
were directed to be funded for fiscal year 2003 are not funded 
in fiscal year 2003, unless specifically mentioned herein: Sand 
Mountain Water Quality Project (AL)--$200,000; Central AL/
Birmingham Water Quality Conservation Initiative--$150,000; 
Update and digitize soil surveys in north Alabama--$250,000; 
obtain and evaluate materials for cold region seeds of plants 
in conjunction w/ Alaska Division of Agriculture--$350,000; 
Native Plant Materials (AK) (evaluating and developing)--
$350,000; Kenai Streambank Restoration (AK) water project--
$450,000; Natural resources/rural assistance activities/SWCD 
(AK)--$1,500,000; Juneau and Glennallen (AK) Offices--$250,000; 
Staff for each SWCD Public Info and assistance in rural AK--
$500,000; Kodiak and Dillingham (AK) offices--$500,000; Seward/
Resurrection River (AK) watershed project technical 
assistance--$1,000,000; Harding Lake (AK)--$300,000; Southwest 
Strategy (AZ/NM)--$150,000; National Water Management Center 
(AR)--$2,750,000; Little Red River Irrigation Project--
$375,000; Walnut Bayou (AR) Irrigation Project--$300,000; 
Contra Costa County (CA) Watershed Surveys--$375,000; East 
Valley Conservation District/Santa Ana Watershed Authority (CA) 
Plant Removal--$1,000,000; Agricultural Non-point source water 
quality--San Luis Obispo County (CA) Farm Bureau--$84,000; 
Monterey Bay Sanctuary--$600,000; Expand cooperative efforts 
with Delaware State for plant materials--$290,000; Pilot 
projects for technology systems resulting in nutrient reduction 
(FL/NC)--$3,000,000; Manatee (FL) Agriculture Reuse System--
$2,000,000; Lake Okeechobee (FL) Watershed project planning--
$500,000; Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission 
Cooperative Agreement--$2,100,000; Georgia Agricultural Water 
Conservation Initiative--$1,500,000; PMC for Native Plants to 
clean up the Island of Kahoolawe (HI)--$120,000; Molokai (HI) 
Agriculture Community Committee--$250,000; Idaho One Plan 
(ID)--$200,000; Little Wood River (ID) Irrigation District 
delivery system--$1,750,000; Conversion to sprinkler irrigation 
(ID)--$1,000,000; Trees Forever Program (IL)--$100,000; Embrass 
River/Shad Lake (IL)--technical assistance; Illinois River 
Basin--EQIP; Waynewood (IL) drainage project--$400,000; Hungry 
Canyon/Loess Hills Erosion Control/Western Iowa--$1,200,000; 
Trees Forever Program (IA)--$100,000; CEMSA with Iowa Soybean 
Association--$300,000; Soil erosion control cost-share program/
soil survey program (KY)--$3,000,000; Environmental study/
geological investigation--Rockhouse Creek-Leslie (KY)--
$200,000; Knott County (KY) technical assistance--$250,000; 
Boone County (KY) conservation projects--$300,000; Kenton 
County (KY) flood prevention--$250,000; Technical assistance to 
provide grants to Soil Conservation Districts--$800,000; Dairy 
waste remediation--Lake Ponchartrain (LA) Basin--$100,000; 
Lincoln Parish (LA) stormwater/conservation management 
program--$650,000; St. John the Baptist Parish (LA) Lakes bank 
retention project--$450,000; False River (LA) sedimentation 
project--$150,000; Chesapeake Bay activities--$6,000,000; 
Conservation related to cranberry production (MA/WI)--$600,000; 
Weed It Now--Taconic Mountains (MA/NY/CT)--$200,000; Great 
Lakes pilot program for conservation--$500,000; Franklin County 
(MS) Lake technical assistance--$1,500,000; Mississippi Delta 
Water Resources Study-- $750,000; continuation of Sharkey (MS) 
soil classification pilot project; Squirrel Branch Drainage 
Project (MS)--$250,000; Delta Conservation Demonstration 
Center, Washington County (MS)--$1,425,000; Soil erosion with 
Alcorn State (MS)--$175,000; Cattle and nutrient management in 
stream crossings (MS)--$1,000,000; Choctaw County (MS) 
feasibility study for surface impoundment--$100,000; Jamie 
Whitten PMC--$275,000; Wildlife Habitat Management Institute 
(MS)--$6,459,000; Humphrey's County (MS) Hospital flood 
protection--$400,000; Drainage improvements, Petal (MS)--
$500,000; Drainage improvements on Watkins Drive, Jackson 
(MS)--$100,000; Drainage improvements, Port Gibson (MS)--
$300,000; Drainage improvements, Mount Olive (MS)--$150,000; 
Drainage improvements, Meridian (MS)--$500,000; Rankin County 
(MS)--$300,000; Establish Upper White River Water Quality 
Project Office in southern Missouri $355,000; Jefferson River 
(MT) watershed $400,000; Watershed planning project (MT)--
$1,500,000; Lake Tahoe Basin Soil Conservation Project (NV/
CA)--$400,000; Lake Tahoe Basin area soil survey (NV/CA)--
$200,000; State conservation cost share program (NJ)--$900,000; 
Westchester County (NY) SWCD--$350,000; Pastureland Management/
Rotational Grazing (NY)--$500,000; Best management practices/
Skaneateles and Owasco Watersheds (NY)--$250,000; Address non-
point pollution in Onondaga Lake Watershed (NY)--$250,000; 
Beaver Swamp Brook project (NY) implementation and 
environmental restoration--$300,000; Phase II/Watershed 
Agriculture Council in Walton (NY)--$650,000; Technical 
assistance to livestock/poultry industry (NC)--$500,000; Red 
River Flood Prevention/Energy and Environmental Research Center 
(ND)--$1,500,000; Maumee Watershed Hydrological Study and Flood 
Mitigation Plan (OH)--$1,000,000; Oregon Garden, Silverton 
(OR)--$325,000; Cooperative agreement with Marion County (OR) 
for native seed project $50,000; Increased technical assistance 
(OR)--$1,000,000; Address drought-related issues (RI)--
$150,000; GIS-based model to integrate commodity and 
conservation (SC)--$800,000; Study to characterize land use 
change while preserving natural resources in cooperation with 
Clemson University (SC)--$800,000; Bexar, Medina, Uvalde 
Counties irrigation in Edwards Aquifer (TX)--$500,000; Field 
office telecommunications pilot program/advanced soil survey 
methods (TX)--$1,500,000; Leon River restoration project (TX)--
$500,000; Range vegetation pilot project, Ft. Hood (TX)--
$500,000; AFO/CAFO Pilot Project (UT)--$250,000; Dry Creek/
Neff's Grove project (UT)--$300,000; Reduce phosphorus loading 
into Lake Champlain (VT)--$300,000; Walla Walla (WA) watershed 
alliance--$500,000; Design/implement natural stream restoration 
initiatives (WV)--$500,000; Soil survey geographic database in 
the Mid-Atlantic Highlands (WV)--$200,000; Poultry Litter 
Composting (WV)--$160,000; Potomac and Ohio River Basin Soil 
Nutrient Project (WV)--$300,000; Appalachian Small Farmer 
Outreach Program (WV)--$860,000; Potomac Headwaters (WV)--
$550,000; Grazing Lands Initiative/Wisconsin Department of 
Agriculture--$550,000; Global Environment Management Education 
Center at Stevens Point (WI)--$2,000,000; Examine benefits of 
using vegetative buffers with the University of Wisconsin-
Madison--$500,000; Conservation land internship program (WI)--
$120,000; Study benefits of using nutrient management plans 
with the University of Wisconsin-Madison--$500,000; Soil survey 
mapping project (WY)--$300,000; Audubon at Home Pilot Program--
$500,000; Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil and Erosion 
Sediment--$2,500,000; Watershed management demo program/NPPC--
$600,000; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Partnerships--
$3,000,000; and, source water protection project, as a 
reimbursable agreement with Farm Service Agency, to States that 
show the greatest need--$1,000,000.
      The conferees direct the agency to maintain a national 
priority area under the guidelines of the Environmental Quality 
Incentives Program in the Delta of the State of Mississippi.
      The conference agreement includes $500,000 to the Walla 
Walla (WA) Watershed Alliance to partner with the NRCS and 
assist watershed planning entities in the development of 
Comprehensive Irrigation District Management Plans by engaging 
irrigators, landowners, and other stakeholders in the watershed 
initiative; developing and demonstrating model farm and land 
management plans; and monitoring results.
      The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the 
continued implementation for innovative technology systems to 
be managed by Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc. as proposed 
by the House. The Secretary is directed to release these funds 
after submitting a report that a satisfactory cooperative 
agreement between the NRCS and Farm Pilot Project Coordination, 
Inc. has been consummated. The conference agreement does not 
include $150,000 for this activity as proposed by the Senate.

                     WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

      The conference agreement provides $11,197,000 for 
Watershed Surveys and Planning as proposed by the House instead 
$10,960,000 as proposed by the Senate.

               WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

      The conference agreement provides $110,000,000 for 
Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations as proposed by the 
House instead of $105,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees expect the Department to give consideration 
for financial and technical assistance to the following: Upper 
Petit Jean (AR); Askalmore dam (MS); and Attoyac Bayou (TX).

                    WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

      The conference agreement provides $30,000,000 for the 
Watershed Rehabilitation Program as proposed by the Senate. The 
House bill contained no such provision.
      The conferees direct that funding be provided for 
rehabilitation of structures determined to be of high priority 
need as proposed by the Senate.

                 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

      The conference agreement provides $51,000,000 for 
Resource Conservation and Development instead of $55,079,000 as 
proposed by the House and $50,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

      The conference agreement provides $640,000 for the Office 
of the Under Secretary for Rural Development as proposed by the 
House instead of $898,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees encourage the Secretary to consider a 
commercial off-the-shelf automated collateral management system 
for loan origination and servicing to prevent fraudulent 
practices including losses associated with inflated appraisals.
      The conference agreement does not include $200,000 as 
proposed by the House for a National Groundwater Association 
study. The conference agreement includes $200,000 for the 
National Groundwater Association to fund a pilot program 
involving inspector training and certification relative to 
proper well construction, maintenance, sampling and ensuring 
the overall safety of private wells in rural areas.

                  RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

      The conference agreement provides $907,737,000 for the 
Rural Community Advancement Program (RCAP) instead of 
$950,298,000 as proposed by the House and $867,176,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement adopts Senate language providing 
$30,000,000 for rural and native villages in Alaska.
      The conference agreement provides $18,333,000 for 
technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems.
      The conferees provide bill language that of the funds 
provided for technical assistance for rural water and waste 
systems, $5,513,000 be designated for Rural Community 
Assistance Programs.
      The conference agreement adopts language setting aside 
$12,100,000 for the circuit rider program.
      The conference agreement adopts Senate language setting 
aside $25,000,000 for facilities in rural communities with 
extreme unemployment and severe economic depression.
      The conference agreement adopts Senate language setting 
aside $30,000,000 for grants in rural communities with 
extremely high-energy costs.
      The conferees provide $1,000,000 to carry out a 
demonstration program on replicating and creating cooperatives 
for home based health care and expect the Department to provide 
this service to historically under served communities.
      The following table indicates the distribution of funding 
for the RCAP:

Community Facilities....................................     $96,800,000
Business-Cooperative Development........................      87,720,000
Water and Waste.........................................     723,217,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Total...............................................     907,737,000
Earmarks:
    Federally Recognized Native American Tribes.........      24,000,000
    Rural Community Development Initiative..............       7,000,000
    Technical Assistance for Rural Transportation.......         250,000
    Delta Regional Authority............................       2,000,000
    Colonias............................................      25,000,000
    Alaska Villages.....................................      30,000,000
    Technical Assistance................................      18,333,000
    Circuit Rider.......................................      12,100,000
    EZ/EC and REAP......................................      37,624,000
    Economic impact initiative grants...................      25,000,000
    High energy costs grants............................      30,000,000
    CF Grant Tribal Colleges............................       4,000,000
    Rural Health Cooperatives...........................       1,000,000
    RCAP................................................       5,513,000

      The conferees expect the Department to give consideration 
to the following entities for RCAP grants and/or loans: the 
University of New Orleans for wetland aquatic plants; Berkeley 
County (WV) Public Service Water District Project; rural 
cooperative development grant for peanut marketing 
cooperatives; distance learning and telemedicine broadband 
grant from the Mississippi Economic Growth Alliance and Point 
of Presence, Inc.; water and waste disposal loan and grant for 
the City of Oxford (MS); rural business enterprise grant for 
Bosque (TX); and Delaware Bay and River Authority (NJ).

                RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $145,736,000 for Rural 
Development Salaries and Expenses as proposed by the House 
instead of $127,502,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                         Rural Housing Service

              RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement provides a total subsidy of 
$305,517,000 for activities under the Rural Housing Insurance 
Fund Program Account instead of $303,567,000 as proposed by the 
House and $282,523,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement provides for an estimated loan program 
level of $5,844,862,000 instead of $4,551,457,000 as proposed 
by the House and $3,932,173,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides for a transfer of 
$432,374,000 to salaries and expenses instead of $434,980,000 
as proposed by the House and $455,630,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement adopts Senate bill language 
regarding how Section 515 program funds may be used.
      The conference agreement adopts House bill language 
regarding funding for the Section 515 program.
      The conference agreement adopts Senate bill language 
regarding the 502 unsubsidized guaranteed program.
      The following table indicates loan and subsidy levels 
provided in the conference agreement:
      Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account:

Loan authorizations:
    Single family (sec. 502)............................($1,044,000,000)
        Unsubsidized guaranteed......................... (4,528,000,000)
    Rental housing (sec. 515)...........................   (115,805,000)
    Multi-family housing guar (sec. 538)................   (100,000,000)
    Housing repair (sec. 504)...........................    (35,000,000)
    Credit sales of acquired property...................    (12,000,000)
    Site loans (sec. 524)...............................     (5,046,000)
    Self-help housing land development fund.............     (5,011,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Loan authorizations...................... (5,844,862,000)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Loan subsidies:
    Single family (sec. 502)............................     202,350,000
        Unsubsidized guaranteed.........................      32,600,000
    Rental housing (sec. 515)...........................      54,000,000
    Multi-family housing guar. (sec. 538)...............       4,500,000
    Housing repair (sec. 504)...........................      10,857,000
    Credit sales of acquired property...................         934,000
    Site loans (sec. 524)...............................          55,000
    Self-help housing land development fund.............         221,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Loan subsidies...........................     305,517,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
RHIF administration expenses (transfer to RD)...........     432,374,000

                       RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

      The conference agreement provides $726,000,000 for the 
Rental Assistance Program instead of $722,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and $730,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                  MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

      The conference agreement provides $35,000,000 for Mutual 
and Self-Help Housing Grants as proposed by the House and 
Senate.

                    RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

      The conference agreement provides $42,498,000 for Rural 
Housing Assistance Grants as proposed by the House instead of 
$47,498,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement does not adopt Senate bill 
language regarding Demonstration Housing Grants.

                       FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement provides $36,307,000 for the 
Farm Labor Program Account instead of $38,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and $34,615,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $17,647,000 for loan 
subsidies, and $18,661,000 for grants of which $15,578,000 is 
for farm labor housing grants and $3,082,000 is for grants for 
migrant and seasonal farm workers.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

              RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement provides $40,000,000, the same 
as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      The conference agreement adopts House language providing 
for a transfer of $4,190,000 to salaries and expenses instead 
of $4,290,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                  RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

      The conference agreement provides $9,000,000 for Rural 
Cooperative Development Grants, the same as proposed by both 
the House and Senate.
      The conference agreement adopts Senate language for 
cooperatives or associations of cooperatives, whose primary 
focus is to provide assistance to small, minority producers and 
whose governing board and/or membership is comprised of at 
least 75 percent minority.

       RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES GRANTS

      The conference agreement provides $14,967,000 for Rural 
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Grants as proposed 
by the House and Senate.

                        Rural Utilities Service

   Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account

      The conference agreement provides a total subsidy of 
$12,458,000 for activities under the Rural Electrification and 
Telecommunications Loans Program Account. The conference 
agreement provides for an estimated loan program level of 
$5,566,132,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$4,516,136,000 as proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement adopts Senate bill language that 
provides guaranteed underwriting loans.
      The conference agreement adopts House language providing 
for a transfer of $37,833,000 to salaries and expenses instead 
of $38,035,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The following table indicates loan and subsidy levels 
provided in the conference agreement:
      Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans 
Program Account:
      Loan authorizations:
Electric:
    Direct, 5 percent...................................  ($121,103,000)
    Direct, Muni........................................   (100,000,000)
    Direct, FFB......................................... (2,600,000,000)
    Direct, Treasury rate............................... (1,150,000,000)
    Guaranteed..........................................   (100,000,000)
    Guaranteed underwriting............................. (1,000,000,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................ (5,071,103,000)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Telecommunications:
    Direct, 5 percent...................................    (75,029,000)
    Direct, Treasury rate...............................   (300,000,000)
    Direct, FFB.........................................   (120,000,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................   (495,029,000)
        Total, loan authorizations...................... (5,566,132,000)

      Loan subsidies:

Electric:
    Direct, 5 percent...................................       6,915,000
    Direct, Muni........................................       4,030,000
    Guaranteed..........................................          80,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................      11,025,000
Telecommunications:
    Direct, 5 percent...................................       1,283,000
    Direct, Treasury rate...............................         150,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................       1,433,000
        Total, loan subsidies...........................      12,458,000
RETLP administrative expenses (transfer to RD)..........      37,833,000

                  RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement provides $174,615,000 for the 
Rural Telephone Bank Program Account as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $174,638,000 as proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement provides for a transfer of 
$3,082,000 to salaries and expenses as proposed by the House 
and Senate.

               DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM

      The conference agreement provides $56,941,000 for the 
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program instead of 
$44,128,000 as proposed by the House and $51,941,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides for an estimated loan 
program level of $300,000,000 for distance learning and 
telemedicine and $80,000,000 for broadband telecommunications.
      The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 in grants 
to support broadband transmission and local dial-up Internet 
services for rural areas as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $42,813,000 for 
distance learning and telemedicine grants and grants for 
translators to broadcast digital signals.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

      The conference agreement provides $603,000 for the Office 
of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
Services as proposed by the House instead of $774,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $125,000,000 for a 
contingency fund for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program 
for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), as proposed by the 
Senate, instead of $150,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement provides $10,580,169,000 for 
Child Nutrition Programs as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$10,576,169,000 as proposed by the House.
      Included in this amount is an appropriated amount of 
$5,834,506,000 and a transfer from section 32 of 
$4,745,663,000. Within the appropriated amount, the conferees 
provide $3,300,000 for a school breakfast pilot program, of 
which no less than $1,000,000 is for Wisconsin, as proposed by 
the Senate. The House had no similar provision. The conferees 
note that of the appropriated funds provided in the Child 
Nutrition Programs $200,000 for one-time costs is to be 
directed to the Common Roots Program, as proposed by the 
Senate. The House had no similar provision. The conferees 
provide $500,000, as proposed by the Senate, for one-time costs 
associated with the establishment of the Child Nutrition 
Archive Resource Center at the National Food Service Management 
Institute. The House had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes a provision prohibiting 
use of funds for studies and evaluations as proposed by the 
House. The Senate had no similar provision. The conference 
agreement does not include language regarding limits on and 
transfers of funds for studies and evaluations, as proposed by 
the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes a general provision to 
expand the number of low-income children in child care centers 
who receive meals through the Child and Adult Care Feeding 
Program, as proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement provides the following for Child 
Nutrition programs:

                      TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY

Child Nutrition Programs:
    School lunch program................................  $6,074,648,000
    School breakfast program............................   1,660,870,000
    Child and adult care food program...................   1,904,494,000
    Summer food service program.........................     334,686,000
    Special milk program................................      16,449,000
    State administrative expenses.......................     133,583,000
    Commodity procurement and computer support..........     435,334,000
    School meals initiative/Team nutrition..............      10,025,000
    Coordinated review effort...........................       5,080,000
    Food safety education...............................       1,000,000
    School breakfast pilot project......................       3,300,000
    Common Roots Program................................         200,000
    Child Nutrition Archive Center......................         500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total........................................... $10,580,169,000

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN 
                                 (WIC)

      The conference agreement provides $4,696,000,000 for the 
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
Children (WIC) instead of $4,776,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and $4,751,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the 
total, the conference agreement provides $125,000,000 for a 
reserve account, to remain available until expended, as 
proposed by the Senate, instead of $150,000,000, available 
through fiscal year 2004, as proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement includes a provision prohibiting 
use of funds for studies and evaluations, except as 
specifically provided, as proposed by the House. The Senate had 
no similar provision. The conference agreement does not include 
language regarding limits on and transfers of funds for studies 
and evaluations, as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees provide $25,000,000 for the farmers' market 
nutrition program, as proposed by the both the House and 
Senate, but do not direct that the funds be obligated within 45 
days in bill language, as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
strongly urge the Secretary to make these funds available as 
soon as possible after enactment.
      The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for the 
evaluation of WIC vendor practices, as proposed by the House 
and Senate.

                           FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

      The conference agreement provides $26,313,692,000 for the 
food stamp program as proposed by the House instead of 
$26,289,692,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this 
amount is a reserve of $2,000,000,000.
      The conference agreement includes a provision prohibiting 
use of funds for studies and evaluations as proposed by the 
House. The Senate had no similar provision. The conference 
agreement does not include language regarding limits on and 
transfers of funds for studies and evaluations, as proposed by 
the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes a provision allowing 
for purchase of bison meat, in an amount not to exceed 
$3,000,000, for the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
Reservations (FDPIR), instead of not to exceed $4,000,000, as 
proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.

                      COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

      The conference agreement provides $164,500,000 for the 
Commodity Assistance Program, instead of $170,000,000, as 
proposed by the House, and $167,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Included in that amount is $50,000,000 for 
administration of The Emergency Food Assistance Program 
(TEFAP), as proposed by the House, instead of $55,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes a 
general provision that provides the Secretary with authority to 
transfer up to $10,000,000 from TEFAP commodity purchase to 
administration, which includes processing, storage, transport 
and distribution.
      The conferees provide $114,500,000 for the Commodity 
Supplemental Food Program, instead of $120,000,000, as proposed 
by the House, and $107,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement does not include $5,000,000 for 
senior farmers' market activities, as proposed by the Senate. 
The House had no similar provision. The conferees note that the 
Department provides $15,000,000 for the senior farmers' market 
program through the Commodity Credit Corporation pursuant to 
P.L. 107-171.
      The conference agreement does not include a provision on 
state requests related to the TEFAP program, as proposed by the 
Senate. The House had no similar provision.

                        FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement provides $1,081,000 for Food 
Donations Programs, as proposed by the House and Senate. The 
conferees have acceded to the administration's proposal to 
transfer the Nutrition Services Incentives Program to the 
Department of Health and Human Services. The conferees expect 
these funds to be used only for meals, that they not be 
transferred to fund other activities and that state matching 
requirements will not be applied to the program. The conferees 
also expect that the ability of states to request commodities 
in lieu of cash will be retained.

                      FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement provides $136,560,000 for Food 
Program Administration, instead of $134,397,000 as proposed by 
the House and $136,865,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included 
in this amount is not less than $7,500,000 to improve integrity 
in the Food Stamp Program and Child Nutrition Program, instead 
of $8,500,000 as proposed by the House and $11,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees have provided a $3,195,000 increase for 
studies and evaluations to be carried out by the Department. 
The conferees direct the Department to report to the Committees 
on Appropriations on the studies and evaluations to be carried 
out. This information should include a comprehensive list of 
planned studies, including the intent and funding level of each 
study, and the time frame during which each study will be 
carried out. The conferees direct the agency to submit a 
summary of each study to the Committees on Appropriations when 
completed.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $129,948,000 for the 
Foreign Agricultural Service instead of $129,964,000 as 
proposed by the House and $131,198,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $5,049,000 for E-
Government, and an increase of $1,000,000 for the Cochran 
Fellowship Program.

     Public Law 480 Title I and Title II Program and Grant Accounts

      The conference agreement provides $116,171,000 for Title 
I loan subsidies for a loan level of $154,664,000 as proposed 
by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $25,159,000 for Ocean 
Freight Differential as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $1,200,000,000 for 
Public Law 480 Title II as proposed by the House instead of 
$1,185,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement does not include House bill 
language that requires the Secretary to submit a plan on the 
use of $350,000,000 of Title II funds.
      The following table reflects the conference agreement for 
Public Law 480 program accounts:

Public Law 480

Title 1--Program account:
    Loan authorization, direct..........................  ($154,664,000)
    Loan subsidies......................................     116,171,000
    Ocean freight differential..........................      25,159,000
Title II--Commodities for disposition abroad:
    Program level....................................... (1,200,000,000)
    Appropriation.......................................   1,200,000,000
Salaries and expenses:
    Foreign Agricultural Service (transfer to FAS)......       1,033,000
    Farm Service Agency (transfer to FSA)...............       1,026,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................       2,059,000

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides total appropriations, 
including Prescription Drug User Fee Act and Medical Device 
User Fee Act collections, of $1,630,727,000 for the salaries 
and expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, instead of 
$1,599,602,000 as proposed by the House and $1,631,530,000 as 
proposed by the Senate, and provides specific amounts by FDA 
activity as reflected in the following table.

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                                                   Budget        Prescription    Medical device
                   Program                       authority      drug user fees     user fees          Total
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Foods.......................................      413,347,000                0                0      413,347,000
Human Drugs.................................      278,067,000      148,604,000                0      426,671,000
Biologics...................................      146,849,000       46,623,000        6,227,000      199,699,000
Animal Drugs and Feeds......................       88,972,000                0                0       88,972,000
Medical Devices.............................      194,720,000                0       13,965,000      208,685,000
NCTR........................................       40,688,000                0                0       40,688,000
Rent and Rent-related activities............       36,498,000                0          416,000       36,914,000
Other Activities............................       84,685,000       19,871,000        2,926,000      107,482,000
Rental Payments to GSA......................       98,876,000        7,802,000        1,591,000      108,269,000
Net Appropriation...........................    1,382,702,000      222,900,000       25,125,000    1,630,727,000
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      Resources for the field force of FDA, the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, are included in the program amounts above, 
and total $474,315,000. Included are $264,235,000 for foods, 
$95,155,000 for human drugs, $30,060,000 for biologics, 
$31,097,000 for animal drugs and feeds, and $53,768,000 for 
devices. The conferees note that the agency has flexibility in 
using its field resources to respond to public health 
emergencies within the existing reprogramming requirements and 
expect the agency to use that flexibility when necessary.
      The conference agreement provides the full budget 
authority requested for counter-terrorism activities, which is 
an increase of $152,276,000 over the regular fiscal year 2002 
appropriation for a total of $159,048,000. The conference 
agreement provides increases of $5,000,000 for adverse event 
monitoring and reporting and $28,552,000 for pay cost increases 
as requested in the President's fiscal year 2003 budget.
      The conference agreement makes $25,125,000 in new medical 
device user fees available for the agency, as proposed by the 
Senate. This provision was not in the House bill, since it 
preceded passage of the authorizing legislation. The conference 
agreement provides a budget authority increase of $15,199,000 
for the device program, which includes $4,000,000 over the 
budget request, instead of an increase of $19,199,000, as 
proposed by the Senate, and $11,199,000 as proposed by the 
House. The device program total including user fees is 
$208,685,000, which represents a $29,164,000 increase over the 
fiscal year 2002 regular appropriation. The conference 
agreement also provides an increase of $6,227,000 in device 
user fees for the biologics program. The conferees expect that 
these substantial investments will significantly reduce 
application review times for medical devices.
      The conference agreement funds the generic drugs program 
at $44,532,000, an increase of $5,332,000 over the fiscal year 
2002 level, and expect the increase provided to be applied to 
meeting statutory timeframes for application review. The 
generics total includes $750,000 above the budget request, 
instead of $1,500,000 as proposed by the Senate and no increase 
above the request as proposed by the House. The conferees note 
that FDA should continue funding generic drug education 
activities at no less than $400,000 and expect increased 
consumer education in 2003.
      The conference agreement makes $222,900,000 available to 
FDA for prescription drug user fees, a $61,184,000 increase 
over the amount available in fiscal year 2002. The conference 
agreement also makes mammography user fees and export 
certification user fees available to the agency.
      The conferees do not approve the proposed transfer of the 
Offices of Public Affairs and Legislative Affairs out of the 
agency and include funding for those offices in the total 
provided for this account.
      The conferees note the importance of continued support 
for the Office of Women's Health, and direct that no less than 
$3,000,000 be made available to that office. In addition, the 
conferees note that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has 
responded to the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) by 
recommending updated labeling for the entire class of hormone 
replacement therapy products. While the conferees believe that 
the FDA's action was an important step in the right direction, 
the Federal government needs to go even further in 
communicating clear and concise information to women and health 
professionals about hormone therapy. The conferees encourage 
the FDA to partner with medical professional and women's health 
groups, as well as other Federal agencies, to conduct a public 
awareness outreach campaign about the use of hormone therapy, 
including treatment of menopausal symptoms, which was not 
addressed in the WHI study.
      The conferees provide an increase of $1,000,000 for the 
CFSAN Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS), instead of no 
increase as proposed by the House and $2,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate, for a total of $6,600,000. CAERS is designed to 
ensure prompt identification of and response to adverse health 
events related to foods, including dietary supplements.
      The conference agreement also provides an increase of 
$250,000 for development of advanced test methods for foods at 
New Mexico State University, instead of no increase as proposed 
by the House and $503,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes a total of $8,300,000 
for the Unified Financial Management System, as proposed by 
both the House and Senate. Theconferees note that any 
additional resources for this system are subject to notification and 
approval by the Committees on Appropriations.
      The conferees direct that at least $2,100,000 of the 
funds appropriated for FDA activities be used in support of 
Codex Alimentarius activities, as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees are aware that the Department of Health and 
Human Services is currently working to ensure that health care 
providers and first responders are vaccinated in the event of a 
public health emergency. Recognizing that a small percentage of 
the population may have an allergic reaction to natural rubber, 
the conferees encourage the Secretary to ensure that 
alternatives are readily accessible to those individuals 
allergic to the gloves normally provided. Additionally, the 
conferees are aware that the FDA proposed regulations in 1999 
to reclassify all surgeons' and patient examination gloves as 
Class II medical devices. The conferees encourage the FDA to 
finalize those regulations.
      The conferees are aware that the FDA has not finalized 
its proposed rule to require manufacturer tracking of blood-
derived products and prompt patient notification of adverse 
events, and request a report on the status of the rule by March 
1, 2003.
      The conferees are aware of concerns regarding the sale of 
turtles as pets. The occurrence of Salmonella is frequent in 
all reptiles sold as pets, yet the FDA has banned only the sale 
of turtles under a certain size. The conferees expect the 
agency to respond to citizen petitions on this topic promptly. 
The conferees expect a report by March 1, 2003, describing the 
current regulation, and the status of the agency's response to 
related citizen petitions.
      The conferees believe that print advertisements for 
pharmaceuticals should present information relating to side 
effects, contraindications and the effectiveness of advertised 
pharmaceuticals in the format that is most useful to consumers 
consistent with existing law. The conferees are aware that FDA 
addressed the issue of requirements for print drug 
advertisements in an April 2001 draft guidance. The conferees 
encourage FDA to work with consumers and industry to revise 
this draft guidance as necessary and move towards its 
finalization.
      The conferees are concerned with the number of 
reprogramming proposals submitted for consideration by the FDA, 
and would like to remind the Agency that reprogramming requests 
should be submitted only in the case of an unforeseeable 
emergency, or situation that could not have been predicted when 
formulating the budget request for the current fiscal year. 
Further, the conferees note that when an agency submits a 
reprogramming request to the Committees on Appropriations and 
does not receive identical responses from the House and Senate, 
it is the responsibility of the agency to reconcile the House 
and Senate differences before proceeding, and if reconciliation 
is not possible, to consider the reprogramming request 
unapproved.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

      The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for 
buildings and facilities, as proposed by the House, instead of 
$11,000,000, as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
agreement fully funds the budget request.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

      The conference agreement provides $85,985,000 for the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, instead of $79,884,000 as 
proposed by the House and $93,985,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The total includes $8,815,000 for pay parity, as 
authorized in P.L. 107-171, and $700,000 for retention bonuses.
      The conferees understand that the Commission has 
undertaken an investigation of Enron, its affiliates, and 
energy trading by other entities, which has required 
significant resources from the agency's enforcement program. 
The conferees further understand that the agency's enforcement 
staff has devoted the resources of 30 staff members (which is 
equivalent to 25 percent of the staff for the Division of 
Enforcement), interviewed or taken testimony from at least 170 
individuals, and reviewed in excess of 2 million pages of 
documents. The conferees direct the Commission to provide a 
report on its activities in this area prior to the fiscal year 
2004 appropriations hearings.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes a limitation of 
$38,400,000 on administrative expenses of the Farm Credit 
Administration (FCA), as proposed by the House, instead of 
$38,404,000, as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees recommend an increase in the limitation of 
FCA's administrative expenses to allow the FCA flexibility to 
deal with hiring and retention issues. This flexibility would 
allow the FCA Board to make adjustments to the budget, if 
necessary. The conferees understand that this action will not 
result in an increase in the amount of assessments on system 
institutions during the current fiscal year. The conferees 
request a report on the outcome of the FCA study related to 
hiring and retention needs, including the actual limitation 
amount necessary, the amount of carryover funds in FCA's 
reserve, and the change, if any, in the amount of the 
assessments on system institutions.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      House and Senate Section 703.--The conference agreement 
deletes the old Section 703 authorizing research and service 
work under the Bankhead-Jones Act.
      House Section 736.--The conference agreement (Section 
703) authorizes employment pursuant to the Department of 
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 and 5 U.S.C. 3109.
      House and Senate Section 704.--The conference agreement 
(Section 704) retains the existing general provision regarding 
unobligated balance transfers to the Working Capital Fund.
      House and Senate Section 705.--New obligational authority 
language.
      House and Senate Section 713.--The conference agreement 
(Section 713) gives permanent authority to the Agricultural 
Marketing Service, the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard 
Administration, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
and the Food Safety & Inspection Service to use cooperative 
agreements, notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United 
States Code.
      House and Senate Section 720.--The conference agreement 
(Section 720) modifies Subsection (c) to include ``the 
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission.'' The conferees are seriously concerned by the 
growing frequency of departmental and agency initiatives for 
which the required prior notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations has not been provided. The conferees note the 
efficiencies which attach to the least possible statutory 
requirements and the benefits which accrue to the more flexible 
Congressional direction expressed in Committee reports. 
However, the continuing practice of reliance on Committee 
report language must be accompanied by departmental and agency 
compliance with Congressional directives. Section 720 of this 
Act, and similar language included in previous acts, provide 
detailed guidelines to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the 
Food and Drug Administration, and the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission for those activities that require prior notification 
to the Congress. Such notification was not provided in the 
recent release of Section 32 funds for the creation of a 
Livestock Compensation Program; the establishment of a Faith-
Based and Community Initiatives Center; the improper use of 
Conservation Operations funds for the implementation of Farm 
Bill programs; and other similar violations of statutory 
reprogramming and prior notification requirements. The 
conferees expect full compliance with Section 720 in the areas 
of state office collocations, administrative and information 
technology convergence, and all other activities that fall 
within the scope of that section. The conferees also expect 
that no reprogramming of funds occur in the absence of an 
emergency or not as a consequence of unforeseen events. 
Further, the conferees note that when an agency submits a 
reprogramming request to the Committees on Appropriations and 
does not receive identical responses from the House and Senate, 
it is the responsibility of the agency to reconcile the House 
and Senate differences before proceeding, and if reconciliation 
is not possible, to consider the reprogramming request 
unapproved.
      House and Senate Section 721.--The conference agreement 
(Section 721) does not include the date change as proposed by 
the House.
      House and Senate Section 722.--The conference agreement 
(Section 722) does not include the date change as proposed by 
the House.
      House and Senate Section 726.--The conference agreement 
(Section 726) provides $3,000,000 for Bill Emerson and Mickey 
Leland Hunger Fellowships.
      House Section 728.--The conference agreement (Section 
728) provides $26,499,000 for Section 375 (e)(6)(B) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
      House Section 729 and 743, and Senate Section 732.--The 
conference agreement (Section 729) combines these sections and 
includes the cities of Coachella, CA, Dunkirk, NY, Starkville, 
MS, Shawnee, OK, and Berlin, New Hampshire.
      House Section 730, 748, and 751.--The conference 
agreement (Section 730) considers the cities of Hollister, 
Salinas, and Watsonville, CA; Caldwell, ID; Casa Grande, AZ; 
Aberdeen, SD; and Vicksburg, MS, as meeting the requirements of 
a rural area in section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949.
      House Section 731.--The conference agreement (Section 
731) directs that watershed and flood prevention financial and 
technical assistance shall be provided to DuPage County, IL, 
Waynewood Drainage Improvement Project, not to exceed 
$1,600,000.
      House Section 732.--The conference agreement (Section 
732) adds language that allows any current Rural Utilities 
Service borrower within 100 miles of New York City to be 
eligible for additional financing, refinancing, collateral 
flexibility, and deferrals.
      House Section 733.--The conference agreement does not 
include additional funding for payments of livestock losses to 
producers and deletes this section.
      House Section 734.--The conference agreement (Section 
733) prohibits any transfer of funds appropriated in this Act 
except as authorized by this or any other appropriation Act.
      Senate Section 729.--The conference agreement (Section 
734) prohibits the closure or relocation of the Food and Drug 
Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. 
Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits.
      Senate Section 730.--The conference agreement does not 
include language that prohibits funding the salary of anyone 
violating the ``Buy America Act.''
      Senate Section 731.--The conference agreement (Section 
735) amends Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act by striking ``2002'' and inserting 
``2003''.
      Senate Section 733.--The conference agreement does not 
provide funds for demonstration housing grants in Wisconsin.
      Senate Section 734.--The conference agreement (Section 
736) directs the Natural Resources Conservation Service to 
provide financial and technical assistance to Embarras River 
Basin, Lake County Watersheds, and DuPage County, Illinois, in 
the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program.
      Senate Section 735.--The conference agreement (Section 
737) gives the Secretary authority to use up to 20 percent of 
the amount provided to carry out a competitive grants program 
under section 401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Education Reform Act of 1998.
      Senate Section 736.--The conference agreement (Section 
738) provides watershed and flood prevention financial and 
technical assistance to the Upper Tygart Valley Watershed, to 
include 100 percent of the engineering assistance and 75 
percent cost share for installation of water supply components.
      Senate Section 737.--The conference agreement (Section 
739) authorizes the Department of Agriculture to use any 
unobligated salaries and expenses funds to reimburse the Office 
of General Counsel for representing such agencies in the 
resolution of complaints by employees before the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission and other employment dispute 
agencies.
      Senate Section 738.--The conference agreement (Section 
740) prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay 
the salaries of personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.
      Senate Section 739.--The conference agreement (Section 
741) prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay 
the salaries of personnel to carry out subtitle I of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
      Senate Section 740.--The conference agreement (Section 
742) prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay 
the salaries of personnel to carry out section 6405 of Public 
Law 107-171.
      Senate Section 741.--The conference agreement (Section 
743) prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay 
the salaries of personnel to carry out section 9010 of P.L. 
107-171 that exceeds 77 percent of the payment that would 
otherwise be paid to eligible producers.
      Senate Sections 742 and 743.--The conference agreement 
(Section 744) combines these sections and authorizes watershed 
and flood prevention operations financial and technical 
assistance for the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) project in AR, and 
the Matanuska River erosion control project in AK.
      Senate Section 744.--The conference agreement (Section 
745) amends the Food for Progress Act of 1985.
      Senate Section 745.--The conference agreement (Section 
746) rescinds $795,400 under the Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service, Buildings and Facilities 
appropriation.
      Senate Section 746.--The conference agreement (Section 
747) prohibits funds in excess of $20,000,000 that have been 
appropriated in fiscal year 2003 or preceding years as 
authorized under the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954, to be used to reimburse the Commodity 
Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities 
under the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.
      Senate Section 747.--The conference agreement (Section 
748) authorizes financial and technical assistance to the Dry 
Creek/Neff's Grove project, UT, and the Jefferson River 
Watershed, MT.
      Senate Section 748.--The conference agreement (Section 
749) includes a provision regarding the Denali Commission.
      Senate Section 749 and House Section 752.--The conference 
agreement (Section 750) rescinds $5,000,000 of experimental 
Rural Clean Water Program funds.
      Senate Section 750.--The conference agreement (Section 
751) includes language regarding Alaska's dairy and milk 
industry.
      Senate Section 751.--The conference agreement does not 
authorize the transfer of funds from the Food and Nutrition 
Service to the Economic Research Service to conduct studies or 
evaluations.
      Senate Section 752.--The conference agreement (Section 
752) includes language regarding the Ogonowski farm.
      Senate Section 753.--The conference agreement (Section 
753) provides the Secretary of Agriculture with authority to 
authorize employees of the Department to carry and use firearms 
for personal protection while conducting field work in remote 
locations.
      House Section 735 and Senate Section 754.--The conference 
agreement (Section 754) provides not more than $28,000,000 for 
the Export Enhancement Program in fiscal year 2003.
      House Section 737.--The conference agreement does not 
include a general provision limiting the alteration and repair 
of buildings.
      House Section 738.--The conference agreement does not 
include language regarding citrus canker. This matter is 
addressed in Division N of this conference agreement.
      House Section 739.--The conference agreement does not 
include House Section 739 regarding the release of sensitive 
information. The Senate had no similar provision. The conferees 
fully expect that all departments and agencies for which 
funding is made available by this Act give careful scrutiny to 
the release of information in order to ensure adequate 
protections are maintained for all departmental and agency 
personnel. The conferees do not imply that there should be a 
disruption of routine agency reporting of program activities 
directed either through statute or agency practice, but that 
general safeguards should be in place to ensure security for 
all facilities and personnel.
      House Section 740.--The conference agreement (Section 
755) makes the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico, eligible 
for grants and loans of the Rural Utilities Service.
      House Section 741.--The conference agreement (Section 
756) includes language prohibiting the use of funds to carry 
out section 7404 of P.L. 107-171. This prohibition will allow 
the Department to conduct its assessment of a National Academy 
of Sciences study that was released on December 10, 2002. The 
conferees agree that any similar study must be thoroughly 
justified prior to any expenditure of funds.
      House Section 742.--The conference agreement (Section 
757) authorizes the Agricultural Marketing Service and the 
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, to 
purchase interest-bearing investments outside of Treasury 
without posting them as obligations and outlays in the records 
of the agency as long as they are insured and/or 
collateralized.
      House Section 744 and Senate Section 728.--The conference 
agreement (Section 758) provides up to $10,000,000 for costs 
associated with the distribution of commodities under the Food 
Stamp Act of 1977.
      House Section 745.--The conference agreement (Section 
759) includes the House provision regarding a Wetlands Reserve 
Acreage limitation.
      House Section 746.--The conference agreement (Section 
760) includes the House provision regarding an Environmental 
Quality Incentives Program limitation.
      House Section 747.--The conference agreement does not 
include a Conservation Security Program limitation.
      House Section 749.--The conference agreement does not 
include a general provision concerning the consolidation of the 
Food and Drug Administration Office of Public Affairs and 
Office of Legislation.
      House Section 753.--The conference agreement does not 
include a limitation on contracts with corporations in tax 
haven countries.
      Senate Section 755.--The conference agreement (Section 
761) includes language regarding the Rural Electrification 
Administration loan program.
      Senate Section 756.--The conference agreement does not 
include language regarding the restoration of fish, wildlife, 
and associated habitats in watersheds of certain lakes.
      Senate Section 757.--The conference agreement (Section 
762) provides $250,000,000 for assistance for emergency relief 
activities and makes the funds available through September 30, 
2004.
      Senate Section 758.--The conference agreement (Section 
763) includes language regarding oilseeds.
      Senate Section 759.--The conference agreement (Section 
764) amends section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act by 
changing ``may'' to ``shall'' in regards to a grant to the 
Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship at the University of 
Vermont.
      Senate Section 760 and House Section 750.--The conference 
agreement (Section 765) includes language regarding the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
      Senate Section 761.--The conference agreement does not 
include language expressing the Sense of the Senate regarding 
conservation technical assistance. The House had no similar 
provision. The conferees very strongly concur with an opinion 
issued by the General Accounting Office (GAO) on October 8, 
2002, that conservation technical assistance for a number of 
Farm Bill conservation programs should be provided from funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation and that use of 
Conservation Operations appropriations for that purpose is 
contrary to law. Elsewhere in this Act, language is provided 
consistent with the legal finding of the GAO on this issue. The 
conferees direct the Administration to reconsider immediately 
its position in order to prevent USDA from being responsible 
for making impossible the delivery of conservation programs 
necessary for protection of this nation's natural resources.
      Senate Section 762.--The conference agreement (Section 
766) extends the time period for certain Rural Housing Service 
funds.
      Senate Section 763.--The conference agreement includes 
language (Section 767) relating to corn acreage.
      Senate Section 764.--The conference agreement does not 
include Senate section 764 expressing the Sense of the Senate 
regarding international humanitarian food assistance. The 
conferees note the worsening conditions in many nations where 
adverse weather, social upheaval, warfare, and other causes 
have placed millions of people in dire threat of starvation. In 
addition, increased commodity prices have further strained the 
resources for food aid made available through direct 
appropriations. The conferees direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to give immediate attention to the growing risk and 
reality of this global tragedy, as witnessed in Africa and 
other continents, and make use of existing authorities of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to assist in food assistance to 
those areas. In addition, the Secretary should consult with the 
President on the need to submit an emergency supplemental 
request to the Congress to make additional resources available 
for this purpose.
      Senate Section 765.--The conference agreement does not 
include language on the sale of milk into California.
      The conference agreement (Section 768) rescinds 
$11,000,000 of fiscal year 2002 and prior year funds out of 
section 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949.
      The conference agreement (Section 769) provides that the 
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
Children (WIC) shall be exempt from the across-the-board 
rescission under section 601 of division N.
      The conference agreement (Section 770) includes language 
regarding grain warehouses.
      The conference agreement (Section 771) includes language 
regarding organic standards for meat.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligations) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follow:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...     $73,078,443
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003...........................................      73,530,527
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................      74,263,068
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................      74,701,068
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................      74,391,068
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................      +1,312,625
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................        +860,541
    House bill, fiscal year 2003........................        +128,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.......................        -310,000

 DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                     AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement recommends a total of 
$100,579,000 for General Administration for fiscal year 2003. 
This account supports the development of policy objectives and 
the overall management of the Department of Justice. The 
recommendation provides inflationary adjustments to maintain 
the current operating level in fiscal year 2003, and includes 
an increase of $2,000,000 as requested for the Office of 
Intelligence Policy and Review (OIPR) to address the increase 
in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests. The 
conferees expect OIPR to provide quarterly briefings to the 
Committees on Appropriations beginning April 1, 2003 on FISA-
related activities, issues, and compliance with Congressional 
directives. The conferees expect that of the funding being 
transferred to the Department of Homeland Security from General 
Administration, that $3,000,000 shall be used for the chemical 
plant vulnerability assessments as authorized under Public Law 
106-40.
      The conferees direct the Justice Department to submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations by June 27, 2003 
assessing physical security needs of all domestic and foreign 
installations. The conferees also direct the Attorney General 
to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
than June 4, 2003, that includes cost estimates and timelines 
for developing an International Law Enforcement training 
academy in Mexico in one of the following states: Chiapas, 
Durango, Oaxaca, or Yucatan.
      The conferees are aware that the Justice Department 
intends to cap the reimbursement per employee for professional 
liability insurance (PLI) at $50, a cut of up to $65, due to 
``budget shortfalls''. The conferees are unaware of any 
shortfalls. The Justice Department is directed to reimburse 
employees for the full amount policy allows for PLI. The 
Assistant Attorney General for Administration is directed to 
issue a circular to components to that effect and to confirm by 
letter, with circular attached, to the Committees on 
Appropriations that this directive has been implemented.
      The conferees are not satisfied with the efforts of the 
Justice Department and the State Department to repatriate 
criminal aliens. A recent Supreme Court decision held that 
criminal aliens cannot be detained indefinitely. The conferees 
are concerned that potentially violent criminal aliens will be 
released into the United States because efforts to repatriate 
these individuals have been unsuccessful. The conferees 
therefore include bill language directing the Attorney General 
to notify the Secretary of State in each instance when a 
foreign country denies or unreasonably delays, under section 
243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the repatriation of 
a criminal alien who is a citizen, subject, national or 
resident of that country. The conferees believe that this 
language will equip the Secretary of State and the Attorney 
General with the legal authority to prevent the release of 
violent criminal aliens in the United States.
      The conferees support the Department's efforts to develop 
a unified financial management system which will bring the 
Justice Department into compliance with Federal Financial 
Management Improvement Act accounting system standards and 
security requirements. The conferees are aware that the unified 
financial management system is an eligible purpose for retained 
earnings in the Working Capital Fund and direct the Justice 
Department to use $8,900,000 in retained earnings during FY 
2003 for this purpose. The conferees believe that Working 
Capital Fund retained earnings should be used for specific 
projects rather than being used to meet recurring costs, such 
as audit contract expenses.
      Consistent with the report submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations in May 2002 regarding the number of containers 
used for storage of classified information, the conference 
agreement includes necessary sums to continue efforts to 
replace locks used to store classified information.
      The Department is directed to submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations by June 1, 2003 regarding the 
feasibility of making Foreign Agents Registration Act 
information available on line to the public, as is data from 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
      The conferees remind the Department and its components 
that the use of recoveries is subject to the requirements 
included in section 605 of this Act.
      The conferees include bill language carried in previous 
years regarding the position and workyear limits for the 
Offices of Public Affairs and Legislative Affairs, and include 
language, carried in previous years, which (1) makes up to 
$3,317,000 of this appropriation available until expended for 
the Departmental building, renovation, maintenance, and 
security needs; (2) specifies the amount of funding provided 
for the Department Leadership Office; and (3) authorizes the 
Attorney General to transfer property to state or local 
government agencies to support community-based health and 
safety programs.

                     JOINT AUTOMATED BOOKING SYSTEM

      The conference agreement includes $15,973,000 for the 
continued deployment of a Joint Automated Booking System 
(JABS). The conferees have not adopted the Administration's 
request to combine JABS activities with the ongoing integration 
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service's IDENT 
fingerprint system with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 
IAFIS fingerprint system (IDENT/IAFIS). Funding for IDENT/IAFIS 
activities is provided under a separate account. The conferees 
expect JABS incentive funds to be distributed to the component 
or components making the best progress in installing and 
operating the system.
      This funding level enables Justice Department law 
enforcement components--the U.S. Marshals Service, the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
and the Bureau of Prisons--to share arrest information using a 
common information technology platform. The Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, now part of the Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS), is directed to continue participating in JABS. 
The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations by 
June 27, 2003 to determine if other DHS law enforcement 
components should participate in JABS. The report should 
include expected operations and maintenance costs, and an 
assessment of whether state and local law enforcement agencies 
should have access to JABS. JABS is a secure information system 
that has automated the booking process, allowing law 
enforcement agencies to electronically share criminal data to 
improve criminal identification response times and avoid 
duplication of booking data entry.

  AUTOMATED BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM/INTEGRATED IDENTIFICATION 
                           SYSTEM INTEGRATION

      The conferees recommend $9,000,000 for continued 
integration of the FBI Automated Biometric Identification 
System and the INS Integrated Automated Fingerprint 
Identification Systems (IDENT/IAFIS). As noted previously, the 
conferees do not adopt the Administration's request to 
establish an Identification Systems Integration account. Of the 
amount provided, $1,000,000 is for a pilot program for software 
for IAFIS that is capable of expedited background checks and 
that is capable of ten fingerprint to less than ten fingerprint 
comparisons. This funding level will enable IDENT/IAFIS to be 
deployed to additional sites, and will provide other 
refinements to, and planning for, the system. The Department of 
Justice, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland (DHS), 
is directed to provide a cost and operational effectiveness 
analysis, complete with implementation milestones, to the 
Committees on Appropriations by June 27, 2003. This report 
should determine if other DHS law enforcement components should 
participate in this ongoing integration effort.

                   LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMATION

      The conference agreement includes $15,942,000 in direct 
appropriations for Legal Activities Office Automation (LAOA). 
In addition, the conferees direct that an additional 
$61,185,000 be derived from a transfer from the Working Capital 
Fund, to provide a total of $77,127,000 for LAOA activities.
      This account centrally funds the acquisition, deployment, 
and maintenance of Legal Activities Office Automation (LAOA) 
systems, the largest components of which are the Justice 
Consolidated Network and the Justice Consolidated Office 
Network. Funding provided supports ongoing computer 
modernization programs for the legal divisions, including the 
Antitrust Division, the Executive Office for Immigration 
Review, the Community Relations Service, and General Legal 
Activities. This year, the conference agreement directs that 
the Bureau of Prisons and Office of Justice Programs begin 
efforts to migrate onto this network.
      The conference agreement includes bill language to 
provide for expenses related to design, development, 
engineering, acquisition, and implementation of office 
automation systems. The recommendation also includes language 
modified from language carried in previous Appropriations acts 
regarding the list of participating components.

                       NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS

      The conference agreement includes a total of $101,757,000 
for Narrowband Communications, including direct appropriations 
of $81,354,000 and $20,403,000 in recoveries. The conferees 
note that $68,043,000 remains unobligated in this account from 
prior year appropriations, and that funds for new and 
replacement radios and related costs are also provided in the 
modular costs allotted to each of the law enforcement 
components. New bill language is included directing the 
Attorney General to transfer these modular costs to the 
Narrowband account to ensure that funding provided for radios 
is not diverted for other uses.
      The conferees expect the Department to continue 
implementation of a consolidated, interagency Justice Wireless 
Network (JWN) to meet component needs and improve wireless 
capabilities, as such an approach will enhance interoperability 
and reduce costs associated with narrowband conversion. Amounts 
provided will be used to continue implementation of the JWN, 
operate and maintain legacy systems, expand the use of 
commercial services, and support the Wireless Management Office 
(WMO). The conferees continue to expect the Department to 
accommodate narrowband requirements without significant 
additional new resources. The conferees direct the WMO to 
continue to submit status reports to the Committee as directed 
in Public Law 106-553, to include an operational plan for 
expenditure of funds.
      The Department shall provide a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations by June 27, 2003 regarding the use of radios 
and any deficiencies noted by Justice law enforcement 
components during the events of September 11, 2001. The 
conferees continue to support extensive efforts underway at the 
Office of Justice Programs regarding the interoperability of 
State and local law enforcement radios. The Department is 
directed to determine, in coordination with the National 
Institute of Justice, if there are interoperability solutions 
that have been developed for state and local law enforcement 
that could be applicable to Federal law enforcement 
communication needs. No funding is provided under this account 
for the Public Safety Wireless Information Network (PSWIN). 
Instead, the conferees expect the Department's participation in 
the PSWIN program and Project SAFECOM to be funded within the 
resources provided under the Office of Justice Programs, after 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
      The conferees recommend bill language, as carried in 
previous years, regarding the costs of conversion to narrowband 
communications, and the costs of operating and maintaining land 
mobile radio legacy systems.

                         COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

      The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the 
Counterterrorism Fund to cover extraordinary costs associated 
with a terrorist threat or incident. This level, when combined 
with current unobligated balances and recoveries of 
$49,281,000, ensures a total level of $50,281,000 for fiscal 
year 2003.
      The Counterterrorism Fund was established in the 1995 
Supplemental Appropriations Act after the bombing of the Alfred 
P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and is under the 
control and direction of the Attorney General. These funds may 
be used to reimburse any Department of Justice organization for 
the costs incurred from the reestablishment of an office or 
facility damaged or destroyed as a result of a domestic or 
international terrorist incident, and to cover extraordinary 
expenses necessary to counter, investigate, or prosecute 
domestic or international terrorism activities. The Attorney 
General is required to notify the Committees on Appropriations 
in accordance with section 605 of this Act prior to obligation 
of any funds from this account.
      The conferees recommend bill language, carried in 
previous Appropriations acts, which makes funds available: (1) 
for costs incurred in reestablishing the operational capacity 
of an office or facility damaged or destroyed by a terrorist 
incident; and (2) for support to counter, investigate, or 
prosecute terrorism, including payments of rewards and 
detention costs in connection with these activities.

                   ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

      The conference agreement includes $191,535,000 for 
Administrative Review and Appeals. Of the total amount 
provided, $189,713,000 is for the Executive Office of 
Immigration Review (EOIR), and $1,822,000 is for the Pardon 
Attorney. This level includes an increase of $8,000,000 to 
address the growing immigration judge workload as a result of 
increases in Immigration and Naturalization Service enforcement 
activities.
      The Attorney General is directed to submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations by April 30, 2003, regarding 
the implementation of the changes to the Bureau of Immigration 
Appeals process announced by the Attorney General August 23, 
2002.
      This appropriation supports the EOIR, which includes the 
Board of Immigration Appeals, Immigration Judges, and 
Administrative Law Judges who decide through administrative 
hearings on the admission or exclusion of aliens seeking to 
enter the country, and the transportation and adjustment of 
status of aliens whose status has been challenged; and the 
Office of the Pardon Attorney, which receives, investigates and 
considers petitions for all forms of Executive clemency.

                           DETENTION TRUSTEE

      The conference agreement includes $1,366,591,000 for the 
Federal Detention Trustee. This amount includes transfers of 
$592,985,000 from the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
and $773,606,000 from the Federal Prisoner Detention account. 
Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Trustee is 
directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations 
regarding the appropriateness of transferring to the Trustee 
any U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Naturalization 
Service personnel involved in procuring detention space.
      The conferees are aware that a number of States have 
excess prison capacity. Therefore, the Detention Trustee is 
directed to use existing State prison capacity if it meets 
Federal standards and is cost effective. In addition, the 
conferees direct the Detention Trustee, in collaboration with 
the Bureau of Prisons and the Office of Justice Programs, to 
submit a plan to the Committees on Appropriations by April 30, 
2003, to evaluate the health and safety of Federal prisoners in 
non-Federal institutions. The conferees also urge the Detention 
Trustee to continue its efforts with the Federal Judicial 
Center regarding alternatives to detention.
      The recommendation also includes $1,000,000 for 
development of the National Repository. The conferees direct 
the Department's Chief Information Officer to assist the 
Detention Trustee in establishing this clearinghouse as quickly 
as possible. The Committees on Appropriations expect to be 
regularly briefed on progress in establishing this repository.
      The Detention Trustee shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations regarding its aircraft replacement procurement 
strategy not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act.
      Section 114 of Public Law 106-113 directs that health 
care services provided for individuals in the custody of the 
U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) and the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service (INS) shall not exceed the lesser of the 
amount that would be paid for a similar service under Medicare 
and Medicaid. The conferees direct the Detention Trustee to 
review the impact that this language has had on the delivery of 
health care services. The review shall include: (1) an analysis 
of the cost of providing health care to individuals in USMS and 
INS custody of the Federal Prison System, including 
transportation and security costs; (2) the impact section 114 
has had on the availability of the health care services 
throughout the country to individuals in the custody of the 
Department; and (3) any recommended changes to USMS, INS, FPS 
policies to ensure that individuals in the custody of the 
Department have access to necessary health care services at 
affordable rates. The conferees expect that the study will be 
funded by the affected components. The Detention Trustee shall 
submit its review to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
      The conferees include bill language, modified from the 
request, which provides for the transfer of funding from the 
Detention Trustee to the USMS or to the Immigration Enforcement 
and Border Affairs account. The Committee also (1) recommends 
language carried in previous years regarding the authorities of 
the Detention Trustee; (2) modifies language previously carried 
regarding the construction of detention facilities; (3) 
provides that unobligated balances available in prior years 
from funds appropriated to the Federal Prisoner Detention 
account be transferred to the Detention Trustee account; and 
(4) directs that the Detention Trustee and the Bureau of 
Prisons develop a plan for evaluating the health and safety of 
Federal prisoners in non-Federal facilities.

                      Office of Inspector General

      The conference agreement includes $57,937,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General. The recommended level includes a 
$2,000,000 increase to address additional responsibilities 
resulting from P.L. 107-56.
      The Office of Inspector General conducts and supervises 
audits and investigations relating to the programs and 
operations of the Department of Justice, and keeps the Attorney 
General and Congress informed about problems and deficiencies 
relating to the administration of such programs and activities. 
As the Nation's chief law enforcement agency, it is essential 
that the motives and actions of the Justice Department be above 
reproach. The conferees urge the Inspector General to be 
sensitive to such concerns and to continue to ensure the 
integrity and fairness of Justice Department management 
processes and Federal law enforcement efforts.
      The conference agreement includes bill language providing 
up to $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies and for the 
acquisition and operation of motor vehicles.

                    United States Parole Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $10,488,000 for the 
U.S. Parole Commission for fiscal year 2003.
      The Commission is an independent body within the 
Department of Justice that makes decisions regarding requests 
for parole and supervision of Federal and District of Columbia 
(D.C.) Code prisoners. As a result of legislation that 
established sentencing guidelines, the Parole Commission is 
phasing down its Federal operations. In August 1998, the 
Commission assumed jurisdiction over D.C. felony prisoners and 
D.C. Code parolees. When the D.C. Board of Parole ceased to 
exist, the Commission inherited a parole revocation caseload 
with a significant backlog of warrant requests and revocation 
hearings. In a May 2002 report to the Committee, the Attorney 
General reported that the Commission is responsible for 
conducting hearings and making parole decisions for over 3,000 
Federal inmates; supervising about 4,000 Federal offenders 
currently on parole; and rendering parole revocation decisions 
for nearly 1,000 Federal offenders every year. The Commission 
also conducts hearings and adjudicates parole decisions for 
more than 7,000 eligible D.C. offenders who committed their 
crimes before August 5, 2000.

                            Legal Activities

            SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

      The conference agreement includes $611,325,000 for 
General Legal Activities for fiscal year 2003. This 
appropriation supports the Attorney General through the 
establishment of litigation policy, conduct of litigation, and 
various other legal responsibilities. The distribution of 
funding provided is as follows. The conferees remind the legal 
divisions that changes to these levels are subject to section 
605 requirements in this Act.

General Legal Activities

                        [In thousands of dollars]

          
                                                      2003 appropriation
Solicitor General.......................................          $7,706
Tax Division............................................          75,520
Criminal Division.......................................         129,766
Civil Division..........................................         207,718
Environment and Natural Resources.......................          70,814
Office of Legal Counsel.................................           5,474
Civil Rights Division...................................         105,099
Interpol-USNCB..........................................           8,862
Office of Dispute Resolution............................             366
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      Total.............................................        $611,325

      Criminal Division.--The conference agreement provides a 
total of $129,766,000, 810 positions and 822 workyears for the 
Criminal Division, to address cyber-terrorism, foreign legal 
assistance, foreign counterintelligence, and white collar 
crime. The Criminal Division is directed to submit a report to 
the Committee by May 2, 2003, on the $4,800,000 enhancement 
provided in Public Law 107-117 to coordinate international 
legal activities related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist 
attacks.
      Civil Division.--The recommendation provides a total of 
$207,718,000, 1,042 positions and 1,063 workyears for the Civil 
Division. Included in this amount is an increase of $10,000,000 
for administrative expenses associated with the September 11th 
Victim Compensation program. The conferees direct the Office of 
the Special Master and the Civil Division to submit a report to 
the Committee by July 7, 2003 containing an update on the 
status of awards provided from the September 11th Victims 
Compensation Fund.
      The conferees include bill language carried in previous 
Appropriations acts allowing the Attorney General to provide 
additional resources to the Civil Division, if emergent 
circumstances warrant, through transfers of funds from other 
Department of Justice sources. The conference agreement 
includes $23,388,000 in funding available to the Department 
through the Working Capital Fund for the requested tobacco and 
other litigation activities. The conferees also include 
$1,996,000 for administrative expenses associated with the 
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) of 1990, as amended. 
This program was established, in accordance with RECA, to 
permit the payment of claims to individuals exposed to 
radiation as a result of atmospheric nuclear tests and uranium 
mining. Previously, these funds had been appropriated under a 
separate account. New language is included in this bill 
reflecting that funding is now being provided under the Civil 
Division. The conferees expect the Civil Division to absorb any 
additional requirements for processing RECA claims from other 
resources available to the Civil Division.
      The conferees do not include requested programmatic 
increases for the Commercial Litigation section. Any additional 
requirements may be covered within existing resources through 
the regular reprogramming process. The funding level 
recommended for the Civil Division includes the requested 
reduction of $1,762,000, reflecting improvements achieved as a 
result of the Torts Litigation Division's use of automated 
litigation support.
      Civil Rights Division.--The conferees include 
$105,099,000, 753 positions and 755 workyears, the full amount 
requested, for the Civil Rights Division to enforce voting 
rights, disability rights, and other civil rights policies.
      Trafficking.--An estimated 1 to 2 million people are 
trafficked each year worldwide, with women and children making 
up at least 700,000 of this total. It is estimated that 50,000 
of these women and children are trafficked into the United 
States annually by crime rings and loosely connected criminal 
networks. The Department of Justice is directed to provide a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations by May 9, 2003, 
regarding the Department's litigation and law enforcement 
efforts to combat trafficking in persons.
      Courtroom technology.--The amounts provided include 
$5,200,000 for courtroom technology to be distributed among the 
divisions on the basis of need.
      The conference agreement includes bill language, similar 
to that included in previous fiscal years, which: (1) allows up 
to $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence; (2) makes up to 
$10,000,000 for litigation support contracts available until 
expended; (3) makes up to $1,000 available to the INTERPOL-
USNCB for reception and representation expenses; and (4) allows 
the Attorney General to transfer funds to address emergent 
circumstances in the Civil Division. The conferees also 
recommend bill language, included in previous Appropriations 
acts under a separate heading, for administrative expenses in 
accordance with RECA. The recommendation does not include 
requested bill language making a portion of funds for certain 
activities available until expended.

               THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT

      The conference agreement includes a reimbursement of 
$4,028,000 for fiscal year 2003 from the Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Trust Fund to cover the Department of Justice's 
expenses associated with litigating cases under the National 
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.

               SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

      The conference agreement provides $133,133,000 for the 
Antitrust Division as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
$134,295,000 as proposed by the House. This amount will be 
offset with Hart-Scott-Rodino fee collections, regardless of 
the year of collection, resulting in no direct appropriations.
      The Conferees understand that due to changes in the Hart-
Scott-Rodino fee structure and a reduction in merger activity 
that the number of pre-merger filings requiring review declined 
by 76 percent between fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2002. In 
light of this decline in filings, the Conferees direct the 
Antitrust Division to submit a financial and performance plan 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act. The plan shall outline how the Division intends to 
vigorously enforce our nation's antitrust laws.

             SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

      The conference agreement provides $1,503,767,000 for the 
U.S. Attorneys. This appropriation supports the Executive 
Office of U.S. Attorneys and the 94 U.S. Attorneys Offices, 
which serve as the principal litigators for the U.S. Government 
for criminal, civil, and debt collection matters.
      Corporate Fraud.--To aggressively prosecute cases of 
corporate fraud, the conference agreement includes an increase 
of $13,000,000 to support the Justice Department's Corporate 
Fraud Task Force.
      Intermodal Security Pilot Project.--The conferees 
recommend $5,000,000 for Project Seahawk, an Intermodal 
Security pilot project, to be coordinated by the Office of the 
U.S. Attorneys. The U.S. Attorneys are directed to provide a 
spend plan to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 
March 15, 2003.
      Legal Education.--The conference agreement provides 
$18,842,000 for legal education and distance learning at the 
National Advocacy Center (NAC), and if merited, the NAC may 
expand or include antiterrorism, cybercrime and financial 
investigation classes. The conferees also include an increase 
of $6,000,000 to expand distance learning capabilities at the 
NAC.
      U.S. Attorneys Anti-Terrorism Task Forces.--The conferees 
note that the Joint Terrorism Task Forces, which were 
established in 1980 and have since grown to be active in each 
of the 56 FBI field offices, include representatives of local, 
State, and Federal law enforcement, including U.S. Attorneys, 
as well as other relevant participants from each community. The 
conferees believe that the Joint Terrorism Task Forces should 
play the lead Federal coordinating role with respect to multi-
agency counterterrorism efforts, and that the U.S. Attorneys 
should continue to participate in these Task Forces rather than 
maintain a separate set of U.S. Attorneys task forces.
      Violent crime task forces.--The conference agreement 
includes an additional $1,500,000 within available resources to 
continue and expand task force activities associated with 
Operation Streetsweeper.
      Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Enforcement.--
Twenty-five percent of the software produced in the United 
States has been copied illegally in violation of U.S. copyright 
laws. The estimate of lost revenue to such industries exceeds 
$300 billion annually. Therefore, the agreement includes 
$10,000,000 for the continued pursuit of Federal copyright law 
violations and software counterfeiting crimes. The U.S. 
Attorneys shall report to the Committees on Appropriations by 
April 30, 2003, on the number, type and location of copyright 
prosecutions undertaken in the preceding year, including those 
under Public Law 105-147.
      The conferees also include bill language, similar to that 
included in previous fiscal years, which: (1) makes up to 
$2,500,000 for debt collection purposes available through 
fiscal year 2004; (2) makes available up to $8,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; (3) makes up to 
$10,000,000 for automated litigation support contracts 
available until expended; (4) provides not to exceed $2,500,000 
for the operation of the National Advocacy Center to remain 
available until expended; and (5) specifies the number of 
positions and workyears provided for the United States 
Attorneys.

                   UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

      The conference agreement provides $155,736,000 for the 
United States Trustees, to be funded entirely from offsetting 
collections, instead of $159,161,000 as proposed by the House 
and $150,381,000 as proposed by the Senate. The Conferees 
understand that this account has $5,399,000 in prior year 
unobligated balances previously appropriated to the Trustee. 
The Conferees direct that these balances be used to offset this 
account's fiscal year 2003 operational requirements.
      The conference agreement includes $750,000 for the 
Bankruptcy Training Center at the National Advocacy Center, in 
support of the Trustees' continuing education program.

      SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

      The conference agreement includes $1,136,000 for the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission for fiscal year 2003.
      The Commission settles claims of American citizens 
arising out of nationalization, expropriation, or other takings 
of their properties and interests by foreign governments.

                     United States Marshals Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $680,474,000 for this 
account, instead of $684,174,000 as provided by the House and 
$673,146,000 as provided by the Senate. The conference 
agreement does not include the table included in the Statement 
of Managers accompanying the Senate bill. However, the Marshals 
are directed to submit a spend plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations by March 30, 2003 for this account that is as 
detailed as the Senate table. The conference agreement includes 
$3,300,000 for Electronic Surveillance Unit [ESU] recurring 
costs, $1,000,000 for hand/leg cuffs, and $10,015,000 for 
special assignments.
      Warrant Information Network. The conference agreement 
includes not less than $2,766,000 (excluding a $500,000 
transfer from the Justice Detainee Information System) for the 
Warrant Information Network and subscriptions to various 
networks and on-line systems. The Marshals, with assistance 
from the Justice Department's Chief Information Officer, are 
expected to implement the recommendations included the Justice 
Department's Inspector General report (03-03) concerning the 
Marshal Network and the Warrant Information Network.
      Protection of the Judicial Process. The conference 
agreement transfers $15,800,0000 for 106 senior Deputy U.S. 
Marshals [DUSMs] from the ``Court Security'' account in title 
III to this account. The conferees expect DUSMs and physical 
security experts to regularly survey courthouses and make 
security recommendations to the courts and the Committees on 
Appropriations. In addition, the agreement provides $5,650,000 
for 40 additional personnel and equipment, as requested, for 
the protection of the Judiciary for high threat trials. In 
addition, the agreement includes $2,259,000 for 18 positions to 
be allocated to those districts with the highest priority 
needs.
      Courthouse security equipment. The conference agreement 
includes $12,061,000 for security equipment, furnishings, 
relocations, and telephone systems and cabling to improve 
security at the most ill-equipped courthouses. The distribution 
of these funds shall be described in the aforementioned spend 
plan.
      Fugitive apprehensions. The conference agreement includes 
increases over the fiscal year 2003 request of $2,268,000 to 
fully annualize the two existing fugitive task forces, 
$2,916,000 to establish two additional centrally-managed 
fugitive task forces in the heartland, and $2,750,000 for ESU 
personnel, training, and equipment.
      Other. The conference agreement also includes increases 
over the fiscal year 2003 request of $1,715,000 to establish a 
permanent Marshals Service presence in Jamaica, the Dominican 
Republic, and Mexico and $10,424,000 for vehicles. The 
conferees encourage the USMS to minimize the financial burden 
of Federal court security on State and local jurisdictions to 
the degree possible.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement includes $15,126,000 for this 
account.
      Construction engineering consultants.--The Committee is 
aware that the Marshals have been using funds allocated by 
Congress for consulting services on construction projects to 
pay the federal salaries of nine permanent employees hired in 
fiscal year 2000. Apparently, this diversion of funds was 
prompted by confusion over terms and dollar amounts used by the 
Marshals and Congress. The Conferees expect the salaries of 
permanent employees to be paid out of the ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' account. The Marshals are directed to report on the 
proper execution of the construction engineering funds not 
later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
      Billings, MT.--The funds provided for construction for 
Billings shall only be available to renovate the Marshals 
Service space, including designated prisoner movement and 
holding areas, in the existing federal courthouse, space 
previously occupied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. No other 
proposals are to be considered.

                     FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

      The conference agreement includes $175,645,000 for Fees 
and Expenses of Witnesses for fiscal year 2003. This 
appropriation, which is considered mandatory for scorekeeping 
purposes, provides for fees and expenses of witnesses who 
appear on behalf of the Government in cases in which the United 
States is a party, including fact and expert witnesses, mental 
competency examinations, and witness/informant protection. 
Funds are also used to provide private counsel to pay certain 
legal expenses of Federal employees. This year, the conferees 
also include the costs associated with the U.S. Marshals 
Service Witness Protection Program.
      The conferees include new bill language regarding the 
Witness Protection Program, and include language from previous 
Appropriations acts which allows: (1) up to $6,000,000 for 
protected witness safesites; (2) up to $1,000,000 for the 
purchase and maintenance of armored vehicles for prisoner 
transportation; and (3) up to $5,000,000 for installation and 
operation of a secure automated network.

           SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

      The conference agreement includes $9,474,000 for the 
Community Relations Service for fiscal year 2003. The agreement 
continues a provision that allows the Attorney General to 
transfer up to $1,000,000 from funds made available to the 
Department of Justice to this account, thereby providing for a 
total funding level of up to $10,744,000.
      The Community Relations Service was established by Title 
X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide assistance to 
communities in resolving disagreements arising from 
discriminatory practices.
      The conference agreement includes bill language, 
identical to that included in previous years, which allows the 
Attorney General to provide additional resources for the 
Community Relations Service, if emergent circumstances exist, 
through the transfer of funds from other Department of Justice 
programs, and subject to the requirements of section 605 of 
this Act. The conference agreement also includes modified 
language, as requested, clarifying the definition of the 
activities of the Community Relations Service.

                         ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

      The conference agreement includes $21,901,000 for the 
Assets Forfeiture Fund for fiscal year 2003.
      This account provides funds for additional investigative 
expenses of the FBI, DEA, and USMS, such as purchase of 
evidence, equipping of conveyances, and investigative expenses 
leading to seizure. Funds for these activities are provided 
from receipts in the Assets Forfeiture Fund resulting from the 
forfeiture of assets. Expenses related to the management and 
disposal of assets are also provided from these receipts in the 
Assets Forfeiture Fund by a permanent indefinite appropriation.

                      INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

                 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement

      The conference agreement includes $372,131,000 for 
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement (ICDE) for fiscal year 
2003. The ICDE program was created in 1982 to ensure a 
coordinated, multi-agency approach to attacking and dismantling 
high-level drug enterprises. Through its nine regional task 
forces, the ICDE program utilizes the combined resources and 
expertise of its 11 Federal agency members, in cooperation with 
State and local investigators and prosecutors, to target and 
destroy major narcotics trafficking and money laundering 
organizations. Amounts provided reimburse Department of Justice 
components for their costs to participate in ICDE task forces. 
Additional funding for non-Justice Department agencies' 
participation in ICDE is provided in other Appropriations acts. 
It is expected that the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
will continue to participate in this effort.
      The table below reflects funding levels for each of the 
components. The Justice Department is reminded that changes to 
these levels are subject to section 605 of this Act.

                         REIMBURSEMENT BY AGENCY
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       POS          FTE         Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEA..............................        1,176        1,076     $135,485
FBI..............................          912          912      118,334
INS..............................          117          117       16,345
U.S. Marshals Service............           13           13        2,109
U.S. Attorneys...................          895          851       91,993
Criminal Division................           18           14        2,078
Tax Division.....................           10            8          982
Administrative Office............           12           12        4,805
    Total........................        3,153        3,003      372,131
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      The conferees have communicated concerns with regard to 
the ability of Federal law enforcement to maintain a strong 
focus on combating illegal drugs following the FBI's shift of 
some 567 agents away from drug investigations. The Committees 
on Appropriations approved the FBI's restructuring, and at the 
same time requested a comprehensive plan to ensure that all of 
the resources available to the Department of Justice to fight 
illegal drugs are deployed in priority locations. The 
Committees later approved a proposal by the DEA to shift 100 of 
its agents and support staff in response to the withdrawal of 
FBI agents. The Committee commends the DEA for taking this 
action. However, the Committee has yet to receive a 
comprehensive drug strategy from the Department, and urges 
submission of this plan without further delay.
      The conference agreement includes an increase of 
$15,000,000 for the Drug Enforcement Administration for their 
participation in task force operations. The conferees commend 
the management of this program for emphasizing a strong focus 
on disrupting and dismantling the major drug trafficking 
organizations, and expect that this infusion of DEA agents and 
support staff will further enhance these efforts. The conferees 
also include an increase of $6,050,000 for needs associated 
with OCDETF wiretap investigations generated by the DEA's 
Special Operations Division, and an increase of $724,000 for 
the U.S. Attorney's to establish an electronic surveillance 
tactical group to assist U.S. Attorney's offices in conducting 
electronic surveillance. To further the Justice Department's 
ability to investigate the links between illegal drugs and 
terrorism, an increase of $3,000,000 is provided for additional 
financial investigative training and support.
      The conferees include bill language, similar to that 
included in previous Appropriations acts, which: (1) allows for 
inter-governmental agreements with State and local law 
enforcement agencies; (2) makes $50,000,000 available until 
expended; (3) allows funds to be used under existing 
authorities available to participating organizations; and (4) 
allows the Attorney General to reallocate unobligated balances 
among participating organizations, subject to the reprogramming 
procedures described in Section 605 of this Act.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $4,234,587,000 for the 
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) salaries and expenses 
account for fiscal year 2003. This level provides programmatic 
increases totaling $491,281,000 to support the FBI's core 
missions of counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and 
cybercrime. The conferees also include increases to combat 
violent crime and white collar crime, and for much needed 
information technology enhancements. In addition to the amounts 
provided to the FBI in this account, the conferees have 
included bill language and additional funding to establish a 
new account, the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force (FTTTF).
      The following distribution represents the conference 
agreement. The conferees remind the FBI that changes in this 
distribution are subject to the reprogramming requirements in 
section 605 of this Act.

                        FBI SALARIES AND EXPENSES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Activity                  POS          FTE         Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Criminal, Security and Other
 Investigations:
    Organized Crime Enterprises..        4,223        4,224     $567,085
    White Collar Crime...........        4,120        3,978      516,326
    Other Field Programs.........       11,419       10,892    1,678,963
                                  --------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Criminal,               19,762       19,094    2,762,374
       Security and Other
       Investigations............
                                  ======================================
  Law Enforcement Support:
    Training and Recruitment.....          930          912      140,089
    Forensic Services............          789          724      204,434
    Information Technology.......          377          344      257,117
    Technical Field Support and            669          625      408,040
     Services....................
    Criminal Justice Services....        1,902        1,913      208,698
                                  --------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Law Enforcement          4,667        4,518    1,218,378
       Support...................
  Program Direction and                  2,018        1,967      253,835
 Administration:
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, Direct                     26,447       25,579    4,234,587
       Appropriations............
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Specific funding increases are provided as follows:
      Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence.--The conference 
agreement includes increases of $181,431,000 to bolster 
counterterrorism and counterintelligence activities of the FBI. 
Of this, an increase of $20,000,000 is provided for 
intelligence analysts and associated equipment and support; and 
an increase of $5,000,000 is to be transferred from the FBI to 
the DEA's Special Operations Division (SOD) to ensure continued 
collaboration on SOD activities. The FBI is expected to 
reinvigorate its participation in this multi-agency task force 
in order to strengthen the Justice Department's ability to 
investigate links between the sale of illegal drugs and 
terrorism. The conferees also include an additional $38,246,000 
for NIPC, including $17,221,000 to fund phase II of a three-
phase research and development initiative being run by the 
Special Technologies & Applications Unit. The conferees fully 
expect the STAU to have occupied 4,000 square feet recently 
made available at its new location in Virginia not later than 
March 31, 2003. To ensure that these resources are completely 
integrated with other information technology improvement 
programs underway at the FBI, the FBI Chief Information Officer 
is directed to review all ongoing information technology 
products and activities of the cyber division, including the 
National Infrastructure Protection Center, to ensure that 
activities underway are commensurate with the mission of the 
FBI, and that the products and techniques being developed are 
shared with the FTTTF and other law enforcement agencies, as 
appropriate. Finally, the conference agreement includes 
$6,804,000 to expand the polygraph program.
      Joint Terrorism Task Forces.--The conference agreement 
includes an increase of $20,000,000 for the Joint Terrorism 
Task Forces (JTTF) which have been successful in enhancing the 
coordination of law enforcement at state, local and Federal 
levels. The conferees, while supportive of the concept of the 
JTTFs, want to ensure that these efforts complement and do not 
duplicate other counterterrorism efforts underway at the 
Department. Toward that end, the Bureau is directed to submit a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations that includes a 
thorough discussion of JTTF caseload over the last five years 
by type (domestic/foreign), offense(s), and disposition 
(referred for prosecution, prosecuted, convicted, etc.) on a 
task force by task force basis. The report should also include 
an explicit discussion of threats in existing or proposed JTTF 
locations. The report shall be delivered not later than April 
30, 2003.
      Trilogy.--To date, the Committees on Appropriations have 
provided the FBI with $457,800,000 for Trilogy, the FBI's three 
year information technology upgrade plan. Funding of 
$237,000,000, $132,000,000 more than requested, was provided in 
Public Law 107-117 to complete the three-year funding stream in 
two years and to hasten deployment. The conferees continue to 
urge the FBI to deploy Trilogy as quickly as possible while 
ensuring the integrity of the program. The fiscal year 2003 
level includes an additional $8,000,000 as requested for 
Trilogy contractor support. The Bureau shall continue to 
provide quarterly status reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations regarding Trilogy implementation. In addition, 
the FBI CIO is directed to submit a plan to the Committee by 
March 31, 2003 for reviewing all of the FBI's some 40 plus 
databases, with the goal of removing applications that 
haveoutlived their usefulness in order for the FBI to concentrate 
resources on the highest priority information technology needs.
      Information Technology Infrastructure.--In addition to 
the increase provided for Trilogy, the conference agreement 
provides increases of $126,776,000 to continue efforts to 
provide the FBI with the most modern, efficient and effective 
information technology tools to enable it to prevent terrorist 
acts and further other critical priorities, including 
counterintelligence and cybercrime. Within this amount, the 
following increases are provided: $50,300,000 for investigative 
data warehousing; $11,000,000 for collaborative capabilities; 
$10,000,000 for digital storage and retrieval of documents from 
counterterrorism investigations; $17,444,000 for mainframe 
upgrades and continuity of operations at FBI headquarters; and 
$3,032,000 for secure video teleconferencing. The agreement 
also includes an increase of $5,000,000 for data mining. The 
conferees are concerned that data mining efforts underway at 
the FBI, the DEA and the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force 
are not being coordinated or exploited to the fullest extent 
possible. Toward that end, the Justice Department is directed 
to provide a report to the conferees by June 13, 2003 on 
efforts to ensure that these efforts are complimentary, and not 
duplicative, both from a technological standpoint, and a law 
enforcement perspective. The conferees remain committed to 
providing the FBI with adequate resources to ensure that its 
information technology infrastructure enhances its ability to 
prevent or investigate acts of terrorism and other crimes for 
which it has responsibility. Toward that end, the conferees 
have provided an additional $30,000,000 above the request for 
emergent information technology needs. These funds are made 
available to the FBI subject to the submission of spend plans 
pursuant to section 605 requirements of this Act.
      Information Technology Report.--The Committees on 
Appropriations have provided the FBI with significant increases 
for information technology. To ensure that this funding is 
being centrally coordinated in order to provide the greatest 
return on investment, the conferees expect the FBI to provide 
an updated information technology report. This report shall 
include a complete listing of all information technology 
projects; the stage of each project's development and 
deployment; base funding for each project, to include all 
sources of funding; the fiscal year 2002 and 2003 funding level 
of each project; and the outyear cost projections for each 
project, including recurring requirements for operations and 
maintenance of these systems. This report should also include a 
plan for ensuring regular technology refreshment replacement 
cycles, as well as estimated costs for these needs. This report 
is to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations by July 
21, 2003.
      Internet cafe.--The conference agreement includes 
$3,620,000 for Internet cafe. A combination of a virtual 
private network and the electronic equivalent of a mail drop, 
Internet cafe will allow the FBI to establish a very low cost 
secure network that parallels Trilogy and protects it from 
penetration. The Bureau shall provide a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the distribution and use of 
Internet cafe sites not later than May 1, 2003.
      The conference agreement provides an additional 
$12,612,000 above last year's level for tactical operations. 
The amount provided should allow the FBI to keep pace with the 
explosion of court-ordered surreptitious entries and the rapid 
advance in easily obtained security technology and to cope with 
the new threat of entry into facilities contaminated by 
biological, chemical, radiological, or other hazardous 
materials. The agreement also includes $18,435,000 as requested 
for information assurance and $29,738,000 for the Enterprise 
Security Operations Center to continue efforts to ensure that 
sensitive data is more effectively managed. The Security 
Division is directed to provide an update to the Committee by 
April 30, 2003 regarding the FBI's internal security efforts. 
This review should include an update on the use of the new 
information technology enhancements provided during fiscal year 
2002. The agreement also includes additional resources above 
the request for intelligence production needs, as well as 
surveillance and tactical operations.
      The conference agreement also includes an increase of 
$5,000,000 to ensure the highest integrity language translation 
program, and to aggressively reduce the backlog of documents 
that need to be translated. The FBI is directed to work with 
the Foreign Service Institute regarding language-training needs 
of the FBI. The conferees believe that the FBI needs to develop 
more in-house expertise with regard to language translation 
capabilities. The FBI is also directed to submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations by June 2, 2003 regarding 
efforts to implement section 323 of Public Law 107-306, 
development of a civilian linguistic reserve corps.
      Legal Attache Program.--The FBI received funding in 
Public Law 107-206 to establish additional Legats, update the 
Legat information infrastructure, and provide additional 
resources to existing Legats that have realized appreciable 
workload increases following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist 
attacks. Accompanying report language directed that the FBI 
submit a review of the Legat program prior to establishing 
additional Legats. The Committees on Appropriations have yet to 
receive this report. The FBI is directed to consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations within 30 days following the 
enactment of this Act to review the plan to deploy these 
additional resources.
      Quantico Training.--The ongoing FBI restructuring plan 
revolves around a dramatic change in philosophy, shifting the 
FBI's focus from investigating crimes to preventing acts of 
terrorism. This change, coupled with the recruitment of new 
agents, analysts and other support personnel, has created 
significant new training requirements. The conferees therefore 
provide $10,000,000 above the request for training needs, 
including support for the newly created College of Analytic 
Studies at Quantico, and for enhanced training in the fields of 
cybercrime, counterintelligence and counterterrorism. This 
additional funding shall also support the establishment of a 
program to provide senior FBI agents and support staff with the 
ability to earn advanced degrees in specialized areas that will 
broaden and enhance their on-the-job effectiveness.
      Support.--The conference agreement also provides 
increases of $9,333,000 for the Hazardous Materials Response 
Unit, $3,272,000 for the Hazardous Devices School, and 
$7,919,000 for Evidence Response Teams.
      DNA matching.--The conference agreement includes an 
increase of $867,000 for the Federal Convicted Offender 
Program, which maintains a DNA database of Federal convicts for 
cross-referencing with crime scene evidence. The conference 
agreement also includes an increase of $4,000,000 to maintain 
or establish four regional mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) forensic 
labs in affiliation with the FBI Laboratory. The labs will 
analyze mtDNA from human remains or other evidence to assist 
law enforcement in the identification of missing persons or 
criminal perpetrators. Affiliation with the FBI Laboratory 
ensures that uniform standards and procedures are maintained by 
all of the participating laboratories doing mtDNA analysis. The 
conferees note that the four scientists and technicians 
required to oversee regional labs were funded last year, but 
the labs themselves were not.
      Serial rapists.--The conference agreement includes an 
increase of $1,005,000 to expand the Violent Criminal 
Apprehension Program to include sexual assault cases, which 
should greatly improve the ability of law enforcement at all 
levels to identify, capture, and prosecute serial rapists.
      Forensic research.--The conference agreement includes an 
increase of $8,056,000 over last year to fund the highest 
priority forensic research proposals submitted to Congress by 
the FBI Laboratory as part of its fiscal year 2002 spend plan. 
The FBI shall report back to the Committees on Appropriations 
on the disposition of these resources not later than May 1, 
2003.
      Engineering Research Facility.--Last year, Congress 
funded the construction of a new annex at the Engineering 
Research Facility (ERF). Since then, the conferees have become 
aware that a flaw in the FBI's cost analysis, the failure to 
include cabling, wiring, and equipment costs, and out-dated 
pricing data, which failed to capture inflation through the 
life of the construction project, resulted in an under-estimate 
of the true cost of the annex. Considering the importance of 
this facility, the conference agreement includes $7,945,000 to 
partially cover the full costs of the ERF annex. The conferees 
urge the Bureau to complete this project as quickly as is 
prudent.
      Aviation Support Program.--The conference agreement 
includes an increase of $18,953,000, including $13,000,000 for 
additional aircraft and related equipment. The conferees 
understand that the FBI is developing a proposal for needs 
associated with locations in the Northeast, and direct the FBI 
to submit this proposal in conjunction with a five year 
aviation master plan that includes: (1) current fleet assets by 
type, (2) logged flight hours by mission by aircraft/
helicopter, (3) projected useful service life remaining by 
aircraft/helicopter, (4) utilization of current fleet assets, 
by mission type, for the last five years by year, and (5) 
basing, by aircraft/helicopter locations. The plan should also 
discuss the costs and benefits of maintaining versus replacing 
current fleet assets through 2008, maldeployments or other 
causes of underutilization of current fleet assets, if 
applicable, and capabilities of current fleet assets versus 
current and projected mission requirements. The report shall be 
delivered not later than May 1, 2003.
      Violent Crime.--The conferees also include an increase of 
$5,000,000 for the FBI's continued involvement in the National 
Integrated Ballistics Information Network, or NIBIN. Funding 
will support research, development and equipment for these 
activities. The conference agreement also includes an increase 
of $10,000,000 for efforts to combat violent crime. The 
conferees expect the FBI to bring a national focus to cases 
that cross jurisdictions, including the activities of criminal 
alien gangs across the United States.
      White Collar Crime.--The conferees include an increase of 
$10,000,000 to provide key investigative assets to fight 
corporate fraud. This increase, along with increases provided 
elsewhere in this bill for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission and the U.S. Attorneys, will strengthen the Federal 
government's capabilities to bring corporate fraudsters to 
justice, and to protect investors, employees and consumers.
      Trafficking.--The conferees support the FBI's continued 
involvement in the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, 
and provide an increase of $3,000,000 above the request for 
these purposes. As noted elsewhere in this report, the Justice 
Department is directed to submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations regarding efforts to combat sexual trafficking.
      Advisory Board.--The conference agreement includes a 
$5,000,000 increase and accompanying bill language to establish 
an Advisory Board. The Advisory Board will be a standing panel 
of outside experts to advise the FBI Director on matters 
relating to science, technology, research, engineering, 
information management, and other matters of special interest 
to the FBI. The Committees on Appropriations believe that the 
organizational changes and management reforms being pursued by 
the current FBI Director would be enhanced by the establishment 
of a panel of experts who can independently and regularly 
advise the Director on how the FBI can more effectively exploit 
and apply science and technology to improve its operations, 
particularly with respect to information sharing, data mining 
and the analysis of information and evidence collected during 
investigations. The efforts of the panel should be focused on 
the pressing and complex technology challenges facing the FBI, 
particularly the priorities of preventing terrorist attacks, 
countering foreign intelligence operations, combating cyber-
based attacks, and strengthening the FBI's collaboration with 
other Federal law enforcement agencies and within the 
Intelligence Community. The panel will focus exclusively on 
strategic issues, and on suggesting and assessing 
organizational strategies for applying technology. Not later 
than 60 days after enactment of this legislation, the Director 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding 
progress toward establishing this panel.
      The conferees include bill language, similar to that 
included in previous Appropriations acts, which provides: (1) 
for purchase of not to exceed 1,576 passenger vehicles, of 
which 1,085 will be for replacement only, without regard to 
general purchase price limitations, and the acquisition and 
operation of aircraft; (2) up to $70,000 for unforeseen 
emergencies; (3) up to $65,000,000 for automated data 
processing, telecommunications and technical equipment, and up 
to $1,000,000 for undercover operations to remain available 
until September 30, 2004; (4) not less than $475,300,000 for 
counterterrorism investigations, foreign counterintelligence, 
and national security activities; (5) up to $10,000,000 to 
reimburse State and local police for assistance related to 
violent crime, terrorism and drug investigations; (6) up to 
$50,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and 
(7) specifies the number of positions and workyears provided 
for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In addition, bill 
language is included, as carried in prior fiscal years, setting 
forth certain authorities.

                 Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force

      The conference agreement establishes a separate account 
for the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force (FTTTF), and 
includes funding of $62,000,000, the full amount requested, for 
additional data collection and data sharing initiatives. The 
conferees direct the Attorney General to ensure that the 
efforts of the FTTTF are coordinated with, and not duplicative 
of, other information technology enhancement initiatives taking 
place throughout the Department.
      The conferees are concerned that there remain 
disagreements within the Administration on the evidence needed 
to deny a visa on terrorism grounds. The conferees expect the 
Administration to develop a comprehensive set of standards by 
which to review visa applications, and to provide training for 
consular officers to use in reviewing visa applications. More 
guidance about this issue is also provided under Title IV of 
this Act. The conferees strongly support the recommendations 
contained in GAO's report, Border Security: Visa Process Should 
Be Strengthened as an Antiterrorism Tool, and recommend that 
the Administration implement its recommendations for 
strengthening the visa application process.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conferees include $1,250,000 for FBI construction.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes total budget authority 
of $1,649,948,000 for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 
salaries and expenses account for fiscal year 2003, of which 
$89,029,000 is derived from the Diversion Control Fund, 
resulting in a direct appropriation of $1,560,919,000.
      The following distribution represents the conference 
agreement. The DEA is reminded that any changes to this 
distribution are subject to the reprogramming requirements in 
section 605 of this Act.

                        DEA SALARIES AND EXPENSES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Activity                  POS          FTE         Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Enforcement:
    Domestic Enforcement.........        2,225        2,119     $480,126
    Foreign Cooperative                    633          601      207,511
     Investigations..............
    Drug and Chemical Conversions          165          165       19,946
    State and Local Task Forces..        1,699        1,696      257,082
                                  --------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Criminal,                4,722        4,581      964,665
       Security and Other
       Investigations............
                                  ======================================
  Investigative Support:
    Intelligence.................          956          973      127,133
    Laboratory Services..........          455          451       60,912
    Training.....................           99           98       25,529
    Research, Engineering, and             587          586      121,455
     Technical Operations........
    Information Technology.......          126          122      141,305
                                  --------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Law Enforcement          2,223        2,230      476,334
       Support...................
    Management and Administration          871          853      119,920
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, Direct                      7,816        7,664    1,560,919
       Appropriations............
Division Control Fee Account.....          660          656       89,029
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, Budget Authority....        8,476        8,320   $1,649,948
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Additional Drug Enforcement Agents.--As noted elsewhere 
in the conference agreement, the FBI's restructuring plan 
shifted 567 agents away from drug investigations to focus on 
fighting terrorism. Therefore, to compensate for this 
reduction, the conference agreement includes $15,000,000 above 
the request to hire an additional 133 agents and support staff. 
As noted earlier in this agreement, the conferees note that the 
Justice Department has yet to submit the plan requested by the 
Committees on Appropriations regarding the strategy to maintain 
a strong focus on fighting illegal drug activity. The Justice 
Department is directed to submit this strategy as expeditiously 
as possible. The agreement also includes $7,750,000 in 
available prior year recoveries for vehicles, bullet proof 
vests, and other basic equipment essential to agents in the 
performance of their duties.
      Overseas Offices.--The DEA is directed to submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations by May 23, 2003 which 
provides a workload analysis and right sizing proposal as 
warranted for each overseas offices to ensure that the most 
urgent needs are being met with the limited resources 
available.
      Financial Investigations.--The conference agreement 
includes an increase of $4,121,000, 27 positions and 14 
workyears, to strengthen the DEA's ability to better monitor 
and track the financial holdings and transactions of drug 
trafficking organizations, especially with regard to 
investigating the links between the sale of illegal drugs and 
terrorist organizations. Toward that end, the conference 
agreement directs the DEA to use $25,000,000 in prior year 
recoveries for activities of the Special Operations Division. 
The FBI and the DEA shall brief the Committees on 
Appropriations on a quarterly basis beginning July 7, 2003 
regarding efforts in this area.
      Information Infrastructure.--The conference agreement 
recommends an additional $6,683,000, 23 positions and 11 FTE to 
further strengthen DEA's data security infrastructure. The DEA 
should ensure that these enhancements are consistent with the 
Department's overall information technology security programs.
      Physical Security Measures.--The conference agreement 
includes a requested increase of $18,000,000 for additional 
anti-terrorism security measures at both domestic and foreign 
locations. As noted earlier in this report, the conferees 
expect the Justice Department to submit a comprehensive plan to 
ensure the safety of employees at all installations.
      The conferees expect DEA to continue to provide quarterly 
reports on the investigative workhours and funding, by type, 
within major source and transit countries, including the 
Caribbean, delineated by country and function. The DEA shall 
report to the Committees on Appropriations, by June 1, 2003, 
providing a trend analysis gleaned from information provided in 
these reports.
      OxyContin.--The Committee on Appropriations continue to 
be concerned with the availability of legal drugs that are 
diverted for illegal use, and in particular the prescription 
drug OxyContin, especially in Virginia, West Virginia and 
Kentucky. This epidemic is gaining a foothold in other areas of 
the country. To continue progress toward establishing a 
nationwide prescription drug monitoring program, the conferees 
include $10,000,000 under the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) 
to continue implementation of the Harold Rogers Prescription 
Drug Monitoring Program. The conferees expect the DEA to 
continue to work with OJP on the implementation of this 
program, and to continue to provide the Committees on 
Appropriations with regular updates regarding efforts to thwart 
the illegal diversion of OxyContin and other legal drugs.
      Methamphetamines.--The conferees remain concerned with 
the continuing problem of Ecstasy and methamphetamine use 
across the United States. The conferees expect the DEA to 
continue working with OJP and COPS on the implementation of its 
COPS methamphetamine programs, and to continue participating in 
the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, particularly those 
operating in the Midwest, to combat the influx of 
methamphetamines.
      Aviation Support Program.--The conferees direct the DEA 
to submit a five year aviation master plan that includes: (1) 
current fleet assets by type, (2) logged flight hours by 
mission by aircraft/helicopter, (3) projected useful service 
life remaining by aircraft/helicopter, (4) utilization of 
current fleet assets, by mission type, for the last five years 
by year, and (5) basing, by aircraft/helicopter locations. The 
plan should also discuss the costs and benefits of maintaining 
versus replacing current fleet assets through 2008, 
maldeployments or other causes of underutilization of current 
fleet assets, if applicable, and capabilities of current fleet 
assets versus current and projected mission requirements. The 
report shall be delivered not later than May 1, 2003.
      Drug Diversion Control Fee Account.--The recommendation 
includes $89,029,000 for DEA's Drug Diversion Control Program 
for fiscal year 2003. The conference agreement assumes that the 
level of balances in the Fee Account are sufficient to fully 
support diversion control programs in fiscal year 2003. As was 
the case in previous fiscal years, no funds are provided in the 
DEA salaries and expenses appropriation for this account in 
fiscal year 2003.
      To control the diversion, distribution, manufacture and 
abuse of legitimate pharmaceuticals, DEA annually registers in 
excess of 900,000 drug handlers, of which over 1,670 are 
manufacturers, distributors, importers, exporters, and others 
handling large volumes of controlled substances. These 
registrants pay fees, which fully support the cost of this 
program. The conferees are aware that the DEA is proposing to 
change its fee structure, and urge the DEA to consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations regarding these changes.
      The conference agreement includes bill language which 
provides: (1) up to $70,000 for unforeseen emergencies; (2) for 
expenses for drug education and training programs; (3) for 
purchase of passenger vehicles without regard to general 
purchase price limitations, and acquisition and operation of 
aircraft; (4) up to $33,000 for permanent change of status 
costs; (5) up to $1,800,000 for research to remain available 
until expended; (6) up to $4,000,000 for evidence and 
information, up to $10,000,000 for automated data processing 
and telecommunications, up to $2,000,000 for laboratory 
equipment, $4,000,000 for technical equipment, and $2,000,000 
for aircraft replacement parts to remain available until 
September 30, 2004; and (7) up to $50,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses. In addition, language is 
continued which specifies the number of positions and workyears 
provided to DEA.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement includes $7,250,000 in available 
prior year recoveries for construction of a new laboratory 
facility in Miami, Florida.

                 IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

      The conference agreement includes total new spending 
authority of $6,159,529,000 for the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service (INS) for fiscal year 2003. This amount 
includes $3,848,456,000 in direct appropriations and 
$2,311,073,000 in anticipated fee collections. The conference 
agreement includes funding for border enforcement and 
immigration services under the Salaries and Expenses account, 
but does not adopt the Administration's request to establish a 
Support and Administration account. The conferees are aware 
that the INS will soon transfer from the Justice Department to 
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Guidance provided 
below is assumed to apply to any successor organizations of the 
INS that may be created within the DHS.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Funding provided for the INS Salaries and Expenses 
account includes a total direct appropriation of $3,589,819,000 
for salaries and expenses, including $2,880,819,000 for 
Immigration Enforcement and Border Affairs, and $709,000,000 
for Immigration Services.

               Immigration Enforcement and Border Affairs

      The conference agreement includes $2,880,819,000 for 
Immigration Enforcement and Border Affairs. This account 
provides for activities related to border inspections, border 
patrol, investigations, detention and deportation, and 
intelligence.
      Entry Exit.--The conference agreement includes an 
increase of $362,000,000, for the Entry Exit program and 
related information technology infrastructure upgrades. This 
funding is available for obligation pending submission of a 
comprehensive plan from the Secretary of Homeland Security for 
the Entry Exit program and needed information technology 
upgrades. The Committees on Appropriations held a series of 
briefings throughout the fiscal year regarding the planning and 
progress of the Entry Exit program, but have been disappointed 
by the lack of senior management involvement and oversight of 
this program, and by the lack of detail about how funds will be 
used. The conferees note that the Administration provided a 
plan for expenditure of funds in January 2003, which largely 
included funding for construction, and did not provide any 
detail on the technological solutions that would be employed to 
implement this program, nor any discussion regarding the 
involvement of Mexico and Canada and how any infrastructure 
changes between the U.S. and these countries would be 
accomplished. The conferees expect the INS to follow the 
direction contained in the report accompanying Public Law 107-
206 regarding the involvement of the General Accounting Office 
(GAO) in the development and review of the Entry Exit program. 
The GAO should review and make recommendations to the INS prior 
to submission of plans to the Committees on Appropriations. The 
INS shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on a 
quarterly basis, beginning April 1, 2003, regarding Entry Exit 
program development. The conferees expect the INS to ensure 
full and open competition with regard to procurement actions, 
and to ensure that any funding proposals for subsequent years 
include a full analysis of expected operations and maintenance 
costs. As part of this plan, the conferees encourage the INS to 
explore biometric alternatives for use in developing more 
tamper resistant passports and INS re-entry documents. The 
conferees also direct the DHS to submit a report not later than 
July 1, 2003, to the Committees on Appropriations identifying 
the number of green cards currently used with no expiration 
date or security features, the original date the cards were 
issued, as well as a proposed plan to replace these older green 
cards, if necessary.
      Passenger and Crew Manifests.--One of the primary goals 
of the Entry Exit Program is to improve the collection, 
analysis and dissemination of information on passengers and 
crews at ports-of-entry, including the verification of traveler 
identity and access to data relevant to the determination of 
the excludability of the traveler. Such information is critical 
to the development of threat assessments. The INS' current 
paper-based system and stove-piped databases limit its ability 
to produce and coordinate such information with other agencies 
responsible for collecting this and similar critical 
information. The Congress enacted Public Law 107-295 directing 
the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop and 
establish a Maritime Intelligence System (MIS), as defined in 
section 70113 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 
2002 to address this very problem. The MIS system is intended 
to integrate and analyze collected data on passenger and crew 
manifests and any other relevant information that could be 
construed as potential threats against the United States. In 
order for this system to work, INS and other agencies that 
collect data on passengers and crew manifests must cooperate 
fully. Therefore, the conference agreement directs the INS to 
transfer $25,000,000 to the TSA as a reimbursement for its MIS 
activities and requirements. The conferees expect MIS to 
include the data collected through the Container Security 
Initiative (CSI) program and other passenger, crew and cargo 
information collection systems. The conferees understand that 
the CSI program will enable the collection of additional 
shipping data through enhanced cooperative relationships 
between the U.S. Customs Service and foreign customs services.
      Border Patrol Agents.--The conference agreement includes 
an increase of $57,207,000, 570 positions and 285 FTE for new 
Border Patrol Agents, bringing the number of Border Patrol 
Agents to 11,000. The conferees expect the INS to submit a 
deployment plan to the Committees on Appropriations for the new 
agents provided, and to ensure that this plan is coordinated 
with construction projects and ongoing Entry Exit program 
planning. The INS should continue to provide the Committees on 
Appropriations with quarterly status reports on border patrol 
hiring, with the first such report due no later than April 1, 
2003.
      Immigration Inspectors.--The conference agreement 
includes an increase of $25,500,000 to hire an additional 460 
land border ports of entry inspectors. These inspectors shall 
be deployed along both the Northern and Southern borders. The 
conferees are concerned with staffing levels at the Ambassador 
Bridge/Detroit Tunnel, the Santa Teresa and Columbus ports of 
entry in New Mexico, and urge the INS to ensure that staffing 
levels are sufficient at these important ports of entry.
      Pay Upgrades.--In response to concerns raised regarding a 
high rate of attrition of Border Patrol Agents and Immigration 
Inspectors, the Committees on Appropriations provided emergency 
supplemental funding in Public Law 107-206 for pay upgrades. 
The conference agreement continues this direction by including 
an increase of $58,550,000 for pay upgrades for Border Patrol 
Agents and Immigration Inspectors. The conferees note that this 
was not in the Administration's request. The conferees direct 
the Administration to submit a legislative proposal to the 
Congress with the FY 2004 budget that establishes a 
comprehensive, equitable program to compensate Federal law 
enforcement.
      Interior Enforcement.--The conferees include an increase 
of $10,000,000 for interior enforcement needs. This increase 
will provide the INS with additional staff to investigate and 
deport the more than 300,000 alien fugitives who have been 
ordered removed or deported from the U.S. but have failed to 
comply with those orders. The conferees are aware of a growing 
number of illegal aliens in Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa; 
Moline and Rock Island, Illinois; and the Roanoke area in the 
upper Shenandoah Valley, and direct the INS to review staffing 
levels in these areas.
      Joint Terrorism Task Forces.-The conference agreement 
continues to support the concept of Joint Terrorism Task Forces 
(JTTFs), and therefore includes an increase of $6,000,000, 59 
positions and 30 FTE for INS participation in JTTFs. This 
funding complements funding provided to the FBI and other 
Department of Justice components for these multi-agency law 
enforcement activities.
      Interior Checkpoints.--Bill language is retained 
prohibiting funds for the site acquisition, design, or 
construction of any permanent Border Patrol checkpoint in the 
Tucson sector. The INS is reminded that it must not operate a 
checkpoint at the same location for seven consecutive days 
during a 14-day period in the Tucson Sector. The conferees 
direct INS to submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations by June 27, 2003, regarding the checkpoint 
program. This report should include a list of all checkpoints, 
when they were established, a profile of all resources 
associated with each checkpoint, as well as current and 
historical statistics. This review should discuss the 
checkpoint program, and how it complements the overall border 
security enforcement strategy in recognition of urgent homeland 
security issues. The conferees direct the Tucson Sector to 
continue negotiations regarding the relocation of Tucson Sector 
helicopter operations to Sierra Vista, Arizona.
      Border Patrol Equipment.--Of the amounts provided for 
Border Patrol equipment, the Border Patrol is directed to 
provide no less than $5,000,000 to procure lightweight handheld 
thermal imagers for Border Patrol field use and operations. The 
conferees support the continuation of ISIS and RVIS, and direct 
the INS to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
by July 7, 2003, regarding the status of these initiatives, 
particularly in light of the deployment issues that have arisen 
on the Northern Border because of the differences in climate 
and terrain. The conference agreement also includes $40,000,000 
for vehicles. The conferees note that base funding is provided 
for every on board agent, and funding for each new agent hired 
includes funds to purchase new vehicles. The conferees urge the 
INS to ensure that funds provided for vehicles and other basic 
agent needs are spent as provided by the Congress, and not 
diverted for other uses.
      Injured Illegal Aliens.--The conferees believe hospitals 
in Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz and Yuma Counties, Arizona are 
bearing an unfair burden as a result of illegal immigrants 
injured as a result of interaction with the Border Patrol, and 
therefore direct the INS to provide such sums as necessary to 
reimburse hospitals in these counties, as authorized by 
sections 562 and 563 of the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996, as amended. The conferees believe 
that this one-time funding infusion is appropriate until a 
nation-wide solution is developed in fiscal year 2003. This 
funding is only available to the extent that these costs are 
not otherwise reimbursed through other Federal programs or 
cannot be recovered from the alien or another person. The 
conferees direct the INS, in coordination with the Department 
of Health and Human Services, to provide a report by July 1, 
2003 to the Committees on Appropriations with recommendations 
to address this issue.
      Trafficking.--To continue efforts to combat the illegal 
trafficking into this country of some 50,000 women and children 
every year, the conference agreement includes an increase of 
$3,662,000 for costs associated with effectively implementing 
provisions of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act. The conferees continue to be supportive of the 
INS' Violence Against Women Act Processing Unit which is 
responsible for the adjudication of immigration cases filed by 
victims of violence including battered immigrants, trafficking 
victims and other immigrant victims of crime. The conferees 
encourage the Administration to ensure that sufficient funding 
is available for the Unit to continue to adjudicate and process 
immigration cases.
      Alternatives to Detention.--The conference agreement 
includes $3,000,000 for alternatives to detention to promote 
community-based programs for supervised release from detention 
such as the Vera Institute for Justice's Appearance Assistance 
Project or other similar programs. These funds shall not be 
available for new or existing detention facilities, including 
non-secure detention and/or shelter care detention facilities.
      Legal Orientation.--The conference agreement also 
includes $1,000,000 for non-governmental agencies to provide 
``live presentations'' to persons in INS detention prior to 
their first hearing before an immigration judge. These 
presentations will provide immigration detainees with essential 
information about immigration court procedures and the 
availability of legal remedies to assist detainees in 
distinguishing between meritorious cases and frivolous cases.
      Criminal Aliens.--The conferees understand that the INS 
has an ongoing program to identify and deport criminal aliens 
in local and county jails, pursuant to Public Law 105-141, 
which requires the Attorney General to establish a program in 
local prisons to identify, prior to arraignment, criminal 
aliens and aliens who are unlawfully present in the United 
States. The conferees expect that within existing resources 
provided for detention and removal of aliens, the INS will 
continue to support this program, and increase resources as 
warranted for these activities. A recent Inspector General 
audit noted a number of problems in the INS' Institutional 
Removal Program, including the fact that INS has failed to 
identify all deportable criminal aliens, including aggravated 
felons. The conferees support the recommendations provided in 
the audit, and urge the INS to adopt them as expeditiously as 
possible. Similarly, the conferees have provided funding for 
the High Intensity Criminal Alien Apprehension and Prosecution 
program to use automated fingerprint technology to improve the 
identification, apprehension, and prosecution of previously 
deported criminal aliens in L.A. County. The conferees direct 
INS to allocate sufficient staff, if warranted, to the Los 
Angeles office, in order to enter the fingerprint records of 
all deportable criminal aliens incarcerated in prisons and 
jails into the CAL-ID database in a timely fashion.

                          Immigration Services

      The conference agreement includes $709,000,000 for 
Immigration Services.
      Eliminating the Backlog of Immigration Applications.--The 
June 2002 Backlog Elimination Plan states that the INS will 
reach a national average processing time of six months or less 
for all applications by the end of fiscal year 2003, and will 
achieve a processing time standard of six months or less at 
every office by the end of fiscal year 2004. From 1993 to 2000, 
more than 6,900,000 legal immigrants have applied for 
citizenship, more than in the previous 40 years combined. The 
Committees on Appropriations have provided more than 
$430,000,000 in appropriations to the INS over the last six 
years to address the backlog of applications and to improve the 
integrity of the naturalization process; this funding is in 
addition to the more than $4,500,000,000 in fees that the INS 
has collected to process applications. The INS estimates that 
it will process about 9,400,000 applications in fiscal year 
2003. The conferees look forward to receiving quarterly updates 
from the INS regarding efforts to achieve these new standards. 
The conferees expect that if the INS realigns existing staff to 
better address workload issues, that any shift in employees 
will be subject to reprogramming requirements in this Act.
      The conferees continue to hear from Members of Congress 
and their constituents with concerns about the lack of 
attentiveness to requests for better service with regard to the 
processing of immigration applications. The conferees receive 
many requests for additional resources in the nearest INS 
office or for the opening of new INS offices to deal with 
backlogs. The conferees again urge the INS to review staffing 
levels throughout the country to ensure that resources are 
deployed to match work requirements. The conferees expect the 
INS to direct special emphasis toward backlog reduction 
problems in Northern Virginia; New York, New York; the Bronx, 
New York; the state of Iowa; Northern New Jersey; Florida; 
Arizona; and Michigan. The conferees also urge the INS to make 
every effort to acquire space in Portland, Oregon's Central 
Business District for its District Office.
      Inadmissable Aliens.--The conferees direct the INS to 
remain vigilant with regard to enforcing section 212 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended. This 
section pertains to the general classes of aliens ineligible to 
receive visas. The conferees are particularly concerned with 
people who are granted entrance into the United States who may 
have been foreign intelligence operatives against the United 
States; who have been or are involved in trafficking in 
persons; or who are foreign government officials who have 
engaged in particularly severe violations of human rights or 
religious freedom. The INS, in cooperation with the State 
Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs, is directed to submit 
a report no later than June 27, 2003, describing efforts to 
enforce the provisions of Section 212. The conferees continue 
to urge the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to deny 
immigrant or non-immigrant visas to any citizens of the 
People's Republic of China whom they determine participates in 
or otherwise supports organ harvesting.

                       OFFSETTING FEE COLLECTIONS

      The conference agreement assumes a total of 
$2,311,073,000 in offsetting fee collections paid by persons 
who are traveling internationally or who are applying for 
immigration benefits. These fees support activities related to 
the legal admission of persons into the United States. The 
conferees are concerned about the findings of a recent 
Inspector General audit which found that INS fee collection 
procedures are poor and subject to errors and theft. Therefore, 
the INS is directed to adopt and enforce more stringent 
accounting procedures regarding the collection of fees for 
these activities as noted in this recent report.
      Immigration Inspections User Fees.--The conference 
agreement assumes $658,295,000 of spending from offsetting 
collections in this account. Last year, the conferees supported 
an increase in the INS user fee account to provide for 
additional inspectors and to facilitate the use of technology 
to improve the ability to process international air travelers 
and provide for greater security measures. Despite these 
increases, the Congress continues to hear concerns about 
staffing levels at airports around the country. Therefore, the 
conferees expect the INS to hire up to an additional 615 
airport immigration inspectors and support staff with the 
expected increase in fee revenues. The conferees are 
particularly concerned with staffing levels at the Detroit 
International Airport and the Miami International Airport, and 
urge the INS to review staffing at all airports to ensure 
appropriate coverage to facilitate travel while ensuring secure 
borders. These new inspectors are expected to be deployed at 
new and renovated terminals, as well as at high growth 
airports. The conferees also direct the INS to hire up to an 
additional 85 seaport immigration inspectors and 8 support 
staff. The conferees include language clarifying that the newly 
established immigration inspection fee is intended to be 
applied to cruise ship passengers, and not to individuals who 
use ferries on a daily basis. The INS should consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to the deployment of these 
new positions.
      Immigration Examinations Fees.--The conference agreement 
assumes $1,443,803,000 to support the adjudication of 
applications for immigration benefits, to be derived from fees 
collected from persons applying for immigration benefits. This 
funding level assumes an increase of $50,496,000 to continue 
efforts to reduce the backlog of applications and at the same 
time improve the integrity of the process. As noted previously, 
the INS is expected to provide quarterly updates to the 
Congress regarding implementation of its Five Year Backlog 
Reduction Plan. The INS is expected to provide no less than 
$43,000,000 for the telephone customer service center and no 
less than $7,200,000 for the indexing and conversion of INS 
microfilm images. The conferees support the ongoing efforts of 
the INS to index and convert deteriorating records to digital 
format, which ensures that the records will be maintained, and 
more readily searchable.
      Land Border Inspections Fees.--The conference agreement 
assumes $21,700,000 in spending from the Land Border Inspection 
Fund. The revenues generated in this account are from Dedicated 
Commuter Lanes in Blaine and Port Roberts, Washington; Detroit 
Tunnel and Ambassador Bridge, Michigan; and Otay Mesa, 
California; and Automated Permit Ports which provide pre-
screened local border residents border crossing privileges by 
means of automated inspections. The conferees fully support the 
concept of Dedicated Commuter Lanes, and expect the INS to 
employ the lessons learned in this program to the development 
of the Entry Exit program.
      Breached Bond/Detention Fund.--The conference agreement 
assumes $171,275,000 in spending for detention of illegal 
aliens from the Immigration Breached Bond/Detention Fund in 
fiscal year 2003. The allowance assumes that $50,069,000 will 
be used to fund additional detention space needs. The conferees 
expect the INS to rely on a mix of INS, private and state 
facilities for these additional needs. Resources available in 
this Fund are derived from the recovery of breached cash 
andsurety bonds in excess of $8,000,000, which are deposited in the 
Fund as offsetting collections. In addition, resources are also 
available in this account from a portion of fees charged under section 
245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The conferees are aware 
that the number of detainee complaints and disturbances has decreased 
at the San Pedro Service Processing Center as a result of counseling 
and religious services being offered to detainees. The INS is directed 
to provide no less than $1,500,000 to continue to provide such services 
to detainees at the INS Service Processing Centers.
      H-1B Fees.--The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 
to process H-1B visas.
      The H-1B is a temporary visa category for non-immigrant, 
highly skilled workers.
      The conference agreement includes bill language, similar 
to that included in previous Appropriations acts, which 
provides: (1) up to $50,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a 
confidential nature; (2) for the purchase of motor vehicles for 
police-type use and for uniforms, without regard to general 
purchase price limitations; (3) for the acquisition and 
operation of aircraft; (4) up to $400,000 for research to be 
available until expended; (5) up to $5,000,000 for payments to 
State and local law enforcement agencies engaged in cooperative 
activities related to immigration; (6) up to $5,000,000 to fund 
or reimburse other Federal agencies for costs associated with 
the repatriation of smuggled aliens; (7) up to $5,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; (8) a limit on 
the level of funding for the Office of Legislative and Public 
Affairs; (9) a limit on the amount of funding available for 
non-career positions; (10) separate headings for Immigration 
Enforcement and Border Affairs and Immigration Services; (11) 
revised language carried in previous Appropriations acts 
regarding the operation of the checkpoints in the Tucson 
Sector; and (12) deletes language carried in previous 
Appropriations acts regarding the operation of the San Clemente 
and Temecula checkpoints.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement includes $258,637,000 for 
construction projects for the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service for fiscal year 2003. The conference agreement does not 
adopt the proposal of the Administration to provide funding for 
construction under the salaries and expenses account but 
instead continues funding for these activities under a separate 
account.
      This funding directly supports the Congress' commitment 
to ensuring that adequate facilities are provided for the 
increasing number of Border Patrol Agents and Immigration 
Inspectors being deployed to ensure safe borders. Of the 
amounts provided, not less than $3,000,000 shall be used on 
border fences and other barrier construction in the Douglas, 
Naco and Nogales corridors, and such sums as necessary to 
continue fencing efforts in the San Diego corridor. The 
conferees direct that not less than $1,000,000 be used for the 
Tucson Sector Air Operations facility in Sierra Vista, which 
the Committees on Appropriations directed be implemented last 
year.
      The conference agreement provides the following 
increases:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

Border Patrol Construction
    Southern Border
        Brownsville, TX BPS.............................          10,820
        Del Rio, TX Checkpoint System...................           5,300
        Eagle Pass, TX BPS..............................          10,486
        El Centro, CA BPS...............................          14,235
        El Paso, TX BPS.................................          15,250
        Laredo, TX Checkpoint System....................           5,300
        McAllen, TX BP Sector HQ........................          18,344
        San Diego Border Barriers.......................           1,000
        SW Border Barriers..............................           8,000
        Tucson, AZ BP Station HQ........................          25,600
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
          Subtotal, Southern Border.....................         114,335
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                    ____________________________________________________
    Northern Border
        Bonner's Ferry, WA, BPS.........................           3,118
        Billings, MT BPS................................             278
        Grand Forks, ND BP Sector HQ....................             865
        Havre, MT BP Sector HQ..........................             997
        Havre, MT BPS...................................             157
        Sweetgrass, MT, BPS.............................             350
        White Fish, MT, BPS.............................             400
        NB Planning and Design..........................           2,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
          Subtotal, Northern Border.....................           8,164
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                    ____________________________________________________
          Subtotal, New Infrastructure..................         122,499
    Charleston Border Patrol Academy....................          14,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
          Total, Program Changes........................         136,499

                         Federal Prison System

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes a fiscal year 2003 
appropriation of $4,071,251,000 for the salaries and expenses 
of the Federal Prison System. The conferees recognize the 
critical importance of providing adequate space for the 
incarceration of sentenced and unsentenced Federal prisoners, 
and the need to activate newly constructed prison facilities.
      Activation and Expansion of New Prisons.--The conference 
agreement includes an increase of $101,416,000 for the 
activation of the new medium security facility in Glenville, 
West Virginia; and the new high security facilities at Big 
Sandy, Kentucky; McCreary, Kentucky; and Victorville, 
California. This amount will provide for more than 4,400 new 
beds. The conferees also include increases of $10,132,000 for 
expansion at the Marion, Illinois facility and at the Safford, 
Arizona facility. This amount will provide for more than 764 
new beds.
      The conferees include new bill language designating 
funding levels provided for the activities under this account. 
Bill language, similar to that included in previous 
Appropriations acts, is also included which provides: (1) for 
the purchase of motor vehicles for police-type use; (2) for the 
provision of technical advice to foreign governments; (3) for 
transfer of funds to the Health Resources and Services 
Administration; (4) for the Director to enter into contracts to 
furnish health care; (5) up to $6,000 for reception and 
representation expenses; (6) up to $20,000,000 for contract 
confinement expenses for the care and security of Cuban and 
Haitian entrants; and (7) for the Federal Prison System to 
enter into contracts and other agreements with private entities 
for multi-year periods for the confinement of Federal 
prisoners. The conference agreement also includes a requested 
change in the number of new and replacement automobile 
purchases, and includes language, as requested, designating an 
amount to remain available for two fiscal years.

                        Buildings and Facilities

      The conference agreement includes $399,227,000 for fiscal 
year 2003 for the construction, modernization, maintenance and 
repair of prison and detention facilities housing Federal 
prisoners. The conferees agree that none of the funds 
appropriated for the Federal Prison System in this or prior 
Appropriations acts for the construction of new prison 
facilities shall be rescinded or cancelled. Further, the 
conferees expect all current projects to move forward as 
planned. The conferees provide increases of $225,972,000 for 
facilities with prior funding:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

Facilities with prior funding:
    Hazelton, West Virginia.............................          66,600
    FCI Pollock, Louisiana..............................         116,872
    Berlin, New Hampshire...............................          20,000
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        Subtotal........................................        $203,472
Expansions:
    Sandstone, Minnesota................................          $5,300
    FCI Otisville, New York.............................          11,600
    USP Florence, Colorado..............................           5,600
        Total New Funding...............................        $225,972
      The conference agreement includes bill language, similar 
to that included in previous Appropriations acts, which allows: 
(1) for planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of 
facilities; (2) for acquisition, remodeling, and equipping 
facilities by contract or force account; (3) up to $14,000,000 
to construct inmate work areas; (4) for use of prisoner labor; 
and (5) up to 10 percent of this appropriation to be 
transferred to the salaries and expenses account.

   LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, 
                              INCORPORATED

      The conference agreement continues a limitation on 
administrative expenses of $3,429,000 for Federal Prison 
Industries, Incorporated, for fiscal year 2003.

                       Office of Justice Programs

                           JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

      The conference agreement includes $201,291,000 for 
Justice Assistance. The distribution of funding is as follows:

Justice Assistance

                         (Dollars in thousands)                   Amount
National Institute of Justice...........................         $59,879
    Office of Science and Technology....................        (33,000)
    Nat. Law Enforce and Corrections Tech Centers.......        (17,000)
Bureau of Justice Statistics............................          32,335
Missing Children........................................          32,847
Regional Information Sharing System.....................          29,000
White Collar Crime Information Center...................           9,230
Management and Administration...........................          38,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................         201,291

      National Institute of Justice (NIJ).--The conference 
agreement provides $59,879,000 for the National Institute of 
Justice.
      Office of Science and Technology.--The conferees commend 
the efforts of the leadership of the National Institute of 
Justice's (NIJ) Office of Science and Technology (OS&T). This 
office has assisted local law enforcement in making significant 
advances in the areas of non-intrusive, concealed weapons and 
contraband detection, vehicle stopping, DNA testing, public 
safety standards development, officer protection, less-than-
lethal incapacitation, public safety communications, 
information management, counterterrorism, crime mapping, 
location and tracking, secure communications, and noninvasive 
drug detection. In addition, the conferees commend and 
encourage the continuing partnership that OS&T has developed 
with the National Institute of Standards and Technology with 
the goal of developing standards and carrying out scientific 
and engineering research related to the public safety 
community.
      To implement the mission of OS&T, pursuant to The 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296), the 
conference agreement includes $33,000,000 for OS&T from within 
the overall amount provided for NIJ. In addition, within the 
funds provided for the local law enforcement block grant 
program, $20,000,000 is for OS&T to assist local law 
enforcement units in identifying, selecting, developing, 
modernizing, and purchasing new technologies in accordance with 
the aforementioned Act.
      The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology 
Centers.--Since 1994, the National Law Enforcement and 
Corrections Technology Centers (NLECTC) have served the State 
and local law enforcement and corrections communities by 
providing support, research findings, and technical expertise 
on issues that allow them to perform their jobs safer and more 
effectively. The NLECTC system consists of facilities located 
across the country and each facility specializes in one or more 
specific areas of research and development. The conferees 
commend the work that NIJ's Office of Science and Technology 
[OS&T], and through it the NLECTC system, has done to improve 
the capabilities of the law enforcement and corrections 
communities. To further the work of the NLECTC system, the 
conferees recommend $17,000,000 for the continued support of 
the system. These funds are to be distributed equally among the 
Northeast Regional Center, Southeast Regional Center, Rocky 
Mountain Regional Center, Western Regional Center, Rural Law 
Enforcement Technology Center, and Northwest Center. The 
conferees continue to support the Centers receiving 
reimbursable funding from other accounts as needed.
      Within available funds, the conferees recommend that NIJ 
consider funding the Center for Civil Force Protection and the 
Public Safety Technology Assessment Facility at Sandia National 
Laboratories in New Mexico. The Center provides important 
physical security counterterrorism assistance to Federal, 
State, and local law enforcement.
      In addition, the current year level is provided for the 
Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization, Inc. 
and Facial Recognition.
      In addition to the above activities, within the amounts 
provided, NIJ is to provide grants for the following projects:
            $300,000 for Practitioners Assistance Team (PAT) to 
        provide technical assistance to State and local 
        agencies attempting to implement integrated justice 
        systems;
            $1,000,000 for the University of Houston to study 
        in-car law enforcement technologies;
            $1,000,000 for the State of Virginia to develop a 
        State-wide emergency communications plan to address 
        communications equipment and interoperability needs of 
        first responders throughout the State. The plan should 
        address both the new equipment needs of local first 
        responder agencies and methods for making current 
        communications systems interoperable within local 
        jurisdictions and throughout the State. The State is 
        encouraged to build upon the experiences and expertise 
        learned in the National Institute of Justice's 
        interoperable communications pilot project in the City 
        of Alexandria (Project Agile);
            $500,000 for the Center for Advanced Media Analysis 
        to fund advanced research in the area of multi-media 
        capture and analysis of authorized law enforcement 
        capture;
            $750,000 for Lane County, Oregon's Breaking the 
        Cycle of Juvenile Drug Abuse program to decrease 
        juvenile crime and drug abuse through early 
        identification and intervention;
            $1,500,000 is for the Center for Task Force 
        Training Program;
            $750,000 to the North Carolina Attorney General's 
        Office for Telemarketing Fraud Enforcement and Privacy 
        Project;
            $650,000 for the Mistral Security Non-Toxic Drug 
        Detection and Identification Aerosol Technology;
            $350,000 for the Pennsylvania Task Force on Prison 
        Overcrowding; and
            $750,000 for Operation Ceasefire in Charleston, SC 
        for overtime for response teams.
      Missing Children.--The conference agreement includes 
$32,847,000 for the Missing Children Program for the following 
purposes:

                        MISSING CHILDREN PROGRAM
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             FY 2002  FY 2003   FY 2003
                  Program                    enacted  request  agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  National Center for Missing and Exploited   11,450   11,450    12,500
 Children
  Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training          2,700    2,700     3,000
 Center
  Internet Crimes Against Children Task        6,500   12,500    12,500
 Force
  MEC Office                                   2,347    2,347     2,347
  AMBER Alert Grants                              --       --     2,500
                                            ----------------------------
    Total..................................   22,997   28,997    32,847
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Of the funds provided for the National Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children (NCMEC), $2,245,000 is for the 
CyberTipline. The conferees recommend that the NCMEC consult 
with I-Safe America to provide nationwide Internet Safety 
Training in grades K-12.
      The conference agreement includes $2,500,000 for training 
and technical assistance to develop an effective, coordinated 
AMBER Alert program.
      Office of Victims of Crime.--The Office of Victims of 
Crime (OVC) administers formula and discretionary grants 
designed to benefit victims, provide training to professionals 
who work with victims, develops projects to enhance victims' 
rights and services, and undertakes public education and 
awareness activities on behalf of crime victims. In fiscal year 
2002, OVC was provided $68,100,000 to respond to the September 
11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The conferees direct that the OVC 
provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
than 60 days after enactment on the status of how the emergency 
funds have been spent.
      Regional Information Sharing System.--The conference 
agreement provides $29,000,000 for the Regional Information 
Sharing System (RISS). In addition to the amount provided under 
this heading, there is $10,000,000 under the heading ``Domestic 
Preparedness'' account to enhance the electronic dissemination 
and sharing of terrorist-related information among Federal, 
State, and local agencies. The conferees expect that RISS and 
other information sharing systems will be eligible to receive 
grants under this program in order to enhance State and local 
agencies' ability to access and share crime and terrorist 
information.
      The conferees support the current effort to link the RISS 
system with the Law Enforcement On-Line [LEO] information 
system, which will greatly expand access to critical law 
enforcement information at the Federal, State, and local level.
      Management and Administration.--The conference agreement 
provides $38,000,000 for the management and administration of 
the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). The conferees understand 
that OJP is not backfilling vacant positions, and therefore 
request a quarterly status report on staffing.
      The Department has reported to the Committees on 
Appropriations on a competitive sourcing effort. To support 
this effort, the conferees must be assured that effectiveness 
is improved and savings are attained. The conferees direct that 
OJP provide the Committees on Appropriations with detailed 
plans on this effort before proceeding with changes.

                    OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS

      The conferees have long viewed State and local 
jurisdictions' ability to detect, prevent and respond to a 
terrorist attack as one of its highest priorities. State and 
local responders are first to arrive on the scene when a 
terrorist attack occurs and must be prepared to protect life 
and property. This function is inherently non-Federal, although 
Federal resources and expertise are needed to manage the crises 
and provide support to State and local assets when an attack 
overwhelms their resources.
      The amounts provided by the conferees demonstrate the 
continued support for the Office of Domestic Preparedness 
(ODP). ODP must continue its vital and successful program for 
assisting State and local response agencies.

Domestic Preparedness

                           [$000 in thousands]

                                                                  Amount
Strategic Planning and Technical Assistance.............         $53,000
Web Site Pilot Project..................................           3,000
Equipment:
    Grants..............................................         400,000
    Pine Bluff..........................................          10,000
    Standards and Testing...............................          15,000
    Prepositioned Equipment.............................          23,000
    Interagency Board...................................             500
    Electronic Dissemination of Terrorist Threat Info...          10,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Sub-total, Equipment............................         458,500
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Training:
    National Domestic Preparedness Consortium...........         125,000
        Center for Domestic Preparedness................        (45,000)
        Louisiana State University......................        (20,000)
        New Mexico Institute of Mining and Tech.........        (20,000)
        Texas A&M University............................        (20,000)
        Nevada Test Site................................        (20,000)
    Continuing and Emerging Training....................          25,000
    Discretionary Training Grants.......................          30,000
    Virtual Medical Campus..............................           2,000
    Dartmouth Institute for Security and Tech. Studies..          18,000
    OCNM Inst for the Prevention of Terrorism...........          18,000
    Center on Catastrophe Preparedness and Response.....           7,000
    National Counterterrorism Policy Center.............           3,000
    Terrorism Prevention and Response Training Center...           5,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Sub-total, Training.............................         233,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Exercises:
    Grants..............................................         100,000
    Top Officials Exercise Series.......................           7,000
    Evaluation and After-Action Program.................           5,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Sub-total, Exercises............................         112,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
High Threat Urban Areas.................................         100,000
Research and Development................................          23,500
Management and Administration...........................          17,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Domestic Preparedness....................       1,000,000

      Equipment--The conferees provide $458,500,000 for ODP 
equipment programs. Within these amounts, $10,000,000 is 
provided to enhance the dissemination of electronic threat 
information among Federal, State, and local responders. The 
conferees understand that there is a large proliferation of 
local, State, regional, and Federal information sharing 
initiatives. The conferees also understand that many of these 
systems are being developed independently with no plan to 
integrate with other information sharing systems such as RISS 
and LEO. This funding is provided to ODP to enhance State and 
local agencies' ability to share intelligence information with 
each other and with the Department of Homeland Security and the 
Department of Justice. The conferees direct that the ODP 
coordinate this program with the Bureau of Justice Assistance 
(BJA). The conferees also expect BJA and ODP to continue to 
work with State, local, and Federal agencies through the Global 
Intelligence Working Group of the Global Justice Information 
Sharing Initiative.
      Formula Grant Program to States--Of the amounts provided, 
$400,000,000 is for the formula based grant program to States. 
The conferees direct that not less than 80 percent of equipment 
funding provided to the States by formula shall pass through to 
local governments.
      Coordination--The conferees recognize that a significant 
portion of the funds provided under the formula grant program 
are used to improve voice and data communications 
interoperability among first responders. The conferees support 
this effort, but expect ODP to coordinate closely with other 
Federal agencies that also provide communications 
interoperability grants to first responders (i.e., FEMA, COPS, 
BJA, and NIJ), in order to ensure that Federal resources are 
being used effectively to improve intra- and inter-
jurisdictional communications interoperability.
      Standards--The conferees understand the need for minimum 
performance standards, testing, and evaluation in the areas of 
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) 
protective equipment, as well as voice/data communications 
equipment. The conferees, therefore, expect ODP to work closely 
with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
to test, evaluate, and develop minimum performance standards 
for CBRN protective equipment and voice/data communications 
equipment for first responders.
      Training--The conference agreement provides $233,000,000 
for training programs in ODP. This amount includes $125,000,000 
for the training consortium. In addition, the conference 
agreement includes $5,000,000 for George Washington University 
to work in collaboration with George Mason University, 
Shenandoah University and other regional organizations to 
provide terrorism prevention and response training for multiple 
types of first responders including law enforcement, fire, 
hazmat, EMS and other types of responders. The conference 
agreement includes $3,000,000 for the National Counterterrorism 
Policy Center in St. Petersburg, FL, to assist State and local 
homeland security and law enforcement officials with their 
strategic plans to prevent and detect acts of terrorism. The 
conference agreement also includes $7,000,000 for the Center on 
Catastrophe Preparedness and Response at New York University 
(NYU), to support counterterrorism activities.
      Exercises--The conference agreement provides $112,000,000 
for State and local exercises regarding an event involving 
weapons of mass destruction. Within this amount, $7,000,000 is 
provided for the Top Official Exercise Series (TOPOFF). TOPOFF 
II is to be conducted in 2003, therefore, the Committees will 
consider a reprogramming for additional funds, if ODP finds it 
is necessary.
      High Threat Urban Areas--Recognizing the vulnerability 
and high risk of terrorist attack in large urban areas, the 
Department of Defense (DoD) and later ODP provided training and 
equipment to the 120 largest U.S. cities through the Nunn-
Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program. While all of the 
cities identified in the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Program have 
received domestic preparedness training, the conferees 
recognize that certain large urban areas remain high threat 
targets and are inadequately prepared to respond to a weapon of 
mass destruction (WMD) event. Therefore, the conferees 
recommend $100,000,000 for ODP to develop a follow-on program 
to the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici program that addresses the unique 
equipment, training, planning and exercise needs of selected 
large high threat urban areas. The conferees recognize that 
large urban areas often cross State lines and involve multiple 
local jurisdictions. The conferees expect these plans will 
expand upon States' domestic preparedness strategies and that 
no funds will be awarded under this program until jurisdictions 
have clearly demonstrated a coordinated assessment of threat, 
vulnerability, needs, and capabilities. The conferees expect 
ODP to consult with the appropriate Federal agencies including 
the FBI and agencies within the Department of Homeland Security 
in identifying urban areas to be supported through this 
initiative. ODP should take into account credible threat; 
vulnerability; the presence of infrastructure of national 
importance; population; and identified needs of the 
jurisdiction's public safety agencies when determining program 
eligibility. The conferees expect ODP, in consultation with the 
appropriate Federal agencies, including the FBI and agencies 
within the Department of Homeland Security, to develop a multi-
year strategy for addressing the unique needs of high threat 
urban jurisdictions to be supported by this program.
      Research and Development--The conference agreement 
provides $23,500,000 for research and development. Within the 
level of funding provided, ODP shall consider evaluating 
emerging first responding technologies such as hand-held 
detection equipment that can detect possible chemical or 
biological attacks, and emerging mapping, assessment, rescue 
and recovery technologies.

               STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

      The conference agreement provides a total appropriation 
of $2,065,269,000, of which $20,990,000 is derived from prior 
year unobligated balances for the State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance Program. The conference agreement 
provides for the following programs:

State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance

                         (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                  Amount
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant.......................        $400,000
    (Boys and Girls Club)...............................        (80,000)
    (National Institute of Justice).....................        (20,000)
    (Citizen Corps).....................................         (3,000)
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.................         250,000
Cooperative Agreement Program...........................           5,000
Indian Assistance.......................................          18,000
    (Tribal Prison Construction Program)................         (5,000)
    (Indian Tribal Courts Program)......................         (8,000)
    (Alcohol and Substance Abuse).......................         (5,000)
Byrne Grants:
    Discretionary Grants................................         150,914
    Formula Grants......................................         500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Byrne Grants.............................         650,914
Violence Against Women Grants...........................         390,165
Victims of Trafficking Grants...........................          10,000
State Prison Drug Treatment.............................          65,000
Drug Courts.............................................          45,000
Juvenile Crime Block Grant..............................         190,000
    (Project ChildSafe).................................        (25,000)
Prescription Drug Monitoring............................           7,500
Prison Rape Prosecution and Prevention..................          13,000
Terrorism Prevention and Response Training..............          15,000
Other Crime Control Programs:
    Missing Alzheimer's Patients........................             898
    Law Enforcement Family Support......................           1,497
    Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention......................           1,300
    Senior Citizens Vs. Marketing Scams.................           1,995
Unobligated Balances....................................        (20,990)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, State and Local Assistance.................       2,044,279

      Local Law Enforcement Block Grant.--The conference 
agreement includes $400,000,000 for the Local Law Enforcement 
Block Grant program. This program provides grants to local law 
enforcement agencies to reduce crime, including acts of 
terrorism. Of the amount included, $20,000,000 is provided to 
NIJ for assisting local units of government to identify, 
select, develop, modernize, and purchase new technologies for 
use by law enforcement and $80,000,000 is provided for Boys and 
Girls Clubs. In addition, the conference agreement includes 
$3,000,000 for Citizen Corps programs, including the expansion 
of Neighborhood Watch programs and the Volunteers in Policing 
program. No funding is provided for Operation TIPS.
      State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.--The conference 
agreement provides $250,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 
Assistance Program (SCAAP) for the reimbursement to States for 
the costs of incarceration of criminal aliens. The budget 
request proposed the elimination of this program. The conferees 
recognize the Southwest border States incur significant costs 
associated with criminal aliens. In addition to these funds, 
the conference agreement includes $40,000,000 for the Southwest 
Border Prosecution program under the Community Oriented 
Policing Services account.
      Indian Country Grants.--The recommendation provides 
$18,000,000 for Indian Country grants. The conferees understand 
that the Comprehensive Indian Resources forCommunity Law 
Enforcement (CIRCLE) initiative is working well in the three Indian 
communities in which it is deployed. The conferees urge the Department 
to consider ways to expand the CIRCLE project into other communities. 
In addition, the conferees request that not later than 60 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Department submit a proposal to expand the 
CIRCLE project by integrating and coordinating resources from across 
the Federal agencies for purposes of Indian law enforcement, public 
safety, substance abuse, tribal justice systems, and facilities 
construction into a small grant program to Indian tribes and tribal 
consortia.
      Within the amount for prison construction, the conferees 
direct that OJP shall review proposals and provide grants if 
warranted for the following projects:
      --Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in South Dakota for a 
Juvenile Detention and Recovery Facility;
      --Yankton Sioux Tribe in South Dakota for the 
construction of a Juvenile Detention Facility;
      --Lower Brule Sioux Tribe for the construction of a 
detention facility.
      Edward Byrne Grants to States.--The conference agreement 
includes $650,914,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, of which $150,914,000 
is for discretionary grants and $500,000,000 is for formula 
grants. Within the amounts provided for discretionary grants, 
OJP is expected to review the following proposals, provide 
grants if warranted, and report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate on its intentions.
            $500,000 to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 
        Michigan for a victims of crime program;
            $2,750,000 for the D.A.R.E. program to re-train all 
        D.A.R.E. officers nationwide and produce D.A.R.E. 
        workbooks;
            $4,000,000 for the Eisenhower Foundation for the 
        Youth Safe Haven program;
            $3,000,000 for the National Center for Justice and 
        the Rule of Law at the University of Mississippi School 
        of Law to sponsor research and produce judicial 
        education seminars and training for judges and other 
        criminal justice professionals;
            $5,000,000 to continue the effective crime 
        prevention program (McGruff the Crime Dog) and meet the 
        enormous demand from local law enforcement 
        organizations regarding effective crime prevention 
        practices;
            $3,000,000 for the National Fatherhood Institute, 
        the National Physicians Center for Family Resources, 
        and the Alabama Police Institute to study the causes 
        and consequences of out-of-wedlock childbirth and its 
        impact on criminal activity;
            $750,000 for the University of Tennessee to 
        continue the development of technology, forensic 
        training, and research;
            $350,000 for Turtle Mountain Community College's 
        `Project Peacemaker' which seeks to increase the number 
        of American Indians trained in either Tribal government 
        or law;
            $250,000 for Riverfront District Community Policing 
        Stations in Montgomery, Alabama;
            $1,300,000 for the San Joaquin Valley, California 
        Rural Agricultural Crime Prevention Program;
            $2,000,000 for continued support for the expansion 
        of Search Group, Inc. and the National Technical 
        Assistance and Training Program to assist States, such 
        as West Virginia and Alabama, to accelerate the 
        automation of fingerprint identification processes;
            $100,000 for the Transformation Network in Ashland 
        County, OH to reduce alcohol and drug related 
        automobile accidents;
            $250,000 for the Rural Law Enforcement Technology 
        and Training Center;
            $300,000 for the National Association of Town 
        Watch's National Night Out crime prevention program;
            $8,000,000 for the Southern and Eastern Kentucky 
        Counter-Drug Initiative, to coordinate drug 
        interdiction, prevention, education and treatment 
        initiatives in Appalachia Kentucky;
            $1,000,000 for the National Children's Alliance for 
        the Child Abuse Reporting and Evaluation System;
            $1,300,000 for the New Orleans, LA Police 
        Department for crime fighting initiatives;
            $3,000,000 for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) 
        for victims assistance and education programs, of which 
        $1,000,000 shall be to develop Spanish language Public 
        Service Announcements;
            $117,000 for the Virginia Attorney Generals Office 
        to combat domestic violence and for the Triad Program 
        in the State of Virginia;
            $1,500,000 for the Washington Metropolitan Area 
        Drug Enforcement Task Force (MATF);
            $1,000,000 for the Fuller Theological Seminary for 
        a conflict resolution program;
            $800,000 for the Paul and Lisa Foundation;
            $661,000 for the Virginia Community Policing 
        Institute;
            $300,000 for the Virginia CARES for a one-time 
        grant to support pre- and post-release incarceration 
        services that exist for inmates returning to 
        communities;
            $200,000 for San Marcos, CA for a community 
        policing initiative;
            $1,250,000 for the National Correctional Industries 
        Association's grant program providing technical 
        assistance to States participating in the Private 
        Sector Prison Industry Enhancement Certification 
        Program;
            $500,000 for Lackawanna County, PA for treatment 
        diversion for offenders in the drug court program;
            $250,000 for the National Troopers Coalition, to 
        study increased demands placed on law enforcement;
            $3,500,000 for the Center for Court Innovation;
            $1,000,000 for Pinellas County, FL for a mentally 
        ill diversion program for inmates;
            $1,780,000 for the National Clearinghouse for 
        Science, Technology, and the Law at Stetson University 
        College of Law;
            $6,000,000 for the Police Athletic League;
            $750,000 for Kristen's Act;
            $600,000 for the ACTION team in Dallas, TX;
            $250,000 for the Kane County, IL Drug 
        Rehabilitation Court;
            $250,000 for the Criminal justice programs at Elgin 
        Community College;
            $250,000 for DuPage County, IL State's Attorneys 
        Office for child abuse and financial crime prevention 
        initiatives;
            $257,000 for the Rural Domestic Violence Advocacy 
        Project of NH;
            $100,000 for the Mason County, WV Sheriff's Office 
        to investigate, respond to, and investigate Oxy-Contin 
        abuse;
            $300,000 for The Women's Center, Vienna, VA;
            $130,000 for the North Central Missouri Drug Strike 
        Task Force;
            $72,000 for the Enlace Communitaros domestic 
        violence program;
            $500,000 for the Law Enforcement Memorial Act;
            $250,000 for the Urban Justice Center, to expand 
        the Family Violence Project;
            $700,000 for Clackamas County, OR for juvenile 
        detention programs;
            $500,000 for the Huntsville, AL National Children's 
        Advocacy Center for a Child Abuse Investigation and 
        Prosecution Enhancement Initiative;
            $1,000,000 for the National Corrections and Law 
        Enforcement Training and Technology Center in 
        Moundsville, WV;
            $1,000,000 for the National White Collar Crime 
        Center;
            $1,500,000 for the City of Los Angeles, CA for the 
        Community Law Enforcement and Recovery anti-gang 
        program;
            $1,000,000 to expand the Los Angeles, CA Community 
        Law Enforcement and Recovery anti-gang program to the 
        Hollenbeck division;
            $500,000 for the University of Arkansas to reduce 
        family violence through workplace interventions;
            $250,000 for the American Cities Foundation for 
        their drug and alcohol demand reduction program;
            $174,000 for the Broome County, NY Department of 
        Government Security's Computer Investigation and 
        Technology Unit for equipment, and training;
            $500,000 for the City of New York Office of 
        Emergency Management in partnership with Global Action 
        Plan of Woodstock, NY;
            $500,000 for the Local Initiatives Support 
        Corporation in Northwestern Ohio for community security 
        initiatives;
            $200,000 for Franklin and Hampshire Counties, MA 
        for local emergency planning;
            $500,000 for Phoenix, AZ for creation of a Homicide 
        Drug Task Force Response Unit;
            $122,000 for New Jersey Motor Vehicle Service 
        employees for background and fingerprint checks;
            $500,000 for the Bergen County, NJ Sheriff's 
        Department to reduce violent crime and drug related 
        violence;
            $1,200,000 for Minnesota's Council on Crime and 
        Justice's Racial Disparity Initiative;
            $1,000,000 for Eastern Michigan University for the 
        Center for Community Building and Civic Engagement;
            $500,000 for Miami-Dade County, FL for a decision 
        model to assess infrastructure vulnerabilities and 
        enhance security;
            $750,000 for the Doe Fund's Ready, Willing & Able 
        program;
            $800,000 for the Fortune Society for programs to 
        improve community safety in New York City;
            $1,000,000 for the City of San Juan, PR for law 
        enforcement technology and training needs;
            $75,000 for the Sunnyside, NY Chamber of Commerce 
        for crime prevention and anti-recidivism programs;
            $200,000 for the Suffolk County, NY Coalition to 
        Prevent Alcohol and Drug Dependencies;
            $750,000 for the Suffolk County, NY District 
        Attorney for a new anti-gang initiative;
            $275,000 for the Pace Women's Justice Center, 
        Project DETER in White Plains, NY to help victims of 
        domestic violence;
            $500,000 for Westchester County, NY for the 
        Westchester Special Operations Task Force;
            $300,000 for the City of Norwalk, CA for the Gang-
        Free Communities program;
            $500,000 for the distribution of Good Knight Crime 
        and Violence Prevention bilingual educational materials 
        for crime and violence prevention;
            $500,000 for the Los Angeles, CA Community 
        Development Commission to expand its crime and safety 
        program;
            $250,000 for the University of Akron emergency 
        management and disaster response center;
            $200,000 for the City of Pittsburgh, PA Police 
        Bureau for the witness protection program;
            $400,000 for the Rock Island County, IL Sheriff's 
        Department for purchase of a jail security system;
            $750,000 for Nashville, TN Fisk University's 
        Security Enhancement Initiative;
            $185,000 for the Thin Blue Line of Michigan;
            $200,000 for the Solano County, CA multi-
        jurisdictional response team;
            $200,000 for DeKalb County, GA for homeland 
        security needs;
            $200,000 for the Western Missouri Public Safety 
        Training Academy in Independence, MO;
            $500,000 for the Adams County, Pennsylvania 
        Emergency Services Training Facility for program 
        enhancements;
            $1,100,000 for an alcohol interdiction program 
        designed to investigate and prosecute bootlegging 
        crimes as part of a statewide effort to reduce fetal 
        alcohol syndrome in Alaska;
            $160,000 to the Alaska D.A.R.E. Drug Rehabilitation 
        Program for a statewide coordinator and for the 
        implementation new DARE curriculum;
            $1,000,000 for the Alaska Native Justice Center for 
        a restorative justice program;
            $1,540,000 for costs related to terrorism in the 
        City of Alexandria, Virginia;
            $1,000,000 for New York's Alfred University Rural 
        Justice Institute to provide support services to youths 
        and families who are victims of domestic violence;
            $1,000,000 for the An Achievable Dream in Newport 
        News, Virginia, which provides services to at-risk 
        youth to help them perform better academically and 
        socially;
            $750,000 for the Arizona Criminal Justice 
        Commission;
            $150,000 to the Beaverton, Oregon Police Department 
        for the Identity Theft Prevention Initiative;
            $200,000 to the Bristol, Rhode Island Police 
        Department for the outfitting of, and support training 
        for, a mobile command post;
            $300,000 for the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota 
        to automate the functions of the court system, so as to 
        enhance the capacity of the Oglala Sioux Tribe justice 
        system to arrest, prosecute, convict, and rehabilitate 
        offenders;
            $300,000 for the Children's Medical Assessment 
        Center in South Carolina to extend forensic healthcare 
        services to outlying rural areas, and to extend the 
        tracking and medical case management programs to all 
        law enforcement jurisdictions in the local Tri-County 
        area;
            $150,000 to the Chattanooga Endeavors program in 
        Tennessee to expand services and establish new public-
        private partnerships;
            $450,000 for the Chicago Project for Violence 
        Prevention in Illinois;
            $750,000 to the City of Cincinnati, Ohio to improve 
        training for police recruits and current officers;
            $500,000 to the City of Ocean Springs, Mississippi 
        to equip an Emergency Management and Public Safety 
        Facility;
            $500,000 for the Community Safety Initiative in 
        Kansas City, Missouri;
            $100,000 for the Criminal Justice Institute in 
        Arkansas for DNA training and law enforcement;
            $500,000 to Iowa State University for the creation 
        of a Cyber Protection Laboratory which will test and 
        evaluate computer crime defense mechanisms;
            $499,477 for the New Mexico Administrative Office 
        of the Courts to establish Dependency Drug Courts in 
        three judicial districts;
            $80,000 to the Marysville, California police 
        department for a mobile command center;
            $300,000 to the Metropolitan Family Services in 
        Illinois for the Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse 
        program;
            $500,000 for Tulane University in Louisiana for a 
        domestic violence clinic;
            $150,000 to the Native American Community Board in 
        Lake Andes for the continuation of the Domestic 
        Violence shelter and Community Prevention Program;
            $300,000 to the Rhode Island Coalition Against 
        Domestic Violence for the establishment of the Rhode 
        Island Supreme Court's Domestic Violence Training and 
        Monitoring Unit (DV Unit);
            $550,000 for the Albuquerque, NM DWI Resource 
        Center to fund drunk driving awareness and prevention 
        programs;
            $215,000 to Edmunds County, South Dakota for a 
        county-wide emergency warning system;
            $1,750,000 to establish the Emergency Providers 
        Access Directory (EPAD), which provide a comprehensive 
        list of all State and local first responders so that 
        resources can be quickly marshaled in the case of 
        future large scale disaster.
            $50,000 for the Court Appointed Special Advocate 
        (CASA) program in Davison, South Dakota which will 
        provide advocates for children in the First Circuit;
            $100,000 for Franklin County, New York's Domestic 
        Violence Intervention Program to establish a third 
        shelter in Northern New York and to increase the 
        program's outreach efforts;
            $250,000 to Gallatin County, Montana for the 
        Gallatin County Re-Entry Program to provide 
        supervision, support, and training to offenders 
        referred by Gallatin County Courts;
            $500,000 for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police 
        Department's Hispanic American Resources Team (HART) to 
        provide enhanced resources to Las Vegas' Hispanic 
        community;
            $30,000 to the Huntington County, Pennsylvania 
        court security enhancements;
            $750,000 for the Sam Houston State University in 
        Texas to establish the Institute for the Study of 
        Violent Groups;
            $450,000 for the Iowa Elderly Fraud Prevention 
        Initiative;
            $1,000,000 to the Iowa Department of Public Health 
        for an intense drug treatment initiative aimed at 
        nonviolent drug offenders serving time in Polk, Linn, 
        and Story counties;
            $750,000 for Jane Doe, Inc. in Massachusetts;
            $1,500,000 to Jefferson County Alabama for an 
        county-wide Emergency Warning System;
            $1,720,000 for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Bi-
        State Safety Project;
            $500,000 for the New Hampshire Department of Safety 
        to train safety and municipal officers in the North 
        Country;
            $3,000,000 for the Mental Health Courts Program in 
        accordance with the America's Law Enforcement and 
        Mental Health Project Act;
            $150,000 for Louisiana's Metropolitan Battered 
        Womens Program;
            $250,000 to the University of Mississippi for 
        TechLaw online training for police;
            $350,000 to continue support for an innovative and 
        effective program which helps single head-of-household 
        women with children reject a life of crime and drugs 
        and build a self supporting lifestyle;
            $4,500,000 for the Executive Office of U.S. 
        Attorneys to support the National District Attorneys 
        Association's participation in legal education training 
        at the National Advocacy Center;
            $260,000 for the Nashua, New Hampshire Police 
        Department to purchase law enforcement technologies and 
        equipment;
            $150,000 to the University of North Dakota's Native 
        Americans into Law program to recruit and retain 
        American Indian law students;
            $270,000 to the University of South Carolina for 
        the National Center for Prosecution Ethics;
            $300,000 to the New Hampshire Department of 
        Corrections for the purchase of digital radios to allow 
        officers in the Department to communicate with other 
        law enforcement officers around the state;
            $500,000 for program expansion at the Northeastern 
        Illinois Public Safety Training Academy;
            $185,000 for South Dakota's Northern Hills Area 
        court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program for the 
        expansion of the volunteer advocate network and to 
        create an extension office to serve the Fourth Circuit;
            $4,000,000 to the New York City Police Department 
        for safety equipment;
            $1,500,000 for the New Hampshire State Police's and 
        US Attorneys Office's cooperative effort to combat 
        crime at the border, gang-related crime, and in 
        investigating outlaw motorcycle gangs;
            $350,000 to Alaska's Partners for Downtown Progress 
        for an innovative program for alcohol offenders, using 
        treatment in lieu of incarceration;
            $500,000 for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Safe 
        Streets Initiative;
            $500,000 for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Police 
        Bureau's Virtual Perimeter Video Surveillance system, 
        which allows live monitoring of multiple locations by 
        robotic cameras;
            $410,781 for the Colorado Springs, Colorado Police 
        Department to integrate the Police Accountability and 
        Service Standards (PASS) Model department-wide;
            $300,000 to the Rhode Island Select Commission on 
        Race and Police-Community Relations for its Police 
        Professionalism Initiative;
            $4,000,000 for the Southeast National Law 
        Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center for the 
        implementation of Project Seahawk. Funding is provided 
        for the acquisition of communications equipment, 
        computer software and hardware technology, and research 
        and development needed to execute the project;
            $2,000,000 to include New Hampshire police, medical 
        and fire services in a comprehensive public safety 
        training and communications system;
            $55,000 for the Multnomah County, Oregon sheriff's 
        Office to purchase portable radios to be used by the 
        fifty-one members of its reserve unit;
            $1,000,000 for the Ridge House Treatment Facility 
        to provide stabilization, habilitation, and re-entry 
        skills to the Nevada criminal justice population;
            $500,000 to the Robinson Community Learning Center 
        in South Bend, Indiana to support efforts at reducing 
        the rate of local youth violence and young adult 
        homicide;
            $100,000 to the Safe Harbor Domestic Violence 
        Shelter in Aberdeen, South Dakota for equipment and 
        programming;
            $500,000 for the Salt Lake Valley, Utah Emergency 
        Communications Center;
            $250,000 to the City of Fairfield, California for 
        planning, equipment, and training necessary for 
        response in the event of an emergency;
            $1,250,000 for Standing Against Global Exploitation 
        (SAGE) to replicate and expand training materials, 
        regional training modules, and intensive technical 
        assistance for survivors of prostitution, sexual 
        exploitation, violence, abuse, and trauma;
            $250,000 to the State of Wisconsin Court 
        Interpreter's Program for statewide training programs 
        for current and potential court interpreters;
            $1,000,000 to Stop the Violence in South Carolina 
        for programs to reduce crime and create sustainable 
        neighborhood development through a successful model of 
        community involvement;
            $180,000 for the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) in 
        San Diego, California which assists the homeless in San 
        Diego in being placed in the appropriate social 
        services programs;
            $1,500,000 for The National Judicial College in 
        Reno, Nevada to provide education and training to 
        judges, focusing particularly on judicial proficiency, 
        competency, skills, and productivity;
            $2,000,000 for the Tools for Tolerance Program;
            $2,000,000 for grants to implement Sections 101, 
        102, and 103 of Title I of the Indian Tribal Justice 
        Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000;
            $1,000,000 for the TRIAD senior fraud prevention 
        program;
            $258,476 for the Shonshone-Bannock Tribe at the 
        Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho. Funds will be used for 
        the architectural and engineering fees associated with 
        construction of a new Justice Center;
            $200,000 to the University of New Hampshire for the 
        violent crime against women on campus reduction 
        program;
            $2,800,000 for the development of a security system 
        at the Emergency Operations Center located in Virginia;
            $1,000,000 for Washington County, Oregon for its 
        County Alcohol and Drug Free Housing project;
            $250,000 to the University of Southern Colorado for 
        the Western Forensic Science and Law Enforcement 
        Training Center;
            $200,000 to the Yell County, Arkansas Juvenile 
        Detention Center for drug and alcohol detoxification, 
        counseling, and rehabilitation program;
            $300,000 for Montana's Yellowstone County Family 
        Drug Court.
      Within the level of funds provided, $5,000,000 is 
available for independent program evaluations. The conferees 
are aware of reports concerning the success of the Doe's Fund's 
Ready, Willing, and Able program. Within funds provided for 
program evaluation, OJP is directed to perform a program review 
of the program and submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
report detailing the results of the review and any ``best 
practices'' of the program that can be applied to other similar 
grant recipients.
      Violence Against Women Act.--The conference agreement 
includes $390,165,000 to support grants under the Violence 
Against Women Act. The conference agreement provides funding 
under this account as follows:

Violence Against Women Act Programs

                         [Dollars in thousands]

                                                                  Amount
    General Grants......................................        $184,537
(National Institute of Justice).........................         (5,200)
    (Safe Start Program)................................        (10,000)
    (Domestic Violence Federal Case Processing Study)...         (1,000)
Victims of Child Abuse:
    CASA (Special Advocates)............................          11,975
    Training for Judicial Personnel.....................           2,296
    Grants for Televised Testimony......................             998
Grants to Encourage Arrests Policies                              64,925
Rural Domestic Violence Assistance Grants                         39,945
Training Programs                                                  4,989
Stalking Database                                                  3,000
Violence on College Campuses                                      10,000
Civil Legal Assistance                                            40,000
Elder Abuse Grant Program                                          5,000
Safe Haven Project                                                15,000
Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims                 7,500
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................         390,165

      OJP was required to submit a report detailing a plan to 
address violence against women with particular emphasis on 
Alaska, which ranks first in the Nation for domestic violence 
and child abuse. The report was to be completed by May 1, 2002, 
but has yet to be received by the Committees on Appropriations. 
The Department is directed to provide monthly updates on its 
progress until the report is completed as required.
      Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners.--The 
conference agreement includes $65,000,000 for grants to States 
and local governments for development and implementation of 
residential substance abuse treatment programs within State 
correctional facilities and certain local correctional and 
detention facilities. Up to 10 percent of the total program 
level maybe used for the treatment of parolees. These grants 
should only fund treatment for individuals up to 1 year after 
they are released from a State prison.
      Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant.--The 
conference agreement includes $190,000,000 for the Juvenile 
Accountability Incentive Block Grant program. The conferees 
direct the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention to provide $250,000 to the American Prosecutors 
Research Institute to create and report on benchmarks to 
measure the use of individual programs and juvenile justice 
system performance in up to four pilot States. This funding 
shall be provided from the 2 percent set-aside under the 
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program for technical 
assistance.
      Within the level of funding provided, $25,000,000 is 
available for Project ChildSafe, which has been merged with 
Project HomeSafe, for the purchase and distribution of gun 
safety locks. These funds may only be used to produce and 
distribute gun locks based on OJP's interim standard. The 
conferees note that no additional funding will be provided 
until a final standard is adopted.
      Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.--The 
conferees are concerned with the growing abuse of prescription 
drugs such as OxyContin and the devastating impact it has on 
families and communities throughout the country. In orderto 
address this problem, the Committees on Appropriations provided 
$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 for OJP to provide grants to States 
creating new prescription drug monitoring programs and to enhance 
current prescription drug monitoring programs. Prescription monitoring 
programs help prevent and detect the diversion and abuse of 
pharmaceutical controlled substances. States that have implemented 
prescription monitoring programs have the capability to collect and 
analyze prescription data much more efficiently than States without 
such programs, where the collection of prescription information 
requires the time consuming manual review of pharmacy files. The 
conference agreement includes $7,500,000 to expand the Harold Rogers 
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. Recognizing that prescription 
drug abusers often cross multiple State borders in order to fill 
prescriptions, the conferees encourage States to develop systems that 
allow bordering States to share information.
      Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution.--The conferees 
understand that experts have conservatively estimated that at 
least 13 percent of the inmates in the United States have been 
sexually assaulted in prison and that many inmates have 
suffered repeated assaults. Under this estimate, nearly 200,000 
inmates now incarcerated have been or will be the victims of 
prison rape. The total number of inmates who have been sexually 
assaulted in the past 20 years likely exceeds 1,000,000. The 
conferees understand that prison rape contributes to the spread 
of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and AIDS. The 
conferees also recognize that inmates with mental illness and 
juvenile inmates are particularly vulnerable to sexual 
victimization. The conferees further understand that most 
prison staff are not adequately trained or prepared to prevent, 
report, or treat inmate sexual assaults and that prison rape 
often goes unreported. Finally, the conferees understand that 
Congress will legislatively address this issue during the First 
Session of the 108th Congress.
      In order to immediately address this problem, the 
conference agreement includes $13,000,000 for a new prison rape 
prevention and prosecution program. This funding is provided 
for statistical data collection and analysis, the establishment 
of a national clearinghouse of information, and will provide 
grants to States, local authorities, prisons, and prison 
systems to undertake more effective efforts to prevent prison 
rape, investigate such incidents, and punish the perpetrators. 
The conferees expect OJP to work with the Committees on 
Appropriations in the development of this program.
      Senior citizens against marketing scams.--The 
recommendation provides $1,995,000 for this program to assist 
law enforcement in preventing and stopping marketing scams 
against the elderly. The conferees request that some program 
sessions be held at the National Advocacy Center. Also, the 
conferees direct that this effort be coordinated with the 
Federal Trade Commission.
      Terrorism Prevention and Response Training for Law 
Enforcement and Other Responders.--The conference agreement 
includes $15,000,000 for terrorism prevention and response 
training for law enforcement and other responders to be 
administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The 
conferees expect the grant approval process to include a review 
of training curricula and materials to ensure that grantees are 
using up-to-date training techniques. BJA is encouraged to work 
with the Office of Domestic Preparedness in the execution of 
this program. This program shall be available for the costs of 
developing training, conducting training, and procuring 
training equipment and materials.
      Within the amounts appropriated, the conferees expects 
BJA to examine each of the following proposals, to provide 
grants if warranted, and to submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations on its intentions for each proposal:
            $500,000 for the Iowa Central Community College 
        regional first responder training center;
            $1,000,000 for the Onondaga Community College for a 
        Regional Anti-Terrorism Training Center;
            $1,000,000 for the University of Tennessee Center 
        for Homeland Security and First Responding Training;
            $3,000,000 for the National Terrorism Preparedness 
        Institute of the Southeastern Public Safety Institute 
        of St. Petersburg College;
            $300,000 for the City of Arcadia, CA for a regional 
        public safety training facility;
            $250,000 for Southern Kane County, IL Fire Training 
        Facility for first responders including both fire and 
        law enforcement personnel;
            $1,000,000 for the Southern Anti-terrorism Regional 
        Training Academy;
            $500,000 for the Northeast Wisconsin Technical 
        College's Tactical Training Facility in Green Bay, WI;
            $2,000,000 for the National Community Training and 
        Response Center at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar 
        Rapids, IA;
            $500,000 for the Public Safety Academy in the Santa 
        Clarita Valley, CA;
            $1,000,000 for the Regional Counter-Drug Training 
        Academy in Meridian, MS for anti-terrorism training for 
        first responders;
            $500,000 for the Regional Public Safety Center in 
        Erie County, NY for first responder training programs 
        in the Erie and Buffalo region;
            $544,000 for the Criminal Justice Academy at 
        Brevard Community College in Coca, FL for first 
        responder training;
            $150,000 for Williamson County, TX to purchase a 
        portable testing chamber to train officers to function 
        under chemical and biological warfare conditions;
            $100,000 for Armstrong County, PA for a centralized 
        homeland security training center;
            $750,000 for the Essex County, NJ Office of 
        Emergency Management for response training and 
        equipment;
            $400,000 for the Las Vegas, NV Metropolitan Police 
        Department for defense and disaster response training 
        and equipment;
            $150,000 for the Lowell, MA Police Department for 
        civilian emergency response team training;
            $250,000 for the City of Norfolk, VA Police 
        Department's Anti-terrorism and Disaster preparedness 
        program;
            $200,000 for the New Mexico State University to 
        develop homeland security related education and 
        training programs and identify and threats;

                       WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND

      The conference agreement includes $58,925,000 for the 
Weed and Seed program.

                  COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

      The conference agreement includes $928,912,000 for the 
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The conference 
agreement provides funding under this account as follows:

                  COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
                         [Dollars in thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Public Safety and Community Policing:
    Law Enforcement Hiring/Overtime........................     $200,000
    Training and Technical Assistance......................       20,662
    Tribal Law Enforcement.................................       35,000
    Police Corps...........................................       15,000
    Methamphetamine Enforcement & Clean-up.................       57,132
    Bulletproof Vests......................................       25,444
                                                            ------------
      Subtotal, Public Safety and Community................      353,238
                                                            ============
  Crime-Fighting Technologies:
    Law Enforcement Technology Program.....................      189,954
    Interoperability.......................................       20,000
      (Transfer to the BJA)................................      (3,000)
      (Transfer to NIST--OLES).............................      (5,000)
    Crime Identification Technology Act....................       69,075
      (Safe Schools Technology)............................     (17,000)
    National Criminal History Improvement..................       40,000
    Crime Laboratory Improvement Program...................       40,538
    DNA Backlog Elimination................................       41,000
                                                            ------------
      Subtotal, Crime-Fighting Technologies................      400,567
                                                            ============
  Prosecution Assistance:
    Southwest Border Prosecutors...........................       40,000
    Gun Violence Reduction Program.........................       45,000
                                                            ------------
      Subtotal, Prosecution Assistance.....................       85,000
                                                            ============
  Community Crime Prevention:
    Police Integrity.......................................       16,963
    Offender Reentry.......................................       14,934
    School Safety Initiatives..............................       15,210
    Project Sentry.........................................       10,000
                                                            ------------
      Subtotal, Community Crime Prevention.................       57,107
                                                            ============
Management and Administration..............................       33,000
                                                            ============
      Total, Community Policing Services...................      928,912
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      COPS Hiring Program.--The conference agreement includes 
$200,000,000 for the hiring of law enforcement officers, 
including school resource officers, to prevent acts of 
terrorism, and other violent and drug-related crimes. The 
budget request did not include any funding for this purpose. 
Through its knowledge of the local communities and interaction 
with citizens, local law enforcement plays a critical role in 
preventing and detecting terrorism and sharing this information 
with State and Federal law enforcement. The conferees also 
recognize that while local law enforcement responsibilities 
have expanded to include counterterrorism since September 11th, 
daily crime prevention and law enforcement duties must still be 
performed. Further, the conferees recognize that it is local 
law enforcement's role to respond to citizen concerns and 
alleviate fears related to terrorism and other violent crimes. 
The conferees expect the COPS Program Office to ensure the 
appropriate emphasis on law enforcement's role in combating 
terrorism, violence, and drug crime, and securing our nation's 
schools.
      In addition, the conference agreement makes 30 percent of 
the funding available for law enforcement overtime costs for 
training and the prevention of acts of terrorism and other 
violent and drug-related crimes. The conferees feel that the 
cities of New York, NY, Detroit, MI and Wayne County, MI may be 
eligible under this program for anti-terrorism efforts.
      The conferees also recognize that State and local law 
enforcement agencies depend on technology and communications 
equipment to perform their jobs safely and effectively. 
Therefore, the conference agreement includes language for a new 
communications technology grant program under the COPS Crime-
Fighting Technologies section of this report.
      Within the level of funding provided, the conferees 
expect the COPS office to provide training to assist school 
resource officers in preventing terrorist acts aimed at 
schools. The officers will be trained in non-intrusive 
defensive measures to reduce the vulnerability of schools to 
terrorist attacks and offensive measures to prevent, deter, and 
respond to terrorism. The conferees direct that a report be 
provided to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act to include a spending plan for 
this effort and the hiring and overtime effort described above.
      Police Corps.--The conference agreement includes 
$15,000,000 for the Police Corps program. The conferees 
understand that sufficient prior year unobligated balances 
exist to allow the program to maintain at least its current 
level. The conference agreement includes bill language, as 
requested, providing that funding agreements shall include 
thefunding for outyear program costs of new recruits. This language is 
necessary to prevent the program from incurring unfunded future 
liabilities as new recruits enter the program.
      The conferees understand that in fiscal year 2002 there 
were 22 States training recruits in the Police Corps programs. 
Within the available funding, including carryover balances, OJP 
is expected to fund additional programs as more State programs 
meet OJP program criteria. The conferees understand that Public 
Law 107-273 authorizes increased payments for scholarships, 
educational reimbursements, and stipends for trainees. However, 
the Administration's budget request did not include additional 
funding to accommodate these increased costs. Therefore, in 
order to ensure there are sufficient resources to fund 
additional training programs, the conference agreement directs 
OJP to continue to provide payments at the levels authorized in 
fiscal year 2002. In addition, the conference agreement directs 
OJP to standardize the funding provided for recruit training 
and require State matching funds for training costs. The 
conference agreement directs OJP to submit a Police Corps 
financial plan no later than 180 days after enactment of this 
Act.
      The conferees expect OJP to work with State Police Corps 
programs to ensure these programs are providing effective and 
up-to-date terrorism prevention and response training. The 
conferees also recognizes that every State will not implement a 
Police Corps program and that the vast majority of law 
enforcement training will not be performed in Police Corps 
programs. The conferees direct OJP to submit a report no later 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act, describing how 
successful Police Corps training techniques can be incorporated 
in State and local law enforcement academies in order to 
maximize the number of recruits that receive this advanced 
training. The report shall also describe OJP's efforts to 
incorporate terrorism prevention and response training into the 
Police Corps program and discuss the feasibility of 
establishing regional Police Corps training centers.
      Indian Country.--The conference agreement includes 
$35,000,000 to be used to improve law enforcement capabilities 
on Indian lands and native villages, both for hiring uniformed 
officers, including village public safety officers, and for the 
purchase of equipment and training for new and existing 
officers. The conferees recommend that five percent of these 
funds be provided directly to tribal judicial systems to assist 
Tribal courts with the increased caseload associated with the 
increased arrests as a result of the additional funds for 
tribal law enforcement.
      Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean-Up.--The conference 
agreement includes $57,132,000 for State and local law 
enforcement programs to combat methamphetamine production and 
distribution, to target drug ``hot spots,'' and to remove and 
dispose of hazardous materials at clandestine methamphetamine 
labs.
      Within the amount provided, the conference agreement 
includes $20,000,000 to reimburse the Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA) for assistance to State and local law 
enforcement for proper removal and disposal of hazardous 
materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs.
      In addition, within the amount provided, the conferees 
expect the COPS Program Office, in consultation with DEA, to 
examine each of the following proposals, to provide grants if 
warranted, and to submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations on its intentions for each proposal:
            $415,000 for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and 
        Dangerous Drug Control to properly train and equip 
        officers for operations involving clandestine 
        methamphetamine labs;
            $150,000 for the Criminal Justice Institute at the 
        University of Arkansas at Little Rock to train rural 
        law enforcement officers in the issues of safety, 
        investigation, and evidence collection related to 
        methamphetamine production;
            $1,500,000 for the Indiana State Police to combat 
        the production, distribution, and use of 
        methamphetamine;
            $500,000 to the Nebraska State Patrol for a 
        Methamphetamine Drug Use Enforcement and Research 
        Program. Funding is provided for drug treatment, 
        enforcement enhancements, and laboratory enhancements;
            $3,000,000 for the continuation of the Washington 
        State Methamphetamine Program;
            $2,200,000 for the Sioux City, Iowa Regional 
        Methamphetamine Training Center, to provide training to 
        officers from eight states;
            $500,000 for the Minot State University, ND, rural 
        methamphetamine project;
            $800,000 for the Meth Laboratory Eradication 
        Program located in the Ohio Bureau of Criminal 
        Identification and Investigation, Narcotics Section;
            $500,000 for the Virginia State Police to assist 
        their efforts in combating methamphetamine;
            $100,000 for the Tangipahoa Tri-Parish Meth Task 
        Force for clean-up and equipment;
            $750,000 for Marshal, Cullman, Walker and Etowah 
        Counties, AL for methamphetamine initiatives;
            $300,000 for the South Central Missouri Drug Task 
        Force;
            $300,000 for the Southeast Missouri Drug Task 
        Force;
            $125,000 for Cowley County, KS Sheriff's Department 
        for methamphetamine clean-up and enforcement;
            $125,000 for Butler County, KS Sheriff's Department 
        for methamphetamine clean-up and enforcement;
            $125,000 for Montgomery County and Independence, KS 
        Police Department for methamphetamine clean-up and 
        enforcement;
            $1,000,000 for the Methamphetamine Task Force in 
        East Tennessee, to fight the spread of meth labs in 
        this region;
            $500,000 for the Arkansas Methamphetamine Law 
        Enforcement Initiative, including the Arkansas State 
        Crime Lab, and the Arkansas State Crime Lab to combat 
        methamphetamine abuse;
            $4,000,000 for the California Department of 
        Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, for the 
        California Methamphetamine Strategy (CALMS);
            $250,000 for the Oklahoma City Police Department 
        for a Methamphetaimine/Drug Hot Spots Initiative;
            $250,000 for Polk County, FL Sheriff's Department 
        to combat methamphetamine production, distribution, and 
        abuse;
            $750,000 for the Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force in 
        Madisonville, KY;
            $250,000 for Lincoln County, OR for methamphetamine 
        intervention and enforcement;
            $400,000 for Marion County, OR for methamphetamine 
        surveillance, search, and seizure training and 
        equipment;
            $100,000 for the Jackson County, AL Sheriff's 
        Office Methamphetamine Enforcement Program;
            $525,000 for the Lee County, SC, Sheriff's 
        Department methamphetamine program;
            $500,000 for the Orangeburg County, SC Sheriff's 
        Department to fight methamphetamine;
            $505,000 for the Cherokee Nation Methamphetamine 
        Enforcement and Biohazard Disposal Program in 
        Tahlequah, OK;
            $600,000 for the Jackson County, IL Sheriff's 
        Department to establish a methamphetamine lab 
        dismantling project;
            $500,000 for Tennessee's 13th Judicial District 
        Drug Task Force to combat methamphetamine production;
            $500,000 for personnel, training, and equipment 
        under the Arizona Methamphetamine Initiative;
            $1,000,000 for the Iowa Crime Free Rural State 
        Program;
            $1,000,000 for the Iowa Office of Drug Control 
        Policy to combat the spread of methamphetamine in east 
        central counties through intelligence gathering, 
        enforcement, and lab clean up operations;
            $4,000,000 for Hawaii County, Hawaii to carry out 
        enforcement, prosecution, and cleanup activities 
        associated with the manufacture, use, and distribution 
        of methamphetamine;
            $250,000 for the Jackson County, Mississippi 
        Sheriff's Department to combat methamphetamine;
            $200,000 to Marion County, Oregon for its Meth Lab 
        Surveillance and Eradication project, which will 
        provide law enforcement with training, equipment, and 
        an improved communications system;
            $750,000 for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics to 
        combat methamphetamine and to train officers on the 
        proper recognition, collection, removal, and 
        destruction of methamphetamine;
            $1,000,000 for the Missouri Drug Eradication 
        Initiative;
            $1,500,000 for MoSmart. Funding is to assist 
        sheriffs and rural drug task forces in combating 
        methamphetamine production, use, and distribution by 
        providing needed equipment, training, and lab clean up 
        resources;
            $1,000,000 to the Central Utah Narcotics Task Force 
        for the Sevier Region Methamphetamine Project;
            $500,000 for the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy 
        to combat the spread of methamphetamine in south 
        central Iowa through intelligence gathering, 
        enforcement, and lab clean-up operations;
            $500,000 to the Vermont Department of Public Safety 
        to support the Vermont Drug Task Force;
            $1,400,000 for the Wisconsin Methampetamine Law 
        Enforcement Initiative;
      COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Program.--
The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Interoperable 
Communications Technology program. This program should be 
designed and implemented by the COPS Office, in coordination 
with the National Institute of Justice's Advanced Generation of 
Interoperability for Law Enforcement (AGILE) program and the 
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The conferees seek to 
utilize the expertise of all three organizations so as to 
create a grant program that is highly responsive to the 
immediate needs of the State and local law enforcement 
community.
      This program should address the critical need of law 
enforcement to improve cross-jurisdictional communication and 
information sharing. The conferees direct the COPS Office to 
develop and submit to the Committee, no later than 60 days 
after the implementation of this Act, proposed guidelines for 
the program. In addition, this program should be coordinated 
with other Federal grant programs designed to address 
communications interoperability, so as to develop a 
comprehensive strategy for improving the current state of 
public safety communications systems. Consistent with the COPS 
Office's existing grant programs, the COPS Interoperable 
Communications Technology program should include a 25 percent 
match requirement.
      The conferees understand and support the need for minimum 
standards for law enforcement communications technology. 
Therefore, within the amount provided, the conferees direct 
that $5,000,000 be transferred to the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology to continue the efforts of the Office 
of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) regarding the development 
of a comprehensive suite of minimum standards for law 
enforcement communications. In addition, to continue the 
research and development of improved communications 
technologies, the conferees direct that within the amounts 
provided, $3,000,000 is to enhance the current program level 
for NIJ's AGILE program.
      Law Enforcement Technology Program.--The conference 
agreement includes $189,954,000 for the COPS Law Enforcement 
Technology Program for the continued development of 
technologies, communications equipment, and automated systems 
to assist State and local law enforcement agencies. The 
conferees realize that a large portion of the projects funded 
under this account are for enhanced communications systems. The 
conferees expect that, wherever feasible, voice/data 
communications equipment purchased with funds from this account 
be incorporated into an intra- or inter-jurisdictional strategy 
for communications interoperability among Federal, State, and 
local public safety first responders.
      Within the amounts provided under this account, grants 
should be provided for the following:
            $5,000,000 to I-Safe America for internet safety 
        education for grades K-12 to prevent child predation on 
        the internet;
            $7,100,000 for the Southwest Border Anti-Drug 
        Information System of which $3,500,000 is to go to the 
        State of Idaho;
            $1,000,000 for the Downriver Mutual Aid Data 
        Network for an 800mhz digital communications system;
            $500,000 to the Sandy City, Utah Police Department 
        for an automated records storage and communications 
        system to operate in conjunction with the court system;
            $3,000,000 for Law Enforcement On-Line (LEO) 
        information system which provides criminal justice 
        information to law enforcement agencies throughout the 
        country;
            $3,000,000 for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin's 
        Police Department to purchase and install mobile 
        digital radios in its squad cars, and to increase 
        public access to data through GIS crime-mapping and 
        other technologies;
            $1,000,000 for the County of Bergen, New Jersey to 
        implement a multi-agency radio communications system 
        that will provide interoperability capability across 
        all agencies and integrate the operations of the Bergen 
        County government;
            $1,000,000 for the New Castle County, Delaware 
        Police Department for a new records management system, 
        additional computers and software, and surveillance 
        equipment;
            $350,000 for the City of Huntsville, Alabama to 
        upgrade computer systems in police headquarters and 
        district stations;
            $1,000,000 for Project Hoosier SAFE-T, a statewide 
        emergency response and telecommunications project;
            $800,000 to the Rockdale County, Georgia Sheriff's 
        Office to purchase mobile data computers and in-car 
        video systems;
            $5,000,000 for the Stark County Sheriff's 
        Department, OH for a law enforcement communications 
        system;
            $2,500,000 for the Regional Law Enforcement 
        Technology Program in KY;
            $4,000,000 for the Simulated Prison Environment 
        Crisis Aversion Tools for programs in Alabama, North 
        Carolina, and Pennsylvania;
            $100,000 for Loudoun County, VA for a court 
        automation modernization project;
            $200,000 for a New Orleans Metropolitan Crime 
        Commission;
            $100,000 for the St. Tammany Parish, LA Sheriff's 
        Office for law enforcement technologies;
            $50,000 for the Slidell, LA Police Department for 
        technologies to increase information sharing;
            $50,000 for the Jefferson Parish, LA Sheriff's 
        Office for law enforcement technologies;
            $50,000 for the Harahan, LA Police Department for 
        systems to assist in the investigating, responding to 
        and preventing crimes;
            $219,000 for the Virginia Sheriff's Association 
        Terrorist Information Network;
            $3,000,000 for the Center for Criminal Justice 
        Technology;
            $1,250,000 for the San Diego County, CA Sheriff's 
        Department for automation infrastructure improvements;
            $1,500,000 for Morris County, NJ for police 
        communications and law enforcement technologies;
            $765,000 for video cameras for Virginia law 
        enforcement vehicles in the jurisdictions of: $100,000 
        for Henry County, $100,000 for Pittsylvania County, 
        $40,000 for Franklin County, $40,000 for Mecklenburg 
        County, $40,000 for Halifax County, $40,000 for 
        Campbell County, $25,000 for Appomattox County, $25,000 
        for Charlotte County, $25,000 for Lunenburg County, 
        $25,000 for Brunswick County, $100,000 for Albermarle 
        County, $25,000 for Bedford County, $25,000 for 
        Cumberland County, $25,000 for Prince Edward County, 
        $25,000 for Buckingham County, $25,000 for Nelson 
        County, $25,000 for Greene County, $25,000 for Fluvanna 
        County, $15,000 for the City of Bedford, and $15,000 
        for the Town of Rocky Mount;
            $155,000 for mobile data terminals for the 
        Albermarle County, VA Police Department ($50,000) and 
        the cities of Charlottesville VA ($40,000), Danville, 
        VA ($40,000), and Martinsville, VA ($25,000);
            $50,000 for Pickaway County, OH Sheriff's 
        Department for law enforcement technologies;
            $500,000 for Putnam County, IL Sheriff's Department 
        for law enforcement technologies;
            $750,000 for the City of Peoria, IL Police 
        Department for law enforcement technologies;
            $800,000 for the East Valley Community Justice 
        Center;
            $250,000 for the Redlands Police Department, CA for 
        law enforcement technologies;
            $500,000 for the City of Louisville, KY for in-car 
        video systems and mobile data terminals;
            $100,000 for the Shivley, KY Police Department for 
        in-car video systems, mobile data terminals, and video 
        surveillance equipment;
            $5,000 for the Jeffersontown, KY Police Department 
        for law enforcement technologies;
            $500,000 for the Onondaga, NY Sheriff's Office for 
        law enforcement technologies;
            $200,000 for the City of Syracuse, NY Police 
        Department for law enforcement equipment and 
        technologies;
            $1,100,000 for the National Training and 
        Information Center (NTIC);
            $1,000,000 for Pinellas County, FL for a facial 
        recognition program;
            $1,000,000 for the City of Largo, FL Police 
        Department for laptops/mobile data terminals in 
        vehicles;
            $1,000,000 for the Florida Department of 
        Corrections for a system to electronically monitor 
        criminal probationers and link their location to crime 
        events;
            $500,000 for the Hanover County, VA Sheriff's 
        Office for communications upgrades;
            $250,000 for the City of Winston-Salem, NC for 
        mobile data terminals;
            $250,000 for the Riverside, CA Police Department 
        for technology enhancements;
            $72,000 for the Lewis County, WV Sheriff's 
        Department for an upgraded records management system 
        and an automated dispatching system;
            $900,000 for the Concord, NC Police Department for 
        a records management project;
            $100,000 for DuPage County, IL for a geographic 
        information system;
            $500,000 for Cobb County, GA Sheriff's Department 
        for a multi-level law enforcement technology system;
            $87,000 for McHenry County, IL for equipment for 
        the McHenry Sheriff's Training Facility;
            $60,000 for the Vernon Parish, LA Sheriff's Office 
        for law enforcement technologies;
            $200,000 for the Woodland, CA Police Department for 
        law enforcement equipment and technologies;
            $150,000 for in-car video cameras and an integrated 
        records management system for the York, PA police 
        department;
            $250,000 for the Orange County, Sheriff's 
        Department of Santa Ana, CA for mobile data terminals;
            $350,000 for the City of Fort Wayne, IN Police 
        Department for in-car video cameras and mobile data 
        terminals;
            $500,000 for the Lafourche Parish, LA Sheriff's 
        Department for investigative equipment;
            $1,500,000 for the Maryland State Police Department 
        for a police vehicle technology system;
            $3,000,000 for the State of California for the 
        California Anti-Terrorism Information Center;
            $600,000 for the Indianapolis, IN Police Department 
        to upgrade mobile data terminals;
            $845,000 for the Williamson County, TX Sheriff's 
        Department for law enforcement technology and training 
        equipment;
            $250,000 for Gladstone, OR for a public safety 
        communications system upgrade;
            $1,000,000 for the Texas State University System to 
        develop an integrated training and information-sharing 
        network to enhance criminal information;
            $70,000 for the City of Harstelle, AL Police 
        Department for technology and equipment enhancements;
            $50,000 for the City of Rogersville, AL Police 
        Department for equipment and technology upgrades;
            $50,000 for the Limestone County, AL Sheriff's 
        Office for law enforcement technology and equipment 
        upgrades;
            $750,000 for the East Providence, RI Police 
        Department for technology upgrade initiatives;
            $300,000 for the Lincoln, RI Police Department for 
        technology upgrade initiatives;
            $500,000 for the Woonsocket, RI Police Department 
        for technology upgrade initiatives;
            $2,000,000 for the Los Angeles, CA County Sheriff's 
        office for a training equipment;
            $600,000 for the Arkansas Crime Information Center 
        for phase II of the JailNet system;
            $250,000 for the Williamsburg County, SC Sheriff's 
        Office to implement a communications network;
            $600,000 for the City of Toledo, OH for technology 
        upgrades and enhancements for three district police 
        stations;
            $867,000 for the Arlington County, VA Police 
        Department to obtain Mobile Data Terminals and upgrade 
        its records management system;
            $300,000 for the Fitchburg, MA Police Department 
        for online booking/laser technology;
            $1,500,000 for the Phoenix, AZ police department 
        for law enforcement equipment including laptop 
        replacements;
            $550,000 for Avondale, AZ for a new police data 
        retrieval and records management system;
            $100,000 for Lake County, IN to enhance the Law 
        Enforcement Management System;
            $600,000 for Porter County, IN to install a Tiburon 
        integrated public safety computer system;
            $350,000 for the City of New Bedford, MA Police 
        Department for technology upgrades;
            $500,000 for Broward County, FL for technological 
        security improvements at Port Everglades, FL;
            $1,000,000 for Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 
        Worcester, MA for law enforcement and first responder 
        technologies;
            $1,000,000 for the Cities of Bayamon and Guaynabo, 
        PR for law enforcement technologies;
            $1,000,000 for the Puerto Rico Police Department to 
        purchase portable radios;
            $400,000 for the Suffolk County, NY Police 
        Department for enhancements and additions to existing 
        communications systems;
            $35,000 for the Eastchester, NY Police Department 
        for in-car technologies;
            $50,000 for the City of Rialto, CA for anti-
        terrorist technology;
            $1,000,000 for the Bayonne, NJ Police Department 
        for radio system replacement;
            $500,000 for the City of Elizabeth, NJ to equip a 
        Communication Command Center;
            $500,000 for the City of Hoboken, NJ to upgrade a 
        radio communication system;
            $250,000 for the Los Angeles County, CA Sheriff's 
        Department for a mobile communications system;
            $250,000 for Orange County, CA for Mobile Data 
        Terminals;
            $111,000 for the San Louis County, CA Sheriff's 
        Department for law enforcement technologies;
            $250,000 for the Government of the Virgin Islands 
        to obtain high technology crime fighting equipment;
            $200,000 for the Denver, CO public safety 
        intelligent integration project;
            $500,000 for the seamless emergency communications 
        network for the Imperial Valley Emergency 
        Communications Agency;
            $200,000 for the City of Houston, TX to implement 
        the Enhanced Video Imaging Initiative;
            $500,000 for the National Center for Rural Law 
        Enforcement's Internet Project;
            $250,000 for the Beaverton, OR Police Dept. 
        Identity Theft program;
            $1,000,000 for the City of New York, NY to equip a 
        new police laboratory;
            $200,000 for the Borough of Tinton Falls in 
        Monmouth County, NJ for law enforcement and emergency 
        communications upgrades;
            $50,000 for the Borough of Frenchtown, NJ Police 
        Department for in-car video cameras;
            $100,000 for the City of Jackson, TN to purchase 
        and install Mobile Data Terminals in police cars;
            $3,000,000 for Tucson, AZ for public safety 
        communications upgrades, of which $1,000,000 shall be 
        for Cochise County;
            $1,000,000 for Harris County, TX for a 911 
        emergency network;
            $1,000,000 for Placer County, CA for public safety 
        communications upgrades;
            $500,000 for the City of Roseville, CA to improve 
        communications among public safety agencies;
            $750,000 for the City of Springfield, OH for 
        communications upgrades;
            $170,000 for Delaware County, NY for a 
        communications system upgrade study;
            $250,000 for the DuPage County, IL Emergency 
        Operations Center for equipment upgrades;
            $157,000 for the City of Rancho Cucamonga, CA for 
        an emergency communications program;
            $350,000 for the City of Upland, CA communications 
        and technology upgrades;
            $500,000 for Washington County, MD for a multi-
        jurisdictional radio communications system;
            $2,000,000 for Greene County, MO for interoperable 
        communications system for first responders;
            $250,000 for Warren Township, NJ for emergency 
        communications equipment;
            $500,000 for Glades County, FL for emergency 
        communications equipment;
            $1,000,000 for the City of Chesapeake, VA public 
        safety departments for a computer aided dispatch 
        system;
            $500,000 for Imperial County, CA for the 
        development of an inter-agency emergency communications 
        system;
            $500,000 for Sevier County, TN for interagency 
        communications equipment;
            $500,000 for Hennepin and Caver counties, MN for a 
        regional public safety communications system;
            $250,000 for North Hempstead, NY Department of 
        Public Safety for communications upgrades;
            $500,000 for Kenosha, WI to modernize 
        communications capabilities between police, fire and 
        public safety agencies;
            $1,000,000 for the City of Virginia Beach, VA to 
        upgrade technology and infrastructure at the city's 
        emergency communications and operations center;
            $500,000 for Stamford, CT to upgrade emergency 
        response infrastructure;
            $500,000 for Franklin County, PA Emergency 
        Management Agency for communications equipment;
            $1,000,000 for the Colorado Division of Information 
        Technologies for a seamless State-wide wireless 
        communications system;
            $500,000 for Pasco County, FL to upgrade 
        communications equipment;
            $500,000 for LaSalle County, IL for a county-wide 
        public safety communications system;
            $1,000,000 for the County of Salt Lake, UT for 
        consolidation of the 911 dispatch system;
            $750,000 for the City of Abilene, TX for purchase 
        of emergency response and public safety communications 
        equipment;
            $500,000 for the State of Alabama for a statewide 
        homeland defense network;
            $860,000 for Matteson, IL for a SouthCom Combined 
        Dispatch Center;
            $978,000 for the South Suburban Mayors and Managers 
        Association in East Hazel Crest, IL for a pilot joint 
        dispatch center and regional law enforcement technology 
        center;
            $2,000,000 for City of Detroit, MI, homeland 
        security technology and training needs;
            $1,500,000 for the Twin Cities, MN area for 
        communications radios for the Metro Radio Board;
            $500,000 for the city of Madison, WI to create a 
        consolidated 911 Computer Aided Dispatch and Records 
        Management System;
            $1,000,000 for the Lower Rio Grande Valley 
        Development Corporation to establish a regional first 
        responder communications system;
            $250,000 for the Los Angeles County, CA Sheriff's 
        Department for a mobile communications system;
            $250,000 for the City of Belmont, CA to upgrade 
        emergency communications technology;
            $176,000 for Center Line, MI to upgrade records and 
        dispatch system;
            $250,000 for the Southwest Central Dispatch in 
        Illinois for equipment upgrades;
            $250,000 for the Lumber River Council of 
        Governments in North Carolina for a critical incident 
        communication system;
            $1,000,000 to the City of Owensboro, Kentucky and 
        Daviess County, Kentucky to implement an improved 
        emergency responder and 911 operations system;
            $250,000 to the City of Flint, Michigan for 
        upgrades to its 911 emergency response system;
            $500,000 for the Abilene, Texas Police Department 
        to upgrade and expand the emergency response and 
        communications network;
            $2,000,000 to the State of Alaska to build 
        statewide shared multi-agency communications network;
            $1,500,000 for the Alaska Department of Public 
        Safety to upgrade its communications systems;
            $100,000 for the Brooklyn, Ohio Police Department 
        to purchase a computer aided dispatch system and mobile 
        data terminals;
            $500,000 for Brown County, South Dakota to replace 
        radio equipment, modernize the telephone 
        infrastructure, and purchase computer-aided dispatch 
        technology for the county's Regional Communications 
        Center;
            $1,310,000 to the City of Jackson, Mississippi for 
        the public safety automated technologies system;
            $300,000 for South Dakota's Cheyenne River Sioux 
        Tribe to modernize its current court system by 
        upgrading computer systems and acquiring court service 
        processors;
            $200,000 to the Choctaw County, Alabama Emergency 
        Management Agency for a Emergency Warning Notification 
        System;
            $1,400,000 for the City of Cincinnati, Ohio to 
        implement a record management system;
            $750,000 to the City of Seattle, Washington for 
        digital video surveillance cameras;
            $2,000,000 to the City of Oceanside, California to 
        upgrade the public safety radio system;
            $30,000 to the Charter Township of Mt. Morris, 
        Michigan for closed circuit video camera technology;
            $7,500,000 for a grant to the Southeastern Law 
        Enforcement Technology Center's Coastal Plain Police 
        Communications initiative for regional law enforcement 
        communications equipment. The state capitol of Columbia 
        should be given due consideration in this year's 
        implementation;
            $250,000 to the Columbia, Mississippi Police 
        Department for technology;
            $3,000,000 for the Consolidated Advanced 
        Technologies for Law Enforcement (CAT lab) Program;
            $910,000 for the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska 
        for equipment and technology enhancements at the Juneau 
        Dispatch and Evidence Center;
            $300,000 for the City and Borough of Ketchikan, 
        Alaska for an Emergency and 911 Dispatch system;
            $3,000,000 to Montgomery County, Maryland to 
        establish an integrated criminal justice information 
        system;
            $1,500,000 for the Rockville, Maryland Police 
        Department to upgrade communications, records 
        management, and emergency services systems;
            $750,000 to the City of Wasilla, Alaska for a 
        regional dispatch center;
            $800,000 for the City of Jackson, Tennessee to 
        install mobile data terminals in police vehicles;
            $1,000,000 to the City of Memphis, Tennessee to 
        install a regional law enforcement communications 
        system;
            $350,000 for Cowlitz County, Washington to replace 
        its emergency response radio system;
            $950,000 to George Mason University in Virginia for 
        equipment for the Critical Infrastructure Protection 
        Project (CIPP);
            $150,000 for Curry County, Oregon to fund upgrades 
        and repairs needed to maintain the integrity of the 
        communications system;
            Up to $3,000,000 for the acquisition or lease and 
        installation of dashboard mounted cameras for State and 
        local law enforcement on patrol. One camera may be used 
        in each vehicle, which is used primarily for patrols. 
        These cameras are only to be used by State and local 
        law enforcement on patrol;
            $1,500,000 for the Delaware State Police to upgrade 
        communications and video capabilities, purchase a real-
        time x-ray machine, and portable receivers;
            $250,000 to the City and County of Denver, Colorado 
        for an intelligent emergency service dispatch system;
            $1,000,000 for the City of Des Moines, Iowa to 
        develop a regional geographic information system that 
        will enhance homeland defense and emergency response 
        capabilities;
            $500,000 to Eau Claire County, Wisconsin's Police 
        Communications Project for a computer aided dispatch 
        and records management system;
            $2,250,000 for the Montana Public Safety Services 
        Office to acquire enhanced 9-1-1 communications 
        technology;
            $810,000 for Hamilton County, Ohio to replace and 
        upgrade the current dispatch system;
            $2,500,000 to the Harrison County, Mississippi 
        Sheriff's Department for the Public Safety Automated 
        Systems project;
            $400,000 to the Indianapolis, Indiana Police 
        Department to upgrade the existing laptop computer 
        system to a wireless land area network;
            $850,000 to the National Center for Victims of 
        Crime INFOLINK Program;
            $500,000 for Jefferson County, Alabama to upgrade 
        the public safety radio system and improve 
        interoperability;
            $1,000,000 to the Johnson County, Kansas Sheriff's 
        Department for a computer-aided dispatch system;
            $200,000 for the Town of Johnston, Rhode Island to 
        acquire mobile data computers, a video surveillance 
        system for police headquarters, and an automated 
        telephone system;
            $1,000,000 to the State of Kansas for the Public 
        Safety Communications Network;
            $25,000 to Bath and Menifee Counties in Kentucky 
        for the purchase of law enforcement equipment;
            $60,000 to the Rowan County, Kentucky Sheriff's 
        Office and the Morehead Police Department for the 
        purchase of radar units, mobile cameras, communications 
        equipment, a records management system, and other 
        investigative equipment;
            $95,000 for Leake County, Mississippi for police 
        technology and equipment;
            $1,500,000 for the Louisiana Commission on Law for 
        a Statewide Technology Coordination Project;
            $1,500,000 to the City of Madison, Wisconsin Police 
        Department's Consolidated Communications Project for 
        new hardware, software, data conversion, training, and 
        project administration;
            $1,000,000 to the Maine State Police for a new 
        voice and data communications system;
            $2,250,000 for Minnehaha County, South Dakota to 
        upgrade its existing communications system and to link 
        with the new State of South Dakota Radio System;
            $250,000 to the Madisonville, Kentucky Police 
        Department for mobile data terminals;
            $20,000 to Moody County, South Dakota for upgrades 
        to the emergency response communications system;
            $750,000 to the Town of Mountain Village, Colorado 
        for a regional public safety communications system;
            $4,750,000 to the Pegasus Research Foundation, 
        Inc., in coordination with the National Sheriff's 
        Association for a multi-state information system that 
        will enable local law enforcement agencies to share 
        important criminal justice information;
            $200,000 to the Kenton County, Kentucky Sheriff's 
        Office for communications system improvements;
            $400,000 to the New Hampshire Department of Public 
        Safety to provide equipment and technology to ten small 
        law enforcement agencies throughout New Hampshire;
            $750,000 for the New Jersey Marine Police Patrol 
        for technology upgrades.
            $300,000 to the Newago County Office of 
        Administration for the acquisition of an 800-mhz 
        digital communications system;
            $500,000 to the New Hampshire Police Standards and 
        Training Facility to purchase technology and equipment 
        for training recruits;
            $300,000 for the Billings, Montana Police 
        Department for vehicle enhancements, including 
        automatic vehicle locators, in-car report writing 
        modules, and mobile roaming technology;
            $515,000 for the Lubbock, Texas Police Department 
        to purchase mobile data terminals and related software;
            $500,000 for the County of Passaic, New Jersey for 
        the purchase of a trunked radio system;
            $1,500,000 for the Oklahoma Department of Public 
        Safety to provide comprehensive radio and data 
        communications capabilities for all emergency response 
        agencies units in Oklahoma;
            $200,000 for the Louisville-Jefferson County, 
        Kentucky Public Safety Communications System to study 
        requirements and develop a plan to implement a common 
        interoperable voice and data communications system for 
        public safety organizations in the metropolitan area;
            $200,000 to the City of Santa Rosa, California for 
        radio communications and emergency response systems 
        upgrades;
            $1,500,000 to the North Carolina State Highway 
        Patrol for the development and implementation of an 
        interoperable Voice Trunking Network (VTN) real-time 
        voice communication system throughout the state;
            $300,000 to REJIS for the establishment of a 
        computer information system to serve the St. Louis 
        Region;
            $2,000,000 for the Montana Sheriff's & Peace 
        Officers Association for a reverse 9-1-1 system which 
        will allow State and local officials to distribute 
        emergency information to citizens over their phone 
        lines using auto-dialing technologies;
            $750,000 to San Miguel County, New Mexico Emergency 
        Services for a county wide communications system;
            $850,000 to Simpson County, Mississippi for a 
        public safety automated technologies system;
            $1,500,000 for South Dakota's Sheriffs and Police 
        Chiefs Association to acquire communications equipment, 
        computers, and other crime-fighting technologies;
            $2,000,000 for a grant for the Southeastern Law 
        Enforcement Technology Center to partner with SPAWAR 
        System Center Charleston to advance research and 
        development into software radio technology;
            $750,000 to the Oklahoma Department of Public 
        Safety for a statewide public safety communications 
        system;
            $1,000,000 to Wake County, North Carolina's 
        Department of Public Safety and Emergency Management 
        for technology infrastructure improvements for law 
        enforcement vehicles;
            $200,000 for the Pike County, Illinois Sheriff's 
        Department to upgrade law enforcement technologies and 
        modernize equipment;
            $50,000 for the City of West Point, Kentucky for 
        the purchase of law enforcement equipment;
            $1,500,000 for the training of village public 
        safety officers and small village police offices and 
        acquisition of equipment and technologies;
            $250,000 to the Warren County, Mississippi 
        Sheriff's Department for technology enhancements;
            $125,000 for the Wilkinson County, Mississippi 
        Sheriff's Department for police technology and 
        equipment;
            $1,000,000 for the Wilmington, Delaware Police 
        Department to purchase equipment and technologies;
            $300,000 to the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy in 
        Douglas, Wyoming for technology upgrades.
      Crime Identification Technology Act.--The conference 
agreement includes $69,075,000 to be used and distributed 
pursuant to the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998, 
Public Law 105-251. Under that Act, eligible uses of the funds 
are (1) upgrading criminal history and criminal justice record 
systems; (2) improvement of criminal justice identification 
systems, including fingerprint-based systems; (3) promoting 
compatibility and integration of national, State, and local 
systems for criminal justice purposes, firearms eligibility 
determinations, identification of sexual offenders, 
identification of domestic violence offenders, and background 
checks for other authorized purposes; (4) capturing information 
for statistical and research purposes; (5) multijurisdictional, 
multiagency communications systems; and (6) improvement of 
capabilities of forensic sciences, including DNA.
      Within the overall amounts recommended, the conferees 
expect OJP to examine each of the following proposals, to 
provide grants if warranted, and to submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations its intentions for each proposal:
            $250,000 for Pennsylvania's Cross Current 
        Corporation Criminal Justice County Integration 
        Project;
            $1,500,000 to the Great Cities Universities 
        Coalition in Georgia for criminal justice data 
        gathering and analysis;
            $500,000 to the City of Montrose, Colorado for a 
        records management system and related technology to 
        interface with the public safety communications system;
            $1,000,000 for Whatcom County, Washington's Multi-
        Jurisdictional Criminal Justice Data Integration 
        Project to develop and implement an integrated county-
        wide communications system;
            $2,000,000 for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal 
        Investigation to purchase Live-Scan machines for use by 
        Ohio law enforcement agencies;
            $200,000 for Henderson County, NC for COPLINK;
            $1,000,000 for Harris County, TX Regional AFIS 
        project;
            $500,000 for San Bernardino, CA for an electronic 
        crime report filing system;
            $1,000,000 for San Bernardino, CA Sheriff's 
        Department, for the SECURES gunshot detection system 
        project;
            $1,500,000 for Pinellas County, FL for a laptop 
        interoperability project;
            $3,000,000 for the National Forensics Science 
        Technology Center in Largo, FL;
            $1,000,000 for the Washington Association of 
        Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC), for the Jail 
        Booking and Reporting System;
            $1,000,000 for the Bi-County Police Information 
        Network in Benton and Franklin Counties, WA;
            $250,000 for the Mecklenburg County, NC Criminal 
        Justice Information System project;
            $500,000 for the Jefferson County, AL Sheriff's 
        Department for an Identification Based Information 
        System;
            $4,000,000 for the Cyber Science Laboratory for 
        developing advanced electronic crime and computer 
        forensics technology for law enforcement;
            $250,000 for the King County, WA Sheriff's Office 
        for electronic records and DNA testing;
            $500,000 for Ventura County, CA for an integrated 
        justice information system;
            $20,000 for Madison Village, OH for a records 
        management system;
            $250,000 for Sacramento County, CA Sheriff's 
        Department for records management and communications 
        systems;
            $250,000 for the State of Illinois for a 
        fingerprint identification system;
            $1,500,000 for St. Louis County, MO, to upgrade and 
        enhance criminal ID technologies for police and 
        sheriff's offices;
            $150,000 to the Douglas County Sheriff's 
        Department, Douglas County, WI to upgrade and expand 
        the regional crime information system;
            $25,000 for the City of Philadelphia, PA, for an 
        electronic fingerprint scanner to connect to state-wide 
        information;
            $750,000 for the North Carolina State Attorney 
        General, for a Computer Forensics Initiative;
            $1,700,000 for Hennepin County, MN for an 
        integrated criminal database system;
            $400,000 for the City of New York to collect and 
        provide digital identification evidence to support 
        domestic violence cases;
            $40,000 for the Eastchester, NY Police Department 
        for an electronic fingerprinting ID system;
            $650,000 for the City of Portland, OR Police 
        Department for the IBIS system;
            $100,000 for Wagoner County, OK for the Sex Crime 
        Offender Registration Enforcement (SCORE) program;
            $500,000 for development of the San Diego Police 
        Department's Criminal Records Management System;
            $750,000 for Lane County/Springfield/Eugene, OR for 
        law enforcement area information records system;
            $500,000 to the Arkansas Crime Information Center 
        and the Arkansas Sheriff's Association for Phase II of 
        the JailNet project;
            $1,000,000 to the Arkansas State Police for an 
        automated fingerprint identification system;
            $500,000 to the Ogden City, Utah Police Department 
        for an automatic finger print identification system 
        (AFIS);
            $400,000 for a Centralized Sex Offender Registry 
        Program for the State of Colorado;
            $1,000,000 for CJIS WareNET to connect all state 
        law enforcement agencies into one information database;
            $250,000 to the Ogden City, Utah Police Department 
        for a consolidated records management system;
            $2,000,000 for the Alaska Criminal Justice 
        Information System to integrate federal, state, and 
        local criminal records along with social service and 
        other records. It expects the system design to include 
        the capability to provide background checks on 
        potential child care workers for child care providers 
        and families with the permission of the job applicant. 
        The State should consult with the National Instant 
        Check System for technical expertise;
            $7,250,000 for the South Carolina Judicial 
        Department to purchase equipment for the integration of 
        the case docket system into a state-of-the-art 
        comprehensive database to be shared between the court 
        system and law enforcement;
            $1,000,000 to the Vermont Department of Public 
        Safety for the Criminal Justice Integration System 
        Project;
            $1,000,000 to the Minnesota Department of Public 
        Safety for the integrated criminal justice information 
        system titled CriMNet;
            $100,000 to the Ogden City, Utah Police Department 
        for a facial recognition system;
            $250,000 to the City of Gulfport, Mississippi for 
        the Gulfport Critical Incident Response Technologies;
            $1,000,000 to the Missouri Office of the State 
        Court Administrator for computer upgrades and 
        modernizations of the juvenile court system;
            $450,000 to implement a Louisiana Statewide Sex 
        Offender Database;
            $800,000 for the Low Country Information Technology 
        Improvement Project;
            $250,000 for the Offenders' Unified Tracking for 
        Rehabilitation, Enforcement, Assistance, and Community 
        Health (OUTREACH) program at the University of 
        Pennsylvania Lee Center of Criminology;
            $2,800,000 for the South Carolina Law Enforcement 
        Division to obtain equipment, convert existing 
        databases and integrate systems for accurate and rapid 
        processing of information to support identifications 
        for criminal and civil purposes;
            $250,000 to the South Bend, Indiana Police 
        Department for the purchase of an automated fingerprint 
        imaging system (AFIS);
            $500,000 for the Syracuse University Cross-
        Information Language Retrieval system to assist law 
        enforcement in the search and analysis of foreign 
        Internet document databases;
            $1,800,000 to upgrade automated fingerprint 
        identification systems (AFIS) in Hawaii;
            $850,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi 
        for crime identification technology training;
            Crime Laboratory Improvement Program.--The 
        conference agreement includes $40,538,000 for the crime 
        laboratory improvement program.
      DNA Backlog Elimination.--The conference agreement 
includes $41,000,000 to reduce the DNA sample backlog including 
the testing of date rape kits. Within this amount, $5,000,000 
is available for Paul Coverdell Forensics Sciences Improvement 
grants.
      Within the overall amounts recommended for the Crime 
Laboratory Improvement and DNA Backlog Elimination Programs, 
the OJP should examine each of the following proposals, provide 
grants if warranted, and submit a report to the Committees on 
its intentions for each proposal:
            $1,250,000 for the Florida Gulf Coast University 
        for DNA testing center to help train students to work 
        in DNA laboratories;
            $1,500,000 for the Commonwealth of Virginia to 
        enhance existing state forensics laboratory 
        capabilities for analysis and training;
            $1,500,000 for the Northeast Regional Forensic 
        Institute in Albany, NY;
            $500,000 for the Northern Illinois Police Crime 
        Laboratory for forensic science equipment;
            $2,000,000 for the State of Maryland and the City 
        of Baltimore DNA Labs to be evenly divided among each;
            $3,000,000 for the Iowa State University Midwest 
        Forensics Science Center;
            $2,000,000 for the New Jersey State Police for 
        forensics equipment;
            $250,000 for the DuPage County, IL Crime 
        Laboratory;
            $500,000 for the Center for Forensic Service in 
        Indian Country in Arizona;
            $500,000 for the City of Whittier, CA for forensic 
        science equipment;
            $2,000,000 for the Department of Justice of the 
        State of California for the Integrated Laboratory 
        Information Management System;
            $1,500,000 for the Indiana State Police for the 
        Forensic DNA Analysis Unit to address the backlog;
            $500,000 for the Institute for Forensic Imaging at 
        Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis;
            $30,000 for Williamson County, TX for equipment to 
        analyze both finger and palm prints;
            $750,000 for the Forensic Science Center at 
        California State University, Los Angeles;
            $1,000,000 for Phoenix, AZ to expand the crime 
        lab's DNA capabilities;
            $350,000 for the City of New York, NY to develop a 
        forensic evidence collection training program;
            $250,000 for the Sacramento County, CA Sheriff's 
        Department to modernize its data infrastructure;
            $250,000 to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for the 
        Allegheny County Forensics Laboratory for improvements;
            $142,900 to the Broome County, New York Government 
        Security Division for a computer and video forensics 
        laboratory;
            $1,500,000 to establish the Metropolitan Forensic 
        Science Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico which will 
        serve law enforcement agencies involved in Indian 
        Country;
            $800,000 for the Central Piedmont Community College 
        Forensics Lab in North Carolina;
            $400,000 for the Birmingham Police Department to 
        improve and update their forensic laboratory;
            $400,000 for the Forensics Laboratory at East 
        Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania to assist 
        Pennsylvania's law enforcement community by expediting 
        the processing of the state's DNA backlog;
            $500,000 to the Indiana State Police, Laboratory 
        Division for personnel, equipment, supplies, and 
        contractual needs in order to meet the increased 
        demands on the DNA Analysis Unit;
            $400,000 to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for 
        lab equipment and an information management system to 
        track evidence;
            $3,000,000 for the Marshall University (MU) 
        Forensic Science Program in West Virginia;
            $750,000 for the Mississippi Crime Lab to improve 
        the state's capability to analyze DNA evidence;
            $800,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal 
        Investigation for improvements to its Forensic Science 
        Lab;
            $500,000 to the Pikes Peak Metro Crime Lab in 
        Colorado for renovations necessary to meet the demand 
        for DNA analysis services;
            $1,500,000 to the South Carolina Law Enforcement 
        Division for equipment to support a federal and state 
        collaboration of investigators and forensics experts to 
        solve high technology crimes through one center;
            $2,500,000 to the South Carolina Law Enforcement 
        Division for continued funding to support the growing 
        state and local law enforcement needs in the only full 
        service forensic laboratory in South Carolina;
            $970,000 to the Southeast Missouri Crime Lab for 
        modernizations and equipment;
            $250,000 to Texas Tech University for the Southwest 
        Institute for Forensic Sciences;
            $4,000,000 for the West Virginia University (WVU) 
        Forensic Identification Program;
             Southwest Border Prosecutions.--The conference 
        agreement includes $40,000,000 for assistance to State 
        and local prosecutors located along the Southwest 
        border, including the integration and automation of 
        court management systems. This program will provide 
        financial assistance to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and 
        California for the State and local costs associated 
        with the handling and processing of drug and alien 
        cases referred from Federal arrests. If additional 
        funding is required for this program, the Committees on 
        Appropriations will consider a reprogramming request 
        under section 605 of this Act.
      Offender Reentry.--The conference agreement includes 
$14,934,000 for the law enforcement costs related to 
establishing offender reentry programs. Offender reentry 
programs establish partnerships among institutional 
corrections, community corrections, social services programs, 
community policing, and community leaders to prepare for the 
successful return of inmates to their home neighborhoods. The 
amount recommended is provided to fund law enforcement 
participation and coordination of offender reentry programs. 
The conferees are pleased that the OJP is working in 
collaboration with the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Education in the 
execution of this program. The conferees encourage OJP to 
expand its collaboration with these departments to coordinate 
the resources provided by multiple agencies of the Federal 
government to address the needs of local communities.
      Safe Schools Initiative.--The conference agreement 
includes $15,210,000 for programs aimed at preventing violence 
in public schools, and to support the assignment of officers to 
work in collaboration with schools and community-based 
organizations to address the threat of terrorism, crime, 
disorder, gangs, and drug activities.
      Within the amount provided, the COPS office should 
examine each of the following proposals, provide grants if 
warranted, and submit a report to the Committees on its 
intentions for each proposal:
            $500,000 for the Family, Career and Community 
        Leaders of America (FCCLA) ``Stop the Violence'' 
        program;
            $350,000 for the Virginia Attorney General's Office 
        for Class Action and other educational programs in 
        Virginia's schools;
            $125,000 for the Rappahannock County, VA Sheriff's 
        Office for a school resource officer program;
            $125,000 for the Town of Stanley, VA Sheriff's 
        Office for a school resource officer program;
            $500,000 for the Learning for Life program;
            $1,000,000 for Wichita, KS for a school safety 
        program in Wichita Public Schools;
            $250,000 for the Pinellas County, FL Police 
        Athletic League;
            $500,000 for Palm Beach County, FL School District 
        for security upgrades;
            $125,000 for the Ashland County, WI Sheriff's 
        Department for school resource officer program;
            $560,000 for Rock in Prevention;
            $250,000 for development and implementation of 
        youth mentor programs for the Barrington Police 
        Athletic League;
            $500,000 for School District of Philadelphia for 
        school violence prevention;
            $500,000 for Toledo, OH Public School's Beacon 
        Academy to serve as an alternative to suspension;
            $500,000 for Operation Quality Time;
            $1,000,000 for District 29 of Southeast Queens in 
        New York, NY, for a Dial-Up system to strengthen home-
        school-community communication;
            $500,000 for the Anaheim, CA Police Department for 
        their School Gang Officers Division;
            $150,000 for the City of Rialto, CA for the Police 
        Activities League program;
            $500,000 for the Alaska Community in Schools 
        Mentoring Program;
            $1,000,000 for the Police Athletic League of New 
        Jersey to implement a short term residential summer 
        camp program for youth;
            $850,000 for the East Orange Police Athletics 
        League to provide services and programs, including 
        parenting classes, computer training, GED preparation, 
        mentoring and recreational programs;
            $1,000,000 for Wisconsin's Families & Schools 
        Together (FAST) Prevention Program to provide services 
        to at-risk youth;
            $60,000 for Washington County, Oregon's Hillsboro 
        Boys and Girls Club Gang Prevention Program which is a 
        targeted outreach program to deter young people from 
        gang involvement;
            $400,000 for the New Mexico Police Athletic League 
        to continue the statewide Law enforcement and 
        Professional Business Volunteer Technology and 
        Mentoring program and to expand its program to assist 
        at-risk youth to 14 additional sites;
            $1,300,000 for the University of Montana to 
        facilitate a statewide community based curriculum 
        development initiative that promotes responsible 
        behavior and reduces youth violence in schools and 
        communities;
            $100,000 for the Jefferson County, Illinois 
        Sheriff's Office and Hamilton-Jefferson County Regional 
        Office of Education to implement a safe schools 
        program;
            $500,000 for New Mexico's School Security 
        Technology and Resource Center (SSTAR) to provide 
        public schools with physical security assessments, to 
        test existing school security systems, and to implement 
        tailored security plans;
            $1,500,000 to provide community-based, cost-
        effective alternative programs for juveniles who are, 
        have been or may be subject to compulsory care, 
        supervision or incarceration in public or private 
        institutions in several states including South 
        Carolina;

                       Juvenile Justice Programs

      The conference agreement includes $275,306,000 for 
Juvenile Justice programs, instead of $257,801,000 as proposed 
by the House and $315,425,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement provides for the following programs:

Juvenile Justice Programs

                         (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                  Amount
Management/Administration...............................          $6,832
State Formula Grants....................................          83,800
Discretionary Grants....................................          89,257
Youth Gangs.............................................          11,974
State Challenge Activities..............................           9,978
Juvenile Mentoring......................................          15,965
Incentive Grants to Prevent Juvenile Crime..............          46,500
    (Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws)..................        (25,000)
    (Indian Youth Grants Program).......................        (12,472)
    (Safe Schools Initiative)...........................         (6,500)
    Subtotal, Juvenile Prevention Programs..............         264,306
Victims of Child Abuse Act Programs.....................          11,000
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      Total.............................................         275,306

      Discretionary Grants.--The conference agreement includes 
$89,257,000 for this discretionary grant program. Within the 
amounts provided, OJP is expected to review the following 
proposals, provide grants if warranted, and report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate on its 
intentions.
            $840,000 for Oregon Partnership for Champions for 
        Healthy Kids and Communities initiative to combat drug 
        abuse;
            $1,500,000 for Girls and Boys Town, USA;
            $750,000 for Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch for 
        programs assisting at-risk youth;
            $1,500,000 for ``I Have a Dream'' Foundation for 
        at-risk youth;
            $3,000,000 for the National Council of Juvenile and 
        Family Courts for continued support, which provides 
        continuing legal education and family and juvenile law;
            $600,000 for Prevent Child Abuse America for the 
        programs of the National Family Support Roundtable;
            $3,000,000 for Parents Anonymous;
            $2,500,000 for the South Carolina Truancy and 
        Dropout Prevention Initiative;
            $1,250,000 for the Teens, Crime and Community 
        program;
            $1,900,000 for law related education for continued 
        support;
            $200,000 for the Hazard, KY Buckhorn Wilderness 
        Program;
            $3,000,000 for Hamilton Fish National Institute on 
        School and Community Violence;
            $500,000 for Youth for Tomorrow;
            $1,500,000 for the Harvard Medical School Center 
        for Mental Health and Media for a study into certain 
        causes of youth violence;
            $1,000,000 for World Vision for at-risk youth 
        programs;
            $500,000 for the First Tee program;
            $250,000 for Operation Blue Ridge Thunder;
            $1,000,000 for Residential Care Consortium for 
        delinquency prevention programs;
            $250,000 for the Detroit Rescue Mission for its 
        High Course Youth Corrections Program for at-risk 
        youth;
            $500,000 for the Child Endangerment Response 
        Coalition in Spokane, WA;
            $250,000 for the Interagency Family Assessment Team 
        project;
            $250,000 for Community Intensive Treatment Program 
        (C.I.T.Y.) and Skills Training Consortium in Alabama 
        for technology investments to be used by the teen 
        centers;
            $250,000 for Page County, VA for a juvenile crime 
        prevention program;
            $500,000 for the ARISE Foundation for at-risk 
        youth;
            $500,000 for Youth Crime Watch of America;
            $100,000 for Laurinburg, NC for a juvenile 
        delinquency program;
            $500,000 for Orange County, CA Fire F.R.I.E.N.D.S. 
        program, to help reduce juvenile fire setting;
            $300,000 for Miami-Dade County, FL Juvenile 
        Assessment Center;
            $500,000 for A Child Is Missing;
            $200,000 for the Somerville, MA Boxing Club for 
        equipment for at-risk youth programs;
            $750,000 for the Brooklyn Academy of Music to help 
        at risk youth and combat teenage delinquency;
            $500,000 for the Kennedy Kreiger Institute in MD to 
        create a juvenile delinquency prevention program;
            $400,000 for Project AVARY to support programs for 
        at risk youth in California's Bay Area;
            $1,000,000 for the Greater Heights Program to 
        provide mentoring to high-risk youth;
            $200,000 for the Sports Foundation, Inc., for a 
        focused mentoring program for at-risk youth;
            $250,000 for Bristol, RI for development and 
        implementation of an at-risk youth program;
            $2,000,000 for the Los Angeles, CA BEST youth 
        program;
            $100,000 for the Village of Riverdale, IL for the 
        Riverdale Youth Interaction Program;
            $200,000 for the City of Alexandria, VA to 
        implement an alternative detention program for 
        juveniles;
            $500,000 for a Family Therapy Clinic at Seton Hill 
        College to assist troubled teens;
            $100,000 for the Washington, PA Community Arts and 
        Cultural Center to provide programs for at-risk youth;
            $300,000 for the Franklin County, MA Community 
        Coalition of Teens, Youth Substance Abuse Prevention;
            $300,000 for the Christian Center's Up-Reach center 
        in Pittsfield, MA;
            $200,000 for the Juvenile Day Reporting Center in 
        Durham, NC;
            $100,000 for the Culinary Education Training for At 
        Risk Youth program at Johnson & Wales University in 
        Miami Dade County, FL;
            $1,000,000 for the Commonwealth Corporation's 
        Diploma Plus program to serve at-risk youth in 
        Massachusetts;
            $500,000 for Mother Cabrini HS in New York City to 
        provide at-risk girls with after school tutoring, 
        mentoring, and prevention programs;
            $125,000 for the Tilles Center, Long Island 
        University for programs for at-risk youth;
            $400,000 for the Father Bellini Association to 
        expand and develop additional programs for ``at-risk'' 
        youth in Northwest Queens;
            $250,000 for the City of Mount Vernon, NY for at-
        risk youth programs;
            $250,000 for the New Rochelle, New York City School 
        District for after school programs for at-risk youth;
            $500,000 for the Center for Alternative Sentencing 
        and Employment Services, Inc. in New York, NY to help 
        combat teenage delinquency and illiteracy;
            $500,000 for the Elysian Valley United Community 
        Services in Los Angeles, CA for youth programs;
            $500,000 for Lawrence Hall Youth Services in 
        Chicago, IL to continue delinquency prevention 
        programs;
            $350,000 for Path Community Services, Inc. in El 
        Paso, TX for an after school program for at-risk youth;
            $150,000 for the Catholic Charities Maine Rapid 
        Response program for at-risk youth;
            $100,000 for Fresno County, CA for the Keep Kids in 
        School program;
            $180,000 for the Lafayette Parish, LA Sheriff's 
        Office Youth Academy;
            $200,000 for the Children Who Witness Violence 
        program in Cuyahoga County, OH;
            $250,000 for Orleans County, VT for a crime 
        prevention community center for at-risk youth in the 
        Newport Derby region;
            $5,000,000 for the Secure Our Schools Act;
            $450,000 to the After School and Counseling 
        Programs for At-Risk Native American Youth in South 
        Dakota;
            $200,000 to Task Inc. for a demonstration project 
        with the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois to 
        serve non-violent offenders who demonstrate mental 
        illness and/or substance abuse;
            $35,000 for the City of Fort Thomas, Kentucky to 
        develop and implement a drug education and prevention 
        program in the school system;
            $90,000 to Lewis County, Kentucky and the City of 
        Vanceburg, Kentucky to develop and implement a drug 
        education and prevention program in the school system 
        and provide additional resources to address law 
        enforcement problems associated with drug use;
            $100,000 to the Patriot Center in Rockford, 
        Illinois for programs for at-risk youth;
            $250,000 to the Birmingham, Alabama Education 
        Technology (BET) Center for at-risk-youth programs;
            $2,000,000 for the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation for 
        youth prevention programs aimed at leadership, 
        teamwork, and drug prevention;
            $200,000 for the Camden City, New Jersey Housing 
        Authority to establish a drug prevention program for 
        children in low income housing developments;
            $250,000 to the United Way of Chittendon County, 
        Vermont to continue the Champlain Mentoring Initiative 
        Project;
            $290,000 to Charles Mix County, South Dakota for a 
        full-time substance abuse counselor for local youth, 
        and for the expansion of youth programs in Lake Andes 
        and Wagner, South Dakota;
            $75,000 to the Nez Perce Tribe in Lapwai, Idaho for 
        the Child Protection Program to coordinate the services 
        of human resource programs;
            $4,000,000 to the National Center for Missing and 
        Exploited Children for the Child Sexual Exploitation 
        Campaign to expand services to law enforcement in cases 
        of child pornography, child molestation, and sexual 
        exploitation;
            $400,000 to Ohio's Children Who Witness Violence 
        Program for crisis intervention, assessment and 
        treatment services to children and families impacted by 
        violence;
            $200,000 for Parents and Children Together (PACT) 
        to provide gang prevention services, counseling and 
        outreach, and supervised, alternative activities to 
        youth in the Kuhio Park Terrace and Kuhio Homes housing 
        units in Honolulu, Hawaii;
            $1,500,000 to the University of New Hampshire's 
        Crimes Against Children Research Center;
            $300,000 for the Elizabeth Buffum Chace Family 
        Resource Center in Warwick, Rhode Island to provide 
        services for members of the community affected by 
        domestic violence;
            $100,000 for the Family Ties Supervised Visitation 
        Services in Wakefield, Rhode Island to provide domestic 
        violence prevention and services;
            $1,000,000 to Fox Valley Technical College of 
        Appleton, Wisconsin to increase and expand services 
        offered to local law enforcement involved in the 
        investigation of child abuse and neglect;
            $200,000 to From Darkness to Light in Charleston, 
        South Carolina which seeks to prevent child abuse and 
        obtain services for victims of child abuse by providing 
        information about the prevalence and consequences of 
        child sexual abuse;
            $1,000,000 to expand and replicate the Beyond Bars 
        program;
            $300,000 to the City of Jackson, Mississippi for a 
        juvenile justice program;
            $1,000,000 to Western Kentucky University for the 
        Juvenile Delinquency Project;
            $390,000 for the Juvenile Fire Setters program in 
        New Hampshire;
            $2,000,000 to the State of Alaska for a Child Abuse 
        Investigation Program;
            $750,000 to Alaska's LOVE Social Services to 
        establish and enhance after school programs in 
        Fairbanks, AK for at risk youth;
            $200,000 to the Second Judicial District Juvenile 
        Justice Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a 
        truancy prevention program to help reduce juvenile 
        delinquency and juvenile crime;
            $200,000 for the Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska to 
        expand programs geared towards youth who have committed 
        minor offenses and/or have unique mental, psychological 
        and behavioral problems;
            $500,000 for a statewide at-risk youth mentoring 
        program in Alaska involving community based 
        organization, schools, and non-profit entities 
        including Boys and Girls Clubs and Big Brother-Big 
        Sisters.
            $500,000 for Juvenile Offender Treatment and 
        Prevention Project to provide mental health treatment 
        and prevention services to youth and families involved 
        with or at high risk of involvement with the Tulsa 
        County juvenile justice system;
            $500,000 for the Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters to 
        expand services to all 105 counties in the state;
            $500,000 to the City of Los Angeles, California for 
        the Family Violence Program;
            $100,000 for Marion County, Oregon's Life 
        Directions Peer Mentoring Partnership which seeks to 
        break the cycle of drug addiction, violent crime, and 
        teenage pregnancy;
            $125,000 to Virginia's Lonesome Pine Office on 
        Youth for the continuation of delinquency prevention 
        and youth development programs;
            $750,000 to the Low County Children's Center in 
        South Carolina for continued support for a 
        collaborative effort among local organizations in 
        Charleston that provide full services to children who 
        have been abused;
            $400,000 for Pennsylvania's Martin Luther King, Jr. 
        Center for Non-Violence to continue its Life Skills 
        program which enables students to work alongside 
        business and industry mentors;
            $1,000,000 for the National Child Protection 
        Development and Training Center in Minnesota;
            $2,000,000 to the National Center for Missing and 
        Exploited Children for the NETSMARTZ Initiative to 
        expand the program into schools, homes, and youth 
        organization nationwide;
            $200,000 for Nevada Child Seekers to assist in 
        locating missing children and providing resources for 
        the families of missing children;
            $750,000 for the Afterschool Services Pilot program 
        operated by the New Mexico State University Cooperative 
        Extension Service to serve youth who are at home alone 
        or are unsupervised between 2 and 6 in the afternoon;
            $60,000 for the North Shore Youth Council in Long 
        Island, New York to provide family counseling and youth 
        development services to underserved children in the 
        Miller Place and Rocky Point school districts;
            $3,000,000 for the `Innovative Partnerships for 
        High Risk Youth' demonstration;
            $200,000 for Prairie View Prevention Services in 
        Sioux Falls, South Dakota to establish a pilot project 
        for the long-term treatment of juvenile methamphetamine 
        abuse and dependence;
            $150,000 to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South 
        Dakota for Project Safe;
            $400,000 for the Rapid Response Program in 
        Washington and Hancock Counties in the State of Maine;
            $250,000 for the Safer Learning Center in Chicago, 
        Illinois for expansion of mentoring and peer-learning 
        programs;
            $200,000 to Boysville of Michigan and SER Metro 
        Detroit for the Samaritan Center;
            $60,000 for the South Coast Inter-Agency Narcotics 
        Team, Coquilla, OR, for drug prevention;
            $580,000 for St. Joseph's Indian School in South 
        Dakota for juvenile delinquency prevention programs;
            $100,000 for the St. Louis for Kids program to 
        provide afterschool programs for at-risk elementary 
        school students in inner city St. Louis, Missouri;
            $450,000 for the State of Pennsylvania Witness 
        Protection Program;
            $900,000 for the Arkansas Boys and Girls Clubs to 
        expand after-school programs, drug and violence 
        prevention activities, and mentoring of at-risk 
        children;
            $400,000 for a grant for the Milwaukee Summer Stars 
        Program;
            $1,500,000 to The Family Development Foundation in 
        Las Vegas, Nevada for domestic violence prevention and 
        intervention;
            $200,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi 
        Juvenile Justice Prevention Partnership program;
            $300,000 for a grant to the Vermont Coalition of 
        Teen Centers;
            $1,000,000 for the Wisconsin Safe & Sound Program 
        which combines aggressive enforcement, community 
        organizing, and the establishment of ``safe places'' 
        for children to go during non-school hours in 
        Milwaukee's highest crime areas;
            $600,000 to Utah State University for the Youth and 
        Families with Promise Program;
            $300,000 for the Youth Center of Wyoming Valley, 
        Pennsylvania to provide preventative substance abuse 
        education programs;
            $300,000 for the Vermont Department of Employment 
        and Training to establish a statewide young offender 
        reentry system targeted at young men aged 18-21;
            $250,000 to Jefferson County, Colorado for the 
        Youth System Improvement Project;
            $500,000 for the Youth Violence Prevention Research 
        Project at the University of South Alabama;
            $150,000 for the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota to 
        establish a Youth-Adult Partnership of Aberdeen (YAPA) 
        community youth center, which will provide structured 
        out-of-school activities for teens;
            $1,000,000 for Kansas YouthFriends to expand the 
        school mentorship program;
      Within the level of funds provided, $3,000,000 is 
available for independent program evaluations.
      Youth Gangs program.--The conference agreement includes 
$11,974,000 for the youth gang program to provide grants to 
public and private nonprofit organizations to prevent and 
reduce the participation of at-risk youth in the activities of 
gangs that commit crimes. Within the level of funds provided, 
OJP is expected to provide $520,000 for a Northern Virginia 
multi-jurisdiction anti-gang task force.
      Juvenile Mentoring Program (Part G).--The conference 
agreement includes $15,965,000 for the juvenile mentoring 
program. Within the amounts provided, OJP is directed to 
provide $5,000,000 for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America 
program.
      At-Risk Children's Program (Title V).--The conference 
agreement includes $46,500,000 for At-Risk Children's Program.
      Safe Schools Initiative.--The conference agreement 
includes $6,500,000 within Title V grants for the Safe Schools 
initiative. Within this amount $5,000,000 is provided for 
Project Sentry.
      Within the amounts provided for the safe schools 
initiative, OJP is expected to review the following proposals, 
provide grants if warranted, and report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate on its intentions.
            $100,000 for the Bronxville, NY Public School 
        System for video surveillance equipment;
            $100,000 for Barron County Restorative Justice 
        Programs, Inc. in Rice Lake, WI for a school truancy 
        initiative.
      Tribal Youth Program.--The conference agreement includes 
$12,472,000 within Title V grants for programs to reduce, 
control, and prevent crime both by and against tribal and 
Native American youth; for interventions for court-involved 
tribal youth; for improvement to tribal and Native juvenile 
justice systems; and for prevention programs focusing on 
alcohol and drugs, including the Alaska Federation of Natives 
to develop an underage drinking prevention program in rural 
Alaska that includes assessment and education and focuses on 
the children of alcoholics. Within this amount, the conferees 
direct that $2,000,000 be provided for a grant to fund the 
Alaska Illegal Drug and Alcohol Use Initiative.
      Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program.--The 
conference agreement includes $25,000,000 within Title V grants 
to assist States in enforcing underage drinking laws. Each 
State shall receive $360,000 and $6,640,000 shall be available 
for discretionary grants to States. OJP is directed to provide 
a report to the Committee no later than March 1, 2003 on the 
accomplishments of the program to date. Within the amounts 
provided for underage drinking, OJP shall make an award to the 
Alaska Federation of Natives to develop an underage drinking 
prevention program in rural Alaska including assessment and 
education, focusing on the children of alcoholics.
      Victims of Child Abuse Act.--The conference agreement 
includes $11,000,000 for the various programs authorized under 
the Victims of Child Abuse Act as follows:
            $1,747,000 to Regional Children's Advocacy Centers, 
        as authorized by section 213 of VOCA;
            $6,008,000 to establish local Children's Advocacy 
        Centers, as authorized by section 214 of VOCA;
            $1,000,000 for the National Children's Advocacy 
        Center in Huntsville, Alabama to develop and implement 
        a training program; and
            $1,497,000 for a continuation grant to the National 
        Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse for specialized 
        technical assistance and training programs to improve 
        the prosecution of child abuse cases, as authorized by 
        section 214a of VOCA; and
            $748,000 for a continuation grant to the National 
        Children's Alliance for technical assistance and 
        training, as authorized by section 214a of VOCA.
      The conference report includes bill language allowing 
training and technical assistance to help small, non-profit 
organizations with the Federal grant process. The Conferees 
direct OJP to submit a status report on the training and 
technical assistance provided by September 20, 2003.

                    PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS

      The conferee agreement includes $53,054,000 for this 
account including $4,000,000 for disability benefits.

               GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

      The conference agreement includes the following general 
provisions for the Department of Justice in this bill:
      Section 101 provides language, included in previous 
Appropriations acts, which makes up to $45,000 of the funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice available to the 
Attorney General for reception and representation expenses.
      Section 102 provides language, included in Appropriations 
acts for the last six years and prior to 1994, which prohibits 
the use of funds to perform abortions in the Federal Prison 
System.
      Section 103 provides language, included in previous 
Appropriations acts, which prohibits use of the funds in this 
bill to require any person to perform, or facilitate the 
performance of, an abortion.
      Section 104 provides language, included in previous 
Appropriations acts, which states that nothing in the previous 
section removes the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons to provide escort services to female inmates who seek 
to obtain abortions outside a Federal facility.
      Section 105 provides language, included in previous 
Appropriations acts, which allows the Department of Justice to 
spend up to $10,000,000 for rewards for information regarding 
criminal acts and acts of terrorism against a United States 
person or property at levels not to exceed $2,000,000 per 
award.
      Section 106 provides language similar to language 
included in previous Appropriations acts, which allows the 
Department of Justice, subject to the Committee's reprogramming 
procedures, to transfer up to 5 percent between any 
appropriation, but limits to 10 percent the amount that can be 
transferred into any one appropriation.
      Section 107 provides language to continue section 114 of 
Public Law 107-77 during fiscal year 2003.
      Section 108 provides language regarding the collection of 
certain immigration fees for commercial vessels operating on 
regular schedules.
      Section 109 provides language regarding the establishment 
of an advisory board for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
      Section 110 provides language that delays implementation 
dates for certain Juvenile Justice programs.
      Section 111 provides language regarding a permanent law 
enforcement training facility.
      Section 112 provides language regarding an immigration 
inspection program.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                  TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

                            RELATED AGENCIES

      The conference agreement includes a total of 
$5,695,127,000 for the programs of the United States Trade 
Representative, the International Trade Commission and the 
Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2003.

            Office of the United States Trade Representative

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $34,999,000 for the 
Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for 
fiscal year 2003. The recommendation provides additional trade 
negotiator positions and ancillary costs to address the 
increasing workload associated with anticipated new trade 
agreements. The budget request recommended transferring funding 
jurisdiction to the Executive Office of the President. The 
conferees do not concur with this proposal.
      The Office of the United States Trade Representative is 
responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. international 
trade, commodity, and direct investment policy, and leading or 
directing negotiations with other countries on such matters.

                     International Trade Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $54,000,000 for the 
International Trade Commission for fiscal year 2003. The 
recommendation provides for inflation-related costs and the 
continuation of two IT projects.
      The International Trade Commission is an independent, 
quasi-judicial agency responsible for conducting trade-related 
investigations; providing the Congress and the President with 
independent, expert technical advice to assist in the 
development and implementation of U.S. international trade 
policy; responding to the Congress and the President on various 
matters affecting international trade; maintaining the 
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System of 
internationally accepted product nomenclature; providing 
technical assistance to eligible small businesses seeking 
remedies and benefits under the trade laws; and performing 
other specific statutory responsibilities ranging from research 
and analysis to quasi-judicial functions on trade-related 
matters.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration

                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement recommends $370,192,000 in total 
resources for the programs of the International Trade 
Administration (ITA) for fiscal year 2003. The recommendation 
includes $362,192,000 to be derived from direct appropriations 
and $8,000,000 from fee collections. Of the amount of fee 
collections, $5,000,000 is anticipated from a new fee proposal 
requested in the budget. The agreement adopts the consolidation 
of this effort within the Under Secretary/Administration 
heading, as proposed.
      The conference agreement includes additional funding to 
monitor and enforce trade agreements, and to expand access for 
U.S. companies to foreign markets. In addition, funding is 
provided to ensure the United States Foreign Commercial Service 
has adequate resources to fund increased security and operating 
costs for overseas posts. The recommendation also assumes a 
realignment of $5,975,000 from base funds for information and 
communication systems and merges funding under the Under 
Secretary/Executive Administration to ensure greater 
efficiency, as proposed in the budget.
      The following table reflects the distribution of the 
recommendation by subactivity:
      Trade Development.--The conference agreement provides a 
total of $67,669,000 for this component and an additional 
$450,000 is available from prior year unobligated balances. The 
recommendation includes $500,000 for increased inflationary 
costs. The conferees provide $10,000,000 for the National 
Textile Centers, and $3,000,000 for the Textile/Technology 
Center (TC2); $500,000 for an international competitiveness 
program; $500,000 for a trade processing center; $250,000 for 
an export database; and $500,000 for a travel industry 
statistics component, as provided in the prior year.
      Of the funds provided, $500,000 is to develop a new steel 
industry information management system. Further, the 
recommendation assumes a transfer of $550,000 from this heading 
to the UnderSecretary/Executive Administration heading for 
information and communication activities, as proposed.
      Market Access Compliance.--The conference agreement 
includes $31,204,000 for Market Access Compliance. Of the 
amounts provided, $557,000 is to provide for increasing costs 
for ongoing operations; $930,000 is provided to expand markets 
by combating regulatory barriers; $576,000 is provided to 
support negotiation efforts for the Free Trade Area of the 
Americas; $900,000 is provided to support new efforts relating 
to the Africa Growth Opportunity Act; and $850,000 is for new 
efforts relating to the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The 
conferees determined that it is more prudent to use direct 
appropriations for the new CBI efforts instead of relying on 
anticipated fees for this purpose, as proposed.
      The recommendation assumes a transfer of $350,000 for 
information and communication activities from this heading to 
the Under Secretary/Executive Administration heading, as 
proposed.
      Import Administration.--The conference agreement includes 
$44,229,000 for the Import Administration. Of the amounts 
provided, $7,500,000 is to continue overseas compliance and 
import surge monitoring and enforcement, including $3,500,000 
to monitor import data and customs flows for surges in key 
markets and sectors, such as steel and lumber, and take 
immediate action when such surges are detected. Such action 
should include using resources to expedite unfair trade cases 
so U.S. companies can receive relief at the earliest possible 
date. The conferees expect Import Administration to vigorously 
monitor foreign subsidies so that action can be taken if the 
subsidies violate trade agreements.
      Of the amounts provided, $2,500,000 is provided to review 
and evaluate in-depth Chinese and Japanese compliance with 
antidumping and countervailing duty commitments. China and 
Japan represent the majority of unfair trade actions, and the 
conferees believe there is an urgent need for greater attention 
to both Japanese and Chinese trade practices.
      Of the amounts provided, $1,633,000 for expanded 
compliance efforts, including $875,000 for additional personnel 
to increase enforcement of antidumping (AD) and countervailing 
(CV) duty laws, and $758,000 for the costs of five full-time 
equivalents to increase legal support for increased World Trade 
Organization litigation.
      The recommendation also includes a transfer of $775,000 
for information and communication activities from this heading 
to the heading of Under Secretary/Executive Administration 
heading, as proposed.
      U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (US & FCS).--The 
conference agreement includes $202,040,000 for the US & FCS. Of 
the amounts provided, $900,000 is to be derived from 
unobligated prior year balances. The conferees provide an 
additional 4 full-time equivalents and $1,125,000 for expanded 
compliance efforts. The recommendation assumes $6,000,000 for 
increased security costs and other uncontrollable costs of 
overseas posts, and $1,000,000 is to continue funding for a 
rural export program.
      In addition, $1,674,000 is provided to expand U.S. 
commercial presence throughout the continent of Africa; and 
$1,650,000 is provided to cover the costs of a new presence in 
El Salvador, as proposed. The conference agreement includes 
direct appropriations for new Caribbean Basin Initiative 
efforts instead of relying on fees for this purpose, as 
proposed.
      The conferees direct ITA to establish a partnership with 
communities in the City of Chicago and in Cook County, 
Illinois, to enhance trade relationships between the United 
States and African countries, focusing initially on efforts 
with Nigeria.
      The conferees continue to direct that the US & FCS should 
continue and expand its Global Diversity Initiative to support 
minority-owned businesses in underserved areas, including 
inner-city urban areas, empowerment zones, enterprise 
communities, and Indian reservations. This initiative should 
continue to include support for companies that are export-ready 
and hoping to enter into and/or expand international 
operations.
      Further, the conferees direct the Commercial Service to 
continue its work on the Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project, a 
project to promote opportunities to expand trade, encourage 
business interests, stimulate foreign studies, and to build a 
lasting and mutually meaningful relationship between the 
Appalachian states and the Republic of Turkey, as well as the 
neighboring regions, such as Greece.
      Executive Direction/Administration.--A total of 
$25,050,000 is recommended for the administrative and policy 
functions of ITA. The conference agreement includes $5,975,000 
from base transfers from other activities to centralize 
information and communication activities under this heading, as 
proposed. In addition, $1,075,000 is for increased training 
efforts.
      The conferees remain concerned that ITA's efforts to 
increase trade between the United States and its trading 
partners are coming at the expense of the promotion of human 
rights. The advancement of human rights and the development of 
economies are not mutually exclusive goals. In addition, the 
conferees understand that the majority of employees in the US & 
FCS have not received any formalized training to assist them in 
promoting human rights. Therefore, the conferees direct ITA to 
develop a comprehensive training program for all officers and 
employees to ensure that, when counseling U.S. businesses on 
market conditions within a particular country, they must 
include information on human rights, in addition to information 
on rule of law issues and corporate responsibility. Of the 
amounts provided for training efforts, $500,000 is to implement 
a formal human rights training program. ITA is strongly urged 
to work with non-government organizations, the State 
Department, and private entities to develop a comprehensive 
training program. The conferees direct the Secretary of 
Commerce to provide quarterly reports on the progress of the 
implementation of this new program.
      In addition, language is included in the bill, as carried 
since fiscal year 1999 designating the amounts available for 
each unit within ITA. The conferees remind ITA that any changes 
from the funding distribution provided in the bill and report, 
including carryover balances, are subject to the standard 
reprogramming procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. 
In addition, ITA is directed to report to the Committees on 
Appropriations, not later than April 11, 2003, a spending plan 
for all ITA units, which incorporates any carryover balances 
from previous fiscal years.
      Trade Missions.--The conferees direct all trade missions 
involving Department of Commerce agencies must be initiated, 
coordinated and administered through ITA.
      Buying Power Maintenance.--The conferees direct ITA to 
report on the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on ITA's 
budget on a quarterly basis. The conferees expect that any 
exchange rate gains reflected in this report will be reserved 
to balance future exchange rate losses.
      Trade Show Revenues.--The conferees direct ITA to submit 
a report by the date of the budget submission on the amount of 
trade show revenues that are collected on an annual basis, 
expenditures from these revenues, and how they displayed in the 
budget.

                    Bureau of Industry and Security

                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement includes $79,328,000 for the 
Operations and Administration of the Bureau of Industry and 
Security (BIS), of which $4,675,000 is from prior year 
unobligated balances. Within the total amount available, the 
recommendation includes the following:
      Export Administration.--$33,399,000 is provided for 
export administration activities, of which $1,875,000 is from 
prior year unobligated balances. The recommendation includes 
$1,140,000 for export licensing personnel, as proposed.
      Export Enforcement.--$31,122,000 is provided for export 
enforcement activities. The recommendation continues funding 
for the Dubai and Cairo attache offices, which received initial 
funding in Public Law 107-117. Of which, the recommendation 
provides $3,356,000 and 13 full-time equivalents to maximize 
legal export opportunities while ensuring that illegal exports 
are prevented.
      BIS is expected to enhance its export control efforts, 
including a new initiative under which BIS will send a limited 
number of export enforcement agents (attaches) overseas to 
conduct end--use checks. The conferees direct that, prior to 
the assignment of any attache at U.S. missions overseas, BIS is 
expected to provide a detailed report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing the location and responsibilities of 
each attache. Additionally, the report should detail the 
arrangement between Department of Commerce andthe Department of 
State concerning accommodations for these personnel within Department 
of State facilities to ensure there is sufficient space.
      The conferees direct BIS to conduct a comprehensive study 
on the health, competitiveness, and the contribution of the 
U.S. textile and apparel industry to the U.S. economy and in 
particular to the U.S. armed forces. The study should include a 
review of whether the United States is increasing its 
dependency on foreign sources for critical textile-related 
materials; potential threats to internal security from 
increased foreign sourcing and dependency; and whether the 
Berry amendment and other Buy-American restrictions are being 
effectively enforced by the Department of Defense. The 
conferees direct that the study be completed no later than July 
1, 2003, and direct that $750,000 be used for this purpose.
      Management and Policy Coordination--$6,879,000 is 
provided for Management and Policy Coordination, of which 
$2,800,000 is from prior year unobligated balances. The 
recommendation includes $500,000 for a new information 
technology initiative.
      In addition to the amounts provided under management and 
policy coordination, $7,928,000 is provided for critical 
infrastructure protection efforts. The conferees note that the 
primary responsibility for non-proliferation activities lies 
with the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy and 
the Department of State, and believes that BIS participation in 
such activities should be done using funds provided from those 
agencies. Language is included to rename the Bureau of Export 
Administration as the Bureau of Industry and Security.

                  Economic Development Administration

      The conference agreement includes $320,765,000 for the 
programs and administrative expenses of the Economic 
Development Administration (EDA) for fiscal year 2003, as 
described below:

                ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

      A total of $290,000,000 is included for fiscal year 2003 
for Economic Development Assistance Programs. The conferees 
continue the traditional programs of the Economic Development 
Administration to provide needed assistance to communities 
struggling with long-term economic dislocation, as well as 
sudden and severe economic dislocation. Of the amounts 
provided, $205,000,000 is for Public Works and Economic 
Development, $40,900,000 is for Economic Adjustment Assistance, 
$24,000,000 is for planning, $9,100,000 is for technical 
assistance, including university centers, $10,500,000 is for 
trade adjustment assistance, and $500,000 is for research.
      The conferees expect EDA to continue to assist 
communities impacted by economic dislocations related to coal 
industry downswings and timber industry downturns due to 
environmental concerns at no less than the fiscal year 2002 
level. In addition, the conferees expect EDA to focus on 
communities impacted by United States-Canadian trade-related 
issues, communities in New England, the mid-Atlantic, Hawaii, 
and Alaska impacted by fisheries regulations, and communities 
in the Southeast impacted by downturns due to NAFTA.
      The conferees remind EDA that no funding is provided for 
a special headquarters reserve fund.
      The conferees laud EDA for its continued efforts to 
strengthen private sector business activity and development on 
Indian lands, and urges that it act expeditiously to develop an 
implementation plan for the recently enacted Native American 
Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act.
      The conferees recently approved the Economic Development 
Administration's headquarters reorganization plan, based upon 
the agency's commitment not to involuntarily terminate 
employees and not to increase the current number of political 
appointees. The conferees direct EDA to report to the 
Committees on Appropriations within 120 days from the date of 
enactment of this Act, on the status of the reorganization, 
including relocations.
      The conferees note that EDA was reauthorized in 1999 
(Public Law 105-393) through fiscal year 2003. That 
authorization locks into place the work that the authorization 
and appropriations committees have done to reform EDA programs 
to ensure that funds provided under this account be targeted to 
the most severely distressed areas, which, absent the 
assistance provided by the EDA, would have little to no access 
to resources for critical infrastructure development and 
capacity building. This puts the program on firm ground to 
carry out its purpose to provide the ``seed capital'' to 
distressed areas to allow local communities to increase their 
ability to create new economic opportunities and jobs in 
accordance with local priorities.
      The conferees direct EDA to discontinue the use of single 
purpose grant loans.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $30,765,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Economic Development 
Administration. The conferees continue direction to the 
Administration to aggressively pursue all opportunities for 
reimbursement, deobligations and use of non-appropriated 
resources, including the care and protection of collateral 
account, to be able to maximize the operating level.
      In addition, the conferees remind EDA of the requirements 
under section 605 of this Act regarding reorganization 
proposals.
      The conference agreement retains language in the bill to 
provide the authority to use this appropriation to monitor 
projects approved under Title I of the Public Works Employment 
Act of 1976, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and the 
Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.

                  Minority Business Development Agency

                     MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

      The conference agreement includes $28,906,000 for the 
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) for fiscal year 
2003. Of the amounts provided, $16,794,000 is provided for 
business development, and $12,112,000 is provided for advocacy, 
research, and information programs. The conference agreement 
assumes that the Entrepreneurial Technology Apprenticeship 
Program (ETAP) will continue to be supported at the fiscal year 
2002 level.

                ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE

      The conference agreement includes under this section, the 
Department of Commerce agencies responsible for the nation's 
basic economic and technical information infrastructure, as 
well as the administrative functions to oversee the development 
of telecommunications and information policy.

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $72,158,000 for the 
economic and statistical analysis programs of the Department of 
Commerce, including the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), for 
fiscal year 2003. Due to the Nation's economic situation, the 
conferees support the request to ensure policy makers have 
access to better and timely economic data. Therefore, the 
recommendation includes $4,776,000 to accelerate the release of 
major economic indicators; $2,116,000 to improve the processing 
systems used for statistical processing; and $2,751,000 to 
allow the United States to meet international agreements 
including the North American Free Trade Agreement.
      The Economic and Statistics Administration (ESA) is 
responsible for the collection, tabulation and publication of a 
wide variety of economic, demographic and social statistics and 
provides support to the Secretary of Commerce and other 
Government officials in interpreting the state of the economy 
and developing economic policy. The Bureau of Economic Analysis 
and Under Secretary for Economic Affairs are funded in this 
account.

                          Bureau of the Census

      The conference agreement includes a total operating level 
of $596,299,000 for the Bureau of the Census, of which 
$41,817,000 is from prior year unobligated balances from the 
2000 Census.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $183,000,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Bureau of the Census for fiscal 
year 2003. The agreement includes $128,234,000 for current 
economic statistics, and $54,766,000 for current demographic 
statistics. The conferees direct the Bureau to continue to 
streamline and prioritize programs to ensure the highest 
priority core activities are supported. The conferees expect 
the Bureau to be fully reimbursed for any non-core survey by 
any other Federal agency or private organization.
      In addition, the conferees are concerned that key reports 
on manufacturing, general economic and foreign trade statistics 
are maintained and issued on a timely basis.
      This recommendation provides for the current statistical 
programs of the Bureau of the Census, which includes 
measurement of the Nation's economy and the demographic 
characteristics of the population. Theseprograms are intended 
to provide a broad base of economic, demographic, and social 
information used for decision-making by governments, private 
organizations, and individuals.

                     PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement includes a total of $413,299,000 
for all periodic censuses and related programs funded under 
this heading in fiscal year 2003. Of the amounts provided, 
$41,817,000 is to be derived from prior year unobligated 
balances.
      2000 Decennial Census Program--The recommendation 
includes an operating level of $83,710,000, of which 
$41,817,000 is from prior year obligations for the final year 
of activities relating to the 2000 decennial census.
      The recommendation includes the following:

                         (Dollars in thousands)

        Decennial Census 2000
Program Development & Mgmt..............................          $3,461
Data Content & Product..................................          42,651
Field Data Collection \1\...............................           4,630
ADP & Telecommunications................................          12,826
Testing and Evaluation..................................          16,333
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands & Islands...................           2,472
Marketing, Communications & Partner.....................           1,337
Minus Deobligations/Unobligations.......................        (41,817)
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      Total, Decennial Census (Direct)..................         $41,893
        Decennial Census 2010
Operational Design Strategy.............................           6,353
Data Collection Design..................................           2,804
Questionnaire & Content Design..........................           1,573
System Design & Software................................           7,220
Address List Updates....................................             943
Test/Evaluation.........................................          22,982
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Re-engineered Design Process............................         $41,875
American Community Survey \2\...........................         $57,131
Modern Processing Environment...........................          11,562
Geographic Partnership Programs.........................           5,447
Evaluation..............................................           3,050
Street Address Location Correction......................          20,741
Community Address Updating System.......................           6,500
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MAF/TIGER...............................................         $47,300
Grand Total, Decennial Census...........................        $146,306
Periodic Census.........................................
Economic Censuses.......................................          87,392
Census of Governments...................................           6,556
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      Subtotal, Economic Programs.......................         $93,948
  Demographic Statistics Programs:
    Intercensal Demographic Estimates...................           9,079
    Demographic Survey Sample Design....................          12,583
    Electronic Information Collection...................           6,254
    Geographic Support..................................          37,624
    Data Processing Systems.............................          23,795
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      Subtotal, Demographic Programs....................         $89,335

\1\ The fiscal year 2003 budget request included $9,500,000 for an 
anticipated worker's compensation payment due to the Department of 
Labor. To date, no justification has been provided to substantiate this 
request. No funding is provided for this purpose.
\2\ The budget request includes a total of $123,866,000 for the American 
Community Survey. The Census Bureau has proposed to alter the current 
process of conducting the decennial census. The current proposal is to 
abolish the long-form survey, but continue the short form survey as part 
of the 2010 census and replace the long-form survey with an annual 
survey of 3,000,000 households. The current proposal would require the 
American Community Survey to be considered a mandatory requirement for 
those households being surveyed. The conferees acknowledge that 
sufficient information is not available to weight the benefits of a 
mandatory survey versus a voluntary survey. Therefore, the conferees 
include $1,000,000 to test the response rates of both a voluntary and a 
mandatory survey. The conferees direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
report to the Committees on Appropriations as soon as the results of the 
study are available.

      Subgroup Enumeration--The conferees understand the Census 
Bureau continues to face difficulty in accurately enumerating 
Hispanic subgroups and urges the Census Bureau to continue to 
work to address these concerns in preparation for the decennial 
census.
      Hiring--The conferees recommend that the Census Bureau 
move decisively to improve the representation of minorities in 
senior management at the Census Bureau and to improve the 
representation of minorities in all areas of research. The 
conferees suggest that the Census Bureau take advantage of the 
Presidential Management Intern program and the Joint Program on 
Survey Methodology to achieve these goals.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

      The conference agreement includes a total of $73,759,000 
for the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) for fiscal year 2003.
      The National Telecommunications and Information (NTIA) is 
responsible for developing domestic and international 
telecommunications and information policy for the Executive 
Branch, ensuring the efficient and effective use of the Federal 
radio spectrum, and administering Federal programs that 
supports telecommunications facilities for public broadcasting.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $14,700,000 for the 
Salaries and Expenses appropriation of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
      The conference agreement includes $625,000 and two full-
time equivalents to improve NTIA's management of the Federal 
spectrum. Due to fiscal constraints, no additional funding is 
provided to upgrade existing facilities on the Table Mountain 
radio quiet zone. The conferees direct the Administration to 
aggressively pursue all opportunities for reimbursement, 
deobligations, and use of non-appropriated resources, to be 
able to maximize the operating level for this purpose.
      The conference agreement assumes an additional 
$26,270,000 will be available to the NTIA through 
reimbursements from other agencies for the costs of providing 
spectrum management, analysis and research services to those 
agencies, reflecting implementation of a policy of 80% 
reimbursement for such services that began in fiscal year 1999.

    PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement includes $43,556,000 for 
planning and construction grants for public television, radio, 
and non-broadcast facilities. This amount will allow the 
continuation of the existing equipment and facilities 
replacement program.
      Challenges are particularly great for those broadcasters 
who are located in, or who serve, largely rural areas. As in 
past years, the conferees continue to urge NTIA to place 
emphasis on the needs of these stations, and to support 
focusing resources on distance learning initiatives targeting 
rural areas.

                   INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

      The conference agreement recommends $15,503,000 for the 
Information Infrastructure Grant program for demonstrations of 
new telecommunications technology applications. The 
recommendation is the same as the fiscal year 2002 funding 
level. The accompanying bill does not include language to 
terminate the program, as proposed.
      The conferees note that there is some overlap between 
this program and technology programs under the Department of 
Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services and the Regional 
Information Sharing System with respect to grants for public 
safety. The conferees expect NTIA to give preference to 
applications relating to public safety only when there is no 
other source of funding available for such applications.
      The conferees retain language making the funds provided 
under this heading available for program administration and 
related program support activities at the fiscal year 2002 
level. The bill also includes language carried in previous 
appropriation acts which will allow up to five percent of this 
appropriation to be available for telecommunications research 
activities directly related to the development of a national 
information infrastructure (NII).

               United States Patent and Trademark Office

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $1,182,000,000 for the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in fiscal 
year 2003. The recommendation does not include the 
Administration's proposed language establishing a new fee 
structure to significantly increase fees for both trademark and 
patent applications resulting in additional fee collections of 
$197,000,000. To date, the fee structure changes and many of 
the other changes outlined in the 21st Century Strategic Plan 
have not been authorized.
      In fiscal year 2002, the Congress directed the PTO to 
develop a 5-Year Strategic Plan for the PTO with three core 
objectives: (1) prepare the agency to handle the workload 
associated with the 21st century economy, (2) improve patent 
quality, and (3) reduce patent and trademark pendency.
      The 21st Century Strategic Plan calls for some of the 
most sweeping changes to the patent review process in 200 
years.
      The conferees support efforts to shift resources to high 
priority areas and a more gradual increase in staffing to 
ensure that examiners have the expertise, tools, and training 
necessary to produce quality patents on a timely basis. This 
approach is consistent with the outline of the 21st Century 
Strategic Plan released in June 2002.
      Of the amount recommended in the bill, $1,015,229,000 is 
to be derived from offsetting fees collected in fiscal year 
2003 and $166,771,000 is to be derived from carryover funds 
from prior years. Of the amounts provided, $14,000,000 is for 
the completion of the trademark electronic processing system; 
and $4,499,000 is for increased workload costs and continued 
implementation costs of electronic patent filing system.
      Within the amounts available, the conferees expect that 
USPTO continue its relationship with the National Inventor's 
Hall of Fame and Inventure Place, and the International 
Intellectual Property Institute at least at the same level as 
in fiscal year 2002.
      The conferees understand that funding for a global 
intellectual program provided in fiscal year 2002 was not 
obligated. Therefore, the conferees direct USPTO to use prior 
year funding to offset any additional costs necessary to 
maintain the above-mentioned partnerships. The conferees remind 
the USPTO that any changes from the funding distribution 
provided in the bill and report, including carryover balances, 
are subject to the standard reprogramming procedures set forth 
in section 605 of this Act.
      In addition, USPTO is directed to submit to the 
Committee, not later than April 11, 2003, a spending plan, 
which incorporates any carryover balances from previous fiscal 
years and any increase to the patent or trademark fee 
structure.
      The conferees commend USPTO for its successful trademark 
telework program in support of section 359 of Public Law 106-
346. Yet, despite this successful program, the patent employees 
are not gaining the benefits of a similar program. The 
conferees understand that telework programs can significantly 
help to alleviate crowded highways in the greater Washington 
area. Further, the private sector has shown that these programs 
can increase the performance and morale of employees. 
Therefore, the conferees direct the USPTO to provide a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 11, 
2003, containing a detailed plan to implement a telework 
program for patent employees, including examiners.
      The USPTO is charged with administering the patent and 
trademark laws of the United States. USPTO examines patent 
applications, grants patent protection for qualified 
inventions; and disseminates technological information 
disclosed in patents. USPTO also examines trademark 
applications and provides Federal registration to owners of 
qualified trademarks.

                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

      The conference agreement includes under this section of 
Title II the Department of Commerce agencies responsible for 
scientific and technological research and programs.

                       Technology Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees recommend $9,886,000 for the Technology 
Administration's Office of the Under Secretary/Office of 
Technology Policy. Of the amounts provided, $1,000,000 is for 
the Global Technology Summit, and $1,000,000 is for the 
Networked Economy Summit.
      The conferees did not support the proposed language 
making a portion of the funding under this account available 
until expended.

             NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

      The conference agreement includes $712,134,000 for the 
appropriations accounts under the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) for fiscal year 2003.
      A description of each account and the Committee 
recommendation follows:

             SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

      The conference agreement includes $359,411,000 for the 
Scientific and Technical Research and Services (core programs) 
appropriation of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology.
      The following is a breakdown of the amounts provided 
under this account by activity.

                                                             FY03 Recom.
Electronics & Electrical................................          45,731
Manufacturing Engineering...............................          21,128
Chemical................................................          40,313
Physics.................................................          35,500
Building and Fire Research..............................          21,542
Materials Science & Engineering.........................          56,532
Computer Applied Mathematics............................          53,078
Technology Assistance...................................          17,679
Baldrige Quality Awards.................................           5,205
Research Support........................................          62,703
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    Total, STRS.........................................        $359,411

      Under the Building and Fire Research heading, the 
recommendation includes $2,500,000 for a wind research project, 
$3,000,000 for research efforts related to the World Trade 
Center collapse investigation.
      Under the Computer and Applied Math heading, the 
recommendation includes $1,000,000 for expert review teams, 
$2,100,000 for wireless technologies and computer security 
checklists and guidelines, and $500,000 in support of voting 
machine standards.
      Under the Chemical Science and Technology Program 
heading, the recommendation includes $1,000,000 to restore 
reductions in environmental measurements at the Hollings Marine 
Laboratory.
      Under the Electronics and Engineering heading, $3,000,000 
is for salaries associated with the Office of Law Enforcement 
Standards to ensure that NIST has the critical personnel with 
the expertise to implement law enforcement standards 
initiatives proposed by their partner federal agencies.
      In addition, under the Research Support heading, the 
recommendation includes $2,400,000 for a telework project, 
$6,500,000 for a certain critical infrastructure program, and 
includes $15,000,000 for the Advanced Measurement Laboratory in 
Gaithersburg, Maryland.
      Further, the conferees have heard reports that U.S. 
companies may not be as competitive as non-U.S. companies in 
emerging markets because U.S. standards are not incorporated in 
many international agreements. The conferees request NIST with 
input from the ITA, to provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations, no later than April 11, 2003, a plan detailing 
efforts that ensure U.S. business interests are represented in 
new international standard negotiations.
      Competitive sourcing. The conferees understand that there 
are efforts within the Department of Commerce and other 
Departments, to use the implementation of the President's 
Management Initiative for Competitive Outsourcing (the A-76 
process) as a way to reduce staff by more than 50 percent. This 
initiative is designed to compete or directly convert 15 
percent of those positions identified as commercially 
competitive. However, the conferees understand that efforts are 
underway to identify roughly 75 percent of NIST's positions as 
commercial for purposes of this initiative. While the conferees 
certainly agree that there are certain advantages to 
competitive outsourcing, there is a concern that blind 
implementation could severely inhibit the operations of the 
Institute in the future. The conferees direct NIST to provide a 
detailed plan to the Committees on Appropriations prior to any 
changes in support of ``competitive outsourcing''.
      For more than a century, the scientists, engineers, and 
supporting organizations of the Institute have established 
standards that affect nearly every aspect of life and work in 
America, from the doses of radiation in medical X-rays to the 
level of protection in bullet-proof vests used by police 
officers. NIST's mission plays an ever more critical role today 
by supporting our homeland security efforts through the 
development of standards for mail irradiation, guidelines for 
cyber security for Federal IT systems, and by conducting the 
Federal investigation of the collapse of the World Trade Center 
buildings.
      The recommendation does not include a requested increase 
to the allowable amount to be transferred to the working 
capital fund.

                     Industrial Technology Services

      The conference agreement includes $286,623,000 for the 
Industrial Technology Services appropriation of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology.
      Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program--Recent 
economic downturns have had a devastating effect on the 
manufacturing sector. Therefore, to ameliorate some of the 
effect on this sector, the conferees have included $106,623,000 
for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program to fund all 
existing centers.
      Advanced Technology Program--The conference agreement 
includes $180,000,000 for the program, of which $60,700,000 is 
for new awards. This amount, when combined with approximately 
$34,000,000 in prior year funds, provides ATP awards at the 
fiscal year 2002 level. Within the amounts made available, 
$45,000,000 shall be used for administrative costs, internal 
laboratory support, and for Small Business Innovation Research 
Program requirements.

                  Construction of Research Facilities

      The conference agreement includes $66,100,000 for 
construction, renovation, and maintenance of NIST facilities. 
Of the amounts provided, $11,090,000 is for urgently needed 
construction and renovation projects at the Boulder, Colorado 
laboratory, including a new primary electrical service and the 
first phase of the central utility plant, these investments 
should help minimize the number of brownouts affecting the 
campus; $4,000,000 is to offset fit-up costs related to the 
Advanced Measurement Laboratory in Gaithersburg, Maryland, to 
be completed by December 2003; and $22,194,000 for the backlog 
of safety, capacity, maintenance, and major repair projects 
account for the two NIST campuses.
      The conferees direct NIST to report to the Committees on 
Appropriations on the progress of these construction projects 
on a quarterly basis.
      Up to $282,000 is available to transfer to the working 
capital fund, as proposed.
      This account supports all NIST activities by providing 
the state of the art facilities necessary to carry out the NIST 
mission.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

      The conference agreement includes a total of 
$3,154,551,000 for necessary expenses for the seven 
appropriation items of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), including transfers totaling 
$65,000,000.
      Of the amounts provided, $479,201,000 is provided in 
support of the separate conservation category created in Title 
VIII of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2001.

                  Operations, Research, and Facilities

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement includes $2,316,519,000 for the 
coastal, fisheries, marine, weather, satellite, and other NOAA 
programs funded in this account. The agreement includes a 
transfer of $65,000,000 from balances in the account entitled, 
``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining 
to American Fisheries''. The recommendation assumes 
deobligations of $17,000,000, as proposed, and $3,000,000 from 
prior year receipts relating to the coastal zone management 
program.
      The bill continues language to allow NOAA to retain gifts 
and contributions made under the Marine Sanctuary Program. The 
conferees continue to direct NOAA to fully utilize the 
authorities provided for this program.
      Language is also included in the bill specifying the 
total amount of direct obligations available for each of the 
NOAA line offices and other related activities funded through 
this account. The conferees continue to take this action to 
provide greater clarity and accountability in budgeting and 
management for the diverse activities funded in this account. 
In addition, the bill also retains language regarding the 
practice of assessing NOAA line organizations, programs, 
projects, and activities, to support NOAA and line office 
overhead and programs over and above the amounts specifically 
provided, and regarding the funding and personnel in Executive 
Direction and Administration. The conference agreement caps 
administrative expenses at $243,000,000. NOAA is directed to 
submit a spend plan to the Committees on Appropriations for 
these expenses at a level of detail comparable to that of the 
House and Senate NOAA tables. The plan shall be delivered not 
later than March 15, 2003.
      The conferees remind NOAA that administrative charges 
levied against certain activities assigned in the bill are 
limited to no more than five percent. In addition, language is 
also included regarding use of deobligations in excess of 
amounts estimated in the budget.
      In addition to the direction given in this section of the 
report, the conferees direct NOAA to comply with sections 
addressing the reprogramming and transfer requirements under 
Section 204 of this Act.
      The following identifies the activities, sub-activities, 
and projects funded in this appropriation.


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                         NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE

      The conference agreement includes a total of $417,933,000 
for activities of the National Ocean Service (NOS) for fiscal 
year 2003.
      Mapping and Charting--The recommendation includes 
$79,433,000 for mapping and charting activities. The conferees 
include $20,450,000 to address the hydrographic survey backlog 
detailed in the National Survey Plan. The recommendation is 
consistent with the conferees decision that at least 50 percent 
of the hydrographic surveying should be contracted out to 
private companies. The conferees direct NOAA to report to the 
Committees on Appropriations within six months after the 
enactment of this Act on the progress being made to reduce the 
backlog.
      Of the amounts provided for mapping and charting 
activities, the conferees include $7,500,000 to allow NOAA to 
continue its efforts to lease or charter a U.S.-purpose-built 
U.S. flag hydrographic survey vessel, which is capable of 
performing the full scope of necessary hydrographic services. 
The conferees expect the vessel to be equipped with a suite of 
state-of-the-art survey equipment capable of providing quality 
data from inshore waters to full ocean depth. The conferees 
direct NOAA to examine lease and charter options of longer than 
one-year, which may reduce the annual cost. The conferees 
direct NOAA to award the time charter contract on its current 
schedule and report by no later than April 11, 2003, on options 
for increasing the length of a lease or charter and whether 
savings might result from such an increase. In addition, NOAA 
is expected to follow the requirements of Section 303(b)(3) of 
the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act and contract for 
hydrographers on any leased or chartered vessel in accordance 
with title IX of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949. Finally, the conferees adopts NOAA's 
proposal to hire a vessel that is capable of work in both the 
Gulf of Mexico and the Alaska waters. The conferees understand 
that the leased or chartered vessel will begin its work in the 
Gulf of Mexico no later then April 2003, but would survey in 
Alaska from April 1, 2004, through November 1, 2004. After 
that, the conferees expect the total vessel time to be split 
between the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
      Of the amounts provided, $3,200,000 is for bathymetric 
surveys off the Northeast Coast of the United States and around 
the Aleutian Chain in accordance with the data needs identified 
by a Joint Hydrographic Center on the potential expansion of 
United States lands beyond the Exclusive Economic Zone. Within 
the funding recommendation for Shoreline Mapping, the conferees 
recommend that NOS focus on mapping the shoreline of the North 
Slope of Alaska.
      Geodesy.--The conferees understand the State of Alabama 
has begun an effort to develop a comprehensive statewide 
Geographic Information System database and clearinghouse that 
will reduce duplication of resources among state agencies, 
improve quality, and reduce costs. The National Geodetic Survey 
has begun talks with representatives of the State of Alabama, 
including the Alabama Department of Revenue, on this effort and 
the conferees encourage the National Geodetic Survey to 
continue to support this effort as appropriate.
      Tide and Current Data.--The conferees include $19,750,000 
for this activity. The recommendation will enable NOS to 
implement and maintain the necessary quality controls for real-
time tide and current data systems. Funding is included to 
continue implementation of the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time 
System (PORTS) program and continues the National Water Level 
Operation Network (NWLON) in the Great Lakes.
      Coral Reefs.--Prior to obligation of the funding provided 
for this program, the conferees direct NOAA to submit a 
spending plan to the Houseand Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. A total of $14,000,000 is provided for this program, of 
which $2,000,000 is from unobligated prior year balances.
      Ocean and Coastal Observing Systems.--The conferees 
support the establishment of an integrated interagency ocean 
and coastal observing system that will provide critical 
information to a wide variety of users of ocean and coastal 
information and services. Better information on the current and 
future state of the ocean and its role in environmental change 
is needed for policy makers. Adequate predictive capability is 
a prerequisite to the development of sound policies at the 
national and regional level, policies ranging from maritime 
commerce to public health, from fisheries to safety of life and 
property, from climate change to national security.
      Broad scale discussions have been underway for almost 
three decades on this topic, but coordinated attention at the 
Federal level has begun in earnest only in recent years. The 
Office of Science and Technology Policy was directed to develop 
an interagency plan for the research, technology demonstration, 
and ultimately, the implementation of an integrated ocean 
observing system. The conferees direct NOAA to work with its 
partners on the National Ocean Research Leadership Council to 
submit a plan by June 30, 2003, to the Committees on 
Appropriations. This plan will detail an implementation 
strategy for the establishment of an integrated ocean and 
coastal observing system. This plan shall, at a minimum: (1) 
include an interagency governance structure; (2) define the 
roles and responsibilities of each agency in implementing and 
operating the system; (3) provide multi-year funding estimates 
by agency; and (4) include a process for regional coordination 
and technical support to ensure development of integrated 
regional systems with a national observing initiative.
      In addition, as development of an integrated long-term 
Federal plan proceeds, the conferees urge NOAA to coordinate 
existing or planned regional coastal observing systems, 
particularly those for which funding has been provided or those 
which use Federal platforms such as buoys. The conferees direct 
NOAA to utilize the data management and technical expertise of 
the Coastal Services Center to perform this function as well as 
provide education and outreach to participating Federal 
agencies, academic institutions, State agencies, and other 
interests.
      Ocean Health Initiative.--One area where coastal 
observing systems would be useful is in exploring the 
relationship between the oceans and human health. In 1999, a 
National Research Council report, From Monsoons to Microbes: 
Understanding the Ocean's Role in Human Health, focused 
attention on the implications of ocean phenomena for human 
health. The phenomena include climate change, weather events, 
coastal hazards, infectious diseases, and harmful algal blooms. 
As the nation faces increasing coastal pressures and scientists 
identify changes in coastal systems, including sentinel species 
such as dolphins and fish, NOAA is uniquely positioned to play 
a strong role in identification, prediction, and prevention of 
such changes. In addition, genetic and other characteristics of 
marine organisms can be used for medical advances and NOAA can 
help build a bridge between marine scientists and human health 
experts.
      The conferees direct the Under Secretary to establish an 
Ocean Health Initiative to coordinate and focus agency 
activities on critical areas of concern and identify critical 
gaps in coverage. Of the amounts provided, $8,000,000 is for 
critical research and projects aimed at closing identified 
gaps. The conferees direct NOAA to: (1) work with the NSF and 
the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in 
developing a joint program that builds on and complements 
existing NOAA programs; (2) establish an external peer reviewed 
grant process; and (3) provide for the selection and funding of 
internationally recognized ``distinguished'' scholars to work 
in collaboration with NOAA researchers. NOAA will submit a 
spend plan for approval by the Committees on Appropriations 
before program funding is obligated.
      Coastal Ocean Program.--The conferees direct the program 
to work with and continue its current levels of support for the 
Baruch Institute's research and monitoring of small, high-
salinity estuaries and to continue its current levels of 
support for the LUCES program. Within the funds provided for 
the MERHL, the conferees direct NOAA to create a scientific and 
professional position to act as senior scientist for NCCOS.
      Aquatic Resources Initiative.--Of the amounts available 
provided under this heading, up to $750,000 is for Bluegrass 
Pride, Inc.
      Coastal Zone Management.--A total of $75,144,000 is 
provided to assist coastal states in implementing this program. 
The Committee continues its' direction to report on the 
measures of performance used to justify requesting funding for 
this program. Bill language, carried in prior years, has been 
modified.
      Marine Sanctuary Program.--$34,750,000 is provided for 
this program, of which $1,000,000 is from unobligated balances. 
Under this heading, the recommendation includes $750,000 for 
the activities of the Northwest Straits Citizens Advisory 
Commission. This Commission was established to provide an 
ecosystem focus on the marine resources in the area, mobilize 
science and support marine resource committees, and establish a 
forum for coordination and consensus building, in lieu of 
Federal designation of the area as a Marine Sanctuary. The 
conferees continue to believe that such a consensus-based 
approach is an innovative and novel approach to promote marine 
conservation, the goal of the Marine Sanctuary Program.
      National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS).--The 
conferees are aware that the National Centers for Coastal Ocean 
Science (NCCOS) for several years have been cutting base funds 
without Congressional approval from certain labs that received 
specified program increases. The Conferees direct the NCCOS to 
stop this practice immediately. Further the Conferees direct 
NCCOS to report to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
than April 15, 2003 on what purposes the funding from the 
reductions was used and on the steps being taken to restore the 
cuts to base that have been sustained by those labs.


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                   National Marine Fisheries Service

      The conference agreement includes $580,066,000 in new 
funding for the operations of the National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS). In addition to this amount, $19,500,000 is 
available from prior year unobligated balances for a total 
operating level of $599,566,000.
      Expand Stock Assessments.--The conferees have provided 
$17,000,000 for additional stock assessments. Of the amounts 
provided, $1,000,000 for implementation of a West Coast in-
season harvest data collection system.
      Migratory Shark Fishery.--The conferees expect NMFS to 
continue the funding for collaborative multi-regional 
biological research on highly migratory species of sharks to 
provide NMFS with the information necessary for effective 
management of the highly migratory shark fishery and 
conservation of imminently threatened shark fishery resources.
      Cooperative Research.--In addition to the amounts shown 
for the national cooperative research program, $1,700,000 is 
available from unobligated prior year balances.
      National Fisheries Information System.--Funding of 
$2,600,000 is available from prior year unobligated balances.
      Information Analysis and Dissemination.--The conferees 
include $21,890,000 for this program, of which $400,000 is from 
unobligated prior year balances.
      California Sport fishing.--The conferees have been 
advised that the Republic of Mexico has closed U.S. sport 
fishing access to the Revillagigedo Islands. The sport fishing 
industry provides $5.5 million in direct revenue to Southern 
California and employs hundreds of people. The United States 
and Mexico have maintained a cooperative working relationship 
with regard to fishing and environmental issues, and U.S. boats 
have had access to the Revillagigego Islands under permits 
since 1994. The conferees direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
investigate the reason of the withdrawal of these permits, and 
to report to the Committee on Appropriations no later than 
April 2003.
      Northern Right Whale Preservation.--The conferees include 
a total of $10,000,000 for North Atlantic right whale research, 
management activities, and Atlantic coastal States' 
implementation of cooperative Federal-state right whale 
recovery plans, such as those concluded under section 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act. Funding is included to assist NMFS and 
its' partners to expedite right whale recovery in consultation 
with the Implementation Team and the Take Reduction Team.
      Of the amounts provided, $2,130,000 is for efforts to 
reduce ship strikes, the leading cause of death of these 
whales, including $200,000 for whale detection technologies, 
$560,000 is for passive acoustic technologies, $295,000 is for 
active acoustic technologies, and $200,000 is for measuring 
whale response to approaching vessels; $2,060,000 is to reduce 
entanglement including, $666,000 is for gear modification, 
$200,000 is for Southeast disentanglement teams, $400,000 is 
for the New England Aquarium efforts, and $800,000 is for the 
Center for Coastal Studies. Of the funding provided for the 
Center, final funding allocation should be based upon 
recommendations of the right whale program coordinator.
      Of the amounts provided for NMFS base programs, funding 
is expected to support priority management, enforcement, and 
ship strike prevention activities, including expedited 
development and deployment of innovative fishing gear and whale 
tracking technologies, improved stranding response and 
procedures, a whale-sighting advisory system, and a mandatory 
ship-reporting system. No more than 20 percent of funds 
provided to NMFS may be used for salaries of existing 
personnel.
      Fisheries Research and Management.--The conferees include 
$3,450,000 for the recreational fishing information network 
program, and expect that the Pacific, Atlantic, and Gulf States 
shall each receive one-third of these funds with funding for 
inshore recreational species assessment and tagging efforts in 
South Carolina.
      In addition, the conferees expect that $500,000 will be 
used to continue the effort to enhance the annual collection 
and analysis of economic data on marine recreational fishing.
      As in prior fiscal years, the conferees expect the 
Oceanic Institute to administer funding for the Hawaii 
Fisheries Development and for the Hawaii Stock Management Plan.
      The conferees direct that $750,000 for the Interstate 
Fish Commissions be equally divided among the three 
commissions. The conferees also recommend that NMFS double its 
effort with regard to California Cooperative Fisheries 
Investigation cruises. Of the amounts recommended for the 
Stellar Sea Lion Recovery Plan, $1,000,000 is for Alaska 
Fisheries Foundation to study innovative methods to deter whale 
predation of sea lions. In addition, the Committee expects NOAA 
to continue its research initiative on Pacific decadal 
oscillation, predator-prey relationships with particular 
emphasis on killer whale predation on sea lion pups, and to 
explore other factors in the marine environment that may be 
contributing to the decline of Stellar sea lions and other 
marine mammal populations.
      Enforcement of International Dolphin Agreement.--Although 
the National Marine Fisheries Service recently submitted it's 
completed science report required by the International Dolphin 
Conservation Program Act, the conference agreement includes 
$2,700,000 for research on dolphin encirclement in the eastern 
tropical Pacific (ETP). Funding is provided for additional 
research on herd sizes on which sets are made, additional 
biological sampling, impacts of cow-calf separation, and the 
impacts on dolphin populations of vessels with a carrying 
capacity of less than 400 short tons that are reportedly 
setting on dolphins in the ETP.
      The conferees are concerned that Mexico and other non-
U.S. parties to the International Dolphin Conservation Program 
[IDCP], of which the United States is a member, are not fully 
complying with the requirements of the IDCP, particularly with 
respect to accurate reporting of dolphin interactions and 
mortality. The conferees direct the Department, and in 
consultation with key U.S. stakeholders, to evaluate and 
document any lack of compliance by the non-U.S. parties to the 
IDCP with its provisions, including through on-site visits and 
discussions with government officials, observers and others 
with first-hand knowledge of country practices, and to submit a 
written report describing the findings to the Committees on 
Appropriations no later than May 1, 2003. The report is 
expected to include an evaluation of compliance with the on-
board observer program, with a focus on national observers; 
reporting of dolphin interactions and mortality; international 
requirements for vessels; and actions by parties to follow-up 
on infractions identified by the international review panel.
      Endangered Species--Columbia River.--The conferees 
include $1,590,000 to purchase two mass marking trailers for 
the state of Idaho.
      Protected Resources Research and Management.--Of the 
amounts provided for Native Marine Mammals, $100,000 is to 
enable the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission to participate in 
International Whaling Commission meetings.
      Chesapeake Bay.--Of the amounts provided under this 
heading, $500,000 is for sea grass restoration. In addition, 
the conferees recommend that NOAA continue a micro-grant 
program allowing local governments and non-profit organizations 
to perform fisheries and shellfish restoration on the 
Chesapeake Bay. In addition, $1,500,000 is for seven full-time 
equivalents for the Oxford Laboratory to support the NOAA 
Chesapeake Bay Office's fisheries, habitat restoration, and 
ecosystem research needs.
      The conferees provide $2,500,000 for a bay watersheds 
education and training program to be administered by the 
Chesapeake Bay Office. This initiative provides funding to 
establish an office in Virginia to better focus NOAA resources 
on Virginia issues in the Chesapeake Bay region. While 
cooperation between Virginia and NOAA programs is good, and 
significant NOAA funds are dispersed to Virginia programs, the 
physical distance between Norfolk and Annapolis limits the 
desired level of collaboration, not only with the NOAA 
Chesapeake Bay Office but also the Chesapeake Bay Program along 
with other signatories of the Chesapeake Bay agreement. This 
initiative guides NOAA to integrate existing staff resources 
across line offices and to appoint required staff to establish 
the program, working in concert with pertinent existing local, 
state, and federal offices or projects, academic institutions, 
NGOs, and the public. The program should integrate existing 
NOAA fisheries, habitat restoration, education, hazardous spill 
response, coastal zone, coastal oceanography, and other 
significant components. Of the amounts provided, $350,000 is 
available for two full-time equivalents and administrative 
costs, including office space.
      Enforcement and Surveillance.--The conferees continue at 
the fiscal year 2002 level funding for marine forensics and 
southeast fisheries' law enforcement, and the conferees expect 
cooperative laboratory activities to continue between NMFS and 
State and local governments and the academic community. The 
conferees recommend that three interstate marine fisheries 
commissions may be eligible to receive a portion of the 
Cooperative Enforcement Program funds for use in providing law 
enforcement coordination among the States and NMFS.
      The conferees provide $23,734,000 for the operations of 
the enforcement and surveillance program, of which $14,800,000 
is available from unobligated prior year balances. This is an 
increase of $3,314,000 above the fiscal year 2002 level.
      NMFS Facilities Maintenance.--Of the amounts provided, 
$325,000 is for additional costs related to the Santa Cruz 
laboratory.
      Pacific Salmon Funding.--The conferees note the lack of 
accountability and performance standards for resources 
distributed to restore endangered and threatened salmon through 
the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. The conferees have 
provided hundreds of millions of dollars through this fund to 
be distributed among certain States and tribes for habitat 
restoration to assist in salmon population recovery. The 
conferees understand that there are other habitat restoration 
grant programs that fund grant proposals for the same purpose. 
Given the austere operating climate the conferees are working 
within, the conferees expect NOAA to prioritize funding from 
other habitat restoration funds on non-salmon related 
proposals.
      The conferees understand the Secretary of Commerce has 
substantial legal obligations under the Endangered Species Act 
because no less than twenty-six runs of Pacific salmon are 
listed as endangered. Failure to make progress toward recovery 
under the Endangered Species Act poses adverse legal 
consequences for the agency. The conferees have received no 
assurances from the Administration that these funds have 
actually contributed to the recovery of Pacific salmon 
populations. This is particularly important at a time when the 
Department is struggling to respond to a tremendous litigation 
caseload.
      The conferees understand that some mechanism is necessary 
to assure legal and fiscal accountability for distribution of 
funds to States with listed salmon species. In addition, the 
conferees direct NOAA to provide an annual report to the 
Committee no later than April 11, of each year on the projects 
funded through the Pacific Salmon Recovery Fund and their 
projected and actual results, particularly focusing on progress 
toward recovery of endangered and threatened salmon species and 
projected ending date for funding needs based on recovery 
schedules. The conferees allow up to one percent of the amounts 
made available for the grants to the states under the Pacific 
Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund be made available to NOAA to 
accomplish this task.
      Saltonstall-Kennedy.--The conference agreement includes 
$11,325,000 for the Saltonstall-Kennedy grant program, 
including prior-year unobligated funds. The conferees 
understand that NOAA has refocused the S-K program to address 
the needs of fishing communities as defined by the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. The conferees understand that there is duplication 
between this program and the priorities identified in the 
accompanying NMFS table. Given the austere budget constraints 
that conferees are operating within, the conferees expect NMFS 
to award grants based on priorities and geographic areas that 
are not specifically identified elsewhere in this agreement.
      Therefore, the conferees expect NOAA to prioritize grant 
proposals relating to fishing communities in non-specified 
areas including, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, the Federated States 
of Micronesia, and other similar areas. Grants should focus on 
preventing over fishing, rebuilding of fisheries, and ensuring 
conservation, while realizing the full potential of fishery 
resources.
      In addition, the conferees direct NOAA to assign high 
priority to proposals for research and education efforts 
directed at the protection of high-risk consumers from 
naturally occurring bacteria associated with raw molluscan 
shellfish, specifically Vibrio vulnificus. The conferees 
strongly urge NOAA to provide no less than $250,000 to the Gulf 
and Atlantic Foundation for their education efforts regarding 
Vibrio vulnificus.
      Louisiana Oyster Assistance.--The conferees include 
$2,000,000 for economic assistance to the oyster fishery 
affected by Hurricane Isidore, and Hurricane Lili. The 
conferees direct that funding may be used only for activities 
to rehabilitate oyster resources or oyster reefs damaged by the 
storms and for domestic product marketing and seafood 
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                    Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

      The conference agreement includes $374,740,000 for the 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research line office. This amount 
combined with $4,920,000 from prior year unobliged balances 
provides a total program level of $379,660,000. The conference 
agreement includes the following amounts for basic laboratory 
research and support under Oceanic and Atmospheric Research:
      Climate Change Research.--The conference agreement 
includes a total of $166,315,000 for climate change research, 
including $18,000,000 for the Climate Change Research 
Initiative (CCRI), as proposed. This initiative provides 
increases over the fiscal year 2002 level as follows: 
$1,000,000 for the ocean observations/ocean systems; $3,000,000 
for ARGO-related costs; $1,000,000 for regional assessments, 
education, and outreach; $2,000,000 for research on the carbon 
cycle; $5,000,000 for the climate modeling center; $4,000,000 
for the global climate atmospheric observing system; and 
$2,000,000 to study the aerosols/climate interaction.
      Of the amounts provided, $67,608,000 is available for 
competitively awarded grants, including grants to joint 
institutes, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce. In 
addition, $1,000,000 is provided to continue a certain program 
in Arizona for regional climate change research.
      Of the funding provided for climate and global change 
activities, $12,000,000 shall only be available after the 
Committees on Appropriation are provided with a plan for 
completion of the national assessment required in section 106 
of the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The plan should 
include a completion date for the national assessment of no 
later than September 30, 2004.
      National Sea Grant Program.--The conference agreement 
includes $62,410,000 for the Sea Grant program, of which 
$2,000,000 is from prior year unobligated balances. The 
conference agreement does not include a proposal to transfer 
the program to the National Science Foundation. Instead, the 
recommendation appropriates the same level of funding as in 
fiscal year 2002 for the Sea Grant program, in accordance with 
the National Sea Grant Act, Public Law 89-688, as amended. 
Within the amounts provided, $3,000,000 is included for zebra 
mussel research in accordance with the Non-indigenous Aquatic 
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act; $3,000,000 is for oyster 
disease research, including $1,000,000 to continue the Gulf of 
Mexico initiative on oyster-related human health risks.
      National Undersea Research Program (NURP).--A total of 
$13,770,000 is included for the National Undersea Research 
Program, of which $220,000 is from prior year unobligated 
balances. The conferees direct that funding is to be equally 
split between the east coast NURP centers and the west coast 
NURP centers, including the Hawaiian and Pacific Center and the 
West Coast and Polar Regions Center. The conferees expect level 
funding will be available for Aquarius, ALVIN, and program 
administration.
      NISA Alaska.--The conferees include $1,500,000 to address 
the proliferation of exotic species such as Atlantic salmon in 
the marine environment in the North Pacific. Of this amount, 
$750,000 is for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission 
to prevent the escapement of Atlantic salmon into Alaska 
streams and to address other invasive species issues including 
mitten crab and green crab.
      NISA/Ballast Water Demonstrations.--The conference 
agreement includes $2,250,000 for this program, of which 
$1,900,000 is from unobligated balances. The conferees expect 
special attention should be given to the concerns of the 
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                        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

      The conference agreement includes total of $698,767,000 
for the operations of the National Weather Service (NWS) for 
fiscal year 2003.
      Local Warnings and Forecasts--The conferees provide 
$555,178,000 for local warnings and forecasts. Within the 
amounts provided, $2,500,000 is to begin a new seven-year 
initiative to improve the accuracy and timeliness of aviation 
warnings and forecasts.
      Of the amounts provided, the conferees direct the NWS to 
continue the Susquehanna River Basin gauges project and expand 
this program to include the Delaware River Basin.
      The conferees have provided sufficient funding to 
continue operations of the Huntsville, Alabama center.
      Air Quality Initiative--The conference agreement includes 
$3,000,000 to complete the analysis of the air quality pilot 
program, finalize a concept of operations, and begin 
procurement of the information technology infrastructure 
necessary to support operational air quality forecasts by the 
end of fiscal year 2004. In addition, $3,000,000 is provided to 
complete the operational implementation of a temperature 
forecasting pilot in New England. Funding should provide for 
the modernization 200 meteorological observing stations and for 
the operational use of high-resolution forecasts models at 8 
sites in fiscal year 2003.
      Flash floods.--The conferees direct NOAA to commission 
the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study to assess 
the availability, performance, and capability of the NWS NEXRAD 
located on Sulphur Mountain in Ventura County, California to 
detect heavy precipitation and aid forecasters at the Los 
Angeles Weather Forecast Office in providing flash flood 
warnings and forecasts, and on the basis of that study, to 
provide the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere with a report on the performance of that mission by 
the NWS. The report also should include any recommendations for 
improving the accuracy and timeliness of flash flood warnings 
in and around western Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, 
California.
      Systems Operations & Maintenance--The conference 
agreement includes $87,146,000 for systems operations and 
maintenance.
      In addition, the conferees continue direction from prior 
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     NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE

      The conference agreement includes $150,616,000 for the 
operational and research and development programs of the 
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service 
(NESDIS).
      Environmental Satellite Observing Systems--The Committee 
recommendation has provided a total of $86,168,000 for this 
account, including $23,771,000 for product processing and 
distribution. Within the recommendation, $1,500,000 is included 
for the Joint Center, and $4,000,000 is for a global wind 
demonstration.
      Data Centers and Information Services--The conference 
agreement includes $64,448,000 for NOAA's Data Centers and 
Information Services, including $15,850,000 for the climate 
database modernization efforts in Kentucky and West Virginia. 
The conferees restore funding for the regional climate centers, 
which was proposed for elimination. The conferees recognize the 
value of NOAA climate data centers as the U.S. repository for 
historical environmental data.
      The conferees direct NESDIS to continue fiscal year 2002 
current staffing levels at the Gilmore Creek Tracking Station 
in fiscal year 2003. NESDIS will provide a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 2003 on how it plans 
to implement the new National Polar Orbiting Environmental 
Satellite System and its plans for the Gilmore Creek Tracking 
Station including staffing projections.
      Within the amounts provided, $300,000 is to conduct a 
study to assess the feasibility, costs, and timing issues of 
the Fairmont, West Virginia location as a third site for 
physical storage of data from the CLASS program.



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                            PROGRAM SUPPORT

      The conference agreement includes $173,397,000 for the 
Program Support line office. The conference agreement continues 
a limitation of the administrative costs of the agency to 
$243,000,000. This limitation is in response to NOAA's practice 
of assessing certain programs and activities for the costs of 
managing those programs, including grant programs.
      The recommendation includes $91,349,000 for maritime and 
aviation fleet maintenance and operations. The recommendation 
provides sufficient funding for routine maintenance of the 
existing NOAA fleet.
      Program Review.--The conferees laud the results of the 
Program Review Task Force (PRT) review. In fact, a number of 
the task forces' recommendations address longstanding concerns 
regarding the management of NOAA. For example, the grant 
process has been of particular interest to the conferees. Many 
of the conferees have heard complaints from grant recipients 
regarding unnecessary delays. For fiscal year 2002 alone, these 
delays contributed to $462,566,000 in prior year funding 
remaining unspent. In a number of areas, the conferees have 
taken into account these unobligated balances when determining 
the fiscal year 2003 levels for certain programs. The conferees 
support the efforts of NOAA management to alleviate many of 
these problems.
      Office Relocations.--The conferees direct the Department 
to submit quarterly reports providing details of all office 
moves, openings, reductions and closings, which will be 
considered as a reprogramming under section 605 of the Act. The 
conferees expect to be notified of office relocations before 
final agreements are made.
      Pribilof Island Cleanup.--The recommendation includes 
$8,000,000 for Pribilof Island cleanup. In 2000, Congress 
passed the Pribilof Islands Transition Act which created the 
framework under which NOAA was to complete the environmental 
cleanup of the property that it currently or formerly owned on 
the islands, and complete the transfer of that property to the 
designated local entities. Concern has been raised regarding 
the lack of a comprehensive cleanup plan, and firm cost 
estimates. The conferees direct NOAA to provide timetable and 
cost estimates to complete a cleanup and land transfer no later 
than April 11, 2003.
      Minority Serving Institutions.--The conferees direct that 
this program be extended to Native Hawaiian Serving 
Institutions and Alaskan Native Serving Institutions as defined 
in the Higher Education Act.
      Facilities.--The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 
for necessary improvements to the National Aquarium. The 
conferees expect the Department of Commerce to prepare a 20-
year plan to upgrade the facility. The conferees expect a plan 
to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
than July 1, 2003.



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               Procurement, Acquisition and Construction

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      The recommendation includes a programmatic level of 
$832,230,000 for fiscal year 2003, of which $762,230,000 is 
from new appropriations and $70,000,000 is from prior year 
unobligated balances. The recommendation assumes $3,200,000 
from prior year deobligations. This account funds capital 
assets acquisition activities, including system and land 
acquisition, marine sanctuary and estuarine reserve 
construction, aircraft and vessel systems, and equipment.
      The conferees have amended section 204 regarding 
reprogramming requirements to include all increases and 
decreases affecting capital assets. The following distribution 
reflects the activities funded within this account:
      Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELP)--
The conferees include $37,667,000 for the land acquisition 
program. The conferees understand that regulations for this 
program have not yet been finalized. For the priorities 
identified by the conferees, the interim regulations will apply 
as in fiscal year 2002, including funding and match 
requirements. This program is intended to protect those coastal 
and estuarine areas with significant conservation, recreation, 
ecological, historical, or aesthetic value.
      Marine Sanctuaries Construction.--Of the amounts 
provided, $5,000,000 is for the final Federal costs of the 
efforts relating to the National Monitor sanctuary center.
      National Marine Fisheries Service.--The conferees 
continue the aquatic resource program at the level of 
$7,000,000.
      Construction.--The conferees remain concerned that there 
is no long-term facility plan, including maintenance schedule 
for NOAA. A five-year plan for such purposes was requested 
during the fiscal year 2003 budget hearing before the House. To 
date, no plan has been provided. Further, there have been two 
separate incidents where NOAA has changed the scope of a funded 
project, including the location, without prior notification to 
the Committees on Appropriations. The conferees expect a final 
plan no later than June 30, 2003.
      Geostationary Systems.--Under this heading, the conferees 
include $221,391,000, as requested, of which $50,000,000 is to 
be derived from unobligated prior year balances. The conferees 
understand that the launch readiness date for N, O, and P, has 
slipped by one year. In addition, the conferees understand that 
the earliest available launch date for the GOES-R series has 
been revised from 2010 to 2012. The most recent data available 
to the conferees reflect a total $55,400,000 available from 
unobligated prior year balances to be used in fiscal year 2003 
therefore, $5,400,000 continues to be available for any 
unforeseen purposes.
      Polar Orbiting Systems.--Under this heading, the 
conferees include $347,538,000, as requested, of which 
$25,000,000 is to be derived from unobligated prior year 
balances. The conferees understand that NOAA expects a ten-
month delay in launching NOAA-M as a result of the 
unavailability of a launch pad site.
      The National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental 
Satellite System (NPOESS) is a joint program equally funded by 
the Department of Commerce and the Department of Defense based 
upon a 1994 decision to integrate civil and military polar-
orbiting meteorological satellites systems into a single 
national system. This decision created a 50/50 cost-sharing 
partnership between the two departments. Due to the concern 
raised by NPOESS program managers, the conference agreement 
continues language formalizing this cost-sharing partnership as 
in the fiscal year 2002. The conferees are aware that NOAA did 
not obligate $10,200,000 of the amounts provided in fiscal year 
2002 for NPOESS as a result of Department of Defense obligation 
decisions in fiscal year 2002.
      Fleet Replacement.--The conference agreement includes 
$50,874,000 for the second fisheries vessel. This vessel would 
replace the 40-year-old ALBATROS IV, as proposed. In addition, 
$9,000,000 is provided to continue construction of small 
waterplane area twin hull vessel to be homeported in New 
Castle, New Hampshire.
      Hurricane Surveillance Aircraft.--The conference 
agreement includes $8,400,000 for necessary instrumentation 
upgrades to the Gulfstream IV to improve storm-tracking 
forecasts, as proposed.

                    PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

      The conference agreement includes $130,000,000 under this 
heading. A total of $40,000,000 is provided to fulfill the 
obligation of the United States under the 1999 Pacific Salmon 
Treaty between the United States and Canada. Specifically, 
$25,000,000 is included to complete the capitalization of the 
Northern Boundary Fund, and $15,000,000 is included to complete 
the capitalization of the Southern Boundary Fund. In addition, 
$90,000,000 is provided for grants to California, Oregon, 
Washington, Alaska, and coastal and river tribes for habitat 
restoration.
      Of the amounts provided for the states, $28,000,000 is 
for the State of Washington, $22,000,000 is for the State of 
Alaska, $14,000,000 is for the State of Oregon, $14,000,000 is 
for the State of California, $9,000,000 is for the Pacific 
Coastal tribes, and $3,000,000 is for the Columbia River 
tribes.
      Of the funds provided for the State of Alaska, $5,000,000 
is for the Arctic Yukon-Kushokwim Sustainable Salmon 
initiative, $1,000,000 is for construction of salmon mitigation 
passes, $1,000,000 is for the Cook Inlet Fishing Community 
Assistance Program, $500,000 is for the Yukon River Drainage 
Association, $500,000 is for Fort Richardson fisheries, 
$500,000 is for Elmendorf AFB hatcheries, $500,000 is for Fort 
Wainwright fisheries, $450,000 is for universal quality 
standards, $450,000 is for competitive analysis of global 
salmon, $250,000 is to restore the king salmon runs in Coffman 
Cove, $250,000 is to enable the State of Alaska to participate 
in discussions regarding Columbia River hydro system 
management, $2,000,000 is to restore salmon runs at Chester 
Creek, Ship Creek, and Campbell Creek in Anchorage, $1,000,000 
is to restore salmon runs in Seward, Alaska, and $100,000 is 
for the United Fishermen of Alaska's subsistence program.
      Of the funds provided for the State of Washington, 
$4,000,000 is for the Washington State Department of Natural 
Resources and other State and Federal agencies for purposes of 
implementing the State of Washington's Forest and Fish Report. 
The funding shall be spent in accordance with the terms and 
conditions of the Forest and Fish Report and consistent with 
the requirements of the Endangered Species and Clean Water 
Acts. Further, $1,590,000 is for the purchase of two new mass 
marking trailers.
      Of the funds provided to the State of Oregon, $1,100,000 
is for conservation mass marking at the Columbia River 
Hatcheries; and $2,185,000 is for the purchase of two new and 
one used mass marking trailers.
      Bill language is included designating the entire amount 
under the conservation category.

                      Fishermen's Contingency Fund

      The conference agreement includes a total program level 
of $2,376,000, of which $2,375,000 is from unobligated prior 
year funds.
      The Fishermen's Contingency Fund provides compensation to 
U.S. fishermen for damage or loss of fishing gear and any 
resulting loss because of natural or man-made obstructions 
related to oil and gas exploration, development, and production 
on the Outer Continental Shelf.

                     FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND

      The conference agreement includes $1,833,000 under this 
heading, of which $1,832,000 is from unobligated prior year 
funds.
      Fees paid into the Fund are collected from owners and 
operators of certain foreign fishing vessels that fish within 
the United States Fishery Conservation Zone and are intended to 
be used by the Secretary of Commerce to finance the cost of 
placing United States observers aboard such fishing vessels.

                   FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conferees note that an appropriation is not necessary 
for the fisheries finance program account. Of the loan 
authority provided through bill language, $5,000,000 is for 
entry level and small vessel individual fishery quota [IFQ] 
obligation guarantees in the halibut and sablefish fisheries 
off Alaska pursuant to section 1104A(a)(7) of the Merchant 
Marine Act of 1936. These funds are provided for IFQ loans in 
accordance with section 303(d)(4) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 
and section 108(g) of the Sustainable Fisheries Act.
      In addition, $59,000,000 is for Traditional direct loan 
authority, of which $40,000,000 may be used for the direct 
loans to the United States distant water tuna fleet.

                        Departmental Management

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $44,954,000 for costs 
of managing the Department of Commerce. The recommendation 
includes $4,776,000 for the recurring costs for guard 
contracts, security equipment upgrades and an emergency 
communication system for the Herbert Clark Hoover Building 
originally funded with fiscal year 2002 emergency supplemental 
appropriations; $1,590,000 is for IT security increases; and 
$1,200,000 is for continuity of operation efforts.
      Telework Programs.--The conference agreement includes 
language, under section 208 to allow the Department of Commerce 
to carryover unused funds into the next fiscal year, saved as a 
consequence of the Department's implementation of telecommuting 
programs. Telecommuting programs offer the opportunity for 
cost-savings as well as increased productivity and employee 
morale. By allowing the Department to keep the savings from 
telecommuting, there should be a strong incentive for the 
Department to increase its number of telecommuters, as required 
by section 359 of Public Law 106-346. Telecommuting also can 
help improve traffic congestion, provide energy savings and 
improve air quality.
      This appropriation provides for the Office of the 
Secretary and for staff offices of the Department, which assist 
in the formulation of policy, management, and administration.
      Office Relocations.--The conference agreement continues 
to direct the Department to submit quarterly reports providing 
details of all office moves, opening, reductions and closing, 
which will be considered as a reprogramming under section 605 
of the Act.

                      Office of Inspector General

      The conference agreement includes $20,635,000 for the 
Commerce Department's Office of Inspector General for fiscal 
year 2003.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

      The conference agreement includes the following General 
Provisions for the Department of Commerce:
      Section 201.--The conference agreement includes section 
201, included in both the House and Senate, regarding 
certification of advanced payments.
      Section 202.--The conference agreement includes section 
202, included in both the House and Senate, allowing funds for 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for services, uniforms 
and allowances as authorized by law.
      Section 203.--The conference agreement includes section 
203, included in both the House and Senate, making permanent a 
provision prohibiting of funds to be used to support hurricane 
reconnaissance aircraft and activities that are under the 
control of the United States Air Force or the United States Air 
Force Reserve. The House section did not propose to make this 
section permanent.
      Section 204.--The conference agreement includes section 
204, included in both the House and Senate, regarding transfer 
authority among Commerce Department appropriation accounts. The 
language also makes the transfers subject to the Committee's 
standard reprogramming procedures, including the acquisition 
and disposal of capital assets. The Senate did not contain a 
provision on the matter of capital assets.
      Section 205.--The conference agreement includes section 
205, included in the House, requiring that any costs incurred 
by the Department in response to funding reductions shall be 
absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to the 
Department and shall not be subject to the reprogramming 
limitations in this Act. The Senate did not contain a similar 
provision.
      Section 206.--The conference agreement includes section 
206, included in both the House and Senate, making permanent a 
provision to allow the Secretary to award contracts for certain 
mapping and charting activities in accordance with the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act. The House did not 
make the provision permanent.
      Section 207.--The conference agreement includes section 
207, included in both the House and Senate, allowing the 
Department of Commerce franchise fund to retain a percentage of 
earnings from services provided for capital investments.
      Section 208.--The conference agreement includes section 
208, modified from a provision in the Senate, to provide 
$28,260,000 within the ``National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Construction of Research Facilities'' account, for 
five projects. The House did not contain a similar provision.
      Section 209.--The conference agreement includes section 
209, included in the Senate, to provide $10,000,000 for an 
Alaskan Seafood marketing program. The House did not contain a 
similar provision.
      Section 210.--The conference agreement includes section 
210, included in the Senate, to authorize and appropriate 
$50,000,000 for travel and tourism grant program. The House did 
not include a similar provision.
      Section 211.--The conference agreement includes section 
211, included in the Senate, to exempt two foreign-built cruise 
ships to engage in service between and among the islands of 
Hawaii. The section is modified to prohibit vessels access.
      Section 212.--The conference agreement includes section 
212, included in the Senate, designating requirements for a 
certain fishing capacity reduction program for the West Coast 
groundfish fishery. The House did not contain a similar 
provision.
      Section 213.--The conference agreement includes section 
213, a new provision, allowing the National Weather Service to 
engage in a certain lease arrangement to be funded from base 
resources.
      Section 214.--The conference agreement includes section 
214, a new provision, designating certain programs under the 
conservation category.

                        TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

      The conferees do not agree with the practice of the 
Judiciary of displaying significant program increases as 
adjustments to base. The conferees direct the Judiciary to 
discontinue this practice.
      The conferees expect the Judiciary to submit a financial 
plan, allocating all sources of available funds including 
appropriations, fee collections, and carryover balances. The 
Judiciary should consider this financial plan to be the 
baseline for reprogramming and expects the plan to be submitted 
within 30 days after enactment of this Act.

                   Supreme Court of the United States

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $45,743,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, as provided by the 
House, instead of $44,399,000 as provided by the Senate. The 
conference agreement provides increases for information 
technology and security related initiatives.
      The conferees are aware of continued concerns about the 
number of minority law clerks at the Supreme Court. The 
Conferees are appreciative of the Court's responsiveness in 
providing information regarding its hiring practices and 
encourages the Court and the Judicial Conference of the United 
States to continue to make progress in this matter.

                    CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

      The conference agreement includes $41,626,000 for the 
Supreme Court ``Care of the Building and Grounds'' account, as 
provided by the House, instead of $53,304,000 as provided by 
the Senate. The conference agreement is $12,000,000 below the 
request for the Supreme Court building renovation project. The 
conferees understand that these additional obligations will 
occur in subsequent fiscal years and therefore may be budgeted 
in those fiscal years.
      The conferees recognize there are security concerns 
related to the building modernization project and the Architect 
of the Capitol is directed to ensure that the Court's security 
concerns are addressed throughout the procurement and 
construction of the project. The conferees direct the Architect 
of the Capitol to submit the Committees on Appropriations, no 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, a financial 
plan and schedule for this project.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $20,313,000 for the 
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, instead 
of $20,490,000 as provided by the House and $20,136,000 as 
provided by the Senate.
      The conferees recognize that the Court has additional 
information technology and facility renovation requirements. 
However, the conferees also understand that between March 1992 
and March 2001, filings have decreased by 13 percent. The 
conferees recommend the Court examine its base operating budget 
to identify funding that could be used to meet the Court's 
remaining information technology and facilities requirements. 
No funding is provided to establish a deputy circuit executive 
position.

               United States Court of International Trade

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $13,687,000 for the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, as provided by the House, 
instead of $13,529,000 as provided by the Senate. The conferees 
are pleased with the Court's utilization of the Judiciary 
Information Technology Fund to upgrade and enhance the Court's 
use of information technology without requiring additional 
appropriations.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $3,800,000,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Courts of Appeals, District Courts 
and Other Judicial Services. Within the funding provided, the 
Conferees direct not less than $10,000,000 for facilities 
enhancements to meet requirements associated with high threat 
trials and to upgrade the Judiciary's mail handling operations.

                 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION TRUST FUND

      The conference agreement provides $2,784,000 from the 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund as provided by both the 
House and the Senate.

                           DEFENDER SERVICES

      The conference agreement includes $538,461,000 for the 
Federal Judiciary's Defender Services account, instead of 
$545,129,000 as provided by the House and $531,792,000 as 
provided by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes an increase of 
$30,066,000 to annualize the panel attorney rate increase 
provided in fiscal year 2002. This increase brought panel 
attorney hourly rates up to $90 for in-court and out-of-court 
hours. This was the first significant increase in private panel 
attorney hourly rates since 1986 and represents a 20 percent 
increase in the in-court rate and a 64 percent increase in the 
out-of-court rate.
      In fiscal year 2003, the Judicial Conference requested an 
increase in the panel attorney rate to $113 per hour, which if 
approved would amount to a 25 percent increase over the rate 
approved in fiscal year 2002. Because it was recently 
implemented, the Judicial Conference is unable to document the 
impact of the significant increase provided in fiscal year 2002 
to determine if that rate is sufficient to solve the problem of 
obtaining adequate counsel for CJA representations. In 
addition, from 1987 to 2001, the Congress and the Judicial 
Conference provided a higher hourly rate in 16 districts than 
the standard rate provided in the other 78 lower-cost 
districts. The conferees understand that there continues to be 
disparities throughout the country in the costs to provide 
legal representation, and yet the Judicial Conference's 
requested $113 hourly rate would reimburse panel attorneys at 
the same rate nationally.
      Because of these uncertainties between localities, the 
size of the increase approved in fiscal year 2002, and the 
level of funding required to annualize this increase in fiscal 
year 2003, the conference agreement does not include the 
requested additional increase in the hourly rate this fiscal 
year. The conferees expect the Judicial Conference, before 
requesting any future rate increases, to consider the concerns 
described above. The conferees also expect any future rate 
increases requested above inflation to be justified as a 
program increase.

                    FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

      The conference agreement includes $54,636,000 for Fees of 
Jurors and Commissioners, as provided by the House and Senate.

                             COURT SECURITY

      The conference agreement includes $268,400,000 for the 
Federal Judiciary's Court Security Account, instead of 
$286,200,000 as provided by the House and $276,342,000 as 
provided by the Senate. In addition, the conference agreement 
includes $15,800,000 in the U.S. Marshals Service, Salaries and 
Expenses account for supervisory deputy marshals previously 
funded in this account.
      In order to address the courts' security requirements, 
funding for this program has increased by approximately 50 
percent since fiscal year 2001. However, the conferees are 
concerned that as the program has grown, sufficient attention 
has not been provided to program and budget administration, 
especially oversight of court security officer funding, 
positions and full-time equivalents. The conferees expect that 
the funding provided in the conference agreement will 
significantly improve this deficiency.
      The conferees understand that this is a unique account 
appropriated to the Judiciary but primarily managed by the 
Department of Justice. The Committee expects the Director of 
the U.S. Marshals Service to provide the same level of 
budgetary and program oversight to this program as programs 
appropriated directly to the U.S. Marshals Service.
      Within the level of funding provided, the conferees 
direct U.S. Marshals Service to conduct a study with an 
independent consultant on the management of this program and 
the unique relationship between the Federal Judiciary, the U.S. 
Marshals Service, and the Federal Protective Service in 
administering this program and providing facilities security 
for the Judiciary.
      The conferees expect future budget justifications to 
clearly display the level and types of court security equipment 
and systems requested compared to the current year.
      Within the level of funding provided, $1,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the U.S. Marshals Service for a courthouse 
security survey to be conducted by the Judicial Security 
Divison/Judicial Security Systems personnel.
      Following the September 11th and anthrax attacks, the 
Judiciary was directed in the Conference Report accompanying 
Public Law 107-117, to consider establishing a court operations 
support center located outside of Washington, D.C. The 
Judiciary's study, conducted by an independent expert and 
endorsed by the Judicial Conference, recommends establishing a 
small leased facility at least 20 miles outside of Washington, 
D.C. This facility would help ensure continuity of operations 
in the event that administrative and automation support 
functions are shut down as a result of the closure of the 
Thurgood Marshal Federal Judiciary Building (TMFJB). The 
Judiciary's study recommends transferring portions of the 
courts' payroll processing, financial disbursing, and 
information technology support to this new facility. The study 
also recommends that this facility be within a reasonable 
travel range of the TMFJB so that it can be utilized by 
essential Administrative Office and court staff in the event 
that certain facilities located in Washington D.C. are shut 
down. The conferees direct the Judiciary to establish a 
judiciary automation and communications operations facility 
consistent with its study at an economically feasible location. 
The conferees expect costs of this facility to be absorbed 
within existing available resources as proposed by the 
Judiciary. The conferees encourage the Judiciary to find 
alternative uses for the facility during non-emergency periods. 
However, the primary design goal of the facility should be 
continuity of operations. As recommended in the study, the 
conferees direct the Judiciary to provide telework 
opportunities at this facility.
      As discussed in the beginning of Title III, a financial 
plan is required to be submitted for this program.

           Administrative Office of the United States Courts

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $63,500,000 for the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

                        Federal Judicial Center

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $20,856,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the Federal Judicial Center as 
provided by the House, instead of $20,156,000 as provided by 
the Senate.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds

                   PAYMENT TO JUDIDICARY TRUST FUNDS

      The conference agreement includes $35,300,000 for payment 
to various judicial retirement funds, as provided by both the 
House and Senate.

                  United States Sentencing Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $12,090,000 for the 
U.S. Sentencing Commission, instead of $12,344,000 as provided 
by the House and $11,835,000 as provided by the Senate. As part 
of the financial plan discussed at the beginning of this title, 
the Commission is directed to provide plan for the utilization 
of carryover balances.

                   General Provisions--The Judiciary

      Section 301.--The conference agreement includes a 
provision included by both the House and Senate allowing 
appropriations to be used for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109.
      Section 302.--The conference agreement includes a 
provision included in the House related to the transfer of 
funds. The Senate included a similar provision.
      Section 303.--The conference agreement includes a 
provision included in by the House allowing up to $11,000 of 
salaries and expenses provided in this title to be used for 
official representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of 
the United States. The Senate included a similar provision.

            TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

      In total, the conference agreement includes 
$7,900,660,000 for the Department of State and the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors. Of the total amount provided, 
$7,762,460,000 is derived from general purpose discretionary 
funds and $138,200,000 is scored as mandatory spending. This 
funding level includes significant program increases to improve 
diplomatic readiness and security. The conference agreement 
includes the full amount requested, $1,308,000,000, to continue 
worldwide security activities, including the design and 
construction of replacement facilities for the most vulnerable 
overseas posts.

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

      The conference agreement for the Department of State is 
intended to continue the Department's efforts to achieve 
diplomatic readiness, strengthen diplomatic and border 
security, and to institute sweeping management reforms. In 
fiscal year 2002, the Congress enacted an appropriations 
increase of 16.8 percent to the Department's operating budget, 
including funding to support the hiring and training of an 
additional 910 employees.
      The conference agreement includes a total of 
$7,394,026,000 for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of 
State. Of the total amount provided, $7,255,826,000 is derived 
from general purpose discretionary funds and $138,200,000 is 
scored as mandatory spending. The overall funding level for 
fiscal year 2003 represents an additional 8.6 percent increase 
to the operating budget, which will support up to 585 
additional new positions. The conferees expect that this 
funding level will allow the Department to meet critical 
embassy security and staffing requirements, modernize its 
technology and equipment, and continue vigorous management 
reform initiatives to right-size America's overseas presence.
      The conference agreement includes a total of 
$5,587,293,000 for the discretionary appropriation accounts 
under Administration of Foreign Affairs; $1,539,710,000 for 
International Organizations and Conferences; $57,504,000 for 
International Commissions; and $71,319,000 for Other 
activities. The conferees' priorities for the Department of 
State are delineated in the following paragraphs.

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement includes $3,822,258,000 for the 
Diplomatic and Consular Programs account, including 
$553,000,000 to continue funding for worldwide security 
upgrades and $292,693,000 for public diplomacy programs. The 
conference agreement represents an increase of $192,246,000 
above the fiscal year 2002 appropriation. Within this total, 
the funding level for worldwide security upgrades is 
$65,265,000 above the fiscal year 2002 level and the same 
amount as requested.
      This appropriation provides for the formulation and 
execution of United States foreign policy, including the 
conduct of diplomatic and consular relations with foreign 
countries, diplomatic relations with international 
organizations, and related activities. The account includes 
funding for all of the program and operations bureaus and 
offices of the Department of State and the Foreign Service.
      The conference agreement includes funding for program 
activities described below:
      Diplomatic Readiness Initiatives.--The conference 
agreement includes a program increase of $70,000,000 for the 
diplomatic readiness initiative to support the hiring and 
training of approximately 399 new foreign service and civil 
service employees. Before obligation of these funds the 
Department shall provide the Committees, through the regular 
reprogramming process, a comprehensive spending and staffing 
plan accompanied by materials demonstrating any and all right-
sizing analyses and actions taken worldwide since the issuance 
of the Overseas Presence Advisory Panel report in 1999. The 
Department may propose, through the reprogramming process, to 
reallocate funding under the diplomatic readiness initiative 
for critical foreign national hiring needs. The conferees 
expect that the highest priority will be placed on new 
positions in Near East and South Asia. The program increase 
described below for public diplomacy includes funding for 
additional foreign national public diplomacy staffing overseas.
      Public Diplomacy Programs.--The conference agreement 
includes language specifying that $292,693,000 is available 
only for Public Diplomacy programs. The integration of the 
United States Information Agency into the State Department in 
fiscal year 2000 resulted in public diplomacy resources being 
spread across several different bureaus. The conferees believe 
that separately identifying total resource levels will 
facilitate the Committees' ability to monitor funding levels 
and trends for these activities. The amount identified for 
public diplomacy programs includes the costs of personnel and 
programs throughout theDepartment. The conferees expect the 
Department to identify all organizational impediments to optimal 
performance of public diplomacy programs, and propose the necessary 
changes through the reprogramming process.
      The conference agreement includes a program increase of 
$10,300,000 for public diplomacy programs. This funding will 
support expansion of InfoUSA content, and other internet-based 
information programs, including the translation of content into 
Arabic and South Asian languages, as well as the continuation 
of programs in the Arab and Muslim world initiated with fiscal 
year 2002 supplemental funding. This funding will also support 
surveys and research to improve effectiveness of public 
diplomacy programs, and increased local staffing worldwide.
      The conferees acknowledge the critical role that public 
diplomacy will play in the global war against terror. The 
Department will not be successful in its important public 
diplomacy mission unless it is guided by a comprehensive, 
sustained strategy for program execution. The Department is 
directed to submit a Public Diplomacy Strategy to the 
Committees on Appropriations no later than June 1, 2003. The 
conferees understand that the need for interagency coordination 
in international public information programs has resulted in 
the creation of the White House Office of Global 
Communications. The use of any funds provided to the Department 
of State under this Act or any prior Act for initiatives or 
programs of the Office of Global Communications must be 
approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations.
      Africa Policy Advisory Panel.--The conference agreement 
includes language authorizing the Secretary to create an Africa 
Policy Advisory Panel, and provides up to $500,000 to fund 
related costs. The conferees expect that this panel will be 
appointed by the Secretary and will deliver its final report to 
the Secretary no later than one year from the enactment of this 
Act. The conferees believe that the U.S. Government too 
frequently fails to devote sufficient attention and resources 
to African affairs. African nations today face enormous 
obstacles to development and political stability. The United 
States has a vital national interest in helping African nations 
to develop workable solutions to provide people with freedom, 
economic opportunity, and functioning governments.
      The conferees expect that the establishment of this panel 
will generate greater interest in the importance of Sub-Saharan 
Africa. In calling for this panel, the conferees recognize the 
complex issues facing Africa and the limited budgetary 
resources available to help policymakers address these 
problems.
      The conferees acknowledge the Department's increased 
efforts in these areas, including the strengthening of the 
trading relationships spawned by the African Growth and Trade 
Act, substantially increasing two-way trade with Africa, 
launching a Sovereign Credit Rating Initiative, increased HIV/
AIDS funding, programs to enhance African peacekeeping 
capabilities, support for UN and regional peacekeeping efforts, 
and assistance in ending conflicts continent-wide, including in 
the Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
      Assertive engagement between Africa and the United States 
is vital to U.S. interest and necessary. Africa is a key player 
in our global war against international terrorism. Africa is 
also a key supplier of crucial resources, including oil. The 
most serious challenge facing Africa today is the AIDS 
pandemic: its social, economic, and political impact will be 
devastating for millions of Africans for years to come. In the 
past decade alone an estimated 17 million Africans died of 
AIDS. Of the 40 million people infected with HIV worldwide, an 
estimated 28 million are in sub-Saharan Africa. Civil war 
continues to plague the continent. The conflict in Sudan 
continues unabated with two million killed and four million 
displaced.
      It is critically important to strengthen our relations 
with Africa and formulate a coherent, effective Africa policy. 
An Africa Policy Advisory Panel could help meet these 
objectives and explore related issues, including how the United 
States can most effectively assist in the fight against AIDS/
HIV and other infectious deadly diseases in Africa; what role 
the United States should play in conflict prevention and 
resolution in Africa; how the United States can use its 
economic and development assistance more effectively; how the 
United States should approach recurring natural and man-made 
humanitarian crisis; what specific measures the United States 
can take to promote democracy, human rights, religious 
tolerance, and a free press in Africa; how the United States 
can help strengthen Africa's institutional capacity to fight 
international terrorism effectively, and U.S.-Africa security 
relations; what specific measures the United States can take to 
increase trade and investment between Africa and the United 
States.
      The conferees expect that this panel will take a fresh 
look at U.S. policy in the region, focus more attention to the 
importance of U.S.-African affairs, and make recommendations to 
the Secretary for specific action.
      Trafficking in Persons.--The conferees continue to be 
concerned about the serious problem of international 
trafficking in persons. The conferees note the important role 
given to the Department to monitor and combat trafficking in 
persons in the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386), and the establishment of the 
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP 
Office) within the Department. The conference agreement 
includes the costs to continue the operations of this office.
      The conferees believe that there must be increased 
coordination among executive branch agencies and even within 
the Department of State with respect to the implementation of 
the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
386). While the Committee recognizes that efforts have been 
made by the Interagency Task Force to establish a lower level 
group of the Senior Policy Advisers' Group, chaired by the 
Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, the Department 
needs to better coordinate day-to-day activities to implement 
the Act. Current efforts by the Office to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking to fulfill a similar function are impeded by the 
inability to obtain full participation and cooperation from 
other agencies and offices involved in addressing this critical 
area. In particular, the Committee is concerned that at times 
there is unnecessary duplication among the agencies that 
implement the program and inconsistent or uncoordinated 
approaches to combating the heinous abuses inherent in 
trafficking in persons.
      In order to improve accountability for government-wide 
anti-trafficking policies, the conference agreement includes 
language establishing a Senior Policy Operating Group, chaired 
by the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking, who will have enhanced responsibility to help 
coordinate these programs. It will also provide the Committees 
and others in Congress a central point to obtain information 
and affect anti-trafficking programs administered by the U.S. 
Government. The conferees also expect that such a group will 
ensure that scarce resources are wisely used. The conferees 
believe that U.S. Government anti-trafficking programs should 
deliver coordinated, effective assistance to address all three 
areas of prevention, protection and prosecution, and such 
programs should focus on both sex trafficking and trafficking 
involving labor slavery, just as the Act addresses all such 
trafficking abuses.
      The conferees do not intend to transfer ultimate agency 
decision-making power to the Operating Group. Its establishment 
is intended, however, to ensure active interagency discussion 
and full interagency coordination before and after agency 
decisions are made regarding significant actions to combat 
trafficking and to implement the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000. Where grants are awarded by an agency's field 
offices abroad, the Operating Group will have to work out a 
mechanism to ensure that the making of such grants is not 
impeded while ensuring coordination between the agencies 
involved and the Operating Group.
      Within the amount provided under this heading, the 
conferees expect the Department to provide sufficient staff 
positions from within Global Affairs to the TIP Office to 
assist in the production of the Department's annual report on 
trafficking in persons. In addition, the recommendation 
includes an increase of $500,000 for grants to the 
participating organizations in the War Against Trafficking 
Alliance for activities and services related to preparation, 
execution and follow-up for an international conference on sex 
trafficking to be held in Washington, DC. This conference will 
bring additional international attention to the issues related 
to sex trafficking, and will be an opportunity to network, 
share best practices, and develop international plans of action 
on prevention, prosecution and protection.
      Facilities.--The conference agreement includes 
$30,448,000 for facilities-related initiatives. This includes 
$14,000,000 for the relocation and housing of the staff of the 
United States Mission to the United Nations in temporary space 
in anticipation of the construction of a new headquarters 
building. The funding level also includes an increase of 
$16,448,000, and a total funding level of $31,305,000, to 
continue the renovation and expansion of the Charleston 
Financial Services Complex and to cover consolidation costs for 
functions moving from Washington and the Financial Services 
Center in Bangkok.
      Availability of Reports.--The conferees recommend that 
each U.S. Embassy translate into the official language of the 
host country the report for the host country from the ``Country 
Reports on Human Rights Practices'', the ``Annual Report on 
International Religious Freedom'', and the ``Trafficking in 
Persons Report'' within 30 days of issuance, and post those 
documents on the embassy website along with the English 
version.
      NATO Interparliamentary Assembly.--The conference 
agreement includes such funds as necessary for costs associated 
with fulfilling UnitedStates responsibilities with regard to 
hosting the NATO Interparliamentary Assembly in 2003.
      Interagency Task Force.--The conference agreement 
includes such funds as necessary for costs associated with the 
establishment of a U.S. Government interagency task force to 
monitor the United Nations headquarters renovation project.
      Worldwide Security Upgrades.--The conference agreement 
includes $553,000,000, the full amount requested under 
Diplomatic and Consular Programs, for the costs of worldwide 
security upgrades. This funding includes $418,501,000 to 
provide full year costs of maintaining base security activities 
at current levels. These activities include guard services, 
physical security equipment, armored vehicles, personnel, 
training and wireless communications.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes 
$74,000,000 to continue the perimeter/compound security 
initiative. Through fiscal year 2002, upgrades had been 
completed at 115 posts. With this funding and additional 
funding under the Embassy Security, Construction and 
Maintenance account, upgrades will be completed at an 
additional 71 posts. The remaining 57 posts are scheduled for 
completion in fiscal year 2004.
      The conference agreement also includes $21,000,000 for 
domestic technical and physical security upgrades, $17,302,000 
to improve response to terrorist incidents and potential usage 
of chemical and biological weapons, and $22,197,000 to support 
additional positions in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, 
including security engineers, security technicians, and civil 
service support staff. This increase is on top of 389 new 
positions provided in fiscal year 2002, which included 277 
special agents, 13 security engineers, 18 security technicians 
and 81 civil service support staff. This staffing increase will 
ensure that sufficient resources are allocated to address 
continuing high threat levels overseas, to improve the 
management of overseas security improvement programs, and also 
to maintain domestic protective and other responsibilities. The 
Department shall submit a detailed spending plan by March 1, 
2002, for the entire amount provided for worldwide security 
upgrades, subject to the regular reprogramming requirements. 
This spending plan shall include a complete and thorough 
accounting of prior year security funds.
      Right-Sizing the U.S. Government Presence Overseas.--The 
conferees expect the Department to continue efforts to develop 
interagency mechanisms to better coordinate, rationalize and 
manage the overall deployment of U.S. Government personnel 
overseas. The conferees continue to expect that right-sizing 
can result in significant overall budget savings. Right-sizing 
is also discussed under the Embassy Security, Construction and 
Maintenance account.
      Border Security Program.--The Department's budget request 
includes funding of $642,731,000 for the Department's Border 
Security program, to be entirely funded through collection of 
Machine Readable Visa fees. Since the submission of that budget 
request there has been a decline in fee revenue resulting from 
a reduction in the number of visa applications received. In 
addition, changes in programmatic emphasis have resulted from 
new laws as well as Departmental reviews of consular processes, 
procedures and policies.
      These factors have led the Department to propose a new 
fiscal year 2003 budget for the Border Security Program 
totaling $616,821,000, a reduction of $25,910,000 from the 
original requested level. This adjusted level of operations 
includes a program increase of 52 new consular positions, 
reflecting projected workload increases in relation to visa 
applications, passport adjudications, citizen services and 
associated management. The new budget estimate includes 
$70,100,000, an increase of $15,000,000 over the original 
estimate, in the modernization and support area. This increase 
will fund software development to implement collection of a 
biometric in the visa and to support an expanded data share 
requirement with other agencies.
      The conferees urge the Department to continue to work on 
an interagency basis to strengthen the visa process to make it 
an effective anti-terrorism tool, while avoiding the creation 
of unnecessary barriers or delays to legitimate travel to the 
United States. In this regard, the conferees expect the 
Department to submit a report by March 31, 2003, detailing all 
the changes to the visa application review process since 
September 11, 2001, and establishing a program spending plan 
and timetable for any further improvements or enhancements.
      Based on information from the Department, the conferees 
estimate there will be $89,727,000 in carryover funds from 
fiscal year 2002 available to support the fiscal year 2003 
program. The conferees continue to support Bureau of Consular 
Affairs efforts to implement the diversity visa program.
      Saudi Arabia.--The conferees are gravely disappointed by 
reports that American citizens seeking refuge and assistance 
have been turned away at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi 
Arabia. The conferees expect the Department and the Embassy to 
follow the stated Department goal to support U.S. citizens 
abroad and those concerned about them in the United States, and 
to take every step possible within current law to ensure that 
any American citizens seeking refuge in similar cases are not 
treated in a similar fashion.
      Minority Recruitment and Hiring.--The Department is 
directed to provide $1,500,000 to continue its educational 
partnership begun in fiscal year 2001 with Hostos Community 
College and Columbia University in New York. This model program 
will support the Department's ongoing efforts to increase 
minority hiring and diversity by facilitating the preparation 
of non-traditional and minority students for careers in the 
Foreign Service and the State Department. The conferees also 
expect the Department to continue base funding for an ongoing 
partnership with Howard University. With regard to this 
partnership, the funding is provided to support the 
Department's efforts to enhance the diversity of the U.S. 
diplomatic corps by increasing the number of underrepresented 
minorities in foreign relations and international affairs 
careers. These resources are to continue and expand the 
successful collaborative partnership between the Department and 
Howard University to recruit and prepare students from various 
institutions with large minority populations for positions in 
the U.S. Foreign Service.
      Overseas Schools.--The conferees commend the Consolidated 
Overseas Schools Assistance Program for its effective work in 
improving the quality of education for children of U.S. 
citizens living overseas. The program fulfills a dual purpose 
of providing a high quality, American-style education for 
children of U.S. citizens assigned overseas and introducing the 
best in American educational practices to children of and 
educators of other nations. In addition, the conferees commend 
the Overseas Schools Advisory Council, which helps bring 
educational excellence to American-sponsored overseas schools 
through the enhancement projects of the Council's annual 
Educational Assistance Program. Further, the Council 
successfully encourages financial support to these schools from 
U.S. corporations and foundations, as well as volunteer 
participation in activities of the schools by U.S. firms' 
overseas employees and their spouses.
      Office of Defense Trade Controls (ODTC).--The conferees 
note the efforts of the ODTC to streamline licensing processes 
and to reduce response times without compromising national 
security. However, despite improvements, the conferees remain 
concerned that compliance with existing regulations is 
increasingly problematic for small businesses, and has 
contributed to a drop-off in foreign sales for the U.S. 
satellite industry. The conferees are aware of additional 
concerns that some small businesses active in the manufacture 
and export of defense articles are unaware of the existence of 
the ODTC and export regulations. To deal with these concerns, 
the conferees expect the ODTC, within the level of funding 
provided under this account, to provide a point of contact and 
start-up guidance to small businesses and other new 
registrants, and to ensure they receive appropriate 
consideration. In addition, ODTC should develop training tools 
accessible to such small businesses, and other outreach 
efforts, as appropriate.
      Extradition.--The conferees expect the Department to work 
with the Department of Justice to bolster efforts to negotiate 
effective extradition treaties.
      Security of Classified Material.--Consistent with the 
report submitted to the Committees on Appropriations in 2002 
regarding the number of containers used for storage of 
classified material that are not in compliance with Federal 
specifications, the recommendation includes such sums as 
necessary to continue efforts to replace such locks.
      Art in Embassies.--The conferees support efforts to 
conduct collaborative art projects for display on-site at U.S. 
Embassies. Such projects can create a low-cost medium for 
dialogue and interaction, and can increase understanding of 
common interests and the free exchange of ideas. Within 
available funds, up to $1,000,000 may be used for this 
initiative.
      New Post Openings.--The conferees are concerned that the 
Department is taking actions to establish new overseas posts 
before any request is transmitted to the appropriate 
Congressional committees, thereby undermining the purposes of 
Congressional review and Committee reprogramming requirements. 
The conferees remind the Department that the establishment of a 
new Department Office or post overseas is subject to section 
605 reprogramming procedures. The conferees expect that any 
such proposals will, whenever possible, be included in the 
Department's annual budget submission, and will include a full 
accounting of the anticipated costs of such proposals. The 
Conferees remind the Department that decisions by the 
Committees on Appropriations to open new posts are based on 
overall U.S. foreignpolicy objectives, right-sizing 
considerations, and on the resource limitations of the Department. Such 
decisions are made irrespective of any unofficial or unauthorized 
presence the post might have established prior to the Department's 
submission of a formal request to the Committees on Appropriations.
      Security Training and Enhancements.--Explosive growth in 
numbers of personnel in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security [DS] 
has created an imbalance between seasoned and unseasoned agents 
that can only be solved with time. The total number of DS 
agents now stands at 1,150, with just under half of these 
agents having been hired in fiscal years 2001 and 2002. The 
Committee therefore directs that DS utilize a portion of the 
funding provided under Frontline Security Readiness for the 
training of new agents.
      Additionally, the conferees remain concerned about the 
Department's decisions relating to the placement of DS agents. 
This is a time of heightened threat to our overseas posts, as 
demonstrated by recent attacks against U.S. diplomatic and 
military installations around the world. Given this security 
environment, the conferees are concerned that too few agents 
are stationed overseas compared with the number on assignment 
in the United States. The conferees direct the Secretary of 
State to submit a staffing plan for the Bureau of Diplomatic 
Security to the Committees on Appropriations by June 1, 2003.
      At this time of heightened threat to American posts 
abroad, the benefits of the security enhancement funds the 
Committees have provided to the Department since the Dar and 
Nairobi bombings in 1998 are being realized. The most recent 
indicator of improved physical security at U.S. posts overseas 
came on June 14, 2002, when a suicide bomber detonated a 500-
pound fertilizer bomb outside the U.S. Consulate General in 
Karachi. The physical damage to the building was minimized due 
to recent security upgrades to the embassy compound. The 
Consulate's perimeter wall had recently been reinforced, and 
barriers installed between the wall and the street prevented 
the vehicle from reaching the building. Shatter resistant 
window film also significantly mitigated damage from the blast. 
An earlier reconfiguration of interior office space, undertaken 
to provide additional blast separation, also proved helpful. 
Continual security upgrades to existing properties are as 
important as the Department's Capital Security Construction 
program. Accordingly, the conference report includes full 
funding for worldwide security upgrades.
      Host country relations.--The conference agreement 
includes up to $2,000,000 out of available funds to continue 
the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. U.S. 
Ambassadors serving in less developed countries may submit 
competitive proposals for awards for one-time or recurring 
projects. Awards will be based on the importance of the site, 
the country's need, and the potential of the award to make a 
meaningful contribution to the preservation of the site, 
object, or form of expression. The Department is directed to 
submit an annual report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
winning projects.
      International Center for Muslim-Western Dialogue.--The 
conference agreement for the Embassy Security Construction and 
Maintenance account includes funding for the restoration of the 
original U.S. consular facility in Istanbul, Turkey. The 
conferees direct that the facility be used as an International 
Center for Muslim-Western Dialogue, the mission of which shall 
be to promote democracy. The conferees direct the Secretary to 
collaborate with existing non-profit organizations that focus 
on Western-Muslim relations such as the Asia Foundation, the 
National Endowment for Democracy, and other U.S.-based centers 
for Islamic studies in developing a plan for the creation and 
administration of the Center. The conferees encourage the non-
profit organizations involved in the planning of the Center to 
play a continuing role both in the administration of the Center 
and in the execution of its programs. The Department is 
directed to submit this plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations no later than September 1, 2003.
      Language training.--Several reports have identified a 
serious shortage within the Federal Government of personnel who 
possess the language skills required for their positions. This 
challenge appears particularly acute at the Department of State 
where language skills are directly linked to the execution of 
the Core Missions. Reliable aggregate data on the language 
capabilities of Foreign Service Officers [FSOs] is, however, 
not generally available or, when available, is seriously 
flawed. The Department has indicated that the primary factor 
contributing to its inability to meet its language staffing and 
proficiency goals is an overall staffing shortfall of more than 
1,100 people, as identified in the Department's Diplomatic 
Hiring Report. This report led the Department to propose the 
Diplomatic Readiness Initiative, a program under which a 
projected 1,158 new Foreign Service Officers will be hired over 
a 3-year period. However, the Diplomatic Readiness Initiative 
does little to address the specific problem of language 
proficiency at the Department. Funds available for salaries 
should be leveraged to provide pay incentives to FSOs who 
gainexpertise in hard-to-learn languages, to provide an attractive 
career path for linguists, to enhance the retention of FSOs with 
desired language skills, and to provide ample training opportunities to 
FSOs willing to learn a difficult language mid-career. Funds provided 
for workforce retention should also be utilized to recruit native 
speakers of difficult and hard to fill languages, drawing upon the vast 
human resources afforded by a demographically diverse United States. 
Language proficiency must be a criterion in the selection of FSOs. If 
our diplomats truly are our ``first line of defense'' against foreign 
threats, then their ability to converse fluently in the languages of 
the countries to which they are posted is critical to national 
security. The conferees direct the Department to develop a plan to 
address the problem of foreign language proficiency, particularly as it 
concerns difficult languages, and to submit the plan to the Committees 
on Appropriations no later than July 1, 2003. The conferees further 
direct the Department to collaborate with the Committees during the 
preparation of the fiscal year 2004 appropriations bill so that 
immediate funding requirements associated with improving foreign 
language proficiency can be met as soon as possible.
      Continuing language education.--Language skills ensure 
that dependents of Department of State personnel are not 
overwhelmed by isolation and alienation, resulting in lowered 
post morale. The conference agreement includes up to 
$10,000,000 for continuing language education programs for both 
employees and dependents at posts worldwide. Language classes 
should also be open to non-State Department (Federal) employees 
on a space-available, reimbursable basis.
      Office of Foreign Missions.--The conferees are aware of 
concerns that the Office of Foreign Missions [OFM] may be more 
appropriately aligned organizationally with other management 
functions, rather than with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. 
The conferees expect the Department to submit a report to the 
Committees by June 1, 2003, reassessing organizational issues 
with regard to OFM, and including any recommendations for 
changes.
      International conservation of sea turtles.--The conferees 
remain concerned with the increasing threat to sea turtles, 
particularly those listed under the Convention on International 
Trade on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora [CITES], 
from incidental capture by foreign fishing fleets, particularly 
in the longline fishery. The Department has ignored Committee 
direction for the past 2 years. Specifically, the Department 
ignored direction stating that the Secretary should, on an 
expedited basis, negotiate strong, enforceable management, 
reporting, and data collection measures (including economic 
measures) focused on reducing incidental capture of sea turtles 
in commercial fisheries under regional management agreements 
for living marine resources. These agreements include the 
Inter-American Sea Turtle Conservation Treaty, the Inter-
American Tropical Tuna Convention, the International Convention 
for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, and the Convention on 
the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks 
in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (the Multilateral High 
Level Conference). The conferees are concerned that no 
international agreements specifically addressing turtle by-
catch from longline fishing have been negotiated, and the 
Department has negotiated only voluntary initiatives rather 
than binding agreements to this end.
      The conferees expect the Secretary, in cooperation with 
the Secretary of Commerce, to use all appropriate means 
available to broaden the participation of other nations in the 
Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly 
Migratory Species in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Of 
the funding provided for the Bureau of Oceans and International 
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, not less than $750,000 
shall be for negotiating, in consultation with the Department 
of Commerce, a binding agreement providing for annual 
reductions in sea turtle mortality in the longline fisheries of 
the Western and Central Pacific, that shall, by 2008, result in 
at least a 30 percent reduction in takes, and thereafter result 
in such fisheries meeting sea turtle take levels comparable to 
those achieved by the U.S. longline fleet.
      Conservation enhancements.--The conferees are concerned 
that non-U.S. parties to the International Dolphin Conservation 
Program (IDCP), of which the United States is a member, are not 
fully complying with the requirements of the IDCP, particularly 
with respect to accurate reporting of dolphin interactions and 
mortality. The conferees expect the Department, in conjunction 
with the Department of Commerce, and in consultation with key 
U.S. stakeholders, to evaluate and document any lack of 
compliance by the non-U.S. parties to the IDCP with its 
provisions, including through on-site visits and discussions 
with government officials, observers and others with first-hand 
knowledge of country practices, and to submit a written report 
describing the findings to the Committees no later than 
September 30, 2003. The report should include an evaluation of 
compliance with the on-board observer program, including a 
comparison of the reporting frequency of national observers as 
compared to IATTC observers; reporting of dolphininteractions 
and mortality; operational requirements for vessels; the extent to 
which vessels with a carrying capacity of 400 short tons or less are 
setting on dolphins, and actions by parties to report and follow-up on 
infractions identified by the international review panel. The conferees 
also expect the Department, in conjunction with the Department of 
Commerce, to seek measures to strengthen the IDCP to reduce impacts 
from setting on dolphin populations in the ETP other than reported 
mortalities, including expanding the application of the IATTC observer 
program to include vessels with a carrying capacity of 400 short tons 
or less, requiring measures that will reduce cow-calf separation, 
limiting the number of sets on dolphins, and limiting the dolphin herd 
sizes on which sets are made. Of the funding provided for the Bureau of 
Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, not less 
than $750,000 is for these negotiations.
      International trade.--In past years the Department has 
attempted to pursue enhancements for international trade 
activities that fall more appropriately under the jurisdiction 
of the Commerce Department's International Trade 
Administration, and in particular under the jurisdiction of the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service. The conference 
agreement does not include funding for any new initiatives with 
regard to expansion of international trade activities. In 
addition, the conferees expect that the Department will not 
unnecessarily impede any legal and appropriate technical 
discussions between the United States Department of Agriculture 
and Cuba's Agriculture ministry regarding health standard 
certifications for agricultural products exported from the 
United States to Cuba.
      Secure Card Technology.--The conferees are aware that the 
U.S. Embassy in Mexico City began issuing secure laser visa 
border crossing cards to Mexican visitors in May, 2002. The 
conferees direct the Department, in consultation with the 
Immigration and Naturalization service, to report no later than 
May 5, 2003 on the success of this secure visa issuance program 
in Mexico City. The report should provide recommendations to 
the Committees regarding the expansion of this visa issuance 
process to all visa types and the potential for application of 
the secure card technology at U.S. foreign missions.
      Fingerprint services.--The conferees expect U.S. 
embassies and consulates with fingerprinting capabilities to 
fingerprint aliens seeking first-time flight training in 
aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more and transmit those 
fingerprints to the Department of Justice and other relevant 
agencies for the purposes of checking fingerprints against 
appropriate terrorist watch-lists.
      International Child Abductions.--The conferees remain 
concerned about the adequacy of the Department's efforts to 
counter the serious problem of international child abductions. 
Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Department is 
directed to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
which includes the following information: the country, 
location, and number of all known U.S. citizens under the age 
of 18 who have been abducted by a parent or relative as the 
result of a custody dispute and who are being held abroad in 
contravention of U.S. laws or judicial orders; a summary of 
actions taken by the Department of State to secure the 
repatriation of abducted American children; and a list of 
diplomatic measures, including treaties and agreements, that 
can be used to facilitate the repatriation of abducted American 
children. The conferees expect the Department to complete and 
release the State Department's report on compliance with the 
Hague Convention on the International Aspects of Child 
Abduction. The Hague Convention, which the United States and 
many of our Allies have signed, is in place to facilitate the 
return of internationally abducted children to their countries 
of ``habitual residence'' for custody determination. The 
conferees recognize the importance of compliance with the Hague 
Convention and request this report be sent to the Committee on 
Appropriations no later than March 31, 2003. The conference 
agreement includes such funds as necessary to be used for an 
international conference on best practices in adoption. The 
conference would promote cooperation among the U.S. and other 
countries in support of the Hague Convention.
      Globalization.--Within available funding, up to 
$1,000,000 may be available, if merited, to support the 
Globalization Research Network [GRN] research consortium. The 
consortium conducts interdisciplinary, international studies of 
pressing problems faced by humanity. Any funding allocated to 
this activity shall be proposed through the regular 
reprogramming process.
      Financial Operations.--Over the past several years the 
Department of State has made significant improvements in its 
financial operations. For the past six years, the Department 
has had clean audited financial statements. Additionally, the 
Department has been streamlining and centralizing its overseas 
and domestic financial operations in Charleston, South 
Carolina. The conferees are aware that the Office of Management 
and Budget has undertaken an effort to consolidate payroll 
operations among the Federal agencies. From Charleston, the 
Departmentcurrently pays over 25,000 Americans both 
domestically and overseas and over 35,000 local national employees in 
180 different countries, bi-weekly, in local currencies. Before the 
Department expends any resources to join a consolidated payroll effort, 
the Committees on Appropriations are to be notified through the 
reprogramming process of any such plans and how this will affect 
staffing, and represent a cost savings to the taxpayer.
      Changes from the Budget Request.-- As in previous years, 
the conferees expect that there will be additional savings 
available to the Department, including exchange rate gains and 
vacancies in funded positions. The Department will have the 
ability to propose that savings be used for needs not funded by 
the recommendation through the normal reprogramming process.

                        CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

      The conference agreement includes $183,311,000 for the 
Capital Investment Fund. In addition, the conferees expect that 
$86,000,000 in expedited passport fees will be used to support 
the information technology modernization effort, for a total 
fiscal year 2003 spending availability of $269,311,000.
      The entire amount available under this heading, including 
fees, will support investments in new information technologies 
and infrastructure to improve the efficiency of Department 
operations. Costs associated with ongoing information 
technology operations and maintenance are included under the 
Diplomatic and Consular Programs account, as in fiscal year 
2002.
      The conference agreement provides the full requested 
amounts for two major technology initiatives:
            $94,235,000 for the Classified Connectivity Project 
        (CCP). This amount will enable the Department to 
        replace obsolete computer and communications equipment 
        that posts use for classified operations. The Committee 
        views this project as the Department's highest priority 
        technology investment activity, and expects the 
        Department to achieve installation of CCP connectivity 
        in all eligible posts by October 1, 2003. The Committee 
        is willing to consider a reprogramming of funding under 
        this account if additional resources are required to 
        achieve this timetable.
            $36,500,000 for the OpenNet Plus project. This 
        amount will enable the Department to complete the 
        expansion of desktop Internet access to all Department 
        employees worldwide during fiscal year 2003. The 
        Committee expects that, by April 30, 2003, 100 percent 
        of bureaus and eligible posts overseas will have 
        OpenNet Plus installed and operating, and 100 percent 
        of Internet users Department-wide will have only one 
        computer with Internet and Intranet access at their 
        desktops.
      The conference agreement includes a total of $17,000,000 
for the Integrated Messaging and Foreign Affairs Systems 
Integration (FASI) initiatives, and $7,345,000 for public key 
infrastructure requirements. The Department shall report to the 
Committee no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act 
on results of the FASI pilots in fiscal year 2002, and a 
program and financial plan for fiscal year 2003 to establish 
secure interagency communications using a public key 
infrastructure.
      The Committee directs that the Chief Information Officer 
of the Department develop an annex to the existing IT Strategic 
Plan which outlines in detail the Department's 5-year strategy 
for maintaining and upgrading its existing IT infrastructure. 
This strategy will help ensure that the significant investments 
made in the last 2 years are not lost, and that the 
Department's current IT infrastructure is leveraged both to 
capitalize on these prior investments and to meet the needs of 
the Department. The Department is directed to submit this annex 
to the Committees on Appropriations no later than September 1, 
2003.
      The conferees direct the Department to submit, by April 
30, 2003, an updated performance report for the Classified 
Connectivity and OpenNet Plus projects. This report should 
include a corresponding implementation timetable, a multi-year 
funding requirement table, and specific efficiencies and 
savings resulting from each project.
      The conferees direct the Bureau of Human Resources, in 
consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department, to report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
how the Department plans to meet its short and long-term human 
capital needs in the area of information technology. The report 
should address such issues as pay incentives, specialized 
recruitment strategies, and preventing attrition to the private 
sector.
      The conferees support the trend at the Department towards 
the central management of information. The conferees are aware 
that, at a time of increased threat to our overseas posts, the 
ability to store and manage information, particularly 
classified information, domestically can greatly enhance the 
security of that information. One technology that appears 
particularly promising is the high-assurance virtual wide area 
network [WAN]. This technology would allow the Department to 
minimize the information stored at post and permit computer 
terminals to be ``sanitized'' of sensitive information when not 
in use. Within the funds made available under this account for 
Centrally Managed Infrastructure, the Department shall 
institute a pilot project to develop a high-assurance virtual 
WAN architecture and prototype in support of Department of 
State activities. Up to $8,000,000 may be made available for 
this purpose, subject to reprogramming. The conferees expect 
the Bureau of Information Resource Management to collaborate 
closely with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) and with 
other relevant agencies on this pilot project. This will ensure 
that any technologies employed by the Department to centrally 
manage its information meet all of the security requirements 
set forth by DS and by other relevant agencies. The conferees 
direct the Department to present a preliminary plan for this 
project within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      The conference agreement includes $29,264,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General (OIG). The Inspector General 
conducts oversight at the State Department and the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors. The conference agreement includes funding 
for OIG oversight of the Department's efforts to implement 
worldwide security upgrades.
      The conference agreement includes language, as in 
previous years, waiving the statutory requirement that every 
post be inspected every five years, in order to provide greater 
flexibility to the Inspector General to use resources in the 
most productive areas. The Department shall report to the 
Committees by July 4, 2003 on the OIG's post inspection regime, 
and the need for the continuation of waiver language in future 
fiscal years. The conferees believe that the OIG can achieve 
the statutory post inspection requirements within existing 
resource levels by re-engineering inspection processes and 
reprioritizing tasks.

               EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement includes a total of $245,306,000 
for the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs of the 
Department of State. In addition to the amount provided under 
this heading, the Department expects to receive transfers from 
accounts in other appropriations acts for exchange programs, 
primarily with nations of east and central Europe, and of the 
former Soviet Union. The following chart displays the 
conference agreement on the distribution of funds by program or 
activity under this account, including an estimated $5,754,000 
in prior year recoveries:

                                                   Amount (in thousands)
Academic Programs:
    Fulbright Students, Scholars, Teachers..............         123,000
    Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowships......................           6,000
    Foreign Study Grants for U.S. Undergraduates........           1,575
    Educational Advising and Student Services...........           3,600
    English Language Programs...........................           4,335
    American Overseas Research Centers..................           2,500
    South Pacific Exchanges.............................             500
    Tibet Exchanges.....................................             500
    East Timor Exchanges................................             500
    Disability Exchange Clearinghouse...................             500
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      Subtotal, Academic Programs.......................         143,010

Professional and Cultural Programs:
    International Visitor Program.......................          50,365
    Citizen Exchange Program............................          17,000
    Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange...................           3,000
    Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program...................           2,200
    Youth Science Leadership Institute of the Americas..             100
    Special Olympics....................................             150
    Africa Workforce Development Exchanges..............             300
    National Forensics League...........................             250
    George Mitchell Scholarship Program.................             500
    PSC US-Pakistan Educator Development................             250
    Institute for Representative Government.............             500
    Irish Institute.....................................             275
    Rule of Law Forum--SMU..............................             800
    Winter Cities Conference............................             100
    Girls International Forum...........................             200
    Atlantic Corridor...................................             275
    Interparliamentary Exchanges with Asia/Africa.......             400
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      Subtotal, Professional and Cultural Exchanges:....          76,665
    North/South Center..................................             500
    Exchanges Support...................................          30,885
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    Prior Year Balances Applied:........................         (5,754)
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total Exchange Programs:..........................         245,306

      Deviations from this distribution of funds will be 
subject to the normal reprogramming procedures under section 
605 of this Act.
      The Committee recognizes that international education and 
exchange programs are critical components of U.S. national 
security and foreign policy. In light of the tragic events of 
September 11, 2001 this type of engagement with the world is 
more important than ever. International educational and 
exchange programs enable the United States to augment the 
foreign language and foreign area expertise of each successive 
generation of rising leaders, prepare U.S. students to function 
effectively in a global environment through study abroad, and 
promote international understanding through professional, 
scholarly, and citizen exchanges.
      The Conference agreement includes funding for citizen 
exchange programs (including continued base funding for the 
American Council of Young Political Leaders exchanges and the 
Congress-Bundestag Program). With respect to the Congress-
Bundestag Program, the conferees intend that the amount 
provided will support 380 exchanges in fiscal year 2003, the 
same level as in fiscal year 2002. The conference agreement 
also includes funding for African workforce development 
exchanges (including funding for the AFTECH virtual university 
initiative) and funding for the Disability Exchange 
Clearinghouse. The conferees continue to support the goal of 
increasing the number and quality of exchange opportunities for 
people with disabilities. The conferees expect the Department 
to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations within 
90 days of enactment of this Act detailing current efforts to 
make exchange opportunities available for people with 
disabilities and a plan to increase such opportunities in the 
future.
      The conference agreement includes funding for enhanced 
programs to engage Arab and Muslim audiences through 
educational and cultural exchanges. The conferees expect this 
funding to continue and expand the programs funded from fiscal 
year 2002 supplemental appropriations, including Fulbright 
Exchanges (including American Studies), English Language 
Programs (including English Language Fellows), US/Afghan 
Women's Council exchanges, Values/Religious Tolerance programs, 
Media Training Exchanges, and American Studies programs. The 
conferees expect the Department to allocate at least 15 percent 
of the fiscal year 2003 appropriations provided under this 
heading to the Near East region, and at least 10 percent of 
such funds to the South Asia region. Should additional 
recoveries become available under this heading, the conferees 
expect the Department to allocate such funds to programs to 
engage Arab and Muslim audiences on a priority basis.
      Of the funds provided for the Council of American 
Overseas Research Centers, the conferees expect that necessary 
funds will be for a grant for research to develop a diamond 
fingerprinting technology that will facilitate the monitoring 
of the international trade in conflict diamonds.
      The conferees expect the Department to submit a proposal 
for the programmatic and geographic distribution of available 
resources (including all unobligated balances and recoveries) 
through the normal reprogramming process within 60 days from 
the date of enactment of this Act. Within available funds under 
this account, the conferees encourage the Department to 
consider supporting the Israel/Arab Peace Partners, and African 
Career Internship Immersion Programs.
      The conferees expect that the overall funding 
distribution will conform to the geographical guidance above. 
The conferees further expect that this distribution of 
available resources will separately identify any amounts 
allocated to subsidize the administrative expenses of programs 
that are not funded by amounts appropriated under this heading.
      The conferees support the continuation of regional 
scholars and graduate exchange fellowship programs with the 
former Soviet Union, such as the Muskie Ph.D. program, and 
expect that these activities will be funded from within amounts 
transferred from other appropriations. In the event that these 
programs are not adequately funded from other appropriations, 
the conferees would entertain a proposal to fund such programs 
from this appropriation through the regular reprogramming 
process.
      The conference agreement includes a limitation of not to 
exceed $2,000,000 on the use of fees or other payments received 
from or in connection with English teaching, educational 
advising and counseling, and exchange visitor programs as 
authorized by law.
      The conferees are aware of the economic and cultural 
exchange program, as well as the proposed ``sister state'' 
relationship being developed between the Tver Region of the 
Russian Federation and the State of Louisiana. The conferees 
support these efforts and encourage the Department to consider 
providing assistance to the Louisiana-Tver Region of Russia 
international exchange program.

                       REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

      The conference agreement includes $6,485,000 for 
representation allowances. These funds are used to reimburse 
Foreign Service Officers for expenditures incurred in their 
official capacities abroad in establishing and maintaining 
relations with officials of foreign governments and appropriate 
members of local communities.

              PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

      The conference agreement includes $11,000,000 for the 
Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials account. The 
increase under this heading reflects the addition of protection 
requirements after September 11th, including additional fixed 
guard posts and increased motorcade, demonstration and 
protective detail costs.
      This account reimburses local governments and communities 
for the extraordinary costs incurred in providing protection 
for international organizations, foreign missions and 
officials, and foreign dignitaries under certain circumstances. 
The Committee believes that local jurisdictions incurring such 
costs must submit a certified billing for such costs in 
accordance with program regulations. The Committee also 
believes that in those instances where a local jurisdiction 
will realize a financial benefit from a visit by a foreign 
dignitary through increased tax revenues, such circumstances 
should be taken into account by the Department in assessing the 
need for reimbursement under this program. The conferees expect 
the Department to treat such submissions diligently and provide 
reimbursement to local jurisdictions on a timely basis if 
claims are fully justified.
      Of the total amount recommended, $2,300,000 is available 
for protection of foreign diplomats and their families 
throughout the United States. The Foreign Missions Act of 1982 
authorizes the provision of such services when necessary either 
at the request of a foreign mission or on the initiative of the 
Secretary of State. In these situations, where State and local 
authorities cannot provide the security required, the Act 
permits the Department of State to employ the services of 
private security firms.
      Of the total amount recommended, $8,700,000 is allocated 
to reimburse New York City for the protection of foreign 
missions and officials accredited to the United Nations and 
other international organizations. These funds provide for the 
costs of guard posts and security escort and motorcade services 
to foreign missions and personnel assigned to the United 
Nations.
      The conference agreement includes language making these 
funds available until September 30, 2004.

            EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

      The conference agreement includes a total appropriation 
of $1,263,500,000 for Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance. The conference agreement designates $755,000,000 
as available only for priority worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction, the full amount requested for 
such activities. The conference agreement includes $508,500,000 
for non-security related costs. The conference agreement 
includes full requested wage and price increases for the 
Department's Office of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) 
totaling $12,936,000, which will support 787 positions in 
fiscal year 2003.
      This account provides funding to manage U.S. Government 
real property worth more than $10,000,000,000 in over 200 
countries, including maintaining 3,000 Government-owned and 
long-term leased properties at 250 posts and leasing 
approximately 1,100 office and functional facilities and 8,000 
residential units, not only for the Department of State, but 
for all U.S. employees overseas. The Department's latest 
inspection survey identified in excess of 4,200 maintenance and 
repair needs, as well as major rehabilitation requirements.
      Worldwide Security Upgrades.--The conference agreement 
includes $755,000,000 for security projects, including 
$608,550,000 to continue the capital security program of 
constructing new secure replacement facilities for the 
Department's most vulnerable embassies and consulates. Projects 
undertaken under this program will address the highest priority 
facilities from a security standpoint. The conferees are 
concerned that specific projects proposed in the budget request 
may not meet this criterion, and that in previous fiscal years 
the Department has proposed to reprogram funds under this 
activity for projects that do not address top priority security 
vulnerabilities and for projects that will not result, when 
complete, in a facility that meets existing security standards.
      The conference agreement also includes $146,450,000 to 
complete worldwide perimeter security projects and begin a new 
initiative to upgrade compound security, including installation 
of forcedentry/ballistic resistant roof hatches, vault doors 
and power-assisted vehicle barriers.
      A proposed spending plan for the entire amount of 
available resources provided for worldwide security upgrades 
will be submitted through the normal reprogramming process 
within 60 days from the date of enactment of this Act. The 
Department shall notify the Committees immediately if there are 
any facilities that the Department believes face serious 
security risks.
      Non-Security Base Programs.--The Committee expects the 
Department to propose an allocation of any proposed funding for 
non-security capital projects through the normal reprogramming 
process.
      The conference agreement includes up to $53,500,000 for 
facility rehabilitation and up to $90,000,000 for maintenance 
and repair of buildings. Within the amounts provided, the 
conferees expect the Department to allocate funds as necessary: 
to renovate the Istanbul consulate to serve as a center for 
mutual cultural understanding; to carry out upgrades at the 
U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg; and to conduct renovations at the 
U.S. Embassies in Dili and Belgrade necessary to establish and 
maintain classified activities at post. In addition, the 
conferees are aware of proposals to address facilities and 
security requirements with regard to the U.S. presence in Rome. 
The conferees expect the Department to assess these proposals 
and requirements and allocate funding as appropriate within the 
funding provided under this heading. The conference agreement 
includes full funding for the leasehold program. Within 
available funds, the conferees expect the Department to 
allocate up to $20,000,000 for the buyout of uneconomic leases.
      The conference agreement funding level includes the full 
amount requested for Security Management. This amount will 
support additional site security measures and cleared American 
guards to supervise an increasing number of capital projects.
      The conference agreement also assumes $6,000,000 for 
headquarters operations, $17,500,000 for information management 
and support, and $23,000,000 for renovations of the Harry S 
Truman Building.
      Right-Sizing the Overseas U.S. Government Presence.--The 
conferees continue to be disappointed at the failure to make 
discernable progress in the pursuit of an Administration-wide 
process of determining the right size and makeup of overseas 
posts, including the explosive staffing projections at posts 
scheduled for new office buildings. The conferees continue to 
define ``right-sizing'' as the reconfiguration of overseas U.S. 
Government staff to the minimum number necessary to meet 
critical U.S. foreign policy goals. The notion of right-sizing 
as a desirable means to improve security and gain efficiencies 
implies that the current number of overseas staff is greater 
than the minimum number necessary, and that the presence of a 
number greater than the minimum number presents an unnecessary 
financial and security burden. The conferees are not aware of 
any right-sizing analysis to date that has resulted in a 
proposed reduction to a country-wide staffing presence.
      The conferees strongly encourage the Department to 
continue to work toward an interagency mechanism that can 
result in meaningful right-sizing. The conferees urge the 
Department to adapt, as appropriate, the basic right-sizing 
framework developed by the General Accounting Office to link 
embassy staffing levels to physical security considerations, 
mission priorities, and costs. In this regard, the conferees 
support the Department's effort to initiate a consolidation, 
streamlining and regionalization of country and multi-regional 
staffing in Frankfurt, Germany. The success of this initiative 
will be measured largely by the staffing reductions made 
possible at less secure locations throughout Germany, Europe, 
Eurasia, Africa and the Near East.
      It costs two to three times as much to maintain an 
employee outside of the United States as it does within the 
United States. The conferees agree with the recommendation of 
the Overseas Presence Advisory Panel, that rationalizing 
staffing and operations abroad has the potential for large 
budgetary savings. The justification for all facilities 
projects funded under this account must include a full 
explanation of regional efficiency and security planning, and 
related staffing assumptions, and such projects will not be 
approved for funding absent evidence of the application of a 
uniform right-sizing methodology.
      Assets Management.--The budget request designates 
$80,000,000 in assets management funds planned for expenditure 
in fiscal year 2003. The conferees expect that these funds will 
be used for opportunity purchases to replace uneconomical 
leases and for other priority capital acquisition purposes. In 
addition, as in previous years, the conferees expect that 
assets management funds will continue to be allocated in part 
to security construction needs. Any use of these or additional 
assets management funds in fiscal year 2003 is subject to 
reprogramming. In addition, with respect to the requirement 
that a reprogramming forany major new start be submitted, the 
conferees understand that requirement to mean that rehabilitation or 
construction of projects involving ambassador's residences will be 
subject to the requirement.
      The conference agreement continues language carried in 
the bill in previous years that prohibits funds from being used 
for acquisition of furniture and furnishings and generators for 
other departments and agencies.
      Soft Targets.--Recent terrorist attacks have brought into 
focus a new kind of threat against our interests abroad, 
specifically, threats against so-called ``soft targets.'' The 
conferees direct the Department to formulate a strategy for 
addressing such threats to locales that are either frequented 
by Americans or are symbolic of the United States. The 
conferees are particularly concerned about the safety of 
American schools abroad, as well as international schools 
attended by American children. The conferees direct the 
Department to undertake a review of the security of all 
overseas schools attended by the children of non-military 
United States government employees. The report shall include 
information on each individual facility, including but not 
limited to the number of American children enrolled at the 
school; an accounting of all financial assistance provided to 
the school by the Department of State for the past 5 fiscal 
years; threat and risk assessments; an evaluation of the 
adequacy of the school's security in light of these threat and 
risk assessments; and recommendations for immediate steps the 
school can take, with the support of the Department, to enhance 
its security posture. The conferees expect the Department to 
propose a corresponding spending plan of up to $15,000,000 to 
address such vulnerabilities from within the resources provided 
under this account.
      Consular workspace improvement initiative.--The 
Department's consular mission is critical to our national 
security. Consular workspace must be adequately sized and 
outfitted in order to ensure that the processing of visas and 
visa applicants takes place in an organized and efficient 
manner. To ensure this, and to improve the overall working 
environment for Consular Affairs Officers, the conferees direct 
the Office of Overseas Buildings Operations [OBO] to undertake 
a 3-year Consular Workspace Improvement Initiative. The 
conferees are aware that, traditionally, OBO considers posts' 
facilities requirements in a holistic manner, and does not 
single out specific bureaus for workspace improvements. 
However, the conferees are also aware of the direct link 
between the quality of consular workspace and the efficiency 
and accuracy of consular work. There is a pressing need for 
additional consular windows and interview space, enlarged 
reception and waiting areas, office space, and document storage 
space. The Initiative should identify posts for consular 
workspace rehabilitation where errors in visa issuance present 
the greatest threat to our national security, as determined by 
OBO in consultation with the Bureau of Consular Affairs. The 
conferees expect construction to begin on priority projects no 
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. The 
Committee expects that up to $8,000,000 within the funds 
available under this account for facilities rehabilitation may 
be used for this initiative.
      Marine Security Guard housing.--Marine Security Guards 
are essential to the Department's ability to carry out its 
mission overseas. In fiscal year 2002, the Department completed 
the final phase of a multi-year effort, undertaken at the 
insistence of the Committees, to address the long-neglected 
capital needs of many Marine Security Guard [MSG] housing 
facilities worldwide. The conferees support the Department's 
new policy of incorporating MSG housing costs into the initial 
cost estimates, and thus the budget requests, for overseas 
construction or rehabilitation projects. The conferees note 
that MSG housing costs for fiscal year 2003 are embedded within 
the capital projects account.
      Reprogramming Requirements.--The conferees agree that the 
reprogramming requirements that have been applied in prior 
years regarding programs under this heading shall continue to 
apply during fiscal year 2003.

           EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

      The conference agreement includes $6,500,000 to enable 
the Secretary of State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising 
in the Diplomatic and Consular Service. This funding level 
anticipates that carryover balances from fiscal year 2002 will 
be available for obligation in fiscal year 2003. Funding 
provided in this account is available until expended.
      The conference agreement includes a provision in the bill 
that permits up to $1,000,000 to be transferred from this 
account to the Repatriation Loans Program account. This 
provision will ensure an adequate level of resources for loans 
to American citizens through the Repatriation Loans Program 
account should that account require additional funds in fiscal 
year 2003 due to an unanticipated increase in the number of 
loans.
      This appropriation provides resources for the Department 
of State to meet emergency requirements in the conduct of 
foreign affairs. The Committee recommendation provides funds 
for: (1) travel and subsistence expenses for relocation of 
American employees of the United StatesGovernment and their 
families from troubled areas to the United States and/or safe-haven 
posts; (2) allowances granted to State Department employees and their 
dependents evacuated to the United States for the convenience of the 
Government; and (3) payment of rewards for information concerning 
terrorist activities.

                   REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement includes $612,000 for the 
subsidy cost of repatriation loans and $607,000 for 
administrative costs of the program.
      This account provides emergency loans to assist destitute 
Americans abroad who have no other source of funds to return to 
the United States.
      In the past, less than 20 percent of repatriation loans 
have ever been repaid. The conferees endorse efforts by 
consular services to limit assistance only to victims of 
unforeseen circumstances or travelers whose mental instability 
presents a risk to themselves or others.

              PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

      The conference agreement includes $18,450,000 for the 
``Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan.'' The conference 
agreement provides for the Institute's pay and inflationary 
base adjustments. In addition, the Institute is authorized to 
collect Machine Readable Visa fees, which are expected to 
generate an additional $14,000,000 in revenues in fiscal year 
2003, as well as reimbursements from agencies and user fees 
from trade show exhibitors.
      The conferees expect that the American Institute in 
Taiwan (AIT) will cover anticipated operating expenses in 
fiscal year 2003 through a combination of appropriations and 
visa fee revenues, and encourages the Institute to continue to 
pursue cost saving measures. The conferees expect the 
Department to submit by March 31, 2003, an AIT spending plan 
for fiscal year 2003, indicating the total amount of estimated 
fee collections, the amount of such fee collections allocated 
for operating expenses, and the total amount planned for 
operating expenses from all funding sources.
      The Taiwan Relations Act requires that programs 
concerning Taiwan be carried out by the American Institute in 
Taiwan and authorizes funds to be appropriated to the Secretary 
of State to carry out the provisions of the Act. The Institute 
administers programs in the areas of economic and commercial 
services, cultural affairs, travel services, and logistics. The 
Department of State contracts with the American Institute in 
Taiwan to carry out these activities.

     PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

      The conference agreement includes $138,200,000 for the 
appropriation entitled ``Payment to the Foreign Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund''. The amount provided in the 
Committee recommendation is required to amortize the unfunded 
liability in the system, as documented by the annual evaluation 
of Fund balances.

              International Organizations and Conferences

              CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

      The conference agreement includes a total of $866,000,000 
for payment of the obligations of United States membership in 
international organizations as authorized by conventions, 
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress for fiscal year 2003.
      The amount provided in the bill is intended to cover 
anticipated assessments for membership in international 
organizations, including the United Nations. In addition, the 
amount provides full funding for anticipated assessments for 
membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the 
related North Atlantic Assembly, International War Crimes 
Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, the 
Organization of American States, and the Pan American Health 
Organization, among others.
      The conference agreement is based on a upward adjustment 
of the fiscal year 2003 request based on exchange rate 
fluctuations, and also reflects the application of an estimated 
$46,739,000 in available balances from fiscal year 2002 that 
the Committee has directed the Department to apply to the 
fiscal year 2003 assessment for the United Nations regular 
budget.
      Reassesment of U.S. Membership in International 
Organizations.--The conferees note, with approval, the 
Department's recent actions to formally withdraw from certain 
international organizations where continued U.S. participation 
was determined to be a low priority in the context of overall 
U.S. national interests. The conferees continue to support the 
comprehensive reassessment of U.S. membership in each of the50 
international organizations for which funding is requested under this 
account. The Department shall notify the Committees in advance of 
taking any action to join, or rejoin any international organization.
      Reform and Budget Discipline.--The conferees continue to 
insist on reform and budget discipline as the highest 
priorities for all of the international organizations, 
including the development of processes to evaluate, prioritize 
and terminate programs. The conferees believe that the onus is 
on each international organization and the State Department 
representatives to those organizations to reduce overall 
budgets and eliminate duplicative activities, excessive 
administrative costs, and inefficient operations.
      United Nations Regular Budget.--As indicated, the funding 
level assumes full payment of the U.S. assessment to the United 
Nations (UN) regular budget, as has been provided every year 
since fiscal year 1989. This assessment is estimated at 
$279,327,000 for calendar year 2002. In order to assure that 
the UN achieves the fiscal discipline that the Congress has 
insisted upon, the Committee strongly urges the Department to 
ensure that the UN takes no action to increase funding for any 
program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in 
the regular budget. Toward this end, the Committee expects the 
Department to insist on the prioritization of ongoing UN 
programs and activities, so that in the event of unanticipated 
requirements, budget offsets may be taken from activities and 
programs that have already been determined to be lower-priority 
by the organization.
      The Committee expects the Department to certify to the 
Committee by March 1, 2003 that the UN has taken no action to 
exceed the approved 2002-2003 budget of $2.63 billion, which is 
an increase of $90 million from the previous biennium. Any 
proposal to exceed this budget level should be communicated to 
the Committee far in advance of the formal consideration and 
adoption of such a proposal. The Department shall also report 
to the Committees by April 30, 2003, describing any and all 
programmatic or administrative reductions adopted in the 
current UN biennial budget.
      For nine of the international organizations funded under 
this account, including the United Nations regular budget, the 
payment of the United States assessment for a given calendar 
year is deferred until the subsequent fiscal year. As a result, 
United States assessment payments for membership in such 
organizations are not made until the fourth quarter of the 
calendar year. The conferees expect the Department to report to 
the Committees by September 30, 2003, on the significance of 
this practice with regard to the achievement of United States 
multilateral diplomacy goals and the financial operations of 
such international organizations. The report should include 
recommendations, as appropriate, for addressing any negative 
impacts. The report should also address any cost implications 
associated with such recommendations.
      OECD.--The recommended funding level includes requested 
funding for future renovations to the Organization for Economic 
Cooperation and Development (OECD) headquarters building in 
Paris. The conferees remain concerned about the scope and cost 
of this project, and the need for the United States to assume 
the largest funding share for an undefined capital project in 
Paris with costs that could exceed $200,000,000. The Committees 
expect to review detailed plans, cost estimates, and potential 
financing methods through the reprogramming process before 
these funds are obligated for this project. Should the 
Department experience further exchange rate losses during 
fiscal year 2003, the Committees would entertain a 
reprogramming of this funding toward other comparatively 
higher-priority activities.
      IAEA.--The conference agreement includes full funding for 
the adjusted request level for anticipated assessments for the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The conferees 
recognize the importance of the role played by the IAEA in 
efforts to enact stronger global measures to protect nuclear 
material and facilities against potential acts of terrorism.
      PAHO.--The conferees continue to support the work done by 
the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). PAHO has continued 
to take the lead in health issues, including border health 
concerns, emerging diseases and bio-terrorism that have an 
impact on citizens of the United States and all citizens of the 
Americas. The conferees encourage the Department to continue to 
support PAHO's efforts.

        CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

      The conference agreement includes $673,710,000 for United 
States payments for Contributions for International 
Peacekeeping Activities for fiscal year 2003. The conference 
agreement provides for the full payment of anticipated fiscal 
year 2003 assessments for United Nations peacekeeping missions. 
The conferees are aware that prior year balancesof $46,000,000, 
plus additional UN credits are available to offset the cost of fiscal 
year 2003 assessments.
      The conferees are concerned about the continuing lack of 
demonstrable progress toward resolution of the Western Sahara 
dispute, despite an enormous investment of funds over the past 
decade in the UN's MINURSO peacekeeping mission. The conferees 
urge the Department to push for a negotiated settlement to the 
dispute, and to terminate the costly UN presence. MINURSO was 
established to oversee a referendum and settlement program that 
has failed to materialize over the past decade and which the 
Secretary General and his Personal Envoy have recognized as 
unworkable.
      The establishment of several large, complex missions over 
the past few years has tested the capacity of the U.N. to plan 
and manage such operations successfully. The Brahimi report 
addressed many deficiencies in U.N. peacekeeping efforts, 
including problems in doctrine, strategy, decision-making, 
planning, deployment, support and information technology. The 
conferees support efforts to improve the performance and 
efficiency of U.N. peacekeeping missions through structural and 
procedural reforms. The conferees also support efforts to 
better limit and focus the goals of such missions, and to set 
specific benchmarks for performance and mission termination.
      The conferees are concerned that clear, realistic 
benchmarks be established and enforced for the performance of 
the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo (MONUC). The conference agreement includes funding to 
cover anticipated fiscal year 2003 assessments for MONUC 
totaling $273,226,000. The conferees expect the department to 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations, and to submit 
the required notifications, prior to any increase or mandate 
change in this mission. Specifically, the conferees expect the 
Department to certify that the following conditions have been 
met with regard to this mission. First, firm benchmarks for 
what constitutes a successful mission must be determined, 
articulated, and followed. Second, the security of The 
Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DROC) neighbors must be 
factored in to all of MONUC's strategic and contingency 
planning, and must be heavily considered in the negotiation of 
a final political settlement. Third, the UN must construct an 
arrangement for the withdrawal of foreign forces from the DROC 
that, to the greatest degree possible, does not destabilize 
DROC's neighbors. Fourth, contingency plans must be developed 
and implemented for the safe withdrawal of peacekeepers in the 
event of a resumption of hostilities.
      The conferees are encouraged by the significant progress 
made over the past year toward the establishment of peace in 
Sierra Leone. The conference agreement includes full funding 
for anticipated assessments for the UNAMSIL mission in Sierra 
Leone. In addition, the conferees strongly support the work of 
the Special Court for Sierra Leone to prosecute those who bear 
the greatest responsibility for serious violations of human 
rights and international law. The conferees expect the 
Department to consider ways it can support, and encourage 
international and private organizations to undertake new 
efforts to prevent, respond to, and document crimes, 
particularly crimes involving sexual violence, and violations 
in West Africa and the Congo.
      The conferees continue to support the efforts of the UN's 
Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) to identify waste, 
fraud and abuse with regard to peacekeeping operations, and to 
recommend specific reforms to ensure that such practices are 
brought to an end. The conferees expect the Department to 
provide the necessary support to ensure that the work of the 
OIOS is maintained and strengthened as it relates to oversight 
of peacekeeping operations.
      The conference agreement also includes full funding for 
anticipated assessments for the UNMISET mission in East Timor. 
As East Timor begins to establish a criminal justice system, 
basic social services, and professional police and defense 
forces, the conferees support the continued presence and 
gradual drawdown of the UN peacekeeping force.
      The conferees direct the Department to resume 
transmission of UN Security Council reports on peacekeeping 
missions to the Committees on Appropriations.
      The conference agreement includes language carried in 
previous years requiring 15-day advance notice of any new or 
expanded mission, together with a statement of cost, duration, 
exit strategy, vital national interest, and source of funds to 
pay the cost. The conference agreement also retains language 
requiring certification that American manufacturers and 
suppliers are provided equal procurement opportunities, and 
language prohibiting the use of funds under this account for 
the costs of court monitoring.

                       International Commissions

 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

      The conference agreement includes a total of $30,932,000 
for the International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
States and Mexico (IBWC). The total amount provided includes 
$25,482,000 for Salaries and Expenses and $5,450,000 for 
construction. The conference agreement includes language 
authorizing not to exceed $6,000 for representation expenses.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement for the Salaries and Expenses 
account includes $25,482,000. The Committee notes that 
fluctuations in the Commission's operations and maintenance 
budgets can result in unanticipated cost savings. Should the 
Commission experience such savings, the Commission may propose, 
through the section 605 reprogramming process, the use of 
surplus funds for items not included in the Committee 
recommendation.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement for IBWC construction provides 
$5,450,000 for ongoing projects including: $2,500,000 for 
Boundary-wide construction and $2,950,000 for Rio Grande 
construction. The conferees note that the Rio Grande American 
Canal Extension project and the Colorado River project are both 
currently delayed by required, and extensive, environmental 
studies. No funding has been provided for those projects for 
fiscal year 2003. Reallocation of funding may be proposed to 
the Committees under the reprogramming procedures set forth in 
section 605 of this Act.
      The conferees note that the IBWC has initiated formal 
negotiations with the Mexican Section of the IBWC concerning 
the provision of secondary treatment to Tijuana sewage in 
Mexico. The agreement that results from these negotiations will 
represent a significant long-term measure to address Tijuana 
sewage. The conferees are aware of concerns over the lack of 
progress in this regard, and strongly encourages the IBWC to 
forge a workable agreement to ensure secondary treatment of 
Tijuana sewage.

              AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

      The conference agreement includes a total of $9,472,000 
to fund the U.S. share of expenses of the International 
Boundary Commission, the International Joint Commission, United 
States and Canada, and the Border Environment Cooperation 
Commission for fiscal year 2003. This amount includes 
$1,143,000 for the International Boundary Commission, 
$6,246,000 for the International Joint Commission and 
$2,083,000 for the Border Environment Cooperation Commission. 
The funding level for the International Joint Commission 
includes $2,294,000 for the third year costs of a five-year 
study of the water regulation plan governing Lake Ontario and 
the St. Lawrence River.

                  INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

      The conference agreement includes $17,100,000 to fund the 
U.S. share of the expenses of international fisheries 
commissions or related organizations, as well as the travel 
expenses of the United States commissioners.
      The conference agreement includes $2,100,000 for the 
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, $12,248,000 for the 
Great Lakes Fishery Commission, $2,100,000 for the 
International Pacific Halibut Commission, $90,000 for the 
International Whaling Commission, $121,000 for the 
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic 
Tunas, $70,000 for the Commission for the Conservation of 
Antarctic Marine Living Resources, $150,000 for the Inter-
American Sea Turtle Convention Commission, and $100,000 for 
Expenses of the U.S. Commissioners. The balance of funds in 
this account may be allocated, on a priority basis, to other 
international fisheries commissions.

                                 Other

                     PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION

      The conference agreement includes $10,444,000 for payment 
to the Asia Foundation for fiscal year 2003. The conference 
agreement includes funding for enhanced Foundation programs on 
human rights, higher education, democratic governance, ethnic 
harmony, religious tolerance and legal/judicial reform in 
Nepal, Indonesia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The Committee 
expects the Foundation to provide a program and spending plan 
for these special initiatives to the Committee by June 30, 
2003.
      The conferees support the Foundation's efforts to 
reestablish its program and presence in Afghanistan. The 
conferees encourage the Foundation to use its expertise in 
developing programs to encouragewomen's political participation 
in Central Asia, and specifically Afghanistan.

                 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

      The conference agreement includes an appropriation for 
fiscal year 2003 of interest and earnings from the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund, expected to total 
$500,000. The conferees recognize the important and unique role 
of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships in the U.S. Government's 
worldwide public diplomacy effort. The conferees therefore 
expect that Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated, 
(EEF) will fashion its exchange programs for fiscal year 2003 
to reflect the priority within all public diplomacy programs of 
building mutual understanding with Arab and Muslim populations 
worldwide. In this regard, the conferees expect that the 
selection of foreign and United States fellows will reflect 
this priority. In addition, the conferees support a nation-
wide, merit-based recruitment and selection process for United 
States Fellows.

                    ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

      The conference agreement includes language that will 
appropriate for fiscal year 2003 interest and earnings of the 
Israeli Arab Scholarship Endowment Fund, expected to total 
$375,000.

                            EAST-WEST CENTER

      The conference agreement includes $18,000,000 for the 
costs of maintaining and operating the East-West Center. Of the 
amount provided, up to $2,500,000 is intended for one-time 
costs associated with improvements to Center facilities.

                    NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

      The conference agreement includes $42,000,000 for the 
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) for fiscal year 2003. 
The conferees expect that funding provided will allow NED to 
provide additional targeted grants to indigenous groups to 
build and strengthen democratic institutions in the Muslim 
world. The conference agreement also continues funding for 
grants to foster Africa's dynamic democracy movements, 
including groups in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 
Within funds provided under this account the conferees expect 
the Endowment to increase democratization programs with 
Romania.
      The conferees reaffirm the role that NED plays in 
strengthening democratic institutions around the world. Any 
perception that funds are used to directly support a particular 
party or candidate, or to support the removal of elected 
leaders through unconstitutional means, undermines the 
credibility and effectiveness of NED programs. The Committee 
expects NED to take all necessary measures to continue to 
ensure that all sponsored activities adhere to the core NED 
principles.
      In order to be successful in its global fight against 
terrorism, the U.S. must develop a long-term response that 
addresses the root causes of terrorism. This response must 
include support to developing countries in the Middle East, 
Africa, South and Central Asia, and other regions where 
terrorism has flourished over the last decade. NED has an 
established network of organizations and professionals in these 
regions that work to promote democracy in ways that are 
consistent with Islamic tradition. These existing networks can 
be used to further the U.S.'s broader objectives in the war on 
terror. The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 above the 
request for programs that encourage the development of ties 
with modernist Muslim groups, foster pro-democracy networks, 
support independent journalism, and assist women's business 
organizations. The distribution of these additional funds 
should be guided by the following four goals: (1) ending 
repression, permitting freedom of expression, and introducing 
genuine political parties; (2) modernizing economies and, as a 
consequence, reducing poverty and inequality; (3) controlling 
corruption and establishing a genuine rule of law; and (4) 
ending the political abuse of religion and reconciling Islam 
with modern concepts of citizenship and individual rights. The 
Conferees expect that this funding increase will be distributed 
throughout NED's four core institutes in the same manner as 
NED's core budget.
      The conference agreement includes up to $1,000,000 above 
current funding levels to expand a women's rights and democracy 
training program for Lebanon's female Shiite educators, 
students, and mothers. The conference agreement also includes 
up to $2,000,000 above current funding levels for NED to 
establish a program for women's rights in Afghanistan. Within 
available funds, the NED should increase its support for 
independent women's cultural and human rights organizations in 
the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and 
Nigeria and for enhanced programs in The People's Republic of 
China, including Tibet, Burma, and North Korea.
      The conferees expect the NED to submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a financial plan for the entire amount made 
available under this heading prior to obligation.

                             RELATED AGENCY

 Broadcasting Board of Governors International Broadcasting Operations

      The conference agreement includes $468,898,000 to carry 
out United States International Broadcasting Operations for 
fiscal year 2003. This account funds the operating and 
engineering costs of Voice of America [VOA], Radio Free Europe/
Radio Liberty [RFE/RL], Radio Free Asia [RFA], Worldnet 
Television/VOA-TV, and the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
[BBG]. The conference agreement provides all requested 
adjustments to base for all entities funded under this account 
and full requested funding to continue the Middle East Radio 
Network (Radio Sawa) initiative.
      Of the funds made available under this heading, $965,000 
is recommended for the Office of the General Counsel.
      Arabic Television.--The United States continues to face 
an enormous challenge to provide the people of Arab and Muslim 
countries with accurate information about our policies and 
values. The conferees support the Board's efforts to expand its 
ability to reach audiences in the Middle East. The conference 
agreement includes up to $2,500,000 for the development of an 
Arabic language television initiative in the Middle East. In 
addition, the conferees are aware of prior-year recoveries in 
the Broadcasting Capital Improvements account that may be used 
for the development of an Arabic television initiative. 
Developing quality and attractive news and entertainment Arabic 
language programs should to the maximum extent possible involve 
the creative talents of the private and not-for-profit sectors. 
The conferees urge the Board to integrate new approaches, such 
as using private and not-for-profit content providers of Arabic 
broadcast programming, to more effectively engage key 
audiences.
      Reprogramming of Exchange Rate Gains/Other Savings.--As 
in past years, the conferees expect that there will be 
additional savings available to the Board, including exchange 
rate gains and vacancies in funded positions. The conferees 
note that the Board will have the ability to propose that 
savings be used for additional requirements related to the 
Arabic broadcasting initiative, broadcasting to China and North 
Korea, and other emerging priority programs through the normal 
reprogramming process.
      Language Service Review and Research.--The conferees 
continue to support the Board's efforts to objectively and 
systematically review and evaluate the performance, results, 
and importance of every U.S. Government-sponsored international 
broadcasting language service and to propose corresponding 
reallocations of funds. The conferees endorse this process as a 
means to improve broadcast quality and meet emerging program 
priorities within limited resources. The conferees commend the 
Board for taking steps to consolidate and strengthen the 
research function by establishing the Office of Performance 
Review. The conferees expect that the Board will be able to 
establish comprehensive performance measures and improve 
coordination of programming streams across component 
organizations, including the grantee organizations. The 
conferees support the continuation and expansion of this effort 
in fiscal year 2003. The conference agreement assumes total 
funding of at least $5,000,000 for the Research function in 
fiscal year 2003. The conferees strongly urge the Board to 
ensure that foreign policy implications are given full 
consideration before adopting language service review 
recommendations. The conferees direct the Board to submit a 
comprehensive report on Language Service Review results and 
corresponding reallocations of funds. The conferees expect that 
the continuing language service review effort may result in the 
dedication of additional resources to emerging priority 
programs, through the normal reprogramming process.
      Africa Broadcasting.--The problem of AIDS in Africa is 
ubiquitous. Radio broadcasting is an underutilized tool in the 
fight against the African AIDS epidemic. Its accessibility to 
even the most impoverished communities makes it an ideal way to 
transmit information about the disease. Radio broadcasts could 
be a major component of sustained prevention efforts undertaken 
by the governments of many African countries, humanitarian 
organizations, and U.S. assistance programs. The recommendation 
includes up to $10,000,000 for Voice of America's Africa 
Division for broadcasting to Africa. The conferees direct VOA 
to incorporate AIDS education into its regular programming. VOA 
is directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
its progress no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act.
      Security of RFE/RL headquarters.--The conferees are aware 
that RFE/RL and the government of the Czech Republic have 
jointly developed a preliminary plan to relocate RFE/RL 
headquarters from St. WenceslasSquare in Prague, the Czech 
Republic, to a new and safer location. The BBG must consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on all decisions concerning a future 
capital project as they relate to security. RFE/RL is directed to 
report to the Committees on Appropriations on all aspects of the 
relocation currently being considered. The report should explain 
whether it would be desirable, from both a security and from an 
economic perspective, to move RFE/RL headquarters to a location outside 
of the Czech Republic. The BBG is encouraged to consider Turkey as a 
possible host nation for the new RFE/RL headquarters.
      Security of worldwide broadcasting facilities.--In the 
post-September 11 environment, the broadcasting services no 
longer have the luxury of ignoring the security of their 
personnel and facilities. The Broadcasting Board of Governors 
is therefore directed to develop, in consultation with the 
Department of State and other relevant U.S. agencies, a 5-year 
capital worldwide security plan. The plan shall be transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations no later than July 1, 2003.
      The conferees remain concerned that adequate transmission 
capacity be available to support broadcasting to Iran and Iraq. 
The conferees understand the Board is in the process of 
identifying additional transmission capacity in the region to 
support Radio Free Iraq and its new Radio Farda initiative. The 
conferees direct the Board to consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations as new transmission opportunities are identified 
that will provide strong broadcast signals for all relevant 
language services to Iran and Iraq.
      Anti-jamming efforts.--The conferees continue to support 
initiatives by the BBG to defeat jamming and reach a wider 
audience for Radio Free Asia and Voice of America broadcasts to 
China, Tibet, Vietnam, and North Korea. The conferees are aware 
that new technologies may allow the VOA and RFA to more 
effectively defeat jamming efforts. The conferees encourage the 
Board to evaluate the usefulness of these technologies and will 
entertain proposals to reprogram additional funds for anti-
jamming technologies.
      The conference agreement provides funding for the 
principal broadcasting entities as follows:
      Voice of America.--The conference agreement provides 
$154,307,000 for VOA. The conference agreement provides for 
adjustments to base and requested funding to continue surge 
broadcasting in Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Farsi, Arabic, Uzbek, and 
Turkish. The conferees expect the Board to complete the merger 
of Worldnet and VOA-TV resources. The conferees understand that 
the BBG is in the process of determining final organizational 
changes to complete this merger and direct the Board to submit 
these proposed changes to the Committees on Appropriations in 
accordance with Section 605 of this Act.
      Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.--The conference 
agreement provides the full requested amount of $73,086,000 for 
RFE/RL, including the requested amounts for broadcasting to 
Iran and Iraq. The conference agreements provides for 
adjustments to base, including $2,423,000 to continue surge 
programming in Persian, Tajik, Uzbek, Turkmen, Arabic, Kazakh, 
Kyrgyz, and Azeri.
      The conferees commend RFE/RL for developing programming 
in Avar, Chechen, and Circassian, and for expanding 
broadcasting to the Northern Caucasus. The conferees recognize 
the continuing importance of reaching the isolated minorities 
of the Northern Caucasus in their native languages. The Chechen 
crisis is ongoing and there is still a great need in this 
region for objective, uncensored information. Within the 
funding provided for RFE/RL, $850,000 is for the North Caucasus 
Unit.
      Radio Free Asia.--The conference agreement provides the 
full requested amount of $27,084,000 for RFA. This amount 
includes $1,684,000 for adjustments to base, and will allow RFA 
to continue its expanded schedule of broadcasting to China, 
Tibet, Burma, Vietnam, North Korea, Laos, and Cambodia.
      The conference agreement includes full funding for RFA to 
continue daily Uyghur broadcasts. Radio Free Asia's Uyghur 
broadcasts are proving successful in northwest China in spite 
of top-level officials' efforts to erect a steel wall against 
``hostile radio stations from abroad''.
      The conferees are supportive of efforts to increase the 
number of broadcast hours of both the VOA Korean and the RFA 
Korea services. Within the funding made available for RFA, up 
to $1,500,000 is for the Korea Service.
      The BBG is directed to submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations, no later than sixty days from the date of 
enactment of this Act, a financial plan including a 
distribution of the total resources available under this 
account.

                          BROADCASTING TO CUBA

      The conference agreement includes $24,996,000, to remain 
available until expended, for Broadcasting to Cuba under a 
separate account.

                   BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

      The conference agreement includes $12,740,000 in new 
budget authority for broadcasting capital improvements. This 
amount will provide for the continuation of base costs for 
maintenance, improvements, replacements and repairs, digital 
production capability development, and security upgrades at 
transmitting stations overseas.
      The Board shall continue to keep the Committees on 
Appropriations informed on the status of its efforts to acquire 
additional transmission capabilities in the Middle East. The 
Board shall also continue to keep the Committees on 
Appropriations informed regarding costs and results of the 
ongoing digital conversion project.

       General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agency

      The conference agreement includes section 401, permitting 
the use of funds for allowances, differentials and 
transportation.
      The conference agreement includes section 402 dealing 
with transfer authority.
      The conference agreement includes section 403 prohibiting 
the use of funds by the Department of State or the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors to provide certain assistance to the 
Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
      The conference agreement includes section 404 regarding 
the recording of place of birth on certain passport 
applications.
      The conference agreement includes section 405 regarding a 
certain land transfer.
      The conference agreement includes section 406 regarding 
coordination of programs to combat trafficking in persons. The 
conferees have included additional guidance regarding these 
programs under the ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' heading 
in this Statement of Managers.

                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration

                       MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

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

                        OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

      The conference agreement includes $92,696,000 for the 
Maritime Administration Operations and Training account. Within 
the amounts provided, $13,000,000 is for the U.S. Merchant 
Marine Academy construction and maintenance.

                             SHIP DISPOSAL

      The conference agreement includes $11,161,000 for the 
disposal of obsolete vessels the National Defense Reserve Fleet 
of the Maritime Administration. This program should ensure the 
expeditious implementation of a pilot program for export and 
disposal of obsolete vessels during fiscal year 2003. Priority 
should be given to the most hazardous vessels, including those 
in the James River. The conferees expect the MARAD to report 
back to the Committees on Appropriations on the vessels 
designated for disposal; the comparative condition of the 
vessels; the proposed method of disposal, including reefing; 
and the projected cost for disposal of each vessel. The 
conferees urge MARAD to work with the Environmental Protection 
Agency to design an environmentally sound disposal program.

          MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conferees include $4,126,000 for the administrative 
expenses related to this program.

           ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement includes provisions involving 
Government property controlled by MARAD, the accounting for 
certain funds received by MARAD, and a prohibition on 
obligations from the MARAD construction account.

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $499,000 for the 
expenses of the Commission for the Preservation of America's 
Heritage Abroad. The conference agreement will allow the 
Commission to fund its administrative expenses through 
appropriated funds while relying on privately donated funds for 
the actual purchase and restoration of property and other 
project implementation purposes. The conferees encourage 
current efforts to attract private funding to support the work 
of the Commission.
      Revolutionary War heroes--The conferees support 
implementation of phase II of the foreign born revolutionary 
war heroes project to the extent that private funding is 
available for this purpose.

                       Commission on Civil Rights

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $9,096,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights for 
fiscal year 2003. The Commission investigates charges of 
citizens being deprived of voting rights, and collects, studies 
and disseminates information on the impact of Federal laws and 
policies on civil rights. The Commission was established by the 
Civil Rights Act of 1957 and is directed by eight part-time 
commissioners. The Commission was created to protect the civil 
rights of people within the U.S. and was intended to be an 
independent, bipartisan, fact-finding agency. The conferees are 
concerned about the present state of affairs at the Commission, 
and the Commission's apparent inability to fulfill its mission. 
The conferees note that recent Commission meetings have been 
held without a quorum of 5 Commissioners. The conferees are 
surprised by the Commission's decision to incur additional 
expense to hold monthly meetings in cities other than 
Washington, D.C. The Commission has stated in its budget 
request and in briefings with Committees on Appropriations 
staff that it may be unable to meet basic operational 
requirements such as payroll processing and rent increases in 
fiscal year 2003 at the budget level in the President's 
request. The conferees expect the Commission to meet its 
requirements in fiscal year 2003 through savings realized in 
salary expenses and other operational costs, including travel 
and other costs related to Commission meetings. The conferees 
direct the Commission to submit, within 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act, a spending plan for the costs of 
conducting all Commission meetings in fiscal year 2003, making 
note of any meeting the Commission plans to hold in a city 
other than Washington, D.C. This spending plan shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations pursuant to 
section 605 of this Act.
      The conference agreement includes language as included in 
previous years, which provides (1) $50,000 to employ 
consultants; (2) a prohibition against reimbursing 
commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
exception of the chairwoman, who is permitted 125 billable 
days; and (3) a limitation of four full-time positions under 
schedule C of the Excepted Service, exclusive of one special 
assistant for each commissioner.

             Commission on International Religious Freedom

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $2,884,000 for the 
Commission on International Religious Freedom, the amount 
identified by the Commission as necessary to carry out all 
requested activities for fiscal year 2003.
      The conferees note that the Commission held only three 
public hearings in fiscal year 2002. As an authoritative and 
unique resource on religious freedom issues, the conferees 
expect the Commission to be more active in fiscal year 2003 in 
holding hearings, seminars, and other events involving public 
audiences. This may include holding Commission hearings and 
events in locations around the United States.

                       Commission on Ocean Policy

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for 
necessary expenses of the Commission of Ocean Policy, to remain 
available until expended.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $1,582,000 for the 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the amount 
identified by the Commission as necessary to carry out all 
requested Commission activities for fiscal year 2003.

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

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $1,380,000 for the 
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of 
China, an increase of $380,000 above the amount provided in 
fiscal year 2002. Within this amount, the conference agreement 
includes $3,000 to be available for the purposes of official 
representation, upon the joint certification of the Chairman 
and Co-Chairman.
      Victims Lists Database--Of the total amounts available in 
fiscal year 2003, including fiscal year 2002 carryover of 
$621,813, the conferees expect that $500,000 will be used by 
the Commission to develop, populate, and operate a database of 
information on political and religious prisoners in China, 
pursuant to section 302(b) of Public Law 106-286. The conferees 
believe that a comprehensive and accessible database of 
prisoners of conscience in China can be a powerful tool for 
Members of Congress, the Administration, NGOs, scholars, and 
the public to monitor and call attention to human rights abuses 
in the People's Republic of China, including specific cases.
      The conferees encourage the Commission to continue 
building a staff composed of personnel with comprehensive 
experience in the field of human rights, the core component of 
the Commission's work. Within the amounts appropriated under 
this heading, the conferees expect the Commission to strengthen 
staff expertise in this area to better serve as an 
authoritative voice on human rights and human rights-related 
rule of law issues in China. The conferees urge that the 
Commission model itself on the Helsinki Commission, which has 
served as a visible and effective advocate for democratic and 
human rights development in OSCE member countries since 1976.
      The Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's 
Republic of China was authorized as part of the United States-
China Relations Act of 2000 that established permanent normal 
trade relations with China. The Commission monitors the acts of 
the People's Republic of China that reflect compliance with or 
violation of international human rights standards and monitors 
the development of the rule of law, including the development 
of democratic institutions, reform of legal procedures, 
transparency of the legal system, and the establishment of an 
independent judiciary.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $308,822,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission (EEOC) for fiscal year 2003.
      The conferees note with concern the apparent lack of 
sound managerial and fiscal practices that have resulted in the 
Commission's projected shortfall in fiscal year 2003. The 
conferees expect the Commission to meet its requirements in 
fiscal year 2003 through savings realized in salary expenses 
and other operational costs.
      The EEOC is directed to submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations, no later than sixty days from the enactment of 
this Act, a financial plan, including steps the Commission 
intends to take to control costs and stay within its fiscal 
year 2003 appropriation level.
      The conference agreement includes language similar to 
that included in previous Appropriations Acts allowing not to 
exceed $33,000,000 for payments to State and local FEPAs. This 
level of funding will allow the Commission to ensure that State 
and local FEPAs receive a contract rate of $500 per charge. The 
conferees again encourage the EEOC to use the experience the 
FEPAs have in mediation, as the Commission expands its ADR 
programs.
      The conference agreement also includes language similar 
to that included in previous Appropriations Acts allowing non-
monetary awards to private citizens, and up to $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes a total budget 
authority of $271,000,000 for the salaries and expenses of the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for fiscal year 2003, 
of which $269,000,000 is to be derived from offsetting 
collections, resulting in a direct appropriation of $2,000,000.
      The conferees note with concern the apparent lack of 
sound managerial and fiscal practices that have resulted in the 
FCC exceeding its authorized full-time equivalent (FTE) level 
and the consequent budget shortfall projected in fiscal year 
2003. The conferees direct the FCC to consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the Commission's plan to 
control costs and remain within its fiscal year 2003 
appropriation and FTE levels.
      The conferees are concerned about the declining standards 
of broadcast television and the impact this decline is having 
on America's children. An analysis of all prime-time 
programming has found that overall sexual content, foul 
language and violence have tripled over the past decade. In 
December 1999, the FCC issued a notice of inquiry regarding the 
public interest obligations of broadcasters during and after 
the transition to digital transmission. The conferees direct 
the Commission to continue to report to Congress on the issues 
associated with resurrecting a broadcast industry code of 
conduct of programming, that if adhered to by the broadcast 
industry, would protect against the further erosion of 
broadcasting standards.
      The conferees continue to emphasize the importance of the 
FCC's commitment to the availability of high quality 
communications. In addition to technical quality, the conferees 
hope the Commission will continue to take steps toward carrying 
out its responsibilities under Title 18 of the United States 
Code, Section 1464. The conferees commend recent FCC efforts to 
take a more aggressive stance in curbing an assault of obscene 
matter over the airwaves while remaining cognizant of the 
Constitutional rights of our citizens.
      In addition, the conferees laud the recent FCC 
enforcement actions against telephone companies operating ``fat 
finger'' dialing scams. The conferees encourage the FCC to 
continue working to make consumers aware of these scams and to 
take appropriate actions against companies operating them.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $16,700,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) 
for fiscal year 2003. The conferees expect that any pay and 
inflationary increases shall be absorbed through hiring below 
attrition and other cost-cutting measures.
      The Federal Maritime Commission is directed to provide a 
report to the Committees on Appropriation no later than June 1, 
2003, on the Far Eastern Shipping Company's (FESCO) 
participation in the Grand Alliance Agreement in providing 
service in the United States-Russian Far East trade. 
Specifically, the FMC should report to the Committees on 
Appropriation whether or not FESCO should be reclassified as a 
controlled carrier.

                        Federal Trade Commission

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $176,608,000 for the 
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), instead of $174,508,000 as 
proposed by the House and $175,148,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement provides a $2,100,000 increase, 
as requested, to address the physical security needs of the 
Commission's headquarters building. The Conferees direct the 
Commission to coordinate its physical security enhancements 
with GSA to ensure that these upgrades are consistent with 
other security upgrades being implemented throughout 
Washington, D.C.
      The Conferees direct the Commission to study the impact 
on underage consumers of the significant expansion of new ads 
for liquor-branded ``alcopops'' and report the Commission's 
finding to the Committee within six months of enactment of this 
Act. The Conferees are also concerned that the alcoholic-
beverage industry has not implemented all of the 
recommendations of the 1999 Commission report, ``Self 
Regulation and the Alcohol Industry,'' and that only one 
industry member has taken action to provide for independent 
review of complaints about its advertising. The Conferees urge 
the Commission to encourage the industry to adopt stricter 
advertising placement standards as well as establish an 
independent third-party review mechanism to limit the appeal 
and exposure of alcohol advertising to underage consumers and 
report back to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
six months from enactment of this bill on the status of the 
implementation of these recommendations and whether further 
rule-making by the Commission is required.
      The Conferees are aware of steps the Commission is taking 
to address consumer issues of particular concern to Hispanic 
Americans, including the hiring of bilingual outreach and legal 
staff, as well as the increased monitoring of Spanish-language 
advertisements, enforcement actions and education initiatives. 
The Conferees commend the Commission for its efforts to respond 
to the concerns of Hispanic Americans and encourages the 
Commission to continue its efforts to render effective consumer 
assistance.
      The recommendation retains requested bill language 
prohibiting the use of funds to implement section 151 of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvements Act of 1991 
(FDICIA). The Conferees are concerned that the consumer 
protection intent of this law may be going largely unenforced. 
Further, the Conferees recognize that the Commission, who is 
assigned enforcement responsibility under section 151, may not 
be the appropriate Federal agency to regulate non- federally 
insured depository institutions. The Conferees direct the 
General Accounting Office to study enforcement of this 
provision, evaluate the risk to consumers if this provision is 
not enforced, and make recommendations on which Federal agency 
could most effectively enforce this provision. The Conferees 
expect this report to be submitted 180 days after enactment of 
this Act.
      The Conferees are concerned that consumers are not 
adequately protected against telephone companies operating 
``fat finger'' scams. The Conferees direct the Commission to 
work with the Federal Communications Commission to make 
consumers aware of these scams and take appropriate actions 
against companies operating them.
      The Commission released a report two years ago that was 
very critical of the entertainment industry and their 
persistent and calculated marketing of violent games, movies, 
and music to children. In response to this report the 
entertainment industry has promised to place tougher 
regulations on itself and voluntarily comply with the report's 
recommendations. The Conferees believe that the FTC should 
continue and expand its efforts in this area and directs the 
Commission to continue to engage in consumer research and 
workshops, underage shopper-retail compliance surveys, and 
marketing data collection.
      The Commission is charged with monitoring compliance with 
the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The conference 
agreement ensures the agency is adequately prepared to meet the 
challenges of increased fraud on the Internet and the agency's 
recognition that Internet fraud is an international phenomenon 
since the Internet has no borders.
      The conference agreement includes additional funding and 
authority to collect offsetting fees for the Commission's Do-
Not-Call initiative under its Telemarketing Sales Rule. The Do-
Not-Call initiative will establish a national database of 
telephone numbers of consumers who choose not to receive 
telephone solicitations from telemarketers. The Conferees 
understand that the Commission has adopted, prior to enactment 
of this legislation, the Do-Not-Call initiative as an amendment 
to its Telemarketing Sales Rule. The Conferees further 
understand that the Commission has developed a spending plan 
for the Do-Not-Call initiative. The Conferees recognize that 
these additional funds and fee collection authority are needed 
to implement the Do-Not-Call initiative, which has received 
broad support from, and will provide significant benefits to, 
consumers throughout the United States.

                       Legal Services Corporation

               Payment to the Legal Services Corporation

      The conference agreement includes $338,848,000 for the 
payment to the Legal Services Corporation. The Legal Services 
Corporation will provide $9,500,000 in one-time grants 
equitably distributed among those service areas that will 
receive less funding in FY 2003 than they did in FY 2002 
because of census-based reallocations.

                        Administrative Provision

      The conference agreement includes language to continue 
the terms and conditions included under this section in 
previous Appropriations Acts, except that section 501(a)(1) of 
Public Law 104-134 shall not apply to the use of $9,500,000.

                        Marine Mammal Commission

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $3,050,000 for the 
necessary expense of the Marine Mammal Commission. Of the 
amounts provided, up to $1,000,000 is available to fund an 
international conference, or series of conferences, to share 
findings, survey acoustic ``threats'' to marine mammals and 
develop means of reducing those threats while maintaining the 
oceans as a global highway of international commerce.

           NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the 
National Veterans Business Development Corporation. The 
conferees note that the Corporation's authorizing legislation 
mandates that it institute a plan to raise private funds and 
become a self-sustaining corporation. The conferees encourage 
efforts by the Corporation to meet this goal.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $716,350,000 for the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, instead of $776,000,0000 as 
provided by the House and $656,700,000 as provided by the 
Senate. In addition, $29,439,000 in unobligated prior year 
balances previously appropriated is available to the Commission 
for a fiscal year 2003 operating level of $745,789,000.
      The conference agreement supports the continuation of pay 
parity for the SEC's staff, adds additional staff, and provides 
the funds necessary to improve the agency's monitoring systems. 
The conferees expect the SEC to provide quarterly reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations on the status of the 
implementation of these funds and the measures it is taking to 
restore the public's confidence in the financial markets.
      The conferees understand the Commission plans on 
receiving 700 new staff and that the majority of these new 
staff would be allocated to the Divisions of Enforcement and 
Corporation Finance and the agency's inspection and examination 
program. The conferees require a spending plan be provided and 
approved.
      The inability of Commission staff to conduct data-
intensive analyses and examinations has hampered the 
Commission's investigative and enforcement efforts. In 
particular, the Commission has continued to struggle with the 
massive inflows of paper documents received in the course of 
its investigations. For this reason, the Committee 
recommendation includes an increase of not less than 
$47,200,000 for information technology. This funding increase 
will allow for the development of a pilot document management 
system and the deployment of substantially more robust 
analytical tools for SEC examination staff. This increase also 
will allow the Commission to undertake a requirements analysis 
to determine how best to improve its corporate disclosure 
review activities so that investors are provided with enhanced 
protections and assurances of the validity of corporate 
financial disclosures.
      The recommendation funds the necessary costs of 
additional security measures now required at the Commission's 
new headquarters building as a result of the September 11 
attack and continuing threats to Federal facilities.
      Exercise of options--The Conferees continue to be 
concerned that corporate insiders are enriching themselves at 
the expense of the commercial enterprises and stockholders for 
whom they work by exercising stock options immediately prior to 
companies' financial collapse. In fact, exercising stock 
options at times may actually contribute to the bankruptcy of 
teetering corporations. Therefore, the Conferees recommend that 
the SEC provide monthly updates regarding the exercise of stock 
options by corporate officers and directors both electronically 
to the Senate Appropriations Committee as well as publicly on 
the Commission's Electronic, Data Gathering, Analysis, and 
Retrieval system (EDGAR). Specifically, the information shall 
include every corporate officer or director whose exercise of 
options under section 12 of the Securities and Exchange Act 
exceeds $100,000 during each 30 day reporting period. The 
Committee recognizes the SEC's effort to begin making these 
disclosures available electronically in fiscal 2003 and expects 
the Commission to keep the Committee apprized of its progress 
in this regard.
      The conference agreement includes bill language, similar 
to that included in previous appropriations acts, which: (1) 
allows for the rental of space; (2) makes up to $3,000 
available for official reception and representation expenses; 
(3) makes up to $10,000 available for a permanent secretariat 
for the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 
and (4) makes up to $100,000 available for governmental and 
regulatory officials.

                     SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement provides a total of $736,459,000 
for the four appropriations accounts of the Small Business 
Administration (SBA). Detailed guidance for the four SBA 
appropriation accounts is contained in the following 
paragraphs.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $314,457,000 for the 
salaries and expenses account of the SBA. Of the amount 
provided under this heading, $176,882,000 is for operating 
expenses of the SBA. In addition, a total of $138,854,000 from 
other SBA accounts may be transferred to and merged with the 
salaries and expenses account for indirect operating costs. 
This amount consists of $129,000,000 from the Business Loans 
Program account and $9,854,000 from the Disaster Loans Program 
account for the administrative expenses related to those 
accounts. The conferees also anticipate that the SBA will have 
an additional $3,000,000 in fee receipts available for 
operating expenses. This will result in a total availability of 
$318,736,000 for the operating expenses of the SBA, an increase 
of $15,400,000 above the comparable fiscal year 2002 amount.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes language 
under the Disaster Loans Program account providing that 
$108,000,000 of the amount provided for administrative expenses 
may be transferred to and merged with the salaries and expenses 
account for the direct administrative costs of disaster loan 
making and servicing.
      The conference agreement includes requested language 
authorizing $3,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, as well as language authorizing the SBA to charge 
fees to cover the cost of publications and certain loan 
servicing activities. The language also permits revenues 
received from all such activities to be credited to the 
salaries and expenses account to be available for carrying out 
these purposes without further appropriations. The conference 
agreement includes the full amount requested for Low 
Documentation Processing Centers.
      The conferees support efforts by the SBA to examine and 
implement organizational changes, both in Washington, DC and in 
the field, that result in greater operational efficiencies, 
cost savings, and improved delivery of SBA services to small 
businesses nationwide and look forward to the submission of 
subsequent detailed workforce transformation plans.
      The conference agreement does not include requested 
language allowing the SBA to retain up to $3,000,000 of 
increased collections of delinquent debt for qualified 
expenses.
      Systems Modernization--The conferees note that 
$32,000,000 has been appropriated for systems modernization at 
the SBA over the past four years, including funding for the 
loan monitoring system (LMS) and the joint accounting and 
administrative management system project (JAAMS). The conferees 
remain concerned about the lack of progress by the SBA in 
delivering tangible and timely systems improvements. The 
conferees expect that the SBA will use remaining balances 
obligated to FEDSIM in prior fiscal years for priority systems 
projects, including core LMS acquisitions, implementation of 
phase II of JAAMS, or effective alternatives that bring about 
meaningful systems improvements. Systems modernization 
expenditures during fiscal year 2003 from funds provided in 
previous fiscal years shall be subject to the submission of 
project spending plans through the reprogramming process in 
accordance with section 605 of this Act.
      Non-Credit Programs--The conference agreement includes 
the following for the non-credit programs of the SBA:

Regulatory Fairness Boards/National Ombudsman...........         500,000
Advocacy Research.......................................       1,100,000
Veterans Programs.......................................         750,000
BusinessLINC............................................       2,000,000
7(j) Technical Assistance Programs......................       1,500,000
Small Business Development Centers......................      89,000,000
SCORE...................................................       5,000,000
Women's Business Centers................................      12,500,000
Women's Business Council................................         750,000
Native American Outreach................................       2,000,000
Drug-free Workplace Program.............................       2,000,000
Business Information Centers............................         475,000
Microloan Technical Assistance..........................      15,000,000
PRIME Technical Assistance..............................       5,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Total, non-credit initiatives.......................     137,575,000

      Funding for any non-credit program not listed above shall 
be subject to the availability of funds and will be considered 
by the Committee on Appropriations in accordance with the 
section 605 of this Act.
      Of the amounts provided for the Small Business 
Development Center (SBDC) program, $2,000,000 is to continue 
the SBDC defense transition program and $1,000,000 is for a 
regulatory compliance simplification program to increase 
coordination of environmental, Occupational Health and Safety 
Administration and Internal Revenue Service compliance 
requirements and to avoid duplication among programs for 
compliance assistance to small businesses. The conferees 
believe that the Small Business Development Centers provide 
useful services to small businesses nationwide. Federal funding 
constitutes the seed funding for this program, which is 
leveraged by State, local and private funds.
      The conferees expect that within the overall amount 
provided under this account, full funding will be provided for 
the operations of the Office of Advocacy, to include $1,100,000 
for Advocacy Research. The conferees direct the Office of 
Advocacy to document and report to the Committees on 
Appropriations by September 30, 2003 the number of small 
businesses owned by people with disabilities served by SBA 
credit and non-credit programs.
      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 to continue 
funding for a drug-free workplace demonstration program to 
provide technical assistance to small business concerns seeking 
to start a drug-free workplace program.
      The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for SBA's 
7(j) Technical Assistance programs. Within this amount, funding 
is provided to continue executive education programs and 
programs to help small businesses adapt to a paperless 
procurement environment. Funding is also provided to continue 
minority enterprise development week activities. The conferees 
expect that the remaining balance of 7(j) funds will be awarded 
through the grants solicitation process.
      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for a Native 
American initiative. The conferees expect that this initiative 
will assist small business and economic development only in the 
most disadvantaged tribal areas. The conferees realize that not 
all Native American tribes, particularly those in remote areas 
experiencing severe economic hardship, may be aware of this and 
other SBA programs. The conferees expect the SBA to develop a 
strong outreach capacity with this initiative to ensure that 
underserved Native American tribes have the opportunity to 
participate in this program and other SBA non-credit and loan 
programs. The conferees direct the SBA to submit a spending 
plan for this initiative by April 30, 2003, through the regular 
reprogramming process.
      Finally, the conferees direct the SBA to submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations no later than March 31, 
2003 listing all personnel reassignments and lateral personnel 
actions executed at the GS-15 and senior executive service 
career civil service levels, over the past three fiscal years.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      The conference agreement includes $12,422,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General of the Small Business 
Administration. The conference agreement assumes that, as in 
fiscal year 2002, the appropriation under this heading will be 
supplemented by an additional $500,000, which may be 
transferred to this account, from the administrative expenses 
of the Disaster Loans Program account for oversight costs 
related to that program. The conference agreement includes 
resources for continued oversight of SBA's business loan 
portfolio and SBA's administration of the 7(a) and disaster 
loan programs and non-credit programs. The conferees expect the 
office to report on its progress in reviewing and auditing the 
agency's financial management systems.

                     BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement includes $218,086,000 under this 
account, consisting of: $85,360,000 for the Business Loans 
Program account for subsidies for guaranteed business loans; 
$3,726,000 for subsidies for direct business loans; and 
$129,000,000 for administrative expenses related to business 
loan programs. The amount provided for administrative expenses 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for SBA 
salaries and expenses to cover the common overhead expenses 
associated with business loans. In addition, the conference 
agreement includes a provision, also carried in previous years, 
which allows up to $45,000,000 to remain available for two 
fiscal years.
      7(a) Business Loan Program--The SBA 7(a) Business Loan 
Program serves as an important source of capital for America's 
small businesses. Each year, 40,000 or more small business 
concerns, who cannot obtain comparable credit elsewhere, turn 
to the 7(a) program for critical financing. The conferees have 
been concerned throughout the fiscal year 2003 budget process 
that the requested amount of $85,360,000 for 7(a) budget 
authority would not provide for a credible business loan 
program level for fiscal year 2003, absent a correction to the 
SBA's subsidy rate calculation. Further, the conferees note 
that schemes put forth by the SBA in the budget request to 
offset the shortfall in the 7(a) Business Loan program never 
materialized, including high carryover balance estimates. As a 
result, the SBA has depended on solutions predicated on the 
enactment of separate authorization and appropriation measures 
to achieve an adequate program level. In 2001, the GAO 
estimated that on a cumulative basis since 1992, the SBA 
overestimated the cost of the 7(a) program by approximately 
$958 million using inflated subsidy rate calculations, similar 
to those used for fiscal year 2003. The conferees understand 
that during fiscal year 2002, the SBA and the Office of 
Management and Budget developed a new econometric model to 
address flaws in the subsidy rate methodology to more 
accurately estimate defaults for the 7(a) Loan Program. The 
conferees support a recalculation of the 7(a) subsidy rate 
using this new econometric method in fiscal year 2003. In 
addition, the conferees direct the SBA to develop similar, more 
accurate econometric models during this fiscal year for use in 
other SBA loan and financing programs, especially the 504 Loan 
Program. The conferees expect the SBA to put forward credible 
program proposals for the 7(a) Business Loan Program account in 
future fiscal years.
      7(a) Business Loan Cap--Beginning October 1, 2002, the 
SBA imposed a $500,000 cap on the maximum loan size of 7(a) 
business loans with the justification that funding under any 
fiscal year 2003 continuing resolution would limit the amount 
of available funds for 7(a) and require the SBA to limit the 
size of individual loans. The conference agreement includes the 
requested amount of new budget authority for the 7(a) Loan 
Program for fiscal year 2003. The conferees therefore expect 
that, upon enactment of this Act, the SBA will remove the 7(a) 
loan cap or submit a written justification to the Committees on 
Appropriations and the Small Business Committees as to the 
necessity of such a cap.
      The conferees support the participation of credit unions 
as authorized lenders for the guaranteed loan programs of the 
SBA, in accordance with the Small Business Act, as amended, and 
State and Federal regulatory requirements.

                     DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement includes $191,494,000 for the 
Disaster Loans Program Account for loan subsidies and 
associated administrative expenses. The conference agreement 
includes new budget authority of $73,140,000 for the subsidy 
costs of disaster loans, which when combined with estimated 
recoveries and balances of $38,806,000 will provide for a loan 
program level of over $800,000,000, which represents an average 
annual disaster loan program level.
      The conference agreement includes $118,354,000 for 
administrative expenses of carrying out the program, which may 
be transferred to and merged with appropriations for salaries 
and expenses. The conference agreement includes language 
specifying that, of the amount provided for administrative 
expenses, $108,000,000 is for the direct administrative 
expenses of loan making and loan servicing, and $9,854,000 is 
for indirect administrative expenses. The conference agreement 
also includes language requiring that any amount in excess of 
$9,854,000 transferred to the salaries and expenses account for 
indirect administrative expenses shall be subject to 
reprogramming requirements, as detailed under section 605. In 
addition, the conference agreement retains language 
transferring $500,000 of the amount provided for administrative 
expenses to the Office of Inspector General for audits and 
reviews of the disaster loan portfolio.

                        State Justice Institute

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the 
State Justice Institute (SJI), as proposed by the House instead 
of $3,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The SJI is a private, non-governmental organization, 
which awards grants to improve the administration of justice in 
State courts. In addition to grants provided by SJI, State 
courts are also eligible to receive funding from many Office of 
Justice Programs' accounts such as the Byrne Formula program, 
Drug Courts, Criminal Identification Technology Act programs, 
Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative, the Gun Violence 
Reduction Program, Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block 
Grant Program, Criminal Records Upgrade programs, Child Abuse 
Training for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners, Closed-
Circuit Televising of Testimony for Children, and Violence 
Against Women--STOP Grants.
      The fiscal year 2002 Conference Report recommended 
discontinuing Federal funding for this program in fiscal year 
2003 and encouraged SJI to solicit private donations and 
resources from State and local agencies. The Conferees 
understand that the Institute has not been successful in its 
efforts to obtain non-Federal funds and has therefore included 
$3,000,000 to keep SJI operating. The Conferees encourage SJI 
to continue to solicit donations in order to fund its programs 
including asking for support from State, local and national bar 
associations. The Committees on Appropriations have received 
many letters of support for SJI from these organizations and 
State court judges. The Conferees feel that the bar 
associations and the States, who are the beneficiaries of SJI's 
work, should contribute to funding its programs.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement includes the following General 
Provisions:
      Sec. 601.--The conference agreement includes section 601 
regarding the use of appropriations for publicity and 
propaganda purposes.
      Sec. 602.--The conference agreement includes section 602 
regarding the availability of appropriations for obligation 
beyond the current fiscal year.
      Sec. 603.--The conference agreement includes section 603 
regarding the use of funds for consulting purposes.
      Sec. 604.--The conference agreement includes section 604 
providing that should any provision of the Act be held to be 
invalid, the remainder of the Act would not be affected.
      Sec. 605.--The conference agreement includes section 605 
regarding the policy by which funding available to the agencies 
funded under this Act may be reprogrammed for other purposes.
      Sec. 606.--The conference agreement includes section 606 
regarding the construction, repair, or modification of National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessels in overseas 
shipyards.
      Sec. 607.--The conference agreement includes section 607 
regarding the purchase of American made products.
      Sec. 608.--The conference agreement includes section 608 
prohibiting funds in the bill from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) similar to proposed guidelines 
covering harassment based on religion published by the EEOC in 
October 1993.
      Sec. 609.--The conference agreement includes section 609 
prohibiting the use of funds for any United Nations 
peacekeeping mission that involves U.S. Armed Forces under the 
command or operational control of a foreign national unless the 
President certifies that the involvement is in the national 
security interest.
      Sec. 610.--The conference agreement includes section 610 
that prohibits use of funds to expand the U.S. diplomatic 
presence in Vietnam beyond the level in effect July 11, 1995, 
unless the President makes a certification that several 
conditions have been met regarding Vietnam's cooperation with 
the United States on POW/MIA issues.
      Sec. 611.--The conference agreement includes section 611 
prohibiting any use of funds to implement a certain Memorandum 
of Agreement between the Federal Trade Commission and the 
Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.
      Sec. 612.--The conference agreement includes section 612 
requiring agencies and departments funded in this Act to absorb 
any necessary costs related to downsizing or consolidation 
within the amounts provided to the agency or department.
      Sec. 613.--The conference agreement includes section 613 
limiting funding under the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant to 
90 percent to an entity that does not provide public safety 
officers injured in the line of duty, and as a result separated 
or retired from their jobs, with health insurance benefits 
equal to the insurance they received while on duty.
      Sec. 614.--The conference agreement includes section 614 
that permanently prohibits funds provided in this Act from 
being used to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco 
products, or to seek the reduction or removal of foreign 
restrictions on the marketing of tobacco products, provided 
such restrictions are applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 
products of the same type. This provision is not intended to 
impact routine international trade services provided to all 
U.S. citizens, including the processing of applications to 
establish foreign trade zones.
      Sec. 615.--The conference agreement includes section 615 
extending the prohibition on the use of funds to issue a visa 
to any alien involved in extrajudicial and political killings 
in Haiti, including exemption and reporting requirements.
      Sec. 616.--The conference agreement includes section 616 
that prohibits a user fee from being charged for background 
checks conducted pursuant to the Brady Handgun Control Act of 
1993, and prohibits implementation of a background check system 
which does not require or result in destruction of certain 
information.
      Sec. 617.--The conference agreement includes section 617 
regarding amounts available under the Crime Victims Fund.
      Sec. 618.--The conference agreement includes section 618 
prohibiting the use of Department of Justice funds for programs 
that discriminate against, denigrate, or otherwise undermine 
the religious beliefs of students participating in such 
programs.
      Sec. 619.--The conference agreement includes section 619 
prohibiting the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the departments of State and Justice to process 
visas for citizens of countries that the Attorney General has 
determined deny or delay accepting the return of deported 
citizens.
      Sec. 620.--The conference agreement includes section 620 
prohibiting the use of Department of Justice funds to transport 
a maximum or high security prisoner to any facility other than 
a facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately 
secure to house such a prisoner.
      Sec. 621.--The conference agreement includes section 621 
that prohibits the use of appropriated funds to purchase 
certain audio-visual materials to be used by Federal prisoners 
for primarily recreational purposes.
      Sec. 622.--The conference agreement includes section 622 
regarding transfers of funds.
      Sec. 623.--The conference agreement includes section 623 
regarding the implementation of telecommuting programs.
      Sec. 624.--The conference agreement includes section 624 
making funds appropriated for a certain loan program available 
for the general 7(a) Business Loan Program.
      Sec. 625.--The conference agreement includes section 625 
providing additional amounts for the Small Business 
Administration Salaries and Expenses account for certain 
initiatives.
      Sec. 626.--The conference agreement includes section 626 
regarding the transfer of funds for an intermodal marine 
facility for the Port of Anchorage to the Maritime 
Administration.

                         TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$78,000,000 from unobligated balances under this heading.

                            Legal Activities

                         ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$50,874,000 from unobligated balances under this heading.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service

                       IMMIGRATION EMERGENCY FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$580,000 from unobligated balances under this heading.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                       COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$7,000,000 from unobligated balances under this heading.

                        Departmental Management

         EMERGENCY OIL AND GAS GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$920,000 from unobligated balances under this heading.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$5,700,000 from unobligated balances under this heading. The 
conferees agree that this rescission represents an amount 
available in prior year excess fee collections.

                     Small Business Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$13,750,000 from unobligated balances under this heading. The 
conferees agree that this rescission represents unobligated 
balances remaining from appropriations for New Markets 
Technical Assistance.

                     BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$10,500,000 from unobligated balances under this heading. The 
conferees agree that this rescission represents unobligated 
balances remaining from appropriations for the New Markets 
Venture Capital Program.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follow:

                        [in thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...     $44,601,829
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003...........................................      44,019,021
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................      44,352,872
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................      44,939,792
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................      44,773,730
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................        +171,901
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................        +754,709
    House bill, fiscal year 2003........................        +420,858
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.......................        -166,062

                               DIVISION C

               District of Columbia Appropriations, 2003

      In implementing this agreement, the Departments and 
agencies should comply with the language and instructions set 
forth in House Report 107-716 and the Senate explanatory 
statement as delineated in the Congressional Record of January 
15, 2003, pages S469 through S492, that are not changed by the 
conference are approved by the committee of conference.
      In the case where the language and instructions 
specifically address the allocation of funds, the Departments 
and agencies are to follow the funding levels specified in the 
Congressional budget justifications accompanying the fiscal 
year 2003 budget or the underlying authorizing statute and 
should give full consideration to all items, including items 
allocating specific funding included in the House report and 
the Senate explanatory statement. With respect to the 
provisions in the House report and the Senate explanatory 
statement that specifically allocate funds, each has been 
reviewed and those which are jointly concurred in have been 
included in this joint statement.
      A summary chart appears later in this statement showing 
the Federal appropriations by account, the fiscal year 2003 
request, the House and Senate recommendations, and the 
conference allowance.
      The District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003, put in 
place by this bill, incorporates the following agreements of 
the managers:

                         TITLE I--FEDERAL FUNDS

              FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

      The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for a 
Federal payment for resident tuition support as proposed by 
both the House and Senate.
      Language was included in the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2002 requiring the Resident Tuition Support 
Program Office and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer to 
provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate on the use of 
resident tuition support funds by object class. The conferees 
are concerned that these reports have not been forthcoming. The 
conferees have included this reporting requirement again in the 
fiscal year 2003 appropriations bill and expect the Chief 
Financial Officer to submit these reports in a timely manner. 
The conferees request that the Chief Financial Officer include 
with the quarterly report due March 31, 2003, a second report 
reviewing the program, by quarter and in summary, since its 
inception.

   FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS IN THE 
                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

      The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for a 
Federal payment for emergency planning and security costs in 
the District of Columbia as proposed by both the House and 
Senate. These funds are to reimburse the District for overtime 
expenses related to providing security at events related to 
Federal government activities and for costs of providing 
support to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats 
or attacks in the District of Columbia.
      The agreement includes a provision as proposed by the 
House to provide that this funding is available only after 
notice of its proposed use has been transmitted by the 
President to the Congress and such amount has been apportioned 
pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, U.S.C. The Senate bill 
included a provision to require the Chief Financial Officer to 
submit a report, within 15 days of an expenditure, to the 
President and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate detailing the expenditure of funds 
for public safety purposes.
      The agreement also includes a modified provision to 
require that the Office of Management and Budget, in 
consultation with the United States Park Police, National Park 
Service, Secret Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
United States Protective Service, Department of State, and the 
General Services Administration, review the National Capital 
Planning Commission study on ``Designing for Security in the 
Nation's Capital'' and report on the steps each agency will 
take to improve aesthetic the appearance of security measures 
no later than April 11, 2003. The Senate bill included a 
similar provision, but required the report no later than 
February 5, 2003. The House had no similar provision.

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR HOSPITAL BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS IN THE DISTRICT 
                              OF COLUMBIA

      The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for a 
Federal payment for hospital bioterrorism preparedness in the 
District of Columbia as proposed by the Senate. The House had 
no similar provision. Of this amount, $5,000,000 is for the 
expansion of quarantine facilities and the establishment of a 
decontamination facility at Children's National Medical Center 
and $5,000,000 is for construction of containment facilities at 
the Washington Hospital Center.

           FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

      The conference agreement includes $161,943,000 for a 
Federal payment to the District of Columbia courts, instead of 
$160,545,000 as proposed by the House, and $166,193,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $1,500,000 
above the President's request for the Integrated Justice 
Information System as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      The agreement includes a provision as proposed by the 
Senate to allow the District of Columbia courts to reallocate 
not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading among items and entities funded under this heading 30 
days after providing written notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate. The 
House had no similar provision.
      The agreement also includes a provision proposed by the 
Senate to exempt the District of Columbia courts from violating 
section 446 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act or any 
provision of subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United 
States Code, on the use of interest earned on the Federal 
payment provided in the 1998 appropriations Act during fiscal 
year 1998. The House had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement does not include funding or 
contract authority for guardian ad litem representation as 
proposed by the Senate under this heading. The House had no 
similar provisions. These provisions are addressed under 
Defender Services.

            DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

      The conference agreement includes $17,100,000 for 
Defender Services in District of Columbia courts. In addition, 
the conferees direct Defender Services to use $16,400,000 of 
unobligated balances to provide a total program level of 
$33,500,000, instead of $32,000,000 as proposed by the House, 
and $34,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Defender Services is 
currently carrying an unobligated balance of $20,673,000. The 
conferees understand that costs in this program have 
historically been difficult to predict and there is a need to 
carryover some unobligated balances from year to year to ensure 
adequate financing of representation for vulnerable children 
and families and indigent defendants. However, the conferees 
believe the courts need to develop a better way of tracking 
these costs and request a preliminary report on how to achieve 
this goal no later than April 30, 2003.
      The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 to provide 
guardians ad litem to abused and neglected children in the 
District of Columbia Family Court. The agreement also includes 
language to allow the courts to enter into contractual 
agreements to provide guardian ad litem representation, 
training, technical assistance, and/or other services to 
improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 
including infrastructure development, as necessary. The 
conferees urge the courts to enter into these agreements with 
entities that have expertise in representing abused and 
neglected children, child welfare, adoption, guardianship, 
special education, and domestic violence.
      The agreement does not include a provision as proposed by 
the House to allow unobligated funds from previous years to be 
used toward the portion of the amount under this heading which 
is attributable to increases in the maximum amounts which may 
be paid for representation services in the District of Columbia 
courts. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
      The agreement does not include a provision as proposed by 
the Senate to provide an increase in the hourly rate of 
defender services attorneys from $65 per hour to $75 per hour 
in fiscal year 2003 and from $75 per hour to $90 per hour in 
fiscal year 2004. The House contained no similar provision.

 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY 
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

      The conference agreement includes $154,707,000 for a 
Federal payment to the court services and offender supervision 
agency for the District of Columbia as proposed by both the 
House and Senate.

       FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION

      The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for a 
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Department of 
Transportation as proposed by both the House and Senate.

   FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA

      The conference agreement includes $40,300,000 for a 
Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia, instead of $23,450,000 as proposed by the House, 
and $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. These funds are for 
programs and activities to support economic development and 
infrastructure in the District and the health, education, and 
job training needs of District residents and are to be 
allocated as follows: $50,000 for the American University Women 
& Politics Institute to contribute to the annual National 
Education for Women Leadership D.C. Program; $100,000 for 
Project Reality to implement the Game Plan abstinence education 
program in the District of Columbia public schools; $100,000 to 
Friends of Fort Dupont to restore and upgrade unused Fort 
Dupont baseball fields; $100,000 to the Association for the 
Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery for repairs and 
renovations, including the cemetery's fence and the Public 
Vault; $150,000 to the Capital Children's Museum to conduct a 
feasibility study of the proposed southwest waterfront site for 
a relocated museum in Washington, D.C.; $150,000 for KidBiz 
3000 for a reading comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary 
program; $200,000 to the National Maritime Heritage Foundation 
to establish the National Maritime Heritage Program to create 
maritime education focused on youth training and tourism 
promotion initiatives in Washington, D.C.; $250,000 for Values 
First, Inc. to continue to implement a values infusion program 
in the District of Columbia public schools; $250,000 to the 
Best Friends Foundation to provide a youth development program 
to District of Columbia youth; $250,000 to the National Music 
Center and Museum Foundation for a program to use the 
performing and visual arts as teaching and learning tools in 
the District of Columbia Public Education System; $250,000 to 
the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. for renovations at 
633 Pennsylvania Avenue; $250,000 for the Washington Opera 
Education and Community Program to enhance classroom learning 
in District of Columbia Public Schools through music education 
and with the D.C. Arts Humanities Education Collaborative; 
$250,000 for the Washington Lab School to continue the 
development of methodologies for teaching individuals with 
learning disabilities; $250,000 for the Congressional Glaucoma 
Caucus Foundation to provide glaucoma screenings in low-income 
District of Columbia neighborhoods; $250,000 for the Perry 
School Community Services Center to expand its job and career 
training programs to poor individuals in the District; $275,000 
for the DC Safe Kids Coalition to provide a child occupant 
protection program and to operate a child safety seat fitting 
station; $300,000 to the International Youth Service and 
Development Corps for the Washington, D.C. Mentoring Friends 
Program and the People's House Hotline; $300,000 to the Public 
Access Corporation of the District of Columbia for the Future 
Producers Program; $300,000 to the Criminal Justice 
Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia; $300,000 for 
the Washington Jesuit Academy to provide hardware and software 
to equip the Technology Innovation and Learning Lab; $350,000 
to the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences for a 
partnership with the Excel Institute to develop a job training 
program for District residents; $400,000 to the Excel Institute 
Adult Education Program for construction; $400,000 for the 
Close-Up Foundation Capital Connection Program to provide a 
multi-year civic education residential program for 10th grade 
students in District of Columbia Public Schools; $400,000 for 
Teach for America, DC, to recruit and train qualified college 
graduates to teach in understaffed and low-performing schools; 
$500,000 to the Historical Society of Washington for capital 
improvements to the City Museum; $500,000 to the United Negro 
College Fund Special Programs for a study on how the District 
of Columbia Public School System could improve the educational 
performance and achievement of its students; $500,000 to the 
American Cities Foundation to collect national data and 
disseminate information to District entities on innovative 
approaches to the delivery of K-12 education; $500,000 to the 
Innovative Emergency Management, Inc. to assist the Emergency 
Management Office in developing an evacuation plan for the 
District of Columbia; $500,000 to the University of New Orleans 
Center for Hazards Assessment and the George Washington 
University Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management 
to assist the District in city security and emergency 
preparedness; $500,000 to the Capitol City Career Development 
and Training Partnership to provide job training and career 
development services to District residents; $500,000 to the 
Washington Center on Best Practices for assistance to and 
promotion of early education awareness programs; $500,000 to 
the Caribbean American Mission for Education Research and 
Action to support the Mission's efforts to build linkages 
betweenCaribbean educational entities and District of Columbia 
and other regional higher education institutions for the purposes of 
sharing of U.S. expertise in educational methodologies; $500,000 for 
Community Youth Connection to expand its mentoring to disadvantaged 
students; $500,000 to the Metropolitan Council of Governments' District 
of Columbia Area Housing Trust Fund for development, rehabilitation, 
and construction of affordable housing in the Washington region; 
$500,000 to the Milton Eisenhower Foundation to expand the Carver 
Terrace initiative and add another safe-haven mini-station in the 
District; $500,000 to the Good Samaritan Foundation to acquire and 
renovate a building to expand outreach and mentoring services to at-
risk District of Columbia youths; $500,000 to Reach for Tomorrow to 
support a program that takes a multi-dimensional approach to working 
with middle school students in the District of Columbia; $500,000 to 
the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department for Secures 
demonstration project with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police 
Department to evaluate the effectiveness and technical utility of an 
automated gunshot detection system; $500,000 to the Institute for 
Responsible Fatherhood to expand capacity to provide home-based 
counseling, education, training, and related services to low-income 
fathers and their families; $600,000 to Second Chance Employment 
Services to increase capacity to provide additional job training 
opportunities for at-risk and low-income women in the District of 
Columbia; $1,000,000 to Real World Schools to further develop and 
implement advanced technology curriculum models and learning reforms 
for secondary education in the District of Columbia Public Schools; 
$1,000,000 to the Whitman-Walker Clinic for infrastructure 
improvements; $1,000,000 to the Metropolitan Washington Council of 
Governments to support the Regional Incident Communication and 
Coordination System; $1,000,000 to the Council of Court Excellence to 
continue ongoing independent oversight, which will include an annual 
report to Congress on implementation of the District of Columbia Family 
Court Act of 2000 and the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997; 
$1,000,000 to Green Door to renovate its clinic and community center to 
provide additional services to District of Columbia residents with 
severe mental illnesses; $1,000,000 to continue demonstration of the 
``Active Cap'' river cleanup technology on the Anacostia River which 
immobilizes river sediment contaminants and treats them in place; 
$1,225,000 to Covenant House for construction of a new Community 
Service Center at Covenant House in S.E. Washington, D.C.; $1,250,000 
to the Excel Institute for operations in equal quarterly installments 
within 15 days of the beginning of each quarter; $2,000,000 to the 
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences for civil infrastructure 
vulnerability assessment and implementation of resulting protection 
profiles; $2,000,000 for Voyager Expanded Learning to implement the 
Voyager Universal Literacy System throughout all District of Columbia 
Public School kindergarten and 1st grade classes; $2,000,000 to the 
SEED Foundation Charter School, the only urban public boarding school 
in the nation, for construction of the Academic Center; $2,000,000 to 
St. Coletta of Greater Washington, Inc. for property acquisition and 
construction of a facility to provide services for mentally retarded 
and multiple-handicapped adolescents and adults in the District of 
Columbia; $2,350,000 to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to 
restore the Lincoln Cottage and to create interpretive programs and 
exhibits at the site; $2,500,000 to the Canal Park Development 
Association for development of a park on 2nd Street between I Street 
and M Street in Southeast Washington; and $5,000,000 to Children's 
National Medical Center in the District of Columbia for capital and 
equipment improvements.
      The conference agreement includes a modified provision to 
require each entity that receives funding under this heading to 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate, a report on the activities carried 
out with such funds by April 30, 2003. The House had a similar 
provision, but required the report no later than February 15, 
2003. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

              FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS

      The conference agreement includes $2,800,000 to continue 
improvements on the historic Potomac Southwest Waterfront, 
including rebuilding the docks, instead of $1,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar 
provision.
      The agreement also requires the District of Columbia 
Department of Housing and Community Development to report on 
the activities carried out with these funds by April 30, 2003. 
The House had a similar provision, but required the report no 
later than February 15, 2003. The Senate bill contained no 
similar provision.

                FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR ASBESTOS REMEDIATION

      The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 to reimburse 
Fairfax County, Virginia for remediation of asbestos on the 
former site of the Lorton Correctional Complex as proposed by 
the House. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
      The agreement also requires the General Services 
Administration to report on the activities carried out with 
these funds by April 30, 2003. The House had a similar 
provision, but required the report no later than February 15, 
2003. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 to repair, 
renovate, and rehabilitate fire stations in need of capital 
improvements as proposed by the House. The Senate bill 
contained no similar provision.
      The agreement also requires the District of Columbia Fire 
and Emergency Medical Services Department to report on the 
activities carried out with these funds by April 30, 2003. The 
House had a similar provision, but required the report no later 
than February 15, 2003. The Senate bill contained no similar 
provision.

                 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

      The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 to establish 
special education satellite facilities in the District of 
Columbia. The House proposed $14,000,000 for a Federal payment 
for special education, including $5,000,000 for transportation 
services and $9,000,000 for satellite facilities. The Senate 
bill contained no similar provision.
      The conferees are concerned about the increasing costs of 
delivering services to special education students. Several 
factors are responsible for these increases, many of which are 
interrelated, such as the increase in the special education 
population and the number of non-public placements. The 
conferees commend the Mayor and the Board of Education for 
their efforts to begin to reform the special education system 
in the District. A Special Education Task Force that was 
recently established has adopted and presented to the Mayor a 
Special Education Cost Savings Plan that has been certified by 
the Chief Financial Officer. The conferees are supportive of 
these efforts and concur with the District's fiscal year 2003 
budget submission to dedicate $27,000,000 in local funds for 
special education reform. In addition, the conferees provide 
$3,000,000 in Federal funds to create additional campuses that 
will provide all special education students who live in the 
District with the opportunity to receive a public education in 
their own city. The conferees will continue to monitor the 
efforts of the District to reform the special education system.

            FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM

      The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the 
family literacy program as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
$5,000,000 as proposed by the House.

 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

      The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 for a 
Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
Authority for the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan, as 
proposed by both the House and Senate. The agreement also 
includes a provision that the Water and Sewer Authority provide 
a 100 percent match for the fiscal year 2003 Federal 
contribution, as proposed by the Senate. The House had a 
similar provision, but required the match to be made in fiscal 
year 2003.

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT INITIATIVE IN THE DISTRICT 
                              OF COLUMBIA

      The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for 
implementation of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative as 
proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.

  FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

      The conference agreement includes $10,150,000 for a 
Federal payment to the District of Columbia for capital 
development, instead of $24,298,000 as proposed by the House, 
and $13,100,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this 
amount is $150,000 for renovations at Eastern Market as 
proposed by the House, instead of $100,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Also included in this amount is $10,000,000 for the 
Unified Communications Center as proposed by the Senate, 
instead of $19,148,000 as proposed by the House.
      The agreement does not include funding for the forensic 
laboratory. The House had $5,000,000 and the Senate bill 
contained $3,000,000 for this project. The District estimates 
the total cost of construction to be $75,000,000 over three 
years. The conferees note that the District's capital budget 
does not include local funding dedicated to this project. While 
the conferees are supportive of the project, there are not 
sufficient Federal funds available for it in fiscal year 2003.
      The conference agreement includes a provision to make 
these funds available until expended as proposed by the House. 
The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL 
                               FACILITIES

      The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for a 
Federal payment to the District of Columbia for development of 
public charter school facilities, instead of $16,000,000 as 
proposed by the House, and $20,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Included in this amount is $4,000,000 to supplement the 
per pupil facilities allocation, $5,000,000 for the Direct Loan 
Fund for Charter School Improvement, and $8,000,000 for the 
Credit Enhancement Revolving Fund. The House provided 
$16,000,000 for the Credit Enhancement Revolving Fund while the 
Senate bill included $1,000,000 for the Office of Charter 
School Financing and Support, $4,000,000 for the Per Pupil 
Allocation, $5,000,000 for the Credit Enhancement Fund for 
Public Charter Schools, and $10,000,000 for the Direct Loan 
Fund for Charter School Improvement. The per pupil facilities 
allocation will establish a minimum allocation of $1,500 per 
charter school pupil.

        TITLE II--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS OPERATING EXPENSES

                          DIVISION OF EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides that operating expenses 
for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2003 shall not 
exceed $6,294,522,000, of which $1,712,498,000 is from Federal 
funds, instead of $6,434,709,000, of which $1,770,948,000 is 
from Federal funds as proposed by the House, and 
$6,433,359,000, of which $1,824,578,000 is from Federal funds, 
as proposed by the Senate. The changes in the amounts reflect 
the revised budget submitted pursuant to Sec. 138 of H.R. 5521 
of the 107th Congress, as reported by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and actions 
taken by the conferees in the funding levels under the various 
appropriation headings.

                   GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT

      The conference agreement includes $307,173,000 for 
governmental direction and support, including $207,971,000 from 
local funds, $80,854,000 from Federal funds, and $18,348,000 
from other funds, instead of $303,586,000, including 
$225,234,000 from local funds, $60,004,000 from Federal funds, 
and $18,348,000 from other funds as proposed by the House, and 
$295,136,000, including $225,234,000 from local funds, 
$51,554,000 from Federal funds, and $18,348,000 from other 
funds as proposed by the Senate.
      Office of the Mayor--The conference agreement includes 
$4,000,000 from Federal funds appropriated earlier in this Act 
for the family literacy program.
      Office of the Chief Financial Officer--The conference 
agreement includes $40,300,000 from Federal funds appropriated 
earlier in this Act for programs and activities to support 
economic development and infrastructure in the District and the 
health, education, and job training needs of District 
residents.

                  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION

      The conference agreement includes $244,358,000 for 
economic development and support, including $56,872,000 from 
local funds, $97,796,000 from Federal funds, and $89,690,000 
from other funds, instead of $258,539,000, including 
$64,553,000 from local funds, $97,796,000 from Federal funds, 
and $96,190,000 from other funds as proposed by both the House 
and Senate.
      The conference agreement earmarks $725,000 for the 
Development of Employment Services as proposed by the House, 
instead of $725,400 as proposed by the Senate.

                       PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE

      The conference agreement includes $622,531,000 for public 
safety and justice, including $602,678,000 from local funds, 
$11,329,000 from Federal funds, and $8,524,000 from other 
funds, instead of $639,892,000, including $620,039,000 from 
local funds, $11,329,000 from Federal funds, and $8,524,000 
from other funds as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                        PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM

      The conference agreement includes $1,206,169,000 for the 
public education system, including $939,174,000 from local 
funds, $208,470,000 from Federal funds, $31,525,000 from other 
funds, and $27,000,000 from the Medicaid and Special Education 
Reform Fund, instead of $1,257,201,000, including $980,206,000 
from local funds, $218,470,000 from Federal funds, $31,525,000 
from other funds, and $27,000,000 from the Medicaid and Special 
Education Reform Fund as proposed by the House, and 
$1,220,201,000, including $980,206,000 from local funds, 
$208,870,000 from Federal funds, and $31,525,000 from other 
funds as proposed by the Senate.
      District of Columbia Public Schools--The allocation 
includes $902,936,000 for District of Columbia public schools, 
including $713,494,000 from local funds, $150,800,000 from 
Federal funds, $11,642,000 from other funds, and $27,000,000 
from the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund, instead of 
$944,157,000, including $743,715,000 from local funds, 
$161,800,000 from Federal funds, $11,642,000 from other funds, 
and $27,000,000 from the Medicaid and Special Education Reform 
Fund as proposed by the House, and $903,157,000, including 
$743,715,000 from local funds, $147,800,000 from Federal funds, 
and $11,642,000 from other funds as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 from Federal 
funds appropriated earlier in this Act to establish special 
education satellite facilities in the District of Columbia.
      State Education Office--The allocation includes 
$49,687,000 for the State education office, including 
$22,594,000 from local funds, $26,917,000 from Federal funds, 
and $176,000 from other funds as proposed by both the House and 
Senate.
      District of Columbia Public Charter Schools--The 
allocation includes $142,711,000 for District of Columbia 
public charter schools, including $125,711,000 from local funds 
and $17,000,000 from Federal funds, instead of $148,865,000, 
including $132,865,000 from local funds and $16,000,000 from 
Federal funds as proposed by the House, and $132,865,000 from 
local funds as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 from 
Federal funds appropriated earlier in this Act for public 
charter school facilities development.
      University of the District of Columbia--The allocation 
includes $81,180,000 for the University of the District of 
Columbia, including $49,462,000 from local funds, $12,668,000 
from Federal funds, and $19,050,000 from other funds, instead 
of $83,990,000, including $52,272,000 from local funds, 
$12,668,000 from Federal funds, and $19,050,000 from other 
funds as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      District of Columbia Public Libraries--The allocation 
includes $27,363,000 for District of Columbia public libraries, 
including $26,216,000 from local funds, $610,000 from Federal 
funds, and $537,000 from other funds, instead of $28,150,000, 
including $27,003,000 from local funds, $610,000 from Federal 
funds, and $537,000 from other funds as proposed by both the 
House and Senate.
      Commission on the Arts and Humanities--The allocation 
includes $2,292,000 for the commission on the arts and 
humanities, including $1,697,000 from local funds, $475,000 
from Federal funds, and $120,000 from other funds, instead of 
$2,352,000, including $1,757,000 from local funds, $475,000 
from Federal funds, and $120,000 from other funds as proposed 
by both the House and Senate.

                         HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement includes $2,451,818,000 for 
human support services, including $1,002,284,000 from local 
funds, $1,373,680,000 from Federal funds, $52,987,000 from 
other funds, and $22,867,000 from the Medicaid and Special 
Education Reform Fund, instead of $2,474,297,000, including 
$1,019,763,000 from local funds, $1,378,680,000 from Federal 
funds, $52,987,000 from other funds, and $22,867,000 from the 
Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund as proposed by the 
House, and $2,500,297,000, including $1,069,630,000 from local 
funds, $1,377,680,000 from Federal funds, and $52,987,000 from 
other funds as proposed by the Senate.

                              PUBLIC WORKS

      The conference agreement includes $320,357,000 for public 
works, including $304,363,000 from local funds, $5,669,000 from 
Federal funds, and $10,325,000 from other funds, instead of 
$324,828,000, including $309,824,000 from local funds, 
$4,669,000 from Federal funds, and $10,325,000 from other funds 
as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 from Federal 
funds appropriated earlier in this Act to implement 
transportation systems management initiatives and strategies.

                                RESERVE

      The conference agreement includes $70,000,000 for the 
reserve from local funds as proposed by both the House and 
Senate.

                    REPAYMENT OF LOANS AND INTEREST

      The conference agreement includes $260,951,000 for 
repayment of loans and interest from local funds, instead of 
$267,451,000 from local funds as proposed by both the House and 
Senate.

                REPAYMENT OF GENERAL FUND RECOVERY DEBT

      The conference agreement includes $39,300,000 for 
repayment of general fund recovery debt from local funds as 
proposed by both the House and Senate.

              PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM BORROWING

      The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for payment 
of interest on short-term borrowing from local funds as 
proposed by both the House and Senate.

                     CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION

      The conference agreement includes $7,950,000 for 
certificates of participation from local funds as proposed by 
both the House and Senate.

                       SETTLEMENTS AND JUDGMENTS

      The conference agreement includes $22,822,000 for 
settlements and judgments from local funds as proposed by both 
the House and Senate.

                            WILSON BUILDING

      The conference agreement includes $4,194,000 for the 
Wilson building from local funds as proposed by both the House 
and Senate.

                         WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS

      The conference agreement includes $48,186,000 for 
workforce investments from local funds, instead of $54,186,000 
from local funds as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                     TOBACCO SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND

      In November 1998, the District, 46 state governments and 
other jurisdictions signed the agreement, ending a four-year 
legal battle over medical treatment costs incurred for smoking-
related illnesses. Under the settlement, the tobacco companies 
are scheduled to pay $253 billion over 25 or more years. The 
receiving governments may use the funds for any purpose 
including issuance of revenue bonds.
      In fiscal year 2001, the District securitized its 
settlement payments in exchange for a lump-sum payment to repay 
existing long-term debt and thereby generating relief from that 
debt service. In fiscal year 2003, $49,867,430 in savings will 
be achieved. Of this amount $49,867,000 will be placed into the 
District's Medicaid and Special Education Reform fund 
established by D.C. Law 14-190. These funds shall remain 
available until expended. From this fund, $27,000,000 will be 
made available to the District's Public Education System and 
$22,867,000 will be made available to the District's Human 
Support Services to fund Medicaid and special education reform 
activities within the District. These funds will ensure that 
adequate resources are available to support District-wide 
Medicaid costs.

                        NON-DEPARTMENTAL AGENCY

      The conference agreement includes $5,799,000 for the non-
Department agency from local funds as proposed by both the 
House and Senate.

                 EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS

      The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for 
emergency planning and security costs from Federal funds 
appropriated earlier in this Act as proposed by both the House 
and Senate.

                       ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

                       WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

      The conference agreement includes $253,743,000 for the 
water and sewer authority from other funds as proposed by both 
the House and Senate.

                          WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT

      The conference agreement includes $57,847,000 for the 
Washington aqueduct from other funds as proposed by both the 
House and Senate.

              STORMWATER PERMIT COMPLIANCE ENTERPRISE FUND

      The conference agreement includes $3,100,000 for the 
stormwater permit compliance enterprise funds from other funds 
as proposed by both the House and Senate.

              LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES ENTERPRISE FUND

      The conference agreement includes $232,881,000 for the 
lottery and charitable games enterprise fund from other funds 
as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                  SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION

      The conference agreement includes $20,510,000 for the 
sports and entertainment commission, including $5,000,000 from 
Federal funds appropriated earlier in this Act for 
implementation of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative and 
$15,510,000 from other funds as proposed by the Senate, instead 
of $15,510,000 from other funds as proposed by the House.
      The conferees note that the District of Columbia has 
developed plans for the design and construction of a Regional 
Sports Complex at Kenilworth Park, NE., Washington, D.C., a 
portion of which is owned by the National Park Service. The 
site, an area of approximately 50 acres, was a District 
landfill until the late 1960's when the landfill was capped.
      The National Park Service has conducted a Preliminary 
Assessment/Site Investigation and a Remedial Investigation/
Feasibility Study at the site. The latter study is in draft and 
has been coordinated with the District and the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) Region III. As a result of regulatory 
reviews, the District has requested a Human Health Risk 
Assessment from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the EPA Region III has extensive comments that will result 
in further investigations and require at least a year or more 
to complete.
      The conferees urge the District of Columbia, specifically 
the D.C. Department of Recreation and D.C. Sports and 
Entertainment Commission to work with the National Park Service 
to develop a land use plan for the development of Kenilworth 
Park that could be implemented in conjunction with remediation 
and report the results of that effort to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate no 
later than six months after enactment. The conferees recognize 
that before any plan can be implemented for this site, the 
environmental investigations and subsequent remediation will 
have to be completed.

                 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD

      The conference agreement includes $13,388,000 for the 
District of Columbia retirement board from other funds as 
proposed by both the House and Senate.

              WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER ENTERPRISE FUND

      The conference agreement includes $78,700,000 for the 
Washington convention center enterprise fund from other funds 
as proposed by both the House and Senate.

              NATIONAL CAPITAL REVITALIZATION CORPORATION

      The conference agreement includes $6,745,000 for the 
National capital revitalization corporation from other funds as 
proposed by both the House and Senate.

                            CAPITAL OUTLAYS

                        (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

      The conference agreement includes $671,020,000 for 
capital outlays, including $555,097,000 from local funds, 
$48,132,000 from Highway Trust funds, $321,782,000 from Federal 
funds, and a rescission of $253,991,000 from local funds 
appropriated under this heading in prior years, instead of 
$666,367,780, including $538,096,996 from local funds, 
$48,131,855 from Highway Trust funds, $334,130,057 from Federal 
funds, and a rescission of $253,991,128 from local funds 
appropriated under this heading in prior years as proposed by 
the House, and $981,527,780, including a rescission of 
$253,991,128 from local funds appropriated under this heading 
in prior years as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 from Federal 
funds appropriated earlier in this Act to repair, renovate, and 
rehabilitate fire stations in need of capital improvements; 
$2,800,000 from Federal funds appropriated earlier in this Act 
to continue improvements on the historic Potomac Southwest 
Waterfront; and $10,150,000 from Federal funds appropriated 
earlier in this Act for capital development, of which $150,000 
is for renovations at Eastern Market and $10,000,000 is for the 
Unified Communications Center. The conferees request that a 
report on the activities carried out with these funds be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate by April 30, 2003.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement changes several section numbers 
for sequential purposes and makes technical revisions to 
several provisions.
      The conference agreement retains Sec. 105 as proposed by 
the Senate. The House proposed to make this section permanent 
law.
      The conference agreement makes Sec. 108 permanent law as 
proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement amends Sec. 112 to require the 
Mayor report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate, as well as the Council, the new 
fiscal year 2003 revenue estimates as proposed by the House. 
The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
      The conference agreement retains Sec. 113 as proposed by 
the Senate. The House proposed to make this section permanent 
law.
      The conference agreement amends Sec. 120(b) to require 
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia to 
submit, by March 1, 2003, an inventory of all vehicles owned, 
leased or operated by the D.C. government. The House had a 
similar provision, but required the inventory by November 15, 
2002. The Senate bill also contained a similar provision, but 
required the inventory by February 5, 2003.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 124 as proposed by 
the House to prohibit the use of any funds contained in this 
act for needle exchange programs. The Senate bill included a 
provision to prohibit the use of Federal funds contained in 
this Act for needle exchange programs.
      The conference agreement amends Sec. 129 to require the 
Mayor to address access to substance and alcohol abuse 
treatment and consult with District of Columbia Public Schools 
and District of Columbia public charter schools on education 
reporting as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained a 
similar provision, but it addressed only drug abuse treatment 
and required consultation with District of Columbia Public 
Schools only.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 130 to require a 
revised appropriated funds operating budget no later than 30 
calendar days after the date of enactment of this Act as 
proposed by the Senate. The House had a similar provision, but 
required the revised operating budget no later than 30 days 
after date of enactment of this Act.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 132 to prohibit 
any Federal funds in this Act from being transferred to any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government, except pursuant to authority in an appropriations 
Act as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no 
similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 133 to allow the 
District government to pay the settlement or judgment of a 
claim or lawsuit in an amount less than $10,000 as proposed by 
the Senate. The House had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 137 to allow local 
funds appropriated under this Act to be available for use by 
the Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining to 
reimburse the cost of providing representation as proposed by 
the House. The Senate bill contained a similar provision, but 
allowed all funds appropriated under this Act to be used for 
this purpose.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 138 to amend the 
United States Code and the D.C. Code to allow District of 
Columbia court employees to participate in the Federal long-
term care insurance program as proposed by the Senate. The 
House had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 139 to transfer 
$560,000 of funds made available to the District of Columbia 
courts in the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act to the 
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency for child 
abuse services as proposed by the Senate. The House had no 
similar provision.
      The conference agreement amends Sec. 140 to require a 
report from the Comptroller General no later than June 2, 2003 
providing a detailed analysis of the national effort to 
establish adequate charter school facilities, including a 
comparison of the efforts in the District of Columbia. The 
Senate bill contained a similar provision, but required the 
report no later than April 1, 2003. The House had no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 141 to require the 
Mayor and Council to conduct an assessment of all buildings 
currently held in surplus and those that might be made 
available within one year of the date of enactment of this Act 
as well as a plan for occupying at least 50 percent of the 
space available at the time the report is submitted, which is 
within 180 days of enactment as proposed by the Senate. The 
House had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 142 to require the 
Mayor to establish and fulfill specific performance measures in 
administering funds provided under the heading ``Federal 
Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children,'' in Public 
Law 106-113 as proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar 
provision. The conferees are concerned that funds provided in 
1999 to the District of Columbia government to promote the 
adoption of children have yet to be expended. The conferees 
supported the extension of the availability of funds in 2000 
and the expansion of the purpose for which the funds may be 
used in 2001. However, the funds have still not met their 
original intent, to increase adoption of children in the foster 
care system in the District of Columbia. The District of 
Columbia shall submit quarterly reports on the expenditure of 
these funds and the implementation of the performance measures 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 143 to establish 
an Office of Public Charter School Financing and Support and a 
Direct Loan Fund for Charter School Improvement within the 
District of Columbia as proposed by the Senate. The House had 
no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 146 to amend the 
District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 to establish a 
Charter School Fund and transfer $5,000,000 from this fund into 
the credit enhancement revolving fund as proposed by the 
Senate. The House had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 144 as proposed by 
the Senate to prohibit the use of any funds in this Act to pay 
the fees of an attorney who represents a party in an action or 
any attorney who defends any action, including an 
administrative proceeding, brought against the District of 
Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities 
in Education Act in excess of $4,000 for that action or to pay 
the fees of an attorney or firm whom the Chief Financial 
Officer of the District of Columbia determines to have a 
pecuniary interest, either through an attorney, officer or 
employee of the firm, in any special education diagnostic 
services, schools, or other special education service 
providers. The House has no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes Sec. 145 as proposed by 
the Senate to require attorneys in special education cases 
brought under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education 
Act (IDEA) to: certify in writing that the attorney rendered 
any and all services for which they receive rewards; require 
all attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, 
corporate, legal, membership on boards of directors, or other 
relationships with any special education diagnostic services, 
schools, or other special education service providers to which 
attorneys have referred any clients; require the Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia to prepare and 
submit quarterly reports on the certification of and the amount 
paid by the District of Columbia government, including the 
District of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in cases 
brought under IDEA; and allow the Inspector General of the 
District of Columbia to conduct investigations to determine the 
accuracy of the certifications. The House had no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement does not include a provision as 
proposed by the Senate to require District of Columbia Public 
Schools to conduct the evaluation and, if necessary, place the 
student in an appropriate program of special education services 
120 days from the time a student is referred for evaluation or 
assessment. The House had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement does not include a provision to 
prohibit any person or entity that violates the Buy American 
Act from receiving funds appropriated in this Act as proposed 
by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement does not include a provision to 
amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to conform deposit 
dates of the emergency and contingency reserve funds as 
proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement does not include a provision to 
require the District of Columbia to submit a revised financial 
plan and budget for the District government for fiscal year 
2003 not later than October 2, 2002 as proposed by the House. 
The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

                  Conference Total--With Comparisions

    The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...        $607,415
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003...........................................         378,752
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................         517,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................         512,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................         512,000
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................         -95,415
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................        +133,248
    House bill, fiscal year 2003........................          -5,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.......................              --

                               DIVISION D


           Energy and Water Development Appropriations, 2003

      The language and allocations set forth in House Report 
107-681 and the Senate explanatory statement as delineated in 
the Congressional Record of January 15, 2003, pages S492 
through S546, should be complied with unless specifically 
addressed to the contrary in the conference report and 
statement of the managers. Such language should be considered 
approved by the committee of conference. The statement of the 
managers, while repeating some report language for emphasis, 
does not intend to negate the language referred to above unless 
expressly provided herein. In cases where both the House report 
and Senate explanatory statement address a particular issue not 
specifically addressed in the conference report or joint 
statement of managers, the conferees have determined that the 
House report and Senate explanatory statement are not 
inconsistent and are to be interpreted accordingly. In cases in 
which the House or Senate have directed the submission of a 
report, such report is to be submitted to both House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.

                                TITLE I


                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL


                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY


                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

      The summary tables at the end of this title set forth the 
conference agreement with respect to the individual 
appropriations, programs, and activities of the Corps of 
Engineers. Additional items of the conference agreement are 
discussed below.
      The conferees remain concerned about the huge and 
increasing backlog of infrastructure development, maintenance, 
and repair over which the Corps of Engineers has jurisdiction. 
The Administration's proposed fiscal year 2003 budget would 
have caused the backlog of unconstructed projects to increase 
from $40,000,000,000 to $44,000,000,000, and ignores an 
accelerating critical maintenance backlog which would increase 
from $702,000,000 to $884,000,000. This maintenance backlog 
will soon become entirely unmanageable under the weight of an 
aging and crumbling inventory. Proposing no new studies and 
only one new construction start, under funding ongoing 
projects, and providing minimal operation and maintenance 
funding for completed projects leads the conferees to believe 
that the budget request may have been influenced by very narrow 
interest groups rather than the needs of the country. In the 
face of such an irresponsible position, the Congress has no 
option but to step forward in support of these vital projects.
      The conferees are concerned that Corps of Engineers 
technical and planning capabilities have diminished over the 
past decade. This diminished capability has been evident in 
recent studies, such as the Upper Mississippi and Illinois 
Waterway Navigation Study and the Delaware River Deepening 
project. The conferees urge the Corps of Engineers to review 
ways in which it can improve its capability, including 
concentrating its technical and planning expertise in regional 
centers. The Corps should report back to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees within one year on its findings.

                         GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

      The conference agreement appropriates $135,019,000 for 
General Investigations instead of $143,680,000 as proposed by 
the House and $148,304,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the Napa 
River Salt Marsh Restoration project in California, $900,000 to 
complete the feasibility study, and $100,000 to initiate 
preconstruction engineering and design.
      The conference agreement does not include funds for the 
Port of Stockton, California, study proposed by the House. 
Funds for this work are included in the amount provided for the 
San Francisco Bay to Stockton, California, project in the 
Construction, General, account.
      The conference agreement includes $3,073,000 for the 
Corps of Engineers to complete the feasibility study and 
initiate preconstruction engineering and design for the 
Sacramento and San Joaquin Comprehensive Basin study in 
California.
      The conference agreement does not include funds in this 
account for the Treatment of Dredged Material from Long Island 
Sound, Connecticut, project. Funds for the project are included 
in the Operation and Maintenance, General, account.
      The conference agreement includes $500,000 for the Corps 
of Engineers to perform a General Reevaluation Report for the 
Federal navigation project at St. Petersburg Harbor, Florida.
      The conferees have provided $450,000 for the Chesapeake 
Bay Shoreline Erosion, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, 
study, including $100,000 to initiate the shoreline erosion 
portion of the feasibility study.
      The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for the 
Great Lakes Navigation System study. The conferees have 
included language in the bill allowing the Secretary, in 
pursuing this study, to partner with, and accept contributions 
from, the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and 
agents of the government of Canada. The conferees understand 
the need for an evaluation of the existing physical structures 
of the St. Lawrence Seaway to ensure the future viability of 
the system. However, the conferees are concerned about the 
scope of the ongoing study, primarily with respect to the 
environmental impact on the Seaway system as a whole and the 
St. Lawrence River in particular. Any significant disruption of 
the delicate balance of the St. Lawrence/Great Lakes ecosystem 
could have a detrimental impact on critical habitats and 
adversely affect the region's critical recreation, commercial 
and tourism industries. The conferees direct the Corps of 
Engineers to take into consideration the recreational, 
commercial, environmental and tourism impacts of any changes to 
the Great Lakes Ecosystem, including impacts to the St. 
Lawrence Seaway as the Corps conducts its Great Lakes 
Navigation System study.
      The conference agreement includes $150,000 for the Corps 
of Engineers to continue shoreline monitoring and undertake 
other preconstruction engineering and design activities for the 
Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay, North Carolina, project. The conferees 
are aware that there are significant issues that remain to be 
resolved before this project can proceed to construction.
      The conference agreement includes $800,000 for the 
Mahoning River Environmental Dredging, Ohio and Pennsylvania, 
study, including $100,000 to study the need for environmental 
dredging of the Mahoning River within the State of 
Pennsylvania.
      The conferees have provided $200,000 for continuation of 
the riverfront project in Cincinnati, Ohio. The conferees 
understand that the City has accelerated the planning and 
design of the project using non-Federal funds. It is the sense 
of the conference that these funds should be counted toward any 
non-Federal cost-sharing requirement. Therefore, the funding 
provided is to be used for assistance with the development of 
design and environmental compliance documentation.
      The conferees have provided $650,000 for the Walla Walla 
River Watershed, Oregon and Washington, study, including 
$100,000 for the Corps of Engineers to work with the Walla 
Walla Watershed Alliance to investigate restoration of riparian 
habitat and river flow improvements in the basin.
      The conference agreement includes $1,800,000 for the 
Upper Trinity River Basin, Texas, study, including $300,000 for 
the Dallas Floodway portion of the project and funds to 
continue the Trinity Visions project.
      The conference agreement includes $4,500,000 for the 
Coastal Field Data Collection Program, including $1,000,000 for 
the Southern California Beach Processes study, and $1,000,000 
for hurricane evaluation studies in the State of Hawaii and 
U.S. Territories.
      The conferees have provided $8,000,000 for the Flood 
Plain Management Services program. Within the funds provided, 
the conferees expect the Corps of Engineers to carry out the 
work described in the House Report and Senate Explanatory 
Statement, including $1,000,000 to continue the foundational 
geographic information system for flood plain management in 
East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana.
      The conference agreement includes $5,250,000 for Other 
Coordination Programs. Within the amount provided, the 
conferees direct the Corps of Engineers to undertake the 
activities described in the Senate Explanatory Statement.
      The conference agreement includes $6,500,000 for the 
Planning Assistance to States program. Within the funds 
provided, the conferees expect the Corps of Engineers to 
undertake the activities described in the House Report and 
Senate Explanatory Statement except for the work described in 
the House Report for Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the work in 
Alaska described in the Senate Explanatory Statement, which has 
been funded under the Tribal Partnership Program authorized by 
section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000. In 
addition, the conference agreement includes $300,000 for the 
statewide watershed management assessment for the State of 
Alabama.
      Within the amount provided for Research and Development, 
$2,000,000 is provided for innovative technology demonstrations 
for urban flooding and channel restoration. The conferees 
encourage the Corps of Engineers to cooperate with the Urban 
Water Research Program of the Desert Research Institute of 
Nevada in carrying out these demonstrations. In addition, 
$500,000 is provided for submerged aquatic vegetation research 
as described in the Senate Explanatory Statement.
      The conferees have agreed to include language in the bill 
proposed by the House related to the Southwest Valley Flood 
Damage Reduction study in New Mexico.
      The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 
House regarding the water resources needs of the central Gulf 
Coast area.

                         CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL

      The conference agreement appropriates $1,756,012,000 for 
Construction, General instead of $1,831,030,000 as proposed by 
the House and $1,636,602,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      In the process of arriving at the agreed-upon 
distribution of funding, the conferees were aware of, and took 
into consideration, the effects on the capability of the Corps 
of Engineers to execute its fiscal year 2003 program of having 
functioned for nearly half the year under a series of 
continuing resolutions. Recognition of the restrictions 
associated with this mode of operation, and their inevitable 
impact, compelled the conferees to make several changes from 
the program that would have been enacted earlier.
      The conference agreement includes $19,000,000 for the 
Corps of Engineers to continue construction of the Rio Salado 
project in Arizona.
      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the 
Sacramento Area, California, project for the Corps of Engineers 
to carry out the activities described in the House Report.
      The conference agreement includes $1,800,000 for the San 
Francisco Bay to Stockton, California, project, including funds 
for continuation of the General Reevaluation Reports on the 
Avon Turning Basin and the minimal deepening of San Francisco 
Bay to the Port of Stockton.
      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the Tule 
River, California, Success Reservoir enlargement project. The 
conferees direct the Corps of Engineers to include the 
additional rock protection required on the approaches to the 
State Route 190 bridge as a project cost.
      The conferees have included $2,000,000 for the Broward 
County, Florida, project, including $300,000 for the Corps of 
Engineers to prepare a General Reevaluation Report for 
implementation of Segment I of the project.
      The amount provided for the Jacksonville Harbor, Florida, 
project includes $500,000 for the Corps of Engineers to 
complete plans and specifications for the proposed extension of 
the channel and initiate a General Reevaluation Report 
regarding further improvements.
      The conference agreement includes $2,500,000 for the Palm 
Beach County, Florida, project for activities described in the 
House Report.
      The conferees have provided $3,000,000 for a portion of 
the Federal share of the costs of the Estero and Gasparilla 
segments of the Lee County, Florida, shore protection project. 
The conferees are aware that section 312 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999 directed the Secretary to carry out the 
Captiva Island segment of the Lee County project in accordance 
with section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992; and also that section 309 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2000 authorized the Secretary to carry out 
the Estero and Gasparilla segments of the same project in 
accordance with section 206 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1992. The conferees urge the Secretary of the Army to 
enter into the required project cooperation agreements for the 
Captiva, Estero, and Gasparilla segments of the Lee County, 
Florida, project within six months of enactment of this Act 
into law and to include funds for these segments in future 
annual budget requests to Congress.
      None of the funds provided for the Olmsted Locks and Dam 
project are to be used to reimburse the Claims and Judgment 
Fund.
      The conferees continue to recognize the vital importance 
of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock, Louisiana, project 
and direct the Corps of Engineers to take every practicable 
action to ensure that construction proceeds expeditiously and 
that project benefits are delivered with dispatch.
      The conferees have provided $750,000 for the Mississippi 
River Gulf Outlet, Louisiana, project for the Corps of 
Engineers to continue the reevaluation study for the project.
      The conference agreement includes $200,000 for the 
Genessee County Environmental Infrastructure project in 
Michigan for work on the rain gauge system and the Kearsley 
Creek interceptor.
      The conferees reiterate their support for the wastewater 
infrastructure needs of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and the 
Garrison-Kathio-West Mille Lacs Lake Sanitary District through 
continued construction of the Mille Lacs Regional Wastewater 
System connected to the regional wastewater treatment plant on 
the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation, as established in the Treaty 
of 1855, 10 Stat. 1165.
      The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for the 
Mississippi Environmental Infrastructure project. The conferees 
expect the Corps of Engineers to use the funds to address the 
most critical water resources needs within the State of 
Mississippi.
      The conferees have provided $1,000,000 for the Rural 
Montana project. Within the funds provided, the Corps of 
Engineers should give consideration to Grant Creek, Missoula 
County, the cities of Belgrade, Helena, and the City of Conrad 
as described in the House Report.
      The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 to continue 
the Rural Nevada project. Within the funds provided, the Corps 
of Engineers is directed to give consideration to projects at 
Boulder City, Lyon County (Carson River Regional Water System), 
Gerlach, Incline Village, Round Hill, Mesquite, Moapa, Spanish 
Springs, Battle Mountain, Virgin Valley, Lawton-Verdi, and 
Esmeralda County.
      The conferees are aware that the Corps of Engineers has 
made significant progress during calendar year 2002 to 
reorganize the Acequias Irrigation System construction project 
in New Mexico. The conferees are concerned, however, that the 
State of New Mexico's Interstate Stream Commission is facing 
funding shortfalls and is having difficulty garnering the 
needed resources as the non-Federal sponsor of the project. In 
addition, the conferees are also aware that there are delays in 
both the community ditch in northwest New Mexico, as well as in 
the Cuchillo project. The conferees continue to support this 
project and are hopeful that the outstanding issues will soon 
be resolved.
      The additional funds provided for the Fire Island Inlet 
to Montauk Point, New York, project are to be used to carry out 
the activities described in the House Report.
      The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for the 
South Central Pennsylvania Environmental Improvement Program. 
The funds are to be divided equally for work within the Corps 
of Engineers Baltimore and Pittsburgh Districts.
      The conferees have provided $8,500,000 for the Cheyenne 
River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux, South Dakota, project. 
Within the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be provided for 
administrative expenses. The Corps of Engineers is to 
distribute the remaining funds as directed by Title VI of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to the State of South 
Dakota, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and the Lower Brule 
Sioux Tribe.
      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the 
Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia, project, including funds 
to initiate deepening of the outbound channel.
      The conference agreement includes $85,000,000 for the 
Columbia River Fish Mitigation program in Washington, Oregon, 
and Idaho. Within the funds provided, $300,000 is for a 
reconnaissance level investigation of Columbia River flood 
control operations for the Corps of Engineers to determine what 
changes, if any, would benefit endangered species, particularly 
salmon. Evaluation beyond the reconnaissance phase is subject 
to agency review and congressional notification.
      The conferees direct the Corps of Engineers to undertake 
the projects listed in the House report and Senate explanatory 
statement and any additional projects described below for the 
various continuing authorities programs. The recommended 
funding levels for these programs are as follows: Section 206--
$20,000,000; Section 204--$1,500,000; Section 14--$10,000,000; 
Section 205--$45,000,000; Section 111--$2,000,000; Section 
107--$11,000,000; Section 1135--$23,000,000; Section 103--
$5,000,000; and Section 208--$1,000,000. The conferees are 
aware that there are funding requirements for ongoing 
continuing authorities projects that may not be accommodated 
within the funds provided for each program. It is not the 
intent of the conferees that ongoing projects be terminated. If 
additional funds are needed during the year to keep ongoing 
work in any program on schedule, the conferees urge the Corps 
of Engineers to reprogram funds into the program.
      Under the Section 205 program, the conference agreement 
includes $750,000 to initiate detailed plans and specifications 
for the Jackson Brook Watershed, Morris County, New Jersey, 
project. The conference agreement does not include funds for 
the Wind Lake, Wisconsin, project described in the House 
Report. In addition, $500,000 is provided for the Corps of 
Engineers to initiate work on the flood damage reduction 
project on the James River in Greene County, Missouri.
      Under the Section 14 program, $200,000 is provided for 
the Kenosha Harbor, Wisconsin, retaining wall project.
      Under the Section 107 program, the conference agreement 
includes $500,000 to complete plans and specifications, 
negotiate the project cooperation agreement, and initiate 
construction of the Russellville Slackwater Harbor project in 
Arkansas. In addition, the conferees urge the Corps of 
Engineers to take whatever steps necessary within the funds 
available under Section 107 to begin work on the small boat 
harbor at Tatitlik, Alaska.
      Under the Section 206 program, the conference agreement 
includes $250,000 for the Arroyo Mocho, California, project for 
preliminary restoration planning followed by planning, design, 
and implementation studies; $700,000 to complete the ecosystem 
restoration report, initiate and complete plans and 
specifications, and initiate construction of the Efroymson 
Restoration Project, Newton County, Indiana; and $180,000 for 
the Long Lake, Indiana, project.
      The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the 
Aquatic Plant Control Program. Within the funds provided, the 
conferees expect the Corps of Engineers to carry out the 
activities described in the House Report and Senate explanatory 
statement.
      The conferees have included language in the bill 
earmarking funds for the following projects in the amounts 
specified: San Timoteo Creek (Santa Ana River Mainstem), 
California, $7,000,000; Southern and Eastern Kentucky, 
$3,000,000; Clover Fork, City of Cumberland, Town of Martin, 
Pike County (including Levisa and Tug Fork Tributaries), Bell 
County, Harlan County in accordance with the Draft Detailed 
Report dated January 2002, Floyd County, Martin County, and 
Johnson County, Kentucky elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks 
of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River, $26,100,000; 
Grundy, Buchanan, and Dickenson County, Virginia, elements of 
the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper 
Cumberland River, $13,400,000; and Lower Mingo County, Upper 
Mingo County, Wayne County, McDowell County, West Virginia 
elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and 
Upper Cumberland River, $5,500,000. The conference agreement 
also includes language proposed by the Senate directing the 
Corps of Engineers to continue the Dickenson County, Virginia, 
Detailed Project Report as defined by Plan 4 of the Huntington 
District Engineer's Draft Supplement to the Section 202 General 
Plan for Flood Damage Reduction, dated April 1997.
      For the Pike County, Kentucky, element of the Levisa and 
Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River 
project, the conferees direct the Secretary of the Army to 
amend the Project Cooperation Agreement and implement the 
project described in the Pike County, Kentucky, Tug Fork 
Tributaries Detailed Project Report Supplement, dated January 
2002.
      The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 
Senate regarding dispersal barriers in the Chicago Ship and 
Sanitary Canal in Illinois. Funding for this work is included 
in the amount appropriated for Construction, General.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the House regarding the Bois Brule Drainage and Levee District 
project in Missouri, the Dallas Floodway Extension project in 
Texas, the Bowie County Levee project in Texas, and the Los 
Angeles Harbor project in California.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the Senate directing the Corps of Engineers to continue 
construction of the Hawaii Water Management Project. The 
conferees have provided $1,000,000 for the project.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the Senate directing the Corps of Engineers to continue 
construction of the Kaumalapau Harbor, Hawaii, project. The 
conferees have provided $1,000,000 for the project.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the Senate directing the Corps of Engineers to continue 
construction of the Waterbury Dam, Vermont, project. The 
conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the project within 
the Dam Safety and Seepage/Stability Correction Program.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the Senate regarding the Seward Harbor, Alaska, project; the 
Wrangell Harbor, Alaska, project; the Galena Bank 
Stabilization, Alaska, project; and the Devils Lake, North 
Dakota, project.

 FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, 
       KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE

      The conference agreement appropriates $344,574,000 for 
Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, instead of 
$342,071,000 as proposed by the House and $346,437,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $37,790,000 for the 
Channel Improvement program. The amount provided includes 
$700,000 for the Caruthersville-Linwood, Missouri, dike; 
$200,000 for the Donaldson Point, Missouri, dike; and $200,000 
for the Island 7 & 8, Missouri, dike.
      The conferees have provided $47,885,000 for continued 
construction of the Mississippi River levees feature of the 
Mississippi River and Tributaries project, including $2,300,000 
to construct the Nash Road, Missouri, relief wells; $2,325,000 
for the Birds Point-New Madrid, Missouri, levee closure and box 
culvert; $400,000 for wave wash protection along a portion of 
the main line levee near Tiptonville, Tennessee; and $500,000 
to continue engineering and design of the Lower Mississippi 
River Museum and Interpretive Site.
      The conference agreement includes $3,100,000 for the 
Corps of Engineers to continue construction of the St. Francis 
Basin project in Arkansas and Missouri, including $100,000 for 
constructing channel stabilization measures in Stoddard and 
Dunklin Counties in Missouri.
      The conferees have provided $20,000,000 for the Yazoo 
Basin, Mississippi, Delta Headwaters Project. The conferees 
agree that the work performed to date on this program by the 
Corps of Engineers and the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service has shown positive results in reduction of flood 
damages, decreased erosion and sedimentation, and improvements 
to the environment. Therefore, the conferees have agreed to 
rename the program to reflect the fact that it has now gone 
beyond the demonstration phase. These positive results show 
that continued funding for this effort is important, and that 
the entire program should be completed. This may well be a case 
where the completed program gives results that are much greater 
than the sum of the individual items of work. The funds 
included in the bill are for the Corps of Engineers to continue 
design, real estate acquisition, monitoring of completed work, 
and initiation of continuing contracts. The conferees expect 
the Administration to request funds for this important program 
until it is completed.
      The conference agreement includes $9,000,000 for 
maintenance of Mississippi River levees. The funds provided 
above the budget request are to be used to provide gravel 
surfacing to selected locations on levee roads in Arkansas, 
Mississippi, and Louisiana.
      The additional funds provided for maintenance of the 
Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, project are for dewatering and 
major lock repairs to Berwick Lock.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the Senate directing the Corps of Engineers to continue design 
and real estate acquisition and initiate the pump supply 
contract using continuing contracts for the Yazoo Basin, Yazoo 
Backwater Pumping Plant, Mississippi, project. The conferees 
have agreed to include $10,000,000 for this work.

                   OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL

      The conference agreement appropriates $1,940,167,000 for 
Operation and Maintenance, General instead of $1,990,280,000 as 
proposed by the House and $1,956,182,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The amounts provided for the Black Warrior and Tombigbee 
Rivers and Alabama-Coosa River projects include $250,000 and 
$50,000 respectively, for the Corps of Engineers to perform 
maintenance dredging of backwater areas.
      The conference agreement includes $3,174,000 for 
operation and maintenance of the Alabama-Coosa River project in 
Alabama. Of the total provided, $200,000 is for implementation 
of a system-wide geographic information system for the project.
      The conference agreement includes $24,000,000 for 
operation and maintenance of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 
project in Alabama and Mississippi. The funds provided above 
the budget request should be used for additional dredging of 
the navigation channel.
      The conferees have provided $750,000 for the Cook Inlet, 
Alaska, project for the Corps of Engineers to initiate a 
modeling study of the Upper Cook Inlet navigation channel in 
conjunction with the ongoing modeling study for the Anchorage 
Harbor project.
      The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the 
Corps of Engineers to continue the San Francisco Bay Long Term 
Management Strategy, including $200,000 for the Oakland Harbor 
operation and maintenance project.
      The conference agreement includes an additional $250,000 
each for the Cherry Creek Lake, Chatfield Lake, and Trinidad 
Lake projects in Colorado. Frequent inundation of recreation 
areas is causing health and safety problems that require repair 
or replacement of facilities. It is not the conferees' intent 
to alter the Corps of Engineers lease and property 
accountability policies. It is the conferees' understanding 
that the State of Colorado has agreed to cost share these 
projects on a 50-50 basis. It is also the understanding of the 
conferees that the Secretary of the Army will not assume, nor 
share in, the future cost of the operation and maintenance of 
these recreation facilities.
      The conference agreement includes $750,000 for the Corps 
of Engineers to plan for and enter into a continuing contract 
to implement a demonstration project for innovative dredged 
material treatment technology for maintenance dredging of 
Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut, under authority of section 345 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000.
      The conferees have provided $4,709,000 for operation and 
maintenance of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint 
Rivers project in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. The amount 
provided includes annual dredging of the channel, normal 
operation and maintenance of the George W. Andrews lock, spot 
dredging of shoals, continued slough mouth restorations, 
continued restoration efforts at Corley Slough, and other 
routine operation and maintenance of the project.
      The conference agreement includes $175,000 for the Corps 
of Engineers to initiate design for a replacement for the 
existing breakwater at the Grand Marais Harbor, Michigan, 
navigation project.
      The conferees have provided an additional $500,000 for 
the Missouri River, Rulo to the Mouth, project to continue 
implementation of actions related to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service biological opinion.
      The conference agreement includes $4,200,000 for 
operation and maintenance of the Calumet Harbor and River 
project in Illinois, including $750,000 for design, 
engineering, and rehabilitation of the stone dock, and funds 
for additional maintenance dredging of the project.
      The conference agreement includes $5,400,000 for 
operation and maintenance of the Carlyle Lake, Illinois, 
project, including $250,000 for rehabilitation of the Dam West 
Campground.
      The conferees have provided $8,862,000 for operation and 
maintenance of the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, 
project. The additional funds are for the purchase and use of a 
skimmer boat to remove trash and debris from the lake, and to 
make safety and other necessary improvements to the boat ramps 
at Old Fall Creek, Tate Access, Camp Attrahunt, and Ramsey 
Point.
      The conference agreement includes $11,000,000 for the J. 
Bennett Johnston Waterway project in Louisiana, including 
$1,000,000 for bank stabilization repairs and $400,000 for 
dredging entrances to oxbow lakes.
      The conferees have provided $3,360,000 for the Clearwater 
Lake, Missouri, project. The additional funds are to be used 
for the preparation of a new Water Control Plan, the 
continuation of design and construction of additional high 
water recreational facilities, and to reduce the maintenance 
backlog at the project.
      Within the funds provided for the Morehead City Harbor, 
North Carolina, project, $300,000 is for the Corps of Engineers 
to complete the Section 933 study concerning placement of 
maintenance dredging material on the beaches of Bogue Banks.
      The conference agreement includes additional funds for 
mosquito control and continued improvements to low water lake 
accessibility at the Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea, North 
Dakota, project.
      The conference agreement includes $7,000,000 for the 
Muskingum River Lakes, Ohio, project. The additional funds are 
for the Corps of Engineers to conduct a system operations 
study, develop a flood warning system, and conduct a water 
quality study of selective withdrawal concepts at Tappan Lake.
      The additional funds provided for the Bonneville Lock and 
Dam project in Oregon and Washington are for continued 
activities related to implementation of the Federal Columbia 
River Power System Biological Opinion.
      The conference agreement includes $9,200,000 for the 
Columbia River at the Mouth, Oregon and Washington, project. 
The funds are to be used for routine operation and maintenance 
of the project, additional dredging, jetty evaluation, studies 
of alternative dredged material disposal, and a dredged 
material disposal demonstration project at Benson Beach.
      The additional funds provided for the Raystown Lake, 
Pennsylvania, project are for the Corps of Engineers to make 
improvements to the road leading to the Susquehanna Campground.
      The additional funds provided for the Tionesta Lake, 
Pennsylvania, project are for the Corps of Engineers to upgrade 
the campground at the project.
      The conference agreement includes $6,890,000 for the 
Cooper River, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, project. The 
additional funds are for the Corps of Engineers to make a lump 
sum payment to the South Carolina Department of Natural 
Resources to perform future operations of the fish lift.
      The conference agreement includes $6,732,000 for the 
Denison Dam, Lake Texoma, Texas, project. Pursuant to Sec. 838 
of Public Law 99-662, the additional funds are for the Corps of 
Engineers to study the proposed reallocation of storage at the 
lake to water supply.
      The Corps of Engineers is directed to update the Master 
Plans for the Ball Mountain, North Springfield, Townshend, and 
Union Village Reservoirs in Vermont, within the funds provided 
for each project.
      The amount provided for the The Dalles Lock and Dam 
project in Washington and Oregon includes $250,000 for work 
needed to meet Biological Opinion requirements.
      The conference agreement includes $11,500,000 for the 
Grays Harbor and Chehalis River, Washington, project, including 
funds for rehabilitation of the north jetty, the entrance 
channel study, and maintenance of the south jetty.
      The conferees have provided additional funds for the 
Corps of Engineers to continue the drift and debris initiative 
being undertaken at Bluestone Lake, West Virginia.
      The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the 
Corps of Engineers to complete the transfer of the locks on the 
Fox River to the State of Wisconsin.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the House directing the Corps of Engineers to undertake 
recreation improvements associated with the pool raise at Waco 
Lake, Texas.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the House regarding maintenance of the Tennessee-
Tombigbee Waterway.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the House regarding improvements to recreational facilities and 
environmental restoration at the Hansen Dam feature of the Los 
Angeles County Drainage Area project in California. The 
conferees have provided $3,160,000 for this work. The amount 
provided for the Los Angeles County Drainage Area project also 
includes $100,000 for additional maintenance on the Compton 
Creek segment of the project.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the Senate regarding operation and maintenance costs incurred 
by the State of Delaware for the SR1 Bridge over the Chesapeake 
and Delaware Canal. The language has been amended to provide 
for reimbursement of those costs between October 1, 2002, and 
September 30, 2003.
      The conference agreement includes language directing the 
Corps of Engineers to rehabilitate the disposal area for the 
Bodega Bay, California, project, perform maintenance dredging, 
and make dredged material available to the non-Federal sponsor.
      The conferees are aware of the lead-time required to 
repair and rehabilitate recreational facilities for the 
upcoming Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration. Therefore, 
the Corps of Engineers may, within available funds, perform 
maintenance and repair of these facilities as is considered 
necessary to accommodate the anticipated visitor population.

                 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

      The conference agreement appropriates $15,000,000 for 
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies instead of $20,000,000 as 
proposed by the House and $20,227,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conferees believe that stackable, modular floodwall 
systems that have recently been developed could provide a 
significant advantage over traditional methods of fighting 
floods. One such system, which utilizes a series of inter-
connecting plastic cells to form a flood protection barrier 
when filled with sand, has been successfully tested at the 
Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi. 
Accordingly, the conferees expect the Corps of Engineers to 
utilize funds available in the Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies account to invest in a stackable, modular floodwall 
system so that, like sandbags, the material can be stockpiled 
and be available for deployment in areas of the country prone 
to flooding.

                           REGULATORY PROGRAM

      The conference agreement appropriates $139,000,000 for 
the Regulatory Program instead of $134,000,000 as proposed by 
the House and $144,252,000 as proposed by the Senate.

            FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

      The conference agreement appropriates $145,000,000 for 
the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program instead of 
$150,000,000 as proposed by the House and $140,298,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees provide the Corps of Engineers with 
reprogramming authority for FUSRAP projects of up to 15 percent 
of the base of the receiving project. Reprogrammed funds must 
be excess to the source project.

                            GENERAL EXPENSES

      The conference agreement appropriates $155,151,000 for 
General Expenses instead of $154,651,000 as proposed by the 
House and $155,651,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the House and the Senate which prohibits the use of funds to 
support a congressional affairs office within the executive 
office of the Chief of Engineers. This language has been 
included in Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts 
since fiscal year 2000. The conferees continue to believe that 
an office of congressional affairs is unnecessary for the 
effective management of the Civil Works program by the Corps' 
headquarters, and the efficient coordination of Civil Works 
issues with Members of Congress and committee staff. The 
conferees are concerned that, despite the language that has 
been carried in this Act, the Office of Congressional Affairs 
has been involved in the exchange of Civil Works information 
between the headquarters and the Congress, at times causing 
delays in scheduling meetings and providing answers to 
Congressional inquiries. The conferees believe that the 
technical knowledge and managerial expertise needed for the 
Corps' headquarters to effectively address Civil Works 
authorization, appropriations, and policy matters resides in 
the Civil Works organization. Therefore, the conferees direct 
that the Office of Congressional Affairs not be part of the 
process by which information on Civil Works projects, programs, 
and activities is provided to the Congress.
      In 1998, the Chief of Engineers issued a Command 
Directive transferring the oversight and management of the 
General Expenses account, as well as the manpower associated 
with this function, from the Civil Works Directorate to the 
Resource Management Office. The oversight and management of the 
Civil Works program lies solely with the Directorate of Civil 
Works, and it is funded through the General Expenses account to 
perform those duties. Both the House and Senate Committees 
expressed concern that the lack of oversight by the Director of 
Civil Works over the General Expenses account could be having a 
detrimental impact on the performance of the Civil Works 
mission. Information recently provided by the Corps of 
Engineers regarding management of the General Expenses account 
has done nothing to lessen that concern. Therefore, the Corps 
of Engineers is directed to adhere to the guidelines described 
in the Senate explanatory statement regarding the allocation of 
non-labor discretionary General Expenses funds.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

      Section 101.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the House and the Senate which places a limit on 
credits and reimbursements allowable per year and per project.
      Section 102.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the House prohibiting the use of funds to support 
activities related to the Chicago Harbor Visitors Center.
      Section 103.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate relating to the use of funds for closure 
or removal of the St. Georges Bridge across the Intracoastal 
Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and 
Maryland.
      Section 104.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate amending section 595 (h) (1) of Public 
Law 106-53.
      Section 105.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate amending the authorization for the St. 
Paul Island Harbor, Alaska, project.
      Section 106.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate amending the authorization for the 
Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico, emergency gate project.
      Section 107.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate amending the authorization for the Las 
Vegas Wash and Tributaries (Flamingo and Tropicana Washes), 
Nevada, flood control project.
      Section 108.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate amending the authorization for the 
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Bridge Replacement at Great 
Bridge, Chesapeake, Virginia, project.
      Section 109.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate regarding the Civil Works mission of the 
Corps of Engineers. The language has been amended so that it 
only applies to funds provided for fiscal 2003 in this or any 
other Act.
      Section 110.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate amending the authorization for the 
Terminus Dam, Kaweah River, California, project.
      Section 111.--The conference agreement includes language 
amending the authorization of the Little Calumet River Basin 
(Cady Marsh Ditch) Lake County, Indiana, flood control project.
      Section 112.--The conference agreement includes language 
providing credit for environmental dredging feasibility study 
work done by the non-Federal sponsor on the Indiana Harbor, 
Indiana, navigation project.
      Section 113.--The conference agreement includes language 
providing credit to a local sponsor for wetlands restoration 
work on the Brownsville Navigation Channel, Texas, navigation 
project.
      Section 114.--The conference agreement includes language 
authorizing replacement of the Chickamauga Lock in Tennessee.
      Section 115.--The conference agreement includes language 
authorizing construction of a project under provisions of 
section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 for the James 
River, Green County, Missouri.
      Section 116.--The conference agreement includes language 
amending the authorization of the Amite River and Tributaries, 
Louisiana, flood control project.
      Section 117.--The conference agreement includes language 
prohibiting expenditure of funds related to a proposed landfill 
in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
      Section 118.--The conference agreement includes language 
amending the authorization of the Brunswick Harbor, Georgia, 
navigation project.
      Section 119.--The conference agreement includes language 
providing credit for work done subsequent to authorization by a 
non-Federal sponsor on the expansion of the Savannah Harbor, 
Georgia, navigation project.
      Section 120.--The conference agreement includes language 
providing credit for work done by a non-Federal sponsor for a 
project being constructed under section 206 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1996 at Rose Bay, Volusia County, 
Florida.
      Section 121.--The conference agreement includes language 
requiring amendment of the shoreline management plan of Lake 
Cumberland, Kentucky.
      Section 122.--The conference agreement includes language 
providing credit for work done after October 1, 2002, by a non-
Federal sponsor on the Des Moines Recreational River and 
Greenbelt, Iowa, environmental restoration project.
      Section 123.--The conference agreement includes language 
amending the authorization of the Turkey Creek Basin, Kansas 
City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, flood damage reduction 
project.
      Section 124.--The conference agreement includes language 
imposing certain specific requirements for the design and 
construction of the Long Lake Environmental Restoration, 
Indiana, project to be constructed under section 206 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1996.
      Section 125.--The conference agreement includes language 
extending the authorization for the Missouri and Middle 
Mississippi Rivers Enhancement project.
      Section 126.--The conference agreement includes language 
establishing an environmental assistance program in Idaho.
      Section 127.--The conference agreement includes language 
amending provisions of section 531 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996 affecting Southern and Eastern 
Kentucky.
      Section 128.--The conference agreement includes language 
providing that credit be provided a non-Federal sponsor for 
work done after the execution of the environmental dredging 
design amendment on the Ashtabula, Ohio, navigation project.
      Section 129.--The conference agreement includes language 
making revisions to the geographic provisions of section 313 of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1992, as amended.
      Section 130.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate providing for corrective maintenance at 
the Herring Creek--Tall Timbers, Maryland, project.
      Provisions not included in the conference agreement.--The 
conference agreement does not include language proposed by the 
House to reduce employment at the Chicago District office of 
the Corps of Engineers, language proposed by the House and 
Senate regarding the dredge McFarland, and language proposed by 
the Senate regarding the American River Watershed project.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the Senate concerning private sector contracting 
percentages by the Corps of Engineers. It is the sense of the 
conferees that the Corps is meeting requirements in this area 
and that the Corps should continue its emphasis on 
``contracting out'' work whenever that represents the best use 
of its limited funds.


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                                TITLE II

                       Department of the Interior

                          Central Utah Project

                CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement appropriates $36,228,000 to 
carry out the provisions of the Central Utah Project Completion 
Act as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                         BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

      The summary tables at the end of this title set forth the 
conference agreement with respect to the individual 
appropriations, programs, and activities of the Bureau of 
Reclamation. Additional items of conference agreement are 
discussed below.

                      WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

      The conference agreement appropriates $813,491,000 for 
Water and Related Resources instead of $807,518,000 as proposed 
by the House and $816,147,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $1,097,000 for the 
South/Central Arizona Investigations program, including 
$300,000 for the West Salt River Valley Water Management study.
      The amount provided for the American River Division of 
the Central Valley Project includes $500,000 for work 
associated with the construction of a parallel pipeline to 
serve the City of Roseville and the San Juan Water District; 
and $750,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation to initiate 
construction of a temperature control device on the El Dorado 
Irrigation District water intake.
      The amount provided for the Delta Division of the Central 
Valley Project includes $900,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation 
to continue design of an intertie between the Delta-Mendota 
Canal and the California Aqueduct.
      The amount provided for the East Side Division of the 
Central Valley Project includes an additional $1,000,000 for 
the Bureau of Reclamation to continue work to upgrade the water 
and sewer systems at New Melones Lake and perform a visitor 
capacity study at New Melones Lake.
      The amount provided for Miscellaneous Project Programs of 
the Central Valley Project includes $300,000 for post-
construction activities at the Banta-Carbona Irrigation 
District fish screen project; $300,000 for an investigation of 
resource problems and needs in the Mokelumne River watershed; 
and $400,000 for phase II of the Kaweah River Delta Corridor 
Enhancement study.
      The amount provided for the Sacramento River Division of 
the Central Valley Project includes $2,000,000 for the 
continuing evaluation of water diversion and fishery protection 
options at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam; $400,000 for 
implementation of the Colusa Basin Integrated Resources 
Management Plan for critical flood control, conjunctive use, 
and waterfowl habitat activities; $1,500,000 for the Bureau of 
Reclamation to accelerate investigations associated with 
determining the feasibility of construction at the Sites 
Reservoir and other activities described in the House Report; 
and $500,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation to participate with 
Butte County, California, in development of an integrated 
resource management plan.
      The conference agreement includes $1,342,000 for the 
Southern California Investigations Program, including $200,000 
for the Bureau of Reclamation to work with the Antelope Valley-
East Kern Water Agency as described in the House Report, and 
$300,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation to participate with the 
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority in the Chino Basin 
Conjunctive Use Program.
      The report requested in the House Report related to the 
City of Needles, California, should be provided 30 days after 
enactment of this Act.
      The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for the Lake 
Tahoe Regional Wetlands Development Program in California and 
Nevada as proposed by the House and the Senate. The conferees 
have also agreed to include language in the bill which 
authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to negotiate and enter 
into financial assistance agreements with public and private 
organizations for activities under the Program and which 
provides that costs associated with such activities are non-
reimbursable.
      The conferees direct the Bureau of Reclamation, under the 
Santa Margarita feasibility authorization, to perform the 
studies needed to address current and future municipal, 
domestic, military, environmental, and other water uses from 
the Santa Margarita River, California.
      The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for the 
Columbia and Snake Rivers Salmon Recovery project in Idaho, 
Oregon, and Washington. Within the funds provided, $500,000 is 
for continued fishery habitat improvements in the John Day 
River Subbasin project in Oregon.
      The conferees are aware of the pending biological opinion 
in effect on the Rio Grande. In New Mexico, municipalities, 
farmers, and the silvery minnow all compete for water, a scarce 
resource. Add the current drought conditions, and a delicate 
balance must be maintained. Accordingly, the conference 
agreement for the Middle Rio Grande project includes funding 
for the following activities: $3,834,000 for habitat 
restoration; $1,615,000 for silvery minnow population 
management; $480,000 for fish passage activities; $200,000 for 
non-native species management; $3,415,000 for water management 
activities; and $507,000 for activities to improve water 
quality. The conferees direct the Bureau of Reclamation to 
consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service on silvery minnow 
monitoring and habitat efforts.
      The conferees have provided $707,000 for the Oklahoma 
Investigations Program, including $500,000 for a hydrology and 
water resources management study of the Arbuckle-Simpson 
Aquifer.
      The conference agreement includes $4,599,000 for the 
Drought Emergency Assistance Program. Of the total, $400,000 is 
for drought emergency planning in Nebraska; $500,000 is to 
rehabilitate and replace existing wells and construct new wells 
in the City and County of Santa Fe, New Mexico; $800,000 is for 
assistance to the State of Montana; and $2,000,000 is for a 
regional weather modification program in the states of Kansas, 
Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The conferees also 
urge the Bureau of Reclamation to provide full and fair 
consideration of the request for drought assistance from the 
State of Hawaii.
      The conferees are in agreement that funds made available 
in Public Law 107-117 and in this Act for increased site 
security and other counter-terrorism activities shall be non-
reimbursable.
      Within the funds provided for the Water Management and 
Conservation Program, $500,000 is for water conservation 
programs within the service area of the Metropolitan Water 
District of Southern California.
      The conference agreement includes $3,500,000 for the 
Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program, including 
$2,000,000 to support the WateReuse Foundation's research 
program, and $125,000 for an appraisal level investigation of 
water recycling opportunities in the Desert Hot Springs area of 
California. In addition, the Bureau of Reclamation is directed 
to undertake feasibility studies of the potential for water 
reclamation and reuse in North Las Vegas, Nevada, in 
cooperation with the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
      The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the 
Desalination Research and Development Program. Within the 
amount provided, $3,000,000 is for construction of a national 
desalination research facility to be located in the Tularosa 
Basin, New Mexico. With the funds provided, the Bureau of 
Reclamation shall develop and implement a coordinated research 
investment strategy based on the Tularosa Basin National 
Desalination Research Center feasibility study developed during 
fiscal year 2002.
      The conference agreement includes bill language which 
provides that $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated for Water 
and Related Resources shall be deposited in the San Gabriel 
Basin Restoration Fund, instead of $12,000,000 as proposed by 
the House.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the Senate related to drought assistance.

                CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

      The conference agreement appropriates $48,904,000 for the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund as proposed by the 
House and the Senate.
      The conferees are in agreement with the language in the 
House Report regarding the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District 
Fish Screen Improvement Project and the Anadromous Fish Screen 
Program.

               CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION

      The conference agreement includes no funds in the 
California Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration account as proposed 
by the House and the Senate.
      The conferees have provided an additional $23,000,000 
within the various units of the Central Valley Project under 
the Water and Related Resources account for activities that 
support the goals of the California Bay-Delta Ecosystem 
Restoration Program, instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conferees are aware that legislation to authorize 
this multi-year, multi-billion dollar program is under 
consideration by the Congress, but has yet to be enacted. 
Absent such an authorization, it will be difficult for the 
Congress to continue its support for this program. Therefore, 
the conferees strongly urge the parties involved to work to 
enact an authorization for the program so additional funding 
can be considered in the fiscal year 2004 appropriations cycle. 
The additional funds provided in support of the program are to 
be used as follows:
      Delta Division: $2,500,000 for planning and management 
activities; $250,000 to continue evaluations of the Delta 
Wetlands project and other in-delta storage proposals; 
$2,000,000 for planning activities associated with enlarging 
the Los Vaqueros reservoir; and $3,500,000 to construct the 
Tracy Fish Test Facility.
      Friant Division: $1,750,000 for storage investigations in 
the Upper San Joaquin Watershed.
      Miscellaneous Project Programs: $9,000,000 for the 
Environmental Water Account.
      Sacramento River Division: $1,500,000 to continue 
planning activities related to Sites Reservoir.
      Shasta Division: $2,500,000 to continue evaluating the 
potential impacts of the proposed Shasta Dam raise.

                        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

      The conference agreement provides that funds available 
for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for the 
purchase of not to exceed 16 passenger motor vehicles, of which 
12 are for replacement only, as proposed by the House, instead 
of the purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only as proposed by the Senate.

                       POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement appropriates $54,870,000 for 
Policy and Administration as proposed by the House and the 
Senate.

                           General Provisions

                       Department of the Interior

      Section 201.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the House authorizing the Bureau of Reclamation to 
continue its program of providing grants to institutions of 
higher learning to support the training of Native Americans to 
manage natural resources. The conferees have agreed to make the 
language permanent as proposed in the Administration's fiscal 
year 2004 budget request.
      Section 202.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the House and the Senate regarding the San Luis 
Unit and the Kesterson Reservoir in California.
      Section 203.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the House which amends section 212 of the Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001, related to the 
Sly Park Unit in California.
      Section 204.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the House which clarifies that the San Gabriel 
Basin Restoration Fund may be used to reimburse the Central 
Basin Municipal Water District for certain expenditures.
      Section 205.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate establishing requirements for the 
purchase or lease of water from the Middle Rio Grande or 
Carlsbad projects in New Mexico.
      Section 206.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate concerning drought emergency assistance.
      Section 207.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate regarding the restoration of fish, 
wildlife, and associated habitats in watersheds of certain 
lakes.
      Section 208.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate regarding contracting percentages for 
the Bureau of Reclamation.
      Section 209.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate directing the Bureau of Reclamation to 
undertake studies for the North Central Montana Rural Water 
Supply project.
      Section 210.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate extending the authorization for the 
Water Desalination Act of 1996.
      Section 211.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate authorizing the North Las Vegas Water 
Reuse project.
      Section 212.--The conference agreement includes language 
which provides that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Division or any prior Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Act may be used for the settlement 
agreement of Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation 
(Civ. No F-91-048 OWW (E.D. Cal)).
      Section 213.--The conference agreement includes language 
which amends the Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 1998. The 
conferees have also agreed to provide $2,000,000 for the Bureau 
of Reclamation to continue the program to perform research and 
construct water reclamation and wetlands projects to improve 
water quality in the Alamo River and New River, Imperial 
County, California.
      Section 214.--The conference agreement includes language 
authorizing the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct a feasibility 
study of options for additional water storage in the Yakima 
River Basin with emphasis on the feasibility of storage of 
Columbia River water in the potential Black Rock Reservoir. The 
conferees have provided $1,000,000 for this work.
      Section 215.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate related to certain CALFED-related 
activities undertaken by the Secretary of the Interior. The 
language has been amended to remove the reference to the CALFED 
Bay-Delta Authority. The conferees agree that this language 
does not authorize the CALFED Record of Decision.


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                               TITLE III

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

      The summary tables at the end of this title set forth the 
conference agreement with respect to the individual 
appropriations, programs, and activities of the Department of 
Energy. Additional items of conference agreement are discussed 
below.

                   Budget Justification Requirements

      The conferees agree with the House language regarding 
prior approval of proposed budget structure changes. The 
conferees also agree that budget justifications submitted by 
the Department must include a section identifying the last year 
that authorizing legislation was provided by Congress for each 
program, funding within each construction project data sheet 
for elimination of excess facilities at least equal to the 
square footage of new replacement facilities being requested, 
and funding to eliminate excess facilities at least equal to 
the square footage of new replacement facilities being 
constructed as general plant projects.

                    Safeguards and Security Funding

      The conferees direct the Department to continue to 
identify safeguards and security funding as a separate line 
item in the budget justifications. The conferees also direct 
the Department to review contractor cost allocation practices 
to ensure that contractor practices are in compliance with the 
Cost Accounting Standards and that safeguards and security 
costs are not being allocated a disproportionate share of 
indirect costs. The Committees on Appropriations should be 
informed of the results of this review upon completion.

             MANAGEMENT OF NON-NNSA WORK AT NNSA FACILITIES

      The conferees direct the Secretary to report promptly to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding the 
procedures established pursuant to Sections 3264 and 3213 of 
Public Law 106-65, as amended by Section 3157 of Public Law 
106-398. The report should include written copies of the 
tasking agreements, delegations of authority, or other 
arrangements that demonstrate compliance with these statutory 
provisions.

                           PROJECT MANAGEMENT

      The conferees support language included in the House 
report regarding the efforts of the Office of Engineering and 
Construction Management (OECM) to improve the Department's 
construction and project management.

                     FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

      The conferees agree with House language regarding efforts 
to strengthen and standardize management of the Department's 
facilities and infrastructure (F&I) program and to address 
management of all F&I assets. The conferees do not agree with 
the House proposal to provide direct funding of all maintenance 
in the fiscal year 2004 budget. However, the Department is 
directed to ensure that adequate funds are budgeted for 
facility maintenance and disposition, and that the amounts 
reported in the Integrated Facilities and Infrastructure 
crosscut budget will be expended solely for these purposes. Use 
of these funds for any other purpose will require advance 
approval by the Director, Office of Management, Budget and 
Evaluation. The Department is also directed to provide an 
annual year-end report on maintenance expenditures to the 
Committees on Appropriations.

                           EXCESS FACILITIES

      The conferees agree with House language pertaining to 
excess facilities and the requirement to procure 
decontamination and decommissioning services and disposal of 
excess facilities through an open competitive process.

                        AUGMENTING FEDERAL STAFF

      The conferees agree that the number of management and 
operating contractor employees assigned to the Washington 
metropolitan area shall not exceed 220 in fiscal year 2003, the 
same as the fiscal year 2002 ceiling. The reporting 
requirements remain as proposed by the House.

                        REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES

      The conferees agree with the House language on 
reprogramming guidelines. The conference agreement does not 
provide the Department of Energy with any internal 
reprogramming flexibility in fiscal year 2003 unless 
specifically identified by the House, Senate, or conference 
agreement. Any reallocation of new or prior year budget 
authority or prior year deobligations must be submitted to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in advance, in 
writing, and may not be implemented prior to approval by the 
Committees.

    REDUCTIONS NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE SPECIFIC PROGRAM DIRECTIONS

      The Department is directed to provide a report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 30, 
2003, on the actual application of any general reductions of 
funding or applications of prior year balances contained in the 
conference agreement. Such reductions are to be applied 
proportionately against each program, project, or activity. If 
necessary, the Department must submit a reprogramming to 
reallocate funds if the proportional reduction unduly impacts a 
specific program, project, or activity.

                             Energy Supply

      The conference agreement provides $701,477,000 for Energy 
Supply instead of $633,909,000 as proposed by the House and 
$815,306,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                       RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

      The conference agreement provides $422,300,000 instead of 
$396,000,000 as proposed by the House and $448,062,000 as 
proposed by the Senate for renewable energy resources. The 
conference agreement does not include language specifying 
funding allocations as contained in the House report and Senate 
explanatory statement.
      Biomass/biofuels.--The conference agreement includes 
$90,000,000 for biomass/biofuels. The conferees have combined 
the subprograms for power systems and transportation into a 
single program for biomass/biofuels and no longer provide 
separate allocations for power systems and transportation. The 
Department is directed to fund not less than the budget request 
for Integrated Biorefinery Process Development and for 
Cellulose to Ethanol Production Facilities. The conferees 
direct the Department to continue the Iowa switchgrass project 
at agreed-upon levels.
      The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for the 
Regional Biomass Energy Program; $3,000,000 for corn bioproduct 
research in cooperation with the National Corn Growers 
Association; $2,000,000 for the Consortium for Plant 
Biotechnology Research; $3,000,000 for the Iroquois Bioenergy 
Cooperative in Indiana; $2,000,000 for the Green Institute in 
Minnesota for combined heat and power from biomass; $500,000 to 
continue hybrid poplar research in Wisconsin; $2,000,000 for 
the Biomass Gasification Research Facility in Birmingham, 
Alabama; $3,000,000 for the Winona Biomass Project in 
Mississippi; $500,000 for the Fibrowatt Mississippi biomass 
project; $2,500,000 for a cost-shared agricultural mixed waste 
biorefinery in Colorado using thermo-polymerization; $1,000,000 
for the oxydiesel demonstration program in California and 
Nevada; $2,000,000 for the Michigan Biotechnology Initiative; 
$500,000 for the Biomass Energy Resource Center in Burlington, 
Vermont; $500,000 for the gasification of switchgrass in Iowa; 
$1,000,000 for the National Agricultural-Based Industrial 
Lubricants Center; and $400,000 for the Center for Biomass 
Utilization at the University of North Dakota.
      Geothermal.--The conference agreement includes 
$30,000,000 for geothermal activities. The conference agreement 
provides an additional $1,400,000 for university research on 
geothermal energy and an additional $1,800,000 for Geopowering 
the West. The conference agreement also includes $1,000,000 for 
the Lake County Basin geothermal project in California and 
$1,000,000 for geothermal research at the University of Nevada-
Reno.
      Hydrogen.--The conference agreement includes $40,000,000 
for hydrogen activities. From within available funds, the 
Department is directed to spend not less than $3,000,000 for 
the continued development and validation of advanced proton 
exchange membrane fuel cells and metal membrane fuel 
purification technologies. The conference agreement also 
includes $4,000,000 for the Ohio University fuel cell pilot 
project; $1,000,000 for fuel cell research and development at 
the University of South Alabama Energy Center; $2,000,000 for 
the Next Energy fuel cell demonstration project in Michigan; 
$2,000,000 for an engineering study and evaluation of solar-
powered thermo-chemical production of hydrogen from water; 
$1,000,000 for the fuel cell project at Gallatin County, 
Montana; and $1,000,000 for the University of Nevada, Las 
Vegas, hydrogen filling station.
      Hydropower.--The conference agreement includes $5,300,000 
for hydropower.
      Solar Energy.--The conference agreement includes 
$95,000,000 for solar energy programs. As in fiscal year 2002, 
the conferees have combined the concentrating solar power, 
photovoltaic energy systems, and solar building technology 
subprograms into a single program for solar energy, with the 
control level at the solar energy program account level.
      The conference agreement includes funding for 
continuation of the Million Solar Roofs program at the prior 
year level; $2,500,000 for the Southeast and Southwest 
photovoltaic experiment stations; $2,500,000 for the Navajo 
electrification project; $1,500,000 to continue development of 
advanced integrated power modules for photovoltaic 
applications; $1,500,000 for the Palo Alto photovoltaic 
demonstration project in California; and $115,000 for a 
renewable energy demonstration at the Hard Bargain Farm 
Environmental Center in Maryland. The conference agreement also 
provides $4,000,000 for the National Center for Energy 
Management and Building Technology. Within available funds, the 
conferees direct the Department to spend not less than 
$5,500,000 for the continuation of work on concentrating solar 
power.
      Wind.--The conference agreement includes $44,000,000 for 
wind programs. The Wind Powering America initiative is to be 
continued at the fiscal year 2002 funding level. In addition, 
the conference agreement includes $500,000 for wind generating 
facilities for the Vermont Department of Public Service; and 
$1,000,000 for a wind generation facility to serve St. Paul and 
Unalaska, Alaska.
      The conferees continue to recognize the need for a set-
aside for small wind programs.
      Electric energy systems and storage.--The conference 
agreement includes $85,000,000 for electric energy systems and 
storage. The conference agreement includes the budget request 
of $9,000,000 for the joint Oak Ridge and Los Alamos effort to 
develop high-performance, low-cost, second-generation, high-
temperature superconducting wire. The control level is at the 
electric energy systems and storage program account level.
      The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 to continue 
field testing of advanced aluminum matrix composite conductors; 
$2,000,000 for the PowerGrid project in New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania; $3,000,000 for the automated energy distribution 
and reliability system in Indiana; $750,000 to Co-Op Plus of 
Western Massachusetts for installing and servicing fuel cells 
and distributing green electricity; $2,000,000 for the 
distributed energy systems integration, demonstration and 
technology transition program at the Fuel Cell Test and 
Evaluation Center in Pennsylvania; $350,000 for the Microgrid 
distributed generation prototype in Vermont; $400,000 for the 
Dine Power Authority in New Mexico to continue development of 
the Navajo Transmission Project; $5,000,000 for the Upper Lynn 
Canal power supply project in Alaska; $5,000,000 for the Swan 
Lake-Lake Tyee segment of the Southeastern Alaska Intertie 
System; $2,000,000 for the Tok-to-Chistochina transmission 
project in Alaska; $1,000,000 to continue development of the 
bipolar nickel metal hydride battery storage system; $2,500,000 
for research, development, and demonstration of advanced 
thermal energy storage technology integrated with renewable 
thermal energy technology; and $500,000 for the Natural Energy 
Laboratory in Hawaii to continue development and deployment of 
distributed energy systems.
      Renewable Support and Implementation.--The conference 
agreement includes $21,500,000 for renewable support and 
implementation.
      The conference agreement provides $1,500,000 for 
departmental energy management; $4,000,000 for the 
international renewable energy program, including $1,250,000 
for International Utility Efficiency Partnerships; $5,000,000 
for the renewable energy production incentive program; 
$6,000,000 for renewable Indian energy resources, including 
$1,000,000 for the Council of Renewable Energy Resource Tribes 
(CERT) within available funds to provide technical expertise 
and training of Native Americans in renewable energy resource 
development and electrical generation facilities management; 
and $5,000,000 for renewable program support, of which 
$1,000,000 is tosupport the National Alliance for Clean Energy 
Incubators and $4,000,000 is to continue the efforts of the National 
Renewable Energy Laboratory, through a virtual site office in Nevada, 
to develop renewable energy resources in the Southwestern United 
States.
      National Renewable Energy Laboratory.--The conference 
agreement provides $5,500,000 for the National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory (NREL), including $800,000 for construction and 
$500,000 to reduce the maintenance backlog.
      Program direction.--The conference agreement includes 
$16,000,000 for program direction.
      Use of prior year balances.--The conference agreement 
includes the use of $10,000,000 of prior year funds to be 
carried over from fiscal year 2002 to offset fiscal year 2003 
requirements.

                             NUCLEAR ENERGY

      The conference agreement provides $261,688,000 for 
nuclear energy activities instead of $213,698,000 as proposed 
by the House and $324,108,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement does not include language specifying 
funding allocations as contained in the House report and Senate 
explanatory statement. The conferees revised the fiscal year 
2003 budget structure for Radiological Facilities Management 
and Idaho Facilities Management to conform to the structure 
proposed in the fiscal year 2004 budget request.
      Radiological Facilities Management.--The Office of 
Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology operates a variety of 
facilities and equipment to support the needs of space, 
defense, and medical customers who obtain radiological 
materials from the Department of Energy on a reimbursable 
basis.
      Space and defense power systems infrastructure.--The 
conference agreement includes $28,950,000 to maintain the 
infrastructure necessary to support future national security 
needs and National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
missions. The Department is directed to provide $2,500,000 for 
Neptunium-237 storage and Plutonium-238 production facilities 
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
      Medical isotopes infrastructure.--The conference 
agreement includes a total program level of $27,218,000 for the 
isotope program. This amount is reduced by offsetting 
collections of $6,400,000 to be received in fiscal year 2003, 
resulting in a net appropriation of $20,818,000. The conference 
agreement includes the request of $1,721,000 for the Isotope 
Production Facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. 
Within available funds, the Department is directed to provide 
$600,000 in additional funding for the Cyclotron Isotope 
Research Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The 
conference agreement provides an additional $7,000,000 for 
upgrades of the hot cells at the Bethel Valley Hot Cell 
Complex.
      The conferees recognize the potential medical value of 
alpha-emitting isotopes and direct the Department to proceed 
expeditiously with the project to extract thorium-229 from 
excess uranium-233 stored at Oak Ridge. The Department shall 
keep the Appropriations Committees fully informed at the key 
decision points in the project development process to ensure 
the Department is making sound business decisions on this 
project.
      University reactor fuel assistance and support.--The 
conference agreement includes $18,500,000, an increase of 
$1,000,000 over the budget request. The additional funds are 
provided for the Department to fund additional regional 
university reactor consortia, and the conferees strongly 
encourage the Department to request sufficient funding in 
future years to fund all meritorious proposals.
      Research and development.--The conference agreement 
provides $75,000,000 for nuclear energy research and 
development activities. The conference agreement includes 
$5,000,000 for nuclear energy plant optimization (NEPO), 
$25,000,000 for the nuclear energy research initiative (NERI), 
and $45,000,000 for nuclear energy technologies.
      Within the funds provided for nuclear energy 
technologies, the conferees recommend that $1,000,000 be 
allocated from within the funds provided for nuclear energy 
technologies for the joint DOE and NRC development of a 
licensing process that would be risk-informed and technology-
neutral to support the future certification and licensing of 
advanced reactor designs. The conference agreement also 
provides $2,000,000 within nuclear energy technologies for the 
purpose of accelerating the engineering evaluation of an 
integrated sulfur/iodine thermo-chemical water-splitting cycle 
for coupling with a high temperature nuclear reactor power 
source. Of this $2,000,000, the conferees direct that $750,000 
be provided to the Research Foundation of the University of 
Nevada, Las Vegas, for the purpose of establishing a public-
private partnership to develop and evaluate innovative high 
temperature heat exchangers. The conference agreement also 
includes $2,000,000 within nuclear energy technologies to begin 
design work for a plant to demonstrate the viability of small 
modular reactors.
      Domestic Enrichment Capability.--The conferees note that 
two private firms, the United States Enrichment Corporation and 
Louisiana Energy Services, are moving forward with plans to 
deploy advanced uranium enrichment technologies in the United 
States. The Department is encouraged to make its expertise 
available on a reimbursable basis to support these private 
sector efforts. However, the interest and capability of the 
private sector to address future U.S. enrichment requirements 
obviates the need for the Department to pursue its own efforts 
on advanced enrichment technologies. The Department should 
reserve its limited research resources for those areas that are 
not adequately addressed by the private sector.
      Fast Flux Test Facility.--The conference agreement 
transfers the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) and its associated 
funding to the Non-Defense Environmental Management account.
      Idaho Facilities Management.--The Department recently 
reassigned the lead responsibility for the Idaho National 
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) from the 
Office of Environmental Management to the Office of Nuclear 
Energy, Science and Technology. The conference agreement 
provides funding for a number of infrastructure activities 
under a new Idaho Facilities Management program account to 
reflect the new responsibilities of the Office of Nuclear 
Energy, Science and Technology for this site. The conference 
agreement provides $42,770,000 for Idaho Facilities Management, 
including $31,615,000 for ANL-West operations and $8,815,000 
for Test Reactor Area Landlord costs. In future fiscal years, 
all Idaho Landlord activities should be included within this 
account.
      Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative.--The conference agreement 
includes $58,221,000 for spent fuel processing and advanced 
fuel cycles. This amount includes $15,450,000 for EBR-II spent 
fuel treatment and $2,771,000 for research and development on 
pyroprocessing of sodium-bonded spent fuel, the same as the 
budget request. The Department has recently proposed an 
Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) that defines the future 
research program for technologies to treat spent nuclear fuel 
(AFCI Series One) and for advanced fuel cycles (AFCI Series 
Two). The conference agreement provides $40,000,000 to support 
AFCI applied research. The conferees encourage the Department 
to seek active university participation in this research.
      In order to ensure that the Department's AFCI can lead to 
useful and practical technologies, the Office of Nuclear 
Energy, Science and Technology is directed to provide Congress 
with an annual AFCI Comparison Report. The report will provide 
qualitative and quantitative information to enable Congress to 
compare the various technology approaches to managing 
commercial spent fuel. The first such report is due by May 30, 
2003, and should be updated by May 30 each year thereafter so 
long as the Department continues its AFCI research activity. 
This report should include comparison matrices that contrast 
the advantages and disadvantages of possible fuel treatment and 
advanced fuel cycle technologies. The technologies should be 
evaluated with respect to energy and chemical inputs, product 
and waste stream outputs, proliferation considerations, 
estimated R&D and facility life cycle costs (i.e., capital, 
operating, and D&D, plus disposal of wastes), and the estimated 
number and type of facilities required. If the Department 
cannot provide specific, quantitative information (such as for 
yet-to-be developed technologies), it should identify in the 
matrices the estimated dates by which ongoing R&D will provide 
the answers. Today's commercial light water reactor fuel cycle 
and spent nuclear fuel disposition should be used as the basis 
for comparison and to bound and define performance objectives 
for the new technologies.
      One matrix should compare spent fuel treatment 
technologies, comparing advanced fast reactor systems, 
accelerator systems, and other existing and proposed 
reprocessing and transmutation technologies (e.g., PUREX, UREX, 
UREX+) against the current once-through approach with spent 
fuel from light water reactors. The second matrix should 
include a similar contrast of the advantages and disadvantages 
and facility requirements for advanced fuel cycles, and should 
specifically address the six innovative reactor concepts that 
the member countries of the Generation IV International Forum 
have agreed to pursue. The second fuel cycle matrix should also 
include consideration of thorium-uranium and thorium-plutonium 
fuel cycles and the gas turbine modular helium reactor.
      Within the funds made available for AFCI, the conference 
agreement provides funding for the Department to pursue the 
recommendations of the joint U.S.-Russia task force on advanced 
reactor and fuel cycle technologies. The conference agreement 
also includes $1,500,000 for the Idaho Accelerator Center and 
$4,500,000 for AFCI-related research by the University of 
Nevada at Las Vegas.
      Program direction.--The conference agreement includes 
$23,439,000 for program direction.
      Use of prior year balances.--The conference agreement 
includes the use of $6,000,000 of prior year funds to be 
carried over from fiscal year 2002 to offset fiscal year 2003 
requirements.

                     ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH

      The conference agreement provides $22,700,000 for non-
defense environment, safety and health activities, which 
includes $15,860,000 for program direction.
      Under the Science portion of this report, the Office of 
Science is directed to submit to the House and Senate Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittees a report 
providing a detailed estimate of the cost of bringing the ten 
DOE Office of Science laboratories (named in House Report 107-
112) into compliance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 
standards for nuclear safety and worker safety, respectively. 
To support this task, the Department is directed to transfer 
$2,500,000 to the NRC and $1,300,000 to OSHA. In addition, the 
Department is directed to transfer $1,000,000 to OSHA to cover 
the costs of OSHA regulation of worker health and safety at 
those sites transferred to non-Federal entities and the 
Department's non-nuclear facilities not covered under the 
Atomic Energy Act.

                TECHNICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

      The conference agreement moves the Technical Information 
Management program from the Energy Supply account to the 
Science account.

                      ENERGY SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE

      The conference agreement does not include this new 
program as proposed by the Senate.

                          FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS

      The conference agreement includes a general reduction of 
$5,211,000.

                  Non-Defense Environmental Management

      The conference agreement provides $215,100,000 for Non-
Defense Environmental Management instead of $213,259,000 as 
proposed by the House and $176,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Site closure.--The conference agreement includes 
$95,000,000 for the West Valley site as proposed by the Senate. 
Funding for the program was moved from the Post 2006 program to 
the site closure program as proposed by the House.
      Site/project completion.--The conference agreement 
provides $57,425,000. This includes an additional $15,000,000 
for the Brookhaven National Laboratory and the transfer of 
$8,847,000 for long-term stewardship activities to a separate 
program.
      Post 2006 completion.--The conference agreement includes 
$22,688,000 for Post 2006 completion activities. This includes 
the budget request of $1,848,000 for Los Alamos and $16,740,000 
to continue the cleanup activities at the Energy Technology 
Engineering Center in California.
      Funding of $4,100,000, an increase of $3,134,000, is 
provided for the Atlas uranium mill tailings site at Moab, 
Utah, to prepare a scientifically sound remediation plan. The 
conferees expect the Department to undertake an objective 
evaluation of costs, benefits, and risks associated with 
remediation alternatives for the site, including removal and 
stabilization in place or variations on these two options.
      Fast Flux Test Facility.--The conference agreement 
includes the budget request of $36,100,000 for the Fast Flux 
Test Facility at Richland, Washington, as proposed by the 
Senate and transfers the funding from the Energy Supply 
appropriation account as proposed by the House.
      Long-term Stewardship.--The conference agreement includes 
$14,180,000 for long-term stewardship activities as proposed by 
the House. The conferees are aware that the Department will be 
consolidating long-term stewardship and legacy management 
activities in the fiscal year 2004 budget, and these activities 
will no longer be managed by the Office of Environmental 
Management. Thus, the requirement for a review of the long-term 
stewardship program will be addressed as part of the fiscal 
year 2004 appropriation.
      Excess facilities.--The conference agreement provides the 
budget request of $1,841,000 for excess facilities to begin 
decontamination and decommissioning of excess facilities in the 
environmental management program.
      Funding adjustment.--The conference agreement includes an 
adjustment of $12,134,000 for the use of prior year balances.

             Uranium Facilities Maintenance and Remediation

      The conference agreement provides $456,539,000 for 
uranium activities instead of $382,154,000 as proposed by the 
House and $471,154,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 
Fund.--The conference agreement provides $340,329,000 for 
activities funded from the uranium enrichment decontamination 
and decommissioning (D&D) fund. This amount includes 
$324,329,000 for decontamination and decommissioning activities 
and $16,000,000 for uranium and thorium reimbursements.
      The conference agreement provides an additional 
$34,000,000 for cleanup at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, 
an additional $65,000,000 for the East Tennessee Technology 
Park (ETTP), and an additional $15,000,000 for thorium cleanup 
reimbursement. The amount provided for decontamination and 
decommissioning has been reduced by $9,194,000 to pay for 
increased safeguards and security costs that are funded under 
the Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management 
account.
      The General Accounting Office (GAO) is directed to 
conduct a study of the cleanup progress at the Paducah Gaseous 
Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky. Not later than six months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the GAO shall submit a 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the 
House Energy and Commerce Committee on the results of this 
study. The conferees direct the GAO not to displace any other 
requests by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
      Other Uranium Activities.--The conference agreement 
provides $141,210,000 for other uranium activities. The 
conference agreement provides the requested amounts for the 
East Tennessee Technology Park, the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion 
Plant, and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The amount 
provided has been reduced by $5,421,000 to pay for increased 
safeguards and security costs that are funded under the Defense 
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management account.
      Funding adjustment.--The conference agreement includes 
the use of $25,000,000 of prior year balances.

                                Science

      The conference agreement provides $3,305,894,000 instead 
of $3,271,233,000 as proposed by the House and $3,329,456,000 
as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement does not 
include language specifying funding allocations as contained in 
the House report and Senate explanatory statement.
      High energy physics.--The conference agreement provides 
$726,990,000 for high energy physics. The conferees have 
provided an additional $2,000,000 for operations and activities 
of the program.
      Nuclear physics.--The conference agreement provides 
$384,370,000 for nuclear physics. The conferees encourage the 
Department to use these additional funds to enhance operation 
of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the Brookhaven 
National Laboratory and the Continuous Electron Beam 
Accelerator Facility at the Thomas Jefferson National 
Accelerator Facility, and to continue research and development 
and preconceptual design in support of the Rare Isotope 
Accelerator.
      Biological and environmental research.--The conference 
agreement includes $530,000,000 for biological and 
environmental research. The conference agreement provides 
$7,000,000 for the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, 
$20,000,000 in total funding for the low dose effects program, 
continues the free air carbon dioxide experiments at the 
current year level, and provides $2,000,000 in additional 
funding for the EMSL computer. The conference agreement also 
includes $4,000,000 for research on arsenic removal.
      The conference agreement includes $3,800,000 for 
infrastructure and equipment for the Wittenberg University 
Science Center; $3,000,000 for the University of South Alabama 
Cancer Center; $2,000,000 for the Institute for Biomedical 
Science and Biotechnology at the University of Arizona; 
$1,200,000 for the University of Southern Florida Center for 
Biological Defense; $1,000,000 for the Barry University 
Minority Science Center in Florida; $1,000,000 for the 
Riverside Hospital Regional Cancer Center in Illinois; $500,000 
for the Stanley Scott Cancer Center in Louisiana; $500,000 for 
the Western Michigan University Nanoscience Research and 
Computational Institute; $1,000,000 for the North Mississippi 
Health Services Positron Emission Tomography Cancer Center; 
$500,000 to upgrade the Drew University Hall of Science in New 
Jersey; and $500,000 for the Environmental Systems Center at 
Syracuse University in New York.
      The conference agreement includes $4,600,000 for a Purdue 
University technology incubator in northwest Indiana; 
$1,000,000 for the University of Notre Dame College of 
Engineering Multidisciplinary Research Facility; $500,000 for 
vocational education programs at the Los Angeles Trade 
Technical College; $500,000 for the fuel cell advanced 
materials and demonstration project at Humboldt State 
University in California; $650,000 for the National Center for 
Neurogenetic Research and Computational Genomics at the 
University of Southern California; $500,000 for the 
bioengineering research program at the University of Illinois 
at Chicago; $500,000 for the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences 
Initiative between the University of Massachusetts and the 
Baystate Medical Center; $250,000 for the Hampshire College 
National Center for Science Education in Massachusetts; 
$500,000 for the Audubon Biomedical Science and Technology Park 
at Columbia University in New York; $500,000 for the Center for 
Sustainable Energy at the Bronx Community College in New York; 
and $500,000 for the Green Chemistry Project at Carnegie Mellon 
University in Pennsylvania.
      The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for 
operations and capital investments at the Mental Illness and 
Neuroscience Discovery Institute; $2,000,000 for the University 
of Missouri-Columbia nuclear medicine and cancer research 
program; $1,000,000 for the University of Southern Maine School 
of Applied Sciences, Engineering, and Technology; $1,000,000 
for the Center for Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas 
Tech University; $500,000 for the Legume Genome Initiative at 
the University of Oklahoma; and $500,000 for the University of 
Northern Iowa Existing Business Enhancement Program.
      The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the 
University of Louisiana-LaFayette National Wetlands Research 
Center; $1,000,000 for the Medical University of South 
Carolina; $500,000 for a Magnetic Resonance Microscope at the 
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles; $500,000 for a PET/CT 
scanner at Christiana Care Health System in Delaware; $500,000 
for the Natural Energy Laboratory in Hawaii; $500,000 for a CT 
scanner at Edward Hospital in Illinois; $500,000 for the 
University of Massachusetts at Boston Multidisciplinary 
Research Facility and Library; $1,000,000 for the Nevada Cancer 
Institute; $500,000 for the Inland Northwest Natural Resources 
Research Center at Gonzaga University; $500,000 for the Morgan 
State University Center for Environmental Toxicology; $450,000 
for nanotechnology applications at Western Michigan University 
in partnership with Altair; $250,000 for the International 
Water Institute; $450,000 for the New York University Genomics 
Project; $1,000,000 for the linear accelerator at the 
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada; $500,000 for the 
Indiana Genomics Initiative at Indiana University; $250,000 for 
the Boston University Photonics Center; $100,000 for the Nevada 
Space Grant Consortium at the Desert Research Institute; and 
$500,000 for the Public Health Research Institute Rapid 
Detection for Bioterrorism program in New Jersey.
      Basic energy sciences.--The conference agreement includes 
$1,030,000,000 for basic energy sciences. The conference 
agreement includes $551,378,000 for materials sciences and 
engineering research, and $221,551,000 for chemical sciences, 
geosciences, and energy biosciences. For purposes of 
reprogramming in fiscal year 2003, the Department may 
reallocate funding among all operating accounts within Basic 
Energy Sciences.
      The conference agreement provides the requested amounts 
of $210,571,000 for construction of the Spallation Neutron 
Source, $6,000,000 for project engineering and design (PED) for 
the Linac Coherent Light Source at the Stanford Linear 
Accelerator Center, and $24,000,000 for the design and 
construction of the Oak Ridge Center for Nanophase Materials 
Sciences. The conference agreement provides $4,500,000 in 
additional funding to complete PED and initiate construction of 
the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, and an additional 
$1,000,000 to initiate PED in fiscal year 2003 for the 
Brookhaven Center for Functional Nanomaterials.
      The conference agreement also provides $11,985,000 for 
the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
(EPSCoR).
      Advanced scientific computing research.--The conference 
agreement includes $172,625,000 for advanced scientific 
computing research (ASCR), an increase of $3,000,000 over the 
budget request. The conferees provide these additional funds 
for the Department to pursue alternative approaches to advance 
the United States capability in advanced scientific computing. 
The recent developments by the Japanese on scientific 
supercomputing are cause for concern. The conferees strongly 
support DOE's role in Advanced Scientific Computing development 
missions, and will consider a request for reprogramming of 
fiscal year 2003 funds in order for U.S. manufacturers and 
laboratories to address the recent developments by Japan 
relating to the Earth Simulator.
      Energy research analyses.--This activity is transferred 
as a subprogram under Science Program Direction.
      Science laboratories infrastructure.--The conference 
agreement provides $45,680,000 for science laboratories 
infrastructure, including a total of $8,000,000 for excess 
facilities disposition.
      Fusion energy sciences.--The conference agreement 
includes $250,000,000 for fusion energy sciences, an increase 
of $1,505,000 over fiscal year 2002. The conferees note that 
the fiscal year 2002 funding level included $19,604,000 for the 
completion of decontamination and decommissioning of the 
Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR), leaving $228,891,000 
available for fusion research and facility operations in fiscal 
year 2002. By comparison, the conference agreement for fiscal 
year 2003 makes this $19,604,000, plus an additional 
$1,505,000, available for fusion research and facility 
operations, an increase of 9.2 percent over the comparable 
amount available in fiscal year 2002.
      Within the funding available for fusion energy sciences, 
the Department should make additional funding of $1,500,000 
available to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to support 
the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) research, NSTX 
operations, and preliminary design for the National Compact 
Stellarator Experiment (NCSX). Within available funding, the 
Department should report back to the Appropriations Committees 
no later than August 1, 2003, with an evaluation of the ``fast 
ignition'' concept and with any recommendations regarding the 
schedule and milestones of the High Energy Density Physics 
Program.
      Safeguards and security.--The conference agreement 
includes $48,765,000 for safeguards and security activities at 
laboratories and facilities managed by the Office of Science. 
The additional $638,000 over the budget request represents a 
transfer from Weapons Activities for the costs of safeguards 
and security at Building 3019 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
      Science workforce development.--The conference agreement 
provides $5,460,000 for science workforce development. This 
activity had previously been funded as the Science Education 
subprogram within Program Direction.
      Science program direction.--The conference agreement 
includes $136,387,000 for science program direction. This 
amount includes $72,403,000 for field offices, $55,984,000 for 
headquarters, $7,000,000 for the Technical Information 
Management program (transferred from the Energy Supply 
account), and $1,000,000 for Energy Research Analyses. The 
control level for fiscal year 2003 is at the program account 
level of Science Program Direction.
      External regulation.--Funds are provided in the 
Environment, Safety and Health (non-defense) account within the 
Energy Supply appropriation for the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) and the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA) to conduct compliance audits of the ten 
DOE Science laboratories. The Office of Science should use this 
information to develop estimates of the costs needed to bring 
these ten laboratories into compliance with NRC and OSHA safety 
standards. The Office of Science, in cooperation with NRC and 
OSHA, should complete the compliance audits and cost estimates 
for an initial set of four representative Science laboratories 
not later than September 30, 2003, and for all remaining 
Science laboratories by March 31, 2004. The Office of Science 
is directed to submit a report to the House and Senate Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittees summarizing 
the audit results and cost estimates for all ten laboratories 
not later than April 30, 2004.
      Funding adjustments.--A general reduction of $20,000,000 
has been applied to this account.

                         Nuclear Waste Disposal

      The conference agreement provides $145,000,000 for 
Nuclear Waste Disposal, instead of $209,702,000 as proposed by 
the House and $56,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. When 
combined with the $315,000,000 appropriated from the Defense 
Nuclear Waste Disposal account, a total of $460,000,000 will be 
available for program activities in fiscal year 2003. The 
conference agreement includes not to exceed $2,500,000 for the 
State of Nevada and $7,000,000 for affected units of local 
government. The conferees direct the Department to provide 
$2,000,000 to Clark County, Nevada, to study and demonstrate 
the integration of emergency response planning systems and 
advanced transportation technologies. The conferees further 
direct that $2,500,000 be provided to the Research Foundation 
of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for continuing and 
expanding its efforts in ground water characterization and 
research into the transport and fate of radionuclides in the 
vicinity of the Yucca Mountain repository.

                      Departmental Administration

      The conference agreement provides $309,872,000 for 
Departmental Administration expenses instead of $249,259,000 as 
proposed by the House and $295,587,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Funding adjustments include the transfer of $87,468,000 
from Other Defense Activities and the use of $15,000,000 of 
prior year balances. Revenues of $120,000,000, a reduction of 
$17,524,000 from the budget request, are estimated to be 
received in fiscal year 2003, resulting in a net appropriation 
of $87,404,000.
      Specific funding levels for each Departmental 
organization are provided in the accompanying table.
      Engineering and construction management reviews.--The 
conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for the Office of 
Engineering and Construction Management for external 
independent reviews of proposed projects and programs.
      Cybersecurity and secure communications.--The conferees 
have provided $30,000,000 for cybersecurity and secure 
communications.
      Corporate management information program.--The conferees 
have provided $15,000,000 for the Department's Corporate 
Management Information Program.
      Cost of work for others.--Since initiating direct 
budgeting and funding of safeguards and security activities, 
the Department has used the cost of work for others program to 
fund reimbursable safeguards and security costs incurred for 
work performed for other Federal agencies. This was originally 
planned to be a one-year transitional fix; however, the 
Department has continued to use this procedure beyond that 
time. The conferees expect the Department to submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a proposal that would allow the 
direct funding of these costs within each program account in 
fiscal year 2004.
      Reprogramming guidelines.--The conference agreement 
provides reprogramming authority of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, within the Departmental Administration 
account without prior submission of a reprogramming to be 
approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
No individual program account may be increased or decreased by 
more than this amount during the fiscal year using this 
reprogramming authority. Congressional notification within 30 
days of the use of this reprogramming authority is required. 
Transfers which would result in increases or decreases in 
excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent to an individual program 
account require prior notification and approval.

                    OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

      The conference agreement provides $37,671,000 for the 
Inspector General as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                    Atomic Energy Defense Activities

                National Nuclear Security Administration

      The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a 
semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy, manages 
the Nation's nuclear weapons, nuclear nonproliferation, and 
naval reactors activities.
      Availability of funds.--The conference agreement makes 
funds appropriated to the NNSA available until expended as 
proposed by the Senate.
      Other provisions.--The conference agreement includes 
language authorizing $12,000,000 to be appropriated for Project 
03-D-102, LANL administration building, at Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, and $113,000,000 to be appropriated for Project 01-
D-108, Microsystems and engineering science applications 
(MESA), at Sandia National Laboratories, in New Mexico.
      The conference agreement does not include bill language 
proposed by the House limiting the obligation of funds until 
the Nuclear Weapons Council certifies the Selected Acquisition 
Reports, limiting the obligation of funds until the NNSA 
budgets by weapons system, or providing $10,000,000 to upgrade 
financial systems to track costs by weapons system. Each of 
these issues is addressed further in the statement of the 
managers.
      Future Years Nuclear Security Program.--The conferees 
agree with the House language pertaining to the inadequate 
multi-year programming and budgeting information and direct the 
NNSA to contract for an independent assessment of the NNSA's 
planning, programming, and budgeting system, including its 
comparability to that of the Department of Defense.
      Strategic weapons modernization.--The conferees direct 
the Secretary of Energy in conjunction with the Secretary of 
Defense to provide a report to the Appropriations and Armed 
Services Committees of Congress providing a specific inventory 
objective for each nuclear weapon system by year and in total 
through 2012; an indication of the likely number of warheads 
that must be modernized and why; and an estimate of the cost in 
then-year dollars to perform such modernization. This report is 
due to the Congressional defense committees not later than 
March 15, 2003.
      Selected Acquisition Reports.--The conferees direct NNSA 
to submit Selected Acquisition Reports to Congress in fiscal 
year 2004 and subsequent fiscal years in an identical manner to 
those submitted by the Department of Defense. NNSA shall use 
the title ``Selected Acquisition Report'', use the Department 
of Defense standard format and classification methodology, and 
include identical types of information on program cost, 
schedule, and contractor performance.
      Budget and accounting for nuclear weapons systems.--The 
conferees understand that the Department is implementing a 
pilot project to budget and account for costs by weapons system 
and expect to be kept informed by the Administrator of the NNSA 
and the Department's Chief Financial Officer on the status of 
this project.
      Cerro Grande Fire Funds.--The conferees direct that the 
Secretary not defer, deobligate, withdraw to headquarters, 
reserve for contemplated future rescissions, reprogram or 
otherwise adversely affect the planned and continuing 
expenditure of funds previously made available for Cerro Grande 
fire activities unless a reprogramming is submitted in advance 
and approval received from the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.

                           Weapons Activities

      The conference agreement provides $5,954,204,000 for 
Weapons Activities instead of $5,772,068,000 as proposed by the 
House and $6,108,959,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Reprogramming.--The conference agreement provides limited 
reprogramming authority within the Weapons Activities account 
without submission of a reprogramming to be approved in advance 
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The 
reprogramming thresholds will be as follows: directed stockpile 
work, science campaigns, engineering campaigns, inertial 
confinement fusion, advanced simulation and computing, pit 
manufacturing and certification, readiness campaigns, and 
operating expenses for readiness in technical base and 
facilities. This should provide the needed flexibility to 
manage these programs.
      In addition, funding of not more than $5,000,000 may be 
transferred between each of these categories and each 
construction project subject to the following limitations: only 
one transfer may be made to or from any program or project; the 
transfer must be necessary to address a risk to health, safety 
or the environment or to assure the most efficient use of 
weapons activities funds at a site; and funds may not be used 
for an item for which Congress has specifically denied funds or 
for a new program or project that has not been authorized by 
Congress.
      Congressional notification within 15 days of the use of 
this reprogramming authority is required. Transfers during the 
fiscal year which would result in increases or decreases in 
excess of $5,000,000 or which would be subject to the 
limitations outlined in the previous paragraph require prior 
notification and approval from the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations. Failure to notify the Committees within the 
15-day period will result in denial of the reprogramming.
      Directed stockpile work.--The conference agreement 
includes the budget request of $1,234,467,000 for directed 
stockpile work as proposed by the House and the Senate.
      Campaigns.--Funding for individual campaigns is shown on 
the accompanying table. The conferees agree with the House 
language requesting detailed project baseline data for each 
campaign showing the total, annual, and five-year costs, 
schedule, scope, and deliverables for individual project 
activities as part of the annual budget request.
      From within funds provided for the various campaigns, 
$2,175,000 is provided for the University Research Program in 
Robotics. An additional $2,175,000 is provided for the robotics 
program in the environmental management program.
      For science campaigns, the conference agreement provides 
$255,468,000, an increase of $20,000,000 over the budget 
request. The conference agreement provides $47,159,000 for 
primary certification as proposed by the Administration. In the 
dynamic materials properties program, the conferees have 
provided $5,000,000 for materials properties studies using the 
capabilities of the Nevada Test Site and the budget request of 
$13,110,000 for university partnerships. In the advanced 
radiography program, funding of $20,000,000 is provided to 
continue research, development and conceptual design activities 
for an advanced hydrodynamics test facility and an additional 
$5,000,000 to fund other experiments that might be conducted in 
the Contained Firing Facility.
      For engineering campaigns, the conference agreement 
provides $233,697,000, a reduction of $5,713,000 from the 
budget request. Enhanced surety is funded at $32,000,000, as 
proposed by the Senate.
      For inertial confinement fusion, the conference agreement 
provides $504,293,000, an increase of $52,500,000 over the 
budget request, and includes several program funding 
adjustments. The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for 
the Naval Research Laboratory, the same as the budget request. 
Funding of $22,000,000 has been provided to further development 
of high average power lasers.
      The conference agreement includes $36,400,000, the same 
as the budget request, for the on-going program at the 
Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester. 
An increase of $13,000,000 over the budget request is provided 
for the University of Rochester for the Omega Extended 
Performance Facility to enhance the capabilities of the Omega 
facility in support of the nation's stockpile stewardship 
program by providing additional high-energy, high-intensity 
beams to be used with the existing Omega facility.
      The conference agreement provides an additional 
$8,000,000 for enhanced National Ignition Facility (NIF) 
diagnostics and/or cryogenic target activities, and 
$214,045,000, the same as the budget request, for continued 
construction of the NIF.
      For petawatt laser capabilities, funding of $5,000,000 is 
provided to modify the beamlet laser at the Sandia National 
Laboratories and $1,000,000 is provided for technical community 
activities in developing critical short-pulse, high power laser 
technology.
      The conferees have provided an additional $3,500,000 for 
university grants/other ICF support. This includes $2,500,000 
for installation, operation, and continued research and 
development on a petawatt laser at the University of Nevada-
Reno, and $1,000,000 for short pulse, high power laser 
development at the University of Texas.
      For advanced simulation and computing, the conference 
agreement provides $704,335,000, as proposed by the Senate. The 
NNSA is directed to commission two independent studies as 
proposed by the Senate. These reports are due to the Committees 
on Appropriations by August 1, 2003.
      For pit manufacturing and certification, the conference 
agreement provides $222,000,000, an increase of $27,516,000 
over the budget request of $194,484,000. The increase will 
ensure that the NNSA maintains its commitment to produce a 
certifiable W88 pit by 2003 and a certified W88 pit by 2007. 
The NNSA has refused to request funds consistent with its own 
project plan submitted in September 2001. As directed by the 
Senate explanatory statement, the NNSA is to provide a revised 
pit production and certification plan to the relevant 
Congressional committees by March 31, 2003, and annually 
thereafter. To ensure that all sites under study for the modern 
pit facility receive full and equal consideration, the 
conferees recognize that future land withdrawal action by 
Congress may be required to proceed with construction of the 
facility.
      For readiness campaigns, the conference agreement 
provides $213,752,000, a reduction of $8,065,000 from the 
budget request. Funding for the tritium readiness campaign 
includes $42,734,000 for operating expenses as proposed by the 
Senate and an additional $5,335,000 to complete dismantlement 
of the Accelerator Production of Tritium program.
      Readiness in technical base and facilities.--For 
readiness in technical base and facilities, the conference 
agreement provides $1,832,222,000, an increase of $143,993,000 
over the budget request, and includes several funding 
adjustments.
      Within funds provided for operations of facilities, the 
conferees direct that, at a minimum, an additional $25,000,000 
be provided for the Pantex Plant in Texas and an additional 
$20,000,000 be provided for the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee, as proposed by the House. The conference agreement 
includes an additional $6,000,000 for the Z machine operations 
at Sandia and $3,000,000 for technology transfer activities as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees encourage the Department 
to utilize the UNLV Research Foundation and other academic 
institutions to facilitate such technology transfer activities 
at the Nevada Test Site.
      The conference agreement provides $56,725,000 for 
activities at the Nevada Test Site and an additional 
$23,500,000 for the National Center for Combating Terrorism for 
facility upgrades, refurbishments, equipment, and operation and 
maintenance.
      Funding of $638,000 has been transferred to the Office of 
Science safeguards and security program to support weapons-
related activities at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
      Within funds provided for program readiness, the 
conference agreement includes $60,000,000 to maintain Nevada 
Test Site readiness and $6,164,000 for activities related to 
the TA-18 relocation to Nevada. The conference agreement 
provides the budget request of $15,000,000 for enhanced test 
readiness. The Department is directed to notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations before any of these funds 
are obligated in fiscal year 2003.
      Within funds provided for special projects, the 
conference agreement includes $600,000 for the Oral History of 
the Nevada Test Site; $6,900,000 for the New Mexico Education 
Enrichment Foundation; $2,500,000 for the National Museum of 
Nuclear Science and History relocation project; $500,000 for 
the Atomic Testing History Institute; $1,000,000 for the UNLV 
Research Foundation; $3,000,000 to update aircraft navigational 
and other related avionics; and the budget request for the Los 
Alamos County Schools. Within available funds, the conferees 
urge NNSA to conduct a field installation of the truck stopping 
device developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and 
to continue research on bridges and new techniques for scanning 
shipping containers.
      The conference agreement includes $103,816,000 for 
materials recycling, an increase of $5,000,000 over the budget 
request for activities at the Y-12 Plant in Tennessee as 
proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement includes the budget request of 
$17,721,000 for containers, $14,593,000 for storage, and 
$91,000,000 for nuclear weapons incident response.
      Construction projects.--For construction projects, the 
conference agreement includes adjustments proposed by the 
Department to the budget request for several projects to 
reflect the latest program planning assumptions. In addition, 
the conference agreement provides $12,000,000 for Project 03-D-
102, LANL administration building replacement project, and 
$113,000,000 for Project 01-D-108, Microsystems and Engineering 
Sciences Applications Complex at Sandia, in New Mexico.
      Facilities and infrastructure recapitalization.--The 
conference agreement includes the budget request of 
$242,512,000 for the facilities and infrastructure (F&I) 
recapitalization program. The conferees agree with the House 
language to procure decontamination, decommissioning and 
demolition services through an open competitive process. At 
least $50,000,000 is to be used to dispose of excess 
facilities.
      Secure Transportation Asset.--The conference agreement 
provides the budget request of $152,989,000 for secure 
transportation asset.
      Safeguards and security.--The conference agreement 
includes $526,254,000, an increase of $16,300,000 over the 
budget request, for safeguards and security activities at 
laboratories and facilities managed by the National Nuclear 
Security Administration.
      Funding adjustments.--The conference agreement includes 
an adjustment of $28,985,000 for a security charge for 
reimbursable work, as proposed in the budget, and a general 
reduction of $138,800,000.

                    Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

      The conference agreement provides $1,113,630,000 for 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation instead of $1,167,630,000 as 
proposed by the House and $1,115,630,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Availability of funds.--The conference agreement makes 
the funds available for obligation until expended as proposed 
by the Senate.
      Nonproliferation and verification research and 
development.--The conference agreement provides the budget 
request of $283,407,000 for nonproliferation and verification 
research and development. This includes $20,160,000, the same 
as the budget request, for ground-based systems for treaty 
monitoring.
      From within available funds for research and development 
activities, $10,000,000 is provided to support ongoing 
activities at the Remote Sensing Test and Evaluation Center at 
the Nevada Test Site. The conferees encourage the Department to 
use a portion of the additional funds provided to the Remote 
Sensing Test and Evaluation Center to support applied research 
activities related to national security at UNLV and other 
universities that are participating in cooperative ventures at 
the Nevada Test Site.
      The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the 
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology PASSCAL 
Instrument Center. The conferees expect the NNSA to conduct a 
site-wide survey of the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in 
Middletown, Iowa, for radiological contamination as proposed by 
the Senate. Within available funds, the NNSA is directed to 
provide $10,000,000 for the sustained development of advanced 
technologies needed to counter nuclear terrorism threats and 
focus on improving capability through research and development.
      The conferees continue to support more opportunity for 
open competition in appropriate areas of the nonproliferation 
and verification research and development program. The 
conferees expect the Department to continue to implement 
recommendations provided by the external review group in 
support of open competition and direct the Department to 
continue a free and open competitive process for at least 25 
percent of its research and development activities during 
fiscal year 2003 for ground-based systems treaty monitoring. 
The competitive process should be open to all Federal and non-
Federal entities.
      The conferees direct the Department to identify ways to 
increase competition to ensure that the best possible 
researchers in the private sector and academia are provided the 
opportunity to compete for nonproliferation research and 
development funds and to contribute to these critical national 
security programs. In this time of increased threats to the 
nation, the Department should make every effort to seek out new 
and innovative ideas and concepts beyond those developed by the 
Department's own contractors.
      The conferees request an annual report on the 
nonproliferation and verification research and development 
program that includes each major research project with the 
total baseline cost, cost by year, scope, schedule, 
deliverables, entity performing the research, and proposed 
user. This report in an unclassified form with a classified 
appendix as necessary is due to the Committees on 
Appropriations on March 15, 2003, and annually thereafter. The 
Department should work with the Committees to ensure the 
appropriate level of detail.
      Nonproliferation and international security.--The 
conference agreement provides the budget request of $92,668,000 
for nonproliferation and international security.
      Nonproliferation programs with Russia.--The conferees 
continue to be concerned that too much of the money for Russian 
programs is being spent in the United States at the Department 
of Energy's own facilities rather than going to the facilities 
in Russia. The Department is directed to submit a plan to the 
Committees on Appropriations that shows how the ratio of the 
funding within each program that is spent in Russia versus the 
funding that remains the United States for the Department's 
contractors will be increased significantly in each subsequent 
fiscal year.
      International materials protection, control and 
cooperation (MPC&A).--The conference agreement includes 
$233,077,000, the same as the budget request, for the MPC&A 
program. From within available funds, the conference agreement 
provides at least $15,000,000 for expanded activities within 
the Second Line of Defense program that is responsible for 
improving border and transportation security. The conferees 
support expanded program work in major transit/transportation 
hubs and ports in countries other than Russia and the Newly 
Independent States. The conference agreement also provides 
$5,000,000 for the radiological dispersion devices (RDD) 
program to protect, control and account for RDD materials in 
countries other than Russia and the Newly Independent States.
      Accelerated Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Disposition.--
The conference agreement provides $14,000,000 to develop and 
implement efforts with the Russian Federation for blending or 
otherwise securing highly enriched uranium. These efforts may 
include the purchase of highly enriched uranium from the 
Russian Federation and transporting it to the United States. 
This program is in addition to the U.S./Russian HEU Agreement 
to blend down 500 metric tons of highly enriched uranium over 
twenty years.
      Russian Transition Initiatives.--The conference agreement 
provides $39,334,000, the same as the budget request, for the 
Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program and the 
Nuclear Cities Initiative.
      HEU transparency implementation.--The conference 
agreement provides $17,229,000, the same as the budget request.
      International nuclear safety.--The conference agreement 
provides $11,576,000, a reduction of $3,000,000 from the budget 
request, for the international nuclear safety program, as 
proposed by the House.
      Elimination of weapons-grade plutonium production.--The 
conference agreement includes the budget request of $49,339,000 
for the elimination of weapons-grade plutonium production 
program. The conferees strongly support the Department's 
efforts to provide an open procurement competition to find the 
best-qualified contractor to implement this program and have 
not included language to limit repayment of program 
expenditures.
      Fissile materials disposition.--The conference agreement 
provides $48,000,000 for fissile materials disposition, the 
same as the budget request. At the request of the Department, 
funding of $2,000,000 was transferred from operating expenses 
to Project 99-D-141, Pit disassembly and conversion facility, 
and $6,372,000 was transferred from Project 01-D-407, highly 
enriched uranium blend down, to operating expenses.
      Program direction.--The conference agreement does not 
provide any program direction funds in this account as proposed 
by the Senate. Program direction funding for the Defense 
Nuclear Nonproliferation office will be identified separately 
within the Office of the Administrator account.
      Funding adjustments.--The conference agreement includes 
funding adjustments of $75,000,000. This includes the use of 
$68,000,000 of prior year balances and the additional 
$7,000,000 remaining from completion of Project 00-D-192, 
Nonproliferation and international security center.

                             Naval Reactors

      The conference agreement provides $706,790,000 for Naval 
Reactors, the same as the budget request. These funds are to 
remain available until expended as proposed by the Senate.

                      OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

      The conference agreement provides $330,929,000 for the 
Office of the Administrator instead of $261,929,000 as proposed 
by the House and $335,929,000 as proposed by the Senate. These 
funds are available for obligation through September 30, 2003, 
as proposed by the House. Statutory language providing $12,000 
for official reception and representation expenses has also 
been included.
      The conferees urge the Administrator of NNSA to provide 
at least $5,000,000 for the NNSA Office of Project Management 
and Engineering Support to continue its project oversight work 
and to provide training and mentoring programs to improve the 
skills of NNSA program and project managers.
      Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.--The conference 
agreement provides $57,000,000 for the Federal employees in the 
Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. None of these funds 
may be taxed by the NNSA for any purpose without prior 
notification and approval by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.

           Environmental and Other Defense Related Activities

         DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

      The conference agreement provides $5,470,180,000 for 
Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management instead 
of $4,543,661,000 as proposed by the House and $5,370,532,000 
as proposed by the Senate. Additional funding of $1,138,314,000 
is contained in the Defense Facilities Closure Projects account 
and $158,399,000 in the Defense Environmental Management 
Privatization account for a total of $6,766,893,000 provided 
for all defense environmental management activities.
      Accelerated cleanup funding.--The conference agreement 
has merged funds proposed for the Environmental Management 
Cleanup Reform account into the appropriate existing 
appropriation accounts rather than providing a lump sum in a 
separate appropriation account as proposed by the 
Administration.
      Reprogramming authority.--The conferees support the need 
for flexibility to meet changing funding requirements and have 
provided internal reprogramming authority as proposed by the 
House.
      Site/project completion.--Total funding of $990,950,000 
is provided for site/project completion. The conference 
agreement provides additional funding to accelerate cleanup at 
the following sites: $40,000,000 for the Savannah River Site in 
South Carolina; $5,000,000 for the Idaho site; $141,000,000 for 
the Hanford site in Richland, Washington; $8,000,000 for Sandia 
National Laboratories in New Mexico; $5,000,000 for the Pantex 
plant in Texas; and $4,000,000 to expedite the remediation and 
conveyance of up to 2,000 acres of land for the use of Pueblo 
of San Ildefonso and approximately 100 acres to the County of 
Los Alamos consistent with the direction of section 632 of 
Public Law 105-119.
      Funding of $7,000,000 for the Savannah River Ecology 
Laboratory is included in the Office of Science in fiscal year 
2003.
      Funding of $8,800,000 is transferred from operating 
expenses at the Savannah River Site to a new construction 
project, Project 03-D-414, Preliminary Project Engineering and 
Design, to initiate design activities for the salt waste 
processing facility and an additional glass waste storage 
building.
      Post 2006 completion.--The conference agreement provides 
total funding of $3,322,367,000 for post 2006 completion. The 
conference agreement provides additional funding to accelerate 
cleanup at the following sites: $176,000,000 for the Savannah 
River Site in South Carolina; $54,000,000 to accelerate 
remediation, waste management, and nuclear materials 
stewardship activities at Los Alamos National Laboratory; 
$40,000,000 to accelerate cleanup at the Oak Ridge Reservation 
in Tennessee; $33,000,000 to accelerate cleanup at the Nevada 
Test Site; $22,000,000 to accelerate cleanup activities at the 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and $2,000,000 to 
accelerate cleanup activities in Alaska.
      Additional funding of $105,000,000 is provided for the 
Idaho site. From within these funds, $2,000,000 is for the 
national spent nuclear fuel program; $4,000,000 is for the 
Subsurface Science Research Institute operated by the Inland 
Northwest Research Alliance and the INEEL; and the Department 
is directed to pay its Title V air permitting fees at the INEEL 
consistent with prior year levels.
      The conferees are aware that the district court has 
ordered the parties to enter into mediation to resolve the Pit 
9 issue at Idaho. The conferees commend that initiative and 
encourage the pursuit of action to avert continued costly and 
protracted litigation. The conferees expect the Department to 
participate directly in that mediation, not through the 
contractor. If mediation is not successful, the conferees 
expect the Department to initiate and participate in 
arbitration to resolve this dispute.
      Additional funding of $63,000,000 is provided for the 
Hanford site in Richland, Washington, to accelerate cleanup of 
the River Corridor and tank waste management activities. From 
within available funds, $600,000 is provided for State of 
Oregon oversight activities, and funding at the fiscal year 
2002 level is provided for the Hazardous Materials Management 
and Emergency Response (HAMMER) training and education center. 
The conferees understand that the HAMMER facility will seek 
another source of funding and be moved from the environmental 
management program after fiscal year 2003. The Department is 
expected to continue making PILT payments at last year's level 
to counties that have the Hanford reservation within their 
boundaries.
      Additional funding of $20,000,000 is provided to the 
Carlsbad field office. This includes $14,000,000 to accelerate 
shipping and disposing of transuranic waste throughout the 
complex; $3,500,000 to be made available to the Carlsbad 
community for educational support, infrastructure improvements, 
and related initiatives to address the impacts of accelerated 
operations; and $2,500,000 to continue the U.S.-Mexico Border 
Health Commission/Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative.
      From within available funds, $36,732,000 has been 
transferred to the safeguards and security program to offset 
increased security costs in fiscal year 2003.
      Office of River Protection.--The conference agreement 
provides $1,126,988,000, an increase of $229,000,000 over the 
budget request, for the Office of River Protection at the 
Hanford site in Washington. Funding of $619,000,000 has been 
provided for Project 01-D-416, the Hanford Waste Treatment 
Plant, to vitrify the high-level waste in underground tanks.
      Uranium enrichment decontamination and decommissioning 
(UED&D) fund.--The conference agreement includes the budget 
request of $442,000,000 for the Federal government's 
contribution to the UED&D fund.
      Science and technology development.--The conference 
agreement provides $118,175,000 for the science and technology 
development program. The conference agreement includes 
$4,000,000 to continue the international agreement with AEA 
Technology; $7,000,000 for the Department's current five-year 
cooperative agreement with the Florida International 
University's Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technology; 
$750,000 for the Mid-Atlantic Recycling Center for End-of-Life 
Electronics project; $5,000,000 for the Diagnostic 
Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory; $2,000,000 to continue 
micro-sensing technology development and prototype deployment 
of remote monitoring systems for the underground test area; 
$2,175,000 for the university robotics research program; 
$12,000,000 for research and development at Idaho on 
environmental technologies; and $1,000,000 for basic science 
experiments at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The Department 
is directed to continue its ongoing cooperative agreements with 
the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the University of 
Nevada-Reno on terms consistent with recent years. The 
conferees urge the Department to consider continued evaluation, 
development and demonstration of the Advanced Vitrification 
System.
      The Office of Environmental Management is directed to 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as 
soon as information is available on the projects and activities 
which are to be performed with funding provided in fiscal year 
2003 to the Florida International University, AEA Technology, 
the Mid-Atlantic Recycling Center for End-of-Life Electronics 
project, the Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis 
Laboratory, the micro-sensing technology development and 
prototype deployment of remote monitoring systems for the 
underground test area, the university robotics research 
program, the Western Environmental Technology Office, and the 
National Energy Technology Laboratory. The Department should 
work with the Committees on the detail and format for this 
report.
      Excess facilities.--The conference agreement includes 
$5,000,000, an increase of $3,700,000 over the budget request, 
for excess facilities. These funds are to be used to initiate 
decontamination and decommissioning of excess facilities owned 
by the environmental management program.
      Multi-site activities.--The conference agreement includes 
$64,352,000, a decrease of $415,519,000 from the budget 
request, for multi-site activities. Funding of $442,000,000 for 
the uranium enrichment decontamination and decommissioning fund 
is transferred to a separate program; $1,000,000 is provided 
for packaging and certification activities; and $8,481,000 is 
provided for the hazardous waste worker training program. The 
conferees expect the Department to continue its support for a 
variety of small programs identified in the Senate explanatory 
statement.
      Funding of $17,000,000 is provided for the National 
Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in West Virginia, including 
$5,000,000 for the Western Environmental Technology Office. The 
Department is establishing an Office of Legacy Management that 
will gain responsibility for the long-term stewardship program 
now managed by the Office of Environmental Management. The 
conferees expect the Department to use the NETL to begin 
preparatory actions to ensure a smooth and effective transition 
of people, records, and programs including the responsibility 
for long-term stewardship of records dealing with physical and 
human issues at current sites as well as from the closure of 
the Ohio and Rocky Flats cleanup sites. The enormous records 
management requirements at closure sites will require 
solicitation and management of contracts to assess both the 
current status of environmental management records as well as 
performing an evaluation of best practices. A critical 
examination of the numerous complex issues of annuitant benefit 
continuity for retirees/annuitants at closure sites will also 
be required. Preparatory work in fiscal year 2003 will ensure a 
smooth transition of these responsibilities to the Office of 
Legacy Management and provide the Department with an assessment 
of its needs to provide potential bidders with sufficient data 
to successfully compete on the forthcoming contracts to 
institute long-term stewardship of environmental management 
records and contractor continuity of benefits.
      Safeguards and security.--The conference agreement 
includes $268,607,000, an increase of $40,347,000 over the 
budget request, for safeguards and security activities at 
laboratories and facilities managed by the Office of 
Environmental Management. Safeguards and security costs at 
several cleanup facilities have increased significantly since 
the fiscal year 2003 budget request was submitted.
      Program direction.--The conferees have provided 
$344,000,000, the same as the budget request, for the program 
direction account.
      Funding adjustments.--The conference agreement includes 
reduction of $80,924,000 due to funding constraints. A security 
charge for reimbursable work of $4,347,000, the same as the 
budget request, is included.

                ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CLEANUP REFORM

      The conference agreement does not provide funding for 
accelerated cleanup activities in this separate appropriation 
account as proposed by the Administration. Funds for 
accelerated cleanup have been allocated among the existing 
appropriation accounts.

                  DEFENSE FACILITIES CLOSURE PROJECTS

      The conference agreement provides $1,138,314,000 instead 
of $1,091,314,000 as proposed by the House and $1,125,314,000 
as proposed by the Senate. The budget request of $664,000,000 
is provided for the Rocky Flats site in Colorado. Additional 
funding to accelerate cleanup is provided for the following 
projects: $25,000,000 for Fernald, Ohio; $4,000,000 for the 
Mound site in Ohio; and $5,000,000 for the Columbus 
environmental management project in Ohio. The conferees expect 
the Department to request adequate funds to keep each of these 
projects on schedule for closure by 2006 or earlier.
      From within available funds, $5,500,000 has been 
transferred to the safeguards and security program to offset 
increased security costs in fiscal year 2003.
      Funding of $55,651,000, an increase of $18,500,000 over 
the budget request, is provided for safeguards and security. 
Any savings resulting from safeguards and security costs are to 
be retained and used for cleanup activities at the closure 
sites.

             Defense Environmental Management Privatization

      The conference agreement provides $158,399,000, the same 
as the budget request, for the defense environmental management 
privatization program.

                        Other Defense Activities

      The conference agreement provides $546,554,000 for Other 
Defense Activities instead of $485,076,000 as proposed by the 
House and $537,664,000 as proposed by the Senate. Details of 
the conference agreement are provided below.

                     ENERGY SECURITY AND ASSURANCE

      The conference agreement provides $56,686,000 for the 
energy security and assurance program. Funding of $27,500,000 
is provided for the National Infrastructure Simulation and 
Analysis Center (NISAC) in New Mexico, and $16,000,000 to the 
National Energy Technology Laboratory in West Virginia to 
assist the energy assurance office, as proposed by the Senate. 
The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for a pilot 
project in Washington, DC, to be carried out in conjunction 
with the local power provider and administered by the 
Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments to protect and 
harden electricity infrastructure in the Nation's Capital, an 
area uniquely susceptible to terrorist attack. The conference 
agreement also includes $3,000,000 to establish the Idaho 
Critical Infrastructure Testbed at the Idaho National 
Environmental and Engineering Laboratory.

                           OFFICE OF SECURITY

      The conference agreement provides $185,515,000, the same 
as the budget request, for the office of security.
      The conference agreement provides total safeguards and 
security funding of $1,267,791,000 for safeguards and security 
activities at the Department of Energy. In addition to the 
funding provided for the office of security, the conference 
agreement provides $30,000,000 for security and safeguards 
activities performed by the Department's chief information 
officer and $1,052,276,000 for safeguards and security 
activities at the Department's field offices and facilities.

                              INTELLIGENCE

      The conference agreement includes $41,246,000, the same 
as the budget request, for the Department's intelligence 
program.

                          COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

      The conference agreement includes $45,955,000, the same 
as the budget request, for the Department's counterintelligence 
program.

            INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT AND PERFORMANCE ASSURANCE

      The conference agreement provides $22,430,000, the same 
as the budget request, for the independent oversight and 
performance assurance program.

                ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH (DEFENSE)

      The conference agreement provides $103,850,000 for 
defense-related environment, safety and health activities 
including $48,160,000 for health effects studies and 
$13,500,000 for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, the 
same as the budget request. The conferees have provided 
$3,550,000 for medical monitoring at the gaseous diffusion 
plants and $5,000,000 to continue a program at the University 
of Nevada-Las Vegas for Department-wide management of 
electronic records. From within available funds, the Department 
is directed to complete the health studies at the Iowa Army 
Ammunition Plant and initiate a beryllium screening and 
outreach program for workers employed at vendors in the 
Worchester, Massachusetts, area who supplied beryllium to the 
Atomic Energy Commission.
      The General Accounting Office (GAO) is directed to 
conduct a study on the effectiveness of the benefit program 
under Subtitle D of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 in assisting the Department of 
Energy contractor employees in obtaining compensation for 
occupational illness. Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the GAO shall submit a report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Senate 
Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the House Energy 
and Commerce Committee on the results of this study. The 
conferees direct the GAO not to displace any other requests by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
      The conference agreement includes $17,149,000 for program 
direction, the same as the budget request.

                    WORKER AND COMMUNITY TRANSITION

      The conference agreement provides $21,183,000 for the 
worker and community transition program instead of $19,683,000 
as proposed by the House and $25,683,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conference agreement includes a total of 
$3,500,000, an increase of $1,500,000 over the budget request, 
for workforce restructuring at the Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous 
diffusion plant. Funding of $2,000,000 has been provided for 
infrastructure improvements at the former Pinellas weapons 
plant as proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement does not provide any guidance on 
the proposed final rule implementing Part D of the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
      No funds may be used to augment the $21,183,000 made 
available for obligation for severance payments and other 
benefits and community assistance grants unless the Department 
of Energy submits a reprogramming request subject to approval 
by the appropriate Congressional committees.

           NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

      The conference agreement provides $87,468,000 for 
national security programs administrative support instead of 
$30,587,000 as proposed by the House and $50,587,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Included within this amount is 
$21,800,000 for the national security portion of the 
cybersecurity and communications initiative and the corporate 
management improvement program that are fully funded in the 
Departmental Administration account.

                     OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

      The conference agreement provides $2,933,000 for the 
Office of Hearings and Appeals, the same as the budget request.

                          FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS

      Funding adjustments include a security charge for 
reimbursable work of $712,000 and a reduction of $20,000,000 to 
be applied to those programs that have balances carried over 
from prior fiscal years and lower priority program activities.

                     Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal

      The conference agreement provides $315,000,000 for the 
defense contribution to the nuclear waste repository program as 
proposed by the House instead of $280,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate.

                    POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                    Bonneville Power Administration

      The conference agreement provides $700,000,000 of new 
borrowing authority to the Bonneville Power Administration as 
proposed by the Senate. The bill language is included in 
Division N of the conference report. The conferees direct the 
Bonneville Power Administration to submit a detailed budget 
justification, by project, for its total capital improvement 
program to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not later than March 30, 2003, and to be submitted thereafter 
as part of the annual budget request, for approval by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
      No new direct loan obligations may be made during fiscal 
year 2003.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

      The conference agreement includes $4,534,000, the same as 
the budget request, for the Southeastern Power Administration. 
The conference agreement provides for the same level of 
purchase power and wheeling as in fiscal year 2002.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

      The conference agreement includes $27,378,000, the same 
as the budget request, for the Southwestern Power 
Administration. The conference agreement provides for the same 
level of purchase power and wheeling as in fiscal year 2002. 
The conference agreement also provides Southwestern with the 
authority to accept an additional $8,043,000 of non-Federal 
reimbursable funding to fulfill its obligations under the 
Southwest Power Pool Open Access Transmission Tariff.

 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
                          Power Administration

      The conference agreement provides $168,858,000 as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $162,758,000 as proposed by 
the House. The conference agreement includes $6,100,000 for the 
Utah Mitigation and Conservation Account. The conference 
agreement also includes language as proposed by the Senate 
regarding the Belfield-Hettinger transmission line in North 
Dakota and includes $4,000,000 to fund high priority portions 
of the South of Phoenix portion of the Parker-Davis Project 
transmission system as proposed by the House.

           Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

      The conference agreement includes $2,734,000, the same as 
the budget request, for the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 
Maintenance Fund.

                  FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $192,000,000 for the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Revenues for FERC 
are set at an amount equal to the budget authority, resulting 
in a net appropriation of $0.
      The conferees are aware that the California Public 
Utilities Commission (CPUC) has requested several FERC actions 
in regard to investigating electricity market manipulations. 
The conferees expect FERC to act diligently upon the CPUC's 
requests.
      The conferees are very concerned about the possible 
impact on regional electricity prices of FERC's proposed rule 
for Standard Market Design (SMD). The Secretary of Energy is 
directed to submit to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and 
the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee an 
independent analysis of the impact of the SMD rule that FERC 
proposes to finalize. This independent analysis must compare 
wholesale and retail electricity prices and the impact on the 
safety and reliability of generation and transmission 
facilities in the major regions of the country both under 
existing conditions and under the proposed SMD rule. This 
analysis must also address the proposed SMD rule's:
      (a) costs and benefits, including its impacts on energy 
infrastructure development and investor confidence;
      (b) impacts on state utility regulation;
      (c) financial impact on retail customers;
      (d) impact on the reasonableness of electricity prices; 
and
      (e) impact on the safe, reliable, and secure operation of 
the Nation's generation and transmission facilities.
      The Secretary shall work in consultation with the FERC so 
that the Secretary's analysis will most accurately address the 
contents and conclusions of the most current version of the 
proposed rule. The Secretary shall submit the independent 
analysis no later than April 30, 2003.

                           General Provisions

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

      Sec. 301.--The conference agreement modifies a provision 
proposed by the House that none of the funds may be used to 
award a management and operating contract, or a contract for 
environmental remediation or waste management in excess of 
$100,000,000 in annual funding, or award a significant 
extension or expansion to an existing management and operating 
contract, unless such contract is awarded using competitive 
procedures, or the Secretary of Energy grants a waiver to allow 
for such a deviation.
      Within 30 days of formally notifying the incumbent 
contractor that the Secretary intends to grant such a waiver, 
the Secretary must submit a report setting forth, in 
specificity, the substantive reasons why the requirement for 
competition should be waived.
      This language modifies a provision carried in previous 
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.
      Sec. 302.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the House and Senate that none of the funds may be 
used to prepare or implement workforce restructuring plans or 
provide enhanced severance payments and other benefits and 
community assistance grants for Federal employees of the 
Department of Energy under section 3161 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1993, Public Law 102-484. This 
provision has been carried in previous Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Acts.
      Sec. 303.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the House and Senate that none of the funds may be 
used to augment the $21,183,000 made available for obligation 
for severance payments and other benefits and community 
assistance grants unless the Department of Energy submits a 
reprogramming request subject to approval by the appropriate 
Congressional committees. This provision has been carried in 
previous Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.
      Sec. 304.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the House and Senate that none of the funds may be 
used to prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals for a 
program if that program has not been funded by Congress in the 
current fiscal year. This provision also precludes the 
Department from initiating activities for new programs which 
have been proposed in the budget request, but which have not 
yet been funded by Congress. This provision has been carried in 
previous Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.

                    TRANSFERS OF UNEXPENDED BALANCES

      Sec. 305.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the House and Senate that permits the transfer and 
merger of unexpended balances of prior appropriations with 
appropriation accounts established in this bill. This provision 
has been carried in previous Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Acts.
      Sec. 306.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the House prohibiting the Bonneville Power 
Administration from performing energy efficiency services 
outside the legally defined Bonneville service territory unless 
the Administrator certifies in advance that such services are 
not available from private sector businesses. This provision 
has been carried in previous Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Acts.
      Sec. 307.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the House establishing certain notice and 
competition requirements for Department of Energy user 
facilities. This provision has been carried in previous Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Acts.
      Sec. 308.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the House and Senate allowing the Administrator of 
the National Nuclear Security Administration to authorize 
certain nuclear weapons production plants to use not more than 
2 percent of available funds for research, development and 
demonstration activities. This provision has been carried in 
previous Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.
      Sec. 309.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the House and Senate allowing the Administrator of 
the National Nuclear Security Administration to authorize the 
manager of the Nevada Operations Office to use not more than 2 
percent of available funds for research, development and 
demonstration activities necessary for operations and readiness 
of the Nevada Test Site.
      Sec. 310.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the House that would repeal section 310 of Public 
Law 106-60, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
Act, 2000, which required submission of funding plans from 
Department of Energy laboratories.
      Sec. 311.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the House which would authorize intelligence 
activities of the Department of Energy for purposes of section 
504 of the National Security Act of 1947 until enactment of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2003.
      Sec. 312.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the Senate limiting the types of waste that can be 
disposed of in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. 
None of the funds may be used to dispose of transuranic waste 
in excess of 20 percent plutonium by weight for the aggregate 
of any material category. At the Rocky Flats site, this 
provision includes ash residues; salt residues; wet residues; 
direct repackage residues; and scrub alloy as referenced in the 
``Final Environmental Impact Statement on Management of Certain 
Plutonium Residues and Scrub Alloy Stored at the Rocky Flats 
Environmental Technology Site''. This provision has been 
carried in previous Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
Acts.
      Sec. 313.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the Senate providing that funds appropriated in 
Public Law 107-66 for the Kachemak Bay submarine cable project 
may be available to reimburse the local sponsor for the Federal 
share of the project costs assumed by the local sponsor prior 
to final passage of that Act.
      Sec. 314.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
proposed by the Senate requiring that upon the request of the 
licensee for FERC License No. 11393, the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission shall issue an order staying the license.
      Sec. 315.--The conference agreement modifies a provision 
proposed by the Senate providing that none of the funds for 
Department of Energy environmental management activities may be 
obligated at a Department of Energy site or laboratory in 
excess of the current-year level of funding or the fiscal year 
2003 budget request, whichever is greater, unless the site or 
laboratory has entered into a site performance management plan 
consistent with the intent of the Department's environmental 
management acceleration and reform initiative.
      Sec. 316.--The conference agreement modifies a provision 
proposed by the Senate prohibiting the National Nuclear 
Security Administration (NNSA) from taking any actions 
adversely affecting employment at its Nevada Operations Office 
for a period of not less than 365 days. The conference 
agreement includes a provision allowing the Administrator of 
the NNSA to seek a waiver from this requirement. Similar to a 
reprogramming action, written approval must be received from 
the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittees.
      Sec. 317.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
providing that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Energy shall proceed with planning and analyses 
for external regulation of the Department's laboratories under 
the Office of Science.
      Provisions not adopted by the conference.--The conference 
agreement deletes language proposed by the Senate that: 
requires the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of 
the effectiveness of the benefit program under subtitle D of 
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000; requires the General Accounting Office to conduct 
a study of the cleanup progress at the Paducah Gaseous 
Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky; and prohibits the use of 
funds in this or any other Act to withdraw from availability or 
otherwise adversely affect the planned expenditure of funds 
previously made available for Cerro Grande Fire activities.--
These requirements are addressed in the statement of the 
managers.
      Language proposed by the Senate allowing the Secretary of 
Interior to participate in the CALFED Bay-Delta Authority has 
been modified and moved to Title II.

                       CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS

      The conference agreement's detailed funding 
recommendations for programs in title III are contained in the 
following table.



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                                TITLE IV

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

      The conference agreement includes $71,290,000 for the 
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) as proposed by the House 
instead of $74,400,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
support the Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project to promote trade 
and investment opportunities. From within available funds, 
$5,000,000 has been provided for a child development research 
center at the University of Alabama and $8,000,000 for the 
newly authorized telecommunications program within the ARC. The 
conferees are aware of the Intermodal Industrial Park project 
in Wellsville, Ohio, and urge the ARC to help the Columbiana 
County Port Authority complete the project.

                DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

      The conference agreement includes $19,000,000 for the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board as proposed by the 
House and Senate.

                        DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

      The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for the 
Delta Regional Authority instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate and no funding as proposed by the House. The 
conferees expect the Authority to submit to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly financial reports 
providing detailed accounting data on the expenditure of funds 
during fiscal year 2003 and thereafter. The conferees also 
expect to receive from the Authority a detailed budget 
justification in fiscal year 2004. The Authority failed to 
comply with this requirement in fiscal year 2003.

                           DENALI COMMISSION

      The conference agreement includes $48,000,000 for the 
Denali Commission instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate and no funding as proposed by the House. The conferees 
expect the Denali Commission to submit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations quarterly financial reports 
providing detailed accounting data on the expenditure of funds 
during fiscal year 2003 and thereafter. The conferees also 
expect to receive from the Commission a detailed budget 
justification in fiscal year 2004.

                     NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $578,184,000 as 
proposed by the House and the Senate, to be offset by revenues 
of $520,087,000, for a net appropriation of $58,097,000. This 
reflects the statutory language adopted by the conference in 
fiscal year 2001 to reduce the fee recovery requirement to 94 
percent in fiscal year 2003. The conference amount provides the 
same total amount as the budget request, including the 
$29,300,000 requested for security expenses, but applies the 
fee recovery requirement to this increment of funding.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      The conference agreement includes $6,800,000 as proposed 
by the House and Senate, to be offset by revenues of 
$6,392,000, for a net appropriation of $408,000. This reflects 
the statutory language adopted by the conference in fiscal year 
2001 to reduce the fee recovery requirement to 94 percent in 
fiscal year 2003.

                  NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $3,200,000, the same as 
the budget request.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

      Sec. 501.--The conference agreement includes language 
directing that none of the funds in this Act or any prior 
appropriations Act may be used in any way, directly or 
indirectly, to influence congressional action on any 
legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described 
in section 1913 of title 18, United States Code. This provision 
has been carried in previous Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Acts.
      Sec. 502.--The conference agreement includes language 
regarding the purchase of American-made equipment and products, 
and prohibiting contracts with persons falsely labeling 
products as made in America. This provision has been carried in 
previous Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.
      Sec. 503.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the House providing that none of the funds made 
available in this Act may be transferred to any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, 
except pursuant to transfer made by, or transfer authority 
provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
      Sec. 504.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate that extends the existing authority for 
the Denali Commission until 2008.
      Sec. 505.--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed by the Senate that amends section 503 of the Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002, by extending 
the prohibition of oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes 
until 2005.
      Sec. 506.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
clarifying that the Department of Energy's discretionary 
indemnification authority will protect communities, lenders, 
and subsequent owners of former Department of Energy property 
to the same extent that communities impacted by base closures 
are protected.
      Sec. 507.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
directing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
to transmit to Congress by April 1, 2003, a cross-cut budget 
displaying, by fiscal year, all CALFED Bay-Delta Program 
related expenditures by the Federal government for fiscal years 
1996 through 2004.
      Provisions not adopted.--The conference agreement deletes 
language proposed by the House prohibiting obligation of funds 
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant any public 
utility the authority to use market-based rates until the 
Commission has issued a final order in all market-based rate 
cases that have been pending before the Commission for more 
than 18 months.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follow:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...     $25,795,359
Budget estimates for new (obligational) authority, 
    fiscal year 2003....................................      26,163,457
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................      26,541,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................      26,649,991
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................      26,678,000
Conference agreement compared with:.....................
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................        +882,641
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................        +514,543
    House bill, fiscal year 2003........................        +137,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.......................         +28,009

                               DIVISION E

           FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED

                     PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

      In determining Congressional intent for the obligation 
and programming of funds for fiscal year 2003, the appropriate 
departments and agencies funded under this Act shall rely on 
House Report 107-663, the Senate report as printed in the 
Congressional Record of January 15, 2003, and the statement of 
the managers. Any ambiguity shall be resolved by consulting 
with the Committees on Appropriations.

               TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                Export-Import Bank of the United States

      The conference agreement appropriates $512,900,000 for 
the subsidy appropriation for the Export-Import Bank.
      The managers are aware of an inter-agency agreement among 
the Departments of State and Defense, the Export-Import Bank, 
and USAID that establishes reporting procedures regarding 
compliance with section 512 of the Act, the so-called Brooke 
amendment, and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act. 
The procedures provide a mechanism to share information among 
those agencies regarding countries that are either in arrears 
on loan repayments owed the United States or which may soon 
become in arrears. Since the provision of foreign assistance to 
countries in arrears is restricted by those sections, 
information required by these procedures is of great importance 
to the administration of foreign assistance funds. The managers 
are therefore concerned about reports that the Export-Import 
Bank has, in at least two instances this year, failed to 
provide information on arrearages in a timely fashion in 
accordance with its obligations under the inter-agency 
agreement. The managers direct the Export-Import Bank to follow 
the inter-agency agreement and not allow a similar lapse to 
occur again.
      The managers endorse House report language regarding the 
Export-Import Bank with respect to the domestic steel market, 
reducing global excess steel making capacity, and subsequent 
reporting to the Committees on Appropriations.

                Overseas Private Investment Corporation

      The managers direct the President of OPIC to continue 
current policy and consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations before any future financing for non-governmental 
organizations or private and voluntary organizations is 
approved.
      The managers are concerned with a number of OPIC projects 
involving the shrimp industry in Southeast Asia. The managers 
expect OPIC to consult with the appropriate Congressional 
committees on this issue.

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                      Trade and Development Agency

      The conference agreement appropriates $47,012,000 for the 
Trade and Development Agency (TDA) instead of $49,512,000 as 
proposed by the House and $44,696,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The level of funding includes an additional $2,500,000 
for trade capacity building assistance instead of $5,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. The Senate did not address the issue of 
trade capacity building assistance.

                TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

      Frequency of Executive Branch Reports on Country Allocations

      The managers insist that the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development comply with 
the provisions of section 653 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended, regarding the frequency of notifications 
regarding the allocation of foreign assistance. Enactment of 
any supplemental appropriations act for foreign assistance 
requires an additional notification under section 653. When 
feasible, the Department of State is expected to include 
amounts from the Migration and Refugee Assistance and Emergency 
Refugee and Migration Assistance accounts. USAID is expected to 
include International Disaster Assistance and Transition 
Initiatives amounts for each country.
      In addition, the Department of State and USAID are 
requested to provide comparable information on regional and 
centrally-administered programs, and to consult in advance with 
the relevant committees of Congress regarding reductions in 
excess of $20,000,000 or ten percent of previously reported 
amounts for a foreign country, international organization, or 
regional program.

                    Compliance with Report Language

      The managers note that at times in the past, the 
Department of State and USAID have failed to respond to 
recommendations in the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committee reports, choosing instead to recognize only language 
in the statement of the managers accompanying the conference 
report. The managers expect the Department of State and USAID 
to follow the recommendations in the House and Senate reports, 
unless those recommendations are modified in the statement of 
the managers. In the event that the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committee reports contain conflicting 
recommendations on the same subject, the managers expect the 
Department of State, USAID, and other appropriate agencies to 
consult with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
regarding those recommendations.

           United States Agency for International Development

                CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND

      The conference agreement appropriates $1,836,500,000 for 
the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund instead of 
$1,710,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,970,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes language allocating 
$1,836,500,000 among seven program categories in the Child 
Survival and Health Programs Fund: $324,000,000 for child 
survival and maternal health, including vaccine-preventable 
diseases such as polio; $27,000,000 for vulnerable children; 
$591,500,000 for HIV/AIDS; $155,500,000 for other infectious 
diseases; $368,500,000 for reproductive health/family planning; 
$120,000,000 for UNICEF; and $250,000,000 for the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global ATM Fund). The 
Committee expects that any change proposed subsequent to the 
allocation as directed in bill language will be subject to the 
requirements of section 515 of the Act. A definition of program 
categories and their components can be found on pages 9 through 
11 of House Report 107-142 and under the heading ``Family 
Planning/Reproductive Health'' on page 12 of Senate Report 107-
58.
      The conference agreement provides not less than 
$800,000,000 for assistance to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS. Of 
this amount, $591,500,000 is funded through the Child Survival 
and Health Programs Fund. Another $38,500,000 is provided 
through other USAID-managed or co-managed accounts, such as the 
Economic Support Fund, International Disaster Assistance, and 
regional accounts for Eastern Europe and the former Soviet 
Union. The remaining $170,000,000 is a conservative estimate of 
the amount from the Foreign Operations division of this Act 
that will be allocated for HIV/AIDS by the Global ATM Fund and 
UN agencies. The estimate of $800,000,000 for AIDS does not 
include the United States share of HIV/AIDS assistance through 
the World Bank Group.
      The managers are concerned about the growing prevalence 
of HIV/AIDS in countries of Eastern Europe and the Independent 
States of the Former Soviet Union. The managers therefore 
direct that funds from the Child Survival and Health Programs 
Fund be available for HIV/AIDS programs in Eastern Europe and 
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. The managers 
also encourage USAID to make available funds from this account 
for HIV/AIDS programs in ``ESF countries'' other than those for 
whom funds are specifically mandated in this Act.
      The conference agreement also provides a total of 
$155,500,000 from the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund 
to combat infectious diseases other than HIV/AIDS, such as 
malaria and tuberculosis.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes 
$250,000,000 as a contribution to the Global Fund to Fight 
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, bringing the total United 
States contribution to the fund to date to $725,000,000. The 
managers note that the President's request for the Global ATM 
Fund from Division E of this Act is $100,000,000. The timing of 
disbursement of the full $725,000,000 is limited by language 
requiring that the United States contribution may not exceed 
the total resources provided by other donors and available for 
use by the Global Fund. The managers note also that, of the 
awards pledged thus far by the Global ATM Fund to recipient 
countries, approximately 65 percent are for AIDS interventions, 
17 percent are for malaria interventions, and 16 percent are 
for tuberculosis or combined tuberculosis/AIDS interventions.
      When funding through bilateral programs administered by 
USAID is considered together with the United States 
contribution to the Global ATM Fund, the conference agreement 
provides a total of $120,000,000 for tuberculosis assistance. 
Of this amount, $65,000,000 is funded through the Child 
Survival and Health Programs account, $15,000,000 from other 
bilateral accounts, and $40,000,000 through the contribution to 
the Global Fund. For malaria, the conference agreement provides 
a total of $115,000,000. Of this amount, it is expected that 
$42,500,000 of the contribution to the Global Fund will fund 
malaria programs, $65,000,000 is funded through this account, 
and $7,500,000 is provided from other bilateral accounts.
      The conference agreement includes bill language, proposed 
by the Senate, regarding the development of microbicides as a 
means of combating HIV/AIDS.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes up to 
$100,000,000 for mother and child HIV prevention and up to 
$10,500,000 for a United States contribution to the 
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
      The managers are concerned that little progress has been 
made toward the implementation of the micronutrient programs 
mandated by Section 3013 of P.L. 107-171 and direct USAID to 
implement this provision as soon as possible this fiscal year.
      The managers support $27,500,000 for the multilateral 
effort to eradicae polio in fiscal year 2003, instead of 
$30,000,000 as recommended in the Senate report and $25,000,000 
as recommended in the House report.
      The managers endorse Senate report language regarding 
malaria, and recommend that USAID provide direct support to the 
Medicines for Malaria Venture and the Malaria Vaccine 
Initiative.
      The conference agreement allocates $368,500,000 for 
family planning/reproductive health within the Child Survival 
and Health Programs Fund, as proposed by the House, instead of 
$385,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Section 522 of the 
conference agreement mandates that an overall total of 
$446,500,000 be made available for bilateral family planning/
reproductive health from this account, the Economic Support 
Fund, and the regional accounts for Eastern Europe and the 
former Soviet Union, as in current law.
      The managers endorse the language of the House report 
with respect to the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation Congolese 
Hospital, Lott Carey International, and the Caribbean 
Epidemiology Center.
      The managers endorse Senate report language regarding 
programs for people with disabilities, including 
recommendations to provide funding for Special Olympics' 
overseas programs and for Olympic Aid.
      The managers also direct USAID to continue to provide the 
Committees with a detailed annual report not later than March 
31, 2003, on the programs, projects, and activities undertaken 
by the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund during fiscal 
year 2002.
      Funds appropriated for the Child Survival and Health 
Programs Fund are appropriated for programs, projects and 
activities. Funds for administrative expenses to manage Fund 
activities are provided in a separate account, with two 
exceptions included in the conference agreement: authority for 
USAID's central and regional bureaus to use up to $150,000 from 
program funds for Operating Expense-funded personnel to better 
monitor and provide oversight of the Fund; and, in section 522, 
authority to use up to $13,500,000 to reimburse other 
government agencies and private institutions for professional 
services.
      The managers are aware that significant USAID resources 
are directed toward support for the Global ATM Fund, both at 
its Geneva headquarters and in developing countries seeking or 
in receipt of Fund rewards. The managers have no objection to 
such support, but request a brief written report not later than 
March 15, 2003 on the extent and cost of such support, 
including the cost of non-USAID direct hire staff involved in 
such efforts. In addition, any proposed transfer of 
appropriations from the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund 
to the Department of Health and Human Services is limited to 
$25,000,000 in fiscal year 2003, and such transfer, as well as 
any transfer to USAID Operating Expenses, under any authority 
other than this Act shall be subject to section 515 of this 
Act.
      Any proposed obligations for Global Development Alliance 
programs, projects or activities shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                         Development Assistance

      The conference agreement appropriates $1,389,000,000 for 
``Development Assistance'' instead of $1,398,000,000 as 
proposed by the House and $1,365,500,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The managers have agreed to provide $218,000,000 for 
basic education, including adult literacy programs, under the 
development assistance account, as proposed by the House bill, 
instead of $200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate amendment. In 
addition, $32,000,000 should be derived from other accounts. 
The managers endorse the language of the House report with 
regard to Alfalit International.
      The conference agreement includes a provision, similar to 
a Senate amendment, which provides that $100,000,000 shall be 
made available for drinking water supply projects and related 
activities. The managers request that USAID report within 90 
days of enactment of this Act on plans for the disbursement of 
these funds.
      The conference agreement provides that, of the funds for 
agriculture and rural development programs, $25,000,000 should 
be provided for plant biotechnology research and development.
      The managers support programs that conserve energy and 
promote efficient energy production and distribution in 
developing countries. The conference agreement provides in 
section 555 that $175,000,000 should be made available for 
these programs. The conference agreement does not include a 
Senate earmark of $13,000,000 for USAID's Office of Energy and 
Information Technology. However, the managers are concerned 
that USAID is not devoting sufficient resources to promoting 
renewable, clean and efficient energy technologies, of which 
the United States is the leading manufacturer. The managers are 
also concerned that funding for USAID's Office of Energy and 
Information Technology has declined, and that it does not have 
the staff to adequately address the energy challenges and 
opportunities in developing countries with rapidly growing 
populations. The managers recommend additional funding and 
enhanced staffing for this office in fiscal year 2003.
      The managers endorse both the House report and Senate 
report language on the Institute for Liberty and Democracy 
(ILD), and strongly recommend that not less than $6,000,000 be 
made available for the ILD in fiscal year 2003. The managers 
also endorse the language of the House report with respect to 
the Education for Development and Democracy Initiative (EEDI), 
and women's inheritance rights in Africa.
      The managers direct that not less than $500,000 be made 
available for the United States Telecommunications Training 
Institute, a long-standing and successful program that provides 
communications and broadcasting training to professionals 
around the world. The Senate amendment included bill language 
mandating that such funds be made available for this purpose. 
The House bill did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement provides that $18,000,000 should 
be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad 
program. The Senate amendment included bill language stating 
that $19,000,000 should be made available for this purpose.
      The conference agreement in section 554 includes language 
directing that USAID should make available $145,000,000 for 
programs and activities that directly protect biodiversity. The 
managers strongly support these efforts and expect these funds 
to be used to protect tropical forests, including support of 
projects to deter illegal logging in Indonesia, Central Africa 
and elsewhere, and other threatened biologically diverse areas, 
both terrestrial and marine. Of this amount, up to $40,000,000 
may be available for the subsidy cost of modifying loans and 
loan guarantees, pursuant to the provisions of the Tropical 
Forest Conservation Act of 1998. The managers commend the 
Administration for its Congo Basin Forest Initiative and expect 
full funding to be made available for the Central African 
Regional Program for the Environment.
      The managers note the Committees' history of commitment 
to USAID's Office of Women in Development. The managers 
conclude that the office is currently an underutilized resource 
at the Agency, and are disappointed with the lack of commitment 
the Agency has shown to it. The managers are also disappointed 
that USAID over many years has consistently failed to fully 
comply with Congressional direction to provide the WID office 
with adequate financial resources and skilled personnel.
      The managers are aware of the ways in which development 
challenges affect men and women differently. For instance, in 
recent years, there has been widespread recognition of the 
importance of investments in educating girls and the unique 
obstacles to educating girls in developing societies. The 
managers expect that much of the work on these issues, as well 
as the funding for these types of interventions, should be 
derived from bureau and mission program funds. An example of 
bureau and mission funded activities would be women's 
leadership training programs, on behalf of which the managers 
endorse the language and report requirement included in the 
House report.
      The managers urge USAID to increase the capacity of the 
Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination, in collaboration 
with the WID office, to provide agency-wide leadership to 
integrate concerns of women in development strategies, an 
especially important function as USAID devises new agriculture 
and trade strategies. The WID office should have the budget, 
appropriately skilled personnel, and flexibility to consult 
with overseas missions on country programs, determine the need 
for better women's integration strategies in each of the 
functional and regional bureaus and country and regional 
missions, provide technical assistance in strategic planning as 
necessary, and offer incentive funds to missions to undertake 
new gender integration initiatives. The managers remain 
concerned about the ability of the WID office to have agency-
wide impact from its current location within the Bureau for 
Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, and urge the Agency to 
take all possible steps to alleviate these concerns. The 
managers direct the Administrator to report to the Committees 
on Appropriations no later than 120 days after the enactment of 
this Act on steps taken to address these concerns and 
recommendations.
      The managers strongly support the fertilizer-related 
research and development being conducted by the International 
Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) and urge USAID to make at 
least $4,000,000 available to IFDC, including not less than 
$2,300,000 for its core grant, as provided under the Senate 
amendment and in the House report.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
that USAID should fund programs to provide alternative 
livelihoods for Vietnamese coffee growers. The managers are 
deeply concerned with the situation that confronts impoverished 
Vietnamese coffee farmers, and have been informed that USAID is 
already engaged in these types of activities. The managers urge 
USAID to expand these activities and other job-creation efforts 
in Vietnam. Additionally, the managers endorse the Senate 
report language on the coffee crisis. The managers also endorse 
Senate report language regarding Laos.
      The managers endorse House report language directing the 
Secretary of State to initiate discussions with Mexico 
regarding the Revillagigedo Islands.

                   International Disaster Assistance

      The conference agreement appropriates $290,000,000 for 
``International Disaster Assistance'' as proposed by the 
Senate, instead of $315,500,000 as proposed by the House. Of 
this amount, not less than $60,000,000 above the request is 
appropriated only for Afghanistan, and an additional 
$25,000,000 is expected to be made available for Afghanistan. 
The director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance is to 
consult with the Committees not less than every three months, 
on the current status of commitments, obligations, and 
expenditures by the Office and on any proposals to augment 
``International Disaster Assistance'' by transfers from other 
accounts.

                         Transition Initiatives

      The conference agreement appropriates $50,000,000 for 
``Transition Initiatives'' to support USAID's Office of 
Transition Initiatives (OTI). The House bill proposed 
$40,000,000 and the Senate amendment $55,000,000 for this 
account.

                      Development Credit Authority

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
earmark of $4,000,000 to support urban programs. However, the 
managers note the rapid population growth and increasing 
poverty in cities in developing countries and urge USAID to 
expand its use of the Development Credit Authority to address 
these growing urban needs.

   Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
                              Development

      The conference agreement provides $572,000,000 for 
Operating Expenses of the U.S. Agency for International 
Development, instead of $572,200,000 as proposed by the House 
and $571,087,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The managers note that events since September 11, 2001 
have imposed increasing administrative costs on the programs of 
the U.S. Agency for International Development. In particular, 
these costs have been felt in the Middle East and Asia. The 
managers are concerned that USAID have sufficient operating 
expenses resources to assure the safety of its employees and 
their families in an increasingly dangerous environment. The 
managers, therefore, request that USAID submit within 90 days 
of enactment of this Act a report detailing these increased 
costs agency-wide, with particular emphasis on the Asia/Near 
East region. This report should include, but not be limited to, 
an analysis of how the Agency is using operating expenses and 
how operating expense costs have increased since fiscal year 
2001.
      The managers endorse the language of the House report 
with respect to the USAIDLINK program.

                        Capital Investment Fund

      The conference agreement appropriates $43,000,000 as 
proposed by the House instead of $65,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement includes House language that 
authorizes the Administrator of USAID to assess fair and 
reasonable rental payments for the use of space by employees of 
other government agencies; provides that the rental payments 
shall be deposited into this account as offsetting collections; 
requires notification for the use of such offsetting 
collections, as well as for funds appropriated under this 
heading; and provides that the assignment of United States 
Government employees and contractors to space in buildings 
shall be subject to the concurrence of the Administrator of 
USAID.
      The conference agreement assumes $30,000,000 for a new 
USAID building in Nairobi, as requested by the President.
      The conference agreement includes language similar to 
that of the Senate amendment that authorizes up to $10,000,000 
for the costs of temporary, secure facilities in Afghanistan. 
The managers endorse the Senate report language regarding this 
matter. The conference report does not contain Senate language 
that provided not less than $13,000,000 for information 
technology and related capital investments. The House bill did 
not address these matters.

   Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
                              Development

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      The conference agreement appropriates $33,300,000 for 
Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for 
International Development, Office of Inspector General, instead 
of $33,046,000 as proposed by the Senate and $33,700,000 as 
proposed by the House. The managers encourage the Inspector 
General to continue the policy of constructive and ongoing 
reviews of USAID's attempts to resolve its serious financial 
and human resource management and procurement challenges. The 
managers also request the Inspector General to inform the 
Committee promptly of any emerging deficiencies.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance

                         ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

      The conference agreement appropriates $2,270,000,000 for 
the Economic Support Fund instead of $2,445,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and $2,260,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes Senate language 
providing for the early disbursement of funds for Israel within 
30 days of enactment. The House bill included this language, 
along with language that provided for disbursement by October 
31, 2002, whichever was later.
      The conference agreement does not include House language 
providing for $200,000,000 in anti-terrorism assistance for 
Israel. The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement includes language that provides 
not less than $200,000,000 for the Commodity Import Program in 
Egypt as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not address 
this matter.
      The managers recognize that Egypt is a vital and 
strategic ally of the United States and plays an important role 
in the Middle East peace process. However, they remain 
concerned about the human rights situation in Egypt, especially 
restrictions on freedom of expression and the promotion of 
inflammatory speech by government-controlled media, as well as 
impediments to the development of democracy and the rule of 
law.
      The conference agreement does not include language from 
the House bill that provided that not less than $45,000,000 
should be made available for Afghanistan for a variety of 
purposes. The Senate amendment did not address this matter 
under this heading. This matter is addressed under section 523 
of the conference report.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
providing that $5,000,000, in addition to funds previously 
allocated, should be made available for programs that bring 
together Arabs and Israelis, including three specified 
organizations. The House bill did not address this matter. 
However, the managers reiterate strong support for important 
conflict resolution programs in the Middle East as described in 
the House report and the Senate bill and report, including 
Seeds of Peace, the Arava Institute, Jerusalem International 
YMCA, Interns for Peace, and the CONTACT program, and expect 
the allocation of up to $5,000,000 for these and similar 
programs.
      The managers endorse the House report language regarding 
support for the International Arid Lands Consortium. In 
addition, the managers endorse the House report language 
regarding the Blaustein Institute for Desert Research. The 
managers also endorse the House and Senate report language on 
the International Crisis Group and the Foundation for 
Environmental Security and Sustainability.
      The conference agreement also includes language that 
provides that not less than $250,000,000 should be made 
available for assistance for Jordan. The Senate language would 
have mandated this level of support. The House bill did not 
address this matter.
      The conference agreement does not contain Senate language 
providing that not less than $75,000,000 should be provided for 
the West Bank and Gaza. However, it includes language similar 
to that in the Senate amendment authorizing up to $1,000,000 
for further legal reforms, including judicial training on 
commercial disputes and ethics. The managers request that USAID 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on plans for the 
disbursement of funds.
      The managers also endorse the House report language in 
support of a joint proposal of Al Quds University and the Kuvin 
Center for Infectious and Tropical Diseases of the Hebrew 
University in Jerusalem to establish a cooperative project in 
health and infectious diseases for the West Bank and Gaza.
      The conference agreement includes language similar to 
that in the Senate that provides that not less $15,000,000 
shall be available for assistance for Cyprus. The House bill 
had similar language, but it provided that $15,000,000 should 
be made available rather than making this level mandatory.
      The conference report includes language similar to that 
in the Senate amendment that provides not less than $35,000,000 
for assistance for Lebanon. The House bill included language 
that recommended this level of assistance for Lebanon, but did 
not include Senate language regarding child custody and 
international pickup orders. In addition, funding provided in 
this account for the Central Government of Lebanon is subject 
to Congressional notification. The Senate amendment would have 
prohibited assistance for the central government. The managers 
direct that funding for American educational institutions in 
Lebanon from the bilateral assistance program be provided in 
fiscal year 2003 at no less than the fiscal year 2002 level of 
$3,500,000.
      The managers remain concerned with the failure of the 
Government of Lebanon, despite repeated requests at the highest 
levels, to enforce the orders of Lebanese courts requiring the 
return of abducted American children in Lebanon. The conference 
agreement provides that the Government of Lebanon should 
enforce the custody and international pickup orders, issued 
during calendar year 2001, of Lebanon's civil courts regarding 
abducted American children in Lebanon.
      The conference agreement provides not less than 
$60,000,000 under this heading for USAID programs in Indonesia. 
The Senate amendment had included $150,000,000 for Indonesia 
from all accounts in the Act, including $10,000,000 for 
programs in Aceh and not less than $5,000,000 for 
reconstruction and recovery efforts in Bali. The House did not 
address this matter. The managers recommend $10,000,000 for 
reconciliation and development programs in Aceh, and $5,000,000 
for reconstruction and recovery efforts in Bali.
      The managers are outraged by continued reports of the 
complicity of local Indonesian military units in the murders of 
Americans Ted Burgon and Rick Spier in Papua last year, and 
call upon President Megawati Sukarnoputri to use the full 
authority of her office to bring to justice the perpetrators of 
this crime.
      The managers expect USAID to adequately fund programs and 
activities relating to parliamentary and presidential elections 
scheduled in 2004. In addition, the managers recommend 
continued funding for activities targeted toward the 
professional development of provincial leaders and 
institutions. The conference agreement does not include Senate 
language prohibiting the use of funds made available for Aceh 
to construct roads or other infrastructure that threatens the 
habitat of orangutans or other endangered species. However, the 
managers are concerned that plans to construct a network of 
roads and other infrastructure in the remaining forest habitat 
of orangutans and other endangered species in Aceh could 
rapidly doom these animals to extinction. No U.S. assistance is 
to be used for such activities.
      The conference agreement also includes Senate language 
that provides that not less than $25,000,000 shall be made 
available for Timor-Leste, including up to $1,000,000, which 
may be transferred to and merged with Operating Expenses of the 
United States Agency for International Development. The House 
bill did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement includes language similar to 
that in the Senate amendment that recommends that $2,000,000 
should be made available for assistance for countries to 
implement and enforce the Kimberley Process Implementation 
Scheme (KPIS). The Senate amendment would have provided 
$3,500,000 for this purpose. The House bill did not address 
this matter. The managers support the KPIS, an international 
regime aimed at stopping the trade in ``conflict diamonds'', 
and urge the diamond industry and non-governmental 
organizations to provide financial assistance and expertise to 
help implement KPIS. The managers endorse the Senate report 
language on this issue.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
regarding human rights programs in North Korea. This matter is 
addressed under section 526.
      The conference agreement contains language similar to 
that in the Senate amendment that provides $3,000,000 for 
international youth exchanges for secondary school students 
from countries with significant Muslim populations. The House 
bill did not address this matter. The managers note that the 
allocation of these funds will fulfill a one-year, one-time 
commitment to fund this program within the foreign operations 
budget, absent a formal budget request in the future.
      The conference agreement does not contain Senate language 
regarding support for the provision of wheelchairs for needy 
persons in developing countries. This matter is addressed under 
``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund''.
      The conference agreement contains language similar to 
that of the Senate amendment that provides that not less than 
$10,000,000 should be made available in fiscal year 2003 for a 
contribution to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The Senate 
amendment would have mandated this level of assistance. The 
House bill did not address this matter. The managers strongly 
support the efforts of the Court and the Truth and 
Reconciliation Commission to hold accountable those involved in 
the atrocities committed during the conflict. The managers 
continue to be disappointed that the State Department, during 
fiscal year 2002, ignored the managers' recommendation to 
accelerate the disbursement of United States funding for the 
Court to meet pressing transportation, security, and other 
needs. The managers expect $10,000,000 to be disbursed in 
fiscal year 2003, and understand that these funds would fulfill 
a three-year U.S. pledge of assistance for the court.
      The conference agreement includes Senate language 
authorizing the use of not to exceed $200,000,000 for debt 
restructuring for Pakistan, and not to exceed $15,000,000 of 
funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 107-296 for 
debt restructuring for Jordan. The House bill did not address 
these matters.

                     International Fund for Ireland

      The conference agreement appropriates $25,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. The Senate amendment contained no 
provision on this matter.

          Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

      The conference agreement appropriates $525,000,000, 
instead of $520,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$530,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes language similar to 
that from the House bill that provides that $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for assistance for the Baltic States. The House 
bill did not mandate this level of assistance. The Senate 
amendment did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement contains language that provides 
that up to $1,000,000 should be made available for training 
programs for Kosovar women. The Senate amendment would have 
mandated $2,000,000 for such programs. The House bill did not 
address this matter. The managers expect sufficient funding 
will be provided for reconstruction, reform, and reconciliation 
efforts in Kosovo. They also endorse the funding level for 
Serbia as recommended in the Senate report.
      The conference agreement contains language that provides 
that $2,000,000 should be made available to enhance safety at 
nuclear power plants. It is intended that this nuclear safety 
program will entail the provision of full scope simulators. The 
Senate amendment would have mandated $5,000,000 for this 
purpose. The House bill did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
providing $750,000 to support regional programs and activities 
to promote reconciliation among ethnic groups within the former 
Yugoslavia. However, the managers recommend that USAID consider 
funding for such programs that are conducted by local 
nongovernmental organizations.
      The conference agreement includes Senate language 
regarding the authority of the President to withhold certain 
assistance for Bosnia if it has not complied with certain 
requirements of the Dayton Accord on the withdrawal of foreign 
forces, and has not terminated intelligence cooperation with 
state sponsors of terrorism and terrorist organizations. The 
House bill had similar language, but included a reference to 
cooperation with Iranian officials rather than state sponsors 
of terrorism and terrorist organizations.
      The managers strongly support the funding level for 
Montenegro as recommended in the House report.
      The managers recommend up to a total of $5,000,000 for 
the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research and Training 
Program (Title VIII). The managers also endorse House report 
language in support of the East Central European Scholarship 
Program (ECESP).

    Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

      The conference agreement appropriates $760,000,000, 
instead of $755,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$765,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes not less than 
$60,000,000 for child survival, environmental and other health 
activities, and programs to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases, including 
$15,000,000 for reproductive health/family planning. The 
managers direct the Coordinator and USAID to utilize the higher 
level of health funding to expand primary and advanced health 
programs in Central Asia, with an emphasis on reducing the 
incidence of tuberculosis in the region, including 
consideration of proposals to establish telemedicine 
partnerships between United States medical institutions and 
counterparts in Central Asia. The manager also endorse House 
and Senate report language regarding the Primary Healthcare 
Initiative and strongly recommend that not less than $2,500,000 
be made available for this program to help it to become self-
sustaining.
      The managers strongly support regional cooperation 
efforts among the countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and 
Georgia. To further regional cooperation, the conference 
agreement continues the current six exemptions from the 
statutory restrictions on assistance to the Government of 
Azerbaijan. The managers include a provision that funds 
available for the Southern Caucasus may be used for confidence-
building measures and other activities related to the 
resolution of regional conflicts, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes not less than 
$90,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $83,433,000 as 
proposed by the House, for assistance for Armenia under the 
heading ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former 
Soviet Union''.
      The managers strongly encourage the State Department to 
continue discussions with the sponsors of the proposed CANDEL 
project and relevant Armenian authorities on the economic 
viability and sustainability of the project. The managers 
recommend that continued funding for the project's study be 
made available from assistance provided for Armenia in this 
Act.
      The managers have not included a specific amount for 
Georgia in the conference agreement, as proposed by both the 
Senate and the House, but continue to support the sovereignty 
and territorial integrity of Georgia, and expect that the 
request for Georgia will be made available by the 
Administration. The managers encourage the Government of 
Georgia to take more effective measures to defend human rights 
and the rule of law by protecting religious minorities against 
mob violence. The incidence of suchattacks without intervention 
by police or other security forces is of great concern to the 
Committees on Appropriations.
      The managers commend USAID for its thorough review and 
consideration of the establishment of an Absorptive Capacity 
Fund (ACF) for Georgia. Given shifting priorities in that 
country, the managers rescind their directives in the 
Conference Report accompanying H.R. 4811 relating to the ACF.
      The managers continue to be concerned with the murder of 
John Alvis, a democracy worker with the International 
Republican Institute, in Azerbaijan. The managers request that 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the State Department 
provide an update on the status of the investigation. The 
managers expect the State Department and relevant Azeri 
authorities to continue to make this investigation a top 
priority.
      The managers endorse both Senate and House language 
relating to Ukraine, and reiterate concerns about violence 
against members of the Rada and with the reports concerning 
Ukraine's covert transfer of the Kulchuga radar system to Iraq. 
The conference agreement provides that not less than 
$20,000,000 should be made available for nuclear reactor safety 
initiatives in Ukraine, of which $12,000,000 should be for 
simulator-related projects, and not less than $1,500,000 for 
coal mine safety programs. This is similar to a Senate 
amendment. The House did not address this matter.
      The managers endorse Senate report language regarding the 
study of the environmental causes of birth defects in Rivine 
and Volyn oblasts, and unexploded ordnance and excess weapons 
stockpiles in Ukraine.
      The conference agreement includes conditions on 
assistance to the Government of the Russian Federation, with 
exceptions for specified humanitarian and security programs, 
with respect to its adherence in the Northern Caucasus to 
certain conventional arms and human rights conventions and 
agreements, as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The 
managers reiterate language in the Statement of the Managers 
from prior years with regard to other limitations on 
assistance, ``that assistance to combat infectious diseases, . 
. . support for regional and municipal governments, and 
partnerships between United States hospitals, universities, 
judicial training institutions and environmental organizations 
and counterparts in Russia should not be affected by this 
section.''
      The conference agreement continues current restrictions 
on United States assistance to the Government of the Russian 
Federation, unless it provides full access to Chechnya for 
humanitarian relief organizations. The managers deplore the 
violations of human rights by both rebels and Russian security 
forces in Chechnya, as well as the forced resettlement to 
Chechnya of refugees who are living in appalling conditions. 
The managers urge the Administration to be more vigorous in 
pressing the Russian Government to seriously address these 
concerns.
      The conference agreement includes language providing 
$17,500,000 for the Russian Far East, as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement again directs the Coordinator of 
Assistance to the Independent States to obligate not less than 
$1,500,000, primarily through locally-based and indigenous 
private voluntary organizations, to reduce trafficking in women 
and children.
      The managers note that request levels for several 
countries in the former Soviet Union are declining rapidly, and 
request that the Coordinator consult with the Committees as he 
works with USAID to develop new country strategies leading 
toward eventual graduation of these countries from the United 
States foreign assistance programs.

                          Independent Agencies

                       INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

      The conference agreement appropriates $16,200,000 instead 
of $16,000,000 as proposed by the House and $16,385,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.

                     AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

      The conference agreement appropriates $18,689,000 instead 
of $19,689,000 as proposed by the House and $17,689,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes Senate language 
pertaining to earned interest.

                              PEACE CORPS

      The conference agreement provides $297,000,000 instead of 
$317,000,000 as proposed by the House and $285,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The managers have included House language waiving the so-
called ``five-year rule'' of employment in the case of 
employees whose appointment involves the safety of Peace Corps 
volunteers, such as regional safety security officers and 
employees within the Office of Inspector General.

                          Department of State

          INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

      The conference agreement appropriates $197,000,000 for 
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement as proposed 
by the House instead of $196,713,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides that $10,000,000 should 
be made available for anti-trafficking in persons programs. The 
Senate amendment provided $20,000,000 for this purpose, and the 
House did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement also provides that $10,000,000 
should be made available for the demand reduction program, as 
proposed by the House. The Senate did not address this matter.
      Additionally, the conference agreement includes language 
directing that from funds provided under this heading not less 
than $5,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to the Department 
of the Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance, to 
be used for financial crimes and law enforcement technical 
assistance programs. The apportionment of these funds will 
allow the Department of Treasury to respond to host governments 
in a more expeditious manner than presently is occurring.
      The managers endorse Senate and House report language 
regarding ILEA, and expect the administration to provide 
sufficient funding to complete construction on the Roswell 
Center.
      The conference agreement makes available $24,180,000 for 
administrative expenses instead of $24,062,000 as proposed by 
the House and $24,300,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                     ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE

      The conference agreement appropriates $700,000,000 for 
the Andean Counterdrug Initiative instead of $731,000,000 as 
proposed by the House and $650,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Additionally, the conference agreement allows for the 
authority to provide up to $31,000,000 through a permissive 
transfer from the International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement funds. Such a transfer is subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. The managers emphasize that there are other 
funds for Andean nations in this Act that may be made available 
for the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI).
      The conference agreement provides that not less than 
$250,000,000 shall be directly apportioned to U.S. Agency for 
International Development, instead of $225,000,000 as provided 
in the Senate amendment. This provision was not included in the 
House bill.
      The managers have extended the availability of funds 
provided for assistance for Colombia to support a unified 
campaign against narcotics trafficking, against activities by 
organizations designated as terrorist organizations, and to 
take actions to protect health and human welfare. This 
provision is identical to that in the House bill and similar to 
the provision included in the Senate amendment in section 563. 
The managers are supportive of the Colombian Government in its 
attempts to provide security for the Colombian people and have 
provided the expansion of authorities in recognition that the 
narcotics industry is linked to the terrorist groups, including 
the paramilitary organizations, in Colombia. However, the 
managers still conclude that coca provides the revenue and a 
motive for the violence committed by both the guerrilla and 
paramilitary groups. Therefore, the managers expect 
counternarcotics, alternative development, and judicial reform 
to remain the principal focus of United States policy in 
Colombia. The expanded authority is not a signal from the 
managers for the United States to become more deeply involved 
in assisting the Colombian Armed Forces in fighting the 
terrorist groups, especially not at the expense of the 
counternarcotics programs, but to provide the means for more 
effective intelligence gathering and fusion, and to provide the 
flexibility to the Department of State when the distinction 
between counternarcotics and counterterrorism is not clear cut. 
The managers direct the Secretary of State to report to the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 90 days after 
enactment of the changes in United States policy, including new 
procedures and operations, as a result of implementing the 
expanded authorities.
      The conference agreement includes House language that 
provides that the expanded authority shall cease to be 
effective if the Secretary of State has credible evidence that 
the Colombian Armed Forces are not conducting vigorous 
operations to restore government authority and human rights in 
areas under the effective control of paramilitary and guerrilla 
organizations. This provision is not included in the Senate 
amendment.
      The managers note the requirement in the Act that the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of 
U.S. Agency for International Development, shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial 
obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a report 
on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading on a 
country-by-country basis for each proposed program, project, or 
activity. This report is similar to the report required in the 
fiscal year 2000 emergency supplemental appropriations act and 
is required again in fiscal year 2003 given the managers' 
disappointment in the level of pertinent information included 
in the Department of State's Congressional Budget Justification 
and congressional notifications.
      Additionally, the conference agreement does not include 
Senate language making all funds under this heading subject to 
notification. The House bill did not include this language. The 
managers note that in section 520, all funds provided for 
Colombia are subject to notification.
      The conference agreement continues current caps on the 
number of United States military personnel and United States 
civilian contractors in Colombia, as well as the current 
prohibition on participation by such persons in combat 
operations in connection with assistance made available by this 
Act.
      The conference agreement again includes conditions on the 
aerial spraying of herbicide, similar to the Senate amendment, 
to ensure that any use of such chemicals is consistent with the 
Colombian Environmental Management Plan, with Environmental 
Protection Agency regulations, and to ensure that chemicals 
used in the aerial fumigation of coca do not pose unreasonable 
health or safety risks to humans or the environment. The 
managers intend and expect that every reasonable precaution 
will be taken in the aerial fumigation program to ensure that 
the exposure to humans and the environment in Colombia meets 
Environmental Protection Agency standards for comparable use in 
the United States.
      Additionally, the managers direct the Secretary of State 
to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, describing (1) 
the steps the Department of State is taking to enhance 
environmental safeguards of the fumigation program, including 
implementing the recommendations of the Environmental 
Protection Agency in the fiscal year 2002 fumigation report; 
(2) the Department's plan to conduct an independent, long-term 
program to monitor the health and environmental effects of the 
fumigation program, including conducting soil and water tests 
in areas sprayed, toxicity tests on the spray formulation, and 
ground verification missions to evaluate over-spray; and (3) 
steps taken to implement environmental training programs for 
fumigation pilots.
      The conference agreement includes the House language 
prohibiting funds for the resumption of flights in support of a 
Peruvian air interdiction program until a system of enhanced 
safeguards are in place. The Senate did not address this 
matter.
      The conference agreement provides that not less than 
$5,000,000 from funds under this heading or under the heading 
``Foreign Military Financing'' should be made available to 
support a Colombian Armed Forces unit dedicated to apprehending 
the leaders of paramilitary organizations. The Senate amendment 
included similar language but made the provision of funds 
mandatory. The House did not address this matter. The managers 
believe that the capture of these individuals, for which there 
are numerous outstanding arrest warrants, could contribute 
significantly to reducing atrocities against civilians by these 
terrorist organizations as well as enhancing public confidence 
in the Colombian Government's ability to protect public safety.
      The conference agreement provides that not less than 
$1,500,000 should be made available for vehicles, equipment, 
and other assistance for the human rights unit of the 
Procurador General, instead of language proposed by the Senate 
that provides that not less than $2,000,000 shall be made 
available for such assistance. The House did not address this 
matter.
      Additionally, the conference agreement provides that not 
less than $3,000,000 should be made available for software and 
training for the Colombian National Police. The Senate 
amendment included similar language but made the provision of 
funds mandatory. The House did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement provides that not less than 
$3,500,000 shall be made available for the Colombian National 
Park Service. This language is identical to the provision in 
the Senate amendment. The House did not address this matter. 
The managers endorse Senate report language regarding this 
issue.
      The managers endorse the language in the House report 
directing that the Department of State immediately terminate 
its inter-agency agreement with the Department of Justice and 
transfer remaining funds to the U.S. Agency for International 
Development for development, rule of law, and humanitarian 
assistance programs.
      The conference agreement makes available $15,680,000 for 
administrative expenses of the Department of State as proposed 
by the House instead of $14,800,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                    MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

      The conference agreement appropriates $787,000,000 for 
Migration and Refugee Assistance as proposed by the Senate, 
instead of $800,000,000 as proposed by the House. The 
conference agreement makes available $16,565,000, for 
administrative expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$16,000,000 as proposed in the House.
      The conference agreement also includes language from the 
Senate amendment that provides not less than $60,000,000 for 
refugees from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and 
other refugees resettling in Israel. The House addressed this 
matter in the House report.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
providing that funds should be made available to international 
organizations for assistance for refugees from North Korea. 
However, the managers remain concerned with the plight of these 
refugees and expect that funding will be provided to safeguard 
the human rights and dignity of North Korean refugees and 
asylum seekers. The managers also expect that funds will be 
made available for assistance for those Burmese exiles who have 
fled to Thailand. The managers strongly encourage the State 
Department to consult on an ongoing basis with the appropriate 
Thai authorities, including through the establishment of a 
working group, to determine how best to assist these exiles.

     UNITED STATES EMERGENCY MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE FUND

      The conference agreement appropriates $26,000,000 for the 
U.S. Emergency Migration and Refugee Assistance Fund (ERMA), 
instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the House and $32,000,000 
as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
included in the Senate amendment that provides the funds 
notwithstanding section 2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee 
Assistance Act of 1962. Section 2(c)(2) would limit 
appropriated funds to this Fund if, when added, would cause the 
balance of the fund to exceed $100,000,000.

    NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement appropriates $306,400,000 as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $347,400,000 as proposed by 
the House.
      The managers intend that funds in this account be 
allocated as follows:

                                                        ($ in thousands)
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund...................         $15,000
Export control and border security assistance...........          36,000
Science Centers/BW redirection..........................          52,000
International Atomic Energy Agency......................          52,900
CTBT Monitoring System..................................          17,300
Korean Peninsula Economic Development:
    Organization (KEDO) administrative expenses.........           5,000
Anti-terrorism assistance...............................          64,200
Terrorist Interdiction Program..........................           5,000
Demining................................................          46,000
International Trust Fund for Demining...................          10,000
Small arms destruction..................................           3,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

        Total...........................................         306,400

      The conference agreement includes a reduction of $900,000 
from the budget request for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban 
Treaty (CTBT) Preparatory Commission monitoring system based on 
revised information from the Department of State. The managers 
have been informed that the amount of $17,300,000 will fully 
fund the United States contribution to the CTBT Preparatory 
Commission for fiscal year 2003. The conference agreement does 
not contain House language requiring a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations 15 days prior to the obligation of funds 
forthe Commission. Also, it does not contain Senate language mandating 
a specified level of funding for the Commission.
      The conference agreement includes Senate language 
restricting the use of assistance for the Korean Peninsula 
Energy Development Organization (KEDO). The President is 
authorized to waive this restriction in section 562 to provide 
up to $5,000,000 for assistance for administrative expenses 
only. To the extent these funds are not programmed for KEDO, 
they should be reprogrammed for support for the International 
Atomic Energy Agency.
      The conference agreement includes Senate language 
authorizing not to exceed $675,000 for administrative expenses 
associated with the demining program. The House bill did not 
address this matter. The conference agreement does not contain 
Senate language stating that $57,000,000 should be used for 
demining and related activities; however, the managers support 
$56,000,000 for these purposes, as identified above.
      The conference agreement contains language similar to 
that of the Senate amendment that authorizes not to exceed 
$250,000 for the support of public-private partnerships for 
mine action by grant, cooperative agreement, or contract. The 
managers direct that the State Department provide a financial 
plan for the use of these funds to the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to the use of this authority. The House 
bill did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement does not contain Senate language 
providing that $4,000,000 should be available to support the 
Small Arms Destruction Initiative; however, the managers 
support $3,000,000 for this purpose, as identified above.

                       Department of the Treasury

               INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

      The conference agreement provides $10,800,000 for the 
International Affairs Technical Assistance program of the 
Department of the Treasury, instead of $11,000,000 as proposed 
by the House, and $10,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The managers support the efforts of the Department of the 
Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance, to assist 
nations in their efforts to reduce financial crimes and 
corruption by strengthening those governmental systems. The 
Department of the Treasury has been providing technical 
assistance for over a decade to nations facing economic 
disruption due to systemic weaknesses, post conflict crises, 
terrorist influences, or criminal practices. The managers urge 
the Department of the Treasury to continue its current 
technical assistance program and to strengthen its law 
enforcement program with additional resident and intermittent 
advisors. The Committee further directs the Department of the 
Treasury to manage its technical assistance program in 
accordance with its own policies and to report to the 
Committees on Appropriations in the House and Senate on the 
status of its efforts.
      The managers endorse the language of the House report 
with respect to the International Affairs Technical Assistance 
program.

                     TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

             INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the Senate that would have prohibited funds for 
travel or other purposes that do not directly expose the 
individual participants to government officials or institutions 
or to other individuals or organizations engaged in activities 
involving public policy. The House bill did not address this 
matter. The managers are aware that the Department of Defense 
is in the process of issuing revised guidance on the 
Information Program to address issues related to this 
provision. The managers request that the Department maintain 
its consultations with the Committees on this guidance.
      The conference agreement provides that funding for 
Guatemala, Algeria and Nigeria shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
      The managers expect that, consistent with the letter sent 
to the Congress by the Assistant Secretary of State for 
Legislative Affairs, the Committees on Appropriations will be 
consulted prior to the obligation of funds for an Indonesian 
IMET program.
      The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
provision directing the Department of Defense to maintain a 
record of students that complete the IMET program for at least 
six years after graduation. The House bill did not address this 
matter. The managers note that the Office of Management and 
Budget has identified shortcomings in procedures to evaluate 
the performance of the IMET program. The managers have 
addressed this matter by including a general provision (section 
581) requiring the Secretary of State to submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations which describes the progress being 
made in improving performance evaluation procedures for the 
IMET program and implementing section 548 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act.

                   FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement appropriates $4,072,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $4,080,200,000 as proposed by 
the House.
      The conference agreement includes Senate language 
providing for the early disbursement of funds for Israel (as 
well as certain funds for Egypt) within 30 days of enactment. 
The House bill included this language, along with language that 
provided for disbursement of funds for both countries by 
October 31, 2002, whichever was later.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
that would have provided not less than $198,000,000 for 
assistance for Jordan. The House bill did not address this 
matter. The managers note that these funds have already been 
obligated for assistance for Jordan.
      The conference agreement does not contain language from 
the Senate amendment that would have mandated not less than 
$3,000,000 for Armenia. The managers expect the full IMET and 
FMF funding requests for Armenia will be provided in fiscal 
year 2003, and that a portion of the FMF funds should be used 
to enhance communications capabilities. The House bill did not 
address this matter.
      The conference agreement provides that up to $93,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading may be transferred 
to ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'' for helicopters, training 
and other assistance for the Columbian Armed Forces, rather 
than up to $88,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House 
bill would have authorized the transfer of up to $98,000,000 
for this purpose to ``International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement''.
      The managers endorse Senate report language regarding the 
contents of the Foreign Military Training Report, including 
information on training activities by civilian contractors.
      The managers endorse Senate report language regarding 
projects in the southern Philippines and increased Foreign 
Military Financing assistance to the Philippines.

                        PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

      The conference agreement appropriates $115,000,000 
instead of $120,250,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
$125,000,000 as proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
providing that $7,000,000 should be made available for 
Afghanistan. The House bill did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
providing that not less than $50,000,000 should be made 
available for Africa Regional Peacekeeping Operations and the 
Africa Crisis Response Initiative. The House bill did not 
address this matter. However, the managers are concerned that 
adequate funding be maintained for peacekeeping operations in 
Africa, and endorse the House and Senate report language on 
this issue. The managers recommend up to $45,000,000 for such 
activities.

               TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                  International Financial Institutions

                   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF)

      The conference agreement appropriates $147,812,533 for 
the Global Environment Facility as proposed by the House 
instead of $177,812,533 as proposed by the Senate. The managers 
intend for $107,500,000 of this amount is for the scheduled 
United States contribution to the third replenishment of the 
GEF, and $40,312,533 for past payments due.

       CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

      The conference agreement appropriates $850,000,000 for 
the International Development Association (IDA), the 
concessional lending facility of the World Bank, instead of 
$874,338,333 as proposed by the House and $837,338,333 as 
proposed by the Senate. The managers intend that the 
appropriation be made available to fully provide for the first 
scheduled payment under the Untied States commitment to the 
thirteenth replenishment of IDA.
      The managers have not included Senate language requiring 
the Secretary of the Treasury to accord a high priority in the 
next replenishment of IDA to provide new grant assistance to 
HIPC-eligible countries given that a grants agreement was 
included in the IDA-13 replenishment.

      CONTRIBUTION TO THE MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY

      The conference agreement appropriates $1,631,000 for 
paid-in capital for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee 
Agency (MIGA), the amount provided in the Senate amendment, 
instead of $1,630,696 as proposed by the House bill. The 
managers intend for the appropriation to be provided for past 
payments due by the United States to MIGA. Approval for a 
subscription to the appropriate amount of callable capital is 
also included in the conference agreement.

       CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION

      The conference agreement appropriates $18,351,667 for a 
United States contribution to the Inter-American Investment 
Corporation as proposed by the Senate, instead of $30,351,667 
as proposed by the House.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT 
                                  FUND

      The conference agreement appropriates $24,590,667 for 
past due payments by the United States to the Multilateral 
Investment Fund as proposed by the House, instead of 
$29,590,667 as proposed by the Senate.

               CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

      The conference agreement provides $97,886,133 for the 
United States contribution to the Asian Development Fund as 
proposed by the House, instead of $100,386,133 as proposed by 
the Senate.

              CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

      The conference agreement appropriates $108,073,333 for 
the African Development Fund as proposed by the Senate, instead 
of $113,073,333 as proposed by the House.

  CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

      The managers endorse Senate report language regarding the 
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

                INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement provides $195,150,000 for 
voluntary contributions to International Organizations and 
Programs instead of $190,400,000 as proposed by the House and 
$215,000,000 as proposed by Senate.
      The managers have provided $11,000,000 for the United 
Nations Environment Program (UNEP), an increase of $250,000 
over the fiscal year 2002 level. The managers recognize UNEP's 
role in addressing global environmental problems, and believe 
United States support for UNEP is necessary to achieve 
important U.S. environmental objectives. However, the managers 
are very concerned that UNEP's inefficient governing process 
impedes its effectiveness and must be reformed, if UNEP is to 
continue to receive significant U.S. support in meeting the 
world's increasingly complex environmental challenges.
      The conference agreement retains Senate language which 
provides $500,000 for a contribution to the International 
Coffee Organization (ICO) if the United States rejoins the ICO 
by June 1, 2003. The House bill did not address this matter. 
The conference agreement also provides that these funds should 
be made available for a contribution to the United Nations 
Center for Human Settlements (UNHABITAT), if the United States 
does not rejoin the ICO by this date. These funds are to be in 
addition to other funds made available for UNHABITAT under this 
heading. The Senate bill provided $1,000,000 for UNHABITAT. The 
House did not address this matter.
      The managers do not have a position on rejoining the ICO 
but urge the administration to consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations in the House and Senate concerning a decision on 
ICO membership.
      The managers support the efforts of UNHABITAT to improve 
the lives of destitute slum dwellers in developing countries. 
The managers note that UNHABITAT has recently been revitalized 
through a successful restructuring that has met United States 
Government criteria for reform.
      The managers intend that funds in this account be 
allocated as follows:
                                                        ($ in thousands)
UN Fund for Tech. Cooperation in Human Rights...........           1,500
UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture................           5,250
OAS Fund for Strengthening Democracy....................           3,500
UNDP....................................................         100,000
UNIFEM..................................................           1,000
OAS Development Assistance..............................           5,500
WTO.....................................................           2,000
ICAO Aviation Programs..................................             300
UNEP....................................................          11,000
Montreal Protocol.......................................          23,000
International Conservation Programs (CITES/ITTO/IUCN/
    Ramsar/CCD).........................................           6,500
IPCC/UNFCCC.............................................           6,000
International Contributions for Scientific Educational & 
    Cultural Activities.................................           1,850
World Meteorological Organization.......................           2,000
International Coffee Organization.......................             500
UN Center for Human Settlements.........................             250
Reserve to be allocated.................................          25,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................         195,150

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      (NOTE: If House and Senate language is identical except 
for a different section number or minor technical differences, 
the section is not discussed in the Statement of Managers.)
Sec. 503. Limitation on Residence Expenses
      The conference agreement sets a limitation of $100,500 
for USAID official residence expenses as proposed by the 
Senate, instead of $126,500 as proposed by the House.
Sec. 505. Limitation on Representational Allowances
      The conference agreement sets a limitation of $125,000 on 
representation allowances from funds appropriated for USAID as 
proposed by the Senate, instead of $95,000 as proposed by the 
House.
Sec. 507. Prohibition Against Direct Funding for Certain Countries
      The conference agreement includes language similar to 
that included in the Senate amendment regarding assistance for 
Iraq. The House bill did not include such a provision.
      The conference agreement provides that assistance or 
other financing under this Act or under prior foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs 
appropriations Acts may be provided for humanitarian and relief 
assistance for Iraq notwithstanding the provisions of this 
section or any other provision of law, including comparable 
provisions contained in prior foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs appropriations Acts, if the 
President determines that the provision of assistance or other 
financing for Iraq is important to the national security 
interests of the United States. Such assistance or financing 
would be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, except that notifications shall 
be transmitted at least 5 days in advance of obligations of 
funds. In addition, the conference report requires the 
President to report to the Committees on Appropriations on the 
status of the allocation, obligation and expenditure of funds 
made available for Iraq not later than every 60 days during 
fiscal year 2003, beginning on March 1, 2003. Each report shall 
include information on programs, projects, and activities that 
are being funded or will be funded with such assistance or 
financing, and the departments and agencies responsible for 
managing each such program, project, and activity. The 
authority to provide assistance for Iraq will expire on the 
date of enactment of the first subsequent supplemental 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2003 that contains 
supplemental funding for appropriations accounts contained in 
this Act.
      It is the intention of the managers that this authority 
not be used inside Iraq, except for assessments of humanitarian 
and relief needs by private or nongovernmental organizations, 
prior to any military action against Iraq or, in the absence of 
such action, prior to a change of regime in Iraq. The 
limitation of the waiver to humanitarian and relief assistance 
is not intended to preclude assistance for the promotion of 
democracy or governance if the goal of such assistance is the 
maintenance of social services and public order. The managers 
expect that funds drawn from accounts in this Act under this 
waiver will be promptly reimbursed through supplemental 
funding.
Sec. 509. Transfers Between Accounts
      The conference report includes House language on this 
matter. The new provisions of this section would prohibit 
transfers to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States unless specifically authorized in this Act, 
except for certain transfers authorized by provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act. The managers note that a limit on 
transfers from the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund is 
included under that heading. In addition, transfers under 
section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act shall expressly 
provide that the Inspector General for the agency receiving the 
transfer shall perform periodic program and financial audits, 
and allows for the cost of such audits to be covered by the 
transfer.
Sec. 512. Countries in Default
      The conference agreement includes House language that 
prohibits assistance to the government of any country in 
default on U.S. bilateral loans. The Senate amendment included 
less restrictive provisions. This matter is addressed in the 
Statement of the Managers under the heading ``Export-Import 
Bank''.
Sec. 515. Notification Requirements
      The conference agreement reflects a technical change 
proposed by the House to include ``Capital Investment Fund'' in 
the list of accounts that are subject to notification pursuant 
to this section. The Senate did not address this matter.
Sec. 520. Special Notification Requirements
      The conference agreement adds ``Serbia'' as proposed in 
the Senate amendment to the list of countries subject to the 
special notification procedures of this section, but does not 
include ``Haiti'' and ``Nigeria'' as recommended by the Senate. 
The managers note that IMET assistance for Nigeria is subject 
to notification under a provision in title III of this Act.
Sec. 521. Definition of Program, Project and Activity
      The conference agreement restates current law regarding 
the definition of program, project and activity, instead of 
Senate language limiting the definition.
Sec. 522. Child Survival and Health Activities
      The conference agreement authorizes USAID to use up to 
$13,500,000 from the ``Child Survival and Health Programs 
Fund'' and up to $3,500,000 from ``Development Assistance'' for 
technical experts from other government agencies, universities, 
and other institutions. The managers have decreased this 
authority in order to accelerate the shift to USAID direct hire 
personnel of responsibility for implementation and oversight of 
USAID's expanded infectious disease and basic education 
activities.
      The conference agreement provides that not less than 
$446,500,000, as in current law, shall be made available for 
reproductive health/family planning activities from funds 
appropriated by this Act, including $368,500,000 from the Child 
Survival and Health Programs Fund, $15,000,000 from Assistance 
to the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, and 
$63,000,000 from other accounts such as the Economic Support 
Fund, International Disaster Assistance, Assistance to Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States, and Migration and Refugee 
Assistance.
Sec. 523. Afghanistan
      The conference agreement provides that not less than 
$295,500,000 of the funds appropriated by title II shall be 
made available for humanitarian and reconstruction assistance 
for Afghanistan, as proposed by the House. The Senate amendment 
proposed not less than $213,000,000 for Afghanistan from titles 
II and III. Of this amount, not less than $5,000,000 is for 
activities supported by the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs 
including multi-service women's resource centers in 
Afghanistan.
      The managers intend that funds provided under this 
section be allocated as follows:

                            ($ in thousands)

Child Survival and Health Programs Fund.................          50,000
Development Assistance..................................          40,500
International Disaster Assistance.......................          85,000
Transition Initiatives..................................          10,000
Economic Support Fund...................................          50,000
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, etc (NADR)............           5,000
USAID Operating Expenses................................         [9,350]
USAID IG Operating Expenses.............................           [500]
Migration and Refugee Assistance........................          55,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................         295,500

      The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
provision that not less than $1,500,000 should be made 
available for the National Human Rights Commission of 
Afghanistan. However, the managers recognize the critical need 
for timely and credible investigations of the full range of 
human rights violations in Afghanistan and expect USAID to 
continue to support the Commission.
      The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
requiring a report by the Secretary of State that details 
women's development programs in Afghanistan supported by the 
United States Government, and barriers that impede women's 
development in Afghanistan. However, the managers request the 
Secretary to submit such a report, not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act, including proposed United States 
assistance programs and activities to overcome such barriers.
Sec. 525. Authorization Requirement
      The conference agreement includes language that provides 
that funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and 
expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 and 
section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956, as provided in the House bill and the Senate amendment. 
It includes House language exempting the account ``Peace 
Corps'' and Senate language exempting the accounts ``Trade and 
Development Agency,'' ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'', 
``Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs'', ``International Military Education and Training'' 
and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' from these waivers.
Sec. 526. Democracy Programs
      The conference agreement contains language in subsection 
(a) that provides not less than $15,000,000 shall be made 
available for activities to support democracy, human rights, 
and the rule of law in the People's Republic of China, Hong 
Kong, and Tibet. Of these funds, not less than $9,000,000 shall 
be provided through the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of 
State and not less than $3,000,000 shall be provided through 
the National Endowment for Democracy. In addition, subsection 
(a) authorizes funding of not to exceed $3,000,000 for 
nongovernmental organizations to support activities that 
preserve cultural traditions and promote sustainable 
development and environmental conservation in Tibetan 
communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in Tibetan 
communities in China. In addition, funds should be made 
available for Taiwan for the purposes of furthering political 
and legal reforms to the extent that they are matched from 
sources other than the United States Government. In addition, 
the conference report provides not less than $15,000,000 for 
programs and activities to foster democracy, human rights, 
civic education, women's development, press freedoms, and the 
rule of law in countries with a significant Muslim population, 
and where such programs and activities would be important to 
United States efforts to respond to, deter, or prevent acts of 
international terrorism. Not less than $3,000,000 of these 
funds should be made available for programs and activities that 
provide professional training for journalists. Of the funds for 
Muslim countries, not less than $7,000,000 shall be provided 
through the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State and not 
less than $5,000,000 shall be provided through the National 
Endowment for Democracy. In addition, funds are authorized for 
the advancement of democracy and human rights in Iran.
      Funds provided in this section for the Human Rights and 
Democracy Fund are in addition to the $12,000,000 budget 
request for said Fund in fiscal year 2003. In addition, the 
conference agreement includes language requiring a report from 
the Secretary of State with 120 days of enactment on the 
allocation, obligation, and expenditure of funds made available 
for the National Endowment for Democracy. The Senate amendment 
would have required the obligation and disbursement of such 
funds within 90 days of enactment of this Act.
      Of the $12,000,000 in base funds for the Human Rights and 
Democracy Fund, the managers direct that $1,000,000 be provided 
(within 120 days of enactment) for the Reagan/Fascell Program, 
and $250,000 be provided for the North Korean human rights and 
democracy program as identified in the Senate amendment under 
``Economic Support Fund''.
      All funds provided under this section are subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
Sec. 527. Prohibition on Bilateral Assistance to Terrorist Countries
      The conference agreement includes House language on this 
matter, which prohibits funds to any country that the President 
determines is supporting terrorism. The Senate amendment would 
have prohibited funds to the government of any such country.
Sec. 528. Debt for Development
      The conference agreement includes House language on this 
matter. The Senate amendment would have authorized the use of 
appropriated funds for endowments.
Sec. 533. Impact on Jobs in the United States
      The conference agreement modifies the scope of this 
section with respect to internationally recognized worker 
rights as described in section 507 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
contained in the Senate amendment. The House bill did not 
address this matter.
Sec. 534. Special Authorities
      The conference agreement includes House language 
providing certain authority for assistance for Lebanon and 
Montenegro, and Senate language on authority for assistance for 
Afghanistan, assistance to victims of trafficking, and 
assistance to combat trafficking. The conference agreement does 
not include House language, not in the Senate amendment, that 
would have authorized assistance for Cambodia under section 541 
of the Foreign Assistance Act notwithstanding certain other 
restrictions contained in this Act. In addition, it does not 
contain language from the Senate amendment, not in the House 
bill, that would subject assistance for Cambodia to the 
provisions of section 531(e) of the FAA and section 906 of the 
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985. 
Those provisions have the effect of permanent law, and the 
Senate language is therefore unnecessary.
      The managers have reduced current authority for certain 
bureaus and offices in USAID to hire personal service 
contractors, continued existing authority for USAID to provide 
support for administrative costs of a program to provide 
information regarding available donated space on commercial 
ships to organizations shipping humanitarian assistance, and 
provides for expanded authorities under section 660(b)(6) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
      The conference agreement includes Senate language 
deleting a requirement that the Secretary of the Treasury 
provide certain annual reports. The House did not address this 
matter.
Sec. 535. Arab League Boycott of Israel
      The conference report includes Senate language on this 
matter, except that the ``Sense of the Congress'' rather than 
the ``Sense of the Senate'' is invoked. Among other things, the 
language calls upon the Arab League states to normalize 
relations (including the reinstatement of ambassadors by the 
three Arab League nations with relations with Israel) with 
Israel. The House bill contained current law on this matter.
Sec. 537. Eligibility for Assistance
      The conference agreement consolidates current language 
regarding assistance to non-governmental organizations in 
certain countries as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did 
not change current law.
Sec. 543. Prohibition on Assistance to Foreign Governments that Export 
        Lethal Military Equipment to Countries Supporting International 
        Terrorism
      The conference agreement reflects the House language that 
includes a technical correction not included in the Senate 
amendment.
Sec. 544. Withholding of Assistance for Parking Fines Owed by Foreign 
        Countries
      The conference agreement allows 110 percent of the total 
amount of unpaid parking fines determined to be owed by foreign 
countries to the District of Columbia and New York City, New 
York, to be withheld from obligation for assistance to such 
country, as proposed by the Senate. The language is similar to 
that proposed by the House.
Sec. 546. War Crimes Tribunals Drawdown
      The conference agreement includes House and Senate 
language authorizing up to $30,000,000 in drawdowns of 
commodities or services for war crimes tribunals. The 
conference agreement includes House language that specifies 
that any drawdown made under this section shall not be 
construed as an endorsement or precedent for the establishment 
of any standing or permanent international criminal tribunal or 
court. The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
Sec. 549. Prohibition of Payment of Certain Expenses
      The conference agreement includes Senate language, not in 
the House bill, that adds theatrical and musical productions to 
the list of activities prohibited under this section.
Sec. 550. Restrictions on Voluntary Contributions to United Nations 
        Agencies
      The conference agreement is similar to the House bill but 
deletes the certification requirement. The Senate did not 
address this matter.
Sec. 551. Caribbean Basin
      The conference agreement makes certain purchases of 
defense articles and services available to the Haitian Coast 
Guard but does not include House language, not in the Senate 
amendment, requiring that such transfers be subject to 
notification.
      The conference agreement provides that not less than 
$52,500,000 should be allocated for assistance to Haiti from 
funds in title II of this Act and food assistance fund managed 
by USAID. This provision is identical to language in the House 
bill and was not included in the Senate amendment.
      Additionally, the conference agreement includes identical 
language as included in the House bill that provides that out 
of funds in title II of this Act, $37,680,000 should be 
allocated for Nicaragua and $40,130,000 should be allocated for 
Honduras. The Senate did not address this matter.
Sec. 554. Protection of Biodiversity and Tropical Forests
      The conference agreement includes language directing that 
USAID should make available $145,000,000 for programs and 
activities that directly protect biodiversity. The managers 
strongly support these efforts and expect these funds to be 
used to protect tropical forests, including support of projects 
to deter illegal logging in Indonesia, Central Africa and 
elsewhere, and other threatened biologically diverse areas, 
both terrestrial and marine. Of this amount, up to $40,000,000 
may be available for the subsidy cost of modifying loans and 
loan guarantees, pursuant to the provisions of the Tropical 
Forest Conservation Act of 1998. The managers commend the 
Administration for its Congo Basin Forest Initiative and expect 
full funding to be made available for the Central African 
Regional Program for the Environment.
Sec. 555. Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy 
        Programs
      The managers support programs that conserve energy and 
promote clean and efficient energy production and distribution 
in developing countries. The conference agreement provides that 
$175,000,000 should be made available for these programs.
      This section also requires the Executive Office of the 
President to submit an updated and revised annual government-
wide report on federal activities and costs relating to climate 
change and greenhouse gas emissions. The House bill did not 
address this matter.
Sec. 556. Zimbabwe
      The conference agreement is the same as current law and 
is identical to the Senate amendment. The House did not address 
this matter.
Sec. 557. Nigeria
      The conference agreement includes language similar to 
that of the Senate amendment that restricts the use of IMET and 
FMF for Nigeria until the President certifies to the Committee 
on Appropriations that certain specified Nigerian officials are 
suspending from the Armed Forces those members, of whatever 
rank, against whom there is credible evidence of gross 
violations of human rights in Benue State in October 2001, and 
the Government of Nigeria and the Nigerian Armed Forces are 
taking effective measures to bring such individuals to justice. 
The President may waive such prohibition if he determines that 
doing so is in the national security interest of the United 
States. Prior to exercising such waiver authority, the 
President is required to submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations describing the involvement of the Nigerian Armed 
Forces in the incident in Benue State, the measures that are 
being taken to bring such individuals to justice, and whether 
any Nigerian Armed Forces units involved with the incident in 
Benue State are receiving United States assistance. The 
managers expect the Department of State will consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the form the report will take.
Sec. 558. Burma
      The conference agreement includes a modified version of 
the Senate's provision on the use of the Economic Support Fund 
in Burma and along the Burma-Thailand border, and, in addition, 
a House provision, similar to language in prior year Acts, 
regarding independent media activities promoting democracy 
inside Burma.
      The managers deplore the failure of Burma's State Peace 
and Development Council (SPDC) to resume dialogue with Daw Aung 
San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy, and urge the 
immediate release of all prisoners of conscience in Burma. The 
managers continue to expect that United States Government 
programs and activities conducted inside Burma, including HIV/
AIDS programs, will be carried out in consultation with the 
leadership of the National League for Democracy.
      The managers note the systematic abuse of human rights by 
the SPDC, especially in campaigns of violence against Burmese 
minorities, including rape of girls and women and forced 
evacuations of villages. These campaigns have displaced an 
estimated one million persons inside of Burma and an equal 
number in neighboring countries.
      In order to expand the provision of health services to 
displaced Burmese, including those who live in appalling 
conditions outside of refugee camps in Thailand, the managers 
expect that $1,000,000 will be provided to continue to support 
efforts to combat HIV/AIDS inside of Burma, and that not less 
than $1,000,000 will be provided to support efforts to limit 
malaria and infectious diseases among Burmese along the Burma-
Thailand border. These funds are to be made available under the 
heading ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'' in this 
Act, and are in addition to the amounts provided under this 
section.
      The managers request that within 120 days of enactment of 
the Act, the Administrator of USAID, in consultation with the 
Department of State, provide a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations that describes the estimated number and 
condition of displaced persons inside Burma and Burmese 
refugees, exiles, or migrant workers in Thailand and proposes 
steps that the United States Government could take, working 
with other donors and not providing direct support to the SPDC, 
to address the root causes of this crisis and to better provide 
for the humanitarian needs of displaced Burmese.
      The managers recommend that up to $500,000 be made 
available to support a new initiative inside Burma that 
utilizes the expertise of the leadership of the National League 
for Democracy (NLD) in determining and addressing the urgent 
needs of the people of Burma. The managers recommend that the 
State Department consult with the NLD on the development of 
this initiative, and request to be regularly updated on its 
progress.
Sec. 560. Cambodia
      The conference agreement includes House language 
providing that the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct 
U.S. executive directors of international financial 
institutions to oppose loans to the Central Government of 
Cambodia, except loans to support basic human needs. The Senate 
amendment would have mandated such instructions. In subsection 
(b), the conference agreement contains language similar to that 
of the Senate amendment that prohibits assistance for the 
Central Government of Cambodia, except that this provision does 
not apply to assistance for basic education, reproductive and 
maternal and child health, cultural and historic preservation, 
and for the Ministry of Women and Veterans Affairs to combat 
human trafficking, and for certain assistance provided through 
nongovernmental organizations. The House bill restricted 
assistance except for basic education and assistance provided 
under ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund''.
      In subsection (c), the conference agreement provides that 
up to $5,000,000 may be made available, notwithstanding the 
above restriction, for activities to support democracy, 
including democratic political parties in Cambodia. In 
subsection (d), the conference agreement provides that 
$3,750,000 of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
made available, notwithstanding the above restriction, as a 
contribution for an endowment to sustain rehabilitation 
programs for Cambodians suffering from physical disabilities 
that are administered by an American nongovernmental 
organization that is directly supported by USAID. Such funds 
may be made available only if an amount at least equal to one-
half the United States contribution is provided for the 
endowment from sources other than the United States Government. 
The managers endorse the Senate report language regarding this 
issue. The House bill did not address these matters.
      The managers condemn the recent riots in Cambodia, and 
are concerned with the Cambodian Government's failure to 
protect foreign embassies and foreign-owned businesses in Phnom 
Penh. The managers note that in a statement issued on February 
6, 2003, the State Departmentstated that the United States was 
``particularly concerned by indications that the government is using 
the situation to target the political opposition and independent 
media''. The managers request that within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State report to the Committees on Appropriations 
on the complicity of the Cambodian Government in the riots (including 
an explanation of the failure of Cambodian authorities to respond to 
the riots in a timely and effective manner), and steps taken by the 
governments of Thailand and Cambodia to credibly investigate the riots. 
The managers encourage the administration to continue to forcefully and 
publicly condemn election-related violence and intimidation in the run 
up to the July parliamentary elections.
Sec. 562. Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
      The conference agreement includes language similar to 
that of the Senate amendment that prohibits funding for the 
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), except 
for up to $5,000,000 for administrative expenses if the 
President determines that it is vital to the national security 
interests of the United States. Such funding is subject to 
notification. The House bill would have limited funding for 
KEDO to $50,000,000 only for administrative expenses and heavy 
fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed Framework. In 
addition, the House bill required several certifications by the 
President prior to the obligation of funding for KEDO.
Section 563. Palestinian Statehood
      The conference agreement includes House language that 
prohibits funding to support a Palestinian state unless the 
Secretary of State makes certain determinations, including: a 
new leadership of a Palestinian governing entity has been 
democratically elected through credible and competitive 
elections; the elected governing entity has demonstrated a firm 
commitment to peaceful co-existence with Israel; is taking 
appropriate measures to counter terrorism; and is establishing 
a new Palestinian security entity that is fully cooperative 
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate security 
organizations; and the Palestinian Authority or its successor 
is working with other countries in the region to vigorously 
pursue efforts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East, including normal relations between 
Israel and an independent Palestinian state in a number of 
areas. It also expresses the sense of the Congress that the 
newly elected governing entity should enact a constitution 
assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, respect for 
human rights, and other laws and regulations assuring 
transparent and accountable governance. This section also 
includes a waiver of the restrictions herein based on national 
security interests of the United States, and exempts assistance 
to the Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or a 
newly elected governing entity, in order to help meet the 
requirements of this section, consistent with the provisions of 
section 552 of this Act. The Senate amendment contained 
language similar to the House bill on this matter.
Section 564. Colombia
      The conference agreement includes a modified version of 
the House and Senate provisions on conditioning funds for 
Colombian Armed Forces.
Sec. 567. Iraq
      The conference agreement includes language similar to 
that in the House bill, which provides that funds from the 
Economic Support Fund may be made available for programs 
benefiting the Iraqi people and to support efforts to bring 
about political transition in Iraq. The conference agreement 
also includes language that provides that none of the funds 
made available pursuant to the authorities provided in this 
section may be made available to any organization to reimburse 
or pay for costs incurred by such organization in prior fiscal 
years. Funds would be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 568. West Bank and Gaza Program
      The conference report includes House language on this 
matter. It contains prior year language (also in the Senate 
amendment) requiring the Comptroller General of the United 
States to certify that procedures have been established to 
assure access to appropriate financial information in order to 
review the uses of funds provided for the West Bank and Gaza 
Program of the Economic Support Fund. In addition, the language 
requires the Secretary of State to take all appropriate steps 
to ensure that assistance is not provided to entities or 
individuals that advocate, plan, sponsor, engage in, or have 
engaged in, terrorist activity. Finally, the language requires 
annual audits of all contractors and grantees, and significant 
subcontractors and subgrantees. Up to $1,000,000 is authorized 
to be made available to the Inspector General of the United 
States Agency for International Development for audits, 
inspections, and other activities in furtherance of this 
provision.
Sec. 569. Indonesia
      The conference agreement includes language similar to 
that of the Senate amendment on this matter. It would allow 
assistance for Indonesia appropriated under ``Foreign Military 
Financing Program'' and licenses for export of lethal defense 
articles for the Indonesian military only if the President 
certifies that the Government of Indonesia and the Indonesian 
Armed Forces are taking certain measures, including suspending 
from the Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank, who have 
been credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of 
human rights, or aided or abetted militia groups, as well as 
prosecuting those members and punishing them, if they have been 
found to have committed such acts. In addition, the language 
requires the President to certify that the Indonesian Armed 
Forces are cooperating with civilian prosecutors and judicial 
authorities in such cases, including providing access to 
witnesses, relevant military documents, and other requested 
information. Finally, the language requires the President to 
certify that the Minister of Defense is making publicly 
available audits of receipts and expenditures of the Indonesian 
Armed Forces. The House bill included similar language, but did 
not address the issue of export licenses for lethal defense 
articles.
Sec. 570. Restrictions on Assistance to Governments Destabilizing 
        Sierra Leone
      The conference agreement includes a provision identical 
to the House bill that prohibits assistance to any government 
for which the Secretary of State has credible evidence that 
such government has aided or abetted, within the previous six 
months, in the illicit distribution, transportation, or sale of 
diamonds mined in Sierra Leone. The language is similar to the 
Senate amendment.
Sec. 572. Contributions to the United Nations Population Fund
      The managers note that $34,000,000 appropriated for the 
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in P.L. 107-115 has not 
been obligated due to a determination by the Secretary of State 
in July 2002 that UNFPA's program in the People's Republic of 
China was in violation of the Kemp-Kasten amendment. The 
conference agreement provides that these prior year funds, and 
an equivalent amount from this Act, shall be made available to 
UNFPA if the President determines that UNFPA is no longer in 
violation of the Kemp-Kasten amendment. The conference 
agreement also contains a prohibition on the use of United 
States funds in China as well as all other restrictions in 
current law.
Sec. 573. Procurement and Financial Management Reform
      The conference agreement includes House language 
withholding 10 percent of the funds made available for 
international financial institutions until the Secretary of the 
Treasury certifies that a number of procurement and financial 
management reforms are being implemented. The Senate did not 
address this matter.
Sec. 574. Central Asia
      The conference agreement includes the identical provision 
included in the Senate amendment that conditions the assistance 
to the Government of Uzbekistan unless the Secretary of State 
determines and reports that the Government of Uzbekistan is 
making progress and meeting commitments of the Declaration of 
Strategic Partnership. The House addressed this matter in title 
II.
      The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
the Senate provision related to human rights and democracy in 
Central Asia, but adds a national security interest waiver for 
the Secretary of State with regard to assistance for 
Kazakhstan. The managers urge the Secretary to pursue an 
agreement with the Government of Kazakhstan similar to the 
Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation 
Framework signed by the United States and the Government of 
Uzbekistan addressing democracy, human rights and other matters 
of mutual interest.
      The conference agreement contains a provision similar to 
the Senate amendment requiring the Secretary of State to submit 
periodic reports on the provision of defense articles and 
financial assistance to the countries of Central Asia. The 
House did not address this matter.
Sec. 576. War Criminals
      The conference agreement contains language similar to 
that in both the House bill and Senate amendment regarding war 
criminals in the Balkans.
Sec. 577. User Fees
      The conference agreement includes the Senate language 
that expands the current law restriction requiring the 
Secretary of Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors 
to oppose any loan, grant strategy or policy that would require 
user fees on poor people for primary education or healthcare in 
connection with the institutions' financing programs. The House 
provision reflected current law.
Sec. 578. Funding for Serbia
      The conference agreement contains current law on this 
matter, except that the provisions of this section affect 
assistance for Serbia after June 15 of this year, rather than 
after March 30 as in the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act. 
In addition, technical modifications have been inserted to 
refer to a successor state to the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (FRY).
      The House bill would have applied the provisions of this 
section to assistance for the governments of Serbia and the 
FRY. The Senate bill would have imposed certain additional 
requirements on the FRY beyond those in current law.
Sec. 579. Prohibition on Taxation of United States Assistance
      The conference agreement contains language similar to 
that of the House bill that provides that none of the funds 
appropriated in this Act may be made available to provide 
assistance for a foreign country under a new bilateral 
agreement governing the terms and conditions under which such 
assistance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
provision stating that commodities purchased with assistance 
provided by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, or 
reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Secretary of 
State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to 
existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with 
this requirement. The language also requires that, of the funds 
appropriated by this Act that are allocated for assistance for 
a foreign country and for the West Bank and Gaza Program, an 
amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed 
during fiscal year 2003 against United States assistance 
programs by a foreign government or entity, either directly or 
through grantees, contractors and subcontractors, shall be 
withheld from assistance for such country or entity in fiscal 
year 2004 to the extent that the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that 
such taxes have not been reimbursed to the Government of the 
United States. Foreign taxes of a de minimis nature are not 
subject to these reimbursement provisions. Of the funds 
withheld from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to 
this section, one-half may become available for reprogramming 
for other purposes (pursuant to section 515 of this Act and 
consistent with the purposes for which such funds were 
originally appropriated) and one-half shall be deposited in the 
General Fund of the Treasury on, or within 5 days after, 
September 1, 2004. The language also requires the Secretary of 
State to issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as 
appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the taxation 
of assistance contained in this section. The Senate amendment 
did not address this matter.
Sec. 580. GAO Report
      The conference report contains language similar to that 
of the House bill that requires a report from the Comptroller 
General to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
November 1, 2003, on the extent to which the Department of 
State is complying with section 301(c) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act and on the implementation of procedures that 
have been established to meet the standards of the Department 
of State regarding compliance with the requirements of said 
section. This audit shall review the implementation of 
procedures by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) regarding this 
provision of law. The conference agreement does not include 
language from the House requiring a report from the Secretary 
of State on this matter, but the managers are agreed that the 
Secretary shall comply with the requirements of the House bill 
in this regard.
Sec. 582. Community-Based Police Assistance
      The conference agreement includes language similar to the 
Senate language authorizing use of certain USAID-administered 
funds in title II of this Act for support for civilian police 
in Jamaica and El Salvador, but not Indonesia as included in 
the Senate amendment, notwithstanding section 660 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act. The House did not address this matter.
Sec. 583. Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Export-Import 
        Bank Restrictions
      The conference agreement includes a provision identical 
to the Senate amendment and current law and prohibits the use 
of funds by OPIC and Export-Import Bank from financing 
investments in connection with a project involving the mining, 
polishing or other processing, or sale of diamonds in a country 
that fails to implement the recommendations, obligations and 
requirements developed by the Kimberley Process or taking 
measures that the Secretary of State determines to contribute 
effectively to preventing and eliminating the trade in conflict 
diamonds.
Sec. 584. Trade Capacity Building
      The conference agreement includes a provision identical 
to the House bill that provides that not less than $452,000,000 
should be made available for trade capacity building assistance 
from the Trade and Development Agency, Development Assistance, 
Transition Initiatives, ESF, International Affairs Technical 
Assistance, and International Organizations and Programs 
accounts. The Senate did not address this matter.
Sec. 585. Transparency and Accountability
      The conference agreement includes Senate language 
requiring the Secretary of State to submit a report concerning 
the public disclosure of revenues from extractive industries 
and other sources by governments of countries that receive 
United States assistance. The House did not address this 
matter. The managers endorse the Senate report language 
regarding this issue.
Sec. 586. American Churchwomen and Other Citizens in El Salvador and 
        Guatemala
      The conference agreement contains Senate language on this 
matter. The House bill contained similar language.

                PROVISIONS NOT ADOPTED BY THE CONFEREES:

      The conference agreement does not include section 549 of 
the Senate amendment regarding ``Tibet'' urging U.S. Executive 
Directors to International Financial Institutions to support 
certain types of projects in Tibet. The House bill did not 
address a similar provision. The managers are aware of concerns 
raised by the Department of the Treasury about this provision, 
however, the managers strongly support the intent of this 
provision and expect to be consulted prior to votes in the 
International Financial Institutions on projects in Tibet.
      The conference report does not include section 554 of the 
House bill regarding ``Discrimination Against Minority 
Religious Faiths in the Russian Federation.'' The Senate did 
not include this provision.
      The conference report does not include section 555 of the 
House bill regarding ``Assistance for the Middle East.'' The 
Senate amendment did not address this matter.
      The conference report does not include section 565 of the 
House bill regarding ``Briefings on Potential Purchases of 
Defense Articles or Defense Services by Taiwan.'' The Senate 
did not address this matter. This matter is addressed in 
permanent law.
      The conference report does not include section 578 of the 
Senate bill regarding ``Excess Defense Articles for Central and 
Southern European Countries and Certain Other Countries.'' The 
House did not address this matter. These authorities already 
exist for fiscal year 2003.
      The conference report does not include section 579 of the 
House bill ``Tropical Forest Conservation.'' The text of this 
provision is included in section 554 ``Protection of 
Biodiversity and Tropical Forests.''
      The conference report does not include section 580 of the 
House bill regarding ``Authorizations''. The Senate amendment 
did not address this matter.
      The conference report does not include section 581 of the 
House bill and section 580 of the Senate amendment regarding 
Cuba.
      The conference agreement does not include section 583 of 
the Senate amendment regarding ``Regional Democracy Programs 
for East Asia and the Pacific.'' The House did not address this 
matter.
      The conference agreement does not include section 585 of 
the Senate amendment extending the prohibition of oil and gas 
drilling in the Great Lakes of the United States. The House 
bill did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement does not include section 586 of 
the Senate amendment regarding the ``Sense of the Senate with 
Respect to North Korea''. The House did not address this 
matter.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follow:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...     $16,586,780
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003...........................................      16,492,896
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................      16,594,574
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................      16,474,739
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................      16,345,186
Conference agreement compared with:                                     
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................        -241,594
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................        -147,710
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................        -249,388
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................        -129,553

                               DIVISION F

     Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations

      The conference agreement on the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, incorporates some of the 
provisions of H.R. 5093 as passed by the House of 
Representatives on July 18, 2002, and the Senate version of 
H.J. Res. 2 (Division F and Division N) as passed by the Senate 
on January 23, 2003. Report language and allocations set forth 
in either House Report 107-564 or the Senate report language 
published in the Congressional Record of January 15, 2003, that 
are not changed by the conference are approved by the committee 
of conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating 
some report language for emphasis, does not negate the language 
referenced above unless expressly provided herein.
      No funds in this Act are derived from the Conservation 
Spending Category established in the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001. However, the 
programs previously funded under this category are, for the 
most part, continued in fiscal year 2003.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

      The conference agreement provides $825,712,000 for 
management of lands and resources instead of $826,932,000 as 
proposed by the House and $816,062,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Increases above the House for land resources include 
$1,000,000 for noxious weeds for the Montana State University 
weed program, $500,000 for Idaho weed control, and a decrease 
of $500,000 for range monitoring.
      There is a decrease below the House for wildlife and 
fisheries of $500,000 for fisheries management.
      There is a decrease below the House for threatened and 
endangered species of $87,000 for travel.
      Increases above the House for recreation management 
include $1,000,000 for Missouri River undaunted stewardship, 
$400,000 for Colorado Canyons, and decreases of $250,000 for 
recreation access, and $302,000 for conversion of certain lands 
to fee sites.
      The managers do not concur with the House proposal 
concerning funding for the energy and minerals program. Funding 
for this program shall be at the level proposed for activities 
in the request but with the following modifications. An 
increase of $750,000 for permitting of geothermal energy 
applications and wind energy rights-of-way in Nevada, 
$1,000,000 for applications for permits to drill, principally 
in the Powder River Basin, and $272,000 for the Alaska minerals 
program.
      Increases above the House for realty and ownership 
management include $2,000,000 for Alaska conveyance, $1,100,000 
for the cadastral survey program, of which $750,000 is for 
continuation of the public lands database in AK, $350,000 is 
for the State of Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center, 
and $750,000 is for additional Nevada personnel.
      The managers have modified the Senate language concerning 
the Alaska conveyance program. The managers expect the Bureau 
to develop a plan to complete work on all allotment 
applications and all land selections under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act of 1971 and the Alaska Statehood Act of 
1959 by 2009, 50 years after its enactment and nearly 40 years 
after the deadline for applying for Native allotments.
      Increases above the House for resources protection and 
maintenance include $500,000 for the Alaska resources library 
and decreases of $200,000 for desert rangers, and $300,000 for 
the restoration of lands in Arizona.
      Increases above the House for transportation and 
facilities maintenance include $250,000 for the Iditarod 
National Historic Trail, $1,000,000 for capping oil wells in 
National Petroleum Reserve Alaska and decreases of $200,000 for 
California Desert communications, and $2,000,000 for fish 
passage improvements.
      There is a decrease below the House for land and 
resources information of $403,000.
      There is a decrease below the House for challenge cost 
share of $5,000,000. The conference agreement includes an 
increase of $5,000,000 in the challenge cost share program for 
the Cooperative Conservation Initiative.

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

      The conference agreement provides $654,406,000 for 
wildland fire management instead of $855,332,000 as proposed by 
the House and $654,254,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Decreases below the House for preparedness include 
$826,000 for travel and $600,000 for fire employment duration.
      There is an increase above the House for other operations 
of $500,000 for the University of Montana fire program.
      There is a decrease below the House of $200,000,000, 
which had been proposed as a fiscal year 2002 emergency 
supplemental appropriation. The managers note that in lieu of 
these funds the Department has been provided $189,000,000 for 
fire reimbursement elsewhere in the bill.
      The managers note that the Department of the Interior and 
the Department of Agriculture have begun full implementation of 
the 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy to reduce wildland fire 
risks. This strategy involves extensive collaboration with 
communities in the selection of hazardous fuels projects. In 
support of the strategy, the Departments have developed 
detailed criteria for the execution of such hazardous fuels 
reduction efforts. The managers feel that collaboration with 
communities and the use of criteria for project selection 
provide a suitable basis for planning the expenditure of funds, 
and accordingly do not concur with Senate report language 
requiring that seventy percent of hazardous fuels funds be used 
in the wildland urban interface.
      Because of the managers continuing concern about fire 
suppression costs during major incidents, the Forest Service 
and the Department of the Interior are directed to contract 
with the National Academy of Public Administration for 
appropriate follow-up work to their study of 2002. The 
Departments should equally share the cost of the review and the 
review should be conducted forthwith.

                    CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

      The conference agreement provides $9,978,000 for the 
central hazardous materials fund as proposed by the House and 
Senate.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement provides $11,976,000 for 
construction instead of $10,976,000 as proposed by the House 
and $12,976,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      There is an increase above the House for construction of 
$1,000,000 for the California Trail Interpretive Center, NV.

                       PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

      The conference agreement provides $220,000,000 for 
payments in lieu of taxes instead of $230,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and $210,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                            LAND ACQUISITION

      The conference agreement provides $33,450,000 for land 
acquisition instead of $47,486,000 as proposed by the House and 
$30,150,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                              Amount
Cosumnes River Watershed (easements only)(CA)...........      $2,500,000
El Dorado Preserve (CA).................................       2,000,000
Golden Bair Ranch (CO)..................................       1,500,000
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks (NM)............................       1,500,000
King Range National Conservation Area (CA)..............       2,000,000
Lewis and Clark NHT (ID)................................       1,000,000
Lewis and Clark NHT (MT)................................       1,000,000
Moses Coulee (WA).......................................       1,000,000
Otay Mountains (Kuchamaa) (CA)..........................       1,250,000
Patterson Bend/Squaw Leap Management Area (CA)..........         900,000
Potrero Creek (CA)......................................       2,000,000
Rio Grande National Wild and Scenic River (NM)..........       3,500,000
Sandy River (OR)........................................       2,500,000
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains NM (CA)............       1,000,000
Sears Point Area Critical Env'tal Concern/Juan Bautista 
    De Anza NHT (AZ)....................................         800,000
Snake River Birds of Prey Nat'l Conservation Area (ID)..       1,000,000
Upper Snake/South Fork Snake River (ID).................       2,000,000
Washington State Land Exchange (WA).....................       1,000,000
Use of carryover balances...............................      -1,000,000
    Subtotal............................................      27,450,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
Land Equalization Payment...............................         500,000
Acquisition Management..................................       4,000,000
Emergency/Inholdings/Relocation.........................       1,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Total...............................................     $33,450,000
      The Committee has consistently supported the West Eugene 
Wetlands acquisition program over the years, and is aware that 
the Federal portion of the acquisition program is nearing 
completion. In order to conclude the project properly, certain 
issues regarding the status of lands in the project area must 
be resolved. Should these issues be resolved in a manner that 
warrants additional Federal acquisition support, the managers 
will consider providing funding to complete the project in 
future budgets.
      Funds for the Golden Bair Ranch are conditioned on BLM 
providing public access to this property. The money for 
Cosumnes River Watershed is restricted to conservation 
easements only. The managers have reprogrammed Spring Gulch 
funds to the Continental Divide NST and Devils Canyon Ranch as 
proposed by the Senate.

                   OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

      The conference agreement provides $105,633,000 for Oregon 
and California grant lands as proposed by the House and Senate.

                           RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

      The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
appropriation for range improvements of not less than 
$10,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate.

               SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

      The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
appropriation for service charges, deposits, and forfeitures, 
which is estimated to be $7,900,000 as proposed by the House 
and Senate.

                       MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

      The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
appropriation of $12,405,000 for miscellaneous trust funds as 
proposed by the House and Senate.

                UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

                          Resource Management

      The conference agreement provides $917,429,000 for 
resource management instead of $918,359,000 as proposed by the 
House and $902,697,000 as proposed by the Senate. The numerical 
changes described below are to the House recommended level.
      In endangered species programs, there are increases in 
candidate conservation of $150,000 for the burbot population in 
the Kootenai River in Idaho, $300,000 for the Idaho sage grouse 
management plan through the Idaho Office of Species 
Conservation, $750,000 for sea otter research in Alaska, and 
$50,000 for the Idaho Department of Agriculture to study the 
influence of herbivory on slickspot peppergrass. In ESA 
recovery, there are increases of $1,000,000 for the Atlantic 
salmon program administered by the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation, $100,000 for salmon recovery in Maine, $1,000,000 
for eider recovery at the Alaska SeaLife Center, $50,000 for 
freshwater mussel recovery at the White Sulphur Springs NFH in 
West Virginia, $500,000 for Lahonton cutthroat trout, $150,000 
for wolf monitoring by the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho, $75,000 
for the Service's Snake River Basin office's wolf monitoring 
efforts, and $250,000 for wolf monitoring efforts at the Idaho 
Office of Species Conservation. There are also decreases in ESA 
recovery of $1,000,000 for the Washington State salmon program 
administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and a 
$1,000,000 general decrease.
      In habitat conservation, increases in the partners for 
fish and wildlife program include $1,400,000 for the Washington 
State regional salmon enhancement program, $700,000 for 
invasive species control in Hawaii, $100,000 for bald eagle 
restoration in cooperation with the Vermont Natural Heritage 
Partners program, $400,000 for the Big Hole Watershed Committee 
in Montana, $750,000 for the Hawaii ESA Community Conservation 
Plan, $1,250,000 for the Nevada biodiversity research and 
conservation project, $175,000 for the Thunder Basin grasslands 
initiative in Wyoming, and $500,000 for the Montana Water 
Center wild fish habitat initiative. Decreases in the partners 
for fish and wildlife program include $500,000 for nutria 
eradication at the Blackwater NWR, MD, $550,000 for bull trout 
conservation in Washington State, $1,400,000 for the Washington 
State ecosystems program, $1,000,000 for invasive species 
control, and $300,000 for spartina control at Willapa Bay, WA.
      In project planning, there are increases of $150,000 for 
the Middle Rio Grande/Bosque research program and $474,000 for 
wildlife assessments at Yukon Flats, AK.
      In coastal programs, there is an increase of $750,000 for 
the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association king salmon program in 
Alaska and a decrease of $1,000,000 for cost shared projects, 
including invasive species control.
      There is a decrease of $500,000 for the environmental 
contaminants program.
      In refuge operations and maintenance, there is an 
increase of $300,000 for invasive species control at the 
Willapa NWR, WA and decreases of $1,000,000 for invasive 
species control with friends groups and volunteers and 
$5,000,000 for refuge maintenance.
      In migratory bird management, there is an increase of 
$575,000 to reduce seabird bycatch in Alaska, and decreases of 
$1,000,000 for the Canada goose depredation program and 
$1,000,000 for the joint ventures program. The funding level 
for each joint venture is identical to that shown in the Senate 
report.
      In fisheries, there is a decrease of $500,000 for the 
Washington State hatchery improvement project in hatchery 
operations and maintenance. In fish and wildlife management, 
increases include $300,000 for fish passage along railroads in 
Alaska, $118,000 for fish surveys at the White Sulphur Springs 
NFH, WV, $850,000 for wildlife enhancement in Starkville, 
Mississippi, $400,000 for the Wildlife Health Center in 
Montana, $2,403,000 for Yukon River treaty implementation in 
Alaska, and $1,200,000 for marine mammal protection in Alaska. 
Decreases in fish and wildlife management include $100,000 for 
salmon reproductive biology research at Washington State 
University, $1,000,000 for cooperative projects for fish 
passage, and $1,000,000 for aquatic nuisance control.
      In general administration, there are increases of 
$200,000 for the Caddo Lake Ramsar Center in Texas and $550,000 
for maintenance at the National Conservation Training Center 
and a decrease of $1,000,000 for a National Academy of Sciences 
review of the State Wildlife Grants program.
      Within the increased funds above the fiscal year 2002 
level provided for resource management, $5,000,000 is in 
support of the Cooperative Conservation Initiative proposal. 
These funds are targeted for existing programs that have a 
proven record in leveraging funds and delivering valuable 
resource restoration results. The $5,000,000 increase consists 
of $3,000,000 for the refuge challenge cost share program, 
$1,000,000 for invasive species control projects with refuge 
friends groups and volunteers, and $1,000,000 for cooperative 
fish passage projects.
      The managers are very concerned by the proposed increase 
in administrative costs charged to programs under the Service's 
cost allocation methodology (CAM) without any justification for 
these increases in the budget request. The managers expect that 
the Service will charge no increase in CAM to programs in 
fiscal year 2003 unless such increases are thoroughly justified 
through the reprogramming process. The managers suggest that 
any increase for CAM requested through the reprogramming 
process be extremely modest.
      The Service needs to do a better job of explaining CAM 
and making it more transparent and readily understandable to a 
wide audience. Costs that are directly attributable to 
headquarters operations and regional office operations should 
be budgeted under general administration for those operations 
unless there is a clear and well-justified rationale for 
inclusion in CAM. No unbudgeted special projects, headquarters 
or regional initiatives, or departmental initiatives should be 
included in CAM. If there is uncontrollable cost growth 
associated with CAM it should be identified in the budget as a 
fixed, uncontrollable cost increase and not funded at the 
expense of programs.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. The funds made available for Georgia stream bank 
restoration are for the Georgia Soil and Water Conservation 
Commission except that $25,000 is for technical assistance by 
the Service.
      2. The funds added for fish surveys at the White Sulphur 
Springs NFH in West Virginia should remain in the base for 
future budgets.
      3. Funds have not been included for a National Academy of 
Sciences review of State wildlife grants as proposed by the 
House. This issue will be revisited in the fiscal year 2004 
budget process.
      4. The Service should continue to assist the Corps of 
Engineers in its comprehensive review of alternative approaches 
to preserving the Meadowlands wetlands area in northern New 
Jersey. The conference agreement provides an increase of 
$180,000 as proposed by the House for this purpose.
      5. The Service should continue to support the Carhart 
Wilderness Training Institute at the $200,000 level, which is 
the same as in fiscal year 2002.
      6. Within available funds, the Service should address the 
needs of the Pittsford NFH, VT and Ouray NFH, UT.
      7. The funds provided to combat whirling disease and 
related fish health issues include $700,000 for the National 
Partnership on the Management of Wild and Native Cold Water 
Fisheries, $250,000 for resistant trout research coordinated 
through the Whirling Disease Foundation, and $1,296,000 to 
continue the National Wild Fish Health Survey, to expand 
whirling disease investigations, and to recruit and train 
health professionals.
      8. The issue of continued operation of the airfield at 
Midway Atoll NWR needs to be addressed immediately. There are 
no funds in the Service's budget to continue to operate the 
airfield for commercial aircraft purposes. If the parties who 
benefit from the current airport certification are unwilling to 
pay the additional expense associated with maintaining that 
certification, the Service should scale back its operations to 
include only those requirements necessary for refuge 
operations, including maintaining a reasonable level of visitor 
access.
      9. The containment and cleanup of the recent spill of jet 
fuel at Midway Atoll NWR should be addressed as quickly as 
possible. The Service should keep the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations apprised of its efforts to address 
this problem. The Department should consider submitting a 
supplemental appropriations request to address this emergency 
situation.
      10. The Secretary recently re-chartered the Hanford Reach 
National Monument Federal Planning Advisory Committee and 
increased the number of committee members from 13 to 19. In the 
interest of continuity and assuring timely completion of the 
committee's work, the managers expect the Secretary to retain 
the current members when appointing members to the committee. 
The managers are concerned that replacement of the current 13 
members would severely undermine the valuable work completed 
thus far.
      Bill Language.--While the total funding for the 
endangered species-listing program is unchanged, the conference 
agreement earmarks $6,000,000 for critical habitat designation 
activities within the listing program instead of $5,000,000 as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate. The managers 
understand that the Department believes additional funding, 
beyond that requested in the budget, will be needed for the 
listing program in fiscal year 2003 and the managers 
willconsider a supplemental request for additional funds if one is 
submitted later this year.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement provides $54,427,000 for 
construction instead of $53,108,000 as proposed by the House 
and $42,882,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds are to be 
distributed as follows:


------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Project                    Description           Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bear River NWR, UT...............  Headquarters and           $1,800,000
                                    Education Center
                                    [cc].
Bitter Lake NWR, NM..............  Visitor center/             1,100,000
                                    standard design--
                                    Phase I [d/ic].
Black-Footed Ferret Wildlife       Endangered species          3,240,000
 Research Ctr, CO.                  facility--Phase IV
                                    [cc].
Bosque del Apache NWR, NM........  Equipment for salt            400,000
                                    cedar control.
Bozeman Fish Technology Center,    Seismic safety/3              150,000
 MT.                                building rehab--
                                    Phase I [p/d].
Bozeman Fish Technology Center,    Laboratory/                   500,000
 MT.                                administration
                                    building--Phase IV
                                    [c].
Bridge Safety Inspections          ....................          560,000
 (Servicewide).
Canaan Valley NWR, WV............  Road Maintenance....          650,000
Cape Romain NWR, SC..............  Restoration of                150,000
                                    Dominick House.
Clark R. Bavin Forensics           Forensics laboratory        6,235,000
 Laboratory, OR.                    expansion--Phase
                                    III [c].
Craig Brook NFH, ME..............  Wastewater treatment          200,000
                                    compliance--Phase I
                                    [p].
Dam Safety Program (Servicewide).  ....................          705,000
Garrison Dam NFH, ND.............  Heat pump water               200,000
                                    system maintenance
                                    [c].
Harris Neck NWR, GA..............  Office renovation...          350,000
Iron River NFH, WI...............  Replace domes at            2,000,000
                                    Schacte Creek [cc].
Jackson NFH, WY..................  Seismic safety                 80,000
                                    rehabilitation--Pha
                                    se II [d].
Jordan River NFH, MI.............  M/V Togue/Great               800,000
                                    Lakes stocking
                                    vessel--Phase II
                                    [d].
Kealia Pond NWR, HI..............  Mitigation and                800,000
                                    restoration [c].
Klamath Basin NWR Complex, CA....  Water supply and            1,000,000
                                    management--Phase
                                    IV.
Kodiak NWR, AK...................  Visitor center              3,000,000
                                    construction.
Mammoth Springs NFH, AR..........  Renovation of                 250,000
                                    education center
                                    [d].
Missisquoi NWR, VT...............  Visitor center              1,500,000
                                    completion [c].
Northwest Power Planning Area....  Fish screens, etc...        2,000,000
Ohio River Islands NWR, WV.......  Visitor center/             1,100,000
                                    standard design--
                                    Phase I [d/ic].
Orangeburg NFH, SC...............  Orangeburg                  4,144,000
                                    substation dam
                                    Phase II [cc].
Ottawa NWR, OH...................  Visitor center/             1,950,000
                                    standard design [d/
                                    cc].
Quilcene NFH, WA.................  Seismic safety rehab           45,000
                                    of hatchery
                                    building--Phase I
                                    [d].
Savannah NWR, GA.................  Visitor center/             1,950,000
                                    standard design [d/
                                    cc].
Security upgrades (Servicewide)..  ....................        1,000,000
Sevilleta NWR, NM................  Laboratory design...          600,000
Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR, CA....  Seismic safety rehab          200,000
                                    of shop building--
                                    Phase II [cc].
Tetlin NWR, AK...................  Multi-Agency Center.          425,000
Visitor Facilities/Kiosks on NWRs  Several locations/          1,000,000
                                    standard design.
Waccamaw NWR, SC.................  Visitor center              2,000,000
                                    construction.
White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV....  Maintenance.........          625,000
Wolf Creek NFH, KY...............  Visitor center......          500,000
World Birding Center, TX.........  ....................          500,000
                                                        ----------------
    Subtotal, Line Item            ....................       43,709,000
     Construction.
Nationwide Engineering Services:
    Cost Allocation Methodology..  ....................        3,000,000
    Environmental Compliance       ....................        1,400,000
     Management.
    Seismic Safety Program.......  ....................          200,000
    Waste Prevention and           ....................          150,000
     Recycling.
    Other Engineering Services...  ....................        5,968,000
                                                        ----------------
    Subtotal, Nationwide           ....................       10,718,000
     Engineering Services.
                                                        ================
    Total........................  ....................      $54,427,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      The managers continue to believe that the Service should 
focus on providing on-the-ground refuge experiences for 
visitors and modest visitor/education centers and visitor 
contact stations. The maximum cost for any visitor center 
should not exceed $3 million unless there are extreme, 
extenuating circumstances, such as the high cost of materials 
transport and construction in Alaska. The managers expect the 
Service to treat the maximum amount as a true ceiling and not 
the amount that every visitor center will cost. Also, visitor 
contact stations should have a much lower maximum funding 
level.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. The balance of funding needed to complete the Bitter 
Lake NWR visitor center in New Mexico and the Ohio River 
Islands visitor center in West Virginia should be included in 
the fiscal year 2004 budget.
      2. This is the final year of funding for Kealia Pond 
mitigation and restoration work in Hawaii.
      3. The funds provided for kiosks on refuges should 
provide for at least 20 of these structures, given that the 
Service reports that the cost of each structure generally is 
less than $50,000. The managers encourage the Service to use 
standard designs and pursue cost sharing with friends groups 
and others to leverage these funds to the extent possible.

                            LAND ACQUISITION

      The conference agreement provides $73,370,000 for land 
acquisition instead of $82,250,000 as proposed by the House and 
$81,555,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                              Amount
Alaska Peninsula NWR--TDX (AK)..........................      $1,500,000
Baca Ranch (CO).........................................       5,000,000
Back Bay NWR (VA).......................................       1,500,000
Balcones Canyonlands NWR (TX)...........................       1,500,000
Bandon Marsh NWR (OR)...................................         140,000
Big Muddy NWR (MO)......................................       1,000,000
Buenos Aires NWR (AZ)...................................         500,000
Cache River NWR (AR)....................................       1,500,000
Cahaba River NWR (AL)...................................       3,000,000
Cape May NWR (NJ).......................................         500,000
Cat Island NWR (LA).....................................       2,500,000
Centennial Valley NWR (MT)..............................         500,000
Chickasaw NWR (TN)......................................         500,000
Clarks River NWR (KY)...................................       1,500,000
Cypress Creek NWR (IL)..................................         250,000
Dakota Tallgrass Prairie WMA (ND/SD)....................         500,000
Detroit River IWR (MI)..................................       3,500,000
Fairfield Marsh WPA (WI)................................       1,000,000
Great Bay NWR (NH)......................................         300,000
Great Meadows NWR (MA)..................................       1,600,000
Great River NWR (MO)....................................       1,000,000
Great Swamp NWR (NJ)....................................         750,000
James Campbell NWR (HI).................................       1,000,000
Laguna Atascosa NWR (TX)................................         750,000
Lower Hatchie NWR (TN)..................................         300,000
National Key Deer NWR (FL)..............................         750,000
Neal Smith NWR (IA).....................................         250,000
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR (MN/IA)..................         500,000
Ottawa NWR (OH).........................................         600,000
Parker NWR (MA).........................................         500,000
Patoka River NWR (IN)...................................         250,000
Pelican Island NWR (FL).................................       1,750,000
Prime Hook NWR (DE).....................................       1,350,000
Quinault Indian Reservation (WA)........................       5,000,000
Rachel Carson NWR (ME)..................................       1,500,000
Rappahannock River Valley NWR (VA)......................         180,000
Red River NWR (LA)......................................       3,900,000
Rhode Island Refuge Complex (RI)........................       2,000,000
San Diego NWR (CA)......................................       2,000,000
Savannah NWR--Mulberry Grove (GA).......................       2,000,000
Silvio O. Conte NFWR (VT/NH/MA/CT)......................       1,000,000
St. Marks NWR (FL)......................................       2,000,000
Togiak NWR (AK).........................................       1,000,000
Upper Mississippi River NFWR (MN/WI/IA/IL)..............         250,000
Waccamaw NWR (SC).......................................       2,500,000
Western Montana Project (MT)............................         750,000
Willapa NWR (WA)........................................         750,000
Use of carryover balances...............................      -7,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Subtotal............................................      55,870,000
Acquisition Management..................................      10,000,000
Emergencies and Hardship................................       2,000,000
Exchanges...............................................       1,000,000
Inholdings..............................................       2,000,000
Cost Allocation Methodology (CAM).......................       2,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Total...............................................     $73,370,000

                      LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement provides $40,000,000 for the 
landowner incentive program as proposed by the House instead of 
$600,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 
also rescinds $40,000,000 in funds appropriated in fiscal year 
2002 for this program because there has been a delay in 
implementing this new program. The managers expect the Service 
to make grant awards using the existing program applications.

                           STEWARDSHIP GRANTS

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 for 
stewardship grants as proposed by the House instead of $200,000 
as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also 
rescinds $10,000,000 in funds appropriated in fiscal year 2002 
for this program because there has been a delay in implementing 
this new program. The managers expect the Service to make grant 
awards using the existing program applications.

            COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

      The conference agreement provides $81,000,000 for the 
cooperative endangered species conservation fund as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $121,400,000 as proposed by the House. 
The funds for habitat conservation plan land acquisition are 
derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund as proposed 
by the House.
      The managers encourage the Service to consider the 
Potrero Creek project in California and the Black Capped Vireo 
project in Texas if the project proposals are submitted and 
rank within the range of high priority project proposals.

                     NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

      The conference agreement provides $14,414,000 for the 
national wildlife refuge fund as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $19,414,000 as proposed by the House.

               NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

      The conference agreement provides $38,560,000 for the 
North American wetlands conservation fund as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $43,560,000 as proposed by the House.
      Since the program is funded below the 2001 level, the 
managers have not agreed to bill language, proposed by the 
House, limiting increased grant funding above the fiscal year 
2001 level to projects in the United States.

                NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

      The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the 
neotropical migratory bird conservation program instead of 
$5,000,000 as proposed by the House and $2,000,000 as proposed 
by the Senate.

                MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

      The conference agreement provides $4,800,000 for the 
multinational species conservation fund as proposed by the 
House instead of $4,200,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                    STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

      The conference agreement provides $65,000,000 for State 
and tribal wildlife grants instead of $100,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and $45,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within 
this amount, $5,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for 
Indian tribes as proposed by the House instead of $3,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement changes the title of this 
account from ``State Wildlife Grants'' to ``State and Tribal 
Wildlife Grants'' as proposed by the Senate and includes 
statutory language permitting the merger of funds in the old 
account with funds in the new account.
      The Committee has not included $1,000,000 in the resource 
management account as proposed by the House for a National 
Academy of Sciences review of the State wildlife plans funded 
under this account. This issue will be revisited in the 2004 
budget process.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement authorizes the use of $500,000 
in previously appropriated funds for land acquisition of the 
Great Salt Pond burial tract for the Narragansett Tribe as 
proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.

                         NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

                 Operation of the National Park System

      The conference agreement provides $1,565,565,000 for the 
operation of the national park system instead of $1,605,593,000 
as proposed by the House and $1,571,065,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $344,227,000 for 
resource stewardship. The change to the House level is a 
reduction of $2,093,000 for uncontrollable costs. Within these 
totals, an increase of $600,000 is provided for Vanishing 
Treasures.
      The conference agreement provides $319,128,000 for 
visitor services. The change to the House level is a reduction 
of $3,536,000 for uncontrollable costs.
      The conference agreement provides $522,823,000 for 
maintenance. Changes to the House level include decreases of 
$3,837,000 for uncontrollable costs, $5,000,000 for cyclic 
maintenance, $2,000,000 for condition assessments, $3,000,000 
for repair and rehabilitation, and $1,000,000 for a strategic 
business advisor.
      The conference agreement provides $277,151,000 for park 
support. Changes to the House level include decreases of 
$2,562,000 for uncontrollable costs and $2,000,000 for the 
challenge cost share program. The conference agreement retains 
$5,000,000 for the challenge cost share program in support of 
the Secretary's Cooperative Conservation Initiative. The 
managers intend that one-third of the monies provided in the 
base funding (before the increase for 2003) for the challenge 
cost share program continue to be earmarked for trails.
      Although the conference agreement includes a $6,000,000 
undistributed reduction to park base operations, the managers 
have also provided a $14,000,000 increase specifically for 
park-based programs above the amount provided in the 
President's budget.
      Within the maintenance account, the managers earmark the 
following projects: $233,000 for Bachlott House, $45,000 for 
St. Mary's Museum at Cumberland Island NS, $400,000 for 
historic structures at Great Smokey Mountains NP, $200,000 for 
repairs at the Belle Haven Marina, $500,000 for the Wright 
Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina, $170,000 for Fort 
Piute at Mojave National Preserve and $300,000 for Gettysburg 
NMP landscape restoration.
      The managers concur with the concerns expressed by the 
Senate with regard to both the rehabilitation and the annual 
opening of the Going-to-the-Sun Road at Glacier National Park. 
The managers have retained a general provision allowing for the 
use of certain carryover funds for road rehabilitation, and 
strongly encourage the Administration to include in its TEA-21 
reauthorization proposal the resources necessary for complete 
rehabilitation of the Road. The managers have also provided 
additional resources to enhance spring opening operations. 
While the managers understand that these additional resources 
may not be entirely in place prior to the 2003 opening, the 
Park should make every effort to implement the operational 
changes promptly, or put in place appropriate interim measures 
where necessary to expedite the opening of the road. In lieu of 
the report required by the Senate, the Park should incorporate 
into its annual road opening plan the operational changes 
supported by the additional funds provided in this Act. The 
plans for both 2003 and 2004 should be submitted to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations upon completion. The 
managers further urge the Park to continue efforts to involve 
the local community in the development of the annual opening 
plan and the road opening process in general. The managers 
appreciate the heightened attention given to these issues by 
Park leadership.
      The managers have not agreed to provide $750,000 for an 
independent management, operational, performance and financial 
review of Yellowstone National Park, as proposed by the Senate. 
The Park is nearing completion of its business plan pursuant to 
the Service's business plan initiative. The managers intend to 
review carefully the information presented in that document, 
and subsequently reconsider the need for an additional, more 
comprehensive review. The managers are fully aware that there 
are unmet needs within the Park, but remain concerned that 
public comments by park staff do not reflect the substantial 
additional resources provided to the Park in recent years. The 
managers look forward to working with the Service to ensure 
that these resources are being properly managed for the benefit 
of the Park.
      The managers direct that the superintendent of Yosemite 
National Park renew, in such form as he deems appropriate, 
permits or authorizations for stock use by recreational service 
providers who were previously authorized by an appropriate 
agreement or permit to provide such recreational activities and 
services within the Park during 2002. These permits or 
authorizations may be renewed for one year only and under the 
same or similar terms and conditions as the activities and 
services authorized for that entity in 2002. The Superintendent 
shall not issue any such permit or authorization to any entity, 
which he determines is not qualified to receive such 
authorization based on past performance or present ability.
      Within the funds provided, the managers encourage the 
National Park Service to maximize and enhance the marketing of 
historic sites of the French and Indian War with those of the 
War for Independence campaign currently underway. The 250th 
anniversary of the French and Indian War, spanning 2004-2010, 
presents a significant opportunity to tell the story of 
America's early history leading up to the Revolutionary War. 
The character and capacity of leadership exhibited by men such 
as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Morgan, Daniel 
Boone, Adam Stephen, Charles Lee and Horatio Gates, was 
profoundly influenced, and in some cases directly shaped, by 
their experiences in the French and Indian War. By linking the 
narratives of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary 
War, a unique opportunity is created to attract and engage 
citizens and international visitors in developing a fresh and 
meaningful understanding of how the values of liberty and 
equality came to shape our nation.
      The managers note that the District of Columbia has 
developed plans for the design and construction of a Regional 
Sports Complex at Kenilworth Park in northeast Washington, a 
portion of which is owned by the National Park Service. The 
site, an area of approximately 50 acres, was a District 
landfill until the late 1960s when the landfill was capped.
      The Service has conducted a preliminary assessment/site 
investigation and a remedial investigation/feasibility study at 
the site. The latter study is in draft and has been coordinated 
with the District and EPA Region III. As a result of regulatory 
review, the managers understand that the District has requested 
a Human Health Risk Assessment from the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, and Region III of the Environmental 
Protection Agency has made extensive comments that will result 
in further investigations and require at least a year or more 
to complete.
      The managers direct the Service to work with the 
Government of the District of Columbia, specifically the D.C. 
Department of Recreation and the D.C. Sports and Entertainment 
Commission, to develop a land use plan for the development of 
Kenilworth Park that could be implemented in conjunction with 
remediation, and to report the results of that effort to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than six 
months after enactment of this Act. The managers recognize 
that, before any plan can be implemented for this site, 
environmental investigations and subsequent remediation must be 
completed.
      The Service is directed to provide level funding to the 
Carhart Wilderness Training Institute.
      The managers are concerned about a recent GAO report on 
travel expenses, both domestic and international. The report 
states that while $37-$50 million has been expended for travel 
in each of the last four years, the Service could not give 
specific information on the actual costs of domestic travel, 
international travel or travel to conferences because it does 
not routinely record these data. The Federal Travel Regulations 
require that agency travel accounting systems capture certain 
data, including travel type and purpose. The Service is not in 
compliance with these regulations.
      Over the last three years, travel has increased 29 
percent, including a 60 percent increase in the Washington 
office and a 32 percent increase in foreign travel--from 355 
annual trips to 470 trips in fiscal year 2002. While the 
managers understand that travel is a mission essential element, 
the GAO study demonstrates that the Service does not have 
sufficient controls in this area. With declining budgets, major 
efficiencies should be achieved in this area, which would free 
up needed resources for individual park units.
      The managers expect the Service to comply with all the 
GAO recommendations no later than September 30, 2003, and to 
submit annually, by October 1 of each year, a report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with detailed 
data on domestic travel, international travel, and travel to 
conferences. The data should be provided for the Washington 
office and for each region.

                       UNITED STATES PARK POLICE

      The conference agreement provides $78,431,000 for the 
United States Park Police, the same as the House and the 
Senate.

                  NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

      The conference agreement provides $61,667,000 for 
national recreation and preservation, instead of $56,330,000 as 
proposed by the House and $62,978,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $552,000 for recreation 
programs. Within the amount provided for natural programs, the 
managers earmark $250,000 for the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.
      The conference agreement provides $20,048,000 for 
cultural programs. Changes to the House level include decreases 
of $1,000,000 for National Register programs and $250,000 for 
the Heritage Education Model in Louisiana. The Service is 
directed to provide $250,000 for the Heritage Education Model 
in Louisiana from within available funds. The agreement retains 
$300,000 for Heritage Preservation, Inc.
      The conference agreement provides $14,374,000 for 
nationally designated Heritage Areas. Funds (excluding $119,000 
in administrative costs) are to be distributed as follows:

        Project                                                   Amount
America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership (Silos & 
    Smokestacks)........................................        $750,000
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area....................         600,000
Automobile National Heritage Area.......................         500,000
Blue Ridge Parkway National Heritage Area...............         250,000
Cache La Poudre River Corridor..........................          50,000
Cane River National Heritage Area.......................         995,000
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor..........         850,000
Erie Canalway National Corridor.........................         400,000
Essex National Heritage Area............................       1,000,000
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area..............         600,000
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor..         750,000
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage 
    Center..............................................         800,000
Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area................         650,000
National Coal Heritage Area.............................         210,000
Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor..........       1,000,000
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage 
    Center..............................................         850,000
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area..................       1,000,000
Schuykill River Valley National Heritage Area...........         500,000
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic 
    District............................................         500,000
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor...............       1,000,000
Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area.......................         210,000
Wheeling National Heritage Area.........................         580,000
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area....................         210,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Project total.......................................     $14,255,000
      The conference agreement provides $12,041,000 for 
statutory or contractual aid. The funds are to be distributed 
as follows:

        Project                                                   Amount
Aleutian World War II Historic Area.....................        $400,000
Brown Foundation........................................         201,000
Chesapeake Bay Gateways.................................       2,000,000
Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission.....................         449,000
Flight 93 Memorial......................................         300,000
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.....................         806,000
Jamestown 2007..........................................         200,000
Johnstown Area Heritage Association.....................          49,000
Lake Roosevelt Forum....................................          50,000
Lamprey River...........................................         600,000
Louisiana Purchase Comm of Arkansas.....................         200,000
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center..........................         528,000
National Constitution Center............................         500,000
Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program................         740,000
New Orleans Jazz Commission.............................          66,000
Office of Arctic Studies................................       1,500,000
Penn Center National Landmark...........................         500,000
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission......         802,000
Sewall-Belmont House....................................         400,000
Sleeping Rainbow Ranch, Capitol Reef NP.................         500,000
St. Charles Interpretive Center.........................         500,000
Vancouver National Historic Reserve.....................         250,000
Virginia Key Trust Miami................................         500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Total...............................................     $12,041,000

      The amount provided for the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
Commission includes $150,000 for interpretive exhibits. Funding 
for Ft. Piute in Mojave National Preserve is addressed in the 
operation of the national park system account.

                     URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND

      The conference agreement provides $300,000 for the urban 
park and recreation fund instead of $30,000,000 provided by the 
House and $10,000,000 as provided by the Senate. The managers 
have provided $300,000 for administrative expenses.

                       HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

      The conference agreement provides $69,000,000 for the 
historic preservation fund instead of $76,500,000 as provided 
by the House and $67,000,000 as provided by the Senate. The 
changes to the House level include a reduction of $6,000,000 
for grants in aid to States and Territories, $1,000,000 for 
grants in aid to Indian Tribes and a reduction of $500,000 for 
the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
      Included in the total is $30,000,000 for Save America's 
Treasures. Half of the funds for the Save America's Treasures 
program are to be distributed as follows:

        Project/State                                             Amount
AME Church, Madison, IN.................................        $100,000
Antigo Courthouse, Langlade County, WI..................         175,000
Battlefield Park Heritage Center, GA....................         300,000
Bealle Home, OH.........................................         200,000
Biltmore Hotel & Complex, FL............................         800,000
Brinton House, Perryville, KY...........................         250,000
Bronx Zoo, Rockefeller Fountain, NY.....................         300,000
Cass Historic District, WV..............................         350,000
Charles I.D. Looff Carousel, East Providence, RI........         250,000
Charles W. Morgan, CT...................................         345,000
Colony Theatre, Washington County, OH...................         300,000
Daly Mansion, MT........................................         300,000
Deerfield Historic Acropolis, MA........................         300,000
Des Moines Library, IA..................................         300,000
Dirigible Hangar B, Tillamook, OR.......................         250,000
Duquesne Incline, PA....................................         200,000
Ethan Allen Firehouse, VT...............................         500,000
Eureka Springs Historic Auditorium, AR..................         250,000
Farnsley--Kauffman House, KY............................         200,000
Fort Mifflin, PA........................................         250,000
Fox Theatre, CA.........................................         200,000
Gillioz Theatre, MO.....................................         250,000
Gordo Old Town Hall-Jail, AL............................          15,000
Grand Opera House, Dubuque, IA..........................         250,000
Great Brick Chapel, St Mary's City, MD..................         300,000
Green County Courthouse Square, AL......................         300,000
Gretna Post Office, LA..................................         200,000
Harden Gilmore House, WV................................         100,000
Historic Grafton Railroad Station, WV...................         300,000
Jefferson Barracks, MO..................................         200,000
John Jackson Center for Piedmont Blues, Fall Church, VA.          65,000
Judge Wickersham House, AK..............................         300,000
Kingman Courthouse, KS..................................         200,000
Livingston Depot, MT....................................         300,000
Ma Rainey Museum of the Blues, GA.......................         150,000
Majestic Theatre, OH....................................         200,000
Martin Luther King Jr. Central Union Terminal, Toledo, 
    OH..................................................         250,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY..........................         650,000
Minneapolis Park & Rec Board, Mill Ruins Park, MN.......         250,000
Montrose City Hall, CO..................................         250,000
National Army Museum of the Southwest, Fort Sill, OK....         500,000
Ogden Union Station, UT.................................         200,000
Port Angeles Carnegie Library Renovation, WA............         300,000
Roswell Museum, NM......................................         340,000
Sappa Park House, KS....................................           8,000
Silver Lake Bank Building, PA...........................          50,000
Smyrna Opera House/Town Hall, DE........................         300,000
Spokane Masonic Temple, WA..............................         300,000
Stone County Courthouse, MS.............................         250,000
Strong Museum, NY.......................................         225,000
Teeple Barn, IL.........................................         150,000
Thomas Cole House, NY...................................         200,000
Henderson Courthouse, NC................................         200,000
Touro University School of Nursing, Vallejo, CA.........         250,000
Vista del Rio, AZ.......................................          50,000
West Main Street, KY....................................         242,000
Westerly Armory, RI.....................................         300,000
White Island Lighthouse, Portsmouth, NH.................         250,000
Woodlawn Estate, Mt Vernon, VA..........................         235,000
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    Total...............................................     $15,000,000

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement provides $327,843,000 for 
construction instead of $325,186,000 as proposed by the House 
and $322,826,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funds are to be 
distributed as follows:

                                                               Planning/
        Project                                             Construction
Acadia NP, ME (rehab bridges)...........................      $3,351,000
Acadia NP, ME (upgrade utilities/camp)..................       5,171,000
Adams NP, MA (p/d visitor center).......................         541,000
Alice Ferguson Foundation, MD (rehabilitation)..........         400,000
Apostle Islands NL, WI (lighthouse).....................       1,600,000
Apostle Islands NL, WI (upgrade utility system).........       1,030,000
Arches NP, UT (replace visitor center)..................       5,600,000
Bent's Old Fort NHS, CO (new space/restrooms)...........       1,325,000
Big Bend NP, TX (Chisos Basin Campground)...............         464,000
Big Bend NP, TX (rehabilitation)........................         246,000
Big Bend NP, TX (sprinkler system)......................         673,000
Big Cypress NP, FL (rehab off-road trails)..............       1,000,000
Big South Fork National River & Rec Area, KY/TN (upgrade 
    exhibits)...........................................         400,000
Blue Ridge Parkway, NC..................................       1,624,000
Canaveral NS, FL........................................       1,400,000
Cave & Karst, NM........................................       2,000,000
Channel Islands NP, CA (animal protection devices)......       2,116,000
Chickasaw NRA, OK (construct visitor center)............       2,665,000
Colonial NP, VA (Jamestown collections).................       4,221,000
Congaree Swamp NM, SC (new maint facility)..............         650,000
Cumberland Gap NHP, KY (rehab wilderness road)..........       5,583,000
Cumberland Island NS, GA (Plum Orchard).................         442,000
Cumberland Island NS, GA (St. Mary's)...................       2,720,000
Cuyahoga NP, OH.........................................       2,500,000
Death Valley NP, CA (replace maint facility)............       2,007,000
Denali NP&P, AK (complete visitor center)...............       3,171,000
Eleanor Roosevelt NHS, NY (restoration).................         400,000
Everglades NP, FL (Pine Island waste water treatment)...       4,594,000
Everglades NP, FL (water system)........................      10,000,000
Fort Larned NHS, KS (rehab quarters)....................          30,000
Fort McHenry, MD (p/d visitor center)...................         200,000
Fort Osage NHL, MO (education center)...................         500,000
Fort Stanwix NM, NY.....................................       3,239,000
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP, VA (stabilize ruins).         750,000
Gateway NRA, NY (Jamaica Bay)...........................       3,299,000
General Grant NM, NY (rehab tomb).......................         175,000
George Washington Carver NM, MO (improvements)..........         300,000
George Washington Memorial Parkway, VA (Arlington 
    Boathouse, EA)......................................         600,000
George Washington Memorial Parkway, VA (Arlington House)         616,000
Gettysburg NMP, PA (conservation work)..................       2,500,000
Gettysburg NMP, PA (Wills house)........................         938,000
Glacier NP, MT (Many Glacier Hotel).....................       1,500,000
Golden Gate NRA, CA (Alcatraz barracks).................       1,210,000
Golden Gate NRA, CA (Cliff House).......................       1,914,000
Grand Portage NM, MN (heritage center)..................         400,000
Great Basin NP, NV (complete visitor center)............       2,700,000
Great Sand Dunes NM & Pres, CO (renovate visitor center)       4,424,000
Harpers Ferry NP, WV (renovate bldgs)...................       1,413,000
Hispanic Cultural Center, NM (complete).................       1,000,000
Homestead NHS, NE.......................................         300,000
Independence NHP, PA (site rehab).......................       4,923,000
Indiana Dunes NHP, IN...................................       2,389,000
Japanese American History (building 640)................         600,000
Jean Lafitte NHP, LA (Chalmette failing drainage & 
    Barataria exhibits).................................         500,000
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley NHC, RI 
    (restoration).......................................       1,000,000
Joshua Tree NP, CA (repair campgrounds).................          70,000
Keweenaw NHP, MI (rehab bldg)...........................         395,000
Lincoln Library & Museum, IL (construction).............       7,500,000
Mammoth Cave NP, KY (mitigate water pollution)..........         555,000
Manassas NB, VA (stabilize structures)..................       1,493,000
Mississippi Nat'l River & Rec. Area, MN (Mill City 
    Museum exhibits)....................................       1,000,000
Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, MN (Twin 
    Cities).............................................         750,000
Morris Thompson Visitor & Native Cultural Center, AK....       3,000,000
Morristown NHS, NJ......................................       3,200,000
Mt. Rainier NP, WA (seasonal dorms).....................       4,400,000
Mt. Rainier NP, WA (Guide House)........................         244,000
Natchez Trace Parkway, TN (access road).................         350,000
National Capital Parks-Central, DC (Lincoln Memorial 
    preservation).......................................       5,192,000
National Capital Parks-Central, DC (Lincoln Memorial 
    security)...........................................       6,183,000
National Museum of the American Revolution, PA..........         500,000
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, OH........       6,088,000
New Bedford Whaling NHP, MA (rehab Corson bldg).........         500,000
New River Gorge NSR, WV (infrastructure improvements)...         868,000
Olympic NP, WA (Elwha)..................................      21,781,000
Oregon Caves NP, OR.....................................       1,044,000
Organ Pipe NM, AZ (fencing).............................       7,000,000
Pea Ridge NMP, AR (rehab exhibits)......................         109,000
Pea Ridge NMP, AR (replace cannon carriages)............         230,000
Rocky Mountain NP, CO...................................       2,335,000
Saratoga NHP, NY (exhibits).............................         300,000
SF Maritime NHP, CA (C.A. Thayer).......................       1,000,000
Stones River NB, TN (trails)............................         250,000
SW Pennsylvania Heritage Commission, PA.................       2,500,000
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, KS.................       2,891,000
Thomas Stone NHS, MD (staff offices)....................         395,000
Tuskegee Airmen NHS, AL (oral histories)................         500,000
Ulysses S. Grant NHS, MO................................       1,994,000
USS Arizona Memorial, HI................................       1,157,000
Vicksburg NMP, MS (security upgrades)...................         300,000
Virginia City NHL, MT (restoration).....................       1,800,000
Washita NB, OK (completes)..............................       3,500,000
White House, DC.........................................       9,582,000
Wind Cave NP, SD........................................       2,172,000
Yellowstone NP, WY (rehabilitation).....................       6,396,000
Yellowstone NP, WY (upgrade fire protection)............         757,000
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      Subtotal..........................................     215,595,000
Emergency/Unscheduled Projects..........................       3,500,000
Housing replacement.....................................      10,000,000
Dam safety..............................................       2,700,000
Equipment replacement...................................      31,960,000
Construction planning...................................      25,400,000
Construction program management.........................      24,792,000
General management planning.............................      13,896,000
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      Total Construction................................    $327,843,000

      The managers recommend $1,600,000 for the Apostle Islands 
National Lakeshore for erosion control at the Outer Island 
lighthouse. These funds, combined with remaining balances in 
the planning account for this project, will complete the 
erosion control work.
      The managers did not retain funding for the following 
projects, because the Service indicated that, for various 
reasons, the funds could not be obligated in fiscal year 2003: 
Badlands National Park, Cape Cod National Seashore, Craters of 
the Moon National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park 
(electrical system), Petrified Forest National Park and 
Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful Inn project. The 
managers will consider funding when these projects are ready to 
move forward.
      The monies provided for Arches National Park, Colonial 
National Historical Park, Great Basin National Park, the 
Hispanic Cultural Center, Japanese American History (building 
640), Morristown National Historic Site, Cumberland Island 
National Seashore (St. Mary's) and the National Underground 
Railroad Freedom Center complete these projects.
      The managers have included funding this year to construct 
a new collections storage facility at Jamestown for Colonial 
National Historical Park. The managers understand that the 
current estimate for the next phase of the project, the 
replacement visitor center, is approximately $7,600,000, and 
strongly encourage the Service to include this component of the 
Jamestown 400th anniversary celebration in the fiscal year 2004 
budget request. The Service should manage the planning and 
design for the visitor center project to remain within the 
current cost estimate.
      The managers have deferred funding for repair and 
rehabilitation of Fort Washington, MD. The Service should 
develop a comprehensive solution to address the issues at Fort 
Washington, including identification of the priorities for 
stabilization work. The Service is encouraged to include 
funding for this project in the fiscal year 2004 budget, and 
include a summary of the aforementioned plan in the budget 
justification.
      The managers have agreed to $200,000 for Fort McHenry, MD 
for a development concept plan, not for construction design. It 
is estimated that the DCP process will take about a year to 
complete. The DCP will look at site alternatives, as well as 
concepts. The project will be submitted by the park for 
consideration within the NPS five-year planning process. There 
have not been any private partnership commitments yet, although 
a fundraising agreement is in place. Private fundraising 
efforts are not anticipated to begin until the DCP is 
completed. The managers strongly urge the park to downscale its 
expectation for a $14 million visitor center. The park should 
work closely with the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on the size and cost of the facility, as well as 
private funding commitments, before additional funds are 
provided for this project.
      The managers have included funding to initiate planning 
on three proposed visitor center projects. Because of concerns 
about the projected scope of these projects, and the need to 
address increased funding to reduce the deferred maintenance 
backlog, the managers are providing specific direction to limit 
the size and gross cost of these facilities, as follows; 
$3,500,000 for a new visitor facility at Washita National 
Battlefield, $4,000,000 for Grand Portage National Monument, 
and $4,500,000 for Homestead National Historic Site. Planning 
costs should be limited to 10% of the amounts listed above, 
consistent with the NAPA guidelines. The Service should provide 
an update to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
on its revised approach and its progress on these projects by 
May 1, 2003.
      The managers have provided $395,000 for Thomas Stone 
NHS--$300,000 to stabilize the East Wing and $95,000 to make a 
gravel parking lot ADA compliant. The managers have provided 
$500,000 under the operation of the national park system 
account for upgrades at the Wright Brothers National Memorial 
in North Carolina. The $400,000 for Eleanor Roosevelt NHS is 
for park restorations only as specified in the House report.
      The managers have provided planning funds for a proposed 
educational center to be constructed at Fort Osage in Missouri. 
The managers want to ensure that the scope and cost of the 
project are appropriate, given the visitation at the site, and 
that the project includes a significant private cost share. The 
managers urge the project sponsors and the Service to provide 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with a final 
plan for construction, which scales the project appropriately 
and which provides a significant non-Federal cost share before 
additional funds will be provided.
      The Administration has requested funding for the 
construction of security structures at the Washington Monument, 
and Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials in Washington, D.C. The 
Congress has previously provided language that would expedite 
the contracting process for these facilities so that 
construction could begin in the late summer of 2002 in 
accordance with the schedule provided by the Service. The 
managers now understand that the planning, review and clearance 
processes have delayed the start of construction for the 
Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial projects (by a full 
year). As a result of these delays, funds requested for these 
projects are no longer needed in fiscal year 2003. The managers 
direct the Administration to include funding for these projects 
in the fiscal year 2004 construction request.
      The managers are aware of the partnership project between 
the National Park Service and the Valley Forge Historical 
Society to contract and operate a National Center for the 
American Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park. 
Congress authorized the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
an agreement for this partnership in Public Law 106-86, but 
made no financial commitment to the construction of the 
project.
      While the partnership may provide opportunities to 
improve the care of important Revolutionary War era collections 
and enhance the educational opportunities afforded to visitors 
at the park, the planning for this facility must proceed 
cautiously. The project sponsors need to recognize the 
budgetary constraints facing all levels of government, as well 
as recent decreases in philanthropic giving. With these 
concerns in mind, the managers expect the National Park Service 
to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
on a reasonably scaled vision for the Center, with commitments 
for non-Federal cost share, no later than June 1, 2003. Future 
funding for this project is unlikely if the Service does not 
prioritize it as part of its five-year line-item construction 
program.
      Within the funds provided for General Management 
Planning, the Service is directed to complete the EA for the 
Mt. Vernon Trail and a new area study for Great Falls National 
Park and to support the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park 
general management plan consistent with Senate guidance.
      The managers have provided $7,500,000 to enhance the 
capacity of the Service to execute the infrastructure program. 
The managers expect that not more than 50 percent of these 
funds be used to hire staff in the regional offices. The 
balance should be used for contractor support. A report on the 
use of these funds should be provided to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.
      The managers are concerned with the number of partnership 
projects pursued by the National Park Service, but not 
prioritized by the agency nor considered in the establishment 
of the five-year line-item construction program. While 
partnerships are important in enhancing the public appreciation 
and understanding of the mission of all of the agencies funded 
in the Interior appropriations bill, the Federal commitment 
associated with such partnerships cannot be considered separate 
and apart from other demands for funding.
      The managers are troubled by the growing number of 
partnership projects for which the non-Federal partner pursues 
funding through the appropriations process. Increasingly, if 
these partnership projects receive funding, it will be as a 
trade-off against priorities identified in the agency budget 
request. Thus, it is important that agencies evaluate the 
priority these partnerships receive vis-a-vis the program 
requirements prioritized in the budget request, as well as the 
vast needs that don't make it into the budget each year.
      The President and the Congress have made a significant 
commitment to addressing the deferred maintenance backlog of 
the National Park Service, and every public dollar pursued for 
partnership projects involving new facilities means one less 
dollar dedicated to reducing the backlog. In addition, funding 
for the operational requirements of the National Park Service 
continues to be a significant concern, and pressure to provide 
increased funding for large construction investments will 
result in reduced capacity to address operational needs. If 
partnership projects are a priority for the Administration, 
then consideration should be given to adjusting the priority-
setting process for line-item construction to allow for their 
competition along with deferred maintenance and other projects.
      The funds provided for equipment replacement include 
funds to implement PMIS package #90252 regarding snow removal 
and related activities for Going-to-the-Sun Road at Glacier 
National Park. The managers expect that $500,000 will be used 
for replacement boats at Isle Royale National Park.

                    Land and Water Conservation Fund

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement rescinds the contract authority 
provided for fiscal year 2003 by 16 U.S.C. 4601-10a as proposed 
by both the House and the Senate.

                 Land Acquisition and State Assistance

      The conference agreement provides $172,468,000 for land 
acquisition and State assistance instead of $253,099,000 as 
proposed by the House and $204,005,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Funds should be distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                              Amount
Big Thicket National Preserve (TX)......................      $3,000,000
Black Canyon NP (CO)....................................         300,000
Chickamauga/Chattanooga NMP (TN)........................       1,030,000
Chickamauga/Chattanooga NMP (Moccasin Bend/Sarodino) 
    (TN)................................................       1,300,000
Delaware Water Gap Nat'l Recreation Area (NJ/PA)........       4,000,000
Gauley River NRA (WV)...................................       1,750,000
Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Mon and Preserve (CO)............       7,000,000
Gulf Islands National Seashore (MS).....................       6,000,000
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (HI).....................       8,500,000
Ice Age NST (WI)........................................       2,000,000
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (IN)...................         250,000
Keweenaw Nat'l Historic Park (MI).......................         600,000
Little Rock Central HS Nat'l Historic Site (AR).........         130,000
Missouri National Recreational River (SD)...............       1,000,000
Mojave National Preserve (CA)...........................       1,000,000
Point Reyes National Seashore (CA)......................       1,500,000
Richmond National Battlefield Park (VA).................       2,000,000
Saguaro National Park (AZ)..............................       2,320,000
Santa Monica Mountains NRA (CA).........................       1,000,000
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Nat'l Historic District 
    (VA)................................................       2,000,000
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (MI).............       1,000,000
South Florida Restoration (grant to state of FL)........      15,000,000
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (FL)..........       2,000,000
Valley Forge National Historic Park (PA)................       2,500,000
Western Arctic National Parklands (AK)..................       1,200,000
Wrangell-St. Elias Nat'l Park and Preserve (AK).........         500,000
Use of carryover balances...............................     -15,000,000
        Subtotal........................................      53,880,000
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Acquisition Management..................................      12,588,000
Emergencies/Hardships...................................       4,000,000
Inholdings/Exchanges....................................       4,000,000
Stateside Grants........................................      95,000,000
Stateside Administration................................       3,000,000
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        Total...........................................    $172,468,000

      The managers have not provided funding for Ebey's Landing 
NHR and Piscataway Park because there are presently no options 
to purchase land. The managers will be pleased to consider 
future funding requests.
      The Secretary should acquire the Bayliss property at 
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP that is now owned by the Cedar 
Creek Battlefield Foundation for an amount equal to the balance 
due on the current deed of trust on the property but no more 
than $368,000. The Secretary shall use funds from the National 
Park Service's hardship account to acquire the property.
      Upon completion of a new appraisal of Cat Island, MS, the 
Service should complete the first phase of the purchase using 
funds provided for Gulf Islands National Seashore, together 
with other available funds if necessary.
      The managers are aware of the concerns of the residents 
of the 8.5 Square Mile Area regarding the plan to implement 
section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and 
Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), called ``Alternative 
6D.'' This plan requires the acquisition of additional homes. 
To minimize disruption in the lives of these residents and to 
make them whole again, if the United States must take their 
property to proceed with implementation of Alternative 6D, the 
conference agreement allows the Corps to acquire additional 
residential property only if these residents are offered the 
opportunity to relocate to comparable land within the 8.5 
Square Mile Area. This means that the residents of the 8.5 
Square Mile Area who choose to relocate within that area must 
be offered land of equal or greater size, suitable under all 
applicable land use regulations for use that is the same as the 
actual use of the land on which they currently reside and 
eligible for all necessary permits required for such use. The 
managers also expect the financial assistance provided to such 
residents will allow them to build a replacement home of equal 
size, including costs of moving and temporary living 
arrangements during a reasonable period of time for design and 
construction. The managers understand that Federal funding in 
the amount of $6,000,000 has previously been appropriated and 
provided to the South Florida Water Management District for the 
purpose of acquiring replacement residential property. The 
language in the conference agreement also clarifies that this 
directive is not intended to stop the Alternative 6D project 
from moving forward.
      The language, specifically the text of subsection (b) 
(1), does not require the Corps of Engineers or the non-Federal 
sponsor to complete a relocation before completing a land 
acquisition, once the offer required by subsection (b) (1) is 
made. Such offers and land acquisitions may be made and 
completed in accordance with a schedule determined by the Corps 
of Engineers and the non-Federal sponsor and need not proceed 
sequentially.

                       Administrative Provisions

      The managers have retained the House language regarding 
the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.

                    UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

                 Surveys, Investigations, and Research

      The conference agreement provides $925,287,000 for 
surveys, investigations, and research instead of $928,405,000 
as proposed by the House and $914,617,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      There is a decrease below the House for the national 
mapping programs of $1,000,000 for Internet access.
      The managers recognize the need to implement The National 
Map for the Nation's urban areas. These urban areas are the 
home to more than 160 million citizens, located in areas 
subject to many natural hazards, such as coastal storms and 
wildland fires. The managers believe it is important to have 
up-to-date information available to Federal, State, and local 
governments, the private sector, and the public for emergency 
response. The managers recommend that the Survey continue its 
efforts to develop and implement The National Map, keeping the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations apprised of its 
progress and future plans through its budget submissions.
      Changes to the House for geology programs include 
increases of $1,000,000 for volcanic hazard equipment in 
Shemya, Alaska, $1,500,000 for the minerals at risk program 
which completes this project, $500,000 for the coastal erosion 
program, North Carolina, and decreases of $500,000 for the 
coastal program, $299,000 for Lake Mead/Hoover Dam, $500,000 
for the cooperative geological mapping program, $1,200,000 for 
EPCA studies, and $500,000 for the geothermal program.
      Changes to the House for water resources include 
increases of $200,000 for the Berkeley Pit study in Montana, 
$299,000 for the Lake Champlain toxic materials studies, 
$500,000 for Hawaiian water monitoring, $220,000 for an algae 
bloom study in Hawaii, and $195,000 for the Noyes Slough study 
in Alaska, and decreases of $1,000,000 for the Mexico border 
initiative, $580,000 for the Long-Term Estuary Group, $400,000 
for the Water Resources Research Institutes, $500,000 for toxic 
substances, and $105,000 for the Southern Maryland aquifer 
study.
      Within the funds provided for water resources, $1,000,000 
is earmarked for the Long-Term Estuary Assessment program.
      Funds have not been included for the Rathdrum Prairie/
Spokane Valley aquifer study as proposed by the Senate. The 
managers are supportive of the project generally, but 
understand that the required State or local matching funds have 
not yet been secured nor has an agreement been reached among 
all interested parties, including the Survey, detailing the 
scope and collaborative nature of the work. The managers would 
be willing to reconsider the project at a future date provided 
these issues are resolved.
      Increases above the House for biological research include 
$750,000 for the continuation of the Mark Twain National Forest 
mining study, $180,000 for the Yukon Flats salmon study, 
$500,000 for the Pallid Sturgeon study, $100,000 for the 
terrapin study in Maryland, $1,000,000 for a DNA bear study in 
Montana, $300,000 for a water study at the Leetown Science 
Center, $500,000 for Lake Tahoe decision support and decreases 
of $800,000 for the fire science program, $500,000 for 
amphibian research, $1,000,000 for NBII nodes, $500,000 for the 
cooperative research units uncontrollable costs, and $18,000 
for travel and transportation.
      The managers have supported the establishment of the NBII 
to improve access by Federal agencies, States, universities, 
and others to biological data and to promote information 
sharing. The managers have provided significant funding 
increases to NBII in recent years but are concerned about an 
apparent lack of direction and budget accountability. These 
concerns need to be resolved before additional funding 
increases can be considered.
      Therefore, the managers direct the Survey to prepare a 
strategic plan outlining the prioritized vision for the network 
including details and a time line on all new nodes, expansions 
of existing nodes, the costs associated with each node, and all 
other projects that are part of the NBII program. The plan 
should explicitly address national and international 
objectives.
      The plan should address how the existing and planned 
network relates to the Survey's overall strategic and 
programmatic goals for enhanced data sharing. The Survey should 
provide information on the potential for cost sharing and how 
NBII relates to existing, non-Federal data networks such as 
Natureserve. As part of the strategic planning process, the 
managers would like to see peer-review comments from leading 
biologists and informatics specialists that are not associated 
with the current NBII partnership.
      Finally, the report should show accomplishments to date 
for each node, listing national and international 
accomplishments, a list of partners involved, and how each 
accomplishment supports the biological goals for the Survey and 
the Department. The report should specifically address which 
NBII accomplishments support USGS science centers and Interior 
land management agencies. This information should be provided 
to the Committees by April 30, 2003.
      There is a decrease below the House for science support 
of $1,635,000 for accessible data transfer.
      Changes to the House for facilities include an increase 
of $375,000 for the Leetown Research Center expansion, and a 
decrease of $200,000 for the Tunison laboratory.
      The managers support strongly Survey partnerships with 
coalitions of institutions that maintain a strong emphasis on 
collaborative research, Federal-State partnerships, and public-
private partnerships. Wherever possible, the managers encourage 
the Survey to co-locate at these institutions when this 
furthers the goals of the Survey, the Department, and the 
Administration.
      The managers encourage the Survey and the General 
Services Administration (GSA) to continue to work towards 
completion of a satisfactory plan for relocating the Survey's 
Western programs to more adequate space. They are aware that 
one of the most promising options is a 30-year build-to-suit 
lease for facilities located on land at the University of 
California at Santa Cruz. The managers believe that GSA and the 
Survey should try to reach agreement on the lease if it is in 
the best interest of the Survey, the science programs, and is a 
cost effective option.

                       Administrative Provisions

      The managers have made technical changes to the bill 
language proposed by the House to make it easier for the Survey 
to co-locate its facilities.

                      MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

                Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management

      The conference agreement provides $165,321,000 for 
royalty and offshore minerals management instead of 
$164,721,000 as proposed by the House and $164,322,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      Changes to the House for royalty and offshore minerals 
management include increases of $800,000 for the Center for 
Marine Resources, and $800,000 for the Marine Mineral 
Technology Center in Alaska, and a decrease of $1,000,000 for 
the information management program.
      The managers have again provided $1,400,000 to the 
Offshore Technology Research Center to perform critical mission 
research for MMS through the cooperative agreement dated June 
18, 1999.
      Within the funds provided for royalty and offshore 
minerals management $150,000 is earmarked for the Alaska 
Whaling Commission.

                           Oil Spill Research

      The conference agreement provides $6,105,000 for oil 
spill research as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

          OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

                       Regulation and Technology

      The conference agreement provides $105,367,000 for 
regulation and technology as proposed by the House and the 
Senate. Funding for the activities and budget instructions 
should follow the House recommendation. The managers understand 
that the administration's proposal to give a special allotment 
of grants to West Virginia is no longer needed. Instead, the 
allocation of grants to States should follow the normal 
methodology.

                    ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

      The conference agreement provides $191,745,000 for the 
abandoned mine reclamation fund as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $184,745,000 as proposed by the House. Funding for 
the activities and budget instructions should follow the Senate 
recommendations. The managers have also included the Senate 
proposed bill language included in previous years concerning 
certain aspects of the State of Maryland program.

                        BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

                      Operation of Indian Programs

      The conference agreement provides $1,857,319,000 for the 
operation of Indian programs instead of $1,859,064,000 as 
proposed by the House and $1,855,635,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Decreases below the House for tribal priority allocations 
include $1,120,000 for new tribes and $2,000,000 for welfare 
assistance.
      Increases above the House for other recurring programs 
include $2,000,000 for tribally controlled community colleges, 
$50,000 for Western Washington Bolt, $15,000 for Great Lakes 
resource management, $100,000 for the Alaska Sea Otter 
Commission, $800,000 for the Bering Sea Fisherman's 
Association, $146,000 for the bison program, $350,000 for the 
Chugach Regional Resources Commission, and $320,000 for the 
upper Columbia River tribes, and decreases of $2,000,000 for 
ISEP formula funds, $1,000,000 for student transportation, 
$1,900,000 for facilities operation and maintenance, $4,000,000 
for administrative cost grants, and $441,000 for the timber, 
fish and wildlife program.
      The funding increase included for the Chippewa/Ottawa 
Resource Authority is to be allocated equally between the 
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians and the Little River 
Band of Ottawa Indians.
      Increases above the House for non-recurring programs 
include $1,500,000 for the distance learning program in 
Montana, $750,000 for the Rural Alaska fire program, $50,000 
for the North Dakota Department of Agriculture's fire 
assistance program in Sioux County, and $350,000 for attorney 
fees, and decreases of $200,000 for the Navajo/Hopi settlement 
program and $314,000 for the endangered species program.
      Increases above the House for special programs and pooled 
overhead include $200,000 for the Law Institute for American 
Indians, $100,000 for the United Sioux Tribes Development 
Corporation, $500,000 for the Alaska native aviation training 
program, $1,000,000 for the Yuut Elitnavuviat learning center, 
$1,000,000 for the Western Heritage Center Distance-Learning 
and Training Program, and $2,000,000 for detention center 
staffing.
      The managers do not understand the disparate treatment of 
Crownpoint Institute of Technology and the United Sioux Tribes 
Technical College related to contract support. Unless there is 
an objection by the Navajo Nation to Crownpoint being treated 
as a tribal organization, the managers expect the Bureau to 
provide this funding under a P.L. 93-638 contract and include 
contract support.
      The managers direct the Bureau to develop a study dealing 
with child abuse and child welfare. This study should detail 
the adverse effects of child abuse on American Indians and 
Alaska natives. As part of the study the Bureau should provide 
recommendations for reducing incidents of child abuse including 
the potential for developing cost-shared pilot projects with 
tribal organizations, States, and non-profit organizations. The 
Bureau should provide this study to the Committees by April 30, 
2003.
      The managers do not concur with the Senate report 
language directing the Bureau to establish a service area for 
the Samish Indian Nation. Currently this issue is being 
litigated, and the Department of the Interior is in settlement 
discussions with the tribe. The managers believe that this 
process is the appropriate avenue for resolving these issues.
      Bill language has been included under operation of Indian 
programs to allow the use of ISEP contingency funds to cover 
the expenses of negotiated rulemaking required by the No Child 
Left Behind Act.

                              Construction

      The conference agreement provides $348,252,000 for 
construction as proposed by the Senate instead of $345,252,000 
as proposed by the House.
      The managers have provided a $3,000,000 increase above 
the House for the tribal school construction demonstration 
program.
      Language has been included under Title I general 
provisions authorizing a tribal school construction 
demonstration program through fiscal year 2007.

 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO 
                                INDIANS

      The conference agreement provides $60,949,000 for Indian 
land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
Indians as proposed by the House instead of $57,949,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.

                 Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account

      The conference agreement provides $5,493,000 for the 
Indian guaranteed loan program as proposed by the House and 
Senate.

                          DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

                            Insular Affairs

                       ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

      The conference agreement provides $76,217,000 for 
assistance to territories instead of $73,217,000 as proposed by 
the House and $75,217,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
managers have agreed to Compact impact assistance funding out 
of the technical assistance activity of $3,000,000 for Hawaii 
and $1,000,000 for Guam. The managers have also included the 
$1,000,000 recommended by the House for U.S. Virgin Islands 
court mandated infrastructure needs and $1,000,000 for the 
Prior Service Trust Fund. The managers agree with the House 
direction to the Interior Department concerning a new, long-
term solution to the Prior Service Trust Fund financing problem 
and with Senate direction for a Federal-local financing plan 
for the U.S. Virgin Islands. This latter report should be 
submitted by April 30, 2003. The managers also direct that the 
CNMI local matching requirement for fiscal year 2003 capital 
improvement grants be waived due to the extensive damage caused 
by supertyphoon Pongsona.

                      COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

      The conference agreement provides $20,985,000 for the 
Compact of Free Association instead of $21,045,000 as proposed 
by the House and $20,925,000 as proposed by the Senate. This 
includes a total of $1,631,000 for Enewetak support. The 
increase above the request is for repairs to the shipping 
vessel which provides food to Enewetak.

                        DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $72,427,000 for 
departmental management as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$57,533,000 as proposed by the House. Changes to the House 
include increases of $15,000,000 to restore funds cut on the 
House floor, $400,000 for Departmental Direction and a decrease 
of $506,000 for Central Services.
      The managers encourage the Federal partners responsible 
for the Great Lakes Visitor Center, WI, to increase funding for 
the center in fiscal year 2003, especially for important 
initiatives such as its environmental education program.
      The conference agreement includes bill language under 
``Department of the Interior, General Provisions'', permitting 
the use of Departmental Management funds to pay for shortfalls 
at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
      The managers direct the Secretary to release a plan for 
assisting States, Federal agencies, and tribes managing chronic 
wasting disease in wild and captive cervids within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act.

                        OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $47,773,000 for the 
office of the solicitor as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$47,473,000 as proposed by the House.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $36,239,000 for office 
of inspector general, the same as the House and the Senate.

                   NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides no funds for salaries 
and expenses of the National Indian Gaming Commission as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the 
House.
      Language has been included under Title I general 
provisions increasing the fees available to the National Indian 
Gaming Commission from $8,000,000 to $12,000,000 beginning in 
fiscal year 2004.
      The Commission is directed to consult with tribal 
governments on both the development, pursuant to section 18 of 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2717), of a new fee 
schedule resulting from increasing the fee cap from $8,000,000 
to $12,000,000, and on the regulations published at 67 Federal 
Register 41166 (June 17, 2002). The managers concur that not 
more than $120,000 of the funds available to the Commission be 
used for this consultation process.

             OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

                         FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement provides $141,277,000 for 
Federal trust programs as proposed by the House instead of 
$151,027,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The managers once again express their reservations about 
funding for the historical accounting project. The managers 
have provided an increased level of funds over the fiscal year 
2002 enacted level for historical accounting. However, the 
managers remain very concerned about appropriating hundreds of 
millions of dollars for this project at the expense of other 
high priority programs in this bill, including other Indian 
programs. The managers believe that it is more important to fix 
prospectively the trust systems thereby allowing the Secretary 
to continue to meet her trust and fiduciary responsibilities to 
Indian country.
      The managers have modified the bill language for the 
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians noting that of 
the funds provided $15,000,000 is for the historical 
accounting.

                       INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

      The conference agreement provides $7,980,000 for Indian 
land consolidation programs as proposed by the House instead of 
$10,980,000 as proposed by the Senate.

           NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION

                NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

      The conference agreement provides $5,538,000 for the 
natural resource damage assessment fund as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement retains language proposed by the 
Senate regarding the transfer of an aircraft to Kane County, 
UT.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

      The conference agreement includes sections 101 through 
111, which were identical in both the House and the Senate 
bills.
      The conference agreement includes the text of the 
following sections in the House bill, which contained identical 
text in the Senate bill, but had different section numbers in 
the Senate bill. The House section numbers were 115, 116, 117, 
118, 119, 121, 122, 123, and 124.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 112 of the House bill, which prohibits the National 
Park Service from reducing recreation fees for non-local travel 
through a park unit.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 113 of the House bill permitting the transfer of funds 
between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Office of Special 
Trustee for American Indians. The Senate had a similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement modifies House section 114 
regarding retention of proceeds from operations at Fort Baker.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 125 of the House bill authorizing funds for Shenandoah 
Valley Battlefield National Historical District and Ice Age 
National Scenic Trail to be transferred to a State, local, or 
other governmental land management entity for acquisition of 
lands.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 126 of the House bill prohibiting the closure of the 
lunchroom at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The Senate 
addressed this issue in Title III.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 127 of the House bill preventing demolition of a bridge 
between Ellis Island and New Jersey.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 128 of the House bill prohibiting clothing optional 
usage at Canaveral National Seashore.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 129 of the House bill permitting the expenditure of 
funds for incidental expenses related to the National Wildlife 
Refuge System Centennial. The Senate had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement retains language in section 130 
of the House bill authorizing the Park Service to enter into a 
cooperative agreement with Capital Concerts.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 131 of the House bill requiring the Department of the 
Interior to provide a summary of the Ernst and Young report on 
the historical accounting of the named plaintiffs in Cobell v. 
Norton. The Senate had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement modifies language proposed in 
section 132 of the House bill limiting compensation for the 
Special Master and Special Master-Monitor appointed by the 
court in Cobell v. Norton to not more than 200 percent of the 
highest Senior Executive Service rate of pay. The modification 
changes the name of Court Monitor to the Special Master-
Monitor. The Senate had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 133 of the House bill requiring the Special Trustee for 
American Indians to appoint new Advisory Board members. The 
Senate had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 134 of the House bill allowing the Secretary of the 
Interior to pay private attorney fees for employees and former 
employees named in connection with Cobell v. Norton. The Senate 
had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 135 of the House bill allowing the Interior 
firefighting Bureaus to engage in firefighting activities on 
non-Federal lands. The Senate had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement retains language in section 136 
of the House bill extending the deadline for submission of the 
report and termination of the Commission to create a National 
Museum of African American History and Culture.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 137 of the House bill, which allows funds for the 
National Museum of African American History and Culture to 
remain available until expended.
      The conference agreement modifies language proposed in 
section 138 of the House bill requiring the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service to implement a system of mass marking of 
salmonid stocks released from Federally operated or Federally 
financed hatcheries. The modification requires that the fish 
have a visible mark that can be readily identified by 
commercial and recreational fishers. The Senate had no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
section 139 of the House bill naming the visitor center at the 
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico as the 
``Joseph R. Skeen Visitor Center''. The Senate had no similar 
provision.
      Section 122--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 120 of the Senate bill continuing the 
tribal school construction demonstration program through fiscal 
year 2007. The House had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement does not include the text of 
section 123 as proposed by the Senate, which prohibited the use 
of funds to approve the transfer of lands in South Fox Island, 
Michigan.
      Section 140--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 124 of the Senate bill making permanent the 
contract authority for transportation at Zion NP, UT and Rocky 
Mountain NP, CO. The House had a one-year extension for Zion 
NP, UT, in section 120.
      Section 141--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 125 of the Senate bill removing grant 
restrictions in a heritage education park in Fairbanks, Alaska.
      The conference agreement does not retain language 
proposed in section 126 of the Senate bill relating to a right-
of-way for a pipeline for the Cadiz groundwater project.
      Section 142--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 127 of the Senate bill authorizing the use 
of previously appropriated funds to plan the John Adams 
Presidential Memorial.
      Section 143--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 128 of the Senate bill providing that funds 
appropriated and remaining available in the Construction (Trust 
Fund) Account of the National Park Service at the completion of 
all authorized projects shall be available for the 
rehabilitation and improvement of Going-to-the-Sun Road in 
Glacier National Park.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed in section 129 of the Senate bill directing the Park 
Service to make interim payments as part of the Glacier Bay 
compensation program.
      Section 144--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 130 of the Senate bill dealing with grants 
under the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Act 
of 1992. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 145--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 131 of the Senate bill dealing with a 
modification to a previous Act with respect to taking certain 
lands into trust in Kansas.
      Section 146--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 132 of the Senate bill modifying a 
provision from a previous Act conveying land from the Bureau of 
Land Management to the city of Mesquite, Nevada.
      Section 147--The conference agreement modifies language 
proposed in section 133 of the Senate bill permitting the 
transfer of previously appropriated construction funds for 
operations and maintenance at Midway Atoll National Wildlife 
Refuge. The modification permits the transfer of funds from 
Departmental Management, if necessary, to cover operational and 
maintenance shortfalls at the refuge. The House had no similar 
provision.
      Section 148--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 134 of the Senate bill changing the 
authority for a museum in Oklahoma from the Secretary of the 
Interior to the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library 
Services. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 149--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 135 of the Senate bill allowing advance 
payments to the Department's franchise fund. The House had no 
similar provision.
      Section 150--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 136 of the Senate bill authorizing 
$10,000,000 per year for six years, for restoration of 
historically black colleges and universities, and reducing cost 
share requirements.
      Section 151--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 137 of the Senate bill deeming the Record 
of Decision for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline right-of-way 
sufficient to meet NEPA requirements.
      Section 152--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 138 of the Senate bill expressing the Sense 
of the Congress with respect to flow rates in the Missouri 
River.
      Section 153--The conference agreement modifies language 
proposed in section 139 of the Senate bill regarding treatment 
of monies in the abandoned mine reclamation fund. This 
provision allows the transfer of up to an additional 
$34,000,000 if the United Mine Workers Combined Benefit Fund 
has a deficit, but this section shall cease to have any force 
and effect after September 30, 2004.
      Section 154--The conference agreement retains language in 
section 140 as proposed by the Senate, which raises the 
development ceiling for New Bedford Whaling National Historical 
Park.
      The language proposed in section 141 of the Senate bill, 
extending the Quincy Library Group project, CA, authorization 
is addressed in Title III, section 338.
      Section 155--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 142 of the Senate bill modifying a Coastal 
Barrier Resources Act map for land in Virginia. The House had 
no similar provision.
      Section 156--The conference agreement modifies language 
proposed in section 143 of the Senate bill regarding certain 
OCS leases in California. The modification changes the 
provision from a Sense of the Senate to a Sense of the 
Congress. The House had a similar provision in Title III 
general provisions.
      The conference agreement does not retain language 
proposed in section 144 of the Senate bill requiring a study on 
communications towers and avian mortality.
      The conference agreement modifies language proposed in 
section 145 of the Senate bill extending the authorization for 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; requiring the filling of SPR 
to capacity as soon as practicable; and amending legislation 
dealing with the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve. The 
language in the conference agreement is limited to a five-year 
extension of the SPR authorization. The House had no similar 
provision. The modified language is included in Title III, 
section 339 of this conference agreement.
      Section 157--The conference agreement modifies language 
in section 146 of the Senate bill to provide authority to the 
Army Corps of Engineers to assist homeowners, that are being 
relocated because of the Modified Water Deliveries project, to 
relocate to comparable land within the 8.5 Square Mile Area. 
The language also clarifies that this provision is not intended 
in any way to stop the alternative 6D project from moving 
forward. This issue is addressed in greater detail under 
National Park Service land acquisition.
      Section 158--The conference agreement includes language 
prohibiting the study or implementation of a plan to drain Lake 
Powell.
      Section 159--The conference agreement includes language 
raising the ceiling for fees by the National Indian Gaming 
Commission from $8,000,000 to $12,000,000 in fiscal year 2004.
      Section 160--The conference agreement includes language 
establishing, as a unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National 
Memorial Park, the Moccasin Bend National Archaeological 
District.
      Section 161--The conference agreement includes language 
authorizing a transfer of 1.7 acres of excess lands to the 
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                     FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

      The conference agreement provides $251,685,000 for forest 
and rangeland research instead of $252,000,000 as proposed by 
the House and $247,804,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes 
to project funding from the House bill include: an increase of 
$2,000,000 for Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA), a decrease 
of $850,000 for the advanced housing research consortium, a 
reduction of $500,000 for adelgid and insect research in the 
east, an increase of $1,500,000 for sudden oak death research, 
an increase of $500,000 for the global climate change program, 
a decrease of $4,165,000 for fixed costs, an increase of 
$500,000 for invasive species research, $500,000 for the Joe 
Skeen Institute for Rangeland Restoration, and an increase of 
$200,000 for Baltimore, MD, urban watershed research.
      The managers agree to the following more specific 
direction for the above items:
      1. The managers provide $500,000 for the development of 
carbon sequestration rules and protocols as part of the Climate 
Change Initiative.
      2. The managers direct $500,000 for expanded research in 
the control and management of pests and pathogens, including 
hemlock woolly adelgid, to the forest science laboratory at 
Morgantown, West Virginia. The managers expect these funds to 
address high priority work throughout the northeast.
      3. The managers provide $200,000 to the Northeastern 
Research Station for high priority research associated with the 
Urban Watershed Forestry Research and Demonstration Cooperative 
in Baltimore, Maryland, as part of the program direction for 
Revitalizing Baltimore and the Baltimore Ecosystem Study.
      4. The managers encourage the Forest Service to work with 
the Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory in order to 
further the goals of the FIA program and the Institute.
      5. The managers direct the Forest Service to prepare a 
strategic plan with a national focus that will demonstrate how 
the agency intends to address the spread of sudden oak death. 
This strategic plan should consider the proper balance between 
the allocation of research and eradication resources and how 
these resources can best be coordinated within the Forest 
Service as well as with other Federal, State, and local 
entities.

                       State and Private Forestry

      The conference agreement provides $286,574,000 for State 
and private forestry instead of $279,828,000 as proposed by the 
House and $297,472,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides, as proposed by the 
House, $50,374,000 for Federal lands forest health management, 
$31,038,000 for cooperative lands forest health management, and 
no funding for the proposed emerging pest and pathogens fund. 
The managers agree with the concept of withholding some forest 
health funding from immediate distribution to address new 
problems that may emerge during the year, but the managers feel 
that far greater management efficiency and flexibility will 
exist if a new account is not created. The agreement includes 
bill language proposed by the House which clarifies that 
funding in this account should be used for the treatment of 
invasive or noxious plants. The managers have moved the 
$300,000 proposed by the Senate for leafy spurge control in the 
Dakota Prairie grasslands to the national forest system 
account. The cooperative lands forest health management 
activity includes the $300,000 proposed by the Senate for 
Vermont forest monitoring and a total of $1,700,000 for sudden 
oak death control. These funds should be allocated primarily to 
States with the most severe outbreaks of sudden oak death. 
Funding proposed by the Senate under this heading for sudden 
oak death research has been moved to the forest and rangeland 
research account.
      The conference agreement includes $25,653,000 for State 
fire assistance instead of $25,353,000 as proposed by the House 
and $25,853,000 as proposed by the Senate, the change from the 
House proposal being an increase of $300,000 for Cook Inlet 
Tribal Council, AK, spruce bark beetle management. The agency 
shall follow Senate direction concerning distribution of these 
funds. The agreement also includes $5,040,000 for volunteer 
fire assistance as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 
The conference agreement also includes additional funds for 
State fire and volunteer fire assistance as part of the 
national fire plan funding within the wildland fire management 
account.
      The conference agreement includes $32,221,000 for forest 
stewardship as proposed by the Senate instead of $36,898,000 as 
proposed by the House. Changes from the House proposal are 
increases of $250,000 for the Chesapeake Bay program and 
$300,000 for Utah forestry education; there is a general 
decrease of $5,227,000. The managers note that an additional 
$20,000,000 is available for similar activities in the forest 
land enhancement program (FLEP) from mandatory farm bill funds. 
The managers direct the Forest Service to show clearly in all 
future budget justifications within the text for State and 
private forestry how mandatory funding for FLEP, provided in 
the farm bill, will be allocated and how this funding relates 
to forest stewardship activities.
      The conference agreement includes $68,827,000 for the 
forest legacy program instead of $60,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and $74,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
agreement retains bill language proposed by the House requiring 
notification to the Appropriations Committees when the Forest 
Service makes funds available for specific forest legacy 
projects. The conference agreement also includes bill language, 
modifying language proposed by the House, stipulating that 
forest legacy grants must be for specific projects or for 
specific tasks undertaken when a State joins the program. In 
addition, the conference agreement has modified the bill 
language proposed by the House concerning the need for a 25% 
cost share of the total value of each project. The managers 
concur that the Forest Service should require that a minimum 
25% cost share must be secured over the life of each grant.
      The conference agreement also includes bill language, 
which gives the State of Maine until January 31, 2004 to 
complete the West Branch project. If this project is not 
completed by this date, the entire amount previously 
appropriated for this project, $20,013,145, shall be 
transferred to the Forest Service wildland fire management 
account and be made available for the highest national priority 
rehabilitation and restoration projects. The managers expect 
that the final West Branch project will include a substantial 
fee ownership for the State of about 47,000 acres and that 
there will also be completed a conservation easement to the 
Forest Society of Maine, or similar group, of about 282,000 
acres.
      The conference agreement directs the Forest Service to 
follow the House proposed direction for the forest legacy 
program, with the following exceptions:
      1. The managers concur with the House language requiring 
the Forest Service to submit a five-year legacy program 
strategy but the strategy should articulate the forest legacy 
program's national goals, objectives, performance measures, and 
the issues and trends affecting forests in regions across the 
country. This strategy should also provide a national 
perspective for the forest legacy program and assist States in 
contributing to national and regional conservation needs. The 
managers further direct that the Forest Service revise and 
finalize its Forest Legacy Program Implementation Guidelines by 
June 30, 2003. The revised guidelines should include definitive 
guidance regarding project definition, cost shares, monitoring, 
appraisals, and other areas of concern noted in the Committee's 
report, dated June 14, 2002.
      2. The managers are concerned with the manner in which 
the cost share is calculated for legacy projects. Rather than 
requiring a 25% cost share for each project before a grant may 
be awarded as proposed by the House, the managers concur that 
the Forest Service should require that a minimum of 25% of the 
total cost share of each project should come from non-Federal 
sources over the course of the grant period and that each 
project grant must document the total value of the project's 
non-federal cost share. The Forest Service shall strictly 
comply with existing Office of Management and Budget Circulars 
concerning matching requirements for federal grants.
      3. The managers recognize that given the often complex 
and lengthy nature of negotiations for the purchase of 
conservation easements, the agency may submit a request for 
project funding in its budget justification, which only 
specifies a geographical area rather than a specific tract. 
However, the managers will not appropriate funds for such 
projects until the agency has identified the specific tracts to 
be purchased.
      4. The managers concur that, to the greatest extent 
possible, legacy easements should provide for public access but 
the managers also recognize that there may be reasons why such 
access is impractical because of natural resource or public 
safety concerns. The managers expect the agency to indicate to 
the Committees in advance when an easement will not provide for 
public access and the reasons why such access is inappropriate.
      5. The managers are concerned that forest legacy program 
managers may not be able to use the Forest Service's official 
financial accounting system, the Foundation Financial 
Information System (FFIS), to manage forest legacy funds due to 
the system's limitations. The managers direct the Forest 
Service to ensure that FFIS contains accurate and complete 
expenditure information for forest legacy grants and that it 
supports program management information requirements. The 
managers concur with the House proposal concerning the need to 
track the status of individual projects, to require separate 
grants for each project, and to use a single grant 
authorization and payment system for the forest legacy program. 
However, the managers understand that the FFIS system may not 
be able to manage information in this fashion. If so, the 
managers expect the agency to develop and have fully 
operational, an independent system which is capable of 
performing these functions by the close of the fiscal year.
      6. The conference agreement includes new State start-up 
funds only for Alaska and Idaho, although the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations will carefully consider other 
States for inclusion in the program in future years.
      The conference agreement includes the following 
distribution of funds for the forest legacy program:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             State                     Project             Conference
------------------------------------------------------------------------
AK............................  New State start-up...           $500,000
AL............................  Perdido River........          2,000,000
CO............................  Spruce Mountain Ranch          1,875,000
CT............................  Stone House Brook              1,100,000
                                 Project.
DE............................  Green Horizons, phase          1,000,000
                                 2.
GA............................  Pine Mountain........          4,000,000
GA............................  Sheffield............            100,000
HI............................  McCandless Ranch.....          1,300,000
ID............................  New State start-up...            500,000
IA............................  Yellow River Forest              700,000
                                 Project.
IL............................  Coon Creek Woods.....             95,000
IL............................  Kyte River...........            305,000
IN............................  Mt. Tea Ridge........          1,600,000
MA............................  Karner Brook Ridge...            305,000
MA............................  Camp Hi-rock.........            500,000
MA............................  Eagleville Pines.....            835,000
MD............................  Pintail..............            150,000
MD............................  Deer Creek...........            150,000
ME............................  Leavitt Plantation...            600,000
ME............................  West Branch, phase 2.          2,500,000
MN............................  North Duluth, phase              410,000
                                 1&2.
MT............................  Schiemann............            600,000
MT............................  Thompson Fisher,               4,000,000
                                 phase 4.
NC............................  RPM project..........          1,500,000
NH............................  Connecticut Lakes              8,000,000
                                 Headwaters.
NJ............................  Lake Gerard, New               3,000,000
                                 Jersey Highlands.
NM............................  Legunas Bonitas......          1,500,000
NY............................  East Branch Fish               1,500,000
                                 Creek, phase 2.
OR............................  South Eugene Hills...          1,062,000
PR............................  Rio Abajo North area,            500,000
                                 phase 2.
RI............................  Weetamoe Woods, phase            250,000
                                 2.
RI............................  DuVal Trail Corridor.            200,000
SC............................  Coastal Forest                 5,000,000
                                 Ecosystem
                                 Restoration
                                 Initiative, phase 3.
TN............................  Anderson--Tully......          3,500,000
TN............................  McGlothin tract......            800,000
UT............................  Castle Rock, phase 2.          2,000,000
UT............................  Chalk Creek                    1,600,000
                                 (Blonquist).
VA............................  Sandy Point..........            575,000
VA............................  Romine project.......            600,000
VT............................  Bull & Sable.........          2,600,000
WA............................  Skykomish River                  920,000
                                 Landscape, phase 2.
WI............................  Bad River Headwaters.          3,450,000
WI............................  Baraboo Hills........          1,000,000
                                                      ------------------
    Project Subtotal.................................         64,682,000
Forest Service program admin. & AON Planning.........          4,145,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total, Forest Legacy.............................        $68,827,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      The conference agreement includes $36,235,000 for the 
urban and community forestry program as proposed by the House 
instead of $37,750,000 proposed by the Senate. Changes from the 
House proposal for this activity include decreases of $100,000 
from northeast PA community forestry and $500,000 from the 
Chicago greenstreets program, and increases of $350,000 for 
Cook County forest preserve, IL, $200,000 for Milwaukee, WI, 
and $250,000 for Baltimore, MD urban watershed activities and a 
$200,000 general decrease. Senate proposed funding for 
Baltimore urban watershed research has been moved to the forest 
and rangeland research account.
      The conference agreement includes the following 
distribution of funds for the economic action programs:

        Program/Project                                       Conference
Economic Recovery Base Program..........................      $5,000,000
Rural Development Base Program..........................       4,000,000
Forest Products Conservation & Recycling................       1,300,000
Wood In Transportation..................................       1,000,000
Special Projects:
    Allegheny NF Area Regional Tourism, PA..............         200,000
    Arid Lands Research Consortium......................         300,000
    Cradle Of Forestry Conservation Ed, NC..............         590,000
    Cradle Of Forestry Sustainability Study, NC.........         150,000
    Four Corners Sustainable Forestry...................       1,000,000
    Gonzaga Un. Inland NW Natural Resources Research 
      Center, WA........................................         900,000
    Hardwood Forestry Foundation........................         200,000
    Institute Of Forest Biotechnology Risk Analysis, NC.         150,000
    KY Mine Waste Reforestation.........................       1,000,000
    Lake Tahoe Erosion Control Grants, CA NV............       2,500,000
    Little Sandy River, OR..............................       1,000,000
    NY City Watershed Enhancement.......................         750,000
    Univ. WA Landscape Management.......................         200,000
    Univ. WA & WA St. U. Extension Forestry.............         600,000
    Kake Land Exchange, AK..............................       1,000,000
    Mountain Studies Institute, Co......................         500,000
    Envir. Science And Public Policy Research Center, ID         500,000
    Fuels In Schools Biomass, MT........................         500,000
    Valdez Avalanche Control, AK........................         400,000
    Wood Education & Resource Center, WV................       2,700,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Special Projects........................      15,140,000
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Economic Action............................     $26,440,000

      The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the 
economic recovery program as proposed by the House and 
$4,000,000 for rural development through forestry, but does not 
establish specific regional allocations for the Pacific 
Northwest or the northeast-midwest as was proposed by the 
Senate. Rather, the Forest Service should carefully consider 
these regions when allocating grants in these activities. The 
conference agreement includes the bill language proposed by the 
Senate concerning a direct lump sum payment to the Kake Tribal 
Corporation, AK, but the funding total is $1,000,000. The funds 
provided to the City of Valdez for avalanche control work shall 
be in the form of an advance, direct lump sum payment. The 
funds for Little Sandy River shall be provided to Clackamas 
County, OR, to perform the work.
      The conference agreement includes $4,996,000 for forest 
resource information and analysis as proposed by the Senate and 
$5,750,000 for the international forestry program.

                         National Forest System

      The conference agreement provides $1,362,299,000 for the 
national forest system instead of $1,370,567,000 as proposed by 
the House and $1,352,999,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds 
should be distributed as follows:

Land management planning................................     $72,195,000
Inventory and monitoring................................     175,356,000
Recreation, heritage & wilderness.......................     254,194,000
Wildlife & fish habitat management......................     133,806,000
Grazing management......................................      40,850,000
Forest products.........................................     265,353,000
Vegetation & watershed management.......................     190,944,000
Minerals and geology management.........................      52,635,000
Landownership management................................      93,016,000
Law enforcement operations..............................      80,800,000
Valles Calderas National Preserve, NM...................       3,150,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................  $1,362,299,000

      The following discussion describes funding changes from 
the House passed bill.
      1. The land management planning activity does not include 
a special allocation for the Black Hills National Forest, SD.
      2. The inventory and monitoring activity includes an 
increase of $50,000 for Lake Tahoe basin adaptive management. 
Inventory and monitoring funding includes $6,200,000 for the 
Forest Inventory and Analysis program as directed by the House.
      3. The recreation activity includes: $350,000 for 
environmental analysis of helicopter flights on the Tongass 
National Forest, Juneau district; an increase of $64,000 above 
the House proposal for the Carhart Wilderness Training 
Institute, bringing its total funding to $300,000; and a 
reduction of $664,000 for fixed costs. The managers direct the 
Forest Service to issue a contract for $350,000 with the City 
of Juneau, AK to prepare an environmental impact statement to 
identify ways to mitigate the impacts of helicopter charter 
flights in the Tongass National Forest on the community of 
Juneau, AK. The managers encourage the federal partners 
responsible for the Great Lakes Visitor Center, WI, to increase 
funding for the center in fiscal year 2003, especially for 
important initiatives such as its environmental education 
program.
      4. The wildlife and fish habitat management activity 
includes the Senate proposed increase of $250,000 for the 
Batten Kill River, VT, and a reduction of $392,000 for fixed 
costs.
      5. The grazing management activity is provided 
$40,850,000, an increase of $6,075,000 above the enacted level. 
This increase should be used to provide range monitoring and 
updated allotment management plan analysis.
      6. The forest products activity includes the Senate 
proposed earmark of $4,000,000 for Tongass National Forest 
timber sales preparation out of base funds.
      7. The vegetation and watershed management activity 
includes the general decrease proposed by the Senate of 
$3,790,000 and increases of: $1,450,000 for the Lake Tahoe 
basin; $305,000 for Mark Twain National Forest pine 
restoration, MO; $300,000 for Wasatch Canyon water quality 
initiative, UT; $135,000 for Monongahela National Forest 
hydrology study, WV; and $300,000 for leafy spurge control on 
the Dakota prairie, ND. The Forest Service is encouraged to 
work with the Canaan Valley Institute, WV, on watershed 
projects.
      8. The minerals and geology activity is increased 
$1,000,000 above the House proposal and the landownership 
management activity is reduced $4,000,000 from the House 
proposal.
      9. The law enforcement activity has a general decrease of 
$592,000. The managers encourage the Forest Service to evaluate 
carefully the funding for law enforcement activities on 
national forests in Georgia, especially areas impacted by high 
use.
      10. The Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, is funded 
at the Senate proposed level. The managers have provided all 
funding for the Valles Caldera in this account. The conference 
agreement has modified bill language proposed by the Senate 
concerning senior executive service salary for the chairman of 
the board of the preserve. The agreement now allows SES salary 
to continue only for the chairman of the board.
      The $5,000,000 general reduction to this account passed 
on the House floor is not agreed to nor is the bill language 
(reducing and increasing funding) in order to make a change to 
grazing management. The agreement does include bill language 
allowing fund transfers to the BLM for cadastral surveys.
      The conference agreement includes a total of $8,400,000 
from all appropriation accounts for the Land Between the Lakes 
National Recreation Area, KY and TN.
      The managers allow the Forest Service, upon notification 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, to 
reprogram national forest system funds within the Lake Tahoe 
basin.
      The managers reiterate the House direction to the Forest 
Service to reestablish an active challenge cost share program. 
This program should be coordinated with the Department of the 
Interior's similar efforts.

                        Wildland Fire Management

      The conference agreement provides $1,379,938,000 for 
wildland fire management instead of $2,013,449,000 as proposed 
by the House and $1,351,791,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
managers note that the conference agreement also includes 
$636,000,000 under a separate division as proposed by the 
Senate to reimburse a portion of wildfire suppression costs 
incurred during emergencies in fiscal year 2002 rather than a 
contingent emergency appropriation of $500,000,000 as proposed 
by the House. The agreement also includes $420,699,000 for 
suppression operations as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate and $616,000,000 for preparedness, a reduction of 
$24,000,000 from the House recommendation.
      The managers are concerned that the allocation of funds 
between preparedness and suppression operations mentioned above 
and in summary tables may not maintain the levels of readiness 
needed for public safety that were established in fiscal years 
2001 and 2002. The managers also feel that decisive action is 
necessary to manage escalating fire suppression costs. An 
important component of reducing such costs is maintaining 
initial attack capability so that more fires can be contained 
before they escape and cause serious loss of life and property 
as well as natural resource damage. Accordingly, the managers 
direct the Forest Service to analyze current readiness levels 
to determine whether maintaining preparedness resources in the 
field at a level not less than that established in fiscal year 
2002, will, based on the best information available, result in 
lower overall firefighting costs. If the agency makes such a 
determination, the managers direct the Forest Service to adjust 
the levels for preparedness and suppression funding accordingly 
and these adjustments shall have the advance approval from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The Forest 
Service should advise the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations in writing of their decision.
      Because of the managers' continuing concern regarding 
fire suppression costs during major incidents, the Forest 
Service and the Department of the Interior are directed to 
contract with the National Academy of Public Administration for 
appropriate follow-up work to their study of 2002. The 
Departments should equally share the cost of the review and the 
review should be conducted forthwith.

                       OTHER WILDFIRE OPERATIONS

      The conference agreement includes $343,239,000 for other 
fire operation activities instead of $452,750,000 as proposed 
by the House and $330,389,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
allocation of this funding is as follows:

                                                                   Total
Hazardous Fuels.........................................    $228,109,000
Fire Facilities.........................................       1,850,000
Rehabilitation..........................................       7,124,000
Research & Development..................................      21,427,000
Joint Fire Science......................................       8,000,000
Forest Health Management federal........................       6,955,000
Forest Health Management cooperative....................       9,979,000
Economic Action.........................................       5,000,000
State and community fire assistance.....................      46,555,000
Volunteer fire assistance...............................       8,240,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total other wildfire operations...................    $343,239,000

      The conference agreement includes $228,109,000 for 
hazardous fuels treatments as proposed by both the House and 
the Senate. Changes from the House proposed funding in this 
activity are increases of $550,000 for the Lake Tahoe basin, 
$1,000,000 for the Santa Fe watershed, NM, and a general 
decrease of $1,550,000. The conference agreement does not 
include specific bill language in this account as proposed by 
the House allowing transfer of funds to the Interior and 
Commerce departments for endangered species consultations. 
Rather, the agreement includes the similar Senate proposal 
under administrative provisions as discussed below.
      The managers note that the Department of the Interior and 
the Department of Agriculture have begun full implementation of 
the 10-Year comprehensive strategy to reduce wildland fire 
risks. This strategy involves extensive collaboration with 
communities in the selection of hazardous fuels projects. In 
support of the strategy, the Departments have developed 
detailed criteria for the execution of such hazardous fuels 
reduction efforts. The managers feel that collaboration with 
communities and the use of criteria for project selection 
provide a suitable basis for planning the expenditure of funds, 
and accordingly do not concur with Senate report language 
requiring that seventy percent of hazardous fuels funds be used 
in the wildland urban interface.
      Although the conference agreement does not include the 
bill language proposed by the Senate concerning the county 
partnership restoration program in AZ, NM and CO, the managers 
agree that this is an important program and that the Forest 
Service should continue to provide funding for it from the 
hazardous fuels allocation.
      The conference agreement includes $1,850,000 for wildfire 
management facilities instead of $20,376,000 as proposed by the 
House and no funding proposed by the Senate. This allocation 
includes $1,200,000 for the Medford, OR airtanker base and 
$650,000 for the Pinhook, FL wildfire station. Specific House 
instructions on these two projects should be followed.
      The conference agreement includes $7,124,000 for 
rehabilitation and restoration activities instead of 
$63,000,000 as proposed by the House and $6,124,000 as proposed 
by the Senate. This funding includes $2,500,000 for 
rehabilitation activities on the Apache-Sitgreaves National 
Forest, AZ, as recommended by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $21,427,000 for 
research and development activities as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $27,265,000 as proposed by the House. Changes from 
the House proposal include an increase of $1,000,000 for the 
University of Montana landscape analysis center and $200,000 
for the related University of Idaho project and a $7,038,000 
general program decrease.
      The conference agreement includes $6,955,000 for federal 
forest health activities and $9,979,000 for cooperative forest 
health activities. The managers expect the Forest Service to 
increase its forest health capabilities at Asheville, NC as 
described in the House report. The managers have included 
$46,555,000 forState and community fire assistance as proposed 
by the Senate instead of the $58,000,000 House recommendation. Of the 
funds provided for State fire assistance, $4,200,000 shall be provided 
to the Municipality of Anchorage and $1,000,000 shall be provided to 
the Matanuska-Sustitna Borough to perform work in areas affected by the 
spruce bark beetle. The agency shall follow Senate direction with 
respect to the distribution of these two allocations.
      The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for economic 
action activities associated with the national fire plan 
instead of $12,500,000 as proposed by the House and no Senate 
funding. Volunteer fire assistance receives $8,240,000 as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $8,500,000 as proposed by the 
House.

                  Capital Improvement and Maintenance

      The conference agreement provides $552,039,000 for 
capital improvement and maintenance instead of $572,731,000 as 
proposed by the House and $543,656,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conference agreement provides for the following 
distribution of funds:

        Facilities Activity/Project                           Conference
Maintenance.............................................     $93,926,000
Capital improvement.....................................      86,000,000
Projects:
    Allegheny NF, Buckaloons, PA........................         436,000
    Allegheny NF, Webbs Ferry, PA.......................         100,000
    Angeles NF, Rubio Canyon, CA........................       1,000,000
    Backcountry Hut repairs, AK.........................         350,000
    Black Kettle NG, collocation with NPS, OK...........         750,000
    Cheoah RD office reconstruction, NC.................       1,250,000
    Cherokee NF, Prince Gap, TN.........................         300,000
    Chugach NF, Cordova Visitor Center, AK..............       1,000,000
    Cradle of Forestry, exhibits, NC....................         150,000
    Dan. Boone NF, Cave Run lake planning, KY...........         400,000
    Dan. Boone NF, Gladie Creek center, KY..............         250,000
    Forestry Science Bldg repairs, Princeton, WV........         315,000
    Franklin County Lake, MS............................       2,400,000
    Green Mountain NF, supervisor's office, VT..........         750,000
    Grey Towers NHS, PA.................................         500,000
    Hardwood Technology Ct., Purdue Univ., IN...........       1,700,000
    Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, HI...........       1,000,000
    Lee Ranger District Center, VA......................         500,000
    Lewis & Clark Ctr., MT..............................         284,000
    Midewin Prairie NTP, rehab., IL.....................       1,000,000
    Monongahela NF facilities improvements, WV..........       1,340,000
    Mystic Ranger District Station, SD..................       1,500,000
    Nantahala NF, Cheoah Point Campground, NC...........         855,000
    Old Stoney feasibility study, WY....................         300,000
    Ouachita NF, Camp Ouachita, AR......................       1,000,000
    Pisgah NF, Lake Powhatan cmpgrd rehab., NC..........         250,000
    San Bernardino NF, Big Bear center, CA..............         550,000
    San Bernardino NF, dogwood cmpgrd rehab., CA........       1,500,000
    Stanislaus NF, Emigrant impound. rehab., CA.........          80,000
    Tongass NF, Log transfer facilities, AK.............       1,000,000
    Warren Lab Rebuild, PA..............................         900,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

        Subtotal, Projects..............................      23,710,000
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Facilities...............................    $203,636,000

        Roads Activity/Project                                Conference
Maintenance.............................................    $153,358,000
Capital improvement.....................................      71,000,000
Projects:
    Highland scenic highway, Williams river, WV.........       1,300,000
    Lake Tahoe basin, NV CA.............................         700,000
    Tongass NF improvements, AK.........................       4,000,000
    Umatilla NF, Touchet road rehab, WA.................       2,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Projects................................       8,500,000
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Roads......................................    $232,858,000

        Trails Activity or Project                            Conference
Maintenance.............................................     $36,664,000
Capital improvement.....................................      30,165,000
Projects:
    Continental Divide trail............................       1,000,000
    FL National scenic trail............................         500,000
    Ocoee River-Thunder Rock trail, TN..................         200,000
    Pinhoti trail, AL & GA..............................         400,000
    Pike S.I. NF, Corely Mtn tunnel #3, CO..............         250,000
    San Sophia Station, CO..............................         500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal, Projects................................       2,850,000
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Trails.....................................     $69,679,000
      Total, Capital Improvement & Maintenance..........    $552,039,000

      The managers agree with the overall program direction for 
this account provided by both the House and the Senate. The 
conference agreement includes bill language proposed by the 
House continuing the authority to use funds for road 
decommissioning and includes Senate proposed language 
concerning a previous appropriation for improvements at Purdue 
University, IN, for the hardwoodscience center. The agreement 
also allows further direct payments to Purdue University for that 
project and to Cordova, Alaska for a shared visitor center. 
Furthermore, the managers reiterate that funding for the Chugach 
visitor center in Cordova, AK, shall be the final amount provided by 
the Forest Service, and the Forest Service should be given a share of 
the space proportional to its funding of the construction cost. As 
proposed by the House, the conference agreement does not provide any 
funding for the Juneau-ANM, AK, building and associated roads. The 
managers have included $400,000 for the Pinhoti trail in AL and GA; 
this funding should be approximately evenly split between the two 
States. The conference agreement includes a total of $5,000,000 for the 
Forest Service to address fish passage barriers. The Forest Service 
should follow the House direction on this activity, but since the 
funding has been reduced, this funding should focus on activities in 
regions 6 and 5, which would benefit salmonid fish.

                            Land Acquisition

      The conference agreement provides $133,815,000 for land 
acquisition instead of $146,336,000 as proposed by the House 
and $145,763,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                              Amount
Arapaho NF: Beaver Brook Watershed (CO).................      $2,500,000
Beaverhead & Deerlodge NF's: Watershed, RY Timber (MT)..       5,700,000
Black Hills NF (SD/WY)..................................       3,000,000
Bridger-Teton NF (WY)...................................       2,800,000
Chattahoochee NF: Georgia Mountains (GA)................       3,200,000
Chequamegon & Nicolet NF's: W&S Waterways (WI)..........       2,000,000
Cherokee NF: Tennessee Mountains (TN)...................       4,400,000
Chippewa & Superior NF's: WildWater/WL (MN).............       1,650,000
Cibola NF: La Madera (NM)...............................       3,800,000
Columbia River Gorge NSA (OR/WA)........................       5,000,000
Daniel Boone NF: Assorted Inholdings (KY)...............       2,500,000
Flathead NF: Swan Valley (MT)...........................       6,500,000
Florida National Scenic Trail (FL)......................       3,000,000
Francis Marion NF (SC)..................................       2,000,000
Green Mountain NF: Recreation & Water (VT)..............       1,750,000
Hoosier NF: Unique Areas (IN)...........................       1,500,000
Huron & Ottawa NF's: Great Lakes/Great Lands (MI).......       2,500,000
Lake Tahoe Basin: Critically Sensitive Lands (CA/NV)....       4,000,000
Lolo NF: Mt Sentinel (MT)...............................         800,000
Los Padres NF: Big Sur Ecosystem (CA)...................       3,000,000
Mark Twain NF: Streams and Lake Frontages (MO)..........       1,750,000
Midewin Tallgrass Prairie (IL)..........................         500,000
Monongahela NF (WV).....................................       4,000,000
Multiple NFs: Chattooga W&SR /Chattooga River (SC/GA)...       2,000,000
Multiple NFs: Greater Yellowstone Area (MT).............       6,800,000
Multiple NFs: I-90 Corridor/Plum Creek & Cascade Conser. 
    Partner. (WA).......................................       4,000,000
Multiple NFs: Idaho Wilderness/W&S Rivers (ID/MT).......       1,700,000
Multiple NFs: Lewis & Clark Nat'l Historic Trail (ID/MT)         500,000
Multiple NFs: Northwest W&S Rivers (OR/WA) (Illinois WSR 
    & Skagit Rvr).......................................       2,500,000
Multiple NFs: Pacific Crest Trail (CA/OR/WA)............       3,000,000
Multiple NFs: Pacific Northwest Streams (OR/WA) (Siuslaw 
    & Arrowleaf)........................................       3,400,000
Ozark-St. Francis NF's: Ark Rivers & Streams (AR) 
    (Stumpy Pt. & Lake Winona)..........................       3,000,000
San Bernardino NF (CA)..................................       2,000,000
Santa Fe NF: Gascon Point--Sawyer (NM)..................       5,500,000
Sawtooth NF: NRA Easement Program (ID)..................       1,000,000
Sumter NF: Broad River Corridor (SC)....................       4,600,000
Tahoe NF: North Fork American River--SPI (CA)...........       2,000,000
Talladega NF (AL).......................................         700,000
Uinta & Wasatch-Cache NF's: Bonneville Shoreline Trail 
    (UT)................................................       2,265,000
Uncompahgre & San Juan NF's: Red Mountain (CO)..........       4,000,000
Wasatch-Cache NF: High Uintas (UT)......................       3,500,000
White Mountain NF (NH)..................................         500,000
Willamette NF: Marion County/Detroit Lake (OR)..........         500,000
Use of carryover balances...............................      -7,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Subtotal..........................................     114,315,000
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Acquisition Management..................................      15,000,000
Critical Inholdings/Wilderness Protection...............       3,000,000
Land Exchange Equalization Payment......................       1,500,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................    $133,815,000

      The conference agreement includes bill language directing 
the use of $350,000 in prior year funds for Tongass National 
Forest land acquisition for a direct payment to the City of 
Juneau, AK.

         Acquisition of Lands for National Forests Special Acts

      The conference agreement provides $1,069,000 for the 
acquisition of lands for national forests special acts as 
recommended by both the House and the Senate.

            Acquisition of Lands to Complete Land Exchanges

      The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
appropriation estimated to be $234,000 for the acquisition of 
lands to complete land exchanges as proposed by both the House 
and the Senate. The conference agreement also includes a minor 
change in bill language to clarify that the Forest Service has 
authority to use donated funds.

                         Range Betterment Fund

      The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
appropriation estimated to be $3,402,000 for the range 
betterment fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

    Gifts, Donations and Bequests for Forest and Rangeland Research

      The conference agreement provides $92,000 for gifts, 
donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.

        Management of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses

      The conference agreement provides $5,542,000 for 
management of national forest system lands for subsistence uses 
in Alaska as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

               Administrative Provisions, Forest Service

      The managers have retained bill language proposed by the 
Senate, which continues to prohibit the use of funds to abolish 
or move regional offices without Appropriations Committee 
approval. The conference agreement retains the House proposed 
bill language which allows funds to be transferred to the 
wildland fire management appropriation only after funds in that 
account are obligated. The agreement allows the Forest Service 
to advance up to $3,000,000 to the National Forest Foundation 
and the Foundation may use up to $400,000 for administrative 
costs. The agreement also includes the House proposal to make 
the language concerning the Pinchot Institute for Conservation 
valid through fiscal year 2007. The conference agreement 
includes language, which allows employees of the senior 
community service employment program to be considered federal 
employees while on the job at the Forest Service. The 
conference agreement also includes the Senate proposals on: the 
use of funds for law enforcement emergencies; the sale of 
facilities on the Green Mountain National Forest, VT; and the 
transfer of up to $15,000,000 to reimburse the Departments of 
the Interior and Commerce for endangered species act 
activities.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

      The managers have not agreed to the budget amendment, 
which would fund a new National Climate Change Technology 
Initiative at the expense of important, ongoing research in 
other areas. The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
will consider a reprogramming request for this new program 
should one be submitted and contain acceptable offsets.

                         Clean Coal Technology

                               (DEFERRAL)

      The conference agreement provides for the deferral of 
$87,000,000 in previously appropriated funds for the clean coal 
technology program instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and $70,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. These funds 
will become available on October 1, 2003, to complete the 
remaining projects in this program.
      The managers agree that up to $15 million in prior year 
funds may be used for administration of the clean coal 
technology program in fiscal year 2003.

                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

      The conference agreement provides $624,900,000 for fossil 
energy research and development instead of $664,205,000 as 
proposed by the House and $625,665,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The numerical changes described below are to the House 
recommended level.
      In central systems, there is a decrease of $3,000,000 in 
innovations for existing plants for mercury research and, in 
advanced systems, there are decreases of $4,500,000 for the 
integrated gasification combined cycle program and $1,700,000 
for pressurized fluidized bed systems.
      In distributed generation systems/fuel cells, there is an 
increase of $500,000 in advanced research for the 
electrochemical engineering program at Montana State University 
and decreases of $6,500,000 in innovative concepts for the 
solid state energy conversion alliance and $975,000 in novel 
generation for ramjet technology.
      There is a decrease of $1,800,000 for carbon 
sequestration research and development.
      In solid fuels and feedstocks, there is a $1,000,000 
increase for the consortium for premium carbon products from 
coal and a $1,000,000 decrease for the testing of byproducts 
from coal-derived jet fuels. In advanced fuels research, there 
are increases of $500,000 for the C-1 chemistry program and 
$1,300,000 for the carbon products program and a decrease of 
$2,000,000 in advanced concepts for research on sulphur 
tolerant catalysts and cleanup technology for coal use in fuel 
cells.
      In advanced research, there is an increase of $1,000,000 
in coal utilization science for the Arctic Energy Office and 
decreases of $1,000,000 for university coal research and 
$500,000 for HBCU education and training.
      In natural gas exploration and production, there is an 
increase of $3,000,000 for the Arctic Energy Office of which 
$2,000,000 is for Alaska gas pipeline research and $1,000,000 
is for other research. For advanced drilling, completion, and 
stimulation, there is an increase of $1,500,000 for the Deep 
Trek program and a general reduction of $2,200,000. There is 
also a reduction of $1,000,000 for the National laboratory/
industry partnership.
      Other changes in natural gas technologies include an 
increase in emerging processing technology of $80,000 to 
complete the coal mine methane program and decreases of 
$1,300,000 for the gas hydrates program and $950,000 for the 
natural gas infrastructure program.
      In oil exploration and production, there is an increase 
of $1,500,000 for the Arctic Energy Office of which $500,000 is 
for oxygen transport membrane research and $1,000,000 is for 
other research, and decreases of $1,000,000 for the National 
laboratory/industry partnership, $500,000 for fundamental 
research/PRIME, and a general reduction of $7,000,000.
      Other changes in oil technology research include 
decreases in reservoir life extension of $4,000,000 for 
reservoir practices and technology transfer and $1,000,000 for 
preferred upstream management practices, and a decrease of 
$600,000 for effective environmental protection.
      In cooperative research and development, there is an 
increase of $240,000.
      There is a decrease of $920,000 for headquarters program 
direction and an increase of $1,020,000 for energy technology 
center program direction. In general plant projects, there is a 
decrease of $7,000,000 for renovations at the National Energy 
Technology Laboratory.
      Finally, there is a decrease of $500,000, for a National 
Academy of Sciences review of programs, which leaves $500,000 
in the budget for this purpose.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. In the mercury research area, the Department should 
consider research on mercury emissions reductions from lignite-
fired power plants if a competitive proposal is submitted and 
ranks among the high priority project proposals.
      2. In the central systems, advanced systems program, the 
Department should continue the ITM oxygen project to the extent 
possible within available funds.
      3. Within the funds provided for fuel cell systems, 
$3,000,000 is for the molten carbonate fuel cell hybrid 
program.
      4. The $7,000,000 increase in transportation fuels and 
chemicals, provided by both the House and the Senate, is for 
the ultra clean fuels program.
      5. In natural gas technologies, within the $2,000,000 
provided for Alaska gas pipeline research at the Arctic Energy 
Office, $500,000 is to be used for a study of a pipeline spur 
from Anchorage to Fairbanks.
      6. The increase above the budget request for energy 
technology center program direction should be applied as 
necessary to cover the cost of in-house personnel and contract 
services at the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
      The conference agreement includes bill language 
earmarking $4,000,000 for infrastructure upgrades at the 
National Energy Technology Laboratory as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $11,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

      The conference agreement provides $17,831,000 for the 
naval petroleum and oil shale reserves instead of $20,831,000 
as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                      Elk Hills School Lands Fund

      The conference agreement provides $36,000,000 to become 
available on October 1, 2003, for the Elk Hills school lands 
fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                          Energy Conservation

      The conference agreement provides $897,603,000 for energy 
conservation instead of $984,653,000 as proposed by the House 
and $884,293,000 as proposed by the Senate. The numerical 
changes described below are to the House recommended level.
      In building research and standards there are decreases of 
$1,000,000 for residential buildings integration and $500,000 
for commercial buildings integration. For equipment materials 
and tools, there are increases of $3,000,000 for the next 
generation lighting initiative, $500,000 for lighting and 
appliance standards, and $500,000 for windows research and 
decreases of $1,500,000 for electrochromics research in the 
windows program and $500,000 for the National Fenestration 
Rating Council database.
      In building technology assistance there are decreases of 
$25,000,000 for the weatherization assistance program, 
$5,000,000 for State energy conservation grants, $1,000,000 for 
community partnerships and $2,000,000 for Energy Star.
      Funding for the cooperative programs with the States 
($2,000,000) and the energy efficiency science initiative 
($4,000,000) has been eliminated in each of the buildings, 
industry, and transportation areas and funded at lower amounts 
at the end of energy conservation account.
      There are also decreases of $700,000 for management and 
planning/program direction in the buildings and technology 
assistance program and $1,000,000 for the Federal Energy 
Management Program.
      In industries of the future/specific, there are decreases 
of $3,000,000 for petroleum refining, $2,000,000 for bio-based 
products consortia in the agriculture program, and $500,000 for 
the mining program.
      In industries of the future/crosscutting there is an 
increase of $1,000,000 for bio-based products consortia and 
decreases of $4,000,000 for industrial gasification in the 
combustion systems program, $2,000,000 for robotics in the 
sensors and controls program, $1,000,000 for best practices in 
the technical assistance program, $1,000,000 for industrial 
assessment centers, $500,000 for inventions and innovations, 
and $1,000,000 for technical and program management support.
      Funding for the cooperative programs with the States 
($2,000,000) and the energy efficiency science initiative 
($4,000,000) has been eliminated in each of the buildings, 
industry, and transportation areas and funded at lower amounts 
at the end of the energy conservation account.
      There is also a decrease of $1,500,000 in management and 
planning for program direction in the industry sector programs.
      In distributed generation technologies, there is an 
increase of $500,000 for the turbines program and decreases of 
$4,000,000 for microturbines, $1,000,000 for reciprocating 
engines, $2,000,000 for power electronics in the advanced 
materials and sensors program, $250,000 for oil heat research 
in the fuel flexibility program, and $2,000,000 for 
applications integration. There are also decreases in 
management and planning of $200,000 for evaluation and planning 
and $100,000 for program direction.
      In vehicle technologies research, there is a decrease of 
$4,000,000 for heavy vehicle propulsion in the hybrid program. 
In fuel cell programs decreases include $1,400,000 for fuel 
cell systems, $2,000,000 for stack subsystem components of 
which $1,000,000 is for platinum substitutes and $1,000,000 is 
a general decrease, and $600,000 for fuel processor storage. In 
advanced combustion engine research, there are decreases of 
$1,000,000 for light truck engines and $500,000 for heavy truck 
engines. For off-highway engine research, there is a $3,000,000 
general increase and a decrease of $4,500,000 for specific 
programs mentioned in the House report. There are also 
decreases of $3,500,000 for heavy vehicle systems optimization 
and $1,000,000 for advanced battery development.
      Other changes in the transportation area are as follows. 
There is a decrease of $2,000,000 for fuels utilization. In the 
materials program, there is an increase of $500,000 for 
automotive propulsion materials and a decrease of $2,000,000 
for lightweight materials technologies. In technology 
deployment, there is a decrease of $500,000 for the Clean 
Cities program.
      Funding for the cooperative programs with the States 
($2,000,000) and the energy efficiency science initiative 
($4,000,000) has been eliminated in each of the buildings, 
industry, and transportation areas and funded at lower amounts 
at the end of the energy conservation account.
      There is also a decrease of $300,000 in management and 
planning for program direction in transportation programs.
      In policy and management, there is a decrease of 
$1,000,000 for the regional support offices.
      There is a decrease of $500,000 for a National Academy of 
Sciences review of programs, which leaves $500,000 in the 
budget for this purpose.
      The conference agreement also includes an increase of 
$3,000,000 to restore a general reduction to program 
administration.
      Finally, there are increases of $3,000,000 for a 
consolidated cooperative program with the States and $5,000,000 
for the energy efficiency science initiative.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. Within the funds provided for the windows program, the 
Department should consider increasing funds for the National 
Fenestration Rating Council database.
      2. Within the funds provided for off-highway engine 
research, the Department should consider emissions reduction 
research, locomotive research, and fuel cell applications for 
off-road vehicles.
      3. The Department recently established a five-year 
agreement with the National Association of State Energy 
Officials (NASEO) and the Association of State Energy Research 
and Technology Transfer Institutions (ASERTI) to implement a 
State Technologies Advancement Collaborative. The Department, 
through this collaborative, should use the resources of NASEO 
and ASERTI to implement the consolidated cooperative program 
with the States and the consolidated energy efficiency science 
initiative.
      4. As mandated in the fiscal year 2002 Interior 
Appropriations Act, half of the funds for the energy efficiency 
science initiative are for fossil energy research.
      5. Within available funds, the Department should continue 
the robotics/repetitive systems project in the Industries of 
the Future Program.
      The conference agreement earmarks $270,000,000 for energy 
conservation grant programs as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $300,000,000 as proposed by the House. Within the funds 
provided, $225,000,000 is further earmarked for weatherization 
assistance grants as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$250,000,000 as proposed by the House and $45,000,000 is 
earmarked for State energy conservation grants as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                          Economic Regulation

      The conference agreement provides $1,487,000 for economic 
regulation as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                      Strategic Petroleum Reserve

      The conference agreement provides $172,856,000 for the 
strategic petroleum reserve as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $175,856,000 as proposed by the House.

                         SPR Petroleum Account

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement provides $7,000,000 for the SPR 
petroleum account as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 
The conference agreement also rescinds $5,000,000 in funds 
available from previous appropriations.

                   Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

      The conference agreement provides $6,000,000 for the 
northeast home heating oil reserve as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $8,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                   Energy Information Administration

      The conference agreement provides $80,611,000 for the 
energy information administration as proposed by the House 
instead of $80,111,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

      The conference agreement provides $2,492,115,000 for 
Indian health services instead of $2,508,756,000 as proposed by 
the House and $2,455,881,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
numerical changes described below are to the House recommended 
level.
      For hospital and health clinic programs, there are 
increases of $230,000 for the Ketchikan Native Corporation and 
$4,435,000 to restore administrative reductions proposed in the 
budget request and decreases of $6,788,000 for the Indian 
health care improvement fund, $1,500,000 for the Lawton, OK 
hospital, $500,000 for epidemiological centers, and $500,000 
for the Alaska telemedicine program.
      For contract health services, there is a decrease of 
$5,000,000. For Indian health professions there is an increase 
of $95,000 for the recruitment and retention of American 
Indians into nursing (RAIN) program at the University of North 
Dakota and a decrease of $4,150,000 for recruitment programs. 
For direct operations, there is an increase of $4,436,000 to 
restore administrative reductions proposed in the budget 
request. For the self-governance program, there is an increase 
of $4,500,000. Finally, there is a decrease of $11,899,000 for 
annuitant health care payments for Public Health Service 
personnel.
      The managers agree to the following:
      1. The direction in the House report should be followed 
with respect to the distribution of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Fund. The Service should report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on the distribution on 
funds.
      2. The increased funding proposed by the House for 
staffing and operations at the Lawton Hospital in Oklahoma will 
be phased in over two years. The $1,500,000 increase provided 
in fiscal year 2003 should remain in the base budget for fiscal 
year 2004 and an additional $1,500,000 should be added in 2004.
      3. Unless specifically identified to the contrary, any 
increases above the fiscal year 2002 level for the direct 
operations activity shall be used by the Indian Health Service 
for inherently Federal functions.
      4. Payments required as the Service's portion of 
Departmental initiatives should be included in the budget as 
uncontrollable funding increases and not applied as across-the-
board health program reductions.
      5. The Service should carefully review its use of funds 
under the self-governance activity.
      6. Any Departmental efforts to consolidate functions or 
restructure or realign programs that affect the Indian Health 
Service must be approved through the reprogramming process by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to 
implementation.
      7. Within the fiscal year 2003 budget there is $250,000 
for the InPsych program at the University of Montana and 
$250,000 for the InPsych program at the University of North 
Dakota, $750,000 for the INMED program at the University of 
North Dakota, $1,000,000 for the dental program run by First 
Nations Community Health Sources in cooperation with the 
Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute in the Albuquerque, New 
Mexico area, and $3,500,000 for the Telehealth Initiative in 
Alaska.
      8. The direction in the Senate report with respect to the 
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is no longer necessary.
      The conference agreement provides a statutory earmark of 
$18,000,000 for the catastrophic health emergency fund as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by 
the House. The statutory earmark for other contract health 
services is $460,130,000 instead of $468,130,000 as proposed by 
the House and $450,130,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement also permits funds, provided to new tribes 
through the contract health services activity, to be used for 
direct medical services in addition to contract care. The 
Service began funding new tribes from the contract health 
services account several years ago and it was never the intent 
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to limit 
new tribes funding to contract health care only.
      The ceiling for the loan repayment program is $25,000,000 
instead of $22,000,000 as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate. The managers expect that this increase will permit the 
service to increase the amount made available to recruit 
dentists, pharmacists, podiatrists, and other critical health 
professionals.
      The conference agreement includes bill language that 
extends the availability of funds under the Special Diabetes 
Program for Indians so that these funds remain available until 
expended. The managers note that funding for this program was 
recently increased substantially and encourage the Service to 
use the additional funds to strengthen its national clinical 
data system so that data from programs may be tracked 
comprehensively and outcomes reported with confidence. While 
IHS has made strides over the past five years, there remains 
significant room for improvement. The Service should also use 
the additional diabetes funds for a competitive grant program 
that addresses the most compelling diabetes complications in 
American Indians and Alaska Natives and addresses primary 
prevention of diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives 
using the latest scientific findings on this subject. These 
competitively awarded projects should demonstrate new 
approaches to dealing with diabetes and related health 
complications. The managers also encourage the Service to 
expand participation in diabetes education and prevention for 
Native American youth through the Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America.
      Finally, bill language is included that directs 
$5,000,000, of the $15,000,000 provided to the Alaska 
Federation of Natives for alcohol control, prevention, 
treatment, sobriety and wellness, be made available to the 
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium for substance abuse and 
behavioral health counselors through the Counselors in Every 
Village Program.

                        INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

      The conference agreement provides $376,190,000 for Indian 
health facilities instead of $391,865,000 as proposed by the 
House and $365,390,000 as proposed by the Senate. The changes 
to the House level include an increase of $156,000 for 
facilities and environmental health support and decreases of 
$2,500,000 for maintenance and improvement, $156,000 for 
sanitation facilities, and $1,000,000 for equipment. For 
hospital and clinic construction, there are increases of 
$2,100,000 to complete the Pinon, AZ clinic and $308,000 for 
the Metlakatla, AK clinic and decreases of $4,000,000 for the 
Fort Defiance, AZ hospital, $5,583,000 for the St. Paul, AK 
clinic, and $5,000,000 for small ambulatory care facilities.
      The managers agree to the following distribution of 
facilities construction funds (excluding sanitation 
facilities):

                                                              Conference
        Project                                                agreement
Fort Defiance, AZ (complete hospital)...................     $16,400,000
Pinon, AZ (complete clinic).............................      16,000,000
Winnebago, NE (complete hospital).......................       8,241,000
Red Mesa, AZ (clinic construction)......................       7,653,000
Pawnee, OK (complete clinic)............................      12,633,000
Sisseton, SD (clinic construction)......................       3,000,000
St. Paul, AK (clinic construction)......................       5,584,000
Metlakatla, AK (clinic construction)....................         308,000
Clinton, OK (clinic design).............................       1,300,000
Bethel, AK quarters (complete)..........................       5,000,000
Small ambulatory care facilities........................       5,000,000
Dental units............................................       1,000,000
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      Total.............................................     $82,119,000

      The managers agree to the following:
      1. The decrease to the House level for the Fort Defiance 
Hospital still provides sufficient funds to complete this 
project, which will be constructed for less than the previous 
estimate.
      2. Any Departmental efforts to consolidate functions or 
restructure or realign programs that affect the Indian Health 
Service must be approved through the reprogramming process by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to 
implementation.
      3. Fiscal year 2003 funding for the small ambulatory 
facilities program may be used to select projects from the rank 
order list generated from the fiscal year 2001 application 
process. A new request for proposals should be issued if funds 
are made available for this program in fiscal year 2004.
      4. Savings from completed health care facilities 
construction projects may be used to continue high priority 
projects currently on the Service's health care facilities 
construction priority lists. In fiscal year 2003, $5,000,000 
should be made available for the Metlakatla, AK Clinic and 
$3,000,000 should be made available for renovations at the 
Lawton, OK Hospital.
      The conference agreement includes bill language proposed 
by the Senate prohibiting the use of funds for sanitation 
facilities construction associated with new homes funded 
through Department of Housing and Urban Development grants. The 
House addressed this issue in report language. Bill language 
also is included permitting the Service to use up to $1,000,000 
to purchase ambulances as proposed by the Senate instead of up 
to $500,000 as proposed by the House. The language has been 
modified to permit the use of either services funding or 
facilities funding for this purpose.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement provides $14,491,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
Relocation as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                        PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

      The conference agreement provides $5,490,000 for payment 
to the institute instead of $5,130,000 as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement provides $449,105,000 for 
salaries and expenses at the Smithsonian Institution, instead 
of $436,660,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
total includes a rescission of $14,100,000 as proposed in the 
budget.
      Changes to the House proposed funding level include 
increases of $750,000 for the National Museum of American 
History's 9/11 initiative, $11,000,000 for additional security 
improvements at the National Zoo and the Office of Protection 
Services, and $945,000 to restore in full the general 
offsetting reduction of $12,795,000 proposed in the budget 
request. The House had provided the bulk of these funds, 
$11,850,000, in its initial recommendations. The Senate, in 
agreement with the Administration, had accepted the reduction 
in full. There is a decrease of $250,000 for research 
activities at the Tropical Research Institute, which still 
provides an increase of $500,000 above the budget request for 
those programs.
      The managers are aware that there has been confusion in 
recent years regarding the Smithsonian Institution's 
eligibility to compete for grants at the National Science 
Foundation. This problem was recently identified as a 
significant issue in the National Academy of Public 
Administration's review of Smithsonian science programs 
released in October 2002. The Appropriations Committees are 
concerned that this confusion has persisted despite recent 
internal NSF policy directives clarifying that the Smithsonian 
is fully eligible to compete for National Science Foundation 
grants. The managers urge the Secretary of the Smithsonian to 
work with the Director of the National Science Foundation to 
make sure that Smithsonian grant applications are welcomed by 
all programs at the Foundation and given fair consideration 
with all other applications based on the merits of the 
proposals.

            REPAIR, RESTORATION AND ALTERATION OF FACILITIES

      The conference agreement provides $83,425,000 for repair, 
restoration and alteration of facilities instead of $81,300,000 
as proposed by the House and $78,300,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The changes are detailed below.
      The managers have provided an additional $2,125,000 for 
critical repairs at the National Zoological Park including 
$500,000 to complete roof construction planning for the 
Elephant and Reptile Houses, $625,000 for critical structural 
repairs at the Seal/Sea Lion area and $1,000,000 for electrical 
repairs.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement provides $16,000,000 for 
construction as proposed by the Senate instead of $10,000,000 
as proposed by the House. This completes the Federal commitment 
to the National Museum of the American Indian.

           Administrative Provisions, Smithsonian Institution

      The conference agreements includes language proposed by 
the Senate prohibiting the reprogramming of funds without prior 
approval of the Committees.

                        National Gallery of Art

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement provides $77,219,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the National Gallery of Art as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $78,219,000 as proposed by 
the House.

            REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

      The conference agreement provides $16,230,000 for repair, 
restoration and renovation of buildings as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

      The conference agreement provides $16,310,000 for 
operations and maintenance of the Kennedy Center as proposed by 
both the House and the Senate.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement provides $17,600,000 for 
construction as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $8,488,000 for salaries 
and expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
Scholars as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Funds 
should be distributed as follows:

Fellowship program......................................      $1,259,000
Scholar support.........................................         659,000
Public service..........................................       2,261,000
General administration..................................       1,968,000
Smithsonian fee.........................................         208,000
Conference planning.....................................       1,968,000
Space...................................................         165,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      $8,488,000

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement includes $116,489,000 for grants 
and administration of the National Endowment for the Arts as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $99,489,000 as proposed by 
the House. The increase above the House level is due to merging 
the funding for the Challenge America Arts Fund into this 
account as proposed by the Senate. This merger will increase 
efficiency and management of this relatively new arts program. 
The managers agree to the House proposed funding levels for: 
direct grants, State partnerships, program support and 
administration. The conference agreement also includes, within 
the administrative provisions for the National Foundation, the 
bill language proposed by the House increasing efficiency for 
grants less than $10,000.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement provides $109,632,000 for grants 
and administration of the National Endowment of the Humanities 
as proposed by the Senate instead of $114,932,000 as proposed 
by the House. In addition to funds provided in this account, 
further appropriations for the NEH are included in the matching 
grants category below.

                            MATCHING GRANTS

      The conference agreement provides $16,122,000 for 
matching grants as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

                       Office of Museum Services

                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement moves the jurisdiction and 
funding for the Office of Museum Services to the Labor, Health 
and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies 
subcommittee as proposed by the Administration. This 
consolidates all funding for the Institute thereby increasing 
administrative efficiency.

                      Challenge America Arts Fund

                        CHALLENGE AMERICA GRANTS

      The conference agreement has moved funding for Challenge 
America grants into the National Endowment for the Arts grants 
and administration account as proposed by the Senate. The 
funding level for this activity is $17,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $27,000,000 proposed by the House.

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $1,224,000 for salaries 
and expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $1,255,000 as proposed by the House.

               National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs

      The conference agreement provides $7,000,000 for national 
capital arts and cultural affairs as proposed by both the House 
and the Senate. The agreement also includes the bill language 
proposed by the House limiting funds for any studies or actions 
to alter or transfer this account to funding provided 
specifically to the Office of Management and Budget.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $3,667,000 for salaries 
and expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 
as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $7,253,000 for salaries 
and expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $7,553,000 as proposed by the 
House.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

                       HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

      The conference agreement provides $38,663,000 for the 
Holocaust Memorial Museum as proposed by the House and the 
Senate.

                             Presidio Trust

                          PRESIDIO TRUST FUND

      The conference agreement provides $21,327,000 for the 
Presidio Trust Fund as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate. The Senate receded to the House language directing the 
Presidio Trust to contract with the National Academy of Public 
Administration. The scope of work should focus on finance and 
business practices.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement includes sections 301 through 
306, which were identical in both the House and the Senate 
bills.
      The conference agreement includes the text of the 
following sections in the House bill, which contained identical 
text in the Senate bill, but had different section numbers in 
the Senate bill. The House section numbers were 307, 308, 309, 
310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 317, 318, 320, and 328.
      Section 314--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 316 of the Senate bill prohibiting the use 
of funds for GSA telecommunications centers. This provision was 
carried last year.
      Section 315--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 310 of the Senate bill, allowing 
competition for watershed restoration projects through the 
``Jobs in the Woods'' program.
      Section 317--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 315 of the House bill limiting the use of 
answering machines during core business hours. This provision 
was carried in previous years. The Senate had no similar 
provision.
      Section 318--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 319 of the Senate bill concerning the 
export of western redcedar from national forest system lands in 
Alaska rather than the similar House section 316.
      Section 321--The conference agreement modifies language 
proposed in section 319 of the House bill, which clarifies how 
the Forest Service should conduct cooperative agreements.
      Section 323--The conference agreement includes language 
modifying language proposed in House section 321 and language 
in Senate section 323 concerning stewardship contracting for 
the Forest Service. The bill language in the conference 
agreement is altered from the House version as follows: the 
Bureau of Land Management is now included in the program; the 
authority is extended a total of ten years; the program is no 
longer a demonstration effort with a cap on the number of 
projects; language clarifies that the program may include 
contracts where trees have commercial value; monitoring 
requirements are clarified at the programmatic level; and 
language clarifies that the Secretaries may designate one 
contracting officer to administer a contract or agreement.
      Section 324--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 322 of the House bill, which makes a 
technical correction to the Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of 
2000.
      Section 325--The conference agreement modifies language 
proposed in section 323 of the House bill, which extends the 
Forest Service conveyances pilot program and now also allows 
the Forest Service to include 3 conveyances where the receipts 
can be used to replace or modify facilities, upon Committee 
approval.
      Section 326--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 324 of the Senate bill providing for the 
use of GSA contract airfares by employees of foundations 
established by Acts of Congress to solicit funds on behalf of 
Federal land management agencies. The House had a similar 
provision in section 325 of the House bill.
      Section 328--The conference agreement modifies language 
proposed in section 324 of the House bill regarding expiring 
grazing permits by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest 
Service. The modification deals with permits expiring during 
2003. The Senate had a similar provision.
      Section 329--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 326 of the House bill authorizing a 
demonstration program to recruit health professionals at the 
Eagle Butte service unit in South Dakota. The Senate had no 
similar provision.
      Section 330--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 327 of the House bill prohibiting the 
transfer of funds to other agencies other than provided in this 
Act. The Senate had no similar provision.
      Section 331--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 329 of the House bill, which continues a 
legislative provision prohibiting funds for oil or gas leasing 
or permitting within the Finger Lakes National Forest, NY.
      The conference agreement does not retain language 
proposed in section 330 of the House bill regarding certain OCS 
leases in California. This issue is addressed in Title I, 
section 156.
      Section 332--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 331 of the House bill prohibiting funding 
to improve Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House 
without prior approval by the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees.
      Section 333--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 327 of the Senate bill, which allows the 
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to consider local 
contractors when awarding contracts for certain activities on 
public lands.
      Section 334--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 328 of the Senate bill increasing the cap 
on administrative expenses of the North Pacific Research Board. 
The House had no similar provision.
      Section 335--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 329 of the Senate bill limiting review of 
certain elements in the land management plan for the Tongass 
National Forest, AK.
      Section 336--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 330 of the Senate bill extending the 
authorization for assistance to the Four Corners Interpretive 
Center.
      Section 337--The conference agreement retains language 
proposed in section 331 of the Senate bill amending the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act to allow native corporations to 
establish settlement trusts.
      Section 338--The conference agreement includes language 
proposed in section 141 of the Senate bill, which extends the 
Quincy Library Group forestry project in California for five 
more years.
      Section 339--The conference agreement modifies language 
proposed in section 145 (Title I) of the Senate bill extending 
the authorization for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; 
requiring the filling of SPR to capacity as soon as 
practicable; and amending legislation dealing with the 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve. The language in the 
conference agreement is limited to a five-year extension of the 
SPR authorization. The House had no similar provision.
      Section 340--The conference agreement includes language 
requiring formal approval by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations of all Declarations of Taking and Complaints in 
Condemnations with the exception of the South Florida 
Restoration Project.
      Section 341--The conference agreement includes a new 
provision, which names the 6,294 acre Panthertown Valley Tract 
of the Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, in honor of 
James and Elspeth McClure Clarke.

            TITLE IV--T'UF SHUR BIEN PRESERVATION TRUST AREA

      The conference agreement includes the T'uf Shur Bien 
Preservation Trust Area Act as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement does not include Title V--the 
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex Expansion and Detroit 
River International Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act as proposed 
by the Senate.

  TITLE V--NATIONAL FOREST ORGANIZATIONAL CAMP FEE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 
                                  2003

      The conference agreement includes a new Title V--The 
National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 
2003.
      The National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement 
Act reforms and improves the fee schedules being paid to the 
Forest Service by non-profit recreational camps, which are 
operated by organizations such as the Girl Scouts and church 
groups. A new fee structure is needed so that these important 
uses of the public lands are encouraged and not excluded due to 
new appraisal methods. This new fee system allows camps to 
remain on national forest system lands while providing a fair 
and equitable return to the American taxpayer.



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                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follow:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...     $19,157,770
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003...........................................      18,938,078
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................      20,450,125
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................      18,973,625
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................      19,078,125
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................         -79,645
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................        +140,047
    House bill, fiscal year 2003........................      -1,372,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.......................        +104,500

   DIVISION G--LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                  RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 2003

      In implementing this agreement, the Departments and 
agencies should follow the language and instructions set forth 
in the explanatory statement of the Managers in the Senate 
accompanying H.J. Res. 2 that appears in the Congressional 
Record of January 15, 2003. With respect to the provisions in 
the Senate explanatory statement that specifically address the 
allocation of funds, each has been reviewed by the conferees 
and those that are jointly concurred have been endorsed in this 
joint statement.
      In the cases where the Senate explanatory statement 
requests a report, the conferees are agreed that departments 
and agencies have up to 90 days beyond the due date specified 
in the Senate explanatory statement to submit the report.
      The conferees are aware of several instances during the 
past year where the Departments funded in the Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act have failed to consult with, or timely notify, the House 
and Senate Appropriations Committees about significant 
budgetary actions and the reorganization of departmental 
offices, programs, and activities. Moreover, some Departments 
have become too lax in responding to the requests for 
information or reports from the Committees. The conferees 
believe that timely, accurate and complete information is 
critical in order for the Appropriations Committees to meet 
their oversight responsibilities. The conferees fully expect 
that the Departments funded in this bill will be more 
responsive to the Committees in this regard.
      Therefore, the conferees concur with language included in 
the explanatory statement of the Senate regarding reprogramming 
and the initiation of new programs. The conferees direct that 
the Departments and agencies funded through this Division make 
a written request to the chairmen of the Committees prior to 
the reprogramming of funds in excess of 10 percent, or 
$500,000, whichever is less, between programs, activities, or 
elements unless an alternate amount for the agency in question 
is specified elsewhere in this Division of this statement. The 
conferees further agree that a reprogramming request is 
required for actions involving less than the above-mentioned 
amounts if such actions would have the effect of changing an 
agency's funding requirements in future years or if the action 
can be construed to be the initiation of a new program.
      Second, the conferees reiterate that the Committees be 
notified regarding reorganization of offices, programs, or 
activities prior to the planned implementation of such 
reorganizations.
      Third, the conferees request that each Department 
institute a tracking system for reports requested by the 
Committees in order to ensure their timely submission.
      Finally, the conferees concur with language in the 
explanatory statement of the Senate that statements on the 
effect of this division of this appropriation Act be submitted 
to the Committees within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
      The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, put 
in place by this resolution, incorporates the following 
agreements of the managers:

                      TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

      The conference agreement includes $5,218,070,000 for 
training and employment services instead of $5,138,513,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $5,120,084,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Of the amount appropriated, $2,463,000,000 is an 
advance appropriation for fiscal year 2004, as proposed by H.R. 
246 and the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $1,000,965,000 for 
Youth Training, which is the Senate level. Funding for the 
Youth Opportunity Grants, $44,500,000, provided within the 
total for this activity in H.R. 246, is provided separately in 
the conference agreement as proposed by the Senate. These 
grants are aimed at increasing the long-term employment of 
youth who live in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, 
and other high-poverty areas.
      The conference agreement includes $1,463,770,000 for the 
Dislocated Worker program instead of $1,484,500,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246 and $1,383,040,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees override the formula that provides that 80 percent of 
the funds provided will be used for State formula grants and 20 
percent for National Emergency Grants, providing $1,157,162,000 
for the States and $306,608,000 for the National Reserve. 
Within the National Reserve, the conference agreement includes 
$30,000,000 to fund National Emergency Grants authorized in the 
Trade Act of 2002 to support State administration of health 
insurance tax credits for eligible participants.
      The conference agreement includes $56,000,000 for Native 
Americans instead of $55,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$57,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $77,836,000 for 
activities authorized under Section 167 of the Workforce 
Investment Act, reflected in two separate line items on the 
table accompanying the Conference Report: ``Migrant and 
Seasonal Farmworkers'' and ``National Activities/Other''. Under 
the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers line item, the agreement 
provides $77,326,000. The conference agreement includes bill 
language directing that $4,640,000 of this amount be used for 
migrant and seasonal farmworker housing grants. This agreement 
also provides that the remaining amount be used for State 
service area grants, including funding grantees in those States 
impacted by formula reductions at no less than eighty-five 
percent of the comparable 1998 levels for such States. Within 
the National Activities/Other line item, the conference 
agreement includes $510,000 to be used for Section 167 
training, technical assistance and related activities, 
including continuing funding for migrant rest center activities 
at the current level.
      The conference agreement includes $1,518,550,000 for Job 
Corps. Within the total, $1,391,000,000 is provided for 
continuing operations of the program and $127,550,000 is for 
renovation and construction of Job Corps centers. The conferees 
are pleased with the prompt attention given by the Department 
to developing the selection process for new Job Corps centers. 
The conferees intend that the Department shall give priority to 
communities in major metropolitan areas that demonstrate strong 
linkages with local school systems, post-secondary education 
systems, employers, faith-based and community organizations and 
child care facilities. In an effort to maximize the U.S. 
taxpayer's investment in Federal programs, priority should also 
be given to sites that incorporate co-location models that may 
include Job Corps along with programs such as Head Start and 
State or local community colleges and vocational technical 
schools. Additionally, priority should be given to sites that 
have high numbers of at-risk youth and currently export the 
majority of their State's eligible students to Job Corps 
centers in other States and regions.
      The conferees are aware of the controversy over the 
accuracy of financial reporting under the Workforce Investment 
Act, and intend to carefully monitor the spending situation, 
recognizing the vital role of the workforce system at a time of 
economic slowdown.
      With respect to the projects listed below for pilots and 
demonstrations, the conferees encourage the Department to 
ensure that theseprojects are coordinated with local Workforce 
Investment Boards. The conferees also encourage the Department to 
ensure that project performance is adequately documented and evaluated. 
The conference agreement includes the following amounts for the 
following projects and activities:

ABCD Devorris Center for Business Development...........        $250,000
Advanced Electronics Technology Education Project in 
    Alabama to educate the workforce for the 21st 
    century high tech economy...........................         500,000
Alaska's People (Division of Cook Inlet Tribal Council) 
    to train 245 Anchorage-area low-income Natives for 
    construction, repair jobs, including gaining 
    required certifications.............................         100,000
Alcorn State University in Mississippi for training 
    programs in support of the development of minority 
    high-tech businesses................................         900,000
American Indian Science and Engineering Society for the 
    Rural Computer Utilization Training Program.........         100,000
Automated Nursery Project in Mississippi................       1,000,000
Bay Area Community Health Partnership in Green Bay, 
    Wisconsin for nurse training programs...............         650,000
Bay Area Vidio Coalition, San Francisco, CA, to develop 
    on-line, interactive training for low income 
    individuals.........................................         300,000
Bethel Community Facility, Chicago Heights, IL, for 
    development of job training initative with at-risk, 
    homeless population.................................         125,000
Bishops Museum..........................................         400,000
Bismarck State College in Bismarck, North Dakota, to 
    provide training and continuing education related to 
    electric power plant technologies and operations....         400,000
Center for Career and Employment Training, Bala Cynwyd, 
    PA, to train urban, minority workers for entry-level 
    management positions................................         200,000
Central Iowa Employment & Training Consortium for a 
    resource center for disabled and disadvantaged 
    individuals.........................................         800,000
Central PA Workforce Development Corporation............         125,000
Chattanooga State Technical Community College, 
    Tennessee, for Tennessee Valley Workforce Aging 
    Management Program initiative.......................         500,000
Chester County Department of Community Development/The 
    Reinvestment Fund, PA...............................         250,000
Chicago Southland Alliance, Chicago Heights, IL, to 
    recruit and train health care professionals.........         250,000
City of Peoria, Illinois, for training to unemployed and 
    underemployed individuals in biosciences workforce 
    development.........................................         100,000
Clark County, NV for training programs designed to move 
    youth into higher paying construction jobs..........         250,000
Clark State Community College, Springfield, Ohio, for 
    Integrated Systems Technologists Maintenance 
    Training Program....................................         200,000
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, for Ohio 
    Center for the Advancement of Women in Public 
    Service.............................................         100,000
Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Wiscasset, ME, for training 
    low income rural populations........................         100,000
Collegiate Consortium for Workforce and Economic 
    Development (formerly Shipyard College) 
    Philadelphia, PA, for workforce development and 
    training in the Philadelphia region.................         250,000
Community Economic Empowerment Corporation, Louisville, 
    Kentucky for employment training programs...........          40,000
Community Empowerment Association, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, 
    for data bank development for jobs needed in the 
    construction trade, health care, services and 
    manufacturing industries............................         100,000
Community Loan Fund of Southwestern Pennsylvania, 
    Pittsburgh, PA, to expand the ``Family Wage Job 
    Initiative,'' which will provide resources and 
    create family wage jobs in nine Southwestern PA 
    counties............................................         200,000
Contra Costa Community College District, Walnut Creek, 
    CA, for Regional Training Institute.................         275,000
Delta Center for Career and Workforce Education for 
    workforce training for adults in the Mississippi 
    Delta...............................................       1,000,000
Des Moines Area Community College to create a Career 
    Technology Center...................................         250,000
Essex County College, Newark, NJ, for the Technical 
    Training Project....................................          70,000
Everett Community College, Everett, WA, for the 
    Radiology Technology Program........................         200,000
Family Service League of Suffolk County, Inc., Bay 
    Shore, NY, for Work Plus............................         100,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives, for education and 
    training of low-income farmers and their families...         500,000
First Alaskans Foundation in conjunction with Alaska 
    Works program continuation to train Alaska Natives 
    as petroleum industry workers.......................         500,000
Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, Montana 
    for the development of occupational and vocational 
    programs............................................         700,000
Goodwill Industries of Southeast Wisconsin for a job 
    training program for disadvantaged adults in 
    construction and other positions....................         100,000
Henderson Community College in Kentucky for adult 
    educational and training programs...................         100,000
High Tech Training--Maui, Hawaii........................         300,000
Homies, Initiating New Communities, Los Angeles, CA, to 
    replicate job training program for at-risk youth....         100,000
Human Services Agency, County of Ventura, California, 
    for a Skill Training Program for Welfare recipients.         100,000
Institute for Advanced Learning and Research for 
    curriculum development and equipment to help develop 
    and innovative high tech workforce in Southside, 
    Virginia............................................         100,000
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers L.U. 363 
    and Hudson Valley N.E.C.A. Regional Training 
    Facility, Harriman, NY, for 21st Century training...         100,000
Intertribal Bison Cooperative in Rapid City, SD to 
    provide employment training.........................         100,000
Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, Illinois, for 
    Integrated Systems Technology Pilot program to train 
    individuals to maintain high-tech industrial 
    equipment found in manufacturing facilities.........         500,000
Kingston-Newburgh Enterprise Community, Newburgh, NY, to 
    train at-risk youth and expand nurse mentoring 
    program.............................................         400,000
Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board, Inc., for 
    integrated regional training and employment 
    curriculum for skilled workers to assist the 
    manufacturing industry in the Lehigh Valley.........         100,000
Louisville Central Community Center, Inc., Louisville, 
    Kentucky, for job readiness training and job 
    placement program for adults who are underemployed..          15,000
Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership to provide 
    training to the manufacturing workforce in the 
    region..............................................         750,000
Martin Luther King, Jr., Business Empowerment Center, 
    Worcester, MA, for job training for minority workers         100,000
Mat-Su School District Vocational training for youth in 
    Mat-Su Valley.......................................         150,000
Maui Economic Development Board for the Rural Computer 
    Utilization Training Program........................         300,000
MECA United Cerebral Palsy, Erie, PA, to establish a job 
    training program for disabled persons...............          50,000
Michigan Technology Commercialization Cooperation, 
    Dexter, Michigan, for the implementation of a 
    program that facilitate the creation of new 
    companies and jobs..................................         500,000
Military Educational Training Enhancement Fund, 
    Carville, Louisiana, for a job challenge program for 
    at risk youth.......................................         300,000
Milwaukee Area Technical College to implement the new 
    manufacturing skill standards and develop a 
    companion assessment and certification system.......         250,000
Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota, for the 
    Minot Job Corps Fellowship Training Program.........         400,000
Mississippi State University, for the Center for Advance 
    Vehicular Systems to develop workforce training 
    systems.............................................         950,000
Mott Community College, Flint, MI, for complementation 
    of the Mott Workforce Development Institute for 
    Manufacturing Simulation............................         830,000
Muhlenberg Resource Center, Muhlenberg College, 
    Allentown, PA, for programs to overcome language 
    barriers, improve workplace ethics and career 
    development.........................................         100,000
National Student Partnerships, Washington, DC, for 
    National Service Program training activities........         400,000
Nevada Women's Fund in Reno, Nevada for a comprehensive 
    study on the status of women and girls in Nevada to 
    tailor workforce initiatives........................          50,000
North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board to 
    establish simulated clinical and laboratory 
    facilities to provide training to nurses and 
    technicians.........................................         400,000
North Central Workforce Investment Board, Ridgway, 
    Pennsylvania........................................         200,000
Oklahoma University Cancer Center.......................         150,000
Opportunity Inc., Highland Park, Illinois, for job 
    training opportunities..............................         375,000
Opportunity, Inc. in Highland Park, IL to implement a 
    model job training program to integrate workers with 
    disabilities into a manufacturing workplace.........          25,000
Patrick County Education Foundation, Stuart, VA, for 
    workforce development project for rural communities.         282,000
Pennsylvania Assosciation for Individuals with 
    Disabilities, Johnstown, PA, for development of job 
    opportunities for persons with disabilities.........         150,000
Pennsylvania Women Work, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for 
    job training and employment services to single 
    parents, displaced homemakers and low-income heads 
    of household........................................         100,000
Petersburg/Newburg Improvement Association, Louisville, 
    Kentucky, for employment training programs..........          15,000
Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center, 
    Inc., PA............................................         200,000
Pine Street Inn in Boston, MA to provide job skills 
    training to the homeless............................         125,000
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, PA, for job 
    training programs related to growing biotech 
    industry............................................         100,000
Potential Reentry Opportunities in Business and 
    Education (PROBE), Lebanon, PA, for job training in 
    nontraditional jobs or occupational training for 
    dislocated workers and single parents...............          50,000
Pride Industries, Roseville, CA, to create long-terms 
    jobs for persons with disabilities and other 
    barriers to employment..............................         600,000
Project Amiga, South El Monte, CA, for the TeleVillage 
    Program.............................................         250,000
Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and 
    Technology, Bothell, WA, for Future-Ready Workforce 
    Project.............................................         250,000
Rebuild, Inc., Canton, Ohio, for workforce development..         250,000
Remote Rural Hawaii Job Training Project................       1,500,000
Residential Care Consortium, Easton, PA, for job 
    placement & training for young adults who are aging 
    out of residential placements.......................         100,000
Safer Foundation, Harvey, IL, for the Workplace 
    Acclimation Program for Ex-Offenders................         225,000
Samoan/Asian Pacific Job Training, Hawaii Community 
    Foundation..........................................         500,000
San Diego Workforce Partnership, San Diego, California, 
    for planning and evaluation, and to develop a 
    curriculum for the Pacific Center...................         175,000
South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership, 
    Columbia, South Carolina, to train workers on the 
    principles of lean manufacturing....................         166,000
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Giradeau, 
    Missouri, for economic and workforce development....         500,000
Springfield Technical Center in Springfield, VT, for job 
    training activities.................................         300,000
St. Stephen Lifestyle Enrichment Center in Kentucky for 
    adult education and job training programs...........         250,000
State of Mississippi Automotive Workforce Training 
    Program.............................................       2,500,000
Telacu Education Foundation in Los Angeles for a 
    Community-Based Nursing Careers Program.............         900,000
The Joblinks program....................................         500,000
Thunderbird Trades Academy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.....         100,000
Training & Education Opportunities at the University of 
    Hawaii at Maui......................................       1,800,000
Umpqua Community College E-Commerce Training Center, 
    Roseburg, Oregon, to provide job training...........          50,000
United Mine Workers of America, Fairfax, VA, for UMWA 
    Career Centers, Inc.................................       1,000,000
University of Akron, Ohio, for Medina Campus to 
    establish a workforce development/vocational 
    rehabilitation project to meet the needs of the 
    region's workforce..................................       1,500,000
University of Alaska-Anchorage Center for Human 
    Development for training of health care personnel...         400,000
University of Idaho Alternative Careers.................         900,000
University of Mississippi to support real time 
    captioning efforts for court reporting school.......         500,000
University of Northern Iowa Immigration Services for 
    Iowa's Communities..................................         375,000
University Technology Park (Chester) for the 
    administration of a Computer and Internet Training 
    Center to train working poor and youth in high-tech 
    skills..............................................          75,000
Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, Denver, CO, for 
    Project Connect Technical Training Program..........         150,000
Valley Economic Development Center, Van Nuys, CA, for 
    the Pacoima Workforce Development Initiative to 
    train low-income inner-city and minority families...         250,000
Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement, 
    Weslaco, TX, for Community Based Workforce 
    Demonstration Project...............................         350,000
Valley Packaging Industries, Inc., in Appleton, 
    Wisconsin to provide job training and support for 
    homeless shelter residents and non-English speaking 
    workers.............................................          83,000
Vermilion Community College, Ely, MN, for development of 
    a Professional Forest Harvester program.............         500,000
Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program of Western 
    Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, for the Jobs for 
    Veterans Project....................................         250,000
W.J. Usery Center, Atlanta, Georgia, for training and 
    technical assistance seminars.......................         100,000
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, for 
    training and recruitment............................          50,000
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation, 
    Fairmont, West Virginia, for the Collaborative 
    Information Technology Training Program.............         700,000
Western Wisconsin Workforce Development Boards, Inc., in 
    La Crosse, Wisconsin to provide customized training 
    for Certified Nurse Practitioners and Licensed 
    Practical Nurses....................................         150,000
Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network, 
    Cleveland, Ohio, for continuation of projects.......         500,000
William F. Goodling Regional Advanced Skills Center to 
    train dislocated workers in the manufacturing 
    industry............................................         200,000
Workforce Initiative Association, Canton, Ohio, for the 
    Business Services Unit Demo project.................         500,000
Wrightco Technologies, Inc., PA.........................         250,000
Young Community Developers, Inc., San Francisco, CA, to 
    train low income residents as environmental 
    remediation specialists.............................         350,000
Youth Opportunities in Retailing, Inc., to work in 
    cooperation with schools and community organizations 
    to teach sales and service skills to develop a 
    future workforce....................................         200,000

            Community Service Employment for Older Americans

      The conference agreement appropriates $445,200,000 for 
Community Service Employment for Older Americans, instead of 
$440,200,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate.

                         Program Administration

      The conference agreement appropriates $175,652,000 for 
Program Administration, instead of $172,061,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $177,642,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
detailed table at the end ofthis joint statement reflects the 
activity distribution agreed to by the conferees.

                  Employment Standards Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement appropriates $383,607,000 for 
the Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses, 
instead of $380,757,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$385,457,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at 
the end of this joint statement reflects the activity 
distribution agreed to by the conferees.

                            Special Benefits

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement includes $37,657,000 to be made 
available to the Secretary from the fair share entities to pay 
the costs of administration of the Federal Employees' 
Compensation Act instead of $36,986,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246. Within that total the conference agreement includes 
$12,027,000 for medical bill review and periodic roll 
management as proposed by the Senate, instead of $11,356,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246.

                    Black Lung Disability Trust Fund

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement includes $31,987,000 to be 
transferred to the Employment Standards Administration, 
$22,952,000 to be transferred to Departmental Management 
Salaries and Expenses, and $334,000 to be transferred to 
Departmental Management Office of the Inspector General as 
proposed by the Senate rather than $34,151,000, $24,033,000, 
and $345,000, respectively, as proposed by H.R. 246.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $453,256,000 for the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration instead of 
$444,194,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $462,314,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this 
joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by 
the conferees.
      Within the total, $3,200,000 is to be used to extend 
funding for Institutional Competency training grants provided 
that the grantee has demonstrated satisfactory performance.
      The conference agreement does not include the $2,000,000 
set-aside as proposed in the Senate bill pertaining to the re-
issuance of an ergonomics standard.
      The conferees understand that the Department has had a 
proposed reorganization of certain field offices in Maine under 
consideration for several months. However, the Department did 
not formally advise the Committees on Appropriations until 
February 10, 2003 regarding this proposal. The conferees do not 
consider this to be timely notification. Therefore, the 
conferees direct that the Department maintain the current 
organization of Maine field offices until the Congress has had 
sufficient time to review this proposal.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $274,741,000 for the 
Mine Safety and Health Administration instead of $254,323,000 
as proposed by H.R. 246 and $271,841,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement 
reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees.
      Within the total, the conference agreement includes 
$2,000,000 to be available for mine rescue and recovery 
activities on a non-contingency basis as proposed by the 
Senate. The conference agreement also includes $10,000,000 to 
be available until expended for digitizing mine maps and for 
developing technology related to such activities as proposed by 
the Senate.
      The conferees agree with the Senate explanatory statement 
included in the Congressional Record of January 15, 2003 
pertaining to the National Academy of Sciences report on coal 
waste impoundments, except that the due date for the required 
study is changed from March 15, 2003 to August 15, 2003.
      The conferees have included $3,000,000 for an award to 
the National Technology Transfer Center for a coal slurry 
impoundment pilot project in Southern West Virginia.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $495,454,000 for the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics rather than $498,164,000 as provided 
by H.R. 246 and $497,054,000 by the Senate. The detailed table 
at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity 
distribution agreed to by the conferees.
      The conference agreement includes language that changes 
the period of availability for Occupational Employment 
Statistics funding from a program year basis to a fiscal year 
basis as proposed by the Senate. Within the total for the 
Employment and Unemployment Statistics activity, $5,000,000 is 
for the Mass Layoff Statistics program. Similar language was 
included in the Senate bill.

                 Office of Disability Employment Policy

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $47,465,000 for the 
Office of Disability Employment Policy instead of $42,500,000 
as proposed by H.R. 246 and $47,015,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

                        Departmental Management

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $390,379,000 for 
Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses, instead of 
$294,413,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $396,623,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this 
joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by 
the conferees.
      The conference agreement includes $33,893,000 for 
administration and management rather than $32,670,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $30,191,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
Funds provided above the budget request for this activity may 
be used for the Departmental management crosscut.
      The conference agreement does not include the $3,000,000 
set-aside for the creation of an Office of Pension Participant 
Advocacy as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $148,015,000 for the 
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), instead of 
$54,574,000 as provided by H.R. 246. Within the total provided, 
$82,000,000 is to assist developing countries with the 
elimination of child labor. Of this amount, $45,000,000 is for 
the International Labor Organization's International Programme 
for the Elimination of Child Labor. In addition, $37,000,000 is 
provided for bilateral assistance, made available through 
September 30, 2004, to improve access to basic education in 
international areas with a high rate of abusive and 
exploitative child labor. The conference agreement further 
includes $20,000,000 for multilateral technical assistance and 
$17,000,000 for bilateral technical assistance. These funds 
help developing countries implement core labor standards, 
strengthen the capacities of Ministries of Labor to enforce 
national labor laws, and protect internationally-recognized 
worker rights. The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for 
ILAB to build its own permanent capacity to monitor and report 
regularly and in-depth to the Congress on the extent to which 
foreign countries with trade and investment agreements with the 
United States respect internationally-recognized worker rights 
and effectively promote core labor standards. The conference 
agreement also includes $10,000,000 for global workplace-based 
HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs and $14,015,000 for 
Federal administration and other ILAB programs.
      On June 18, 2002, the Department of Justice published 
final regulations regarding Executive Order 13166 pertaining to 
limited English proficiency. The conferees are concerned about 
the potential costs of implementation to the Department of 
Labor, State agencies, local workforce investment boards, and 
other grant recipients. Therefore, the Department should 
prepare a report by August 15, 2003 for the Committees on 
Appropriations which outlines implementation of the new policy 
guidance as interpreted by the Department including enforcement 
policies and costs to the Department and all affected entities, 
including State labor departments or agencies. In addition, the 
conferees request that the report also include what assistance 
the Department will offer to assist grant recipients in 
complying with the revised policy guidance.

                    Veterans Employment and Training

      The conference agreement appropriates $214,212,000 for 
Veterans Employment and Training, instead of $210,337,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $218,087,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement 
reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                         Executive Order 13126

      The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
the Senate that none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods 
produced by forced or indentured child labor. H.R. 246 
contained no similar provision.

                           Denali Commission

      The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
the Senate that authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to the Denali Commission to conduct job training 
where Denali Commission projects will be constructed. H.R. 246 
contained no similar provision.

               Social Security Divided Retirement System

      The conference agreement does not include a provision 
proposed by the Senate to extend the Social Security divided 
retirement system authority to the State of Kentucky. H.R. 246 
did not contain this provision.

           TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                     HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

      The conference agreement includes $6,497,630,000 for 
health resources and services, of which $6,472,630,000 is 
provided as budget authority and $25,000,000 is made available 
from the Public Health Service policy evaluation set-aside, 
instead of $5,885,497,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$6,280,681,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes bill language 
identifying $40,000,000 for the rural hospital flexibility 
grants program instead of the $30,000,000 in H.R. 246 and 
$45,000,000 in the Senate bill. Within the total provided, 
$15,000,000 is for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant 
program.
      The conference agreement includes bill language 
identifying $298,153,000 for the construction and renovation of 
health care and other facilities, including the purchase of 
equipment. The Senate and H.R. 246 contained no similar 
provision. These funds are to be used for the following 
projects:

A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta, New York...........        $500,000
Access to Care Initiative, Luray, Virginia..............         400,000
Achievement Centers for Children, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.         500,000
Adolescent Residential Center for Help (ARCH) in 
    Anchorage, AK.......................................       1,500,000
Advocates for a Healthy Community, Missouri.............         150,000
Aging and Health Services Center........................         200,000
Alderson-Broaddus College in West Virginia..............         500,000
All Children's Hospital Pediatric Clinical Research 
    Center, St. Petersburg, Florida.....................       1,033,000
Allegheny-Clarion Valley Development Corp., PA..........         100,000
Alliance Community Hospital, for Endovascular surgery...         600,000
Allied Services of Scranton, Allentown, PA..............         100,000
Alpha Community Ambulance Service, Inc., State College, 
    Pennsylvania........................................         100,000
Area 1 Agency on Aging, Del Norte County, California....         100,000
Arkansas State University at Mountain Home..............       1,100,000
Atchison County Resource Center, Maryville, Missouri....         300,000
Atlantic City Behavioral Health Center, Atlantic City, 
    New Jersey..........................................         500,000
Aultman Health Foundation, Canton, Ohio.................       1,000,000
Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois, to establish an 
    Institute for Collaboration in Education and Health 
    Services............................................      10,000,000
Ballarmine Health Science Center at the Bellarmine 
    University, Louisville, Kentucky....................         800,000
Baptist Health Systems, Baptist Shelby Obstetrical 
    Services Expansion Project, Alabaster, Alabama......         500,000
Baptist Orange Hospital, Orange, Texas..................         350,000
Barnes-Kasson County Hospital, Susquehanna, 
    Pennsylvania, for a magnetic resonance imaging unit 
    and digital radiology equipment.....................         850,000
Barnwell County Government, Barnwell, South Carolina, 
    for new Health Services facility....................         166,000
Barry University Institute for Community Health and 
    Minority Medicine, Miami Shores, Florida............         700,000
Beaverton Health Clinic, Beaverton, Oregon..............          50,000
Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, New York................         350,000
Benson Hospital, Benson, Arizona........................         500,000
Bertie County Rural Health Association, Winsor, North 
    Carolina............................................         500,000
Bethune Cookman College in Florida......................         900,000
Bowdle Healthcare Center in Bowdle, SD for technology 
    and equipment.......................................         100,000
Boys Town Research Hospital, Lied Learning and 
    Technology Center for Childhood Deafness and Vision 
    Disorders in Omaha, Nebraska........................       1,000,000
Boys Village Youth and Family Services, Milford, 
    Connecticut.........................................         400,000
Boys' Village, Inc., Smithville, Ohio, for Health and 
    Wellness Center for middle and high school youth by 
    keeping them from dropping out, teen pregnancy, 
    targeting drug and alcohol abuse, and treating 
    violent youths......................................         500,000
Bradford Regional Medical Center, Bradford, 
    Pennsylvania, for medical equipment.................         100,000
Brazos Valley Family Medicine Center, Bryan, Texas......         250,000
Brownsville Community Health Center, Brownsville, Texas.         300,000
Bucktail Medical Center, Renova, Pennsylvania, for 
    medical equipment...................................         100,000
Burlington School District, Vermont.....................         100,000
Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island...............         300,000
Camillus House, Miami, Florida..........................         500,000
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii......         500,000
Carol G. Simon Cancer Center, Florham Park, New Jersey..         250,000
Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital, Tucson, Arizona.........         600,000
Catholic Health Systems, Buffalo, New York, for Our Lady 
    of Victory Neighborhood.............................         500,000
Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris, New York......         350,000
Center for Families and Children, Cleveland, Ohio.......         300,000
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, 
    Pennsylvania, for medical equipment.................         100,000
Children's Home of Wheeling, Inc., in Wheeling, West 
    Virginia............................................         150,000
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 
    Seattle, Washington.................................         300,000
Children's Hospital of Central California for 
    construction of the Pediatric Trauma Unit, Los 
    Angeles, CA.........................................         150,000
Children's Hospital of San Diego, San Diego, California.         475,000
Children's Medical Center of Dayton, Dayton, OH.........         543,000
Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial 
    Institute for Education and Research, Chicago, 
    Illinois............................................         650,000
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.....         300,000
Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin         500,000
Christopher Rural Health Planning Corporation, 
    Christopher, Illinois, for Mt. Vernon Community 
    Health Center.......................................         380,000
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 
    Cincinnati, Ohio....................................         794,000
City of Abilene, Texas..................................         650,000
City of Austin, South Austin Public Health and 
    Neighborhood Center, Austin, Texas..................         500,000
City of El Paso, Texas..................................         350,000
City of Glendale, California, for the Edison-Pacific 
    Community Medical Clinic............................         100,000
Clark County, NV, Health District for a public health 
    laboratory..........................................         338,000
Clearfield Hospital, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, for 
    medical equipment...................................         100,000
Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics..................         500,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, for a 
    Heart center........................................       1,000,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, for a 
    Men's Minority Health Center........................       1,000,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York for a Women's 
    Cancer Genomics Center..............................         500,000
Colorado State University...............................         500,000
Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, New York............         825,000
Columbus Children's Hospital, Children's Research 
    Institute (CRS), Columbus, Ohio, to purchase 
    equipment...........................................         921,000
Columbus Community Hospital Foundation, Columbus, 
    Wisconsin...........................................         650,000
Commonwealth of Virginia, Division of Consolidated 
    Laboratories........................................         250,000
Community Clinics Initiative of Cook Children's Medical 
    Center, Ft. Worth, Texas............................         600,000
Community Health Center of Franklin County, Turners 
    Falls, Massachusetts................................         225,000
Community Health Centers in Iowa........................         501,000
Community Health Centers of Pinellas, Inc., St. 
    Petersburg, Florida.................................         500,000
Community Health Connections Family Health Center, 
    Fitchburg, Massachusetts............................         300,000
Community Medical Center Healthcare System, Scranton, 
    Pennsylvania........................................         800,000
Coulee Community Hospital, Grand Coulee, Washington.....         700,000
County Commission of Raleigh County, West Virginia......       4,000,000
County of San Mateo, California.........................         650,000
Coushetta Tribe of Louisiana, Jefferson Davis Parish, 
    Louisiana, for a tribal wellness center.............       1,000,000
Creighton University Health Sciences Complex, Omaha, 
    Nebraska............................................         500,000
Crouse Health Foundation, Inc., Syracuse, New York......         475,000
Cumberland Medical Center, Crossville, Tennessee........         500,000
Denver Health and Trauma Center to continue its mission 
    and update the hospital for use as the designated 
    bioterrorism response center, Denver, Colorado......       1,500,000
Department of Pediatrics, Milton S. Hershey Medical 
    Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.......................         250,000
Department of Public Health, Redding, California, for a 
    new Public Health Laboratory........................         500,000
Detroit Medical Center, Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, 
    Michigan............................................         800,000
Detroit Medical Center, Rehabilitation Institute of 
    Michigan............................................         450,000
Dixie County Health Department, Cross City, Florida.....         130,000
Dominican University of California, San Rafael, 
    California..........................................         200,000
Driscoll Children's Hospital, for its Driscoll Pediatric 
    Clinic in McAllen, Texas............................       2,000,000
Dunlap Memorial Hospital, Wayne County, Ohio, for 
    equipment...........................................         750,000
DuPage County Mental Health Center, Wheaton, Illinois...         500,000
East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana....         300,000
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College 
    of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee................         200,000
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia......         500,000
Edward Hospital, Naperville, Illinois...................         100,000
Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, California....         500,000
Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center to expand its 
    facilities to provide urgently needed care to low-
    income children and families........................         150,000
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New 
    Jersey..............................................         200,000
Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for 
    purchase of mobile carts with wireless laptop, wall-
    mounted computers, wireless antennas network 
    attached servers and wireless hardware and software 
    infrastructure......................................         825,000
Euclid Hospital Emergency Department, Euclid, Ohio......         500,000
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMass Medical School, 
    Waltham, Massachusetts..............................         150,000
Evans Memorial Hospital, Claxton, Georgia...............          50,000
Fairfield Medical Center Children's Daycare Facility, 
    Lancaster, Ohio.....................................         350,000
Family Christian Health Center, Harvey, Illinois........         225,000
Family Health Center of Boone County, Missouri..........         100,000
Family Health Centers of San Diego, San Diego, 
    California..........................................         300,000
First Choice Community Clinic, Albuquerque, New Mexico..       2,300,000
FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc., Pinehurst, North 
    Carolina, subsidization and staff...................         490,000
Florida Blood Services, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, 
    for equipment and construction costs................         135,000
Florida Emergency Medicine Foundation, Orange County, 
    Florida.............................................         500,000
Fontbonne University Center for Communication Disorders, 
    Deaf Education and Special Education Training for 
    planning and design, Missouri.......................       1,000,000
Fox Chase Cancer Center and The University of Maryland 
    Greenebaum Cancer Center for the American-Russian 
    Cancer Alliance to establish a long term 
    collaborative program for research, clinical 
    activities and education that will reduce the 
    morbidity and mortality.............................         600,000
Freeport Family Health Center, Freeport, Ohio...........         150,000
Friendship House Association of American Indians, San 
    Francisco, California...............................         250,000
Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, 
    Atlanta, Georgia....................................         350,000
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia..............         400,000
Gifford Medical Center, Randolph, Vermont...............         295,000
Gilda's Club of Northern New Jersey, Hackensack, New 
    Jersey..............................................         250,000
Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, New York.............         950,000
Glide Memorial Foundation, San Francisco, California....         250,000
Good Shepherd, Lehigh County, PA........................         500,000
Grandview Hospital and Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio.....         500,000
Greater Rockingham Area Services, Bellows Falls, Vermont          40,000
Griffin Home, Friends of Youth, Renton, Washington......         200,000
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Indigent Care Clinic...         100,000
Grossmont College, El Cajon, California.................         200,000
Grover G. Dils Medical Center, Caliente, Nevada.........         500,000
Guthrie Corning Hospital, Corning, New York.............         500,000
H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center, Tower Project, Florida.....         600,000
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New 
    Jersey..............................................         150,000
Hamilton Community Health Network, Flint, Michigan......         200,000
HARBOR Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, 
    Florida, for equipment..............................         500,000
Harlem Hospital Center, New York City...................         400,000
Hartland Regional Community Foundation, St. Joseph, 
    Missouri, for emPower Plant program.................         200,000
Harts Health Clinic in Lincoln County, West Virginia....         500,000
Haysi Medical Clinic, Virginia..........................         300,000
Hazard Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) Regional 
    Medical Center, Hazard, Kentucky....................       1,000,000
HealthNet, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana..................         300,000
Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis 
    University, Waltham, Massachusetts..................         900,000
Hi-Desert Medical Center, Joshua Tree, California.......         700,000
Hillcrest Health Care Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma...........       1,050,000
Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida...........         500,000
Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, New Jersey.................         200,000
Holyoke Hospital, Holyoke, Massachusetts................         400,000
Hopeland Health Center, Dayton, Ohio....................         600,000
Hospice & Palliative Care of Louisville, Louisville, 
    Kentucky............................................       1,000,000
Hospice of Marshall County, Inc., Albertville, Alabama..       1,000,000
Houston County Hospital, Crockett, Texas................         550,000
Howard Center for Human Services, Burlington, VT........         250,000
Hudson Headwaters Health Network, Glens Falls, New York.         300,000
Hudson Valley Hospital Center, Cortland Manor, New York.         500,000
Humboldt Senior Resource Center, Eureka, California.....         200,000
Hunterdon Healthcare System, Flemington, New Jersey, for 
    emergency room equipment............................         100,000
Huntsman Cancer Institute of University of Utah, Salt 
    Lake City, UT.......................................       1,750,000
Idaho State University..................................         400,000
Independence Square Foundation Building Expansion, 
    Kingston, RI........................................         750,000
Indiana Genomics Initiative, Indiana University School 
    of Medicine, Indianapolis...........................       1,000,000
Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, 
    to develop the Indiana University Center for Bone 
    Cancer Research.....................................       1,000,000
Institute for Research and Rehabilitation, Houston, 
    Texas...............................................         500,000
J. Joseph Moakley Medical Services Building, Boston 
    Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts...............       2,800,000
J.P. Carr Human Services Complex, Rockdale County, 
    Georgia.............................................         500,000
Jackson Park Hospital Foundation, Chicago, Illinois.....         450,000
Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey.....         600,000
Jersey Shore Hospital, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, for 
    medical equipment...................................         100,000
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, New York, New 
    York................................................         500,000
Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, Kansas City, 
    Missouri............................................       2,450,000
Kansas University Imaging Facilities for cellular and 
    molecular imaging...................................       1,000,000
Katy Hospital, Katy, Texas, for acquisition of radiology 
    and imaging equipment...............................       1,700,000
Kauai Community Health Center...........................          50,000
Kaukini Hospital (Hawaii) research facility.............          50,000
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland..........         750,000
Kent County Hospital, Warwick, Rhode Island.............         300,000
Kentucky Communities Economic Opportunity Council, Inc., 
    Appalachian Regional Wellness Center, Barbourville, 
    Kentucky............................................         800,000
Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York........         350,000
Klamath County Integrated Health Services Building, 
    Klamath County, Oregon..............................         100,000
Lakeshore Foundation, Birmingham, Alabama...............         250,000
Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, Massachusetts......         500,000
Lewistown Hospital, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, for medical 
    equipment...........................................         100,000
Lexington-Fayette County Health Department for purchase 
    of a Mammogram Machine and Professor and to purchase 
    Laboratory Information System Equipment.............         100,000
Life Line Pregnancy Care Center, Leesburg, Virginia, for 
    a sonogram machine to help single-mother pregnancies          50,000
LifeBridge Health, Baltimore, Maryland..................         500,000
Lighthouse Health Access Alliance, Hyannis, 
    Massachusetts.......................................         500,000
Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, California.......         240,000
Loudoun Healthcare, Inc., Leesburg, Virginia............         400,000
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 
    Shreveport, Louisiana, for renovation of Emergency 
    Care Center.........................................         166,000
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 
    Shreveport, Louisiana, for Trauma Care Systems to 
    process crucial information about a patient's injury         166,000
Louisiana State University Stanley Scott Cancer Center..         100,000
Lutheran Services of South Dakota for the Canyon Hills 
    Center in Spearfish, SD.............................         200,000
Malone College School of Nursing, Canton, Ohio..........       1,000,000
Marcum Wallace Memorial Hospital, Irvine, Kentucky......       1,000,000
Marcus Institute, Atlanta, Georgia......................         650,000
Margaretville Memorial Hospital, Margaretville, New York         200,000
Maricopa Integrated Health System, Arizona..............         350,000
Marklund Children's Home, West Chicago, Illinois........       1,000,000
Marshall University Mid-Ohio Valley Center, Point 
    Pleasant, West Virginia.............................         250,000
Marshall University in West Virginia....................      11,000,000
Mary McClellan Hospital, Inc., Cambridge, New York......         575,000
Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, Nashville, 
    Tennessee...........................................         450,000
Maui Community Health Center............................         100,000
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin......         700,000
Medical University of South Carolina Oncology Center in 
    Charleston, SC......................................       3,500,000
Memorial City Hospital, Houston, Texas..................         700,000
Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, 
    Georgia.............................................         700,000
Mental Health Association of Tarrant County, Ft. Worth, 
    Texas, to provide school-based mental health 
    education to schools in Tarrant County..............         225,000
Mercy Health Partners, Toledo, Ohio.....................         650,000
Mercy Health Partners-Hamilton, Cincinnati, Ohio........         750,000
Mercy Medical Center at Durango, Colorado...............       1,000,000
Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa..................       1,700,000
Metropolitan Education and Training Center, Wellston, 
    Missouri............................................         500,000
Miami Children's Hospital Ambulatory Care Center, Miami, 
    Florida.............................................         267,000
Miami-Dade County, Florida, for the M.O.V.E.R.S. program         400,000
Middletown Regional Hospital Center, Middletown, Ohio...         750,000
Midwest Center for Rural Health, Terre Haute, Indiana...         700,000
Million Pines Family Health Center, Soperton, Georgia...          38,000
Milwaukee Center for Independence, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.         400,000
Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island...............         700,000
Mission St. Joseph's Health System, Asheville, North 
    Carolina, for Helicopter Ambulance program..........       2,800,000
Mobile Medical Unit, Pinellas County Health Department, 
    Clearwater, Florida.................................         200,000
Model Cities Health Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri..         250,000
Moneta Gardens Improvement, Inc., Hawthorne, California.         300,000
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia..........         300,000
Morton Health Center (CHC), Oklahoma....................         100,000
Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, Pennsylvania...........         350,000
Mount Sinai Maternal-Child Care Center, Mount Sinai 
    Hospital, New York, New York........................         500,000
Mountainview Medical Center, Montana....................         400,000
MultiDimensional Imaging, Inc., Newport Beach, 
    California..........................................       1,250,000
Muskegon Community Health Project, Muskegon, Michigan...         400,000
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, 
    Colorado............................................       1,000,000
National Nursing Centers Consortium, Philadelphia, PA...         100,000
Navidad Medical Center, Salinas, California.............         175,000
Neumann College, Aston, PA..............................          50,000
Neumann Health and Wellness Center, PA..................         100,000
Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada, for 
    preliminary work to establish a comprehensive cancer 
    treatment center in southern Nevada.................         900,000
New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, Connecticut, 
    for pyxis equipment.................................         500,000
New Horizon Youth Center, Bethesda, Ohio,...............         125,000
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Elmhurst 
    Hospital Center.....................................         250,000
New York University Dental Clinics for the Underserved..         250,000
New York University Medical Center for construction of a 
    vaccine lab.........................................       1,500,000
New York-Presbyterian Hospital for the Allen Pavilion...         900,000
Newton Regional Hospital, Newton, Mississippi...........         410,000
North Sunflower County Hospital, Ruleville, Mississippi.         150,000
Northeast Indiana Innovation Center Biomedical Research 
    Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.........................         500,000
Northern Cochise Community Hospital, Willcox, Arizona...         500,000
Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center, Jasper, Alabama.         250,000
Northwest Human Services, West Salem Clinic, Salem, 
    Oregon..............................................         450,000
Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans, Vermont........          65,000
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.......       1,125,000
Northwestern University's Center for Genomics and 
    Molecular Medicine, Evanston, Illinois..............         600,000
NYU Downtown Hospital, New York, New York...............         500,000
Oakhurst Medical Centers, Stone Mountain, Georgia.......         500,000
Oakwood Healthcare System, Dearborn, Michigan...........         450,000
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Biomedical 
    Research and Education Center.......................       1,000,000
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation to modernize 
    existing lab space, particularly labs for the 
    arthritis and immunology program that houses much of 
    the current research into Native American genetics..         975,000
Operation Par, Inc., Pinellas Park, Florida, for an 
    Operation PAR Developmental Center and Therapeutic 
    Community...........................................       4,000,000
Orthopaedic Hospital of Los Angeles.....................       1,300,000
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton 
    Rouge, Louisiana....................................         200,000
Palliative Care Center and Hospice of the North Shore, 
    Evanston, Illinois..................................         300,000
Paradise Valley Hospital, National City, California.....         100,000
Peach County Hospital Authority, Fort Valley, Georgia...          50,000
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA       1,630,000
Philipsburg Hospital, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, for 
    medical equipment...................................         100,000
Pinnacle Health, Harrisburg, PA.........................         250,000
Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Initiative joint venture 
    between the University of Massachusetts and Baystate 
    Medical Center......................................       1,200,000
Placer County Children's Emergency Shelter, Auburn, 
    California..........................................         900,000
Polk County Central 911 Dispatch Center, Bolivar, 
    Missouri, for computer aided dispatch software and 
    global positioning satellite........................         150,000
Prentiss Regional Hospital, Prentiss, Mississippi.......         150,000
Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Sausalito, 
    California..........................................         150,000
Proctor Hospital, Peoria, Illinois......................         800,000
Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Washington...........         400,000
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut..............         750,000
Rainbow Babies Center for Child Health, Cleveland, Ohio.       1,025,000
Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children's Hospital, 
    Providence, Rhode Island............................       1,000,000
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI...................         500,000
Rochelle Healthcare Clinic, Rochelle, Georgia...........          50,000
Rock Island (IL) facility of Community Health Care, 
    Inc., Davenport, Iowa...............................         450,000
Rockford Health System (RHS), Rockford, Illinois........         200,000
Rocking Horse Center, Springfield, Ohio.................         350,000
Rural Health Collaborative of Southern Ohio, Georgetown, 
    Ohio--Multi-Specialty Healthcare Treatment Center...       1,000,000
Rush-Copley Medical Center, Aurora, Illinois............       1,000,000
Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.....         525,000
Rutgers University Genetics Building....................         800,000
Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA....................         750,000
Sagninaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan for the Victims of 
    Crime program.......................................       1,100,000
Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River, Massachusetts........         775,000
Salt Lake Donated Dental Services, Salt Lake City, Utah.         100,000
Samuel U. Rodgers Community Health Center, Kansas City, 
    Missouri, for its Lexington, Missouri, facility.....       1,100,000
Sandhills Medical Foundation, Jefferson, South Carolina, 
    for its McBee facility..............................         600,000
Schenectady Family Health Services, Schenectady, New 
    York................................................         500,000
Shamokin Area Community Hospital, Coal Township, PA.....         250,000
Shands Jacksonville Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida.....       1,000,000
Siouxland District Health...............................         800,000
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, 
    Pennsylvania, for medical equipment.................         100,000
South County Hospital, Wakefield, Rhode Island..........         600,000
South Shore Hospital in Weymouth MA.....................         200,000
Southeast Hospital, Houston, Texas......................       2,500,000
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, 
    Missouri............................................         100,000
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, 
    Connecticut.........................................         800,000
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 
    Springfield, Illinois...............................         500,000
Springfield Regional Outpatient Cancer Center...........         325,000
St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...........         200,000
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho, St. 
    Benedict's Hospital, Jerome, Idaho..................         405,000
St. Catherine College Allied Health and Science Complex, 
    Kentucky............................................         500,000
St. Claire Medical Center, Inc., Morehead, Kentucky.....         150,000
St. John Bosco Clinic, Miami, Florida...................         233,000
St. Joseph Community Center, Lorain, Ohio...............         250,000
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Paterson, New 
    Jersey..............................................         200,000
St. Louis Childrens Hospital in Missouri for equipment 
    and technology for the Healthy Kids Express Mobile 
    Health Van Program..................................         100,000
St. Luke's Hospital, Allentown, PA......................         750,000
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center......................         500,000
St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia........       2,000,000
St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut.............         750,000
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, St. Mary, 
    Pennsylvania, for medical equipment.................         100,000
St. Petersburg College, Florida, for consortium dental 
    clinic equipment....................................         500,000
St. Vincent Home for Children, Lansing, Michigan........         500,000
State University of New York at Binghamton Protein 
    Dynamics Research Facility..........................         200,000
State University of New York Upstate Medical University 
    & College of Environmental Science and Forestry, for 
    equipment and program costs.........................         725,000
State University of New York Upstate Medical University, 
    for equipment costs of the Institute for 
    Cardiovascular Research and Biotechnology Core 
    Facilities Enhancement Package......................         325,000
Steele Memorial Hospital Foundation.....................          50,000
Stevens Foundation for Developmental and Erichment 
    Services, Inc., Sanford, North Carolina.............         400,000
Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio,.......................         500,000
Syracuse Community Health Center, Syracuse, New York....         475,000
Tattnall Community Hospital, Reidsville, Georgia........          62,000
Taylor Telfair Regional Hospital, McRae, Georgia........          50,000
Temple University Hospital and Health System, 
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..........................         200,000
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN......       1,100,000
Texas for the Border Health Medical Complex, City of El 
    Paso................................................         750,000
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, 
    Texas, for Wellness Center..........................         900,000
Texas Tech University's Center for Biological and 
    Geographical Information Systems, Lubbock, Texas, 
    for the purchase of medical-related research 
    equipment...........................................         225,000
The New York Academy of Medicine, New York..............         100,000
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, to 
    purchase a 3.0 Tesla full body MRI system...........       1,130,000
Tom Ridge Public Health and Safety Building at 
    Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania..............         400,000
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 
    Vallejo, California.................................         550,000
Travelers Aid of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island.         750,000
Tri-County Community Dental Clinic in Appleton, 
    Wisconsin...........................................         330,000
Trousdale Medical Center, Hartsville, Tennessee.........         400,000
Truman Medical Center, Missouri.........................       1,000,000
Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, for 
    equipment...........................................         450,000
UMDNJ--Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Child Health 
    Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey..         250,000
University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the 
    Neonatal ICU and Women's Service Area...............         300,000
University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona..............         800,000
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Interdisciplinary 
    Biomedical Research Institute.......................      10,000,000
University of Arizona Institute for Biomedical Science 
    and Biotechnology, Tucson, Arizona..................         700,000
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, for Bioscience 
    and Biomedicine Institute International Genomics 
    Consortium..........................................       1,500,000
University of California, San Diego, to purchase and 
    install new angiography equipment in a new 
    interventional radiology unit.......................         100,000
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, 
    Ohio................................................       1,000,000
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford, 
    Illinois............................................       1,500,000
University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Health 
    Sciences............................................         500,000
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Kentucky, 
    to the Center for Oral Health and Systemic Disease..         700,000
University of Louisville's Cardiac Innovation Institute 
    for equipment.......................................       1,200,000
University of Louisville's Science and Technology 
    Research Center, Kentucky...........................       1,700,000
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore....         350,000
University of Mississippi in Jackson, Mississippi.......       4,000,000
University of Mississippi in Oxford.....................         950,000
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 
    Mississippi.........................................       3,000,000
University of Nebraska Medical Center...................       2,000,000
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 
    to enhance distance-learning facilities that train 
    nurses in rural areas...............................         500,000
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center 
    Education building..................................       2,000,000
University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort 
    Worth, Texas, for CAT Scan machine..................         800,000
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA............       1,630,000
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, 
    Pennsylvania........................................       1,630,000
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, for 
    Mobilization for Autism initiative..................         250,000
University of Pittsburgh, McGowan Institute for 
    Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA...............       1,780,000
University of San Diego, Hahn School of Nursing, San 
    Diego, California...................................         200,000
University of South Alabama Gulf Coast Cancer Center and 
    Research Institute..................................       3,500,000
University of South Dakota School of Medicine in 
    Vermillion, SD......................................         500,000
University of South Florida Center for Biological 
    Defense, Tampa, Florida.............................       5,000,000
University of South Florida Health Sciences Center and 
    College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida.................       3,000,000
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Computational 
    Engineering, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for SimCenter 
    project to perform simulations to study ocean/
    atmospheric issues associated with global climate...         500,000
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN...       1,000,000
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Texas.......         200,000
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 
    Houston, Texas......................................       2,000,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and UT 
    Dallas, for sickle cell disease.....................         400,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, for 
    FMRI................................................         450,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, for the 
    stroke center.......................................       1,250,000
University of Washington Life Sciences Research 
    facility, Seattle, WA...............................       3,500,000
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Institute for Urban 
    Health Partnerships.................................         250,000
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN...........       1,000,000
Veterans New Jersey Health Care Systems, Morris Township         250,000
Visiting Nurse Association of Fox Valley, Aurora, 
    Illinois............................................         550,000
Visiting Nurses Association Care Watch Program, 
    Cleveland, Ohio, to purchase equipment..............         405,000
W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital, Jackson, Michigan.........         500,000
Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, 
    North Carolina......................................         500,000
Walden House, San Francisco, California.................         400,000
Wendell Foster's Campus for Developmental Disabilities, 
    Owensboro, Kentucky.................................         500,000
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine for the 
    Robert C. Byrd Clinic...............................       2,750,000
West Virginia University School of Medicine.............       3,000,000
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, to 
    establish a distance learning facility at WMU's 
    Center for Occupational Therapy, Physician 
    Assistants Program, Nursing and Speech Pathology and 
    Audiology...........................................         500,000
Wexner Heritage Village, Columbus, Ohio.................         200,000
White River Medical Center, Batesville, Arkansas........         500,000
Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., Washington, DC.............         350,000
Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA....................       1,100,000
Windber Research Institute, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.....         250,000
Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Wilkes-Barre, 
    Pennsylvania........................................         300,000
Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, 
    New York, New York..................................       1,200,000
YMCA of Western Stark County, Massillon, Ohio, for 
    Emergency Health Facility...........................       2,000,000
Zucker Hillside Hospital of North Shore Long Island 
    Jewish Health System, Queens, New York..............         450,000
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, 
    Pennsylvania........................................       1,630,000
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, for purchase 
    of equipment to expand the Genomic Sciences at the 
    Allegheny Singer Research Institute.................       1,630,000
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA..............       1,630,000
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 
    for equipment.......................................         500,000
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.......         500,000
Crozer-Keystone Health System, Springfield, PA..........         100,000
Ephrata Community Hospital, Ephrata, PA, for equipment..         200,000
Fox Chase Cancer Center, for construction of a Laser 
    Accelerated Proton Facility & a cyberknife 
    radiosurgery system.................................       1,630,000
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network, PA.............         750,000
Magee-Womens Hospital and Research Institute, 
    Pittsburgh, PA......................................       1,630,000
Main Line Health--Jefferson Health System, PA...........         500,000
Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.....................         250,000
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 
    Philadelphia, PA....................................         200,000

      The conference agreement includes bill language to limit 
the amount available for Federal tort claims within community 
health centers funding to not more than $40,000,000 instead of 
$25,000,000 proposed by H.R. 246 and $50,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes bill language 
identifying $275,138,000 for family planning instead of 
$265,275,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $285,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $1,514,651,000 for 
community health centers instead of $1,533,570,000 as proposed 
by the Senate and $1,457,864,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The 
conferees concur withlanguage contained in the Senate 
explanatory statement that not less than $9,000,000 be provided for 
Native Hawaiian health care activities.
      The conferees have provided an increase above the request 
for community health centers in order to continue the 
initiative to add health center sites and expand services while 
also allowing increased grant support to existing centers for 
economic stabilization and to offset the rising cost of current 
services. While many health centers may be very efficient 
providers of services, they are not immune from the cost 
increases faced by all health care providers. Further, health 
centers are facing additional cost pressures as a result of the 
rising number of people without health insurance. For these 
reasons, the conferees expect HRSA to use a portion of the 
increased funding to increase basic support for existing health 
centers based on performance-related criteria, in addition to 
site and service expansion applications.
      The conferees direct HRSA to provide a report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 
September 30, 2003 regarding the methodology used in 
distributing fiscal year 2003 health center appropriations and 
the methodology intended to be used in fiscal year 2004, 
including the actual and intended division of funds among new 
or expanded sites, service expansions, and adjustments to help 
cover the increased cost of ongoing services, as well as the 
formula or other methodology used in allocating the portion 
intended to help cover increased costs.
      The conference agreement includes $46,249,000 for the 
national health service corps field placements instead of 
$46,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $46,498,000 as proposed 
by the Senate. The conferees support the Student Resident 
Experiences and Rotations in Community Health (SEARCH) program 
within the national health service corps and intend that HRSA 
continue this program in fiscal year 2003.
      The conference agreement includes $125,959,000 for 
national health service corps recruitment instead of 
$109,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $142,918,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees intend that $3,000,000 of 
this amount be designated for the chiropractic program 
authorized under section 338L of the Public Health Service Act.
      The conference agreement includes $423,961,000 for health 
professions instead of $392,582,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$424,066,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees intend that the graduate psychology 
education program be continued within the funds provided for 
allied health and other disciplines, and that a geropsychology 
graduate training program be established within allied health.
      The conferees provide $28,000,000 for geriatrics 
education. Within the total provided, $16,800,000 is directed 
to geriatric education centers, $6,500,000 is designated for 
geriatric training programs, and $4,700,000 is directed to 
geriatric academic career awards.
      The conferees agree with the Senate explanatory statement 
directing HRSA to fund training components of chiropractic 
demonstration grants.
      Within the funding for health professions training, the 
conference agreement provides $113,502,000 for nurse training 
programs instead of $98,502,000 proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$118,502,000 proposed by the Senate. The conferees have 
appropriated funding to establish programs authorized under the 
Nurse Reinvestment Act (P.L. 107-205), renamed existing line 
items to reflect these new authorities, and added new line 
items to fund these programs. The conferees have relabeled 
``Basic Nurse Education and Practice'' the ``Nurse Education, 
Practice, and Retention Grants'' and relabeled the ``Loan 
Repayment Program'' the ``Loan Repayment and Scholarship 
Program'' to reflect the additional authorities provided under 
Sections 831 and 846, respectively, of the Public Health 
Service Act as modified by P.L. 107-205. In using the increase 
in funding provided above the fiscal year 2002 level, the 
conferees expect HRSA to give preference in funding to 
internship and residency programs (Sec. 831(a)(2)), career 
ladder programs (Sec. 831(c)(1)), and enhancing patient care 
delivery systems (Sec. 831(c)(2)) as required under Sec. 831(e) 
of the PHSA. The conferees have provided funding for 
scholarships (Sec. 846 (d)) for nursing students in exchange 
for service as a nurse for at least two years at a health care 
facility with a critical shortage of nurses. The conferees have 
also appropriated funding to establish the Nurse Faculty Loan 
Program and Comprehensive Geriatric Education, Sections 846A 
and 855 of the PHSA. The Nurse Faculty Loan Program will help 
increase the number of faculty at schools of nursing. 
Comprehensive Geriatric Education will train and educate 
individuals in providing geriatric care for the elderly. The 
conferees intend that nurse loan repayment funding should be 
directed to high priority urban and rural areas with severe 
nursing shortages.
      The conference agreement does not include funding within 
HRSA for the Healthy Communities initiative. H.R. 246 proposed 
$10,000,000 for the program and the Senate proposed 
$20,000,000. Additional funds have been provided to the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention for this purpose.
      The conference agreement includes $734,741,000 for the 
maternal and child health block grant instead of $726,931,000 
as proposed by H.R. 246 and $741,531,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement includes bill language 
designating $115,900,000 of the funds provided for the block 
grant for special projects of regional and national 
significance (SPRANS). Neither H.R. 246 nor the Senate bill 
earmarked funds for this purpose. It is intended that 
$4,000,000 of the SPRANS amount will be used to continue the 
sickle cell newborn screening program and its locally based 
outreach and counseling efforts. In addition, $5,000,000 of the 
SPRANS amount will be used for oral health demonstration 
programs and activities in the States as described in the 
Senate explanatory statement, $500,000 will be used for the 
city of Milwaukee Health Department for a pilot program 
providing health services to at-risk children in day care, and 
$10,000 will be used for the Dane County Neighborhood Child 
Health Clinic in Madison, Wisconsin to provide child dental 
services.
      The conference agreement includes bill language 
identifying $55,000,000 for abstinence education instead of 
$60,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $40,000,000 as proposed 
by the Senate.
      The conferees note that abstinence messages to a group of 
youth by a grantee should not be diluted by any instructor or 
materials from the same grantee. Adolescents should not be 
discouraged from seeking health information or services. HHS 
should not preclude entities who are teaching abstinence-only 
classes and who have a public health mandate from discussing 
other forms of sexual conduct or providing services, as long as 
this is conducted in a different setting from the abstinence-
only course. In allocating grant funds, HRSA should give 
priority to those organizations that have a strong record of 
support of abstinence education as defined in sections (a) 
through (h) of Title 5, section 510(b)(2) of the Social 
Security Act.
      The conference agreement includes $98,989,000 for healthy 
start as proposed by the Senate instead of $94,811,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conferees recognize the life-saving success of the 
National Marrow Donor Program. In light of the new nuclear and 
chemical threats facing the country, the conferees encourage 
the National Marrow Donor Program to increase its public health 
preparedness efforts by developing and maintaining a national 
emergency response plan to ensure an adequate supply of needed 
marrow and blood stem cells. The conferees also support the 
National Marrow Donor Program's efforts to expand the sources 
of blood stem cells through its work on a cord blood bank 
initiative. The conferees encourage the NMDP to focus on the 
following areas: (1) recruitment of donors, with an emphasis on 
minority donors; (2) enhancement of cord blood banks through 
increased recruitment efforts,research, and other cord blood 
bank support; and (3) expansion of the NMDP's role in research related 
to improving outcomes of patients who receive bone marrow transplants.
      The conference agreement includes $58,500,000 for rural 
health outreach grants instead of $38,385,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $51,472,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement includes the following amounts for the 
following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairman's Health Board in 
    Aberdeen, SD, to support the Northern Plains Healthy 
    Start Project.......................................        $750,000
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Program 
    to Reduce High Anemia rate in children in the Yukon 
    Kuskokwin Delta and the Bristol Bay region..........         400,000
Alaska Family Practice Residency Program to support 
    additional medical residents in Alaska to provide 
    services for underserved populations................         500,000
Bannock County Regional Medical Center, Pocatello, 
    Idaho, to purchase Mammography Unit and provide 
    mobile mammography screening to the rural areas of 
    Southeast Idaho.....................................         400,000
Center for Acadiana Genetics and Hereditary Health Care 
    for continue and expand the development of the 
    center..............................................         550,000
College of Saint Mary for education, recruitment and 
    retention of nurses in rural communities............         250,000
Commun-I-Care in Columbia, SC to support a program that 
    distributes prescription drugs to low income, 
    uninsured South Carolinians.........................         300,000
Community Health Works in Forsyth Georgia, to expand 
    services and information technology systems.........          50,000
Cooperative Education Service Agency No. 11 in Turtle 
    Lake, Wisconsin for a dental program................         750,000
Delta Health Alliance in Mississippi for a multi-
    university partnership to address delta health 
    problems............................................       1,200,000
Eastern Maine Healthcare, Rural Maine Health Improvement 
    Demonstration Program to address the inconsistencies 
    in the current rural health care delivery system....         250,000
Eastern Oregon University Rural Frontier Delivery 
    Healthcare Education Program for innovative nurse 
    training............................................         250,000
Ellen Stephen Hospice in Kyle, South Dakota to provide 
    healthcare services to people in rural areas of 
    South Dakota........................................         100,000
Full Circle Women's Health in Madison, Florida, for a 
    project to improve pregnancy care...................          95,000
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, for 
    rural healthcare delivery services and nurse 
    training/education and distance learning for 
    students and healthcare professionals...............         300,000
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Pottsville, PA, 
    to establish the Schuylkill County Rural Health 
    Consortium..........................................         250,000
Grace Medical Clinic in Mayfield, Kentucky for wellness 
    programs............................................         100,000
Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio, for on-going 
    delivery of healthcare to rural economically 
    distressed women, children and men..................         125,000
Idaho Children's Health Initiative......................         500,000
Marquette University to provide dental care to 
    underserved communities through mobile dental 
    clinics.............................................         350,000
Marshall University for the West Virginia Children's 
    Health Project......................................         500,000
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Keshena, Wisconsin 
    to provide critical prenatal care to pregnant women.          80,000
Mercy Housing, Inc. in Denver, Colorado to provide 
    health care in coordination with affordable housing 
    for low income families, seniors, and individuals 
    with disabilities...................................         300,000
Millinocket Regional Hospital in Millinocket, Maine, for 
    a project to provide health care for the uninsured 
    and underinsured population of eastern Maine........         900,000
New Mexico-Hawaii telehealth project in remote and rural 
    areas--Telehealth Outreach for Unified Community 
    Health (TOUCH)......................................       1,000,000
Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, for its Appalachian 
    Rural Health Institute..............................         500,000
Oregon Center for Nursing for innovative nurse training.         235,000
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital Foundation in Ashland, 
    Kentucky for its community wellness mobile clinic...         350,000
Phoenix Children's Health Project in Arizona to address 
    the health needs of extremely vulnerable homeless 
    and runaway youth in underserved rural and urban 
    areas...............................................         350,000
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, Pittsburgh, PA, for 
    health outreach and education.......................         200,000
Porcupine Clinic in Porcupine, SD to provide healthcare 
    services to people in rural areas of South Dakota...         250,000
Progressive Family Services Health Center in Canton, 
    Mississippi.........................................         100,000
Sioux City Community Health Center, Iowa, to establish a 
    mobile health clinic................................         300,000
Smith Township Volunteer Fire Department, Jacobsburg, 
    Ohio, for all purpose emergency response vehicle and 
    rescue trailer for use in providing emergency 
    medical services in inaccessible rural areas........          15,000
St. Luke's Free Clinic in Kentucky to improve health 
    care access for underserved populations.............         200,000
The Children's Health Fund, New York, New York, to 
    improve access to health care for many of 
    Pennsylvania's underserved children.................         165,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham Oral Health 
    Initiative..........................................         300,000
University of Alabama Capstone Nursing School to improve 
    the quality of primary care in rural Alabama........         150,000
University of Alaska Fairbanks Development of Research 
    and Evaluation agenda for health care delivery......         850,000
University of Alaska-Anchorage to recruit and retain 
    Alaska Natives as nurses............................         500,000
University of North Carolina at Wilmington School of 
    Nursing, for its Bolton, North Carolina, primary 
    health care facility................................         400,000
University of North Dakota School of Medicine to support 
    its rural health program in preventative medicine 
    and behavioral sciences.............................       1,100,000
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, 
    Philadelphia, PA, for its minority outreach oral 
    health initiative...................................         200,000
University of Southern Mississippi Center for 
    Sustainable Health Outreach.........................         500,000
University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, 
    Washington, for WWAMI Demonstration/Assistance Rural 
    Training project....................................         500,000
Wagner-Lake Andes Ambulance District in Wagner, SD, to 
    provide emergency health services to people in rural 
    areas of South Dakota...............................         100,000
Waimanalo Community Health Center American Samoan 
    outreach............................................         200,000
Washington Health Foundation, Seattle, Washington, for a 
    Rural Hospital Quality Network project..............         100,000
Weber State University in Utah to prepare nurses for 
    providing care in rural settings....................         500,000
West Virginia University Center for Rural Emergency 
    Medicine for the Injury Control Training and 
    Demonstration Center................................       1,200,000
Western Kentucky University's Mobile Health Screening 
    Program.............................................         400,000
U.S. and Developing Country Medical Centers Program for 
    the linking of U.S. academic medical centers with 
    developing country medical centers to facilitate 
    mutual capacity building through the exchange of 
    clinicians between the two institutions so that care 
    providers in the developing world can learn, first 
    hand, from those in the U.S. who are most 
    experienced in AIDS care............................         200,000

      The conferees continue to be concerned about the health 
care needs of those in the Mississippi River Delta region. The 
conferees provide $6,800,000 for rural health outreach to 
continue the ongoing initiative in eight States. These grants 
provide funding and technical assistance to help underserved 
rural communities identify and better address their health care 
needs and to help small rural hospitals improve their financial 
and operational performance. The conferees further recommend 
that HRSA consult with the Delta Regional Authority and the 
Delta Health Alliance, given their ongoing relationships with 
communities in the Delta.
      The conference agreement provides $10,700,000 for rural 
health research instead of $16,808,000 as proposed by the 
Senate and $9,190,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conferees include the following amounts for the 
following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Mercer University Health Sciences Center in Macon, 
    Georgia for a rural health care task force..........         $50,000
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health 
    Sciences in Grand Forks, North Dakota for its rural 
    health program in preventative medicine and 
    behavioral sciences.................................         350,000
University of Pittsburgh Bradford Center for Rural 
    Health, Bradford, Pennsylvania......................         300,000

      The conference agreement includes $27,062,000 for 
telehealth instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$39,192,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees include the following amounts for the 
following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Advanced Technology Institute, North Charleston, South 
    Carolina, Telehealth Deployment Center..............        $416,000
Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network Telemedicine 
    Project.............................................         100,000
Banner Health System Telemedicine Program for equipment 
    and infrastructure for telemedicine program to help 
    provide care to rural and underserved areas in 
    Arizona, Colorado, and Alaska.......................         250,000
Baycare Health Systems, Clearwater, Florida, for a 
    Medical Information Systems Initiative..............       1,000,000
Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services 
    for a telehealth program to investigate techniques 
    to prevent prostate cancer..........................         700,000
Burlington Community Health Care in Burlington, Vermont 
    for new technology infrastructure to reduce medical 
    errors..............................................         500,000
CareOregon, Oregon Community Health Information Network, 
    for the implementation of Electronic Medical Record 
    software for safety net and community clinics.......          75,000
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, for a 
    Netwellness program.................................         750,000
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 
    Seattle, for implementation of the Children's Health 
    Access Regional Telemedicine Network................         500,000
Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas for 
    a rural specialty health telemedicine initiative....         500,000
Foundation for eHealth Initiative, Washington, DC, for 
    demonstration on electronic medical data interchange 
    and sharing to support improve regional healthcare 
    delivery............................................       4,000,000
Geisinger Health System, Harrisburg, PA, for the Rural 
    PA Stroke Care Partnership..........................       1,630,000
Idaho State University for expansion of the telehealth 
    integrated care center..............................       1,500,000
Iowa Telecare Consortium to develop a disease management 
    demonstration project in Iowa.......................         600,000
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children Telemedicine 
    Program, Indianapolis, Indiana......................         500,000
La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium in Racine, 
    Wisconsin to establish virtual health centers in 
    eight counties......................................         350,000
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 
    Community Hospital Telehealth Consortium............         450,000
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 
    for telehealth programs at its Worcester campus 
    Health and Education Resource Center................         450,000
Midwest Rural Telemedicine Consortium, Mason City, Iowa.         700,000
Minot State University in West Minot, North Dakota for a 
    project using telehealth technologies for hearing 
    assessment and hearing loss rehabilitation..........         150,000
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, and the 
    Children's Hospital at Montefiore's Clinical 
    Information System to complete a Clinical 
    Information System..................................         200,000
New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City for its 
    Community Hospital of the 21st Century medical 
    informatics technology demonstration project........         500,000
North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy in 
    Fargo, North Dakota to field test telepharmacy 
    technology in several rural pharmacy locations......         600,000
North Idaho Rural Telehealth Program....................         650,000
Northwest Area Center for Studies on Aging in Billings, 
    Montana.............................................         750,000
Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, 
    Oklahoma, for a Mississippi-Oklahoma Rural 
    Telemedicine Initiative.............................         500,000
Pennsylvania Homecare Association in conjunction with 
    the Pennsylvania State University for telehomecare, 
    PA..................................................         250,000
Primary Care Association of Hawaii Telehealth and 
    Outreach............................................         400,000
South Alabama Telemedicine Project to create enhanced 
    connectivity between rural emergency departments and 
    the University of South Alabama Medical Center......         300,000
St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation in Appleton, 
    Wisconsin for telemedicine equipment to provide 
    medical care to underserved patients in northeastern 
    Wisconsin...........................................         100,000
St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Montana to expand 
    the regional video telecommunications network for 
    healthcare providers................................         700,000
Susquehanna Health System, Williamsport, PA for 
    Electronic Medical Information and Physician Access.         500,000
University at Buffalo and State University of New York, 
    Buffalo, Erie County, New York, for Buffalo Center 
    of Excellence in Bioinformatics.....................       1,000,000
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, 
    Colorado, for American Telehealth Center to expand 
    curricular content, in terms of healthcare 
    workforce-related topics, personnel and equipment...         666,000
University of South Alabama Office of Emerging 
    Technologies in Mobile, Alabama for home based 
    telehealth disease management tools and telemedicine 
    applications........................................         200,000
University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas 
    for its telehealth resource center..................         500,000
Visiting Nurse Association of Houston in Houston, Texas 
    for study of clinical outcomes and health care costs 
    among congestive heart failure patients who are 
    monitored through home telemonitoring...............         125,000

      The conference agreement provides $8,500,000 for State 
offices of rural health instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate and $4,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes $27,500,000 for the 
Denali Commission instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision. The conferees 
reinforce language in the Senate explanatory statement 
indicating that the Denali Commission should allocate funds to 
a mix of service facilities.
      The conference agreement includes $19,500,000 for 
emergency medical services for children instead of $18,000,000 
as proposed by H.R. 246 and $20,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $22,500,000 for poison 
control instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$24,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $9,500,000 for 
traumatic brain injury instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $9,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $3,499,000 for trauma 
care instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 
contained no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes a total of 
$2,031,005,000 for Ryan White programs, of which $25,000,000 is 
provided through the evaluation set-aside, instead of 
$1,930,204,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $2,051,295,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $622,741,000 
for emergency assistance, $1,060,285,000 for comprehensive 
care, $199,672,000 for early intervention, $74,032,000 for 
women, infants, children, and youth, $13,493,000 for dental 
services, and $35,782,000 for education and training centers.
      The conference agreement includes bill language 
identifying $719,000,000 for the Ryan White Title II State AIDS 
drug assistance programs instead of $659,000,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $739,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement also includes bill language making 
available $25,000,000 under section 241 of the Public Health 
Service Act to carry out Ryan White Special Projects of 
National Significance as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 had 
no similar provision.
      The conferees intend that at least 90 percent of total 
title IV funding be provided to grantees. With the exception of 
funds provided through the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative, the 
conferees expect the funding increase to be used primarily to 
support maintenance of existing care services because of the 
rising costs of providing comprehensive care and the 
implementation of quality management programs. The conferees 
intend that HRSA use a significant portion of the remaining 
funds to expand comprehensive services for youth. The conferees 
are pleased by current efforts to facilitate ongoing 
communication with and among grantees about the administration 
of title IV programs and expect the agency to expand these 
efforts. The conferees request the agency to work with grantees 
to develop effective title IV-specific site visit 
methodologies.
      Some 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this 
section may be used to provide peer-based technical assistance. 
Within this amount, sufficient funds are available to maintain 
and expand work being done to create a national consumer and 
provider education center on the use of various strategies in 
the care of children, youth, women and families infected with 
or affected by HIV and AIDS.
      Within the total provided, $131,200,000 is for Ryan White 
AIDS activities that are targeted to address the growing HIV/
AIDS epidemic and its disproportionate impact upon communities 
of color, including African Americans, Latinos, Native 
Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific 
Islanders. The conferees expect HRSA to follow the fiscal year 
2002 House report regarding the disbursement of these funds.
      Consistent with this overall direction, these funds are 
allocated as follows:
      Emergency assistance--Within the total provided, 
$43,800,000 is for competitive, supplemental grants to improve 
the HIV-related health outcomes for communities of color and 
reduce existing health disparities.
      Comprehensive care programs--Within the total provided, 
$7,000,000 is for State HIV care grants to support educational 
and outreach services to increase the number of eligible 
minorities who access HIV/AIDS treatment through AIDS Drug 
Assistance Programs (ADAP).
      Early intervention program--Within the total provided, 
$53,400,000 is for planning grants and Early Intervention 
Service (EIS) grants to health care providers with history of 
serving communities of color.
      Pediatric demonstrations--Within the total provided, 
$18,500,000 is to sustain and expand efforts to deliver 
comprehensive, culturally competent and linguistically 
appropriate research-based intervention and HIV care services 
to minority women, infants, and children.
      Education and training centers--Within the total 
provided, $8,500,000 is to increase the training capacity of 
centers to expand the number of community-based minority health 
care professionals with treatment expertise and knowledge about 
the most appropriate standards of HIV/AIDS-related treatments 
and medical care for HIV infected adults, adolescents and 
children.
      The conference agreement provides $292,000,000 for 
children's hospitals graduate medical education as proposed by 
H.R. 246 instead of $285,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $120,000,000 for the 
community access program as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of 
$120,027,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total 
provided, $105,000,000 is for grants to develop and expand 
integrated systems of care and address service gaps within such 
integrated systems. The conferees intend to permit these funds 
to be available both for new Healthy Communities Access Program 
grants under the new section 340 of the Public Health Service 
Act, as well as renewal (to the extent appropriate based on 
programmatic considerations) of grants initially made during 
fiscal years 2000 through 2002 under section 301 demonstration 
authority and guidance contained in previous appropriations 
conference reports. Within the total provided, the remaining 
$15,000,000 is to continue the initiative to assist States to 
identify the characteristics of the uninsured within the State 
and develop approaches for providing all uninsured persons with 
health coverage. The conferees intend these funds to be 
available to provide additional grants to States that have 
previously received planning grants in order to assist such 
States in continuing their data gathering, analysis and 
planning processes, as well as to provide initial grants to 
additional States as appropriate.
      The conference agreement includes $156,562,000 for 
program management instead of $149,294,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $143,354,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
expect HRSA to use no more than one percent of the funds 
allocated for projects for agency administrative expenses.
      The conferees are concerned that planned efforts to 
restructure HRSA programs and grants management functions could 
have a negative effect on many HRSA grantees. The 
centralization of grant decision-making, coupled with the 
changing roles of staff in HRSA's field offices, could 
significantly diminish the institutional knowledge and 
expertise in community-based health care that is crucial to 
leading HRSA forward during this importantperiod. Further, 
contemplated changes in the role of a project officer to reduce 
technical assistance functions in favor of increased focus on grantee 
performance reviews may serve to undermine the development and 
functioning of HRSA funded programs and is of great concern to the 
conferees. The conferees recommend that these changes not be undertaken 
until they can work with all stakeholders, including Congress, to show 
that they will not reduce the level and scope of assistance provided to 
grantees.
      The conferees include the following amounts for the 
following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Catholic Social Services, The Bridge, Wilkes Barre, PA, 
    for abstinence education and related services.......         $46,000
CentraCare Health Foundation for administration, St. 
    Cloud, Minnesota, to increase the ability of 
    educational institutions to produce nurses in a 
    region with high demand.............................         500,000
Chester County Health Department, Chester County 
    Government Services Center, West Chester, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........          41,000
City of Chester, Bureau of Health, SABER Project, 
    Chester, PA, for abstinence education and related 
    services............................................         105,000
George Washington Carver Community Center, Project 
    A.C.E., Norristown, PA, for abstinence education and 
    related services....................................          86,000
Heart Beat, New Bloomfield, PA, for abstinence education 
    and related services................................          51,000
Keystone Central School District, Central Mountain 
    Middle School East, Lock Haven, PA, for abstinence 
    education and related services......................          79,000
Keystone Economic Development Corporation, Johnstown, 
    PA, for abstinence education and related services...          88,000
L.V.C.P.T.P., St Luke's Health Network, CHOICE program, 
    Bethlehem, PA, for abstinence education and related 
    services............................................          92,000
Lackawanna Trail School District, Factoryville, PA, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........          74,000
LaSalle University, Philadelphia PA, for abstinence 
    education and related services......................         112,000
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........         111,000
Neighborhood United Against Drugs, Philadelphia, PA, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........         136,000
New Brighton School District, New Brighton, PA, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........          23,000
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, 
    Rootstown, Ohio, for the Center for Leadership in 
    Public Health and Community Medicine................       1,250,000
Nueva Esperanza, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence 
    education and related services......................          72,000
Partners in Family and Community Development, Athens, 
    PA, for abstinence education and related services...          72,000
Potter County Human Services, Roulette, PA, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........          50,000
Rape and Victim Assistance Center of Schuykill County, 
    Pottsville, PA, for abstinence education and related 
    services............................................          71,000
Real Commitment, Gettysburg, PA, for abstinence 
    education and related services......................          82,000
School District of Lancaster, Project IMPACT, Lancaster, 
    PA, for abstinence education and related services...         101,000
School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........         102,000
Silver Ring Thing Program, Sewickley, Pennsylvannia, for 
    expansion of a program promoting abstinence.........         700,000
The Guidance Center, project RAPPORT, Smethport, PA, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........          74,000
To Our Children's Future With Health, Inc., 
    Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence education and 
    related services....................................         109,000
Tressler Lutheran Services, Harrisburg, PA, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........         136,000
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit, Mcveytown, PA, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........          84,000
University of Akron, Ohio, for a nursing study..........         500,000
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, for 
    Consortium to Promote Nursing Faculty...............       1,000,000
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Kentucky, 
    to establish a Center for Cancer Nursing Education 
    and Research........................................         300,000
Urban Family Council, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence 
    education and related services......................         126,000
Venago County Area Vo-Tech, Oil City, PA, for abstinence 
    education and related services......................          41,000
Washington Hospital Teen Outreach, Academy for 
    Adolescent Health, Washington, PA, for abstinence 
    education and related services......................         136,000
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, for the 
    Beaumont Nurse Anesthesia Education Rural Initiative         300,000
Women's Care Center of Erie County, Inc., Abstinence 
    Advantage Program, Erie, PA, for abstinence 
    education and related services......................         136,000
York County, Human Life Services, Inc. York, PA, for 
    abstinence education and related services...........          50,000
Community Ministries of the Lutheran Home at Topton, 
    Reading, PA, for abstinence education and related 
    services............................................          95,000
Clarke College in Dubuque, IA, for the planning of a 
    community health center.............................          50,000
Clinical Pharmacy Training Program at University of 
    Hawaii at Hilo......................................         700,000
Family Voices of Iowa in the ASK Resource Center, Des 
    Moines, IA, to continue and expand the Family to 
    Family Health Information Center....................         100,000
Iowa Dept of Public Health to continue the Center for 
    Healthcare Workforce Shortages......................       1,000,000
National Healthy Start Association, Baltimore, Maryland, 
    to gather and disseminate information on best 
    practices under the Healthy Start program and 
    provide technical assistance to Healthy Start 
    grantees............................................         350,000
Tulsa Coalition for Children's Health in Tulsa, Oklahoma 
    for a study regarding delivery of pediatric health 
    care in northeastern Oklahoma.......................         125,000
Waianae Coast Community Health Center leadership 
    training............................................          50,000

               CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

                Disease Control, Research, and Training

      The conference agreement includes $4,506,965,000 for 
disease control, research, and training at the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), of which $4,296,566,000 
is provided as budget authority and $210,399,000 is made 
available under Section 241 of the Public Health Service Act, 
instead of $4,402,249,000 as provided by the Senate. H.R. 246 
included $4,335,839,000 for the CDC.
      The conference agreement includes bill language to 
earmark $268,000,000 for equipment, construction, and 
renovation of facilities instead of $270,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate. H.R. 246 included $200,000,000. Within this total, 
$250,000,000 is for continuation of CDC's building program for 
its Atlanta facilities and $18,000,000 is to begin construction 
and purchase equipment for the replacement of CDC's infectious 
disease laboratory in Fort Collins, Colorado. The 
confereescontinue to support the rapid implementation of CDC's 
Buildings and Facilities Master Plan and are pleased with the progress 
made to date.
      The conferees expect the CDC to utilize a portion of the 
funds provided for buildings and facilities to continue and 
expand security improvements to ensure critical information 
reliability for response to critical events, as well as to 
conduct increasingly varied public health missions.
      The conference agreement includes bill language to allow 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enter 
into a single contract or related contracts for the full scope 
of development and construction of facilities as proposed by 
the Senate. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision. The 
conference agreement also includes bill language proposed by 
the Senate to allow funds appropriated to the CDC to be used to 
enter into a long-term ground lease for construction on non-
Federal land, in order to replace their laboratory in the Fort 
Collins, Colorado area. H.R. 246 included no similar language.
      The conference agreement includes bill language to 
earmark $183,763,000 for international HIV/AIDS, the same as 
proposed by the Senate and H.R. 246. The conference agreement 
deletes bill language proposed by the Senate earmarking 
$40,000,000 of the amount provided for international HIV/AIDS 
for the International Mother and Child HIV Prevention 
Initiative. The conferees are agreed, however, that $40,000,000 
of the amount provided for international HIV/AIDS is for this 
important initiative.
      The conference agreement includes language in the bill 
designating that the following amounts shall be available under 
section 241 (Public Health Service Act evaluation set-aside) 
for the specified activities:

$125,899,000--National Center for Health Statistics Surveys
$14,000,000--National Immunization Surveys
$28,600,000--Information Systems Standards Development and 
            Architecture and Applications-based Research Used 
            at Local Public Health Levels
$41,900,000--Research Tools and Approaches within the National 
            Occupational Research Agenda

      H.R. 246 had proposed that $46,982,000 be derived from 
section 241 for National Center for Health Statistics surveys.
      The conference agreement modifies the placement of bill 
language proposed by the Senate exempting from any personnel 
ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or the Department of 
Health and Human Services both civilians and Commissioned 
Officers detailed to States, municipalities or other 
organizations under authority of Section 214 of the Public 
Health Service Act for purposes related to homeland security 
during their period of detail or assignment. The agreement 
places the bill language within the Public Health and Social 
Services Emergency Fund account.
      The conference agreement includes a modification to the 
proviso carried in prior appropriations acts prohibiting the 
use of funds available to the CDC to advocate or promote gun 
control, as proposed in H.R. 246. The Senate bill included a 
similar proviso. The conferees acknowledge that the purpose of 
this proviso is to prohibit Federal funds from being used to 
lobby for or against the passage of specific Federal, State or 
local legislation intended to advocate or promote gun control. 
The conferees understand that the CDC's responsibility in this 
area is primarily data collection and the dissemination of 
information and expect research in this area to be objective 
and grants to be awarded through an impartial, scientific peer 
review process. The conferees instruct the CDC to provide a 
detailed report, within 90 days of enactment, on the steps the 
CDC has taken to ensure this restriction is being followed.
      The conference agreement includes a modification to a 
proviso, proposed by the Senate, to raise the funding limit for 
grants made under section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act 
(WISEWOMAN screening demonstrations). The agreement increases 
the limitation to $12,500,000, instead of $15,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 maintained the limit at 
$10,000,000. The conferees are agreed that the increase in the 
limitation is intended to permit, but not mandate, an increase 
in the awards under this authority to $12,500,000 in fiscal 
year 2003.
Birth Defects
      The conference agreement includes $98,681,000 for birth 
defects, developmental disabilities, disability and health 
instead of $97,691,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 
included $94,655,000 for these activities.
      Within the total, the following amounts are provided for 
the specified activities above the fiscal year 2003 request:

$2,000,000--to expand State autism surveillance activities;
$2,000,000--to expand surveillance and epidemiological efforts 
            of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy;
$500,000--to activities related to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome;
$842,000--to expand the newborn infant screening program; and
$2,000,000--to support the establishment of a National Spina 
            Bifida program.

      In addition, $3,800,000 is provided to continue and 
expand support for the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes 
Initiative begun last year.
      The conferees encourage the CDC to continue its 
partnership with the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) and its 
support of the Limb Loss Research and Statistics Program. The 
Committee is also supportive of the partnership that the ACA 
and CDC have forged with the uniformed services in an effort to 
ensure that members of our armed forces receive the highest 
quality of care in the event of an amputation.

            Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

      The conference agreement includes $795,140,000 for 
chronic disease prevention and health promotion instead of 
$745,600,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 proposed 
$773,928,000. Programs within this account are funded at the 
following levels:

Heart Disease and Stroke................................    $ 43,244,000
Cancer Prevention and Control...........................     290,645,000
Diabetes................................................      63,756,000
Arthritis and Other Chronic Diseases....................      22,649,000
Tobacco.................................................     100,584,000
Nutrition/Physical Activity.............................      34,372,000
Community Health Promotion..............................      37,269,000
School Health...........................................      58,213,000
Safe Motherhood/Infant Health...........................      54,315,000
Oral Health.............................................      11,787,000
Prevention Centers......................................      27,006,000
National Campaign to Change Children's Health Behaviors.      51,300,000

      Within the amounts provided for Cancer Prevention and 
Control, no less than $200,383,000 is for the Breast and 
Cervical Cancer Screening Program and $1,000,000 is for the 
establishment of a national lupus patient registry. The 
conferees urge the CDC to work closely with the Lupus 
Foundation of America in the establishment of the registry.
      Within the amounts available for Arthritis and Other 
Chronic Diseases, the agreement provides an increase over the 
request of $850,000 for the expansion of State-based arthritis 
programs and collaborations with the relevant voluntary health 
organizations. In addition, an increase of $1,000,000 over the 
request is provided to enhance epilepsy efforts, in partnership 
with a national non-profit organization that works on behalf of 
children and adults affected by seizures.
      Within amounts provided for Community Health Promotion, 
$6,903,000 is provided to support and expand the Behavioral 
Risk Factor Surveillance Systems, $2,800,000 for continuing and 
expanding a model project that is testing and evaluating the 
efficacy of glaucoma screening using mobile units, $1,900,000 
is for a vision screening and education program as outlined in 
the Senate explanatory statement, and $1,800,000 is for the 
Mind-Body Medical Institute in Boston, Massachusetts to 
continue and expand practice-based assessments, identification, 
and study of promising and heavily-used mind/body practices.
      The conferees encourage CDC to expand its public and 
professional awareness activities with respect to pulmonary 
hypertension and to report to the Committees on Appropriations 
within six months on the progress made in advancing this 
important initiative.
      The conferees understand that the Iron Disorders 
Institute provides important educational material to the public 
and the medical community and encourages the CDC to establish a 
partnership with the Institute.
Environmental Health
      The conference agreement includes $184,025,000 for 
environmental health instead of $189,489,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. H.R. 246 included $174,917,000 for environmental health 
activities.
      Within the total provided: $37,763,000 is for the 
environmental health laboratory; $38,863,000 is for 
environmental health activities (including $2,200,000 to 
continue the physician education and public awareness program 
for primary immune deficiency disease as implemented by the 
Jeffrey Modell Foundation); $37,127,000 is for asthma; 
$42,272,000 is for childhood lead poisoning; and $28,000,000 is 
for the health-tracking network.
      The conferees recognize the extraordinary services of 
CDC's Environmental Health Laboratory, and have provided funds 
to expand the assessment of exposure of the U.S. population to 
environmental chemicals, to expand assistance to States, and 
provide more effective laboratory response to toxic 
emergencies.
      The conferees are concerned about the health status of 
the residents of rural communities. The conferees understand 
that the CDC currently is developing a rural health plan to 
address the variety of rural public health issues related to 
environmental exposures. The conferees urge the CDC to continue 
to work closely with the State of Iowa Public Health Department 
in developing this plan.
Epidemic Services
      The conference agreement includes $78,001,000 for 
epidemic services and response as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 
246 included the same amount for epidemic services.
HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Prevention
      The conference agreement includes $1,194,150,000 for HIV/
AIDS, STD and TB prevention instead of $1,183,532,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included $1,175,000,000 for 
these activities.
      Included in this amount is $887,961,000 for HIV/AIDS 
activities, of which $183,763,000 is for global HIV/AIDS 
activities; $169,675,000 for STD activities; and $136,514,000 
for TB activities. Within the funds provided for global HIV/
AIDS, $40,000,000 is for the International Mother and Child HIV 
Prevention Initiative.
      Within the total for HIV/AIDS, $104,000,000 is provided 
to continue CDC's support of activities that are targeted to 
address the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic and its disparate impact 
on communities of color, including African Americans, Latinos, 
Native Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and 
Pacific Islanders at not less than the fiscal year 2002 level. 
The conferees expect CDC to follow the report accompanying the 
Labor, HHS and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2002 regarding the disbursement of these funds, including 
continuing support for the Directly Funded Minority Community 
Based Organization Program.
Immunization
      The conference agreement includes a discretionary program 
level total of $654,751,000 for immunization, instead of 
$652,895,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included 
$634,601,000 for immunization activities. Within the total, 
$14,000,000 is for national immunization surveys to be derived 
from section 241 evaluation set-aside funds. In addition, the 
Vaccines for Children (VFC) program funded through the Medicaid 
program is expected to provide $1,056,000,000 in vaccine 
purchases and distribution support in fiscal year 2003, for a 
total immunization program level of $1,699,751,000.
      Included in the amount provided is $505,963,000 for the 
section 317 program, and $148,788,000 for global immunization 
activities. Within the total available for global immunization, 
$106,400,000 is for global polio eradication activities, and 
$42,388,000 for the global measles program.
      It has been brought to the conferees' attention that 
infrastructure costs of delivering vaccines to children in 
Alaska are substantially higher than in other areas of the 
country because of the many small, remote communities that must 
be served primarily by air. The conferees encourage CDC to 
increase section 317 grant support for infrastructure 
development and purchase of vaccines for the State of Alaska's 
universal immunization program.
Infectious Diseases
      The conference agreement includes $345,471,000 for 
infectious diseases instead of $334,471,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. H.R. 246 included $353,961,000 for infectious diseases.
      Within the total provided, $1,000,000 above the budget 
request is for a prevention program to control and reduce the 
incidence of hepatitis C. This funding is to continue to 
develop State-based programs and demonstrations to learn the 
most feasible approach to integrating hepatitis C and B 
screening, counseling, and referral programs into existing HIV 
and STD State programs.
      Within the total provided, $8,000,000 above the request 
is to augment CDC's resources for supporting States in 
developing and implementing effective surveillance, prevention, 
and control of West Nile virus and support research on the 
biology of the disease.
      Within the total provided, $2,000,000 above the request 
is to expand and improve surveillance, research, and prevention 
activities on prion disease. The conferees intend that a 
significant portion of the increase be used to expand support 
for the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center to 
establish a national autopsy network for prion disease 
surveillance.
      The conferees are pleased that the CDC is restoring funds 
for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome research and that these funds are 
being used in substantive areas. The conferees encourage CDC to 
continue the establishment of a national registry.
Injury Control
      The conference agreement includes $149,385,000 for injury 
control, as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 provided 
$148,464,000 for injury control.
      Within the total provided, $3,000,000 is provided to 
extend implementation of the National Violent Death Reporting 
System. In addition, sufficient funds are included to continue 
support for all existing Injury Control Research Centers. The 
conferees also intend that $1,000,000 of the funds provided 
above the request augment funding for the Traumatic Brain 
Injury prevention program.
Occupational Safety and Health
      The conference agreement provides a program level of 
$274,899,000 for occupational safety and health, the same as 
proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included $275,161,000 for 
occupational safety and health. Included within the available 
funds is $41,900,000 to carry out research tools and approaches 
activities within the National Occupational Research Agenda 
(NORA) to be derived from section 241 evaluation set-aside 
funds.
      Within the total provided, $2,000,000 above the request 
is for the Education and Research Centers to expand research 
activities in support of implementation of NORA.
      The conferees have provided sufficient funds for NIOSH to 
continue the farm health and safety initiative and to initiate 
an objective, science-based study on the exposure of industrial 
solvents on workers and whether those solvents have a long-term 
significant adverse neurological impact on the health of those 
workers.
      The conferees support NIOSH's efforts in domestic 
terrorism preparedness, including work to protect emergency 
responders from biological and chemical terrorism exposures, as 
well as industrial accidents. The conferees urge NIOSH to fast-
track its work to recognize the military affiliated laboratory 
expertise and certification and to certify military equipment 
for appropriate civilian use, particularly where any needed 
modifications are simple.
      The conferees support continuation of the joint 
interagency initiative which involves the National Institute of 
Occupational Safety and Health, the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and the National Transportation SafetyBoard. 
The conferees encourage NIOSH to continue to implement the Board's 
recommendations to improve aviation safety in Alaska.
Public Health Improvement
      The conference agreement includes a total program level 
of $153,848,000 for public health improvement instead of 
$115,672,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included 
$114,581,000 for public health improvement. Included within the 
available funds is $28,600,000 to carry out information systems 
standards development and architecture and applications-based 
research used at local public health levels to be derived from 
section 241 evaluation set-aside funds.
      Funds requested within public health improvement for 
development and implementation of a nationwide environmental 
health-tracking network have been provided for within the CDC's 
environmental health activities program.
      The conferees include the following amounts for the 
following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Adelphi University in Garden City, New York for its 
    Breast Cancer Hotline...............................        $100,000
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Obesity 
    Prevention and Control program......................         400,000
Alivio Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois for its 
    diabetes programs...................................         150,000
Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record System (AEMRS) in 
    Edina, Minnesota to improve overall medical error 
    reduction...........................................         100,000
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin for 
    a study of cardiovascular disease and diabetes among 
    persons of Asian Indian descent with emphasis on 
    risk factors and effective interventions............         500,000
American Trauma Society, Upper Marlboro, Md., for a 
    program to provide medical professionals with the 
    skills and strategies to guide families of the 
    trauma victim through the stages of care............         100,000
American Vitiligo Research Foundation, for education and 
    awareness programs for outreach.....................         100,000
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of Alaska and the Alaska 
    Lung Association to prevent lung diseases stemming 
    from tobacco........................................         500,000
Auditory-Verbal Mentoring Program, Birmingham, Alabama 
    for auditory-verbal therapy.........................         400,000
Bexar County Community Health Collaborative in San 
    Antonio, Texas for its ``Fit City/Fit Schools'' 
    program.............................................         150,000
Cal State Bakersfield Foundation, Bakersfield, 
    California, for a Valley Fever vaccination project..         750,000
Center for International Rehabilitation to implement and 
    create Disability Rights Monitor....................         400,000
Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Texas for the 
    Center for Infectious Diseases, Advanced 
    Diagnostics, and Emerging Pathogens.................         500,000
Children's Medical Research Institute, Oklahoma City, 
    Oklahoma, for a Type 2 diabetes research program....         450,000
Citizens Against Toxic Exposure Health Clinic, 
    Pensacola, Florida, to locate and assist individuals 
    with health problems related to environmental toxins         300,000
City of Long Beach, California, for surveillance, 
    laboratory, epidemiology and other services at its 
    health department...................................         355,000
Clear Corps, Pittsburgh, PA, to provide lead poisoning 
    prevention services to families in the Pittsburgh 
    area................................................          75,000
Community Health Centers in Hawaii for a childhood rural 
    asthma project......................................         150,000
Community Services Planning Council, Sacramento, 
    California, Shots for Tots KIDS immunization 
    registry............................................         283,000
Cooper Green Hospital Women's Cancer Screening and 
    Prevention program, Birmingham, Alabama, to screen 
    and detect cervical cancers among low income women..         250,000
Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Public 
    Health, for the Delaware Electronic Reporting 
    (DEERS).............................................         500,000
Division of Health Sciences, East Tennessee State 
    University, Johnson City, Tennessee, for the 
    Appalachian Cancer demonstration project............         200,000
Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo 
    County in San Luis Obispo, California for its senior 
    health screening program............................          50,000
Elliot Health System, Manchester, New Hampshire.........         400,000
Epilepsy Foundation in Landover, Maryland for its ``No 
    Seizures, No Side Effects'' campaign................         350,000
Greater Cleveland SAFE KIDS Coalition's Reducing Child 
    Pedestrian Injuries in Urban Areas Program to 
    decrease the high rates of pedestrian injury for 
    children............................................          30,000
Greenburgh Central School District No. 7 in Greenburgh, 
    New York for developing and implementing an action 
    plan to improve physical fitness and nutrition and 
    reduce obesity among middle school and high school 
    students............................................         303,000
Health and Human Services Department, City of Houston, 
    Texas for its Online Infectious Disease/Bioterrorism 
    Immediate Identification, Assessment and Alert 
    demonstration project...............................         375,000
Healthy Body Healthy Soul Jesse Trice Cancer Center 
    Prevention Project to provide funding for cancer 
    prevention, education and early detection 
    initiatives.........................................         300,000
Hunter Health Clinic, Wichita, Kansas, for supplies.....         250,000
Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah to develop a 
    Genealogical Database in support of genetic disease 
    research............................................         500,000
Inova Regional Trauma Center, Falls Church, Virginia, 
    for a community-based injury prevention center......         300,000
Iowa Games to continue the Lighten Up Iowa program......         100,000
Iowa Health Foundation for a pilot program on chronic 
    disease management..................................         500,000
Iowa State University, Center for Food Safety and Public 
    Health, Ames, Iowa, for a public health research and 
    education project...................................       1,000,000
Jackson State University Institute of Epidemiology and 
    Health Services Research to address urban and rural 
    health problems in Mississippi......................       1,200,000
Jefferson Parish (Louisiana) Mosquito Control Board, 
    Harvey, Louisiana, to combat infestation and spread 
    of the West Nile virus..............................         200,000
Kansas University Medical School and Family Community 
    Medicine Program, Wichita, Kansas, for Diabetes 
    management program..................................         200,000
Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the 
    National Mass Fatalities Institute..................         300,000
La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois for 
    diabetes programs for children and families.........         150,000
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, 
    Louisiana for its Breast Health Center..............         550,000
Lawton & Rea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and 
    Babies in Tampa, Florida, for training 
    paraprofessionals in the health-care field..........       1,000,000
Marin County Department of Health and Human Services in 
    San Rafael, California for research, analysis and 
    health system improvements related to the incidence 
    of breast cancer in the county......................         500,000
Medical Institute for Sexual Health.....................         250,000
Michael E. DeBakey Institute for Comparative 
    Cardiovascular Science and Biomedical Devices at 
    Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas........         800,000
Missouri Primary Care Association for chronic disease 
    prevention and oral health outreach and education...         150,000
National Bioinformatics Collaboration Center for early 
    stage planning......................................          50,000
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island in Providence, 
    Rhode Island for a community-based asthma outreach 
    and intervention program............................         250,000
Northern Arizona University to research and address 
    critical security needs associated with biothreat 
    agents and organisms................................         450,000
Nurses for Newborns Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, 
    for services to infants and children at risk for 
    abuse or neglect....................................         300,000
Onondaga County Health Department, Syracuse, New York, 
    for Tuberculosis elimination project................         125,000
Osteopathic Health System of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, 
    for study to determine the efficacy of Hyperbaric 
    Oxygen for treatment of diseases....................         870,000
Partnership for Food Safety Education, Washington, D.C., 
    to establish a national education clearinghouse.....         500,000
Rice University in Houston, Texas, for proteomics 
    research............................................       1,000,000
S.A.F.E., Inc., Wilkes-Barre, PA., (in affiliation with 
    Geisinger's Center for Autism), to establish centers 
    of excellence for the treatment of Autism...........         250,000
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District in San Antonio, 
    Texas to expand a public health assessment of 
    exposure to environmental contaminants at and near 
    the former Kelly Air Force Base.....................         350,000
San Luis Obispo County Public Health Agency in San Luis 
    Obispo, California for diabetes prevention, 
    screening and education.............................          90,000
SIDS Resources, Inc. in Kirkwood, Missouri for an Urban 
    Education Outreach Program and Infant Mortality Risk 
    Reduction Program in rural Missouri.................          50,000
Sister to Sister--Everyone Has a Heart Foundation to 
    increase women's awareness of heart disease, 
    Washington, D.C.....................................         400,000
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center in Milwaukee, 
    Wisconsin for a demonstration program focusing on 
    asthma treatment in the bilingual community.........         250,000
Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats.......         600,000
Southern Methodist University for research regarding 
    pharmaceutical antibiotic resistance................         300,000
Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, National 
    Multiple Sclerosis Training Center at the University 
    of Texas............................................         500,000
St. Joseph Health Services in North Providence, Rhode 
    Island for the ``Pawtucket Smiles'' children's oral 
    health initiative...................................         350,000
St. Joseph's Mercy Care Services in Atlanta, Georgia for 
    their breast and cervical cancer screening and 
    treatment program...................................         350,000
St. Louis University Consortium Against Biological 
    Agents in St. Louis, Missouri to expand and 
    integrate the University's educational efforts in 
    the basic science of the transmission, prevention 
    and treatment of infectious diseases and the 
    training of pub.....................................       1,000,000
St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Control Board, Slidell, 
    Louisiana, for project to prevent and control the 
    spread of West Nile virus...........................         200,000
Sustainable Resources Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota 
    for the Community Lead Education and Reduction 
    Program (CLEARCorps)................................         125,000
Texas Tech University, Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, 
    Texas, for Diabetes Prevention and Control project..         500,000
The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, 
    Washington, D.C., for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome project       1,000,000
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, 
    Pennsylvania for a center for bioterrorism and 
    disaster preparedness training......................       1,650,000
Tried Stone Economic Development Corporation in Detroit, 
    Michigan for preventive health programs at the Imani 
    Social Re-nurturing and Health Center...............         150,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, 
    Alabama, for a Rural Diabetes Glaucoma Initiative...         400,000
University of Arizona Health Center to develop the use 
    of DNA microarrays to detect contamination of foods 
    and/or dietary supplements..........................         100,000
University of Arizona to study NikkomycinZ (NikZ) as a 
    treatment for Valley Fever..........................         100,000
University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio, for Terrorism 
    Preparedness Center.................................       1,500,000
University of Florida, Seniors Institute for 
    Transportation and Communications, Gainesville, 
    Florida, for Older Driver Assessment and 
    Rehabilitation project..............................       1,000,000
University of Georgia, College of Pharmacy, Center for 
    Leadership in Education and Applied Research in Mass 
    Destruction Defense (CLEARMADD), Athens, Georgia, to 
    train health professionals to respond to chemical 
    and biological attacks..............................         450,000
University of Louisville's Center for the Deterrence of 
    Bioterrorism and Biowarfare to educate public health 
    officials to detect and respond to biological 
    attacks, Kentucky...................................       1,200,000
University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, 
    Michigan for its clinical simulation center for 
    education and training of first responders and 
    medical and public health personnel.................         450,000
University of Missouri School of Journalism and the 
    Sinclair School of Nursing Cancer Communication 
    Research Center for evaluation and devlopment of 
    protocols and programs..............................         200,000
University of Montana Center for Environmental Health 
    Sciences, Missoula, Montana, to support research on 
    the impact of environmental factors in causing or 
    exacerbating human diseases.........................         750,000
University of Northern Iowa Youth Fitness and Obesity 
    Institute to study the effectiveness of movement 
    programs on the health of preschool children........         700,000
University of Rhode Island Cancer Prevention Research 
    Center, in Kingston, Rhode Island for cancer related 
    research and tobacco program........................         100,000
University of South Alabama for the Alabama Birth 
    Defects Monitoring and Prevention Center............         500,000
University of South Alabama for the Diabetic Lower 
    Extremity Amputation Prevention Program.............         500,000
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in 
    Houston, Texas for a comprehensive cancer control 
    program to address the needs of minority and 
    medically underserved populations...................         500,000
University of Vermont to implement an obesity research 
    and community intervention program to evaluate 
    effective remedies..................................         100,000
Vanderbilt University Department of Pediatrics in 
    Nashville, Tennessee, for the Nurses for Newborns 
    program.............................................         250,000
Wausau Health Foundation in Wausau, Wisconsin to develop 
    and test innovative approaches to increase screening 
    for colorectal cancer...............................         200,000
West Virginia University for the Center for Healthy 
    Communities to implement a program to reduce obesity       1,000,000
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, UPMC, 
    Pittsburgh, PA for weight management and obesity 
    control.............................................         250,000
Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in Brooklyn, 
    New York for a community-based asthma management 
    program.............................................         375,000

                     NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

                       National Cancer Institute

      The conference agreement includes $4,622,394,000 for the 
National Cancer Institute instead of $4,642,394,000 as proposed 
by the Senate and $4,299,493,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conferees note with concern the Lung Cancer Progress 
Review Group's August 2001 report, which concluded that the 
nation's health care system is poorly organized to deal with 
lung cancer and that a pervasive sense of ``therapeutic 
nihilism'' dominates the public and scientific discussion of 
this disease. The conferees urge NCI to consider implementing 
the group's recommendations, particularly regarding the 
creation of multi-institutional, multidisciplinary lung cancer 
consortia. The conferees request the NCI to submit a report on 
the group's recommendations by June 30, 2003.

                National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

      The conference agreement includes $2,812,011,000 for the 
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute instead of 
$2,820,011,000 as proposed by the Senate and $2,698,391,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conferees encourage NHLBI, in collaboration with the 
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, to 
enhance its efforts to develop a diagnostic test for 
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) that would be 
suitable for screening the blood supply. Currently, there is no 
suitable method for identifying TSE-infected blood or humans 
infected with TSEs. Human TSEs, for which there are no known 
treatments, include Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and new variant 
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
      The conferees are aware of the impact of cystic fibrosis 
on children and adults and commend the voluntary associations 
that focus on combating this life-threatening genetic disease. 
The conferees urge the NIH to work with these organizations and 
outside researchers in supporting research related to the 
diagnosis and treatment of patients who are affected by this 
disease.
      The conferees are interested in efforts to find a cure 
for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a progressive and often 
fatal lung disease of young women with no effective treatment. 
Accordingly, the conferees urge the NHLBI to explore 
opportunities for funding clinical treatment trials through 
both intramural and extramural means and to use all available 
mechanisms, as appropriate, including supporting state-of-the-
science symposia and facilitating access to human tissues, to 
stimulate a broad range of clinical and basic LAM research.

         National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

      The conference agreement includes $374,067,000 for the 
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $360,528,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246.

    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

      The conference agreement includes $1,633,347,000 for the 
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney 
Diseases instead of $1,637,347,000 as proposed by the Senate 
and $1,532,394,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conferees are concerned about the alarming growth in 
kidney disease and end stage renal disease and anticipated 
shortages of the professionals in nephrology that will be 
needed to handle these cases. NIDDK is encouraged to consider 
launching new training initiatives and workshops such as grant 
writing seminars to foster increased interest in this 
subspecialty.

        National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

      The conference agreement includes $1,466,005,000 for the 
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $1,372,256,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246.
      The conferees encourage NINDS, in collaboration with 
NIAID, to expand support for controlled clinical trials to 
better understand the effect of neutralizing antibodies on 
current therapies on multiple sclerosis, and to produce better 
clinical data on effective combination therapies using existing 
therapies that have been approved for MS and other conditions. 
The conferees further encourage NINDS to conduct a scientific 
workshop on the role of neutralizing antibodies in MS therapy 
and new approaches for treatment of MS with combination 
therapies of drugs approved for MS and other conditions.

         National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

      The conference agreement includes $3,730,973,000 for the 
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases instead 
of $3,727,473,000 as proposed by the Senate and $2,674,213,000 
as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes bill language 
permitting the transfer of $100,000,000 to International 
Assistance Programs, Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, 
and Tuberculosis as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included a 
general provision permitting the Director of NIH to transfer 
this amount to the Global Fund from funds appropriated to NIH.
      The conference agreement includes bill language 
allocating up to $375,000,000 for extramural facilities 
construction grants for research on biological and other 
agents. The Senate had proposed $150,000,000 for these grants. 
H.R. 246 had no similar provision. The conferees intend to 
provide NIAID with flexibility to determine the appropriate 
share of the Institute's funds directed to bioterrorism 
research versus infrastructure.

             National Institute of General Medical Sciences

      The conference agreement includes $1,859,084,000 for the 
National Institute of General Medical Sciences instead of 
$1,853,584,000 as proposed by the Senate and $1,742,596,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246.

        National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

      The conference agreement includes $1,213,817,000 for the 
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $1,159,405,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246.
      The conferees recognize that the therapeutic potentials 
of adult and embryonic stem cells need to be studied in animal 
models. The conferees remain concerned about the absence of 
research dedicated to investigating stem cells in the most 
clinically relevant models. To maintain a position of 
scientific leadership in embryonic stem cell research, the 
conferees urge NICHD to support research using approved stem 
cell lines that investigate adult and embryonic stem cells in 
vitro and in nonhuman primates.
      Congenital limb deficiency, vascular disease, childhood 
skeletal malignancy and trauma have resulted in over 1,500,000 
persons in the U.S. experiencing limb loss. Technological 
advancements today offerconsiderable opportunity for persons 
with limb loss to effectively resume active, productive lives. 
Standards of care for persons with limb loss have not been developed, 
however, nor have clinical outcomes research been conducted to 
determine appropriate access to advanced technology prosthetic devices 
and the importance of related physical rehabilitation and therapy to 
improve performance among persons who utilize prosthetic devices. The 
conferees encourage the Institute to support a prosthetic outcomes 
research consensus conference, with an emphasis on consumer input, to 
develop a research protocol to comprehensively address these concerns.

                         National Eye Institute

      The conference agreement includes $637,290,000 for the 
National Eye Institute instead of $634,290,000 as proposed by 
the Senate and $600,796,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      Ocular albinism (OA) is a hereditary, blinding disease 
that causes terribly distorted vision in children. Victims, who 
are usually boys and receive the defective gene from their 
mothers, experience nystagmus, photophobia, lack of 
stereoscopic vision, strabismus, and other symptoms which deny 
these children normal vision. In recent years, great strides 
have been made in the search for improved diagnostic tools and 
treatments. Recently, the OA1 gene, responsible for most cases 
of the disease, was identified, and a diagnostic screening test 
created to help women determine if they are at risk of passing 
the disease on to their children. As researchers move closer to 
understanding how this disease works, and developing potential 
treatments that could improve the vision of children with the 
condition, the conferees direct NEI to be prepared to report on 
advances in research on ocular albinism.

          National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

      The conference agreement includes $618,258,000 for the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences instead of 
$617,258,000 as proposed by the Senate and $589,701,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conferees commend NIEHS for its recent efforts to 
bolster research initiatives on the environmental influences of 
breast cancer. The conferees recognize the serious lack of 
research on the relationship between the environment and breast 
cancer, and believe that it is important for the Institute to 
support such research. The conferees urge the Institute to 
establish a group of breast cancer and environmental research 
advisers to make recommendations to the Director with regard to 
the support of the breast cancer and environmental research, 
and to include in the group representatives from the breast 
cancer community who have had breast cancer. The conferees 
request an update at the fiscal year 2004 hearings on the 
progress in establishing an advisory group. The conferees 
encourage NIEHS to consider establishing centers to conduct 
multi-disciplinary and multi-institution research on 
environmental factors that may be related to breast cancer.

                      National Institute on Aging

      The conference agreement includes $1,000,099,000 for the 
National Institute on Aging as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $939,608,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

      The conference agreement includes $489,324,000 for the 
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 
Diseases as proposed by the Senate instead of $474,392,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246.
      Vitiligo is an environmental and genetic auto-immune 
disease of unknown origin which affects about three to six 
million Americans. Almost 50 percent develop the disease in 
childhood, with the median age of onset at four years of age. 
In its most severe forms, patients have milky white patches 
covering widespread areas of the body due to the loss of 
pigment in these areas. Especially for young children, the 
physical pain caused by severe burns from the harmful effects 
of sunlight and the emotional pain caused by people confusing 
vitiligo with an infectious disease diminishes the quality of a 
patient's life. There are no FDA-approved treatments for 
children. The conferees urge NIAMS to enhance research efforts 
through all available mechanisms, as appropriate, to identify 
the causes of this disease and develop pediatric treatment 
options for vitiligo.

    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

      The conference agreement includes $372,805,000 for the 
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication 
Disorders as proposed by the Senate instead of $351,376,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246.

                 National Institute of Nursing Research

      The conference agreement includes $131,438,000 for the 
National Institute of Nursing Research as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $130,044,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

           National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

      The conference agreement includes $418,773,000 for the 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as proposed 
by the Senate instead of $401,933,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

                    National Institute on Drug Abuse

      The conference agreement includes $968,013,000 for the 
National Institute on Drug Abuse as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $912,489,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conferees commend NIDA for its partnership with the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy, particularly the 
ongoing support NIDA provides to the sites established by the 
Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC). The conferees 
encourage the continuation and expansion of NIDA funding for 
these research centers where CTAC has likewise committed 
resources.

                  National Institute of Mental Health

      The conference agreement includes $1,349,788,000 for the 
National Institute of Mental Health instead of $1,350,788,000 
as proposed by the Senate and $1,290,274,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246.
      The conferees are concerned that the September 11, 2001 
terrorist attacks have taken a toll on mental health in 
America, and urge the Institute to conduct studies on the 
effects of such events and disasters so that best practices can 
be developed. Research should focus on survivors, emergency 
workers and the general public to understand the degree of 
mental trauma suffered and to understand how post traumatic 
stress affects these different populations.

                National Human Genome Research Institute

      The conference agreement includes $468,037,000 for the 
National Human Genome Research Institute as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $431,985,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

      National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

      The conference agreement includes $280,100,000 for the 
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 
instead of $283,100,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
$140,973,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

                 National Center for Research Resources

      The conference agreement includes $1,146,272,000 for the 
National Center for Research Resources instead of 
$1,161,272,000 as proposed by the Senate and $1,015,395,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes bill language to 
earmark $120,000,000 for extramural facilities construction 
grants instead of $97,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$125,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Within the total provided for NCRR, $210,000,000 is for 
the Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) program and 
$312,000,000 is for the General Clinical Research Centers. Of 
the IDeA grants funding, $127,000,000 is designated for the 
Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence program and 
$83,000,000 is designated for the Biomedical Research 
Infrastructure Networks program.

       National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

      The conference agreement includes $114,149,000 for the 
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $105,212,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes sufficient funds to 
increase support for the chiropractic research center.

       National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

      The conference agreement includes $186,929,000 for the 
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $151,062,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246.

                  John E. Fogarty International Center

      The conference agreement includes $63,880,000 for the 
John E. Fogarty International Center instead of $60,880,000 as 
proposed by the Senate and $57,064,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

                      National Library of Medicine

      The conference agreement includes $310,299,000 for the 
National Library of Medicine, of which $8,200,000 is made 
available through the evaluation set-aside, as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $277,273,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. Bill 
language is included, as proposed by the Senate, to make 
available $8,200,000 from amounts available under section 241 
of the Public Health Service Act to carry out the National 
Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care 
Technology. H.R. 246 did not contain a similar provision.

                         Office of the Director

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement includes $267,974,000 for the 
Office of the Director instead of $257,974,000 as proposed by 
the Senate and $2,476,111,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the 
Director's Discretionary Fund rather than $10,000,000 as 
provided by H.R. 246 and the Senate in order that the Director 
of NIH may allocate resources to the Institutes and Centers to 
begin ``roadmap'' activities.
      The conferees concur with the guidance in the Senate 
explanatory statement regarding limits for NIH reprogramming 
requests.
      The conference agreement reflects the funding and grant 
transfers that will be made to the National Institute of 
Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering from other institutes and 
centers.
      The conferees concur with the Senate explanatory 
statement encouraging NIH to increase the research training 
stipend awards by ten percent.
      The conferees are agreed that NIH should continue to 
allocate funds for biomedical research on the basis of 
scientific opportunity, taking into consideration the many 
other factors identified by NIH as being relevant to funding 
decisions, such as the infectious nature of a disease, the 
number of cases and deaths associated with a disease, the cost 
of disease treatment, and/or other costs associated with a 
disease. The conferees also expect NIH to consider carefully 
the language in appropriations explanatory statements and give 
it appropriate weight when determining funding allocations 
across disease areas. Regarding the cases in which 
appropriations explanatory statements reference funding levels 
for a specific disease, the conferees are agreed that these are 
intended only to express relative priority and are not funding 
earmarks.
      The conferees do not agree to the budget request to use 
NIH funding to support Department of Defense free electron 
laser research and radiation exposure research.
      The conferees have previously provided funding for the 
design of a new facility for the National Library of Medicine 
and understand that the design phase of this project is nearly 
complete. The conferees request the Director of NIH to provide 
a report by June 30, 2003 to the Committees on Appropriations 
with details of the new facility, timetables and costs, based 
on a construction plan consistent with recommendations from the 
NIH Facilities Planning Advisory Committee.
      The conferees request that the NIH Interagency Autism 
Coordinating Committee (IACC) convene a panel of outstanding 
scientists to assess the field of autism research, and identify 
the roadblocks that may be hindering progress in understanding 
its causes and best treatment options. As a next step, the IACC 
should take the recommendations of these findings and develop a 
matrix of short-to-long range and low-to-high risk action items 
to address some of the roadblocks identified by the panel. This 
matrix would then be used to help guide further autism research 
planning at NIH, and as a tool for the entire autism community. 
It should include opportunities for voluntary and private 
funding organizations, and hopefully will lead to opportunities 
for collaboration with other government agencies and the autism 
community as well. The matrix should be a living document that 
can be revised and expanded as current goals are achieved and 
new goals are identified. Once the matrix has been developed, 
the IACC should provide a report to Congress on the state of 
autism research.
      Pick's disease is a rare form of frontotemporal dementia 
that leads to a degeneration of social skills, language, 
reasoning abilities, and memory. Although the cause of this 
disease is unknown, researchers now appreciate the degree to 
which disorders such as Pick's disease are related to other 
frontotemporal dementias, and even more common forms of 
dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. Alterations of the tau 
protein, which is an important structural component of neurons, 
have been implicated in all of these disorders, and provide an 
important common target for further exploration. NIA and NINDS 
are encouraged to support research on frontotemporal dementias, 
including Pick's disease, as well as related tauopathies, that 
may reveal insights into the causes and possible treatments of 
these conditions.
      Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder seen almost 
exclusively in females; it affects approximately one in ten 
thousand live births per year. The conferees are pleased to 
learn of the discovery of the MECP2 gene as the main cause of 
this disorder and encourage the Institutes to expand their 
research efforts to learn how this gene affects other genes and 
tissues during the development of the nervous system. The 
conferees also encourage research to develop animal models of 
the disorder and to study the daily problems that afflict 
children with Rett syndrome, including autonomic disorders, as 
well as research on interventions for improved literacy and 
communication. Because Rett syndrome is a multi-faceted 
disorder, the conferees encourage NICHD, NINDS, NIDCD, and 
NIGMS to work in collaboration to maximize the outcomes from 
investments made in Rett syndrome research.
      The Department has conducted a comprehensive review of 
research on products containing the herb ephedra, and the 
conferees look forward to seeing this work in the near future. 
The conferees recommend that, following publication of this 
work and a thorough dialogue between the Department, industry 
and others, NIH initiate scientific studies necessary to 
resolve any remaining questions on the safety and benefits of 
these products.
      The conferees request NIH to provide a report by June 30, 
2003 summarizing, by grant and amount, actual fiscal year 2002 
research funding on temporomandibular diseases and disorders, 
as well as an estimate of fiscal year 2003 expenditures.

                        Buildings and Facilities

      The conference agreement includes $632,800,000 for 
buildings and facilities instead of $607,800,000 as proposed by 
the Senate and $296,100,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes language granting full 
scope authority for the contracting of construction of the 
first and second phases of the John E. Porter Neurosciences 
Building as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 did not have a 
similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes $105,000,000 for the 
NIH research building proposed in the budget request to be 
constructed on Department of Army land at Ft. Detrick, 
Maryland.
      The conferees were saddened by the recent passing of 
Florence S. Mahoney, one of the nation's foremost advocates for 
health research and a pioneer in the development of the NIH. 
Beginning in the 1940s, Mahoney teamed up with another citizen 
activist, Mary Lasker, to seek a greater Federal investment in 
health sciences and biomedical research. They were 
extraordinarily effective. Mrs. Mahoney's crowning achievement 
was her almost singlehanded campaign to create the National 
Institute on Aging. That event, in 1974, opened the way to 
scientific advances aimed at extending the healthy years of 
life and maintaining functional independence for millions of 
older Americans. She embodied that ideal, living independently 
until her death at age 103. Mahoney was the last of a 
generation of giants--including Lasker, James Shannon, Senator 
Lister Hill and Representative John Fogarty--who built the 
modern NIH. The conferees strongly urge the NIH to honor her 
memory by designating one of two outdoor courtyards in the Mark 
O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, now under construction, 
as the ``Florence S. Mahoney Plaza (or Courtyard).'' The 
conferees hope that such a space will include a stone marker, 
plaque or sculpture that would prominently pay tribute to 
Mahoney's enormous contributions to the NIH.

       SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

               Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

      The conference agreement includes $3,232,268,000 for 
substance abuse and mental health services, of which 
$3,158,068,000 is provided through budget authority and 
$74,200,000 is provided through the evaluation set-aside. H.R. 
246 had proposed $3,167,897,000 for SAMHSA and the Senate 
proposed $3,203,917,000, of which $74,200,000 was from the 
evaluation set-aside.
      The conference agreement contains bill language providing 
$955,000 for protection, maintenance and remediation of 
Federally-owned facilities at St. Elizabeths Hospital as 
proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 had no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes bill language 
identifying $21,461,000 for projects in the amounts specified 
in the statement of the managers on the conference report.

                   Center for Mental Health Services

      The conference agreement includes $246,042,000 for 
programs of regional and national significance instead of 
$226,067,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate.
      Within the total provided, the conference agreement 
provides $95,000,000 for counseling services for school-aged 
youth as proposed by the Senate. As proposed by the Senate, 
$3,000,000 is provided to support the National Suicide 
Prevention Resource Center, and continued support is provided 
for the Suicide Prevention Hotline program.
      Within the total provided, $30,000,000 is provided under 
section 582 of the Public Health Service Act to support grants 
to local mental health providers for the purposes of developing 
knowledge of best practices and providing mental health 
services to children and youth suffering from post-traumatic 
stress disorder as a result of having witnessed or experienced 
a traumatic event. These funds are provided through the SAMHSA 
appropriation rather than $10,000,000 being provided through 
the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 above the 
request to continue the current level of funding for the 
consumer and consumer-supported national technical assistance 
centers as proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct CMHS to 
support multi-year grants to five such national technical 
assistance centers.
      The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 to continue 
the elderly treatment and outreach program as proposed by the 
Senate.
      As proposed by the Senate, the conference agreement 
provides $5,000,000 for the jail diversion program and 
$1,000,000 for new awards under the community action grant 
program.
      The conferees include the following amounts for the 
following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Access Community Health Network in Chicago, Illinois for 
    an initiative to improve mental health services at 
    their community health centers......................        $350,000
Arab-American & Chaldean Council, Lathrup Village, 
    Michigan, to develop a comprehensive and systems 
    mental health initiative for the prevention and 
    treatment of substance abuse among Arab-Americans...         500,000
Bellfaire Jewish Children's Bureau, Shaker Heights, 
    Ohio, for Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) program 
    to provide early intervention and substance abuse 
    services to high school students....................         605,000
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center in Lawrence, 
    Kansas to provide mental health services in schools 
    and other settings to prevent juvenile crime and 
    substance abuse among high-risk youth...............         150,000
Center for Mind Body Medicine, Washington, D.C., to 
    train health and mental health professionals in 
    treating war and terrorism related trauma in the 
    U.S. and abroad.....................................         200,000
City of San Francisco to develop a Homeless Management 
    Information System to track and address the needs of 
    the homeless........................................         150,000
Covenant House Pennsylvania to support programs at its 
    Crisis Residence for runaway and homeless youth in 
    Philadelphia........................................         500,000
Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley, Inc. in Appleton, 
    Wisconsin to expand programs providing temporary 
    shelter and mental health services to the homeless..          30,000
Family Communications Inc. in Pittsburgh--for an 
    antiviolence program entitled the National Preschool 
    Anger Management Project............................         150,000
Family Communications Inc. to implement the National 
    Preschool Anger Management Project in Iowa..........         250,000
Family Support Systems Unlimited in the Bronx, New York 
    for mental health services..........................         250,000
Hub Program in Billings, Montana to provide services to 
    the low-income mentally ill.........................         400,000
Interlink Counseling Services, Louisville, Kentucky, for 
    drug prevention programs............................          30,000
Jewish Association for Residential Care, Farmington 
    Hills, Michigan, to develop and expand mental health 
    support and long-term case management...............         500,000
KidsPeace in Pennsylvania...............................         100,000
Kidspeace, Graham Lake Campus, Maine....................         450,000
Lawrence Hall Youth Services (LHYS) in Chicago, Illinois 
    for mental health and related support services......         250,000
Life Quest Community Mental Health Center for treatment 
    of co-occurring disorders in the population of Mat-
    Su Valley...........................................         400,000
Meeting Street Center in East Providence, Rhode Island 
    for children's mental health and enhanced early 
    intervention support services.......................         400,000
Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction demonstration in 
    Ventura, California.................................         400,000
Montrose Counseling Center in Houston, Texas for mental 
    health services.....................................         100,000
Operation Breakthrough at Saint Vincent's Family Service 
    Center in Kansas City, Missouri for family mental 
    health services.....................................         350,000
Pacific Clinics in Arcadia, California to support a 
    school-based mental health demonstration program for 
    Latina adolescents..................................         500,000
San Francisco Department of Public Health in San 
    Franciso, California for mental health and substance 
    abuse services for homeless persons in supportive 
    housing.............................................         750,000
Smith Haven Ministries in Coram, New York for mental 
    health counseling services..........................         500,000
Sowing the Seeds of Hope to provide mental health 
    support for distressed farm families................         100,000
State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services 
    Suicide Prevention Program to identify, intervene 
    and treat individuals in Alaska at risk of suicide..         250,000
Texas Medication Algorithm Project (T-MAP) in Tarrent 
    County, Texas for further development, testing, and 
    implementation of the computerization program.......         300,000
United Migrant Opportunities Services to provide 
    comprehensive, bilingual, bicultural services to 
    Latina women and families who are victims of 
    domestic violence...................................          60,000
      The conference agreement includes $440,000,000 for the 
mental health block grant instead of $433,000,000 as proposed 
by the Senate and $438,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes $98,694,000 for 
children's mental health grants rather than $96,694,000 as 
proposed by the Senate and H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement provides $43,355,000 for grants 
to States for the homeless (PATH) rather than $46,855,000 
proposed by the Senate and $39,855,000 proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes $34,000,000 for 
protection and advocacy instead of $32,500,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $35,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                  Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

      The conference agreement includes $319,354,000 for 
programs of regional and national significance instead of 
$296,314,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $310,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes sufficient funding to 
support methamphetamine prevention and treatment demonstration 
projects in Iowa and other parts of the Midwest and South.
      The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the 
Residential Treatment Program for Pregnant and Postpartum 
Women.
      The conferees include the following amounts for the 
following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Alaska Christian College at Kenai for the support of 
    residential substance abuse program for adolescents.        $200,000
Allegheny County, Department of Human Services, 
    Pittsburgh, PA. for drug and alcohol treatment......         100,000
Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, Maryland, 
    to expand drug treatment services...................         450,000
City of Vallejo Fighting Back Partnership in Vallejo, 
    California for a pilot program to identify and treat 
    youth who are abusing alcohol or drugs..............         275,000
Community Services for Children, Lehigh County, PA. to 
    remediate and reverse the impact of drug use by 
    pregnant mothers on their newborn infants...........         100,000
Cook Inlet Council (Kenai) Council on Alcohol and Drug 
    Abuse for treatment of women and children with 
    substance abuse problems............................         400,000
Cook Inlet Tribal Council's Ernie Turner Center to 
    continue outpatient and inpatient substance abuse 
    treatment...........................................         500,000
Copper River Native Association's Hudson Lake Spirit 
    Camp for a substance abuse spirit camp program......         250,000
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital to provide treatment and 
    services to chronic inebriates in Fairbanks.........         400,000
Fairbanks Native Association's Lifegivers Program 
    residential treatment program for pregnant women and 
    their children......................................         500,000
Flowering Tree in Pine Ridge, SD for residental 
    substance abuse treatment programs for young mothers 
    and pregnant women on the Pine Ridge Indian 
    Reservation.........................................         300,000
Gavin Foundation in South Boston, Massachusetts, for the 
    Cushing House substance abuse treatment program for 
    adolescent males....................................         250,000
Lindy's Place in New Orleans, LA to integrate substance 
    abuse treatment program into domestic violence 
    programs............................................          50,000
Southcentral Foundation's Pathways Home Residential 
    Treatment center for adolescent substance abusers...       2,000,000
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Deilee Hit 
    residential substance abuse treatment program for 
    pregnant women and their children...................         400,000
Tanana Chiefs Conference and Fairbanks Native 
    Association to continue the Ch'eghutsen 
    comprehensive mental health services program for 
    children in Interior Alaska.........................         800,000
Tundra Swan Inhalant Abuse Treatment Center in Bethel, 
    Alaska for operational support......................       1,500,000
Vocational Instruction Project Community Services in The 
    Bronx, New York for mental health and substance 
    abuse services, including services for families.....         300,000

      The conference agreement includes $1,765,000,000 for the 
Substance Abuse Performance Partnership, of which 
$1,702,800,000 is budget authority and $62,200,000 is provided 
through the PHS evaluation funding tap. H.R. 246 had proposed 
$1,745,000,000 and the Senate proposed $1,785,000,000, of which 
$62,200,000 was derived through the evaluation tap. The 
conference agreement includes bill language establishing a 
limitation of five percent of the performance partnership 
appropriation for funding of data collection activities as 
proposed by the Senate.

                 Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

      The conference agreement includes $198,401,000 for 
programs of regional and national significance instead of 
$202,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $183,379,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides funds over the budget 
request for Starting Early, Starting Smart and Community-
Initiated Prevention Intervention. $5,000,000 is included to 
continue and expand the ecstasy program funded last year; 
$10,000,000 is provided for FAS/FAE prevention and treatment 
programs; and no less than last year's level is provided for 
the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.
      The Starting Early, Starting Smart program has 
demonstrated proven results in improving family management, 
reducing drug and alcohol abuse, and improving child 
development and resilience.
      The conferees include the following amounts for the 
following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Children's Home of Easton Services Inc., Easton, PA for 
    at-risk youth counseling............................        $100,000
Community Health Centers in the Big Island of Hawaii for 
    a youth anti-drug program...........................         250,000
Fenway Community Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, 
    to provide comprehensive health care, mental health, 
    and drug treatment services to low-income HIV and 
    AIDS patients.......................................         150,000
Hands Across Cultures in Espanola, New Mexico, for the 
    Black Tar Heroin Coalition..........................         350,000
Institute for Research, Education, and Training in 
    Addictions, Pittsburgh, PA for treatment approaches 
    and health policy development.......................         250,000
Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa for the Rock in 
    Prevention program..................................         300,000
Jefferson Parish, SE Louisiana Drug Prevention Education 
    program for students drug testing assessment, 
    counseling treatment, drug education, outreach 
    services and program evaluation.....................         500,000
Life Haven, Inc. in New Haven, Connecticut, for services 
    to promote resilence for homeless and other at-risk 
    children............................................         350,000
Silver Spring Neighborhood Center for an alcohol, 
    tobacco and drug prevention program for youths......          11,000
South Boston Community Health Center in South Boston, 
    Massachusetts for a substance abuse prevention 
    initiative..........................................         200,000
Southeast Louisiana Drug Prevention and Education 
    Program in Jefferson, LA for student drug testing, 
    counseling, drug education, outreach and program 
    evaluation..........................................         100,000
St. Francis House in Boston, MA to provide mental health 
    and substance abuse programs to the homeless........         125,000
Start SMART Foundation, Bethlehem, PA for the expansion 
    of a pilot project to examine the distribution of a 
    saliva alcohol test.................................         225,000
Teen Court of Greater New Orleans to expand its Drug 
    Prevention program..................................          50,000
University of South Dakota to continue the work of the 
    Consortium on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome regarding 
    development and testing of a prevention model for 
    women considered at-risk for abusing alcohol during 
    their childbearing years............................         700,000
University of Vermont to disseminate a multimedia drug 
    abuse prevention program to middle school students 
    throughout the state................................          50,000

      Within the total provided for SAMHSA, $109,100,000 is for 
activities that are targeted to address the growing HIV/AIDS 
epidemic and its disparate impact on communities of color, 
including African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian 
Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. The 
conferees expect SAMHSA to follow the fiscal year 2002 House 
report regarding the disbursement of these funds.
      Within the total funding for the Minority HIV/AIDS 
Initiative, $8,000,000 is for the treatment of mental health 
disorders related to HIV disease, including dementia, clinical 
depression and chronic, progressive neurological disabilities 
that often accompany HIV disease.
      Within the total funding for the Minority HIV/AIDS 
Initiative, $61,000,000 is to enhance the quality of services 
and expand the service capacity of substance abuse treatment 
programs with a history of providing services to high risk 
communities of color that are severely impacted by substance 
abuse and HIV/AIDS.
      Within the total funding for the Minority HIV/AIDS 
Initiative, $40,100,000 is to provide grants for planning and 
services to organizations with a history of providing services 
to high risk communities of color to enhance the quality of 
services and to expand substance abuse prevention service 
capacity in communities of color disproportionately impacted by 
the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

                           Program Management

      The conference agreement includes $86,467,000 for program 
management, of which $12,000,000 is provided through the 
evaluation set-aside. This is the same allocation as proposed 
by the Senate. H.R. 246 proposed $91,467,000.

               AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

                    Healthcare Research and Quality

      The conference agreement includes $303,695,000 instead of 
$298,745,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $308,645,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides all these funds 
through the policy evaluation set-aside. H.R. 246 had provided 
$296,145,000 through the evaluation set-aside. The Senate had 
provided these funds through budget authority. The conference 
agreement also provides $5,000,000 for AHRQ bioterrorism 
activities through the Public Health and Social Services 
Emergency Fund.
      The agreement provides $55,000,000 for reducing medical 
errors as proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate provided 
$60,000,000. The agreement provides $53,300,000 for health 
insurance and expenditure surveys as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $48,500,000 proposed in H.R. 246. The agreement 
provides $2,700,000 for program management as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $2,600,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement does not permit the transfer of 
$10,000,000 to the Department of Commerce for the Current 
Population Survey. This is consistent with H.R. 246 and the 
Senate bill.

               CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

                           Program Management

      The conference agreement includes $2,581,672,000 for 
program management instead of $2,550,488,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $2,559,664,000 as proposed by the Senate. An 
additional appropriation of $720,000,000 has been provided for 
the Medicare Integrity Program through the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 as proposed by the 
Senate rather than $700,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. A 
citation for the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Benefits 
Improvement and Protection Act proposed by H.R. 246 is not 
included in the conference agreement because more general 
authorities are cited.

                Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation

      The conference agreement includes $74,194,000 for 
research, demonstration, and evaluation instead of $68,400,000 
as proposed by the Senate and $33,510,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246.
      Within the total provided, $40,000,000 is for Real Choice 
Systems Change Grants to States. The conferees continue to 
strongly support the Real Choice Systems Change grants and 
expect CMS to provide expanded technical assistance to the 
consumer task forces involved with the program by contracting 
with a consortium of consumer controlled organizations for 
people with disabilities. The conferees request the Secretary 
to report on the activities and accomplishments of the 
Community Living Exchange Cooperative by July 1, 2003.
      The conferees are pleased with the currently ongoing 
Prescription Continuity of Care and Emergency Department 
Continuity of Care Projects and recommend their continuation. 
The conferees are pleased with the demonstration project being 
conducted at the Mind-Body Institute of Boston, Massachusetts, 
and recommend its continuation.
      The agreement includes bill language for the following 
projects and activities for fiscal year 2003:

AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles for a 
    demonstration of residential and outpatient 
    treatment facilities................................      $1,500,000
Bucks County Health Improvement Project, Langhorne, 
    Pennsylvania........................................         500,000
Children's Hospice International demonstration program 
    to provide a continuum of care for children with 
    life-threatening conditions and their families......         464,000
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minneapolis/St. 
    Paul, in partnership with the National Hospice and 
    Palliative Care Organization, for a demonstration 
    project to provide pediatric palliative care 
    education and consultation services.................         350,000
Community Catalyst Inc. in Boston, MA to expand a 
    benefits management program to improve the delivery 
    of healthcare benefits to low-income individuals....         100,000
Cook County Illinois Bureau of Health Services, to 
    improve the management of the vulnerable patients 
    with poorly controlled diabetes.....................          75,000
County of Sacramento, California for implementation of 
    the SacAdvantage pilot program to increase 
    availability of health insurance for uninsured 
    workers and their dependents through premium 
    subsidies and purchasing pools......................         700,000
Equip for Equality in Chicago, Illinois for a 
    demonstration project to document the impact of an 
    independent investigative unit to examine deaths and 
    serious allegations of abuse and neglect of people 
    with disabilities at facilities in Illinois.........         200,000
Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA, for a demonstration 
    project for the evaluation of advanced illness 
    coordinated care for Medicare Beneficiaries.........         300,000
Hope House Day Care Center in Memphis, Tennessee for a 
    demonstration project on improving the overall well-
    being of HIV positive children......................         100,000
Hospice of Metro Denver in Denver, Colorado to establish 
    a clinical and training affiliation with the 
    University of Colorado's Health Science Center and 
    to develop cutting-edge palliative care practices...         500,000
Illinois Primary Health Care Association, in 
    Springfield, Illinois, to implement the Shared 
    Integrated Management Information System............         350,000
Jefferson Area Board for Aging, Charlottesville, 
    Virginia, for continuation of the recruitment, 
    retention, training, and support of nursing 
    assistants..........................................         100,000
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD., for an 
    advanced respiratory Medicine project to study in-
    home, self-administered high frequency chest wall 
    oscillation therapy.................................         100,000
Medical Care for Children Partnership, Fairfax, 
    Virginia, to provide outreach to increase access to 
    medical and dental care for children................         130,000
The Breast Cancer Fund in San Francisco, California for 
    the ``Lifelines'' project to increase access to 
    breast cancer treatment for medically underserved 
    women (in collaboration with Shanti)................         325,000

                          Medicare Contractors

      The conference agreement includes $1,677,584,000 for 
Medicare contractors instead of $1,675,084,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $1,680,084,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within 
the total provided, $12,500,000 is to support grants for State 
Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance programs as proposed 
by the Senate. The conferees recommend that CMS eliminate the 
five percent cap on transferring funds between functions so 
that contractors may have greater flexibility to manage their 
resources to match programmatic needs.

                         Federal Administration

      The conference agreement includes $575,497,000 for 
Federal administration rather than $587,497,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $556,783,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
agreement provides $13,000,000 for the Medicaid Healthy Start, 
Grow Smart campaign.
      The conferees direct that the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services utilize data reflecting the current cost of 
liability insurance to determine current Medicare payment 
rates, including annual updates to the malpractice geographic 
practice cost index.
      The conferees are concerned about the widespread failure 
of States to provide screening for lead poisoning to children 
served by Medicaid, as required by Federal law. The conferees 
expect CMS to provide national leadership to ensure Medicaid 
lead screening consistent with age and risk factors recommended 
by CDC. CMS is also encouraged to ensure Medicaid coverage of 
environmental investigations, including analysis of samples to 
identify lead hazards in the home of a poisoned child.
      The conferees direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to review the Medicare Geographic Classification 
Review Board's criteria for reclassification determinations 
with respect to making payments to hospitals. The conferees 
request the review to include a detailed analysis of 
disparities among hospitals' reimbursement rates for hospitals 
in metropolitan statistical areas that border on areas that 
have higher wage indices; the difficulty hospitals face in 
losing skilled medical personnel to neighboring areas with 
urban classifications and higher wage and salary structures; 
geographic and environmental impediments to traditional 
community routes; the base costs on which the wage index is 
applied; and the effect lower wage indices have on the quality 
of care. The conferees expect the Secretary to report to the 
Committees no later than May 30, 2003.
      The conferees concur in the language in the Senate 
explanatory statement requesting the Secretary to conduct a 
comprehensive study of current literature and best practices to 
determine the cost-effectiveness of behavioral-based weight 
loss services. The conferees expect such a study to be 
completed within six months of enactment of the appropriations 
bill.
      The conferees are agreed that the last paragraph under 
CMS Program Management, Federal administration, in the Senate 
explanatory statement, pertaining to a study of claims data, is 
deleted.
      The conferees urge CMS to promulgate regulations 
establishing the same definition of ``audiologist'' for the 
Medicaid program as is currently used in the Medicare program. 
The conferees also note that both the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management allow 
participants in their respective health care programs direct 
access to audiologists, and recommend that CMS adopt a policy 
for Medicare consistent with these successful initiatives.
      The conferees are concerned about the growing national 
shortage of nursing and allied health professionals. This 
concern is evidenced by the recent passage of the Nurse 
Reinvestment Act of 2002. Medicare has historically paid a 
share of the net costs of approved nursing and allied health 
education costs associated with a nursing and allied health 
education program operated by a hospital. The conferees are 
particularly concerned about nursing and allied health 
educational programs that cannot meet the regulations set forth 
at 42 C.F.R. Sec. 413.85(f) solely as a result of regional 
educational accrediting criteria. Given the shortage of nursing 
and allied health professionals, the conferees support the 
payment of costs on a reasonable cost basis for a hospital that 
has historically been the operator of nursing and allied health 
educational program(s) that qualified for Medicare payments 
under 42 C.F.R. Sec. 413.85, but, solely in order to meet 
educational standards, subsequently relinquishes some control 
over the program(s) to an educational institution, which: meets 
regional accrediting standards; is wholly owned by the 
provider; and is supported by the hospital, i.e., the hospital 
is incurring the costs of both the classroom and clinical 
training portions of the program. Moreover, a hospital could 
bear all the costs of the training but share curriculum control 
with the educational institution. It was not the intent of 
Congress in Section 6205 of Public Law 101-239 nor Section 
4159(b) of Public Law 101-508 to preclude hospitals from 
receiving reasonable cost pass-through payments for nursing and 
allied health educational programs based solely on conflicting 
accreditation educational standards.

                ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

                     Refugee and Entrant Assistance

      The conference agreement appropriates $446,724,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $442,724, 000 as proposed by 
the Senate. Within this amount, $151,121,000 is provided for 
Social Services, as proposed in H.R. 246. The Senate bill 
included $147,121,000 for this purpose.
      The conferees recognize the importance of continued 
educational support to schools with a significant proportion of 
refugee children, consistent with previous support to schools 
heavily impacted by large concentrations of refugees, and urge 
the Office of Refugee Resettlement to support these efforts 
should funding become available in the Social Services or other 
accounts.
      The agreement also includes $19,000,000 for increased 
support to communities with large concentrations of refugees 
whose cultural differences make assimilation especially 
difficult justifying a more intense level and longer duration 
of Federal assistance.

                Children and Families Services Programs

      The conference agreement includes $8,643,117,000 for 
children and families services programs instead of 
$8,467,062,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $8,648,884,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
Runaway youth
      The conference agreement includes $90,567,000 for runaway 
youth instead of $93,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
$88,133,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. Within the funds provided, 
$40,770,000 is available for the transitional living program 
(TLP). The conference agreement includes these additional 
resources to meet the needs of more young people in need of 
services.
Child abuse
      The conference agreement includes $34,066,000 for child 
abuse discretionary programs instead of $26,351,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246 and the Senate. Within the funds provided for child 
abuse prevention programs, the agreement includes the following 
items:

AGAPE of Central Alabama, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, for 
    their work with the children in need................         $70,000
Alameda County Social Service Agency, Alameda County, 
    California, for Another Road to Safety Program to 
    serve low to moderate risk families.................         440,000
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, in 
    consultation with the Alaska Native Health Board, 
    the Municipality of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Tribal 
    Council, University of Alaska, and the Anchorage 
    Women's Commission to develop a comprehensive 
    statewide plan on...................................         600,000
Asian Pacific Women's Center, Inc., Los Angeles, CA., 
    for Domestic Violence Transitional Housing program 
    to protect at risk children.........................         150,000
Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska Child Abuse Prevention 
    Program to provide statewide child abuse prevention 
    and counseling services to families.................         350,000
Catholic Community Services/Juneau Family Resource 
    Center in Alaska to address child abuse prevention 
    issues..............................................         250,000
Center for Women and Families, Inc., Louisville, 
    Kentucky, for child abuse prevention programs.......         100,000
Child Welfare League of America, Inc., Washington, DC, 
    for study on Monitoring Safety of Children in Foster 
    Care................................................         500,000
Childhelp USA, Fairfax, Virginia, to reduce the 
    incidence and severity of child abuse and enhance 
    the ability to investigate reports and meet the 
    needs of victims of child abuse.....................         250,000
Children's Village, Inc. in Pine Ridge, South Dakota to 
    serve children of the Oglala Sioux Tribe who are 
    abused and neglected and are removed from the care 
    of their parents....................................         140,000
Communities against Domestic Violence, Falls Church, VA, 
    to prevent family violence in language-minority 
    communities.........................................         240,000
Homeless Prenatal Program, San Francisco, CA, for 
    services to at-risk children........................         400,000
Nexus Diversified Community Services of Manteno, 
    Illinois, to enhance and expand its community-based 
    residential center for sexually abused youth........       1,100,000
Mockingbird Society of Seattle, Washington to pilot a 
    model program for maintaining and stabilizing 
    children in the state foster care system............         325,000
Ohel Children's Home and Family Services, Brooklyn, NY, 
    for a child abuse prevention program................         300,000
Parents Anonymous of Iowa to expand child abuse 
    prevention services in Iowa.........................          50,000
Parents for Meghan's Law in Stony Brook, New York for 
    educational programs for victims of child abuse and 
    their families......................................         100,000
State of Alaska for emergency housing for victims of 
    child abuse in Anchorage, Alaska....................         250,000
State of Alaska Healthy Families/Better Beginnings home 
    visiting program for State of Alaska and regional 
    Native non-profit organizations.....................       2,000,000
Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, Spokane, Washington, to 
    create a national demonstration project.............         100,000
Compassion capital fund
      The conference agreement includes $35,000,000 for the 
compassion capital fund, instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $45,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Social services and income maintenance research
      The conference agreement includes $34,937,000 for social 
services and income maintenance research instead of $6,000,000 
as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. $6,000,000 of this 
total is provided through the Public Health Service evaluation 
funding tap as proposed by the Senate. The conferees note that 
efforts undertaken through the State information technology 
consortium have led to greatly improved systems communications 
and compliance in both the TANF and child support enforcement 
(CSE) programs. For TANF, the conferees have provided 
$2,000,000 to permit the consortium to put in place a web-based 
technology that allows for communications and interface within 
States, across State borders, and between ACF and States. For 
CSE, the conferees have provided $3,000,000 to launch the next 
phase of the consortium's efforts to remove barriers to child 
support collections and to improve the flow ofinformation 
between agencies and the court system. The conferees also provide 
funding for the following:

Alaska Children's Services program to serve needs of at 
    risk youth in Anchorage.............................        $250,000
Bethesda Children's Home................................         150,000
Clearbrook, Arlington Heights, Illinois.................         187,000
Concerned Citizens, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for 
    Mother's House......................................         250,000
Fathers Day Rally Committee, Philadelphia, PA for the 
    Rites of Passage program............................         150,000
Good Shepherd Alliance, Inc., Leesburg, Virginia, for 
    Hand up to Self Sufficiency for the Homeless project          50,000
Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, Inc., Clearwater, 
    Florida for Battered Immigrant and Refugee Women's 
    Project.............................................         500,000
National Energy Assistance Directors Association, 
    Washington, DC, for studies regarding home energy 
    assistance..........................................         200,000
San Jose Office on Child Care, San Jose, CA, for pilot 
    program to increase access to child care resources..         100,000
St. Elizabeth's Foundation in Baton Rouge, LA for an 
    adoption awareness campaign.........................         100,000
The Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family 
    Revitalization, PA., for the Philadelphia non-
    custodial fatherhood program to reconnect fathers 
    with their children.................................         100,000
University of Alaska School of Social Work to evaluate 
    effectiveness of Alaska's child welfare system......         750,000
Henry Hosea House in Kentucky for support of programs 
    that serve the homeless and needy...................         150,000
Developmental disabilities
      For Developmental Disabilities, the conference agreement 
includes $71,600,000 for State Councils instead of $69,800,000 
as proposed by H.R. 246 and $72,200,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conference agreement includes $36,500,000 for 
protection and advocacy services instead of $35,000,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $37,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
It also includes $12,484,000 for special projects instead of 
$11,734,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $12,734,000 as proposed 
by the Senate. For university-affiliated programs, the 
agreement includes $25,125,000 instead of $24,000,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $25,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Native American programs
      The conference agreement includes $45,754,000 for Native 
American Programs, instead of $45,196,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $45,912,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total 
the conferees provide funding for the following:

Blanket of Wellness program of Southeast Alaska Regional 
    Health Corporation and Central Council of Tlingit-
    Haida Social Services to promote healthy development 
    of Alaska Native children in Southeast Alaska.......        $200,000
Community services
      The conference agreement includes $649,987,000 for the 
community services block grant as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $570,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The conferees 
believe that the activities funded by the Community Services 
Block Grant program have made an important difference in the 
lives of many of our citizens living in some of the more 
economically depressed parts of our country. However, it has 
come to the attention of the conferees that one or more States 
may have accumulated sizeable unexpended balances of CSBG funds 
and have failed to reallocate all such funds to other eligible 
grantees, as authorized by the Community Services Block Grant 
Act. The conferees request that the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services provide to the Committees on Appropriations a 
report detailing the levels of unexpended balances of Community 
Services Block Grant funds in each State for the period of 
fiscal year 1995 through fiscal year 2002 and a plan ensuring 
that these funds are made available to grantees more 
expeditiously in the future. The Secretary is requested to 
provide this report by August 15, 2003.
      The conference agreement also includes $32,759,000 for 
economic development, instead of $32,517,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $33,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees also set aside $5,500,000 within the community 
economic development program for the job creation demonstration 
authorized under the Family Support Act.
      The conference agreement includes $7,250,000 for Rural 
Community Facilities instead of $7,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $7,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $7,329,000 for 
community food and nutrition, instead of $6,657,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246 and $8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Family violence prevention and services
      The conference agreement includes $15,500,000 for runaway 
youth prevention instead of $14,999,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
and $16,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $2,579,000 for the 
domestic violence hotline instead of $2,157,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement also includes $127,230,000 for 
Battered Women's Shelters instead of $124,459,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246 and $130,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Early learning opportunities
      For the Early Learning Fund, the agreement includes 
$34,000,000 instead of $38,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
H.R. 246 did not include funding for this program.
Mentoring children of prisoners
      The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for 
Mentoring Children of Prisoners instead of $12,500,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 did not include funding for 
this newly proposed program.
Independent living training vouchers
      The conference agreement includes $42,000,000 for 
Independent Living Training Vouchers instead of $39,769,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $60,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Program administration
      The conference agreement includes $172,997,000 for 
Program Direction instead of $171,837,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $171,747,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                   Promoting Safe and Stable Families

      The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for the 
discretionary grant program of Promoting Safe and Stable 
Families, instead of $70,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                        ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

                        Aging Services Programs

      The conference agreement includes $1,376,001,000 for 
aging services programs instead of $1,355,844,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246 and $1,369,290,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $358,000,000 for 
supportive centers, instead of $357,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $359,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The agreement also includes $22,062,000 for preventive 
health services instead of $21,562,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
and $22,562,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees intend 
that $5,500,000 be made available to expand medication 
management, screening and education activities, including the 
use of new medication management devices, to prevent incorrect 
medication and adverse drug reactions among the elderly.
      The conference agreement also includes $18,681,000 for 
ombudsman/elder abuse prevention activities, instead of 
$17,681,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $19,681,000 as proposed 
by the Senate. The conferees intend that the $1,000,000 
increase over last year's level should be made available for 
the Long-Term Ombudsman Program. That will allow the program to 
hire additional staff, expand public information and education 
campaigns and upgrade technology.
      The agreement also includes $6,250,000 for Native 
American caregivers instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $6,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $387,108,000 for 
congregate meals; $182,169,000 for home delivered meals; and 
$149,000,000 for the nutrition services incentives program. The 
conference agreement amends the Older Americans Act and 
transfers the Nutrition Services Incentives Program from the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Administration on Aging 
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and 
maintains access to commodities within USDA.
      The agreement includes $40,521,000 for aging research, 
training and demonstrations instead of $27,837,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees continue to support 
funding at no less than last year's level for national programs 
scheduled to be refunded in fiscal year 2003 that address a 
variety of issues, including elder abuse, Native American 
issues and legal services. The conferees also include the 
following amounts under aging research, training, and 
demonstrations:

Champions for Change, Flossmoor, IL, for a Senior 
    Wellness Program....................................        $100,000
Champlain Senior Center in Burlington, VT, to support 
    its seniors and technology initiative...............          75,000
Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups in Madison, 
    Wisconsin, to provide assistance and education to 
    the legal community and the public about elder 
    financial abuse.....................................         100,000
Commission on Jewish Eldercare Services, Bloomfield 
    Hills, Michigan, to reach out to additional seniors 
    in Oakland County who require services in order to 
    remain living independently.........................         450,000
Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 
    for demonstration project on Naturally Occurring 
    Retirement Communities to the Baltimore Jewish 
    Naturally Occurring Retirement Community............         524,000
Dale County, Alabama, Senior Citizens Center............          40,000
Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa for a survey 
    of geriatric health needs,..........................         500,000
Generations of Hope, Rantoul, Illinois, to begin the 
    process of replicating the Hope Meadows model 
    nationally..........................................         500,000
Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Inc., for a Naturally 
    Occurring Retirement Community project for seniors 
    living independently................................         500,000
Hickman County Senior Center, Clinton, Kentucky, to 
    provide educational services to seniors population..          25,000
Iowa Department of Elder Affairs Seamless System to 
    continue the integration of senior programs. In 
    administering this award, the AoA and CMS should 
    continue to provide the technical assistance and 
    related support necessary to develop and implement 
    program.............................................       1,000,000
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, for Universal Kitchen 
    Design project......................................         300,000
Jewish Family and Children's Service, Minneapolis, MN, 
    for program for seniors in Naturally Occurring 
    Retirement Community................................       1,200,000
Jewish Family Children's and Children's Service of 
    Greater Philadelphia for Naturally Occurring 
    Retirement Communities (NORCs)......................         250,000
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, CA, for project to 
    assist seniors living independently.................         500,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia..         100,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington to establish a 
    Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) 
    demonstration project providing supportive services 
    to seniors..........................................         850,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL, 
    for services to elderly residents in Naturally 
    Occurring Retirement Community......................         250,000
Jewish Federation of Nevada for a demonstration project 
    to develop innovative models of community-based 
    health and social service provision for older 
    Americans...........................................         650,000
Maria-Madeline Project, Oak Park, MI, for the Experience 
    Senior Power Program to help underprivileged seniors 
    bridge the digital gap..............................         120,000
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Nutrition 2000 
    program to help provide nutritional care for 
    homebound frail senior citizens.....................         700,000
Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago, IL, for the 
    Seniors Raising Children program....................         225,000
National Center for Seniors' Housing Research, Upper 
    Marlboro, MD, for research and development of smart-
    aging solutions.....................................         250,000
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, for the 
    Center for Gerontological Studies...................         200,000
Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April, Washington, 
    DC, for Safe at Home................................         400,000
Southcare Home Services to establish a pilot program on 
    home-based care for low-income elderly individuals..         500,000
St. Louis Area Agency on Aging, St. Louis, MO, for the 
    Senior Center Healthcare Coordinator Program........         150,000
St. Luke Lutheran Community, North Canton, Ohio, Quality 
    of Care demonstration to assist older adults with 
    living and independent living in Canton and Stark 
    County..............................................         250,000
St. Mark Professional Medical Center, Ltd., Harvey, IL, 
    for Project New Start...............................         100,000
The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care, 
    Cary, NC, for development of national data 
    collection system...................................         250,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater Albuquerque for the New 
    Mexico NORC demonstration...........................         225,000
United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh for the 
    Jewish Association on Aging, Pittsburgh, PA, for 
    Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities..........         250,000
University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, for Center 
    for Aging and Community project to help seniors cope 
    with chronic conditions of aging....................         200,000
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the Florida 
    Policy Exchange Center on Aging.....................         400,000
Visiting Nurse Association Healthcare Partners of Ohio, 
    Cleveland, Ohio, for Healthy Town program for 
    Seniors.............................................         500,000
Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and 
    Services, Mt. Vernon, NY, for development of 
    automated call program for home-bound seniors.......          50,000

      The conference agreement includes $13,500,000 for the 
Alzheimer's Initiative instead of $11,500,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $14,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees intend that $1,000,000 of this funding be used to 
support an Alzheimer's family contact center for round-the-
clock help to Alzheimer's families in crisis.

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                    General Departmental Management

      The conference agreement includes $367,215,000 for 
general departmental management instead of $358,451,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $374,386,000 as proposed by the 
Senate, along with $5,851,000 from Medicare trust funds. In 
addition, the agreement provides $21,552,000 in program 
evaluation funds as proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate did not 
provide for evaluation funds in this account.
      The conferees have not approved the proposed 
consolidation of all public affairs and legislative affairs 
funds and functions in the Office of theSecretary. As a result, 
the conference agreement includes neither the $27,793,000 requested to 
transfer staff from the operating divisions to the Office of the 
Secretary nor the proposed bill language to transfer funds from 
accounts of the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality for the purpose of consolidating all of 
HHS legislative and public affairs activities within the Office of the 
Secretary.
      The conferees include the amounts for the following 
projects and activities in fiscal year 2003 listed below.

ARCH National Resource Center on Respite and Crisis 
    Services in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to expand 
    training, technical assistance, evaluation and 
    networking expertise in respite care................        $100,000
Community Transportation Association of America for TA 
    to human services transportation providers on ADA 
    requirements........................................       1,000,000
National Congress of State Games for the improvement and 
    expansion of the Summer Senior Olympic games in 
    Pennsylvania and other states.......................         100,000
Palmer College on Chiropractice, Consortial Center for 
    Chiropractic Research in Davenport, Iowa, and the 
    Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine in 
    Philadelphia, PA for a best practices initiative on 
    lower back pain.....................................         100,000

      The conferees direct that responses to specific 
information requests from the chairman and ranking member of 
the Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies, on scientific research or any 
other matter, shall be transmitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations in a prompt, professional manner and within the 
time frame specified in the request. The conferees further 
direct that scientific information requested by the Committees 
on Appropriations and prepared by government researchers and 
scientists be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations, 
uncensored and without delay.
      Within the total provided, $4,000,000 is for the United 
States-Mexico Border Health Commission as proposed by the 
Senate. H.R. 246 did not specify an amount for the Commission.
      The agreement provides $31,124,000 for the adolescent 
family life program as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The 
agreement includes bill language earmarking $11,885,000 under 
the adolescent family life program for activities specified 
under section 2003(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, of 
which $10,157,000 shall be for prevention grants under section 
510(b)(2) of Title V of the Social Security Act, without 
application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of Title XX of 
the Public Health Service Act.
      The agreement provides $56,592,000 for minority health 
instead of $46,329,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
$43,057,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. Within the total provided 
for the Office of Minority Health, $11,700,000 is to promote an 
effective culturally competent and linguistically appropriate 
public health response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Funds are to 
be allocated based on HIV/AIDS program priorities identified in 
the previous fiscal year as well as new priorities as funding 
permits.
      The conferees instruct the Secretary to provide a report 
to the Appropriations Committees by October 15, 2003 detailing 
how each of the HHS agencies and offices receiving funding 
under the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative have distributed this 
funding. This report shall include a list of the agencies/
organizations receiving MHAI funded grants and sub grants, 
demonstrate how the participation of minority community-based 
organizations has been maximized, and the extent to which the 
funded agencies'/organizations' board, management and key staff 
are representative of the minority communities served, situated 
closest to the targeted problem, have a history of providing 
services to these communities, and have documented linkages to 
the targeted populations.
      The conferees continue to recognize the importance of 
OMH's partnerships with minority health professions 
institutions. Specifically, the conferees encourage OMH to 
continue its successful cooperative agreement with Meharry 
Medical College aimed at meeting the challenges of academic 
opportunity for disadvantaged students and improving health 
care for underserved communities. In addition, the conferees 
strongly encourage OMH to give priority consideration to 
partnering with the MorehouseSchool of Medicine to plan for its 
continued strategic growth and development.
      The conferees include the amounts for the following 
projects and activities in fiscal year 2003 listed below.

African Heritage, Inc. in Appleton, Wisconsin to improve 
    the health status of African American residents 
    through a community-based referral and counseling 
    program.............................................         $50,000
Dimock Community Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, 
    for the continuation and expansion of a minority 
    diabetes management program.........................         150,000
Glaucoma Caucus Foundation..............................         450,000
Jersey City Family Health Center in Jersey City, New 
    Jersey for a demonstration project to improve 
    chronic disease prevention..........................         100,000
National Hispanic Medical Association in Washington, 
    D.C. for a program of research, education, training 
    and information dissemination focused on health 
    issues and barriers to care facing Hispanic 
    populations.........................................         400,000
Northern Virginia Hospice, Fairfax, Virginia, to provide 
    bereavement services and increased outreach to 
    children and adults in low-income and non-English 
    speaking communities................................         800,000
Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee to expand 
    service in disadvantaged areas for rapidly growing 
    health care needs...................................         250,000
San Francisco Department of Public Health in San 
    Francisco, California to enhance its system of HIV 
    care and related services for persons of color and 
    women...............................................         750,000
Sisters Network in Houston, Texas, for an educational 
    and outreach program on breast cancer targeted to 
    African-American women..............................         150,000
South End Community Health Center, Boston, 
    Massachusetts, to expand mobile health care services 
    to low-income minority populations in Boston........         150,000
South Texas Community College in McAllen, Texas for the 
    Milagros Center of Excellence in Migrant Health.....         500,000
Springfield Regional Outpatient Cancer Center for cancer 
    screening program...................................         200,000
Strelitz Diabetes Institute at Eastern Virginia Medical 
    School in Norfolk, Virginia for research regarding 
    prevalence of diabetes in minority populatons, early 
    detection and intervention mechanisms, and barriers 
    to early diagnosis and care.........................         150,000
The Maryland Center at Bowie State University in Bowie, 
    Maryland, for a national program and resource center 
    to address behavioral health and lifestyle education 
    issues of African American and Latino seniors.......         150,000
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 
    New Brunswick, New Jersey for its Institute for the 
    Elimination of Health Disparities...................         430,000
University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public 
    Health in Columbia, South Carolina for development 
    and implementation of an Institute for African 
    American Faculty Development in Public Health.......         350,000
University of Texas Disease Management Center, San 
    Antonio, Texas, for clinical research to evaluate 
    systems of disease management with a diverse 
    population..........................................       2,800,000
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 
    for a Hispanic Nutrition Research and Education 
    program.............................................         100,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (in 
    cooperation with UT Dallas) for a program to recruit 
    minority students into the field of sickle cell 
    disease research (including outreach, mentoring, 
    and/or scholarships and fellowships)................         150,000
Wholistic Family Agape Ministries Institute in 
    Alexandria, Virginia for HIV/AIDS prevention and 
    education and teen pregnancy prevention services....         138,000
Esther's Pantry, Portland, Oregon, for services and 
    education for HIV positive Individuals..............          45,000

      The agreement provides $28,845,000 for the office of 
women's health instead of $28,795,000 as proposed by the Senate 
and $26,761,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The conferees include 
the amount for the following project in fiscal year 2003 listed 
below.

Oregon Health Sciences University Center on Women's 
    Health to improve women's healthcare................         $50,000

      The conferees provide $50,000,000 for the minority HIV/
AIDS Initiative, as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate.
      The conferees are concerned about the adequacy of the 
supply and production capacity for the anthrax vaccine 
currently available in the U.S. to protect civilian populations 
from the demonstrated threat of anthrax. The Secretary of the 
Department of Health and Human Services is encouraged to 
consult with other appropriate Federal and State agencies and 
non-governmental organizations representing workers with a 
higher risk of exposure to anthrax and provide an assessment of 
the immediate potential combined national biodefense and short-
term preparedness need for anthrax vaccine. The assessment 
should encompass the need for: immunizing civilian laboratory 
workers, first responders and other at risk populations of 
exposure to anthrax; providing sufficient vaccine stockpiles 
for assuring public health preparedness to respond to anthrax 
attacks; and providing additional production capacity as a 
safeguard against an event which could result in a halt in 
current vaccine production. The Secretary is further requested 
to submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees within 60 days after enactment of this bill, which 
includes the assessment of the combined potential need and 
options for assuring both a multiple-year vaccine supply and 
expansion of licensed vaccine production.
      The conferees encourage the Secretary to establish a 
Federal Working Group on Lupus to be comprised of 
representatives from all relevant HHS agencies and other 
Federal departments having an interest in lupus. The Working 
Group should meet periodically for the purpose of exchanging 
information and coordinating Federal efforts regarding lupus 
research and education initiatives.
      The conferees are concerned about the lack of mechanisms 
to insure and deliver psychosocial care to patients with 
cancer. Reports by the Institute of Medicine show that 
appropriate psychosocial care is an important contributor to 
quality of cancer care, but such care is not routinely 
available or consistently reimbursed. The conferees urge the 
Secretary, through relevant agencies such as NIMH, SAMHSA and 
AHRQ, to study the delivery of psychosocial services to cancer 
patients and report on the services available, who has access 
to them, who uses them, how they are reimbursed, and the 
effectiveness of specific interventions.
      The conferees encourage the Secretary in conjunction with 
the CDC and the relevant NIH institutes to assess the benefits 
of a system providing nationwide access for physicians to a 
multi-media Internet site with webcast and media response 
capability. This type of system would allow the nation's 
primary care providers to receive Federal news and alerts.
      The conferees request a report from the Department 
regarding its implementation of the revised guidance from the 
Department of Justice on limited English proficiency. This 
report should address the purpose and objectives of this 
policy, as well as any funding for services provided to 
implement the guidance, including publications, web site 
construction costs, and language line contracts.

                      Office of Inspector General

      The conference agreement includes $37,300,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of 
$39,747,000 as proposed by the Senate.

     Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers

      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the Senate directing that health care benefits of retired 
Commissioned Corps officers be paid from this account rather 
than the accounts from the Public Health Service to which they 
were assigned. H.R. 246 did not include a similar provision.

            Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund

      The conference agreement includes $2,246,680,000 for the 
Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) to 
enhance Federal, State, and local preparedness to counter 
potential biological, disease, chemical, and radiological 
threats to civilian populations, instead of $2,255,980,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included $2,507,184,000 for 
the PHSSEF.
      The agreement also includes bill language included in 
H.R. 246 to allow the Secretary to transfer amounts specified 
in the account between categories subject to normal 
reprogramming procedures. The Senate bill contained no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement modifies the placement of bill 
language proposed by the Senate exempting from any personnel 
ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or the Department of 
Health and Human Services both civilians and Commissioned 
Officers detailed to States, municipalities or other 
organizations under authority of Section 214 of the Public 
Health Service Act for purposes related to homeland security 
during their period detail or assignment. The agreement places 
the bill language within this account, instead of within the 
account for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 
proposed by the Senate.
      Within the amount provided: $1,543,440,000 is for the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; $546,000,000 is for 
the Health Resources and Services Administration; $152,240,000 
is for the Office of the Secretary; and $5,000,000 is for the 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
      The conferees note that funds requested within this 
account for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, Poison Control, and Emergency Medical Services 
for Children have been provided within the accounts of their 
respective agencies. This brings the comparable total for the 
Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to 
$2,298,680,000.
      Within the amounts available to the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC): $940,000,000 is for State and 
Local Preparedness, $143,700,000 is for Upgrading CDC Capacity; 
$300,000,000 is for the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile; 
$100,000,000 is for Smallpox Vaccine, $20,000,000 is for 
security; $18,040,000 is for the third year of a collaborative 
research program on anthrax vaccine; $10,700,000 is for 
Planning for Preparedness Response; $4,000,000 is for 
Deterrence; and $2,000,000 is to continue to discover, develop, 
and transition anti-infective agents to combat emerging 
diseases. The conference agreement also includes an increase of 
$5,000,000 for Public Health Preparedness Centers as proposed 
by the Senate.
      The conferees understand that any countermeasures 
recommended by the Federal government pursuant to the Homeland 
Security Act (including, but not limited to vaccines) would be 
made available to civilians on a voluntary basis. Nothing in 
the Homeland Security Act would allow the Federal government to 
mandate the administration of a covered countermeasure to 
civilians.
      The conferees concur with language in the Senate 
explanatory statement urging the Director to move expeditiously 
to analyze CDC's communication mechanisms and develop a 
comprehensive plan to ensure the fast, accurate, and accessible 
flow of information to the relevant health and public safety 
professionals and to the public. The conferees request that the 
Director report to the Committees on Appropriations within 6 
months of enactment of this Act regarding the specific plan of 
action resulting from this review.
      The conferees understand that the CDC plans to study both 
the health effects of anthrax exposure and of measures taken to 
treat or prevent anthrax infection. The conferees request the 
CDC report to the Committees within 90 days on its plan for 
these studies.
      Within the funds available to the Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA) is $518,000,000 for Hospital 
Preparedness and $28,000,000 to provide educational incentives 
for medical school curriculum. The conferees encourage HRSA to 
consider requiring that a statewide assessment of emergency 
medical services preparedness needs in the event of a public 
health emergency and a plan to address those needs be part of 
the State application for hospital preparedness funds.
      The agreement includes $2,000,000 within funds provided 
to the Office of Public Health and Science for activities 
related to the transformation and modernization of the Public 
Health Service Commissioned Corps.
      The conferees encourage the Department of Health and 
Human Services to give priority to the study of plants as 
vehicles for the production of vaccines.
      The conferees request the Department to submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 45 days of enactment 
of this Act detailing the amounts of fiscal year 2002 State and 
Local Preparedness funds that:
      (a) Each State spent, or plans to spend, to directly 
benefit or improve local public health capacity; and
      (b) The amount each State has directly granted to local 
public health agencies.

                           General Provisions

                     SECRETARY'S RECEPTION EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes a provision increasing 
the limit on the Secretary's entertainment expenses to $50,000 
from $37,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included a 
provision retaining this limit at $37,000.

                             EVALUATION TAP

      The conference agreement includes a provision to allow 
for a 2.1 percent evaluation tap pursuant to section 241 of the 
Public Health Service Act. This tap is to be applied to 
programs authorized under the Public Service Act. H.R. 246 and 
the Senate bill contained a provision to allow for a 1.25 
percent evaluation tap. The Senate bill proposed allowing a tap 
of funds authorized under the Public Health Service Act and 
other acts. H.R. 246 proposed allowing a tap of funds on funds 
authorized under the PHS Act.

                           TRANSFER AUTHORITY

      The conference agreement includes language permitting the 
Secretary of HHS to transfer up to one percent of discretionary 
funds between appropriations, with up to an additional 2 
percent subject to approval of the Appropriations Committees. 
The traditional language is retained that permits the transfer 
of funds appropriated for HHS in this Act and any other acts as 
proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate bill proposed the transfer of 
funds appropriated only under this Act.

              REFUGEE STATUS OF CERTAIN PERSECUTED GROUPS

      The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
the Senate to extend the refugee status for persecuted 
religious groups. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.

                     GLOBAL HIV/AIDS TRANSFER FUND

      The conference agreement does not include a general 
provision proposed by H.R. 246 to transfer $100,000,000 from 
the National Institutes of Health as allocated by the Director 
of NIH to International Assistance Programs, ``Global Fund to 
Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis''. The conference 
agreement provides for this transfer within the National 
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease as proposed by the 
Senate.

  CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

      The general provision included in both H.R. 246 and the 
Senate bill relating to authorities to carry out international 
health activities is amended to clarify the relationship 
between the Department of Health and Human Services and the 
Department of State in supporting employees and providing 
secure facilities overseas.

                   OLDER AMERICANS NUTRITION PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
the Senate to amend the Older Americans Act and transfer the 
Nutrition Services Incentives Program from its current location 
in the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Administration on 
Aging within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 
The language also maintains access to commodities within USDA. 
H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.

                  PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH CENTERS

      The conference agreement includes language proposed by 
the Senate overriding the Public Health Service Act limit on 
the number of Parkinson's disease research centers that may be 
supported by the National Institutes of Health. H.R. 246 
contained no similar provision.

               LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

      The conference agreement includes a provision that 
transfers $100,000,000 in LIHEAP emergency funds to the regular 
formula program. The Senate bill included a transfer of 
$300,000,000 in LIHEAP emergency funds to the regular formula 
program. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision. Between 
passage of the Senate bill and conference, the Department of 
Health and Human Services released $200,000,000 in LIHEAP 
emergency funds; this conference agreement includes a transfer 
of the full $100,000,000 remaining in the emergency account to 
the regular formula program. It is the intent of the conferees 
that these funds, in addition to the $1,700,000,000 in new 
budget authority provided in this Act, shall be allocated under 
the regular state grant formula, providing a program level of 
$1,800,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003.

                     NURSE REINVESTMENT ACT FUNDING

      The conference agreement does not include a general 
provision proposed by the Senate providing an additional 
$20,000,000 for activities authorized under the Nurse 
Reinvestment Act. The conference agreement instead incorporates 
this funding into the regular appropriation provided for the 
Health Resources and Services Administration. H.R. 246 
contained no similar provision.

            GRANTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT

      The conference agreement does not include a general 
provision proposed by the Senate authorizing a new HHS grants 
program to purchase ultrasound equipment. H.R. 246 contained no 
similar provision.

                               HEAD START

      The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
the Senate to exempt the Head Start program from the across-
the-board reduction. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.

                   TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

      The conference agreement includes $13,853,400,000 for 
Education for the Disadvantaged instead of $12,936,900,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $18,178,400,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The agreement includes advance funding for this account 
of $9,027,301,000 instead of $6,883,301,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $8,627,301,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Title I: Grants to LEAs
      For Grants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) the 
agreement provides $11,750,000,000 instead of $10,850,000,000 
as proposed by H.R. 246 and $16,350,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conference agreement includes $7,172,971,000 for 
basic grants and $1,365,031,000 for concentration grants. The 
agreement also includes $1,670,239,000 for targeted grants, and 
$1,541,759,000 for education finance incentive grants. 
Concentration grants, targeted grants, and incentive grants are 
all provided on an advance-funded basis.
      H.R. 246 proposed $7,172,971,000 for basic grants, 
$1,365,031,000 for concentration grants, $1,518,499,000 for 
targeted grants and $793,499,000 for education finance 
incentive grants. The Senate bill proposed $7,172,971,000 for 
basic grants, $1,365,031,000 for concentration grants, 
$1,405,999,000 for targeted grants, and $1,405,999,000 for 
education finance incentive grants.
Even Start and Literacy
      The conference agreement includes $250,000,000 for the 
Even Start program as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of 
$200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement also includes $12,500,000 for 
Literacy through School Libraries as proposed by H.R. 246 
instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Migrant and Neglected & Delinquent Education
      The conference agreement includes $398,000,000 for the 
migrant education program instead of $396,000,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246 and $400,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
agreement also includes $49,000,000 for neglected and 
delinquent youth instead of $48,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
and $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Comprehensive School Reform
      The conference agreement includes $235,000,000 for 
comprehensive school reform (CSR) authorized under part F of 
the No Child Left Behind Act as proposed by H.R. 246. The 
Senate bill did not include funds for this activity.
      The conferees urge the Department to work vigorously with 
the States to ensure that States award CSR funds for those 
comprehensive school reform models that have the strongest 
evidence of positive effects on student achievement. In 
addition, the conferees encourage the Department to clarify in 
its guidance to States that middle and high schools, as well as 
elementary schools, are eligible to receive CSR grants.
      The conferees are concerned about the Department's delay 
in the release of fiscal year 2002 funds--appropriated more 
than a year ago--that are reserved for quality initiatives 
under the comprehensive school reform program, as authorized 
under section 1608 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act. The conferees strongly urge the Department to 
expeditiously make these funds available for these important 
quality initiatives. These activities will expand the 
availability of independent, credible, and timely information 
to schools, districts and other consumers on the effectiveness 
and quality of selected comprehensive school reforms. Further, 
these activities will enhance the ability of providers of CSR 
models to deliver services at a national scale (by providing 
innovative financial support to improve educational services, 
solid business planning, and other technical assistance). In 
addition, the conferees expect the Department to utilize the 
entire three percent set-aside authorized under section 1608 in 
fiscal year 2003, to continue funding these quality improvement 
activities, and to fund those organizations most suited to 
carry out these activities. The conferees expect to be 
consulted prior to the release of these funds for fiscal year 
2003.
Dropout Prevention, Advanced Placement Fees and Migrant Programs
      The conference agreement includes $11,000,000 for dropout 
prevention programs, instead of $13,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. H.R. 246 did not provide funding for this program.
      The conference agreement also includes $23,500,000 for 
advanced placement fees instead of $22,000,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement also includes $23,500,000 for high school 
equivalency program instead of $23,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $24,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $15,500,000 
for college assistance migrant program instead of $15,000,000 
as proposed by H.R. 246 and $16,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

                               IMPACT AID

      The conference agreement includes $1,196,000,000 for the 
Impact Aid programs instead of $1,185,000,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $1,176,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within 
this amount, $1,032,000,000 is provided for basic support 
payments instead of $1,022,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$1,012,500,000 as proposed by the Senate; $51,000,000 is 
provided for payments for children with disabilities instead of 
$50,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $52,000,000 as proposed 
by the Senate; $45,000,000 is provided for construction as 
proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $47,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate; and $60,000,000 is provided for payments for federal 
property as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $57,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.

                      School Improvement Programs

      The conference agreement includes $8,052,957,000 for 
School Improvement Programs instead of $7,347,584,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $7,788,329,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The agreement provides $6,287,957,000 in fiscal year 
2003 and $1,765,000,000 in fiscal year 2004 funding for this 
account.
Improving Teacher Quality
      The conference agreement includes $2,950,000,000 for 
State grants for improving teacher quality as proposed by H.R. 
246 instead of $2,850,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of 
this amount, $1,150,000,000is provided as a fiscal year 2004 
advance as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,650,000,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement also includes $12,500,000 for 
school leadership activities instead of $10,000,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246 and $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
agreement also includes $15,000,000 for the early childhood 
educator professional development grants program, as proposed 
by the Senate. H.R. 246 did not include funding for this 
activity.
      The conference agreement also includes $101,000,000 for 
math and science partnerships, instead of $100,000,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
The conference agreement includes $29,000,000 for the Troops-
to-Teachers program instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $20,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement 
also includes $42,000,000 for Transition to Teaching instead of 
$47,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $35,000,000 as proposed 
by the Senate.
      The agreement also includes $23,000,000 for the Ready to 
Learn program instead of $22,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
and $24,000,000 as proposed by the Senate, and $62,500,000 for 
teacher training in technology as proposed by the Senate, H.R. 
246 did not include funding for this activity.
Safe and Drug Free Schools
      The conference agreement includes $628,213,000 for the 
Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act instead of 
$644,250,000 as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate.
      Included within this amount is $472,017,000 for State 
grants as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $482,017,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The agreement also includes $156,196,000 for national 
programs instead of $172,233,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$162,233,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees include $30,000,000 within the amount for 
national programs for initiatives to improve school safety and 
security, as proposed in the fiscal year 2003 request. These 
funds should focus on strengthening school emergency response 
and crisis management plans; training school personnel, 
students and parents in emergency response procedures; and 
coordinating with local law enforcement, public safety, health 
and mental health agencies--continuing an initiative begun by 
Congress in fiscal year 2002. The agreement also includes 
$5,000,000 for Project SERV as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $10,000,000 as proposed in H.R. 246.
      Modifications made to the Safe and Drug Free Schools 
Program in section 4114(a)(1) of the No Child Left Behind Act 
may have created dramatic changes in funding for some LEAs. The 
conferees understand that no data have been compiled to show 
the nationwide breakdown of these funding changes at the LEA 
level. Therefore, the conferees request that the Department 
gather this information and report back to Congress no later 
than May 1, 2004 with its findings.
Credit Enhancement for Charter Schools
      The conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for credit 
enhancement for charter schools instead of $50,000,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate bill did not include funding 
for this activity.
Public School Choice
      The conference agreement includes $26,000,000 to support 
voluntary public school choice programs instead of $25,000,000 
as proposed by H.R. 246 and $27,584,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
Education for Homeless Children and Youth
      The conference agreement includes $55,000,000 for 
Education for Homeless Children and Youth as proposed by H.R. 
246 instead of $54,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Education of Native Hawaiians
      The conference agreement includes $31,000,000 for the 
Education of Native Hawaiians instead of $32,500,000 as 
proposed by the Senate and $18,300,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. 
The agreement also includes language to allow funds under this 
program to be used for construction, renovation and 
modernization of any elementary school, secondary school, or 
structure related to an elementary school or secondary school 
run by the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii that 
serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body. Neither 
H.R. 246 nor the Senate bill contained this provision. The 
conferees urge the Department to provide $500,000 for school 
construction/renovation and at least $500,000 for early 
childhood education.
Alaska Native Educational Equity
      The conference agreement includes $31,000,000 for the 
Alaska Native Educational Equity program instead of $32,500,000 
as proposed by the Senate and $14,200,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246. The agreement also includes language to allow funds under 
this program to be used for construction. Neither H.R. 246 nor 
the Senate bill contained this provision.
Rural Education
      The conference agreement includes $168,750,000 for rural 
education programs, instead of $162,500,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $175,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE)
      The conference agreement includes $814,660,000 for the 
Fund for the Improvement of Education.
      Within the total for FIE, the conference agreement 
includes funding for the following activities in the following 
amounts:

Character Education.....................................     $25,000,000
Reading is Fundamental..................................      25,500,000
School Counseling.......................................      32,500,000
Javits Gifted and Talented Education....................      11,250,000
Star Schools............................................      27,520,000
Ready to Teach..........................................      14,500,000
Foreign Language Assistance.............................      16,250,000
Carol M. White Physical Education for Progress..........      60,000,000
Community Based Technology Centers......................      32,475,000
Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading Partners....       7,000,000
Parental Assistance Information Centers.................      42,500,000
Women's Educational Equity..............................       3,000,000

      The conference agreement includes $75,000,000 for 
comprehensive school reform grants to local educational 
agencies as proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate bill did not 
include funding for this activity. These funds shall support 
grants to States for continuing and new subgrants to local 
educational agencies for comprehensive school reform activities 
in both title 1 and non-title 1 eligible schools. The bill 
includes language specifying that these funds shall be 
allocated and expended in the same manner as in fiscal year 
2002 and provides the funds on a forward funding basis.
      The conference agreement also includes $1,639,000 for 
continuation funding for the national clearinghouse on 
comprehensive school reform.
      The conference agreement also includes $162,000,000 for 
the smaller learning communities program, instead of 
$142,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate did not 
include funding for this program. As in past years, the 
conference agreement provides the funds on a forward funded 
basis and specifies that these funds shall be used only for 
activities related to the redesign of large high schools 
enrolling 1,000 or more students.
      The conferees are concerned that the Department did not 
consult with the Appropriations Committees on the fiscal year 
2002 program guidance and application for the smaller learning 
communities program as requested in House Report 107-229. The 
conferees do not agree with the competitive preference for 
certain grant applicants proposed by the Department for the 
fiscal year 2002 competition and direct the Secretary to revise 
the grant application to remove this preference. The conferees 
believe that applicants for assistance under this program 
should be evaluated solely on the quality of their proposals to 
improve the learning environment for students within their 
current educational setting. The program guidance should also 
clarify that smaller learning community funds may be used to 
support the initial planning for, and operation of, new small 
schools as well as the redesign of existing schools into 
smaller learning units.
      The conferees are also concerned about the Department's 
inability to hold timely grant competitions for this program in 
fiscal years 2001 and 2002. The fiscal year 2001 grant 
competition was delayed, and the 2002 grant competition is far 
behind schedule. Accordingly, the conferees direct the 
Department to publish the smaller learning communities program 
application for fiscal year 2002 grants not later than February 
28, 2003. If the Department is unable to meet this deadline, 
the conferees request a letter report from the Department to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by that date, 
which explains why the Department is unable to meet this 
deadline, indicates when the Department will announce the 
fiscal year 2002 competition, and outlines the steps the 
Department will take to prevent delays in the fiscal year 2003 
smaller learning communities grant competition.
      The conferees have a strong interest in this program and 
are displeased that the Department has not only failed to 
consult with the Appropriations Committees, but also has not 
responded to requests for basic information about how program 
funds will be utilized. The conferees expect that the 
Department will consult fully with the Appropriations 
Committees prior to the release of the fiscal year 2003 program 
guidance for the smaller learning communities program. Further, 
the Department should develop a balanced plan for outreach, 
networking, and technical assistance activities during fiscal 
year 2003 to ensure that school districts are aware that small 
schools and smaller learning communities are effective, 
research-based strategies to improve academic achievement, 
attendance, and safety. The Department should be prepared to 
discuss these matters during hearings on its fiscal year 2004 
budget request.
      For Arts in Education, the conference agreement includes 
$34,000,000 instead of $36,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
H.R. 246 did not specify separate funding for this line item. 
The conferees provide that within this total, $7,000,000 is for 
Very Special Arts, $6,000,000 is for the John F. Kennedy Center 
for the Performing Arts, and $1,500,000 is to be used to 
continue a youth violence prevention initiative. In addition, 
$4,000,000 is for cultural partnerships, $6,500,000 is for 
model professional development programs for music, drama, dance 
and visual arts educators and $500,000 is for evaluation 
activities. The remaining $8,500,000 is available to continue 
model arts programs. The conferees have made significant 
investments over the past couple of years in funding model arts 
programs, professional development activities and cultural 
partnerships for at risk youth. The conferees intend that the 
$500,000 provided for evaluation shall be used to begin 
reviewing and evaluating competitive grants funded through this 
program. The conferees further intend that information about 
best practices and model programs identified during this review 
and evaluation process should be disseminated widely, in order 
to maximize the significant benefits of these targeted 
investments.
      The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for teacher 
quality initiatives, as requested by the Administration. The 
conferees intend that these funds be awarded for initiatives 
such as the following: to identify research-based competencies 
that all new teachers should possess and to develop related, 
rigorous assessments; to infuse research-based reading 
instruction into pre-service teacher preparation programs; to 
provide technical assistance to alternative route programs to 
ensure quality; to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of 
mentoring and professional development to teachers entering the 
profession via alternative route programs and to identify the 
retention rates of those teachers; and to identify issues 
relating to teacher mobility. The conferees share the 
Administration's interest in initiatives to improve teacher 
quality and request that theDepartment provide the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations with a detailed summary of the 
types of projects proposed to be supported prior to any funds being 
awarded.
      Within the total for FIE, the following amounts are also 
provided:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, for the 
    development and delivery of natural sciences 
    educational programming for children and the general 
    public..............................................        $150,000
After the Bell Program in Soldotna, Alaska for after 
    school programs involving community, parents and at-
    risk youth..........................................         100,000
Alaska Department of Education for its ``Parents as 
    Teachers'' program..................................       1,250,000
Alaska Department of Education for its ``Qualified 
    Teachers for Alaska'' program.......................       1,500,000
Alaska Department of Education with the Alaska SeaLife 
    Center, the Kenai Challenger Learning Center, the 
    Kenai River Center, in consultation with federal and 
    state scientists, and federal resource management 
    agencies, for a science and distance education......         250,000
Alaska Department of Education's Remedial Summer 
    Tutoring Program....................................         700,000
Alaska Humanities Forum to develop Alaska State history 
    texts and curriculum, including oral history, for 
    use in Alaska schools...............................         400,000
Allegheny Conference on Community Development, 
    Pittsburgh, PA, in collaboration with the War for 
    Empire Consortium, for education programs and 
    activities to commemorate the 250th anniversary of 
    the French and Indian War...........................          50,000
Allentown Civic Theater, PA, for education programs.....         200,000
Alliance Neighborhood Center, Alliance, Ohio, for 
    program/curriculum for the Apple Seed Project.......         250,000
American Academy of Liberal Education, Washington, D.C., 
    to develop projects and survey best practices in the 
    study of American democracy and principals of free 
    government at colleges and universities.............         100,000
American Cities Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, for 
    mentoring, academic, enrichment, and counseling 
    programs for at-risk students.......................         250,000
American Film Institute Screen Education Center and 
    Initiative for arts education curriculum development 
    and teacher training................................         500,000
American Foundation for Negro Affairs (AFNA) National 
    Education and Research Fund, Philadelphia, PA, to 
    raise the achievement levels of minority students 
    and increase minority access to higher education....         650,000
American Red Cross, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, 
    Philadelphia, PA, for education programs............          25,000
American Society of Educators, Philadelphia, PA, for 
    instructional technologies, professional development 
    seminars and to develop and distribute technological 
    guides for educators................................          50,000
American Theater Arts for Youth Program, Philadelphia, 
    Pennsylvania, to continue to provide workshop 
    residencies.........................................          75,000
AMISTAD America, Inc., to expand educational programs 
    and materials.......................................         800,000
An Achievable Dream, Newport News, Virginia, to expand 
    its curriculum and college preparation program......         500,000
Anchorage Museum of History and Art and Alaska 
    Humanities Forum to develop curriculum on Alaskan 
    culture and art for Alaska schools..................         250,000
Anderson School District in Anderson, Alaska, for a 
    program to provide distance learning and related 
    materials to small schools in rural Alaska meet the 
    requirements of No Child Left Behind Act............         100,000
Antigo School District, WI, for after school programs...         300,000
Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts and 
    Technology, Petersburg, Virginia, for equipment and 
    technology infrastructure...........................         500,000
Arden Theatre, Co., Philadelphia PA, to expand the Arden 
    for All program, to make the arts accessible to 
    economically challenged schools, as well as 
    performances interpreted in American Sign Language..          25,000
Artspace Projects, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, to expand arts 
    education programming for youth, including 
    technology upgrades for distance learning...........         200,000
Ashland School District, WI, for after school programs..         670,000
Association of Community Ministries, Louisville, 
    Kentucky, for educational programs and community-
    based services......................................          50,000
Audubon Nature Institute, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, 
    after-school project................................         100,000
Baldwin Park Unified School District, Baldwin Park, CA, 
    for the Baldwin Park Technology Achievement 
    Academies...........................................         250,000
Benchmark School, PA, for reading instruction and other 
    education programs..................................          75,000
Berea Children's Home School-Age Skills Enhancement 
    (SASE) Program, Berea, Ohio.........................         162,000
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Anchorage, Fairbanks, and 
    Southeast Alaska, in partnership with Alaska Dept. 
    of Education, the Boys and Girls Club and Cook Inlet 
    Tribal Council to develop and implement a 
    comprehensive mentoring program for at-risk children         400,000
Big Top Chautauqua, Washburn, WI, for educational 
    programs............................................         500,000
Birchwood School District, WI, for after school programs         240,000
Boricua College, Brooklyn, NY, for personnel, curricula, 
    teacher trainees, and other expenses to expand 
    technology training at local public school sites....         100,000
Boston History Collaborative to expand history-based 
    education programs in public schools................          50,000
Boyle Heights College Institute, Los Angeles, CA, for 
    after school and mentoring programs.................         225,000
Boys and Girls Club of Burbank, CA, for mentoring, 
    career exploration and other educational services 
    for at-risk youth through the Teen Center Outreach 
    Project.............................................          80,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chester, PA, for mentoring, 
    tutorial assistance and other education program.....          75,000
Boys and Girls Club of El Dorado, Arkansas, for drug 
    prevention and after school programs................          25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 
    to develop a school based mentoring program.........          50,000
Boys and Girls Harbor, Inc., New York, NY, to establish 
    a Philadelphia School Financial Literacy Project to 
    promote financial literacy through the teaching of 
    personal financial management skills................          25,000
Bronx Cluster of Settlement Houses, Inc., to provide 
    literacy, mentoring, college preparatory, and other 
    educational services for youth......................         300,000
Brooklawn, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for technology...          30,000
Business Education Roundtable, Providence, RI, for a 
    school principal professional development program...         250,000
Cablelife Community Enrichment Corporation, Louisville, 
    Kentucky, educational programs......................          40,000
Caldwell County Education Consortium, Hudson, North 
    Carolina, for operating costs of Teacher Education 
    project.............................................         300,000
Cameron County High School, Emporium, Pennsylvania, for 
    technology infrastructure...........................         100,000
Camp Fire USA First Texas Council, Fort Worth, Texas, 
    for Early Childhood Violence Reduction program......         150,000
Camp SEA Lab, Seaside, CA, for science education 
    programs for youth and teacher training activities..         200,000
Canaan Community Development Corporation, Louisville, 
    Kentucky for after school programs..................          30,000
Capistrano Unified School District, San Juan Capistrano, 
    California, for Capistrano Professional Academy to 
    improve local mathematics and science instruction...         400,000
Care Unlimited, New Orleans, LA, to provide in-home 
    educational services to high school students who are 
    pregnant or parents.................................         100,000
Cayauga County Safe Schools/Healthy Students 
    Partnerships, Inc., Auburn, New York, for staffing 
    and after-school programs...........................         175,000
Center for Houston's Future, Houston, Texas for early 
    education programs..................................         250,000
Center for Mathematics and Science Teacher Recruitment, 
    Retention in Missouri, to improve recruitment and 
    retention of math and science teachers, including 
    through the acquisition of technology...............       1,500,000
Center for Rural Development, Somerset, Kentucky, for 
    technology and software equipment...................         250,000
Central Alabama Community College in Alexander City, 
    Alabama for technology acquisition in support of the 
    Community Intensive Treatment for Youth program.....         100,000
Centre County AVTS, Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania, for 
    technology infrastructure...........................         100,000
Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, CA, for math 
    and science teacher training programs...............         500,000
Challenger Learning Center of Maine for science 
    education program...................................         750,000
Champions for Change, Flossmoor, IL, for early childhood 
    education and before- and after-school programs.....         100,000
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System, Charlotte, NC, to 
    expand the ``Bright Beginnings'' after school 
    program.............................................         400,000
Charter School Development Corporation in Las Vegas, 
    Nevada, to focus on technology and college 
    preparation.........................................       1,000,000
Chetek School District, WI, for after school programs...         265,000
Chicago Public Schools for the Chicago Reading 
    Initiative, a research-based instruction to improve 
    reading achievement in urban areas..................         100,000
Chicago Public Schools, IL, for the ``Never Too Cool For 
    After School'' and ``After School Matters'' 
    initiatives.........................................         500,000
Chillocothe and Ross County 2003 Commission, 
    Chillocothe, Ohio, for innovative education program 
    to teach Ohio's history.............................         210,000
Choteau Elementary School in Choteau, Montana for the 
    NetSchools e-learning program, including the 
    acquisition of technology...........................         600,000
City of Bogalusa School Board, Louisiana, for technology 
    enhancements........................................          25,000
City of Detroit, MI, for an after school program 
    information management and evaluation initiative....         600,000
City of Englewood, New Jersey Board of Education, for 
    technology and other expenses to establish career 
    academies at the Dwight Morrow High School..........         300,000
City of Salt Lake, Utah, for the YouthCity Empowerment 
    after school center project.........................         900,000
City of Santa Ana, CA, for technology training programs 
    for youth at the Santa Ana Memorial Technology 
    Center..............................................         250,000
City of Staunton, Virginia for the expansion of 
    cultural, historical, and arts education programs...         200,000
City of Upland, California, for after school programs...       1,500,000
City School District of New Rochelle, NY, for after 
    school and summer school programs...................         294,000
Clarion County Career Center, Shippenville, 
    Pennsylvania, for technology infrastructure.........         100,000
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV, to expand 
    after school programs...............................         500,000
Classika Theater in Arlington, Virginia for continued 
    development of the LITarts educational outreach 
    program.............................................         100,000
Clearfield County Career and Technology Center, 
    Clearfield, Pennsylvania, for technology 
    infrastructure......................................         100,000
Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, Ohio, for 
    education outreach to schools.......................         250,000
COA Youth and Family Centers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 
    a home instruction program for pre-school children 
    to foster health, educational success and 
    independence........................................         200,000
Columbia Bethlehem Community Center, Richland County, 
    Columbia, SC, for after school, mentoring, youth 
    internship, and literacy programs...................         200,000
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Department of Education, 
    for an afterschool art and counseling program.......         800,000
Communities in Schools Dallas, Inc., TX, to expand 
    educational programs serving at-risk students.......         100,000
Communities in Schools of East Texas, Inc., Marshall, 
    TX, for educational services for at-risk students...         250,000
Communities in Schools of Northeast Texas, Inc., Mount 
    Pleasant, TX, for educational services for at-risk 
    students............................................         250,000
Communities in Schools of Northern Virginia, Inc., 
    Alexandria, VA, to expand family literacy, after 
    school and other educational services for at-risk 
    students and their parents..........................         265,000
Communities In Schools--Cameron County, Inc., Harlingen 
    TX, for educational services for at-risk youth......         150,000
Communities in Schools--Greater Fort Hood Area, Killeen, 
    TX, for academic and support services for at-risk 
    students and their families.........................         250,000
Community Action and Community Development Agency for 
    North Alabama, Decatur, Alabama, for technology 
    upgrades............................................         300,000
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, 
    AL, to expand cultural and educational programs to 
    inner city youth....................................         200,000
Community Foundation of Louisville, Kentucky, for Lac 
    Viet reading programs...............................          50,000
Community of Agile Partners in Education/Pennsylvania 
    Educational Telecommunications Exchange Network 
    (CAPE/PETE), Bethlehem, PA, for distance learning 
    programs............................................         600,000
Community of Caring in Washington, D.C. for program 
    development and expansion of its comprehensive 
    character education program in Nevada...............         200,000
Community School District 8, Flushing, NY, for after 
    school programs.....................................         250,000
Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy, East 
    Hartford, CT, for technology equipment, training and 
    upgrades, and for the establishment of a Chinese 
    studies program.....................................         900,000
Connecticut United for Research Excellence, Inc., Rocky 
    Hill, CT, for the ``BioBus'' mobile educational 
    laboratory..........................................         400,000
Continuation and expansion of the Iowa Communications 
    Network statewide fiber optic demonstration.........       2,000,000
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, 
    D.C., for Business/Education Leaders Institute......       3,000,000
Cumberland Public Schools, Cumberland, RI, for 
    equipment, curriculum and professional development 
    to establish an after school program for high school 
    students............................................         350,000
Dallas Independent School District, TX, to expand the 
    Star Teacher Selection Training Program.............         300,000
Dallas Institute, Dallas, Texas for a teacher retention 
    program.............................................         250,000
Delta State University in Mississippi for the Delta 
    Education Initiative................................       1,000,000
Discovery Center of Science and Technology, Bethlehem, 
    PA, for hands-on, inquiry-based science programs for 
    K-8 students in Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Luzerne, 
    Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, and Schuylkill counties...          50,000
Drug Free Pennsylvania, Inc., Harrisburg, PA, to enhance 
    its media literacy project to provide at-risk 
    students an opportunity to create public service 
    announcements targeting the prevention of drug use..          50,000
DuBois Educational Foundation, DuBois, Pennsylvania, for 
    computers and computer wiring, equipment............         150,000
Dyer Elementary School in Esmeralda County School 
    District in Nevada for a One-on-one Laptop Computer 
    Program.............................................         112,000
d'Zert Club, Glenside, PA, for educational and support 
    services for elementary, middle and high school 
    students............................................          50,000
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, PA, for a 
    distance learning program to serve home-bound 
    students, and a web-based educational management 
    system..............................................         500,000
Education Leaders Council, Washington, D.C., for 
    Following the Leaders project.......................      10,000,000
Educational Service District 101, Spokane, Washington, 
    to develop curriculum, deliver televised K-12 
    coursework, hire teachers and acquire satellite 
    transponder time....................................         500,000
Educational Service District 112, Vancouver, WA, to 
    expand the Help One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) 
    reading and mentoring program.......................         167,000
Encore Series, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, for the Jazz in 
    the Schools music education program to engage inner 
    city high school students in programs using jazz as 
    a means to maintain student interest................         100,000
Enterprise for Progress in the Community in Yakima, 
    Washington for a new community child developmental 
    center..............................................         150,000
Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation, Danville, 
    Kentucky, for its Medical Career Educational 
    Initiative..........................................         100,000
Fairfax County Public School System, VA, for the 
    heritage language literacy after school program at 
    Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences         100,000
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia, for a 
    delinquency prevention program for students with 
    behavioral and emotional needs......................         200,000
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia, for 
    Fairfax Network project.............................         200,000
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia, for 
    Speech Recognition for Students with Disabilities...          50,000
Fairfax Education Foundation, Fairfax, Virginia, for 
    Partnerships to Advance Learning....................         200,000
Father Maloney's Boys Haven, Louisville, Kentucky, for 
    technology..........................................          40,000
Fay-Penn Economic Development Council, Uniontown, PA, to 
    develop the Reaching Educational Achievement with 
    Community Help initiative...........................         150,000
Felician Sisters, PA, for education programs............         125,000
First Book in Washington, D.C., to establish local 
    advisory boards across Washington state.............         500,000
First Book Rural Outreach Initiative, Ohio..............         405,000
First Freedom Education Center in Richmond, Virginia, 
    for educational programs............................         400,000
First Gethsemane Center for Family Development, Inc., 
    Louisville, Kentucky, for after school programs.....          25,000
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, for 
    Florida Reading, Math and Science Initiative........       1,500,000
For Us Northwest, Portland, Oregon for a mentoring 
    program for children affected by HIV/AIDS...........          25,000
Foundation for the Improvement of Mathematics and 
    Science Education, San Diego, California, to 
    implement the Blueprint for Student Success program.         950,000
Franklin School District in Franklin, New Hampshire for 
    a summer school initiative..........................          50,000
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Valley Forge, PA, 
    to develop and implement the ``Terrorism: Challenges 
    and Threats to the American Way of Life'' workshop..          50,000
Friends of McGroarty Cultural Arts Center, Tujunga, CA, 
    for after school arts education programs for low-
    income students.....................................          65,000
Futures for Children, Albuquerque, New Mexico to expand 
    education services for Native Americans.............       1,000,000
Galena School District in Alaska for distance education 
    program.............................................       1,000,000
Galilee Community Development Corporation, Louisville, 
    Kentucky, for after school programs.................          15,000
Gateway Cities Partnership, Inc., City of Paramount, CA, 
    to establish community resource learning centers....         200,000
General George S. Patton School District 133, Riverdale, 
    IL, to implement a comprehensive mathematics program         150,000
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, for Center 
    for Cognitive Development to address families of 
    children suffering from attentional, cognitive, and 
    behavioral disorders................................         200,000
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, for the Center 
    for the Study of Learning dyslexia project, in 
    partnership with the University of Louisville.......         350,000
Girl Scouts--Pacific Peaks Council of Tumwater, 
    Washington for a resource center....................         100,000
Golden Gate National Parks Association, San Francisco, 
    CA, for environmental education programs at the 
    Crissy Field Center.................................         200,000
GRAMMY Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, for music and arts 
    education programs..................................         800,000
Great Neck Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, 
    Inc., Great Neck, NY, for an arts education program 
    for disadvantaged children..........................          25,000
Great Projects Film Company, Inc., New York, NY, to 
    produce ``Educating America,'' a documentary 
    television series and multi-media project about 
    challenges facing public schools....................          50,000
Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles to improve 
    educational programs and exhibits on the solar 
    universe............................................         150,000
Growing Solutions Restoration Education Institute, Santa 
    Barbara, CA, for establishment of a Green Academy at 
    Santa Barbara High School...........................         120,000
Guadalupe Center for Early Childhood Education in 
    Missouri to expand quality early education programs.         500,000
Hands On Science for a demonstration in Iowa............         400,000
Harford County Board of Education in Aberdeen, MD for a 
    collaboration between a science and technology high 
    school and the Aberdeen Proving Ground..............         200,000
Harrods Creek Community Development, Inc., Louisville, 
    Kentucky, educational programs for inner city 
    children and teens..................................          15,000
Harry T. Kerr Skills Center, Titusville, Pennsylvania, 
    for updating and modernization of equipment to meet 
    training needs......................................         150,000
Hattie Idela Farrow Foundation in Providence, RI for 
    educational programs designed to decrease 
    suspensions and referrals to juvenile justice.......          50,000
Hazel Crest School District 152.5, Hazel Crest, IL, for 
    teachers and equipment to improve health and 
    physical education programs.........................         100,000
Hebrew Academy for Special Children, New York...........          50,000
Helen Keller Worldwide, NY, to expand the ChildSight 
    Vision Screening Program and provide eyeglasses to 
    additional children whose educational performance 
    may be hindered because of poor vision..............       1,500,000
Henderson Allied Community Advocates in Henderson, NV to 
    provide quality early childhood education and after 
    school programs to low-income families..............         500,000
Henry and William Evans Home for Children, Inc., 
    Winchester, Virginia, for children who are in need 
    of assistance in preparation for becoming productive 
    adults..............................................         200,000
HighTechHigh--Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, CA, for 
    equipment, technology upgrades, and training........         450,000
Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, to enhance 
    preschool students' learning readiness skills 
    through the use of PicturePages Evaluation engine...          50,000
Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth (HIPPY), 
    New York, NY, to expand its home-based literacy and 
    school readiness program............................          50,000
Hyannis Youth and Community Center, Barnstable, 
    Massachusetts, for the development of youth 
    educational programs and the procurement of 
    educational equipment...............................       1,000,000
I CAN LEARN.............................................       3,000,000
I KNOW I CAN, Columbus, Ohio, for college access program         100,000
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, 
    Illinois, for the 21st Century Information Fluency 
    Program.............................................         400,000
Illinois Office of Banks and Real Estate, Springfield, 
    Illinois, for Financial Literacy program............          50,000
Illinois State Board of Education and Indian Prairie 
    District #204, Springfield, Illinois, to develop an 
    innovative student teaching pilot program...........         250,000
Illinois State Board of Education and Orland School 
    District #135 to Beginning Educators Assimilation 
    and Mentoring System program........................         200,000
Illinois State Board of Education for Improving 
    Mathematics Achievement at Elgin, Illinois #46......         250,000
Illinois State Board of Education, ``Illinois Virtual 
    High School''.......................................         500,000
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, IL, for 
    extended day and summer school programs at the 
    Canton Union School District #66....................         175,000
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, IL, for 
    teacher and principal recruitment and retention 
    initiatives at Dolton School District 148...........         150,000
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, 
    Illinois, for computers, hardware and software for 
    the implementation of Fast ForWord reading program 
    to the Pleasant Plains Community Unit District #8 
    and Pleasant Plain Illinois District #18............         150,000
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, 
    Illinois, to establish a Principal-Led Teams........         187,000
Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois for the 
    Chicago Teacher Pipeline Program....................         200,000
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, to provide 
    special education technology devices, equipment and 
    materials for Peoria District #150..................         100,000
Imperial Valley Telecommunications Authority, CA for 
    telecommunications equipment and upgrades to support 
    distance education programs in elementary and middle 
    schools.............................................         500,000
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, to 
    establish a Computing Services Center to train area 
    K-12 teachers in the effective use of technology in 
    the classroom.......................................          50,000
Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Chatham, 
    Virginia, for faculty development, purchase of 
    teaching and learning technology and launching of 
    Learning Liftoff program............................         500,000
Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, DC, 
    for a Coalition for Community Schools project to 
    facilitate the creation of community schools........         500,000
Institute for International Sport at the University of 
    Rhode Island to support the Scholar-Athlete Games...         800,000
Institute for Student Achievement in Lake Success, NY to 
    expand its intervention program that provides 
    academic enrichment and counseling support for 
    students performing in the lowest quartile in their 
    middle or high schools..............................         750,000
Institute for Student Achievement, Lake Success, NY, for 
    educational programs for at-risk students at Mt. 
    Vernon High School and A.B. Davis Middle School.....         500,000
Institute for Student Achievement, Lake Success, NY, to 
    implement small learning communities at Morris High 
    School in the Bronx.................................         200,000
INTEGRIS Health, Inc., for the Western Village Academy 
    Technological Center................................         100,000
International Foundation for Music Research, Carlsbad, 
    California, for science-based research on music 
    education...........................................         225,000
Iowa Department of Education to continue the Iowa School 
    Construction Demonstration Project..................       7,000,000
Iowa Dept of Education to continue a demonstration 
    program for additional bilingual and English as a 
    Second Language training in rapid growth areas of 
    Iowa................................................       1,000,000
Iowa School Board Association to continue the Lighthouse 
    for School Reform training of school board members 
    on education issues.................................         500,000
Iron Mountain Public Schools, MI, for health and 
    physical education curricula, programs and equipment         300,000
A grant to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department 
    of Education, to provide assistance, through 
    subgrants, to low-performing school districts that 
    are slated for potential take-over and/or on the 
    Education Empowerment List as prescribed by 
    Pennsylvania State Law. The initiative is intended 
    to improve the management and operations of the 
    school districts; assist with curriculum 
    development; provide after-school, summer and 
    weekend programs; offer teacher and principal 
    professional development and promote the acquisition 
    and effective use of instructional technology and 
    equipment. Of the funds provided, $1,700,000 is for 
    the Philadelphia School District/Lock Haven 
    Professional Development Partnership for 
    professional development and related services.......      20,000,000
Isaac Stern Education Legacy in New York, NY to 
    integrate distance learning and educational 
    technology with music education programs............       4,150,000
Jackson County Community Theater, McKee, Kentucky, for 
    equipment...........................................         100,000
Jackson-Madison School District, Jackson, TN, for an 
    alternative learning center for at-risk youth.......         500,000
Jacob's Pillow in Lee, Massachusetts, for the expansion 
    of performing arts educational programs.............         100,000
Jefferson County-DuBois AVTS, Reynoldsville, 
    Pennsylvania, for technology infrastructure.........         150,000
Jefferson Parish School Board, Louisiana, for technology 
    enhancements........................................          55,000
Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, 
    Ohio, for Bright Beginning program..................         500,000
Joel II Restoration Ministries for education programs...          50,000
Junction City School District, Oregon, for after-school 
    programs............................................          50,000
Juniata-Mifflin County AVTS, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, 
    for technology infrastructure.......................         225,000
JUSTUS, WECARE about our Community, Inc., Louisville, 
    Kentucky, for after school programs.................          15,000
Kentucky Opry, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, for equipment and 
    operating expenses..................................          75,000
Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office, 
    Bakersfield, California, for Mobility Opportunities 
    via Education (MOVE) to develop curricula, its 
    website, and the training and development...........         700,000
Kids Voting USA, Tempe, AZ, for a civics program to 
    educate children about the importance of voting.....         380,000
Knowledge Works Intermediary, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Ohio 
    High School Transformation Initiative...............       2,000,000
Korean Youth and Community Center, Los Angeles, CA, to 
    expand education programs at the Koreatown Academic 
    Learning Center.....................................         260,000
La Causa, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for before, 
    after, and during school services for largely 
    minority communities................................         245,000
Labor and Industry for Education (LIFE), Hewlett, NY, to 
    expand after school, vocational training, and other 
    education programs for at-risk youth and 
    developmentally disabled children and adults........         450,000
Langston in the 21st Century, Washington, DC, to 
    establish a learning center as part of the EXTRA 
    Physical Education Progress initiative..............         300,000
Latino Education Alliance, Chicago, IL, for early 
    intervention, college readiness and parental 
    involvement programs for minority youth.............         350,000
Leadership Education Academy to Develop, Encourage, and 
    Reinforce Success (L.E.A.D.E.R.S) Inc., Rochester 
    Hills, Michigan.....................................         175,000
Letcher County Board of Education, Whitesburg, Kentucky, 
    for equipment.......................................         350,000
Lights of Liberty, Inc., PA for history education 
    program.............................................         300,000
Lincoln Center, New York, NY, for the Jazz for music 
    education and distance learning programs............         350,000
Linking Learning to Life in Burlington, VT for staff 
    salaries and the development of a model school-to-
    career initiative for low-income and at-risk youth..          75,000
Loess Hills Area Education Agency in Iowa for a 
    demonstration in early childhood education..........         750,000
Los Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, CA, for 
    the ``Early Advantage'' initiative to provide 
    preschool and family learning activities, and 
    training for parents, child care providers and 
    community members...................................         600,000
Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA to expand 
    early childhood education curricula, evaluation, and 
    professional development............................         300,000
Lycoming County Division of Public Safety, Lycoming 
    County, PA, to develop an emergency preparedness 
    program to educate school personnel and law 
    enforcement personnel...............................         100,000
Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, Wisconsin 
    for Positive Behavior Support Teams who work with 
    elementary and middle school students with emotional 
    problems............................................         150,000
Make the Road By Walking, Brooklyn, NY, for literacy, 
    technology training and other educational services..         500,000
Maricopa County Community College District, Phoenix, AZ 
    to establish the Center for Teacher Preparation and 
    Education to address the national teacher shortage 
    through recruitment and retention of K-12 teachers..         100,000
Marshfield Clinic, WI, for the ``Youthnet'' mentoring 
    initiative..........................................         200,000
Marshfield School District, WI, for equipment for 
    computer and music education laboratories at Madison 
    Elementary School...................................          60,000
Maui Economic Development Board for a girls into science 
    program.............................................         300,000
Medina High School, Medina, Ohio, for a Career Resource 
    Center..............................................         150,000
Memphis City School District, Memphis, TN, for a public-
    private partnership to raise academic achievement in 
    low-performing schools..............................         500,000
Mercer County Association for Children with Learning 
    Disabilities, Inc., Sharon, PA, to provide tutoring 
    and assist with curriculum design for children with 
    learning disabilities...............................          50,000
Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabilities Center, Inc., 
    Louisville, Kentucky, for technology................          25,000
Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago, Illinois, for 
    Camp Algonquin's Outdoor Education program..........         500,000
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, DC, for 
    the Potomac Regional Education Project (PREP).......         100,000
Military Heritage Foundation, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 
    Army Heritage and Education Center to establish 
    educational programs and materials..................         200,000
Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois to assist 
    inner-city and rural high school students prepare 
    for college.........................................          75,000
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation to continue a 
    demonstration on full-service schools in Iowa.......         500,000
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, Washington, D.C., for a 
    demonstration and evaluation of full-service schools         250,000
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, Washington, DC, to 
    replicate and expand the full community school 
    program in Pennsylvania emphasizing the school as 
    the central point of the community..................         300,000
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI, to expand before- and 
    after-school programs...............................         400,000
Mission Education Projects, Inc., San Francisco, CA, to 
    expand educational programs for children and 
    families............................................         225,000
Missouri School Board Association, Columbia, Missouri, 
    for Children Learn As Schools Succeed (CLASS) 
    project.............................................         500,000
Monadnock Regional School District in New Hampshire for 
    a community school initiative.......................         100,000
Montgomery YMCA in Montgomery, Alabama for education and 
    outreach programs...................................         100,000
Muhlenberg Township School District, Laureldale, PA, for 
    science and technology equipment and upgrades.......         738,000
My Hero Project, Branford, CT, to expand an interactive 
    educational web site................................          50,000
Mystic Aquarium and the Institute for Exploration, 
    Mystic, Connecticut, for the JASON project..........         500,000
National Center for Electronically Mediated Learning, 
    Inc., Woodbridge, CT, for the PEBBLES Project.......         300,000
National Constitution Center for program development, 
    including equipment and technology acquisition......       5,000,000
National Council of La Raza, Washington, D.C., to 
    develop assessment guidelines for limited English 
    proficient students and to expand professional 
    development academies...............................       1,000,000
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship 
    (NFTE), to establish a NFTE University, in 
    collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University and 
    Temple University, to train teachers in the best 
    practices to educate minority and economically 
    disadvantaged students..............................         150,000
National History Day for a history competition in Iowa..         100,000
National Maritime Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, 
    for the Spirit of Enterprize Maritime Heritage 
    Education program...................................         275,000
National Science Center Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia for 
    educational technology and other purposes...........       1,000,000
Nevada HAND English Literacy Project to purchase ESL 
    software and workstations to use in working with 
    low-income children in Las Vegas, Nevada............         450,000
New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, 
    Baltimore, MD, for a comprehensive dropout 
    prevention initiative...............................         500,000
New Conservatory Theater Center, San Francisco, CA, for 
    the YouthAware theatre-in-education drug abuse and 
    violence prevention programs for youth..............         150,000
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, 
    New Mexico, for the K-12 Outreach in Astronomy 
    program.............................................         425,000
New Mexico Mathematics, Engineering and Science 
    Achievement, Inc. (MESA) for pre-college math, 
    science and technology enrichment programs..........         500,000
New School University, New York, NY, to establish a 
    pilot program which will provide supplementary 
    services, as well as university faculty instruction 
    to at-risk, low-income senior high school students..         250,000
New York Hall of Science, Corona Park, New York, to 
    expand the ``After-School Science Clubs'' to 
    elementary students.................................         200,000
New York University, Child Study Center, NY, for the 
    ``Parent Corps'' initiative.........................       1,000,000
New Zion Baptist Church Community Development 
    Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky, for after school 
    programs............................................          40,000
Nicholls State University for a Center for Dyslexia to 
    research and address the difficulties associated 
    with dyslexia.......................................         100,000
Nortel Networks Kidz Online, Herndon, Virginia, for 
    education program to help kids become better 
    equipped with technology skills.....................         600,000
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, for an 
    academic enrichment program for elementary and 
    middle school students in the Durham Public Schools.          75,000
North Carolina Electronics and Information Technologies 
    Association Education Foundation, NC, for a 
    technology demonstration project in rural and 
    underserved school districts........................         250,000
North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc., Raleigh, 
    NC, for arts and environmental education programs...         100,000
North Dakota State Board for Vocational and Technical 
    Education in Bismarck, North Dakota, for expansion 
    of the ExplorNet and IT Technology Learning Project.         200,000
North Penn Civic Association, Philadelphia, PA, for 
    technology, after school and other educational 
    programs for youth..................................          50,000
North Rockland Central School District, Garnerville, NY, 
    to implement a technology-based literacy program....         200,000
Northshore School District, Bothell, WA, for the 
    Northeast Vocational Area Cooperative to expand 
    information technology courses for middle and high 
    school students.....................................         250,000
Oakland Unified School District, CA, for personnel and 
    related expenses to expand extended day kindergarten 
    to new sites........................................         500,000
Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, Ohio, 
    ``Commission on Secondary and Postsecondary 
    Education'' project.................................         250,000
Oklahoma State Department of Education, Oklahoma City, 
    Oklahoma, for an education project in Oklahoma 
    public schools providing hand held computers to 
    enhance learning opportunities......................         525,000
Old Rock School in Guntersville, Alabama for arts 
    education programs..................................          60,000
Oregon Children's Foundation for a volunteer early 
    literacy program....................................         300,000
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Lewis and Clark Bicentennial 
    Program for educational programming.................          50,000
Oregon School Safety Hotline to establish a statewide 
    hotline.............................................         150,000
Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana, for technology 
    enhancements........................................          55,000
Our Hope for Youth, Delaware for a school dropout 
    prevention education media program on in-school 
    educational networks targeting Hispanics and other 
    high-risk groups....................................         500,000
Overtown Youth Center, Miami, FL, for mentoring, family 
    literacy, and other education and training services 
    for at-risk youth...................................         100,000
Pacific Islands Center for Educational Development in 
    American Samoa......................................         400,000
PARENTS, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for implementation and 
    expansion of their projects to train teachers, 
    specialists and parents in the use of technology to 
    assist students with disabilities...................       1,000,000
PARENTS, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for the Technology in 
    Action Program (TAP)................................         500,000
Partners in Economic Progress in Des Moines, IA for a 
    mentoring and education support program for 
    disadvantaged children..............................         100,000
Pasadena Unified School District, Pasadena, CA, for a 
    math, science and technology magnet program at the 
    Washington Middle School............................         100,000
Patrick County Education Foundation, Stuart, VA, for a 
    college access initiative, including GED assistance 
    for individuals who have dropped out of high school.         218,000
Pawtucket School Department, Pawtucket, RI, for 
    personnel, equipment and curricula to establish 
    after school and summer school programs.............         450,000
Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA, to expand the Museum 
    Action Corps in partnership with Salem High School, 
    and for exhibits and programming for the Trade Winds 
    project.............................................         500,000
Pendleton School District, Oregon for dropout prevention 
    programs............................................          50,000
Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia, PA, to expand 
    statewide the ``Accent on Dance'' program which 
    offers in-school and after-school programs for 
    elementary and secondary students...................         100,000
Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, for a Sports 
    and Entertainment Career Expo to expose high school 
    students in the Philadelphia region to career 
    opportunities in the sports industry and to assist 
    organizations in the replication of mentoring pro...          50,000
Philadelphia Health Management Corporation, 
    Philadelphia, PA, in collaboration with the National 
    Center for Learning Disabilities to conduct early 
    childhood literacy training and program development 
    activities as part of the Get Ready to Read! 
    Initiative..........................................         100,000
Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Association for 
    Nonviolence Inc., Philadelphia, PA, for its College 
    for Teens program...................................         100,000
Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia, PA, to expand its 
    educational programs................................         175,000
Philadelphia Safe and Sound, Philadelphia, PA, to 
    establish schools in Strawberry Mansion and Mantua 
    to serve as a base for family support, community 
    services, and comprehensive youth development and 
    after-school programs...............................         300,000
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, PA to expand after school 
    arts education programs.............................         150,000
Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA, for the Zoo School 
    Education program and the Junior Zoo Apprentice New 
    Ventures program to provide at-risk students with 
    access to science and environmental classes.........         250,000
Phillips School District, WI, for after school programs.         270,000
Pico Union Family Resource Center, Los Angeles, CA, to 
    expand education programs for youth and adults......         100,000
Pinellas County Florida School District, St. Petersburg, 
    Florida, for technology for Title I schools.........       2,000,000
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA, to assist 
    educators with professional development programs 
    that include workshops and live performances and to 
    bring area students to the theater for curriculum-
    based programs......................................         100,000
Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, Pittsburgh, PA, to 
    develop high tech curriculum in the Allegheny County 
    area through a collaborative effort with Penn State 
    University, University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie 
    Mellon University...................................         250,000
Pittsburgh Symphony for an education and outreach 
    program.............................................         350,000
Pittsburgh Technology Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 
    for training and technology upgrades................         300,000
Pittsburgh Voyager, PA for math and science education 
    programs............................................         250,000
Plymouth Christian Youth Center, Minneapolis, MN, to 
    expand arts education, after school, technology 
    training, and other education programs..............         300,000
Plymouth Community Renewal Center, Louisville, Kentucky, 
    for after school programs...........................          15,000
Pomona Unified School District, Pomona, CA, for a 
    Teacher Literacy Training and Technology program....         400,000
Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District, Port 
    Chester, NY, for extended day and other expenses to 
    implement the community schools model in up to three 
    schools.............................................         600,000
Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, PA, to develop a 
    comprehensive in-school and after-school program to 
    provide at-risk youth with education and training in 
    the arts............................................          50,000
Prince William County Public Schools, Manassas, 
    Virginia, for Middle School Reading and Mathematics 
    Remediation Program.................................         300,000
Pro Sports Outreach.....................................          50,000
Project 2000, Washington, DC, to support the 
    continuation of Project 2000, including after-school 
    and weekend programs which provide academic support 
    and educational mentoring services to inner city 
    youth in low-income housing developments in 
    Southeastern........................................         125,000
Project GRAD-USA Inc., in Houston, Texas for continued 
    support and expansion of the successful school 
    reform program......................................      20,000,000
Project H.O.M.E., Philadelphia, PA, for the planning and 
    design of the Honickman Roberts Learning Center, to 
    provide technology and computer education, youth 
    academic enrichment, after-school programming, and 
    adult instruction to disadvantaged residents........         100,000
Project Intercept Inc., Brooklyn, NY, for mentoring 
    programs, guidance counselors, and training for 
    teachers, principals, and parents...................         200,000
Project Rainbow, Philadelphia, PA, to provide early 
    childhood services and after-school programs as a 
    means to address the root causes of homelessness....         250,000
Public Affairs Research Council, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 
    for the Louisiana's District Accountability Program.         100,000
Public School District 31, Staten Island, New York for 
    library books for 4th and 5th graders...............         500,000
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA, for the 
    continued operation and expansion of the Youth 
    Education for Tomorrow Center, as part of an after-
    school, literacy initiative.........................          50,000
Range Association of Municipalities and Schools, Buhl, 
    MN, for a technology-based teacher education program 
    serving rural school districts in northeastern 
    Minnesota...........................................         250,000
Ravenswood City School District, East Palo Alto, CA, for 
    an e-learning pilot program at Belle Haven 
    Elementary School in Menlo Park.....................         250,000
Reach Out and Read......................................       3,000,000
ReadNet Foundation, New York, NY, to fully implement 
    web-based simulation educational program............         100,000
Realworld Schools, Inc., Fresno, CA, for personnel, 
    curricula, professional development, equipment and 
    other expenses to establish the El Paso Realworld 
    School..............................................         150,000
Recognizing Achievement-Rewarding Excellence (R.A.R.E.) 
    Foundation, Troy, Michigan, to give teachers 
    effective tools to motivate students in constructive 
    career paths........................................         300,000
Reuben Lindh Family Services, Minneapolis, MN, for its 
    ``Family Focus'' preschool education program........         600,000
Riverside County Office of Education, Riverside, 
    California, to further implement and develop County 
    Achievement Team model..............................         500,000
Robbie Valentine STARS Club Education Program, 
    Jeffersonville, Indiana, for sports-related 
    mentoring program in Louisville, Kentucky...........          40,000
Rutgers University Law School to support a scholarship 
    fund, public interest activities, and its work with 
    the LEAP Academy Charter School, including the 
    purchase of books and equipment.....................         500,000
Rye Neck Union Free School District, Mamaroneck, NY, to 
    implement a school-wide enrichment model program....          20,000
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, CA, in 
    coordination with the Sacramento City Unified School 
    District, for early childhood education, after 
    school and parental support programs for students in 
    the Franklin Villa community........................         400,000
Salt Lake City School District, Salt Lake City, Utah for 
    an english as a second language project.............         200,000
San Bernadino County Superintendent of Schools, CA, to 
    expand schools-to-careers initiatives, including the 
    Virtual Hi-Tech High Program, the Virtual Career 
    Library and teacher training activities.............         500,000
San Juan Unified School District, Carmichael, California 
    for Focus on Literacy program.......................         217,000
San Pasqual Academy, Escondido, California, for 
    technology infrastructure...........................         225,000
Santa Barbara Community Youth Performing Arts Center, 
    Santa Barbara, CA, for salaries and expenses for the 
    Santa Barbara Junior High Theatre...................         100,000
Santa Barbara High School District, Santa Barbara, CA, 
    for the San Marcos High School Health Careers 
    Academy.............................................          50,000
School District 24J, Salem, OR, for the West Salem High 
    School technology program...........................         100,000
School District of Bayfield, WI, for after school 
    programs............................................         295,000
School District of Beloit, WI, for telecommunications 
    equipment and upgrades..............................         150,000
School District of Flambeau, Tony, WI, for equipment and 
    technology to create a national parks virtual 
    reality education program...........................          50,000
School District of Palm Beach County, FL, for a family 
    literacy project including bilingual education, 
    counseling services and distance education, and for 
    curricula and professional development..............         700,000
Science and Technology Museum of Georgia, Inc., Atlanta, 
    Georgia, for SciTrekChallenger Learning Center 
    project.............................................          50,000
ScienceSouth, Inc., Florence, South Carolina, for 
    science education programs, science traveling 
    exhibits, and outreach activities...................         100,000
Sedro-Woolley School District, Mt. Vernon, WA, in 
    collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Trail 
    Association, for the Service Knowledge Youth (SKY) 
    Education Program...................................         300,000
Selma Youth Development Center, Selma, AL, for an ``at-
    risk'' youth intervention and training program, 
    including professional development, school-to-work 
    training, and conflict resolution activities........         500,000
Semos Unlimited, Inc., Santa Fe, NM, to develop 
    bilingual education materials and programs..........         500,000
Sewickley Area YMCA, PA for education initiatives.......         125,000
Shiloh Community Renewal Center, Louisville, Kentucky, 
    for after school programs...........................          50,000
Sioux City Community School District in Sioux City, IA 
    to continue and expand the implementation of testing 
    software in Iowa....................................         800,000
Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Detroit, Michigan, for 
    after school program................................         250,000
Somerset Independent Schools, Somerset, Kentucky, for 
    High School Technology Academy......................          80,000
South Cook Education Consortium, Hazel Crest, IL, for 
    its ``PowerUP'' education technology enhancement 
    initiative..........................................         175,000
South County Family Educational and Cultural Center, 
    Grover Beach, CA, for the ``Computers to Youth'' 
    program and to expand education programs for 
    students............................................          55,000
South Shore Drill Team and Performing Arts Ensemble, 
    Chicago, IL, for after school educational services 
    for at-risk students................................          50,000
Southeast Associated Ministries, Inc., Louisville, 
    Kentucky, for after school programs.................          20,000
Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher 
    Education (SEPCHE), Philadelphia, PA, to develop 
    ``global curriculum'' challenging students to 
    develop their knowledge of foreign languages and 
    culture.............................................         750,000
Southern Star Development Corporation, Louisville, 
    Kentucky, for after school programs.................          20,000
Space Education Initiatives Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin, 
    for professional development programs and technology         500,000
Springfield Public School District #19, Springfield, OR, 
    for the ``Schools Plus Plus'' initiative to expand 
    after school, academic and family outreach 
    initiatives.........................................         500,000
St. Boniface Neighborhood Outreach Program, Inc., 
    Louisville, Kentucky, for after school programs.....          50,000
St. Charles Parish School Board, Louisiana, for 
    technology enhancements.............................          42,000
St. Louis Children's Museum, MO, for a collaborative 
    project with the St. Louis Public Library to create 
    interactive exhibits and educational programs.......         500,000
St. Stephens Family Life Center, Louisville, Kentucky, 
    for after school programs...........................          50,000
St. Tammany Parish School Board, Louisiana, for 
    technology enhancements.............................          55,000
Stark County Park District, Canton, Ohio, for 
    ``Electronic Education Gateway'' project............         500,000
State College YMCA, PA for education initiatives........         150,000
State of Alaska for Right Start extended-day 
    kindergarten program................................       1,100,000
State of Utah, Office of Education for a computerized 
    assessment demonstration project....................         700,000
Stevens Point Area School District, WI, to implement 
    smaller learning communities........................       1,500,000
Superior School District, WI, for after school programs.         500,000
Tacoma Public Schools, Tacoma, WA, to implement an 
    online learning pilot project.......................         200,000
Tangipahoa Parish School Board, Louisiana, for 
    technology enhancements.............................          42,000
Teach for America, New York, New York...................       1,000,000
Teen Tyme Productions, Inc., Anchorage, Kentucky, for 
    positive broadcasting programs for teens............          10,000
Temple Community Development Corporation, Louisville, 
    Kentucky, C.A.N. Program for after school programs..          50,000
Tensas Reunion, Inc., Newellton, LA, for instructional, 
    technology training, and after school programs at 
    the Tensas Charter School...........................         200,000
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX, for education 
    and training services at its Early Childhood 
    Development Center..................................         350,000
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, Texas, to expand 
    opportunities in math and science education for K-14 
    rural school districts..............................         500,000
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, for 
    ARTS.21 program.....................................         500,000
The First Tee, St. Augustine, Florida, to train 
    instructors about how to teach the core values......       1,000,000
The Gibson Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, for music 
    education programs..................................         250,000
The Lighthouse--A United Methodist Community Center, 
    Louisville, Kentucky, for after school programs.....          30,000
The Opera Company of Philadelphia, PA for educational 
    programs............................................         200,000
Thornton Township High School District 205, South 
    Holland, IL, for professional development, 
    technology, technical assistance and other expenses 
    to implement high school reform activities..........         500,000
Tides Foundation, for McKelvey entrepreneurial college 
    scholarships to rural, low income Pennsylvania high 
    school graduates....................................         300,000
Tiskelwah Community Center, Charleston, West Virginia, 
    for at-risk youth and young adult program...........         100,000
Tiskelwah Community Center, Charleston, West Virginia, 
    for the Bob Burdette after school program...........         150,000
Titusville Area Senior High School, Titusville, 
    Pennsylvania, for technology infrastructure.........         150,000
Today Foundation, Dallas, Texas, for the development of 
    an Internet-based learning program..................         100,000
Toledo Public Schools, OH, for educational services for 
    at-risk students and their families as part of the 
    Toledo education-housing partnership pilot program..         225,000
Town of Cumberland School Department for the 
    comprehensive Middle School Education initiative....         150,000
Trinity Family Life Center, Louisville, Kentucky, for 
    after school programs...............................          30,000
Tuckahoe Union Free School District, Eastchester, NY, 
    for an external audit of district programs and 
    practices, and for after school services............          33,000
U.S. Dream Academy, Inc., Columbia, MD, to improve and 
    maintain Dream Academy Learning Centers and after 
    school programs for at-risk children with a family 
    history of incarceration............................         600,000
Union Parish Public School System, LA, to implement an 
    online assessment and interactive instructional 
    program.............................................         200,000
United Crescent Hill Ministries, Inc., Louisville, 
    Kentucky, for after school programs.................          25,000
University of Alaska Center for Excellence in Schools to 
    assist Alaska's low performing schools with meeting 
    the requirements of new state educational standard..       1,000,000
University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks for educational 
    programs related in support of the Summer Arts 
    Festival............................................         150,000
University of Alaska System for Early Education 
    Development program for SEED (System for Early 
    Education Development) program to expand early 
    childhood services for children ages 0-6 and to 
    train Early Head Start teachers with AAS degrees for 
    positions...........................................       1,800,000
University of Iowa for the Iowa and Israel: Partners in 
    Excellence program to enhance math and science 
    opportunities to rural Iowa students................         200,000
University of Maine, Coaching Education Initiative to 
    support a research-based curriculum development and 
    community awareness program.........................         400,000
University of North Texas and Paul Quinn College for a 
    math and science teacher academy....................         250,000
University of Northern Iowa, in collaboration with the 
    Waterloo Community Schools for the expansion of an 
    early childhood development center..................       1,500,000
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of 
    Education, PA, to establish a teacher professional 
    development center at the University of 
    Pennsylvania-assisted neighborhood school...........       1,000,000
University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama for the 
    Preparatory Music Program...........................          50,000
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the Tampa 
    Bay Consortium for the Development of Educational 
    Leaders and the Preparation and Recruitment of 
    Teachers............................................         100,000
University of Southern Mississippi, Frances A. Karnes 
    Center for Gifted Studies, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 
    to expand gifted student summer programs............         200,000
University of Texas at Tyler, TX, for math and science 
    teacher training and curriculum development.........         350,000
University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, for 
    Support for Teachers Enhancing Performance in 
    Schools.............................................         500,000
Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, CO, to expand the 
    ``Urban Adventures'' after school program to 
    additional sites....................................         350,000
Utica Zoological Society, Utica, New York, to update the 
    educational facilities and Teacher Resource Center 
    and update equipment................................         250,000
Vancouver Public Schools, Vancouver, WA, for personnel, 
    technology, and other expenses to expand the 
    Personalized Learning in a Connected Community 
    Initiative..........................................         333,000
Venango County AVTS, Oil City, Pennsylvania, for 
    technology infrastructure...........................         100,000
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, for the 
    Great Cities' Universities Urban Educator Corps 
    Partnership Initiative..............................         350,000
Virginia War Memorial Educational Foundation in 
    Richmond, Virginia for program development 
    associated with the Virginians' At War project......         150,000
Voyager Expanded Learning, Dallas, Texas, to implement 
    the Voyager Universal Literacy System demonstration 
    in the Ohio public schools..........................         575,000
Warwick After-School Program in Warwick, Rhode Island to 
    establish a middle school after-school program......         300,000
Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public 
    Instruction, State of Washington, for development of 
    a student data database.............................         500,000
Washington Parish School Board, Louisiana, for 
    technology enhancements.............................          25,000
Wausau School District, WI, for foreign language, music 
    and other education programs........................         650,000
Webster Groves School District, St. Louis, MO, for 
    computers, and technology equipment and training....          50,000
West Ed Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Science and 
    Mathematics, San Francisco, California, for 24 
    Challenge and Jumping Levels Math...................         225,000
West Philadelphia YMCA, Philadelphia, PA, for 
    educational and recreational programming to serve 
    at-risk youth.......................................         250,000
West Valley City in Utah for program improvement and 
    technology acquisition for an after school families 
    program.............................................         250,000
Westchester Philharmonic, Hartsdale, NY, for music 
    education programs..................................         150,000
West Ed Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Science and 
    Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, for statewide 
    expansion educational programs and curriculum.......         125,000
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah, for 
    distance education programs.........................       1,300,000
Westernaires in Golden, Colorado for outreach and 
    educational programs for at risk youth..............         500,000
Westside High School, Bakersfield, California, for 
    equipment...........................................          20,000
Wichita Public School District for staff development....         250,000
Wisconsin Educational Partnerships, Inc., Chippewa 
    Falls, WI, for a teacher professional development 
    initiative..........................................         650,000
WQLN Educational Services, Erie, PA, to expand the 
    F.A.M.I.L.I.E.S. Turn onto Literacy program which 
    emphasizes entire family involvement in teaching a 
    child to learn to read..............................          75,000
YMCA of Anchorage for after-school enrichment programs 
    for at-risk youth...................................         250,000
YMCA of McKeesport, McKeesport, PA, to support the Teen 
    LEAD................................................          50,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth, Texas, for Together 
    Reaching Unity Concerning Everyone (TRUCE) project..         440,000
YMCA Safe Place Services, Louisville, Kentucky, for 
    after school programs...............................          40,000
Yonkers Public Schools, Yonkers, NY, to implement 
    smaller learning communities in up to four high 
    schools.............................................         350,000
Youth Alive, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for after 
    school programs.....................................          15,000
Youth Guidance of Chicago, IL, to implement the Comer 
    School Development Program in additional schools....          25,000
YouthPlaces, Pittsburgh, PA, to expand after-school 
    programs for teenagers from high crime neighborhoods 
    in the Sto-Rox, Wilkinsburg, Clairton and Duquesne 
    communities.........................................         100,000
YWCA of Anchorage for after-school enrichment programs 
    for at-risk school children and their mothers.......         250,000
YWCA of Anchorage Girls in Alaska for the Run and Girls 
    on Track after school programs......................          50,000

      The conference agreement also includes $1,000,000 for 
``Foundations for Learning Grants'' for the promotion of school 
readiness through early childhood emotional and social 
development, as authorized under the Fund for the Improvement 
of Education.
      The conferees have included additional funds in this line 
item for the Secretary to support programs and projects that 
address national priorities in K-12 education.
      The Secretary of Education is encouraged to examine the 
rapidly-growing use of hand-held computer technology and the 
one-to-one (computer-to-student) computing it offers in a 
school environment.Handheld computing is rapidly becoming more 
affordable, enhancing the cost effectiveness of this approach, 
especially when coupled with wireless technology.
Community service and alcohol abuse reduction programs
      The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 for grants 
for community service for expelled or suspended students and 
$25,000,000 for grants to reduce alcohol abuse as proposed by 
the Senate. H.R. 246 did not propose separate funding for these 
programs.
Teaching of traditional American history
      The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for the 
teaching of traditional American history, as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
Civic education
      For Civic Education, the conference agreement includes 
$29,000,000 instead of $27,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
$30,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the total, 
$12,000,000 is for Cooperative Education Exchanges and 
$17,000,000 is for We the People. The conferees support 
allocating $1,500,000 of the total amount for a continuation of 
the violence prevention demonstration program. Further, the 
conferees intend that $3,000,000 be allocated for a cooperative 
project among the Center for Civic Education, the Center on 
Congress at Indiana University, and the Trust for 
Representative Democracy at the National Conference on State 
Legislatures to implement a comprehensive program to improve 
public knowledge, understanding, and support of American 
democratic institutions.
National writing project
      The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for the 
National Writing Project instead of $14,000,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $18,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      English Language Acquisition

      The conference agreement includes $690,000,000 for 
English Language Acquisition programs as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $665,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

                           Special Education

      The conference agreement includes $10,095,639,000 for 
Special Education instead of $9,187,804,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $11,191,424,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
agreement provides $4,423,639,000 in fiscal year 2003 and 
$5,672,000,000 in fiscal year 2004 funding for this account.
      Included in these funds is $8,928,533,000 for Grants to 
States part B instead of $8,028,533,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
and $10,028,533,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $77,715,000 for 
research and innovation instead of $70,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate and $78,380,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. Within the 
amounts provided for Special Education Research and Innovation, 
the conference agreement includes funding for the following:

Best Buddies International, Inc. in Miami, FL to enhance 
    the lives of people with mental retardation by 
    providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships 
    and integrated employment...........................      $1,250,000
Best Buddies Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, for the 
    expansion of programming in Pennsylvania to enhance 
    the lives of people with mental retardation by 
    providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships 
    and integrated employment...........................          25,000
Center for Learning and Technology, Spurwink Institute 
    to ensure that students with disabilities have 
    access to high quality education and technology.....         600,000
George Mason University Krasnow Institute, Fairfax, 
    Virginia, for conducting breakthrough research......         300,000
Iowa Parent Training Information Center to continue a 
    pilot on referral and legal advice..................         100,000
Loudoun Arc, Leesburg, Virginia, for Saturday Leisure 
    program.............................................          90,000
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, for 
    the Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of 
    Dyslexia to improve instruction for students with 
    dyslexia............................................         100,000
National Industries for the Blind, Alexandria, VA, to 
    establish the NIB National Technical Support and 
    Training Center to develop a business leadership and 
    management skills training program for individuals 
    who are blind.......................................         250,000
Ohio Alliance of Community Center for the Deaf, 
    Worthington, Ohio, for Ohio Deaf Assistive Services 
    Model project.......................................         500,000
Ohio School for the Deaf, Columbus, Ohio, for Virtual 
    Reality for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing project....       1,350,000
Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA, for the expansion 
    and continuation of its integrated certification 
    program in elementary/special education.............         200,000
St. Joseph's School for the Blind in New Jersey.........         700,000
University of Kentucky's Center for Instructional 
    Technology and Learning to help special education 
    teachers integrate technology in their curriculum...       1,000,000
University of Northern Colorado National Center for Low 
    Incidence Disabilities for development of new 
    instructional techniques, technologies and materials         500,000
University of Southern Mississippi Center for Literacy 
    and Assessment in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for 
    support of the center's programs....................         750,000

      The conference agreement also includes $92,500,000 for 
personnel preparation instead of $90,000,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $95,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees are particularly concerned about the shortage of 
qualified special education teachers and higher education 
faculty. Therefore, the conferees have included an additional 
$2,500,000 over the request to ensure an increase in funding 
for leadership personnel over the fiscal year 2002 level. These 
new funds are intended exclusively for training new personnel. 
Further, the conferees intend that any funds available over 
amounts needed for continuation grants be used to address the 
shortage of qualified personnel. The conferees request that the 
Department consult with the Appropriations Committees prior to 
the announcement of grant competitions for personnel 
preparation activities.
      The conference agreement includes $26,500,000 for parent 
information centers instead of $26,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $28,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The agreement also includes $38,210,000 for technology 
and media services instead of $37,710,000 as proposed by the 
Senate and $32,710,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The agreement 
includes $10,000,000 for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.
      The agreement also includes $1,500,000 for Public 
Telecommunications Information and Training Dissemination as 
proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 did not contain funds for this 
activity.
      The conferees continue to recognize the importance of 
very small businesses in increasing the quality and cost 
effectiveness of the television-captioning program. As this 
program transitions into a mandated program as authorized by 
the Telecommunications Act, the Department shall give full and 
fair consideration to the applications for very small 
businesses.

            Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

      The conference agreement includes $2,956,382,000 for 
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research instead of 
$2,956,676,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $2,959,838,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $12,147,000 for client 
assistance state grants instead of $12,397,000 as proposed by 
the Senate and $11,897,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The 
conference agreement includes $1,000,000 to support programs 
designed to improve the quality of applied orthotic and 
prosthetic research and help meet the increasing demand for 
provider services. The conferees intend that these funds should 
be used to support an orthotics and prosthetic awareness 
campaign, consisting of an educational outreach initiative 
designed to recruit and retain professionals and a series of 
consensus conferences to develop and disseminate best practices 
in the field.
      The agreement also includes $39,629,000 for training as 
proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $42,629,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The agreement also includes $21,032,000 for 
demonstration and training programs instead of $17,492,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $21,238,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
Within the amounts provided for vocational rehabilitation 
demonstration and training programs, the conference agreement 
includes funding for the following activities:

Abilities Fund in Centerville, IA to create a revolving 
    loan fund for entrepreneurs with disabilities.......        $500,000
Alaska Center for Independent Living Personal Assistance 
    Services project to bring services to more remote 
    rural communities...................................         200,000
Allied Services Foundation, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, 
    to increase rehabilitation and fitness programs for 
    those recuperating from strokes, spinal cord 
    injuries and other conditions.......................         100,000
American Stroke Foundation, Overland Park, KS, for a 
    stroke rehabilitation center........................         300,000
Apple Patch Community Inc., Crestwood, Kentucky, for 
    vocational training for adults with mental 
    retardation.........................................          20,000
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation's Rehabilitation 
    Research and Training Center at Wichita State 
    University, Kansas to continue helping people with 
    disabilities obtain self-sufficient employment......         300,000
Challenge Alaska in Girdwood, Alaska for equipment 
    acquisition and program support of the Adaptive Ski 
    School..............................................         200,000
City of Carson, California, for rehabilitation and 
    related services at the Joseph B. O'Neal, Jr. Stroke 
    Center..............................................         145,000
Easter Seals of Southeastern Pennsylvania for program 
    development in support of adults and children with 
    disabilities........................................         150,000
Enable America, Inc., Tampa, Florida, for civic/
    citizenship demonstration project for disabled 
    adults..............................................         300,000
Lark Enterprises, Inc., New Castle, Pennsylvania, for 
    Lark Enterprises Day Treatment Program for Persons 
    with Autism.........................................         100,000
Louisiana Center for the Blind in Lincoln Parish, LA to 
    provide education and rehabilitation for blind 
    children and adults.................................          50,000
Madonna Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 
    create a new standard of rehabilitation practice and 
    program design for children and adults with 
    disabilities........................................         500,000
Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois to 
    train teachers and rehabilitation specialists for 
    blind persons.......................................          75,000
Vermont Department of Aging and Disabilities for the 
    Vermont Jump on Board for Success Initiative........         100,000
Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy to establish a new 
    office of protection and advocacy services for 
    individuals with disabilities.......................         100,000
The Arc of Northern Rhode Island, Woonsocket, RI, for 
    vocational rehabilitation services for individuals 
    with developmental disabilities.....................         200,000
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI, to 
    establish The Excellence and Leadership Center at 
    the Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute.......         200,000

      The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for 
Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights instead of 
$15,200,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $17,500,000 as proposed 
by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $70,000,000 for 
Independent Living Centers as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of 
$69,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also 
includes $28,000,000 for services for older blind individuals 
as proposed by the Senate instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes $27,000,000 for 
assistive technology as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$30,884,000 as proposed in H.R. 246. The agreement also 
includes language allowing States which have received assistive 
technology extension grants in the past and are scheduled to be 
phased out of the program to continue to receive an award in 
fiscal year 2003 at the fiscal year 2002 level. This language 
is provided to allow time for the authorizing committees of 
jurisdiction to review the program in the context of 
reauthorizing the Assistive Technology Act. The conferees are 
aware that this program was originally designed to be ``seed 
money'' to develop assistive technology activities at the State 
level. The authorizing statute specifies that the State grant 
portion of the program would sunset after ten years, giving 
States time to develop their own programs in this area. The 
conferees encourage States to increase their support for 
protection and advocacy activities in planning their 
distribution of resources in the area of assistive technology.
      The conferees are pleased that the National Institute on 
Disability and Rehabilitation Research has recognized chronic 
fatigue syndrome (CFS) as an unmet area of research and is 
funding a CFS research study. The conferees encourage NIDRR to 
continue to pursue CFS-related research proposals through its 
investigator-initiated and other grants programs.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

               National Technical Institute for the Deaf

      The conference agreement includes $54,050,000 for the 
National Technical Institute for the Deaf instead of 
$53,500,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $54,600,000 as proposed 
by the Senate. The agreement also includes language proposed by 
the Senate allowing NTID to use funds from the total for the 
endowment program at its discretion instead of language 
proposed by H.R. 246 specifying that not less than $1,000,000 
shall be for the endowment program and available until 
expended.

                          Gallaudet University

      The conference agreement includes $98,438,000 for 
Gallaudet University as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$95,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The agreement also 
includes language proposed by the Senate allowing Gallaudet to 
use funds from the total for the endowment program at its 
discretion instead of language proposed by H.R. 246 specifying 
that not less than $1,000,000 shall be for the endowment 
program and available until expended.

                     Vocational and Adult Education

      The conference agreement includes $1,956,060,000 for 
Vocational and Adult Education instead of $1,919,560,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $1,938,060,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The agreement provides $1,165,060,000 in fiscal year 
2003 and $791,000,000 in fiscal year 2004 funding for this 
account.
      The conference agreement includes $1,200,000,000 for 
Vocational Education basic state grants as proposed by H.R. 246 
instead of $1,180,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees continue to believe that technical 
institutes play an important role in developing a highly-
skilled workforce, and that these institutes should have equal 
access to vocational and technical education funding. The 
conferees encourage the Department and the authorizing 
committees of jurisdiction to consider approaches to ensuring 
such equal access when developing their reauthorization 
proposals for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
Technology Education Act, which is due to be reauthorized this 
year.
      The conference agreement includes $108,000,000 for Tech 
Prep as proposed by the Senate, instead of $110,000,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes $7,000,000 for Tribally 
Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $6,500,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The 
agreement also includes language proposed by the Senate 
notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation 
that the Secretary of Education shall not require the use of a 
restricted indirect cost rate for grants issued pursuant to the 
tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical 
institutions program. H.R. 246 did not contain this provision.
      The agreement also includes $9,500,000 to continue the 
occupational and employment information program instead of 
$10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 did not include 
funding for this activity.
      The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the 
tech-prep education demonstration authorized under section 207 
of the Perkins Act as proposed by the Senate. The agreement 
also includes $23,500,000 for State Grants for Incarcerated 
Youth instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 
246 did not provide funding for these activities.

                      Student Financial Assistance

      The conference agreement includes $13,450,500,000 for 
Student Financial Assistance instead of $13,171,610,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $13,151,500,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The agreement provides a program level of $11,439,000,000 
for Pell Grants instead of $11,200,110,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $11,180,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
agreement also increases the maximum Pell Grant to $4,050 for 
award year 2003-2004 instead of $4,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
and $4,100 as proposed by the Senate. Additional funds are 
included within the appropriation for the Pell Grant program to 
continue to pay down the shortfall that has been accumulating 
in the program over the past two fiscal years.
      The conferees are aware that many postsecondary 
institutions are struggling to make the most efficient use 
possible of their facilities as they prepare for enrollments 
that will grow by more than two million students over the next 
decade. Under the Department of Education's current practice, 
however, students may receive only one Pell Grant in a calendar 
year, limiting low-income students' ability to enroll year 
round. In the House report accompanying the Fiscal Year 2002 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, the Committee requested that the 
Department submit a report, not later than March 1, 2002, on 
the feasibility and cost of conducting a demonstration program 
under Section 487(A)(b) of the Higher Education Act to provide 
two Pell Grants in one calendar year to students at selected 
institutions of higher education. The conferees note that the 
Department has failed to provide this report and again request 
that the Department provide this report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education 
and the Workforce, and the Senate Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions no later than May 1, 2003.
      The conference agreement also includes $765,000,000 for 
the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants program instead 
of $725,000,000 as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate.
      The conferees continue to be concerned about issues 
within the consolidation loan program. The conferees are aware 
that some borrowers would like to see the current law changed 
to allow for consolidation with any lender or holder, 
regardless of how many lenders with whom the borrower has 
loans. The conferees are concerned that without change to the 
current law governing consolidation loans, some borrowers may 
not be permitted to consolidate their loans with any lender 
they choose. The leaders of the authorizing committees have 
expressed a desire to address this and other issues during the 
reauthorization of the Higher Education Act so as to address 
the Consolidation Loan Program as a whole. The conferees urge 
those committees to ensure borrowers have the best options 
available to them in order to manage their student loan 
obligations.

                            Higher Education

      The conference agreement includes $2,100,701,000 for 
Higher Education instead of $1,903,553,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246 and $2,047,640,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Aid for institutional development
      The conference agreement includes $82,000,000 for 
strengthening institutions as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$76,275,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The agreement also 
includes $93,000,000 for Hispanic Serving Institutions as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $89,096,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes $215,415,000 for 
Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $213,415,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes $53,764,000 for 
Historically Black Graduate Institutions as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $50,764,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The 
conference agreement also includes $8,234,000 for Alaska and 
Native Hawaiian Institutions as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $6,734,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
      The conference agreement includes $23,000,000 for 
Strengthening Tribal Colleges as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $18,130,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The conferees agree 
that the funds provided shall be used to support continuation 
of existing basic grants and new planning or implementation 
grant awards. The remaining funds shall be available for grants 
for renovation and construction of facilities to help address 
urgently needed facilities repair and expansion.
Fund for the improvement of postsecondary education
      The conference agreement includes $172,737,000 for the 
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education instead of 
$39,138,000 asproposed by H.R. 246 and $126,926,000 as proposed 
by the Senate. Within the amounts provided for the Fund for the 
Improvement of Postsecondary Education, the conference agreement 
includes funding for the following:

AIB College of Business, Des Moines, IA, to recruit and 
    train students in captioning and court reporting....        $500,000
Alabama A&M University in Normal, Alabama for equipment 
    acquisition related to the research institute.......         550,000
Albany State University in Albany, Georgia, for teacher 
    and nurse training in underserved professions.......         500,000
Albright College, Reading, PA, for the Albright Wireless 
    Education and Training Center for training and 
    information services................................         100,000
Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi for the 
    Midsouth Partnership for Rural Community Colleges in 
    Mississippi for a pilot program to connect community 
    colleges and 4-year university research.............         500,000
Alvin Community College, Alvin, Texas, to train real-
    time captioners to provide closed captioning to the 
    deaf and hard-of-hearing............................       1,000,000
American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, American 
    Samoa, to establish a computer lab..................         500,000
Ashland University--Institute for Human Investment and 
    Economic Growth, Ashland, Ohio, for Regional 
    Economic Development training.......................         250,000
Assumption College for technology infrastructure........         100,000
AuCoin Institute for Ecological, Economic, and Civic 
    Studies for curriculum development..................         150,000
Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio for expansion of the 
    SPROUT program......................................         275,000
Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana, for the 
    expansion of programs administered by the Midwest 
    Entrepreneurial Education Center....................       1,000,000
Baylor University, Waco, TX, for the GEAR UP Waco 
    program, in partnership with the Waco Independent 
    School District.....................................         500,000
Beresford Community Education in Beresford, SD to expand 
    community education programs........................         150,000
Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama for 
    technology acquisition..............................         100,000
Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, in collaboration 
    with the Columbia Alliance for Economic Growth, for 
    technological infrastructure improvements for the 
    Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center...............         100,000
Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa for upgrades 
    and equipment for the science center................         500,000
Butler Community College, El Dorado, Kansas, for a 
    leadership studies program..........................         250,000
C.O.E.I.T.T.--Center for Excellence in Information 
    Technology and Telecommunications (OSU, OU, TU, & 
    the IT community) for program development, including 
    acquisition of technology...........................         200,000
Cabrini College, Radnor, PA, for equipment for 
    programming for the Center for Science, Education, 
    and Technology for K-12 students....................         200,000
Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey, for Center for 
    Excellence in Teaching Initiative...................         950,000
California State University, Monterey Bay, CA, for a 
    research center on the use of wireless technology in 
    education and industry..............................         425,000
California State University, Northridge, CA, for 
    technology and other expenses to develop an 
    entertainment engineering curriculum................         400,000
Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, North 
    Carolina for operation costs of the Hickory 
    Metropolitan Higher Education Center................         250,000
Cayauga Community College, Auburn, New York, for 
    technology upgrades.................................         275,000
Centenary College, Hackettstown, New Jersey, for 
    technology initiative...............................         350,000
Center for Community Transformation, Chicago, IL, to 
    support faculty, student fellowships, and ongoing 
    secular educational activities in community 
    leadership transformation...........................         125,000
Central College, Pella, Iowa, for teacher training in 
    technology and for distance education programs......         800,000
Central Florida Community College, Ocala, Florida, for 
    teacher training....................................         500,000
Chamber Foundation, Columbus, Ohio, for the ``College 
    Access'' and ``Career Steps'' programs..............         405,000
Chicago State University, Chicago, IL to expand Weekend 
    College instructional programs......................         225,000
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for 
    the National Articulation and Transfer Network to 
    facilitate the completion of postsecondary education 
    by underrepresented African-American, Hispanic/
    Latino, and Native American students................         250,000
Clatsop Community College, Clatsop County, Oregon for 
    technology and equipment acquisition................          50,000
Clemson University College for a program design to 
    recruit minority males as teachers in public schools         700,000
Coffeyville Community College for computer network 
    enhancement.........................................         250,000
College of Southern Idaho for development of distance 
    learning services, including the acquisition of 
    technology..........................................         300,000
Columbia College Chicago, IL, for a Center for the Study 
    of Women in the Arts and Media......................         125,000
Columbia University, New York, for a joint project with 
    the Hostos Community College of the City University 
    of New York, to train minority students in foreign 
    policy disciplines through distance learning........         350,000
Community College of Beaver County, Monaca, PA, to 
    acquire state-of-the-art technology to support 
    educational programming.............................          50,000
Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Largo, Florida, for 
    Community College/Vocational Industry Cluster HUBS 
    initiative..........................................       1,250,000
Cossatot Community College of the University of 
    Arkansas, De Queen, AR, for early childhood 
    education instructional staff and equipment.........         475,000
Cowley Community College, Wichita, Kansas, for the 
    Southside Learning Center, for equipment............         250,000
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA, for supplies and 
    equipment for its nursing education program.........          35,000
Curry College in Massachusetts for technology and 
    programs to assist learning disabled students.......         175,000
Cuyahoga Community College's Music and Education 
    Technology Program, Cleveland, Ohio to support a 
    program of music study integrated with technology...         405,000
Cuyamaca College, Rancho San Diego, California, for 
    expanded math and science education.................         700,000
Daemen College, Amherst, New York, after-school 
    enrichment programs for people with developmental 
    disabilities........................................       1,300,000
Dakota State University in Madison, SD, for technology 
    and equipment for a model distance learning center..         900,000
Dakota Wesleyen University, Mitchell, SD, to acquire 
    technology and equipment to serve the George 
    McGovern Library....................................       1,000,000
Darton College, Albany, GA, to expand minority and 
    nontraditional student recruitment and academic 
    support activities..................................         900,000
Daytona Beach Community College, Florida, for 
    instructional equipment and technology 
    infrastructure for the Advanced Technology Center...         250,000
Dean College, Franklin, MA, to improve curricula and 
    upgrade mathematics, science and writing 
    laboratories for students with disabilities.........         150,000
DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, for computer 
    wiring for smart class rooms for training for area 
    K-12 teachers and students..........................         100,000
Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, for personnel, 
    instructional materials, student scholarships, and 
    other expenses for a Minority Teacher Development 
    and Training Center.................................         400,000
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, for the development 
    and expansion of the Math Forum as a national, on-
    line math education center..........................         250,000
Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC, for 
    personnel, student scholarships, and other expenses 
    to improve the articulation of community college 
    students into teacher preparation programs..........          50,000
D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY to increase enrollment 
    and improve outreach in the nursing program.........         250,000
Eastern University, Philadelphia, PA for new bilingual 
    health care studies program and purchase of 
    equipment in support of program expansion...........         300,000
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, 
    Technology Initiative for the New Economy...........         510,000
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, for Alternative 
    Teacher Certification Program.......................         500,000
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, for technology 
    infrastructure......................................       1,250,000
Edinboro University Education Center--Precision 
    Manufacturing Institute.............................         450,000
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL, for library 
    enhancements, technology, and telecommunications 
    upgrades............................................         500,000
Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois, for Integrated 
    Systems Technology Program..........................         250,000
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona, 
    for academic and technical literature...............         500,000
Emerson College in Boston for the Tufte Performance and 
    Production Center Initiative........................         800,000
Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, for 
    technology upgrade..................................         400,000
Environmental Interpretive Facilities at the Juanita 
    College Raystown, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, for 
    equipment...........................................         500,000
Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington for 
    research and curriculum costs of a program 
    addressing the needs of tribal governments..........         150,000
Excelsior College, Albany, New York, for curriculum 
    development.........................................         250,000
Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, 
    North Carolina, for the Adventure of the American 
    Mind program........................................         150,000
Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C., for 
    Digital Opportunity Investment Trust................         750,000
Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and 
    University for telecommunications equipment and for 
    training programs necessary to link educational 
    institutions to a high bandwidth network............         100,000
Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee for technology 
    acquisition in support of a new information 
    technology center and to improve student learning...         300,000
Florida Campus Compact, Tallahassee, FL, to enhance 
    service-learning on college campuses throughout 
    Florida.............................................         500,000
Ft. Lewis College, Center for Southwest Studies in 
    Colorado for the acquisition of equipment and 
    technology and an educational program for Native 
    American interns....................................       1,600,000
Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT, to implement 
    an associates degree nursing program................         250,000
George Meany Center for Labor Studies--the National 
    Labor College for curriculum development............         750,000
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, 
    Georgia, for the Paul Coverdell Institute and 
    Archives............................................         800,000
Glenville State College, Glenville, WV, for faculty, 
    curricula, and equipment to establish a computer 
    science and information technology program..........         175,000
Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, for furnishing, 
    equipment and salaries for their natural resources 
    and research program................................         510,000
Governors State University, University Park, IL, for 
    equipment and training programs at the College of 
    Education Family Development Center.................         150,000
Grambling University in Lincoln, Louisiana to increase 
    the number, skills and competitiveness of minority 
    faculty and students in biomedical research.........         150,000
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, for 
    Teacher Academy.....................................         500,000
Great Plains Center for Applied Latino/Latin American 
    Studies at University of Nebraska at Omaha to 
    stimulate the academic study of Latino and Latin 
    American culture, history and economics.............       1,000,000
Harford County Public Schools, Bel Air, MD, for support 
    of a math and science magnet school program at 
    Aberdeen High School................................         500,000
Harrisburg Polytechnic Institute, Harrisburg, PA, for a 
    K-16 curriculum, equipment, and technology upgrades.         262,000
Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, for equipment......         750,000
Hickory Metropolitan Higher Education Center, Hickory, 
    North Carolina for program development..............         125,000
Higher Education Learning Center in Des Moines, Iowa for 
    curriculum development..............................         100,000
Highline Community College, Des Moines, Washington, to 
    establish a Marine Science and Technology Center....         500,000
Hofstra University to equip smart classrooms for teacher 
    education...........................................          50,000
Holy Family College, Philadelphia, PA, to develop on-
    line based teacher training programs for teacher 
    certification and other teacher training............          50,000
Huntingdon College for Training Teachers in Technology 
    in Montgomery, Alabama..............................         500,000
Huntington Junior College, WV, for personnel, curricula, 
    student scholarships, and other expenses to recruit 
    and train students in real-time captioning..........         900,000
Independence Community College, for early childhood 
    education center to train teachers for tomorrow.....         250,000
Indian Hills College in Ottumwa, Iowa for technology 
    upgrades and equipment at the Bioprocess Training 
    Center..............................................         500,000
Indian River Community College, Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie, 
    Florida, for Grow Our Own Teachers project..........         800,000
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, for the Center on 
    Congress civic education program....................          50,000
Iowa Central Community College, Fort Dodge, Iowa, for 
    Iowa Communications Network Pilot Program...........         300,000
Iowa Student Aid Commission to continue a program of 
    loan forgiveness for teachers.......................         500,000
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, to establish an 
    e-center focused on electronic-based teaching and 
    learning, research, and community outreach and 
    services............................................         550,000
James W. Norman Hall, University of Florida, 
    Gainesville, Florida, for technology and 
    infrastructure project..............................         250,000
Jefferson College, Hillsboro, MO, for personnel, 
    technology and other expenses to establish a Center 
    for the Study of Local Issues.......................         100,000
Johnson and Wales University in Providence, RI, to 
    enhance its teacher preparation program.............         100,000
Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, to establish 
    a Campus and Community Center for Learning and 
    Technology to address education needs in the region.         150,000
Kean University, Union, New Jersey, for Global Studies 
    and UN Internship Program...........................         100,000
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, for Institute for 
    Computational Design................................       1,250,000
Kent State University's Liquid Crystal Institute in Ohio 
    for educational programs............................         475,000
Kentucky Wesleyan College's Science Center for equipment 
    and educational programs............................         500,000
Keystone Central School District in Pennsylvania, in 
    collaboration with Lock Haven University, to 
    continue a model alternative school.................         750,000
Keystone College, La Plume, Pennsylvania, to equip an 
    Environmental Science Laboratory and Resource Center 
    and a Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology..         450,000
Lake Forest College, Illinois, to develop a new state-
    of-the-art library and learning center..............          25,000
Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma, to fund a 
    scholarship endowment for students to be designated 
    as the ``Thurgood Marshall Endowed Scholarship''....         225,000
Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York, for upgrading 
    equipment...........................................         125,000
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, for the Center for 
    Promoting Healthy Development for Individuals with 
    Disabilities for research to develop strategies to 
    improve the health of individuals with disabilities.         100,000
Lehman College, Bronx, New York, for a distance learning 
    initiative to connect pre-service teachers with 
    experienced classroom teachers......................         200,000
Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL, for 
    activities related to the study of aquatic and 
    terrestrial ecosystems at the Great Rivers Research 
    and Education Center................................         900,000
Lincoln University, Lincoln University, PA, to purchase 
    laboratory and computer equipment for state-of-the-
    art science laboratories, and to enhance its 
    chemistry, physics, biology and computer science 
    technology capabilities.............................         100,000
Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH, for 
    telecommunications and technology upgrades, course 
    development, and instructional support for the 
    Learning Technology Center..........................         250,000
Los Angeles Mission College, CA, for its Economic Self-
    Help Project to train small business owners.........         300,000
Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA, for a 
    career ladder nursing program in collaboration with 
    Los Angeles Southwest College.......................         250,000
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for 
    its Law Center, Medical and Biotechnology project to 
    recruit and train laws/medicine specialists, develop 
    health care programs, databases and training........         200,000
Lourdes College, Sylvania, OH, for professional 
    development, technology upgrades, equipment, and 
    education outreach programs.........................         225,000
Loyola University, Chicago, IL, for science laboratory 
    equipment...........................................         500,000
Lyon College, Batesville, AR, for acquisition of lab 
    equipment and communications system upgrades for its 
    Center for Science and Mathematics..................         300,000
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, for the ``Jump 
    Start'' alternative teacher certification program...         500,000
Manor College, Jenkintown, PA, for a veterinary 
    technician distance education program...............         100,000
Maricopa County Community College District, Phoenix, AZ, 
    for the Hispanic Nursing Fellows Program to address 
    the national nursing shortage.......................         100,000
Maricopa County Community College District, Tempe, AZ, 
    for personnel, student scholarships and other 
    expenses to expand a national center to improve 
    teacher recruitment, preparation and retention......         400,000
Maricopa County Community College District, Tempe, AZ, 
    for the Hispanic Nursing Fellows Program, including 
    student scholarships................................         200,000
Maryland Association of Community Colleges to reinforce 
    community colleges' ability to educate and train the 
    Information Technology workforce throughout Maryland         950,000
Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center, Los Angeles 
    Unified School District, CA, to expand education and 
    training programs...................................         200,000
Mendocino-Lake Community College District, Ukiah, CA, to 
    develop an associates degree program in nursing.....         200,000
Mercyhurst College, PA, for program support and 
    equipment in support of the Institute of Public 
    Health..............................................         200,000
Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado, for 
    Teacher Preparation Initiative......................         116,000
Mid-State Technical College, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, for 
    instructional supplies, faculty and capital 
    equipment to expand an urban forestry program.......         500,000
Military Heritage Foundation, Carlisle, PA, for the 
    United States Army History Institute Military 
    History Institute to provide joint research and 
    teaching opportunities in military and social 
    history.............................................         125,000
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, St. Paul, 
    Minnesota, for development of an e-monitoring 
    environment.........................................         600,000
Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota, to continue 
    providing disability services to remote rural 
    communities.........................................         200,000
Mississippi State University for the Midsouth 
    Partnership for Rural Community Colleges in 
    Mississippi for a pilot program to connect community 
    colleges and 4-year university research.............         500,000
Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS, to 
    establish a master of science degree program in 
    bioinformatics......................................         350,000
Mitchell Technical Institute in Mitchell, SD, for 
    technology and equipment............................         110,000
Molloy College in New York for smart classrooms for the 
    nursing department..................................          50,000
Montana State University in Billings, Montana, for the 
    development of a computer technology program........         700,000
Montclair State University, NJ, for the Center for 
    Teacher Preparation and Learning Technology to 
    expand teacher training programs....................         300,000
Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA, for 
    personnel, curricula, technology, and other expenses 
    for an advanced technology center...................         375,000
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, for computer wiring for 
    smart class rooms for training for area K-12 
    teachers and students...............................         100,000
Mount Aloysius College, Cresson, PA, for the training of 
    faculty in the use of technology-based curriculum...         100,000
Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, for Master Teacher 
    program.............................................         100,000
Mount Union College/Alliance City Schools, Alliance, 
    Ohio, for Early Childhood Center....................         100,000
Mt. Vernon Nazarene College, Mt. Vernon, OH, equipment, 
    technology upgrades of the Natural Sciences and 
    Social Sciences facility............................         600,000
National Aviary Conservation Education Technology 
    Integration in Pittsburgh...........................         250,000
National University, La Jolla, California, for the 
    Institute for Persons Who Are Hard of Hearing or 
    Deaf................................................         500,000
New College of California, San Francisco, CA, to 
    establish degree programs in community studies, 
    urban ecology and sustainability studies, and 
    spirituality and politics through a new institute, 
    and for student scholarships........................         400,000
New England Board of Higher Education, Boston, MA, for a 
    study of minority student participation in science 
    and technology disciplines..........................         200,000
New Hampshire Community Technical College in New 
    Hampshire for a distance learning initiative, 
    including the acquisition of technology.............         500,000
New World Symphony, Miami Beach, FL, for distance 
    education music programs............................         100,000
Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, for 
    Advanced Technology Center or Intergenerational 
    Center..............................................         400,000
Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK, for 
    expenses to support faculty and students at the 
    Center for Rural Development........................         250,000
Northern Essex Community College, Lawrence, 
    Massachusetts, for the procurement and maintenance 
    of educational equipment and technology 
    infrastructure at NECC's technology training center.         200,000
Northern Illinois Center for Accelerator and Detector 
    Development, DeKalb, Illinois.......................       2,000,000
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, to 
    expand technology certification and degree programs, 
    distance learning and K-16 partnerships.............         150,000
Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, for 
    technology and equipment at the Center for Statewide 
    E-Learning..........................................         300,000
Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, for sound 
    technology for Theatre Arts Center..................         200,000
Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 
    for Campus Technological Infrastructure Enhancement 
    project.............................................         166,000
Northwest-Shoals Community College, Muscle Shoals, AL, 
    for personnel, telecommunications, technology and 
    security enhancements...............................         400,000
Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, Connecticut, for 
    equipment and personnel needed to launch the 
    Community Security Institute........................         500,000
Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, MI, to 
    develop a curriculum for the Center for Combined 
    Regional Emergency Services Training................         250,000
Ohio Center for Advancement of Women in Public Service, 
    Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, for 
    developing training curricula, training program, 
    operating costs to create the Legislative/Executive 
    Training Institute..................................         250,000
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, for 
    implementing programs to encourage greater minority 
    participation in the sciences for undergraduate and 
    precollege populations..............................         775,000
Oklahoma Regents of Higher Education, Oklahoma City, 
    Oklahoma, to complete Ponca City's internet Hub 
    project.............................................       1,500,000
Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee, OK, for its 
    Commerce Development Center.........................         125,000
Online Louisiana for equipment and IT...................         250,000
Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, IA, for 
    equipment and technology for the Learning Resource 
    Center..............................................         500,000
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA, to develop a 
    biotechnology training program......................          93,000
Peirce College, Philadelphia, PA, for technology 
    enhancements, course development, faculty training 
    and outreach activities to expand Peirce Online.....         200,000
Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA, to upgrade 
    its campus-wide technology infrastructure to expand 
    programmatic advances offered by the University's 
    High Technology Education Center....................         600,000
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Pittsburgh, 
    PA, to expand its Teacher Education Program in order 
    to introduce the concept of tissue engineering into 
    the classroom.......................................         100,000
Polk Community College, Winter Haven, Florida, to 
    establish a Corporate College to meet the locally 
    identified education and training needs of the 
    business community..................................         500,000
Portland State University, Portland, OR, for 
    instructional programs, distance learning and 
    equipment for the Northwest Center for Engineering, 
    Science, and Technology.............................       1,000,000
Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD, for 
    equipment, technology, and operating expenses for an 
    extension center near Andrews Air Force Base........         500,000
Providence College, RI, for equipment, technology and 
    educational programs for its Center for the Arts....         250,000
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, for equipment for 
    the Center for Biotechnology Education and Training.         422,000
Saginaw Valley State University, University City, 
    Michigan, for equipment, wiring and computer upgrade         500,000
Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, Utah, to 
    improve student learning through additional 
    technology and equipment acquisition................         500,000
Santa Clara University, CA, for telecommunications and 
    technology equipment and upgrades...................         900,000
Santa Clarita Community College District, Santa Clarita, 
    California, for equipment, personnel for the 
    University Center...................................         500,000
Science Education Technology initiative at University of 
    Alabama to increase students success in biology, 
    computer science, and physics.......................         500,000
Seminole State College, Seminole, OK, for the Fast Track 
    program at the School of Nursing for student 
    support, scholarships and other services and 
    assistance..........................................          50,000
Seminole State College, Seminole, Oklahoma, for the 
    Technology Center for technology purchases..........         175,000
Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, for the Life 
    Science and Technology Center.......................         100,000
Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, for the 
    Computer Technology Enhancement program to retrain 
    teachers............................................         180,000
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, for 
    Knowledge Pointe at Cranberry Woods, as part of an 
    initiative to provide life-long educational services 
    to Pittsburgh's regional industry and community 
    residents...........................................         100,000
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, 
    for the North Hill Educational Alliance.............         100,000
Snead State Community College, Boaz, Alabama, for 
    computers and technology enhancements...............          70,000
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, for 
    communications and laboratory equipment to establish 
    a graduate program in computer and engineering 
    sciences............................................         300,000
South Carolina State Board for Technical and 
    Comprehensive Education, Columbia, SC, for distance 
    learning programs...................................         500,000
South Dakota Board of Regents to upgrade the South 
    Dakota Library Network..............................         500,000
South Piedmont Community College, Polkton, North 
    Carolina, for equipment.............................         400,000
Southampton College, NY, for science equipment and 
    technology upgrades at its Marine Science Center....         253,000
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, 
    Missouri, River Campus Initiative...................       1,200,000
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, for the 
    Paul Simon Public Policy Institute..................       1,000,000
Southern New England School of Law, North Dartmouth, MA, 
    to support faculty, staff, and student stipends for 
    the establishment of an immigration clinic..........         125,000
Southern New Hampshire University in New Hampshire for a 
    distance learning initiative, including the 
    acquisition of technology...........................         500,000
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, to create 
    and expand teacher training program and develop a 
    new undergraduate theatre technology curriculum.....         500,000
Southern University in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for 
    infrastructure upgrades such as internet and 
    teleconferencing capabilities.......................         150,000
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, 
    Mt. Gay, WV, for personnel, curricula, equipment and 
    technology to expand information technology programs         500,000
Spalding University Online, Louisville, Kentucky, for 
    distance learning program for teacher professional 
    development.........................................          50,000
Spoon River College, Canton, IL, for equipment for 
    community technology centers in Canton and Macomb, 
    Illinois............................................         275,000
St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida, for 
    Project Eagle online learning program...............       4,500,000
St. John's University to develop curriculum and improve 
    minority recruitment to the pharmacy program........         100,000
St. Cloud State University, MN, for nursing education 
    programs............................................         250,000
St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, for technology 
    initiative..........................................         500,000
St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD, for 
    technology upgrades.................................         250,000
Stark State College of Technology, Canton, Ohio, for 
    technology infrastructure...........................         711,000
Stark State College of Technology, Canton, Ohio, to 
    train real-time captioners to provide closed 
    captioning to the deaf and hard-of-hearing..........         200,000
State University of New York at Potsdam, St. Lawrence 
    County, New York, for Music Educators for New York 
    City for scholarship, program costs and operations, 
    marketing and recruitment and personnel costs.......         550,000
State University of New York at Purchase, NY, for 
    technical and career counseling, continuing 
    education, curricula, technology, and to enhance 
    services for students with disabilities.............         800,000
State University of New York Empire State College for 
    Masters of Arts in Teaching Program.................         250,000
Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, for 
    technology infrastructure and curriculum development         300,000
Suffolk University, Boston, MA, for the John Joseph 
    Moakley Archives and the John Joseph Moakley 
    Institute on Public Policy and Political History....         250,000
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, to develop 
    innovative models to address teacher recruitment, 
    training and mentoring that will enhance student 
    achievement and raise the capabilities of low-
    performing schools..................................         200,000
Texas Southern University, College of Pharmacy and 
    Health Sciences for the establishment of a health 
    professions program.................................         300,000
Texas Southern University, College of Pharmacy and 
    Health Sciences, for their minority engineering 
    program.............................................         100,000
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, for personnel, 
    equipment, student scholarships, and materials for 
    the College of Science and Technology...............         250,000
Texas State University for teacher retention initiative.         250,000
Texas Tech University Center for the Aging in Lubbock, 
    Texas...............................................         250,000
The Franciscan University in Clinton, Iowa, for a 
    technology-based undergraduate and graduate teacher 
    training program....................................       1,000,000
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, New York City, NY, 
    for technology upgrades and capacity building 
    activities at historically black colleges and 
    universities........................................         500,000
Tiffin University, Tiffin, Ohio, for Technology Enhanced 
    Classroom project...................................         500,000
Tri-College Red River Basin Institute in Fargo, North 
    Dakota, for salaries and program costs related to 
    the study of flood damage and natural resource 
    management research.................................         100,000
Trident Technical College, Charleston, South Carolina, 
    to equip the information technology center, electro-
    mechanical skills laboratory, and the hospitality, 
    tourism and culinary arts program...................         500,000
Troy State University, Montgomery, Alabama, to expand a 
    virtual university, including technology 
    acquisition, that provides a 24-hour, seven days a 
    week program for military personnel.................         750,000
Truckee Meadows Community College High Tech Center and 
    Curriculum Initiative in Reno, Nevada, for computer 
    equipment and curriculum support of high tech 
    initiatives and teacher certification programs......         400,000
Trustee of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New 
    Jersey, for educational and innovative opportunities 
    for undergraduates and graduates....................         476,000
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, for technology, 
    faculty fellowships, student internships and 
    educational outreach programs at the AMISTAD 
    Research Center.....................................         400,000
Tupelo Public Schools in Mississippi for the CREATE 
    technology innovation challenge grant program.......         750,000
University of Akron, Ohio, for Exercise in Hard Choices 
    program to help citizens and students understand the 
    Federal budget process..............................         500,000
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for 
    acquisition of technology and to upgrade existing 
    information technology infrastructure...............         200,000
University of Alaska for the INPSYCH Center, to train 
    Alaska Natives as psychologists to practice in 
    Alaskan villages....................................         500,000
University of Alaska, Alaska Department of Education and 
    Alaska State Library for the Alaska Digital Archives 
    and Digital Library to digitize their information 
    resources...........................................         400,000
University of Arizona for training and curriculum 
    development at the Program in Integrative Medicine..         500,000
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, for a national center 
    to train faculty, teaching assistants, and 
    administrators to improve higher education for 
    students with disabilities..........................         300,000
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR, for 
    simulation equipment for the CyberCollege Virtual 
    Reality Center......................................         500,000
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, for 
    National Office for Rural Measurement and 
    Evaluations Systems for technology designed to 
    improve the instructional practices and learning 
    possibilities of children from grades 3-8...........         500,000
University of California, Merced, CA, for acquisition of 
    science equipment...................................         250,000
University of California, Merced, CA, to establish the 
    Sierra Nevada Research Institute, including student 
    fellowships and internships, software, and equipment         250,000
University of Hartford, CT, for equipment for the Hartt 
    School Performing Arts Education Center.............         400,000
University of Hawaii at Hilo for an applied rural 
    science program.....................................          50,000
University of Idaho Advanced Computing and Modeling 
    Laboratory to provide independent technical 
    expertise and applied research......................         900,000
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, 
    Illinois, for technology infrastructure.............         100,000
University of Louisville--Northern Kentucky 
    University's, Urban University Partnership for Math 
    and Science Teaching for teacher and faculty 
    development programs................................       1,200,000
University of Maine, School of Applied Science, 
    Engineering & Technology for purchase of equipment 
    and technology......................................         600,000
University of Maryland, College of Education, College 
    Park, MD, for personnel, graduate student stipends, 
    and other expenses for the Maryland Institute for 
    Minority Achievement and Urban Education............         500,000
University of Massachusetts-Boston to purchase research 
    equipment and technology infrastructure.............       1,000,000
University of Memphis Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for 
    Social Change in Memphis, Tennessee, which may 
    include establishing an endowment for such center, 
    for education and community outreach programs.......       1,000,000
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the 
    Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy..............       2,000,000
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, for the 
    National Archive of Youth Social and Attitudinal 
    Data................................................         450,000
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to engage college-age 
    women in civic life through voluntarism, careers and 
    informed citizenship................................         150,000
University of Nevada, Reno, to upgrade its information 
    technology infrastructure...........................       1,000,000
University of New England Performance Enhancement and 
    Evaluation Center for training opportunities for 
    medical students and practitioners..................       1,000,000
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for 
    Mathematics and Science Teacher Academy for 
    professional development............................         500,000
University of New Mexico, for a dental education program         200,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, for 
    personnel, student internships, research, and other 
    expenses to expand technology education and 
    applications through the KnowledgeWorks Institute...         225,000
University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC, for the 
    Southeastern North Carolina Consortium for Teacher 
    Certification, Recruitment, and Retention...........         100,000
University of Northern Iowa Center for Applied 
    Gerontology for program development.................         325,000
University of Northern Iowa to expand the 2+2 teacher 
    training program....................................         100,000
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma 
    City, Oklahoma, to further develop its doctoral-
    level program in bioinformatics.....................         175,000
University of Pacific, Stockton, California, for 
    Eberhardt School of Business........................         400,000
University of Redlands, Redlands, California and 
    California State University, San Bernardino, 
    California, to enhance their current Arabic and 
    Islamic studies programs............................         700,000
University of Redlands, Redlands, California, for 
    technology enhancement..............................         700,000
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, for a Center 
    for Sustainable Communities.........................         100,000
University of San Francisco, CA, for education, service 
    and research programs at the Center for Public 
    Service and the Common Good.........................       1,000,000
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, for a 
    ``Globalization Research Network''..................       1,500,000
University of Southern Colorado Technology for Teaching 
    and Learning, to upgrade and acquire classroom 
    technology in support of improved student learning..         900,000
University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, for 
    telecommunications and technology upgrades to 
    support science, engineering and advanced technology 
    programs............................................         400,000
University of Texas at Austin, College of Natural 
    Sciences, for faculty development...................         500,000
University of Texas at Tyler, TX, for distance learning 
    and other programmatic activities, including student 
    support, at the Colleges of Nursing and Health 
    Sciences, and Business and Technology...............         350,000
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, for 
    Governmental Studies ``Youth Leadership Initiative''       1,200,000
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, for 
    acquisition of science laboratory equipment.........         425,000
University of Wisconsin-Rock County, Janesville, WI, for 
    computers and technology upgrades, and science 
    laboratory equipment................................         100,000
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, WI, for the 
    Faculty Alliance for Creating and Expanding Teaching 
    Strategies (FACETS) initiative......................         500,000
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, 
    Wisconsin, for technology and personnel.............         500,000
University of Wyoming for acquisition of technology and 
    equipment...........................................       1,700,000
Upper Great Lakes Educational Technologies, Inc., 
    Marquette, MI, for personnel, technology and support 
    costs to design, coordinate and implement 
    ``Operation UP Link''...............................         400,000
Urban College of Boston in Massachusetts to support 
    higher education program serving low-income and 
    minority students...................................       1,000,000
Utah State University in Utah to improve educational 
    services for all students through distance learning 
    technologies........................................         350,000
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, for equipment and 
    technology upgrades at its Library and Information 
    Resources Center....................................         550,000
Washington & Lee University in Virginia for the Shepherd 
    Poverty Program.....................................         500,000
Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland, Science and 
    Technology Education Initiative.....................         500,000
Washington State University Plateau Center for American 
    Indian Studies for faculty, educational programming 
    and training........................................         100,000
Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois, for 
    Integrated Systems Technology Program...............         250,000
West Chester University, West Chester, PA, for 
    technological infrastructure improvements...........         150,000
West Kentucky Technical College, Paducah, Kentucky, to 
    train court reporting students in captioning........         475,000
West Liberty State College in West Virginia to equip its 
    residence halls with internet access................       1,700,000
West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA, for 
    equipment, curricula, faculty, and other expenses to 
    develop an emergency health services training 
    program.............................................         425,000
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation, 
    Fairmont, WV, in collaboration with Fairmont State 
    College and DSD Laboratories of West Virginia, to 
    improve computer security curricula and for an 
    information assurance center........................         225,000
Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT, to 
    provide training and certification for educators in 
    Nevada through a joint program with Clark County 
    School District.....................................         500,000
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah, for 
    K-12 Teacher Education Initiative, for program 
    development.........................................         500,000
Western Kentucky University's Center for Engineering and 
    Biological Sciences for technology enhancements.....       1,200,000
Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia for the Math 
    and Science Education Initiative....................       3,600,000
Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, for 
    technology infrastructure...........................         500,000
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and 
    Universities for a collaboration project to 
    consolidate administrative operations and 
    information technology..............................         800,000
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Rice Lake, WI, 
    for equipment for a new technology center...........         300,000
World Learning, School for International Training, 
    Brattleboro, VT, to enhance international studies 
    programs at historically black colleges and 
    universities, including study abroad programs for 
    students and faculty................................         250,000
York College, York, Nebraska to modernize technological 
    capabilities, including acquisition of technology 
    and equipment.......................................         100,000
York College, York, Pennsylvania, for technology 
    upgrades and computers and community programming....         350,000
Youngstown State University, OH, for faculty, equipment, 
    student support, and other related expenses to 
    expand a materials engineering/science program......         500,000
University of Massachusetts-Boston to purchase research 
    equipment and technology infrastructure.............       1,000,000
International Education and Foreign Language Studies
            Domestic Programs
      The conference agreement includes $93,850,000 for the 
domestic activities of the international education and foreign 
languages studiesprograms instead of $85,200,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $87,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
agreement will sustain the investments made last year to train experts 
who have foreign language proficiency and cross-cultural skills in the 
targeted world areas of Central and South Asia, the Middle East, 
Russia, and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union, and 
provide new resources to build foreign language capacity and 
international expertise in these strategic world areas important to 
national security interests and other areas, including southeast Asia 
and Africa.
      The conferees are aware that all national resource 
centers will compete for new awards in fiscal year 2003. The 
conference agreement includes sufficient funds to increase the 
average award for the existing number (118) of centers by at 
least nine percent. The conferees believe that restoring awards 
that have eroded over the years, thereby enabling each center 
to implement an effective, multifaceted program of advanced 
language training, research, technical assistance, and 
outreach, should be a priority over expanding the number of 
centers over current levels.
      The conference agreement also includes sufficient funds 
for an additional 87 academic and 70 summer fellowships under 
the foreign language and area studies fellowships program over 
the request. These fellowships should be allocated across all 
world areas, with an emphasis on languages of strategic 
national importance.
      The conference agreement includes sufficient funds for 
the language resource centers for new K-16 teacher training 
initiatives in the less commonly taught foreign languages 
critical to national security, including the development of a 
strategic plan for teacher training and resource development, a 
summit on teacher training, professional development through 
summer institutes for K-16 teachers of Arabic, Azeri, Persian/
Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, Urdu and other languages of strategic 
importance, and assistance to K-16 teachers for the development 
of web-delivered instructional materials. The conference 
agreement includes sufficient funds to provide an increase for 
the centers for international business to address issues 
relating to homeland security and trade.
      In conducting new competitions in all Title VI program 
areas in fiscal year 2003, the Department should continue to 
emphasize increased investments in areas of strategic national 
importance. The conference agreement continues language to 
allow up to one percent of funds to be used for program 
evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination 
activities.
      The conferees are disappointed that the Department has 
not fully addressed the staffing needs of the Title VI and 
Fulbright-Hays international education programs. The conferees 
note that the Department's full-time equivalent (FTE) staffing 
level will increase by 79 FTE in fiscal year 2003.
Overseas program
      The conference agreement provides $13,000,000 for the 
overseas programs in international education and foreign 
language studies authorized under section 102(b)(6) of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $11,800,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246. Funding for these programs supports group projects 
abroad, faculty research abroad, special bilateral projects, 
and doctoral dissertation research abroad. The additional 
funding provided over the request should be used to expand 
research fellowships and group projects abroad in intermediate 
and advanced language training in newly strategic world areas, 
and enhance curriculum development and summer seminars abroad 
for K-12 teachers. The conference agreement continues language 
allowing section 102(b)(6) funds for individuals planning to 
apply their advanced language skills in the fields of 
government, the professions, or international development.
Institute for International Public Policy
      The conference agreement includes $1,650,000 for the 
Institute for International Public Policy instead of $1,500,000 
as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate. This program 
provides a grant to the United Negro College Fund to operate 
the Institute through sub-grantees chosen among minority-
serving institutions. The conferees encourage the Institute to 
continue a recent emphasis on helping students obtain foreign 
language competence and international expertise in areas 
important to national security.
Minority Science and Engineering Improvement
      The conference agreement includes $9,000,000 for minority 
science and engineering improvement instead of $8,500,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $9,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                                  TRIO

      The conference agreement includes $832,500,000 for TRIO 
as proposed by the Senate instead of $810,000,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246.
      The conferees are concerned that the regulatory 
definitions of ``different campus'' and ``different population 
of participants'' in the Student Support Services Program 
regulations (34 CFR Part 646.7(c)) are so narrowly crafted that 
the definitions undermine Congressional intent and prohibit 
many geographically separate institutions from applying for 
TRIO funding and, thus, prohibit the expansion of educational 
opportunities for more low-income and minority students.
      The conferees direct the Department to review these 
regulatory definitions and make the appropriate changes so that 
more institutions of higher education, particularly those that 
have large numbers of low-income students enrolled at various 
campuses, will have the ability to apply for TRIO grants and 
serve more eligible students who need TRIO services.

                                GEAR UP

      The conference agreement includes $295,000,000 for GEAR 
UP as proposed by the Senate instead of $285,000,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246.
Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants
      The conference agreement also includes $90,000,000 for 
Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
Child Care Access Means Parents in School
      The conference agreement includes $16,300,000 for the 
child care access program as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$15,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
Other higher education programs
      The conference agreement includes $7,000,000 for 
Demonstrations in Disability as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 
246 did not include separate funding for this activity. The 
conference agreement includes $2,250,000 for the Underground 
Railroad Educational and Cultural Program instead of $2,500,000 
as proposed by the Senate and $2,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246. The conference agreement also includes $5,000,000 for 
Thurgood Marshall Scholarships as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $1,000,000 
for Olympic Scholarships as proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate 
bill did not provide funding for this program.

                           Howard University

      The conference agreement includes $240,000,000 for Howard 
University as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $239,974,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.

                    Institute of Education Sciences

      The conference agreement includes $450,887,000 for the 
Institute of Education Sciences instead of $397,887,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $397,387,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conferees provide $140,000,000 for research as 
proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $89,500,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Within this total, the conference agreement includes 
$19,635,000 in continuation funding for comprehensive school 
reform evaluation, research, model development and 
dissemination activities as requested by the Department.
      The conferees strongly support the premise that 
developing, identifying and implementing scientifically based 
research is critical to the success of the No Child Left Behind 
Act and to the increased effectiveness generally of education 
programs and interventions. In particular, the conferees 
believe that a greater focus must be placed on the use of 
randomized controlled trials, longitudinal studies, and other 
research that meets the standards set by the National Research 
Council. The development of an enhanced research infrastructure 
will help build a base of research-proven interventions that 
can be used by educational institutions to help improve the 
educational outcomes of our nation's student population. The 
conferees have provided an additional $18,183,000 above last 
year to continue building the nation's educational research 
infrastructure. The conferees note that there is a lack of 
scientifically based education research, such as randomized 
research trials.
      The conferees provide $90,000,000 for statistics instead 
of $95,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $87,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement also includes $58,000,000 to 
continue multi-year grants and contracts for Comprehensive 
Regional Assistance Centers, Regional Math and Science 
Education Consortia, the Math and Science Clearinghouse, and 
Technology-based technical assistance as proposed by the 
Senate. H.R. 246 did not include funding for these activities.
      The conferees are concerned with recent statistics that 
show that more than 20 million children experience reading 
failure. According to the National Center for Education 
Statistics, almost 40% of America's fourth graders suffer with 
reading difficulties. It has been brought to the attention of 
the conferees that the Haan Reading Institute has developed a 
national research project to measure the effectiveness of 
selected remedial reading programs and their ability to 
normalize reading skills for children in the late elementary 
and early secondary grades. The information derived from this 
research will be used by parents, teachers and policymakers to 
understand the different reading profiles of children and to 
determine which instructional methods work best for whom. The 
conferees encourage the Department to give consideration to 
this research project.

                        Departmental Management

      The conference agreement includes $412,545,000 for 
Departmental program administration instead of $412,093,000 as 
proposed by the Senate and $411,795,000 as proposed by H.R. 
246.
      The conferees are concerned about the delay applicants 
are experiencing in receiving awards under grant programs and 
therefore request that the Department provide a report within 
60 days of enactment of this bill on the steps that it can take 
to reduce the delay in administering grant competitions.
      The conferees have included $750,000 to provide all Title 
IV institutions that are eligible for funding with a handbook 
providing detailed instruction on compliance with section 
485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, relating to campus 
crime statistics.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 Reading First Supplement not Supplant

      The conference agreement includes an amendment to the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to insert a 
supplement not supplant requirement in the Reading First 
program as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 contained no 
similar language.

                   New York City Title I Distribution

      The conference agreement does not include language 
relating to a new distribution of Title I funding within New 
York City as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 contained no 
similar language.

                         Alaska Native Programs

      The conference agreement does not include an amendment to 
the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to allow construction 
funding for Alaska Native programs as proposed by the Senate. 
H.R. 246 contained no similar language.

                      Hawaiian Education Programs

      The conference agreement does not include an amendment to 
the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to allow construction, 
renovation and modernization funding for any school run by the 
Department of Education of the State of Hawaii that serves a 
predominantly Native Hawaiian student body. H.R. 246 contained 
no similar provision.

                    Funding for Innovative Programs

      The conference agreement does not include an additional 
$5,000,000,000 to be distributed according to the formulas for 
the Innovative Education Block Grant program and to be used by 
States and school districts to carry out any activity 
authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 
IDEA or the Higher Education Act as proposed by the Senate. 
H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.

                              Idea Funding

      The conference agreement does not include an additional 
$1,500,000,000 for IDEA through additional advance 
appropriations as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 contained no 
similar provision.

              Sense of the Senate on After-School Funding

      The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a 
Sense of the Senate that every effort should be made to fund 
the after-school programs at the level authorized in the No 
Child Left Behind Act as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 
contained no similar provision.

                       Title IV--Related Agencies

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

      The conference agreement includes $68,013,000 for the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home instead of $67,340,000 as proposed 
by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees have included 
sufficient funds to offset the effects of the across-the-board 
cut on salaries and expenses.
      The conferees have also agreed to include provisions 
relating to contracts for development and construction as 
proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 contained no similar 
provisions.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

        Domestic Volunteer Service Programs, Operating Expenses

      The conference agreement includes $356,205,000 for the 
Domestic Volunteer Service programs instead of $350,331,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $351,063,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
      The conference agreement includes $94,287,000 for VISTA 
as proposed by the Senate instead of $94,155,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246.
Volunteers in Homeland Security
      The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for 
Volunteers in Homeland Security as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. Of this total, 
up to $5,000,000 is available to support the Parent Drug Corps 
program.
National Senior Volunteer Corps
      The conference agreement includes $111,500,000 for the 
Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) as proposed by H.R. 246 
instead of $106,700,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      One-third of the increases provided for the FGP, SCP, and 
RSVP programs shall be used to fund Programs of National 
Significance expansion grants to allow existing FGP, RSVP and 
SCP programs to expand the number of volunteers serving in 
areas of critical need as identified by Congress in the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act.
      Sufficient funding has been included to provide an 
increase for administrative costs realized by all current 
grantees in the FGP, SCP and RSVP programs. Funds remaining 
above these amounts should be used to begin new FGP, RSVP and 
SCP programs in geographic areas currently unserved. The 
conferees expect these projects to be awarded via a nationwide 
competition among potential community-based sponsors.
      The Corporation for National and Community Service shall 
comply with the directive that use of funding increases in the 
Foster Grandparent Program, Retired and Senior Volunteer 
Program and VISTA not be restricted to America Reads 
activities. The conferees further direct that the Corporation 
shall not stipulate a minimum or maximum amount for PNS grant 
augmentations.
      The conference agreement includes $400,000 for senior 
demonstration activities as proposed by both the Senate. These 
funds are to be used solely to carry out evaluations and to 
provide recruitment, training, and technical assistance to 
local projects as described in the budget request. No new 
demonstration projects may be begun with these funds. None of 
the increases provided for FGP, SCP, or RSVP in fiscal year 
2003 may be used for demonstration activities.
      Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2003 may not be used 
to implement or support service collaboration agreements or any 
other changes in the administration and/or governance of 
national service programs prior to passage of a bill by the 
authorizing committees of jurisdiction specifying such changes.
Program Administration
      The conference agreement includes $34,571,000 for program 
administration instead of $34,229,000 as proposed by both H.R. 
246 and the Senate. The conferees have included sufficient 
funds to offset the effects of the across-the-board cut on 
salaries and expenses.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

      The conference agreement provides $390,000,000 in funding 
for fiscal year 2005, instead of $380,000,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and $395,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees have included sufficient funds to offset 
the effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and 
expenses.
      The conferees strongly urge the CPB to allocate not less 
than $100,000 to the 14 public radio stations around the nation 
that provide the sole source of radio news and information in 
their communities. The additional funds would permit these 
stations to extend their broadcast hours and improve service to 
their listeners.
      The conference agreement also includes $48,744,000 for 
equipment and facilities to enable public broadcasters to meet 
the statutory deadline for digital conversion as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $41,425,000 for the 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) instead of 
$40,718,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The 
conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the effects 
of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses. Included 
in the total appropriation is $300,000 to be used forFMCS to 
continue their work to prevent youth violence by teaching students 
mediation and conflict resolution techniques.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $7,178,000 for the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission rather than 
$7,127,000 as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate. The 
conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the effects 
of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

      The conference agreement provides $245,485,000 for the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services instead of 
$210,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $203,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees have included sufficient 
funds to offset the effects of the across-the-board cut on 
salaries and expenses. Within the amount provided, $10,000,000 
is available until expended for Recruiting and Educating 
Librarians for the 21st Century Initiative. The conference 
agreement also specifies funding for the following:

Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, for a work-study 
    program for at-risk junior and high school students.         $25,000
Aleutian World War II Museum in Alaska for interactive 
    media display.......................................         100,000
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, for educational 
    programs for 25 school districts in 7 PA counties...          75,000
Alley Pond Environmental Center, Douglaston, NY, for 
    environmental education programs....................          25,000
American Village Project in Montevallo, Alabama.........         500,000
Army Aviation Heritage Foundation in Ozark, Alabama for 
    educational programs................................         100,000
Arts Council of New Orleans.............................         175,000
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, for exhibits and 
    education programs..................................         500,000
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, for climate control 
    systems to preserve collections.....................         575,000
Bishops Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii......................         400,000
Boston Public Library Foundation, Boston, MA, for 
    preservation and enhancement of the John Adams 
    Presidential Library and for related educational 
    programs............................................         400,000
Bowers Museum, City of Santa Ana, CA, for education 
    programs, publications and technology...............         250,000
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, NY, for equipment 
    and technology, exhibits and education programs.....         500,000
Butler Area Public Library, PA for program enhancements.         100,000
California State University, San Marcos, to upgrade 
    electronic catalog and to provide computer stations 
    for the library.....................................         275,000
Cape Cod Maritime Museum to develop exhibits and 
    academic programs...................................         175,000
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA, to purchase library 
    materials and upgrade technology at the East Liberty 
    Branch Library......................................         200,000
Carnegie Library, Union Springs, Alabama for program 
    development.........................................         250,000
Chicago State University Gwendolyn Brooks Center to 
    expand its repository of the literary works of 
    Gwendolyn Brown.....................................          75,000
Chickasaw Cultural Center in Chickasaw, Oklahoma........         100,000
Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY, to 
    establish early childhood education programs and 
    exhibits............................................         100,000
Children's Museum of Stockton, Stockton, California, for 
    a Delta Region Exhibit..............................         100,000
City of Abilene, TX, for the collection and display of 
    artifacts, and for exhibits at the Texas Forts Trail 
    Museum..............................................         100,000
City of Anatuvik Pass Museum in Alaska for museum 
    exhibits............................................          50,000
City of Dallas, TX, Dallas Public Library, to establish 
    ``Teen Wise Centers'' for at-risk youth.............         200,000
Clark County Heritage Center, Springfield, Ohio, for 
    technology upgrades and exhibit development.........         150,000
Cleveland Health Museum, Ohio, for exhibits.............         250,000
Commonwealth Zoological Corporation (Zoo New England), 
    Boston, MA, for the ``Living Classroom'' science 
    education program and for outreach..................         400,000
Davenport Music History Museum in Davenport, IA.........         800,000
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in 
    Ohio for education and cultural programs............         300,000
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Easton, 
    PA, to establish a National Museum of Industrial 
    History in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to display a 
    repository of industrial machines, equipment and 
    technology of the 19th and 20th centuries focusing 
    on steel............................................          75,000
Delaware County Historical Society, Media, PA, to 
    develop and expand educational programs highlighting 
    historical themes and sites relating to Delaware 
    County..............................................          75,000
Discovery Center, Springfield, Missouri.................       2,200,000
Downtown Chambersburg, Inc., PA.........................         250,000
Eleanor Roosevelt's Papers at George Washington 
    University for related program development..........          50,000
Exploris Museum, for the Global Awareness Program, 
    including exhibits, a film program, and educational 
    programs............................................         100,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to expand educational 
    programming and technology improvements at the de 
    Young Museum........................................         100,000
Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, 
    Centennial Russian Museum Exhibit...................       1,000,000
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA, for exhibits, 
    professional development and educational programming 
    to students to explore bioscience and biotechnology.         200,000
Frederick C. Crawford Museum of Transportation Industry, 
    Cleveland, Ohio, for educational programming, 
    planning and exhibits...............................         200,000
Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science, 
    Fresno, CA, for technology, exhibits, educational 
    and outreach programs and a science-based exhibition 
    and learning center.................................         900,000
Gadsden Museum of Art in Alabama for museum programs....         100,000
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, for the ``Picture 
    Link'' project......................................         278,000
Georgia Hall of Fame at Museum of Aviation in Warner 
    Robins, Georgia for educational activities and 
    programs............................................         100,000
Glendale Public Library, Glendale, CA, for personnel, 
    equipment and other expenses to implement the 
    Homework AssisTeens program.........................          62,000
Hesperia Community Library, Hesperia, California, to 
    purchase library materials and upgrade technology...         200,000
Historical Society of Western PA for exhibits in 
    conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the French 
    and Indian War......................................         150,000
Holmdel Township Library, Monmouth County, NJ, for 
    technology equipment and ugrades....................         250,000
Hudson Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, NY, to expand 
    exhibits, education, arts and outreach programs.....          25,000
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, for exhibits 
    and educational programs............................         200,000
Imaginarium Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska to 
    develop science exhibits and distance delivery 
    modules.............................................          50,000
Interboro Public Library, PA for library programs.......         150,000
International Wolf Center, Minneapolis, MN, for 
    education, outreach, and teacher training programs..         150,000
Iowa Radio Reading Information Service (IRRIS)..........         300,000
Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa in Des Moines, 
    IA for exhibits, multi-media collections, and 
    displays............................................         150,000
Kendall County Forest Preserve District, Yorkville, 
    Illinois, for the consolidation and preservation of 
    the collection at the Old Barn Museum...............         500,000
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, for an Institute for 
    Library and Information Literacy Education project..       2,000,000
Kodiak Maritime Museum in Alaska........................          50,000
Lafayette College, Easton, PA, for technology updates to 
    the Skillman Library................................         150,000
Leon County, FL, for purchase of equipment and books for 
    the Ft. Braden Branch Library.......................         375,000
Lewis and Clark College Bicentennial Hall in Portland, 
    Oregon for program and equipment support............         300,000
MacKay Library of Union County, Cranford, New Jersey....         300,000
Magic Library in Kirkwood, Missouri for design and 
    development of interactive exhibits and software....          75,000
Marion County Library, Marion, SC, to establish a 
    computer lab........................................          50,000
McKinley Museum, Canton, Ohio, for equipment............          45,000
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas........................         200,000
Middletown Township Public Library, Monmouth County, NJ, 
    for technology equipment and upgrades...............         250,000
Monterey County Youth Museum, Monterey, CA, for 
    interactive mobile exhibits and educational programs         300,000
Museum of African Art, New York, NY, for exhibits and 
    educational programs................................         250,000
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, 
    New York for educational outreach using baseball to 
    teach students through distance learning technology.         750,000
National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA, to develop 
    and enhance educational exhibits and programs for 
    area K-12 schools focusing on U.S. Civil War history         300,000
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Fort Worth, 
    Texas, for creation of and equipment for an audio 
    tour of the permanent exhibition....................          90,000
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA, to institute 
    a teacher-training program which will assist 
    educators in responding to classroom challenges and 
    establish a pilot program to address violence in 
    schools.............................................         325,000
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in 
    Dubuque, IA.........................................         650,000
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C...       1,500,000
Native American Cultural and Educational Authority, 
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for exhibits for the museum         775,000
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, CA, for its 
    ``Earth Odyssey'' environmental science program.....          75,000
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office...............         350,000
New York Botanical Garden's Virtual Herbarium imaging 
    project in Bronx, New York..........................         500,000
New York Hall of Science to develop, expand, and display 
    science-related educational materials...............       1,000,000
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, 
    Raleigh, NC, for development of environmental 
    exhibits and educational programs...................         300,000
North Dakota Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Foundation in 
    Washburn, North Dakota, for exhibits and other 
    interpretation......................................         250,000
Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, LA.........         250,000
Oneonta City Library, Blount County, Alabama, for books, 
    internet, audiovisual and reading aids..............          90,000
Orangevale Library, Sacramento, California, for 
    evaluation and analysis of existing library service, 
    program and facilities..............................         200,000
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum for exhibit development and 
    educational programs................................         400,000
Pittsburgh Children's Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, to develop 
    and enhance educational exhibits and programs for 
    area K-12 schools...................................         221,000
Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, PA, to develop 
    educational programs focusing on hands-on learning 
    experiences.........................................         725,000
Rivertownes PA USA......................................          75,000
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, OH, 
    for music education programs for at-risk youth......         350,000
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New 
    Brunswick, NJ, to catalog, organize and preserve 
    collections at the Carey Library....................         250,000
San Bernardino County Museum, California, to develop the 
    Inland Empire Archival Heritage Center and Web 
    Module..............................................         500,000
Schoharie Free Library in Schoharie County, New York to 
    purchase books and equipment........................          50,000
Science Center of Pinellas County, Inc., St. Petersburg, 
    Florida for a planetarium project...................         155,000
Shaker Museum and Library, Old Chatham, New York........         450,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center's Los Angeles Museum for 
    Tolerance, Los Angeles, CA, for the Tools for 
    Tolerance for Educators program to provide teacher 
    training in diversity, tolerance and cooperation....         100,000
Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson, Mississippi for the 
    development of exhibits regarding civil rights......         150,000
St. Paul Public Library, MN, to expand its School Work 
    and Mentoring Place Program and its Small Business 
    Resource Center.....................................          25,000
Standing Bear Museum and Learning Center in Ponca City, 
    Oklahoma............................................         200,000
State Historical Society of Iowa for Civil War flag 
    restoration.........................................          75,000
State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa for 
    the development of exhibits for the World Food Prize       1,000,000
State Theater of Easton, Easton, PA, for technological 
    infrastructure improvements and the development of 
    educational programming.............................         100,000
The International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, 
    Tennessee...........................................         125,000
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, for 
    exhibits, education and outreach programs...........         250,000
Tillamook County Library, Oregon, for modernization of 
    library services....................................          70,000
Union City Public Library, NJ, for personnel, books and 
    technology to improve library services for low-
    income individuals..................................         200,000
Union County Historical Society & Heritage Museum in 
    Mississippi for exhibit and program development.....         100,000
University of Idaho for digital archiving...............         400,000
University of Maine at Fort Kent to house the Acadian 
    Archives which preserves, celebrates and 
    disseminates information about the region's history.         200,000
Vietnam Archive Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 
    Texas, for digitization.............................         400,000
Virginia Living Museum for the expansion of its 
    educational programs in its capital campaign project         150,000
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, to develop programs in 
    partnership with area K-12 schools for teacher 
    training workshops and specialized workshops for 
    students............................................          50,000
Westchester Library System, Ardsley, NY, for its digital 
    divide online services project......................         100,000
Whitney Museum of American Art to establish a touring 
    exhibition program in Iowa..........................         450,000
Whittier Public Library, City of Whittier, CA, to 
    establish a children's homework center and family 
    literacy center.....................................         300,000
Willet Memorial Library in Macon, Georgia for library 
    enhancements........................................         100,000
Witte Museum of San Antonio, TX, to develop the 
    ``American Originals'' exhibit and educational 
    programs............................................         150,000
Zimmer Children's Museum of Jewish Community Centers of 
    Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, for the 
    expansion of the YouThink program...................         100,000
Zoological Society of Philadelphia, PA, for educational 
    programs for elementary and secondary students......         100,000
St. Louis Children's Museum, MO.........................         500,000

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

                           Salaries and Expenses

      The conference agreement includes $8,585,000 for the 
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, instead of $8,250,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees have 
included sufficient funds to offset the effects of the across-
the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

        National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $1,010,000 for the 
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 
instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. 
The conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the 
effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

                     National Council on Disability

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $2,858,000 for the 
National Council on Disability, instead of $2,830,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees have 
included sufficient funds to offset the effects of the across-
the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

                     National Labor Relations Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $238,982,000 for the 
National Labor Relations Board instead of $226,618,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 or $238,223,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
The conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the 
effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

                        National Mediation Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $11,315,000 for the 
National Mediation Board, instead of $11,203,000 as proposed by 
H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees have included sufficient 
funds to offset the effects of the across-the-board cut on 
salaries and expenses.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $9,673,000 for the 
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission instead of 
$9,577,000 as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate. The 
conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the effects 
of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

         Railroad Retirement Board Limitation on Administration

      The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for the 
Railroad Retirement Board Limitation on Administration 
Expenses, as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $97,720,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees have included sufficient 
funds to offset the effects of the across-the-board cut on 
salaries and expenses.
      Given that trust funds are collected from railroad 
workers for the specific purpose of maintaining and 
administering a retirement fund, the conferees believe that 
trust funds should not be used for the purpose of paying rent 
in excess of actual cost. Therefore, no funds have been 
included for that purpose.

Railroad Retirement Board Limitation on the Office of Inspector General

      The conference agreement includes a limitation on 
transfers from the railroad trust funds of $6,363,000 for 
administrative expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
instead of $6,300,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. 
The conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the 
effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.
      The conferees do not include language proposed by the 
Senate that allows the Office of the Inspector General to 
conduct audits, investigations, and reviews of the Medicare 
programs. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.

  Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income Program

      The conference agreement includes $24,025,392,000 for the 
Supplemental Security Income Program as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $24,017,392,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. Within the 
funds provided, the conference agreement includes $8,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate for outreach efforts and assistance to 
homeless persons and other underserved populations.

                    United States Institute of Peace

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $16,362,000 for the 
United States Institute of Peace instead of $15,104,000 as 
proposed by H.R. 246 and $16,200,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
The conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the 
effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                          Transfer Prohibition

      The conference agreement includes a provision prohibiting 
the transfer of any funds to any department, agency or 
instrumentality of the U.S. Government except by a transfer 
made in this or any other appropriation act as proposed by H.R. 
246. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

                    United States Institute of Peace

      The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
the Senate pertaining to the date on or before which an 
independent public accountant must be certified or licensed to 
perform the annual audit of the United States Institute of 
Peace (USIP). The conference agreement does not include a 
provision proposed by the Senate that extends the authorization 
of the USIP for one additional year. H.R. 246 did not contain 
similar provisions.

            Across-the-Board Salaries and Expenses Reduction

      The conference agreement does not include a provision 
proposed by the Senate to reduce salaries and expenses of the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. 
The House bill contained no similar provision.

                          Conference Agreement

      The following table displays the amounts agreed to for 
each program, project or activity with appropriate comparisons:


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                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...    $411,822,681
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003...........................................     426,798,568
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................     427,307,339
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................     436,794,630
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................     432,031,156
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................     +20,208,475
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................      +5,232,588
    House bill, fiscal year 2003........................      +4,723,817
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.......................      -4,763,474

          DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

                    LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WIDE MATTERS

      The conferees direct the legislative branch entities to 
establish a legislative branch chief administrative officers 
council that will meet regularly on administrative issues of 
concern to the legislative branch. Such a council is to be 
modeled after the Legislative Branch Financial Managers 
Council. Wherever a chief administrative officer does not exist 
in a legislative branch entity, a senior-level employee should 
be designated to serve in this capacity. Through this council, 
representatives will be able to define, review and discuss 
policies, security issues, mail issues, personnel practices, 
procedures and systems for such areas as human resources, 
information technology, and general management. This will 
facilitate consistency in systems development wherever 
appropriate, sharing of ``lessons learned,'' and the 
elimination of duplicative efforts. The conferees direct the 
General Accounting Office to work with the agencies of the 
legislative branch to establish the council and the council and 
GAO must be prepared to report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House during the annual 
budget hearing process beginning with fiscal year 2005.
      The conferees recognize the provisions of H.R. 5121 and 
House Report 107-576 and any instructions and detail included 
in such report are to be adhered to, unless amended or restated 
herein.
      Many items in both House and Senate Legislative Branch 
Appropriations bills are identical and are included in the 
conference agreement without change. The conferees have 
endorsed statements of policy contained in the House and Senate 
reports accompanying the appropriations bills, unless amended 
or restated herein. With respect to those items in the 
conference agreement that differ between House and Senate 
bills, the conferees have agreed to the following with the 
appropriate section numbers, punctuation, and other technical 
corrections:

               TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

                                 Senate

      Appropriates $667,788,000 for Senate operations. Inasmuch 
as these items relate solely to the Senate, and in accord with 
long practice under which each body determines its own 
housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
intervention, the managers on the part of the House, at the 
request of the managers on the part of the Senate, have receded 
to the amendments of the Senate.

                        House of Representatives

      Appropriates $956,086,000 for House operations. Inasmuch 
as these items relate solely to the House, and in accord with 
long practice under which each body determines its own 
housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
intervention, the managers on the part of the Senate, at the 
request of the managers on the part of the House, have receded 
to the amendments of the House.
      The managers on the part of the House encourage the Chief 
Administrative Officer (CAO) to contract with an organization 
that is very familiar with the House, the operations and 
activities of House offices, and the personnel that work in 
these offices, to assess the professional development needs of 
the House workforce. The CAO should report the findings to the 
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on House 
Administration.

                              JOINT ITEMS

                        Joint Economic Committee

      Appropriates $3,658,000 for the Joint Economic Committee 
as proposed by the House and by the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

      Appropriates $7,643,000 for the Joint Committee on 
Taxation instead of $7,323,000 as proposed by the House and the 
Senate.

                   Office of the Attending Physician

      Appropriates $3,000,000 for the Office of the Attending 
Physician as proposed by the House and by the Senate, of which 
$300,000 shall be available until expended. This amount 
includes $1,414,000 for reimbursement to the Department of Navy 
for expenses incurred as proposed by the House and by the 
Senate.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

      Appropriates $3,035,000 for the Capitol Guide Service and 
Special Services Office as proposed by the House and by the 
Senate.

                      Statement of Appropriations

      Appropriates $30,000 for Statement of Appropriations as 
proposed by the House and by the Senate.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

      Appropriates $175,675,000 for salaries of officers, 
members, and employees of the Capitol Police. The conferees 
direct the Chief of the Capitol Police make retroactive to the 
first full pay period in October 2002 any comparability 
adjustment in pay.
      The conferees direct that not later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Capitol Police Board report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate, and the Committee on House Administration on a 
proposed new pay structure, the budgetary impact of the 
proposed structure, and a detailed plan of how the proposed 
structure would be implemented which is consistent with the 
requirements of P.L. 105-55.
      The FY 2001 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, as 
amended (P.L. 106-346), required the General Accounting Office 
(GAO) to participate in the selection of a Chief Administrative 
Officer (CAO) for the United States Capitol Police (USCP) and 
monitor the implementation of management improvements in 
budgeting, financial management, information technology, and 
human resources. The law required GAO to provide quarterly 
reports to the Chief of the Capitol Police, Capitol Police 
Board, and congressional appropriations and oversight 
committees having jurisdiction over the Capitol Police through 
September 30, 2002 on USCP's implementation efforts. Much 
progress has been made by the CAO to improve overall 
administrative operations of the Capitol Police. However, there 
are still some significant concerns on the part of the 
conferees about the need for the USCP to update their strategic 
plan to reflect post-September 11, 2001 changes, and to 
implement an effective management strategy in the agency, 
particularly with respect to human resources. Therefore, the 
conferees direct the GAO to continue monitoring all CAO 
operations of the USCP, with special attention to the strategic 
planning process and human resources management. GAO is 
directed to provide to the Capitol Police and congressional 
committees noted above semi-annual reports on the CAO's 
continued implementation of management improvements in 
budgeting, financial management, information technology, 
developing and implementing an effective overall strategic 
planning process and human resource management strategy. The 
conferees direct that these reports continue through FY 2006.
      In the wake of September 11, 2001, security concerns led 
to the posting of signs prohibiting bicyclists on the Capitol 
grounds. The Capitol grounds have been a link to Capitol Hill, 
the National Mall and downtown for years and bicycling is a 
form of transportation that helps alleviate traffic congestion, 
promotes physical activity, and does not contribute to air 
pollution. The conferees urge the Capitol Police and the 
Architect of the Capitol to work with the District Department 
of Transportation to create safe routes for bicyclists in and/
or around the Capitol grounds in a manner that encourages 
bicycling without sacrificing security concerns. The upcoming 
year is a critical time for this planning to take place as the 
construction of the Capitol Visitors Center progresses and the 
City of Washington updates its Bike Master Plan. The Capitol 
Police and the Architect of the Capitol should report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House on a 
plan of action to coordinate with the District Department of 
Transportation on addressing this issue.

                            General Expenses

      Appropriates $28,100,000, of which $1,400,000 shall 
remain available until expended for general expenses of the 
Capitol Police.

                       Administrative Provisions

      The conferees have included an administrative provision 
allowing for the transfer of funds upon the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. In 
addition, the conferees have included provisions that authorize 
the Capitol Police to: procure severable services; dispose of 
surplus or obsolete property; hire without regard to age; 
establish an educational assistance program; expand the current 
training program; centralize their disbursing authority; 
annualize premium pay limits; provide overtime compensation to 
Lieutenants and above; appoint special officers and establish 
specialty assignment pay. In addition, the conferees have 
included technical corrections to existing recruitment and 
relocation incentives, and for compensation of the Chief of 
Police, the Assistant Chief of Police, and the Chief 
Administrative Officer. Language is included which redefines 
the mission and the composition of the Capitol Police Board; 
provides for the merger of the Capitol Police with the Library 
of Congress Police; and, clarifies the authority of the Capitol 
Police to police the Botanic Garden. Language is also included 
which permits the Capitol Police to appoint employees at a rate 
of pay at or above step one of the pay grade in which the 
employee is appointed. In addition, language has been included 
which directs the regulations and approvals of various 
provisions be completed within sixty days of enactment of this 
Act. The conferees have also directed the development of a 
long-term strategic plan.

                          Office of Compliance

      Appropriates $2,059,000 for the Office of Compliance as 
proposed by the House and the Senate. Authority has been 
provided for the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance 
to dispose of surplus or obsolete property.
      The Office of Compliance was established as an 
independent office within the Legislative Branch to implement 
and enforce the provisions of the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995. The principal functions of the Office include 
enforcing 11 civil rights, labor, and workplace laws within the 
Legislative Branch, which entails administering a procedure to 
resolve disputes and to provide remedies if violations are 
found; carrying out an education program for congressional 
Members, employing entities of the Legislative Branch, and 
employees with regard to the provision of the laws applied to 
the Legislative Branch; and compiling and publishing statistics 
on the use of Office by covered employees.
      Federal standards of internal and management controls and 
prevailing best practices for governing call for periodically 
reviewing an organization's structure, functions (i.e., mission 
and roles), and processes to (1) determine whether they are 
functioning well, and ensure that they reflect changes in 
circumstances and (2) ensure sound governance, oversight, and 
accountability. Since its creation, no comprehensive review of 
the Office of Compliance and its operations has been conducted. 
Thus, the conferees direct the General Accounting Office to 
assess the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the Office 
of Compliance in fulfilling its responsibilities and role in 
achieving the overall intent and purposes of the Congressional 
Accountability Act. The review should include examining the 
effectiveness and efficiency of the Office's administration and 
enforcement of the Act and the administrative and judicial 
dispute-resolution procedures for considering alleged 
violations of the laws; the operations of the Board of 
Directors; and the assistance and services provided by the 
Office to employing offices of the Legislative Branch in 
fulfilling their responsibilities under the Act. The GAO should 
make recommendations, as appropriate, to enhance the overall 
effectiveness and efficiency of the Office of Compliance to 
achieve the purposes of the Act. The GAO should report its 
findings to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate by March 31, 2003.

                      Congressional Budget Office

      Appropriates $32,101,000 for salaries and expenses of the 
Congressional Budget Office as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $32,390,000 as proposed by the House.

                       Administrative Provisions

      Language has been included authorizing employees of the 
CBO to engage in details or other temporary assignments to 
other government agencies for study and work experience. In 
addition, a provision has been included regarding the purchases 
and contracts made by the Congressional Budget Office.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

      Appropriates $59,343,000 for Architect of the Capitol, 
general administration. Of the amount appropriated $450,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2007.
      The conferees expect the Architect of the Capitol to 
continue to observe closely limitations on full-time equivalent 
(FTE) positions. It is noted, however, that funding was 
provided for various projects with no commensurate increase in 
the FTE ceiling. Accordingly, the conferees provide relief from 
the fiscal year 2003 FTE ceiling for delivery of those projects 
under the condition that the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate be notified prior to 
the increase in the FTE ceiling.
      The conferees have provided a new budget line item under 
various accounts for Design, Study and Condition Assessment of 
projects. The Architect of the Capitol is to notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate 21 days prior to moving forward with these 
projects.
      The Architect of the Capitol is to report semi-annually 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate on the expenditure of funds for 
attendance at meetings and conventions.
      The conferees note the completion of the General 
Management Review (GMR) of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) 
conducted by the General Accounting Office (GAO) and commend 
the Architect for his willingness to effect recommended changes 
in the AOC's management policies and practices. The conferees 
believe that the continued involvement of the GAO throughout 
the Architect's development and implementation of a plan that 
effects GMR recommendations will be of considerable value. 
Therefore, the conferees direct the GAO to monitor the 
Architect on the development and implementation of the required 
plan. In addition, the GAO is to monitor the establishment of 
various positions to implement the plan. The conferees also 
direct the GAO to evaluate implementation efforts as well as 
the results of management changes, including the timely 
accomplishment of the implementation plan milestones, and 
report the results of that evaluation semi-annually to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and the Senate 
Committee on Rules and Administration. These reports should 
continue until all changes in the plan have been implemented.
      Section 133 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2002 (P.L. 107-68) generally prohibits the Architect of the 
Capitol from employing temporary workers for long periods 
without providing them eligibility for employee benefits. 
During the implementation of Section 133, questions arose 
concerning its application to temporary workers covered by 
collective bargaining agreements entered into by the Architect 
providing eligibility for private-sector employee benefits in 
lieu of federal benefits. The conferees direct the Architect to 
work with the General Accounting Office to determine the proper 
manner of completing the implementation of Section 133 and to 
consult with the Internal Revenue Service concerning the proper 
tax treatment of benefits and contributions. The Architect is 
directed to report to the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees, and the Senate Committee on Rules and 
Administration on the results of his efforts by May 31, 2003.
      With respect to the object class and projects, the 
conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................     $55,275,000
Capital Projects:
    Implementation of Safety Programs...................         450,000
    Security Project Support for AOC....................         125,000
    Financial Management System (FMS)...................       1,627,000
    Implementation of AOCNET............................         500,000
    Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM)...........       1,366,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, General Administration.....................     $59,343,000

                            Capitol Building

      Appropriates $32,094,000 for maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol, by the Architect of the Capitol. Of 
the amount appropriated $19,065,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2007.
      With respect to object class and project, the conferees 
have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................     $10,886,000
Capital Projects:
    ADA Requirements....................................          75,000
    Replacement of Minton Tile..........................         200,000
    Roofing Repair, around House and Senate Chambers....         160,000
    Elevator/Escalator Modernization Program............         500,000
    Door Refinishing/Restoration........................         289,000
    Chandelier Restoration & Crystal Globe Replacement..         319,000
    Conservation of Wall Paintings......................         300,000
    Replace High Voltage SWGR & Cables..................       2,000,000
    Upgrade Air Conditioning, East Front Capitol........      12,000,000
    Computer, Telecom & Electrical Support..............         300,000
    Design, Study and Condition Assessment..............       5,065,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Capitol Building...........................     $32,094,000

                            Capitol Grounds

      Appropriates $8,356,000 for the care and improvements of 
the grounds surrounding the Capitol, House and Senate office 
buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, by the Architect of the 
Capitol. Of the amount appropriated $1,780,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2007.
      With respect to object class and projects, the conferees 
have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................      $6,041,000
Capital Projects:
    Replace Truck.......................................          80,000
    Wayfinding and ADA Compliant Signage................         430,000
    Maintenance of Outdoor Sculpture, Garfield & Peace..          25,000
    Power Requirements..................................       1,200,000
    Study, Design, and Condition Assessment.............         580,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Capitol Grounds............................      $8,356,000

                        Senate Office Buildings

      Appropriates $64,871,000 for the maintenance, care, and 
operation of the Senate office buildings to the Architect of 
the Capitol, of which $21,600,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2007. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the 
Senate, and in accord with long practice under which each body 
determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other 
concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the 
House, at the request of the managers on the part of the 
Senate, have receded to the Senate.
      With respect to object class and projects, the Senate 
conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................     $43,163,000
Capital Projects:
    Kitchen Exhaust and Kitchen Redesign, Webster Hall..         108,000
    Renovate Restrooms (ADA)............................       2,100,000
    Bus Ducts and Switchgear Replacement................       1,950,000
    Repair Waterproofing under RSOB's South Steps.......       1,800,000
    Modernize Elevators.................................       3,060,000
    Mechanical Renovations, DSOB........................         940,000
    Minor Construction..................................      10,000,000
    Design, Study and Condition Assessment..............       1,750,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Senate Office Buildings....................     $64,871,000

                         House Office Buildings

      Appropriates $60,960,000 for the maintenance, care, and 
operation of the House office buildings to the Architect of the 
Capitol, of which $25,610,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2007. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the 
House, and in accord with long practice under which each body 
determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other 
concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the 
Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the 
House, have receded to the House.
      With respect to object class and projects, the House 
conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................     $32,650,000
Capital Projects:
    Egress Door Improvements............................         200,000
    Sound Improvements, Committee Hearing Rooms.........         280,000
    Elevator Modernization Program......................       1,460,000
    Minor Construction..................................       9,000,000
    Upgrade Fire Alarm, E&W House Garages...............         880,000
    Replace FP Low Voltage Switchgears, FHOB............         750,000
    Major Elevator Equipment Improvements, HOB..........         120,000
    Design, Study and Condition Assessment..............      10,020,000
    Wayfinding Signage..................................       1,100,000
    House Office Building Master Plan...................       1,000,000
    Longworth Emergency Generator Project...............       3,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, House Office Buildings.....................     $60,960,000

                          Capitol Power Plant

      In addition to the $4,400,000 made available from 
receipts credited as reimbursements to this appropriation, 
appropriates $102,286,000 to theArchitect of the Capitol for 
maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol power plant. Of this 
amount, $61,736,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007.
      With respect to object class and projects the conferees 
have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................     $39,967,000
Capital Projects:
    Implement Emergency Shoring and Repairs to Tunnels..         100,000
    Repair South Capitol Street Steam Line..............      10,289,000
    Repair Constitution Avenue Tunnel...................       8,500,000
    West Refrigeration Plant Expansion..................      41,000,000
    Install Dual Low Nox Burners, Boilers 6 & 7.........         400,000
    Procure Emergency Generator.........................       1,500,000
    Update CAD Drawings.................................          80,000
    Study, Design and Condition Assessment..............         450,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Capitol Power Plant........................    $102,286,000

                     LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

      Appropriates $37,521,000 for structural and mechanical 
care, Library buildings and grounds. Of this amount, 
$18,014,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007 and 
$5,500,000 shall remain available until expended.
      With respect to object class and projects the conferees 
have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................     $11,754,000
Capitol Projects:
    Replace Partition Supports, JMMB....................         300,000
    Additional Sprinklers, JMMB.........................       1,383,000
    Upgrade Emergency Generators, JAB & TJB.............         300,000
    Repair Roof under East Parking Lot, TJB.............       2,180,000
    Audio Visual Conservation Center....................       5,500,000
    Modernize 4 Elevators...............................         980,000
    Design & Construction of Book Storage Module 2, Ft. 
      Meade.............................................       9,566,000
    HVAC NW Curtain, TJB................................         453,000
    Study, Design & Conditions Assessment...............       2,905,000
    Replace Compact Stack Safety, JMMB..................         300,000
    Repair Life Safety Deficiencies.....................       1,000,000
    ADA Requirements, LB&G..............................         100,000
    Replace Sidewalks, TJB & JAB........................         100,000
    Restore Decorative Painting, TJB & JAB..............         100,000
    LOC Room & Partition Modifications..................         500,000
    Preservations Environmental Monitoring..............         100,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Library Buildings and Grounds..............     $37,521,000

                  CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

      Appropriates $23,900,000 for the maintenance, care, and 
operations of Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds to the 
Architect of the Capitol, of which $23,500,000 shall remain 
available until September 20, 2007.
      The conferees direct the Architect of the Capitol to 
provide a fiscal year 2003 obligation plan, by April 30, 2003, 
to include personnel compensation and associated FTEs for 
Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds.
      The conferees direct that the General Accounting Office, 
working with the United States Capitol Police and the Office of 
the Architect of the Capitol, prepare a report regarding the 
feasibility of transferring jurisdiction of the United States 
Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds to the Capitol Police, and 
that the study be provided to the Committees on Appropriations 
by May 15, 2003.
      With respect to object class and projects the conferees 
have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................       $ 400,000
Capital Projects:
    Design Offsite Delivery/Screening Center, USCP......       2,000,000
    Offsite Delivery/Screening Center, USCP.............       5,000,000
    Design, Tactical Training, Cheltenham, MD...........       1,500,000
    Other Facility Improvements.........................      15,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds.......     $23,900,000

                             BOTANIC GARDEN

      Appropriates $6,103,000 for salaries and expenses, 
Botanic Garden, of which $120,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2007.
      With respect to object class and projects the conferees 
have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................      $4,646,000
Capital Projects:
    Fire Alarm System Upgrades, DC Village..............          25,000
    Shade Curtain Replacement...........................          22,000
    CAFM Data Capture--USBG.............................          50,000
    Interpretative Illustrations--Conservatory Garden 
      Court.............................................         225,000
    West Gallery Fabric, Audio Tour and Banners.........         652,000
    Vehicle Replacement.................................          43,000
    Book on History of Botanic Gardens..................          20,000
    Partnerships........................................         300,000
    Study, Design and Condition Assessment..............         120,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

      Total, Botanic Garden.............................      $6,103,000

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement includes administrative 
provisions related to small purchase contracting authority; 
multi-year contract authority; establishment of a position of 
the Deputy Architect of the Capitol; delegation of authority by 
the Architect; compensation of the Assistant Architect of the 
Capitol; allocation of responsibility for Library buildings and 
grounds, and a technical correction.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Provides $358,474,000 for salaries and expenses, Library 
of Congress, and authorizes 2,841 full time equivalents.
      With respect to program/project increases the conferees 
have agreed to the following:

Mandatory Pay and Benefits..............................     $10,747,000
Price Level Increases...................................       2,163,000
Digital Futures.........................................      17,200,000
Central Financial Management System.....................       4,250,000
Law Library GLIN Project................................       2,903,000
Culpeper Shelving.......................................       1,000,000
Collections Relocation..................................       1,439,000
Arrearage Reduction.....................................         896,000
Mass Deacidification....................................         895,000
Lewis and Clark Exhibition..............................         989,000
Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial.........................         500,000
Veterans History Project................................         476,000
Safety Services.........................................         308,000
Transfer of the Furniture and Furnishings Appropriation.       6,554,000

                            Copyright Office

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Provides $9,714,000, including $29,512,000 made available 
from receipts, for salaries and expenses, Copyright Office. The 
level provided supports 530 full time equivalents.

                     Congressional Research Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $86,952,000 for salaries and expenses, 
Congressional Research Service. The level provided supports 742 
full time equivalents.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $50,963,000 for salaries and expenses, books 
for the blind and physically handicapped. The level provided 
supports 128 full-time equivalents. The conference agreement 
provides a one-time appropriation of $1 million dollars to 
defray telecommunications costs for the National Federation of 
the Blind ``NEWSLINE,'' audio daily newspaper service. The 
conferees support continued use of this computerized 
telecommunications technology as part of the Library's 
conversion to digital media and direct the Librarian to seek 
cost advantages that may result from combining distribution of 
audio editions of magazines with newspapers using this 
technology.

                       Administrative Provisions

      The conference agreement includes several routine 
administrative provisions and amendments related to Library 
programs.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $90,143,000 for Congressional Printing and 
Binding as proposed by the House and by the Senate.

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $29,661,000 for salaries and expenses, 
Office of Superintendent of Documents as proposed by the House 
and the Senate.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $451,134,000 for salaries and expenses, 
General Accounting Office.

              PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

                               Trust Fund

      Appropriates $13,000,000 to the Open World Leadership 
Center Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center. The conferees want it clearly understood 
that the renaming of the trust fund in no way provides for the 
creation of a new trust fund within the Department of the 
Treasury.

                        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

      The conferees have included an administrative provision, 
which amends Section 313 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (P.L. 106-554) renaming the former 
``Center for Russian Leadership Development'' to the ``Open 
World Leadership Center.'' This name change reflects the 
expansion of the Center's program to eligible foreign states 
other than the Russian Federation. The conferees direct that 
prior to implementation of the FY 2003 program, an obligation 
plan be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and House reflecting the funding allocation and program 
objectives for existing and new program elements.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      In Title II, General Provisions, section numbers have 
been changed to conform to the conference agreement, provisions 
related to the John C. Stennis Center and the Congressional 
Award Act have been included, a provision related to electronic 
W-2's has been included, and a limitation regarding the 
transfer of funds has also been included. The conferees have 
also included, under Division P, language and funding regarding 
the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follows:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...      $3,252,423
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003...........................................       3,405,108
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................       2,671,900
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................       3,359,830
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................       3,358,350
  Conference agreement compared with:
                                                                        
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................        +105,927
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................         -46,758
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................        +686,450
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................          -1,480

  DIVISION I--TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

                                TITLE I

                      Department of Transportation

                        CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVES

      The conferees agree that Executive Branch propensities 
cannot substitute for Congress' own statements concerning the 
best evidence of Congressional intentions; that is, the 
official reports of the Congress. The committee of conference 
approves report language included by the House (House Report 
107-722) or the Senate (as delineated materials accompanying 
Senate Amendment No. 1 to H.J. Res. 2 and printed in the 
Congressional Record of January 15, 2003) that is not changed 
by the conference. The statement of the managers, while 
repeating some report language for emphasis, is not intended to 
negate the language referred to above unless expressly provided 
herein.

                        Office of the Secretary

                        (SALARIES AND EXPENSES)

      The conference agreement provides $89,447,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the office of the secretary instead of 
$82,474,000 as proposed by the House and $83,069,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Bill language is included that 
specifies amounts by office, consistent with actions in prior 
years, and limits transfers among each office to no more than 5 
percent. The bill language specifies that any transfer greater 
than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. The following table 
summarizes the fiscal year 2003 appropriation for each office:

Immediate office of the Secretary.......................      $2,211,000
Immediate office of the Deputy Secretary................         809,000
Executive Secretariat...................................       1,391,000
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy............      12,452,000
Office of the General Counsel...........................      15,657,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for budget and 
    programs............................................       8,375,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for governmental 
    affairs.............................................       2,453,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for administration....      29,071,000
Office of public affairs................................       1,926,000
Board of Contract Appeals...............................         611,000
Office of small and disadvantaged business utilization..       1,304,000
Office of the chief information officer.................      13,187,000

      Within the amounts provided, the conferees have denied 
funding for FECA administrative increases (-$22,000), the 
security survey for the new building (-$165,000), and some of 
the new increases in the budget for information technology 
initiatives not related to security (-$2,800,000).
      The conferees direct the office of the secretary to 
submit its congressional justification materials in support of 
the individual offices of the offices of the secretary at the 
same level of detail provided in the congressional 
justifications presented in fiscal year 2003.
      Bill language, as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate, allows the Department to spend up to $60,000 for 
official reception and representation activities.
      The conference agreement includes bill language that 
credits to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds 
received in user fees.
      Administrative directions.--The conferees direct the 
department to submit its annual congressional justifications 
for each modal administration to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on the date on which the 
President's budget is delivered officially to Congress.
      Office of Intelligence and Security.--The fiscal year 
2003 budget did not request any funding for the Office of 
Intelligence and Security because it had been transferred to 
the Transportation Security Administration, which will be part 
of the new Department of Homeland Security. The Secretary may 
make arrangements to have one staff detailed to him from this 
new Department so that he remains informed on intelligence and 
security matters pertaining to transportation. There is 
sufficient funding within the salaries and expenses account to 
pay for this detailee.
      Aviation claims.--The conference agreement includes a 
rescission of $90,000,000 from funds enacted to compensate 
airlines for losses incurred in the aviation system disruption 
in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. 
The conferees have been assured by the department that the 
rescinded funds are unnecessary to meet all of the outstanding 
or anticipated claims from air carriers. Such claims include 
applications that the department has not processed or that are 
involved in litigation. The conferees direct the Secretary to 
provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations listing all remaining air carrier claims and all 
unprocessed applications for claims and the amounts requested, 
the names of air carriers with outstanding claims, and the 
steps taken to resolve those outstanding claims; to provide an 
anticipated timeline for resolution of outstanding claims and 
applications; and to list the remaining uncommitted funds and 
balances still available to pay those outstanding claims and 
applications.
      Report distribution.--The conferees direct the department 
to adopt written procedures for report distribution similar to 
the standards in place and followed before February 28, 2002. 
The House Appropriations Committee has seen serious violations 
of the report distribution policy in 2002. In addition, the 
conferees direct the department to refrain from attaching 
miscellaneous documents, including reports, to Congressional 
testimony without prior consultation.
      Outstanding reports.--The conference agreement continues 
a long standing policy directing the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs to report quarterly on the 
status of all outstanding reports and reporting requirements 
including how delinquent congressionally mandated or requested 
reports are and an estimated date for delivery.
      Tier matching based on fiscal capability.--At present, 
federal grant programs administered by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, and Federal 
Transit Administration require an identical match of all 
communities without regard to their financial circumstances. 
Some have asserted that this policy places a disproportionate 
burden on lower-income jurisdictions and prevents these 
jurisdictions from fully participating in the very programs 
necessary to improve conditions. The conferees take no position 
on this assertion. However, for the purpose of information 
gathering, the conferees separately request the FHWA, FAA, and 
FTA to each provide reports covering the programs within each 
administration to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations by March 15, 2003 which address this contention. 
Should the agencies believe that contention has merit, they may 
as part of these reports, propose a tiered matching system for 
nonfederal contributions based upon the fiscal capability of 
the grantee and which does not increase over the existing grant 
programs each program's cumulative financial burden on each 
administration.
      Alternatively fueled vehicles.--The conferees urge the 
Department of Transportation to adhere to the Federal mandates 
in the 1992 Energy Policy Act (P.L. 102-486) by purchasing 
alternatively fueled vehicles when feasible. The department 
should set an example for other government agencies by 
purchasing flexible fuel vehicles in order to help lessen our 
reliance on foreign oil.

                         Office of Civil Rights

      The conference agreement provides $8,700,000 for the 
office of civil rights as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$8,500,000 as proposed by the House.

           TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT

      The conference agreement provides $21,000,000 for 
transportation planning, research, and development as proposed 
by the Senate instead of $11,157,000 as proposed by the House. 
Adjustments to the budget request shall be available for the 
following activities:

Texas Transportation Institute..........................     +$1,000,000
Bypass mail system computer software and hardware 
    upgrades, AK........................................        +500,000
Circumpolar infrastructure task force, Arctic Council 
    and Northern Forum, AK..............................        +500,000
Delaware Memorial Bridge collision avoidance project, DE      +1,000,000
DOT's privacy practices third party evaluation..........        +750,000
Northeast advanced vehicle consortium fuel cell, CT.....      +1,500,000
Office for Infrastructure Transportation and Logistics, 
    AL..................................................      +1,000,000
Strategic freight transportation analysis, WA...........      +1,375,000
UAL fuel cell/hybrid electric research program, AL......      +1,000,000
WestStart's vehicular flywheel project, WA..............      +1,375,000

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

      The conference agreement includes a limitation of 
$131,766,000 for working capital fund activities instead of a 
limitation of $131,766,000 on the transportation administration 
service center (TASC) as proposed by the House and a limitation 
of $131,779,000 on the TASC as proposed by the Senate. The 
Department of Transportation abolished TASC at the end of 
calendar year 2002. In its place, DOT re-established a working 
capital fund to provide necessary services (e.g., printing, 
security, parking, etc.) to all modal entities within the 
department.
      Modal usage of the working capital fund.--The conferees 
direct the department, in its fiscal year 2004 Congressional 
justifications for each modal administration, to account for 
increases and decreases in working capital fund billings based 
on planned usage requested or anticipated by the modes.

               MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

      The conference agreement provides an appropriation of 
$900,000 for the minority business resource center program and 
limits the loans to $18,367,000 as proposed by both the House 
and the Senate.

                       MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

      The conference agreement provides a total of $3,000,000 
for minority business outreach as proposed by the House and the 
Senate.

                       NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

      The conference agreement denies funding for the new DOT 
headquarters building as proposed by the Senate. The House 
recommended $25,000,000 for tenant build outs related to the 
new building.

                        PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement provides a total of $113,000,000 
for payments to air carriers. Of this total, $52,100,000 is in 
direct appropriations; $50,000,000 is to be derived from 
overflight user fees and, if necessary, unobligated balances 
from the Federal Aviation Administration; and $10,900,000 is to 
be derived from carryover balances. The House proposed a total 
program level of $113,000,000 for the payments to air carriers 
program, of which $50,000,000 was from overflight fees or other 
funds available for the Federal Aviation Administration; 
$50,000,000 was in direct appropriations; and $13,000,000 was 
in carryover balances. The Senate proposed a total program 
level of $128,000,000, of which $50,000,000 was from overflight 
fees or other funds available for the Federal Aviation 
Administration; $65,000,000 was in direct appropriations; and 
$13,000,000 was from carryover balances.

                 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement recommends $5,180,000,000 for 
the Transportation Security Administration instead of 
$5,140,000,000 as proposed by the House and $5,346,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Funds are provided in four separate 
appropriations, similar to the approach proposed by the House, 
instead of a single lump-sum appropriation proposed by the 
Senate. The agreement specifies that $144,000,000 of the total 
shall be derived by reimbursement from ``Federal Aviation 
Administration, Facilities and equipment'' instead of 
$176,691,200 proposed by the House and $55,000,000 proposed by 
the Senate. Funds are available until expended, as proposed by 
the House instead of one year as proposed by the Senate. The 
bill includes a provision, proposed by the Senate, allowing any 
excess fees collected during fiscal year 2003 to be treated as 
offsetting collections during fiscal year 2004.
      Staffing cap.--The conferees agree to continue the 
limitation on total agency staffing, as proposed by the House. 
This prohibits funds to recruit or hire more than 45,000 full-
time permanent staff. The same provision has been in effect 
since fiscal year 2002. The agency believed it was critical to 
temporarily surge staffing last year, in order to meet the 
passenger and baggage screening deadlines in the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act. Now that these deadlines are past, 
the conferees believe TSA should focus on eliminating 
unnecessary positions, generally through attrition.

                           AVIATION SECURITY

      The conference agreement includes $4,516,300,000 for 
aviation security. Funds shall be distributed as follows:

                                                              Conference
                                                               agreement
Passenger screening.....................................  $1,602,000,000
    Passenger screeners.................................   1,327,000,000
    Credentialing and registered traveler programs......      35,000,000
    CAPPS II............................................      35,000,000
    Checkpoint equipment................................      30,000,000
    Electronic surveillance.............................      10,000,000
    Checkpoint equipment maintenance....................      10,000,000
    Third party screening contracts.....................      30,000,000
    Planning and deployment.............................      35,000,000
    Human resource services.............................      60,000,000
    Training............................................      30,000,000
Baggage screening.......................................   1,415,900,000
    Baggage screeners...................................     900,000,000
    Detection equipment maintenance.....................      75,000,000
    Checked baggage data system.........................       1,400,000
    EDS/ETD systems--procurement........................     174,500,000
    EDS/ETD systems--airport modifications..............     265,000,000
Cargo screening improvements............................      20,000,000
Airport support and enforcement presence................   1,478,400,000
    Airport support.....................................     340,000,000
    Law enforcement.....................................     175,000,000
    Reimbursable agreements.............................     250,000,000
    Cockpit door reimbursement..........................     100,000,000
    Commercial pilot firearms training..................       8,000,000
    K-9 units...........................................      10,000,000
    Federal air marshals................................     545,000,000
    FAA internal security and hazmat....................      50,400,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................   4,516,300,000

      Third party screening contracts.--The conference 
agreement provides $30,000,000 for third party screening 
contracts. Program savings are available due to the existence 
of contract recoveries, which the agency estimates will be 
available up to $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2003. Thesetwo 
sources of funds will provide sufficient resources to meet estimated 
contract payments.
      Recruiting, assessment, and human resource services 
contract.--The conferees encourage the Secretary of 
Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, to expeditiously review and, if compliant with Public 
Law 85-804 and other statutes, approve any application for 
liability protection for the services provided by the 
contractor awarded a contract by the Department of 
Transportation with an effective date of February 25, 2002 for 
recruiting, assessment and human resource services for federal 
employees of the Transportation Security Administration.
      Credentialing and registered traveler programs.--The 
conference agreement includes $35,000,000 for the credentialing 
and aviation registered traveler programs. The conferees 
support the position of the House that TSA should include 
various transportation worker identification card (TWIC) 
technologies in the East Coast and West Coast credentialing 
pilot projects to result in a fair evaluation of all technology 
candidates, including card, reader, and database technologies. 
The conferees support TSA's current plan to evaluate the 
potential for a central card production, personalization, and 
issuance center. The conferees strongly encourage TSA to 
consider the benefits of consolidating regional centers into a 
centralized location, and the benefits of using existing 
government card issuance centers for this activity. The 
conferees agree it is essential to include multiple biometrics 
on these cards, to verify the identity of the individual 
carrying them. The conferees further agree that one card 
technology with great capacity for storing biometric 
information is the optical lasercard, such as that used by the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service for permanent resident 
cards and by the Department of State for border crossing cards. 
The conferees agree that TSA should not develop new 
technologies if existing ones, already developed by other 
federal agencies, are good enough. While approving funds for 
this program and deleting restrictive bill language proposed by 
the House, the conferees direct TSA not to obligate funds for 
the TWIC prototype phase until the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations are briefed on the results of the technical 
evaluation phase and agree that the program should move 
forward.
      Letters of intent for installation of security systems.--
The bill includes a provision authorizing TSA to sign letters 
of intent (LOIs) with airport authorities specifying long-term 
funding arrangements for the installation of explosive 
detection systems. This process is similar to the existing LOI 
process for airport capital improvement projects. While 
supportive of this concept, the conferees emphasize that the 
signing of such agreements do not obligate or commit the 
Federal Government to make future payments until approved by 
Congress in the annual budget process. In addition, the 
conferees want to ensure that the signing of LOIs do not upset 
the proper balance between funding for large, medium, and small 
airports. For this reason, the conferees direct TSA not to 
commit more than 50 percent of total available funding for 
modification of airports to LOIs. This will preserve funding 
for smaller airports. A similar restriction has been in place 
for many years for LOIs granted under FAA's Airport Improvement 
Program.
      Use of state and local law enforcement officers.--The 
bill includes a provision allowing TSA to utilize the services 
of state and local officials as law enforcement officers at 
airports, including the authority to deputize such officials as 
federal law enforcement officers. The bill specifies that TSA 
shall reimburse state and local entities for all reasonable, 
allowable, and allocable costs for these services, and 
additional funding is provided in the bill to ensure 
appropriate payment. In addition, the bill provides that such 
officers may provide security services throughout the airport, 
and not solely at screening checkpoints, if such action is 
preferable for law enforcement purposes.
      Fitness for duty requirements.--The conferees are 
concerned that the Under Secretary has yet to implement the 
fitness for duty requirements stipulated in the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act. As such, the conferees concur in 
the initiative of the Senate in providing $250,000 to enable 
the Under Secretary to make expedited use of currently 
available fitness-for-duty technology to assess saccadic 
velocity to determine the potential impairment of airport 
security screeners at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
      South Terminal Expansion Project, Seattle-Tacoma, WA.--
The Supplemental Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002 
included $225,000,000 over and above the budget request for 
airport modifications to accommodate the installation of 
explosive detection systems. The statement of managers 
accompanying that bill instructed the Under Secretary to be 
attentive to the extraordinary needs of certain airports, such 
as the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, that are facing 
extraordinary costs associated with redesigning airport 
terminal projects that are in mid-construction. While the 
conferees are pleased that the TSA and the relevant airport 
authorities have come to agreement on the total federal 
obligation associated with the reconfiguration of the South 
Terminal Expansion Project (STEP), the conferees remain 
concerned that an agreement has not yet been reached on the 
timetable under which these funds will be provided. This bill 
provides an additional $265,000,000 for airport modifications, 
bringing to just under $500,000,000 the amount of money that 
has been provided for airport modifications over and above the 
levels sought by the Administration. The conferees urge TSA to 
work cooperatively with the Seattle-Tacoma International 
Airport to address their unique needs for security-related 
airport modifications. The conferees believe that, when 
combined with unobligated prior year funds, the funding in this 
bill gives TSA sufficient resources to address the long-term 
security requirements of airports such as Seattle-Tacoma 
International.

                       MARITIME AND LAND SECURITY

      The conference agreement includes $244,800,000 for 
maritime and land security. Funds shall be distributed as 
follows:
                                                              Conference
                                                               agreement
Port security grants....................................    $150,000,000
Staff...................................................      21,000,000
Information technology projects.........................       4,800,000
Nuclear detection and monitoring........................       4,000,000
Trucking industry grants................................      25,000,000
    Trucking industry grants............................    (20,000,000)
    Hazardous materials permit program..................     (3,500,000)
    Trucking security pilot program.....................     (1,500,000)
Intercity bus security..................................      10,000,000
Operation Safe Commerce.................................      30,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     244,800,000

      Trucking industry grants.--Funding provided for trucking 
industry grants are to be distributed as follows: $20,000,000 
for activities in the budget amendment submitted in September 
2002; $3,500,000 for a hazardous materials safety permit 
program; and $1,500,000 for a truck security pilot program.
      Hazardous materials safety permit program.--The conferees 
include $3,500,000 to implement the permit program required by 
law for those motor carriers transporting the most dangerous 
hazardous materials. Given that this permit program is 
especially critical now in light of truck security concerns, 
TSA should ensure that it is implemented within one year from 
the date of enactment of this Act. The conferees would not 
oppose the conduct of this program by FMCSA on a reimbursable 
basis.
      Truck security pilot program.--The conferees understand 
that technology exists from a number of manufacturers that 
allows trucks to be remotely tracked and controlled. So that 
TSA and FMCSA may completely understand the performance 
characteristics of such systems, the conference agreement 
includes $1,500,000 for a pilot program.
      Nuclear detection and monitoring.--The agreement includes 
$4,000,000 to continue evaluation and procurement of portable 
nuclear radiation search tools. A similar appropriation was 
made in Public Law 107-206. The conferees direct TSA to provide 
a status report on this activity to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not later than March 15, 2003.
      Operation Safe Commerce.--The conferees direct that the 
$30,000,000 provided in the bill for Operation Safe Commerce 
shall be distributed under the same terms and conditions 
governing the funding provided for this program for fiscal year 
2002.

                        RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

      The conference agreement includes $110,200,000 for 
research and development. Funds shall be distributed as 
follows:

                                                              Conference
                                                               agreement
Laboratory space/research facility......................      $5,000,000
Next generation EDS.....................................      75,000,000
Applied R&D.............................................      15,000,000
Staffing................................................       5,200,000
Port security R&D.......................................      10,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     110,200,000

      Security research.--The conferees do not agree with 
language proposed by the Senate specifying that research funds 
should be targeted toward detection of chemical, biological or 
similar threats. While the conferees agree that such research 
is a high priority for funding, the Under Secretary for 
Transportation Security has the flexibility to establish 
overall agency priorities in security research.
      Port security research and development.--The conference 
agreement includes $10,000,000 for port security research and 
development activities at national laboratories, private non-
profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and 
other entities. The conferees direct that, should any of these 
funds be allocated to a Department of Energy laboratory, they 
shall be administered. This policy is consistent with section 
309 of The Homeland Security Act of 2002.

                             ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement includes $308,700,000 for 
administration. Funds shall be distributed as follows:

                                                              Conference
                                                               agreement
Headquarters staff (inc. ACS)...........................    $106,000,000
Start-up and administrative support.....................      10,000,000
Information technology core activities..................     179,251,000
Intelligence............................................      13,449,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     308,700,000

                              COAST GUARD

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $4,322,122,000 for 
operating expenses of the Coast Guard, instead of 
$4,305,456,000 as proposed by the House and $4,318,456,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Of the total amount provided, 
$340,000,000 is for defense-related activities, as proposed by 
the Senate, instead of $1,300,000,000 as proposed by the House.
      The following table summarizes the House and Senate's 
proposed adjustments to the Coast Guard's budget request and 
the final conference agreement:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         House Bill                    Senate Bill              Conference agreement
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget estimate...............................................                $4,153,456,000                $4,153,456,000                $4,153,456,000
Adjustments to the budget estimate:
Homeland security liaison billets.............................                    -4,094,000  ............................                    -4,094,000
Polar icebreaking reimbursement...............................                    -3,149,000  ............................                    -2,500,000
FECA/UCX......................................................                      -933,000  ............................                      -933,000
Response boat-small...........................................                   +10,000,000  ............................                    +7,000,000
Small boat station/command center readiness...................                   +10,000,000  ............................                    +8,000,000
Maritime SAR/personnel safety:
    FDRs/CVRs.................................................                    -2,700,000  ............................  ............................
    SCBA......................................................                    -1,115,000  ............................  ............................
VTIS Corpus Christi...........................................                    -3,600,000                    -3,600,000  ............................
High interest vessel control follow-on:
    Personnel support costs...................................                    -3,776,000  ............................                    -3,776,000
Maritime safety/security teams:
    WLB/WLM staffing..........................................                    -3,731,000  ............................                    -3,731,000
    New marine safety/security teams..........................                    -6,340,000  ............................  ............................
Security readiness and planning:..............................
    Attorneys/contract administrators.........................                    -2,162,000  ............................                    -2,162,000
Incident command system:
    Public affairs specialists................................                    -1,400,000  ............................                    -1,400,000
Marine Fire and Safety Association............................  ............................                      +312,000                      +312,000
AMSEA.........................................................  ............................                      +350,000                      +350,000
Maritime EO/IR sensors........................................  ............................                    +5,000,000                    +4,000,000
Oil spill prevention, 13th District...........................  ............................                    +1,600,000                    +1,600,000
Datum marker buoys............................................  ............................                    +1,000,000                    +1,000,000
Unspecified reduction.........................................  ............................                    -4,662,000  ............................
Denial of new user fee proposal...............................                  +165,000,000                  +165,000,000                  +165,000,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total recommended.......................................                 4,305,456,000                 4,318,456,000                 4,322,122,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Small boat station and command center readiness.--The 
bill includes language specifying that not less than 
$15,686,000 of additional funding shall be used to address 
readiness problems at the nation's small boat stations and 
associated command centers. This is the second year of a 
multiyear effort to restore the readiness level of these 
critical facilities. The conferees direct the Coast Guard to 
submit a five year operating and capital plan to address the 
readiness problems, including elements which appropriately 
allocate billets to cover on-board and planned staffing levels. 
The conferees request the U.S. General Accounting Office to 
review and certify that the additional funding provided in this 
bill is being used to supplement, and not supplant, the level 
of effort in fiscal year 2002.
      Limitation on flag officers.--The bill includes the 
limitation, proposed by the Senate, prohibiting the hire of 
more than 37 active duty flag officers during fiscal year 2003.
      Pier safety study.--As proposed by the House, the 
conferees direct the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Army 
Corps of Engineers, to conduct a study of pier safety, to be 
submitted within six months of enactment of this Act.
      Oil spill prevention, 13th District.--The conference 
agreement includes $1,600,000 for additional oil spill 
prevention activities in the Coast Guard 13th District, as 
proposed by the Senate. The Coast Guard is expected to consult 
fully with the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound, in making 
determinations on the scope and use of these funds.
      Great Lakes pilotage.--The conferees understand that the 
Coast Guard has before it a proposal to change the pilotage 
system on the Great Lakes. The conferees urge the Coast Guard 
to ensure that this proposal receives all due consideration, 
including public comment as appropriate and full review by the 
Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee.
      Polar icebreaking reimbursement.--The conferees agree to 
a reduction of $2,500,000 assuming higher reimbursements for 
polar icebreaking activities, instead of $3,149,000 as proposed 
by the House. The conferees agree that the entire reduction is 
to be taken from costs related to activities in the Antarctic 
region.

              ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

      The conference agreement includes $742,100,000 for 
acquisition, construction, and improvements instead of 
$725,000,000 as proposed by the House and $752,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes certain 
restrictions on the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, as 
proposed by the House and Senate. Consistent with past years 
and the House and Senate bills, the conference agreement 
distributes funds by budget activity. Further, the bill 
includes a contingent rescission relating to submission of the 
Capital Investment Plan to the Congress, as proposed by the 
Senate.
      A table showing the distribution of this appropriation by 
project, as included in the fiscal year 2003 budget estimate, 
House bill, Senate bill, and the conference agreement is as 
follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Conference
            Program Name               Budget estimate       House bill        Senate bill         agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vessels.............................         13,600,000         11,715,000         25,600,000         25,600,000
    Survey and design--cutters and              400,000            400,000            400,000            400,000
     boats..........................
    Seagoing buoy tender (WLB)                4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000
     replacement....................
    Polar class icebreaker                    2,200,000          2,200,000          2,200,000          2,200,000
     reliability improvement program
    41 foot utility boat replacement          4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000
    Alex Haley conversion project...          3,000,000                  0          3,000,000          3,000,000
    87-foot coastal patrol boat.....                  0                  0         12,000,000         12,000,000
    Shipboard contained breathing                     0          1,115,000                  0                  0
     apparatus (SCBA)...............
  Aircraft..........................                  0          2,700,000                  0          4,000,000
    FDRs/CVRs.......................                  0          2,700,000                  0                  0
    LTS-101 engine improvements.....                  0                  0                  0          4,000,000
Other Equipment.....................        117,700,000        114,200,000        132,700,000        121,300,000
    Ports and waterways safety                5,000,000          8,600,000          5,000,000          4,000,000
     system (PAWSS).................
    National distress system                 90,000,000         90,000,000         90,000,000         90,000,000
     modernization..................
    Defense message system                    2,100,000                  0          2,100,000          1,100,000
     implementation.................
    Global Maritime Distress and              2,200,000          2,200,000          2,200,000          2,200,000
     Safety System (GMDSS)..........
    Thirteenth district microwave             3,000,000          3,000,000          3,000,000          3,000,000
     modernization project..........
    Hawaii Rainbow communications             3,000,000          3,000,000          3,000,000          3,000,000
     system modernization...........
    High frequency recapitalization           2,000,000          2,000,000          2,000,000          2,000,000
     and modernization..............
    Prince William Sound WAN                  1,000,000          1,000,000          1,000,000          1,000,000
     replacement, AK................
    Security surveillance and                         0                  0         15,000,000         10,000,000
     protection.....................
    Maritime domain awareness                 9,400,000          4,400,000          9,400,000          5,000,000
     information management.........
Shore Facilities and Aids to                 28,700,000         31,385,000         48,700,000         50,200,000
 Navigation.........................
    Survey and design--shore                  2,500,000          5,500,000          2,500,000          4,000,000
     projects.......................
    Minor AC&I shore construction             4,900,000          4,900,000          4,900,000          4,900,000
     projects.......................
    Housing.........................          7,000,000          7,000,000          7,000,000          7,000,000
    Waterways ATON projects.........          4,900,000          4,900,000          4,900,000          4,900,000
    Consolidate Kodiak aviation               4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000
     support--Kodiak, AK............
    Rebuild ISC Seattle Pier 36--                     0                  0         16,000,000         16,000,000
     Phase 1........................
    Vessel pier facility--Cordova,                    0                  0          4,000,000          4,000,000
     AK.............................
    Construct new station--Manistee,          5,400,000          5,085,000          5,400,000          5,400,000
     MI.............................
Personnel and Related Support.......         65,000,000         65,000,000         65,000,000         63,000,000
    Direct personnel costs..........         64,500,000         64,500,000         64,500,000         62,500,000
    Retirement accrual costs \1\....                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Core acquisition costs..........            500,000            500,000            500,000            500,000
Integrated Deepwater Systems........        500,000,000        500,000,000        480,000,000        478,000,000
    Aircraft........................        138,200,000        138,200,000        135,200,000        164,300,000
    Surface ships...................        215,700,000        215,700,000        212,700,000        200,200,000
    C41SR...........................                  0                  0                  0         23,900,000
    Logistics.......................         71,600,000         16,600,000         66,600,000         19,900,000
    Shore facilities................                  0          7,200,000                  0          1,000,000
    System engineering and                            0         47,800,000                  0         43,700,000
     integration....................
    Other contracts.................         43,500,000         43,500,000         36,500,000  .................
    Government program management...         31,000,000         31,000,000         29,000,000         28,000,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total appropriation...........        725,000,000        725,000,000        752,000,000        742,100,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Excludes $10,846,000 in proposed retirement accural costs.

      LTS-101 engine.--The conference agreement includes 
$4,000,000 to enhance the reliability of the HH-65 LTS-101 
engine through the incorporation of FADEC system technology. 
The conferees continue to support continued evaluation of the 
Ariel engine by the Coast Guard, and do not intend that these 
funds undermine support or progress in that effort.
      Integrated deepwater systems.--The conference agreement 
includes $478,000,000 for the integrated deepwater systems 
(IDS) program, to be distributed as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Activity                                        Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aircraft..........................  .................       $164,300,000
    Maritime patrol aircraft......      (147,300,000)  .................
    VTOL unmanned air vehicle.....              (---)  .................
    Other contracts/legacy               (17,000,000)  .................
     sustainment..................
Surface...........................  .................        200,200,000
    National security cutter......      (132,800,000)  .................
    110-123 patrol boat upgrade...       (60,800,000)  .................
    Short range prosecutor........        (2,800,000)  .................
    Other contracts/legacy                (3,800,000)  .................
     sustainment..................
C4ISR.............................  .................         23,900,000
    270 foot cutter C4ISR upgrade.          (700,000)  .................
    210 foot cutter C4ISR upgrade.        (1,400,000)  .................
    378 foot cutter C4ISR upgrade.        (3,100,000)  .................
    Shore sites...................        (5,400,000)  .................
    Other contracts/legacy               (13,300,000)  .................
     sustainment..................
Logistics.........................  .................         17,900,000
    Integrated logistics support..       (16,900,000)  .................
    Shore sites...................        (1,000,000)  .................
Systems Engineering and             .................         43,700,000
 Integration......................
Government Program Management.....  .................         28,000,000
                                   -------------------------------------
      Total.......................  .................        478,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Maritime patrol aircraft.--Although the Coast Guard's 
budget request for the IDS program assumed the acquisition of 2 
maritime patrol aircraft in fiscal year 2003, recently the 
service announced a restructure of its funding plan which 
defers that acquisition. The conferees are surprised that, 
after a detailed planning phase lasting several years, the 
service's operational requirements and asset replacement plans 
could be so radically changed this early in the IDS contract. 
The conferees are not yet convinced that this change is in the 
best interest of the Coast Guard, and provide funding for these 
assets in line with the original budget request. Before the 
Coast Guard effectuates a change of this nature, the service is 
required to seek Congressional approval through the 
reprogramming process.
      IDS reprogramming procedures.--The conferees agree with 
reprogramming guidelines as proposed by the House except that 
programs, projects, and activities with a baseline of 
$5,000,000 or less may execute below threshold reprogrammings 
not to exceed 20 percent of the baseline amount. The baseline 
for all other PPAs shall be 10 percent. The distribution of 
funds table shown above shall serve as the reprogramming 
baseline for this program in fiscal year 2003.
      IDS compliance with the Buy American Act.--The bill 
includes a provision, as proposed by the House, clarifying that 
the IDS procurement program is subject to the terms and 
conditions of the Buy American Act. The conferees do not seek 
to amend that Act to apply content standards to individual 
components of vessels. By letter to the House Committee on 
Appropriations dated October 1, 2002, the Assistant Commandant 
for Acquisition stated that this language is considered by the 
service to be ``a restatement of [the Coast Guard's] 
obligations under existing law and not as an imposition of any 
additional legal requirements''.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
unobligated balances from ``Acquisition, construction, and 
improvements'' of $17,000,000. The Secretary is directed to 
advise the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the 
distribution of this rescission prior to its implementation.

                Environmental Compliance and Restoration

      The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for 
environmental compliance and restoration, as proposed by both 
the House and Senate.

                         Alteration of Bridges

      The conference agreement includes $17,200,000 for 
alteration of bridges deemed hazardous to marine navigation, 
instead of $17,000,000 proposed by the House and $14,000,000 
proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement distributes 
these funds as follows:
        Bridge and location                                       Amount
New Orleans, LA, Florida Ave RR/HW Bridge...............      $3,500,000
Brunswick, GA, Sidney Lanier HW Bridge..................       2,500,000
Mobile, AL, 14 Mile Bridge..............................       6,000,000
Charleston, SC, Limehouse Bridge........................       1,200,000
Morris, IL, EJ&E RR Bridge..............................       1,000,000
Galveston Causeway, Galveston, TX.......................       1,000,000
Chelsea Street Bridge, Boston, MA.......................       2,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      17,200,000

                              Retired Pay

      The conference agreement includes $889,000,000 for 
retired pay, as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                            Reserve Training

      The conference agreement includes $86,495,000 for reserve 
training.

               Research, Development, Test and Evaluation

      The conference agreement includes $22,000,000 for 
research, development, test, and evaluation as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $21,000,000 as proposed by the House. The 
conferees agree that, within the funds provided, $1,000,000 is 
for continued development, demonstration, and evaluation of 
engineered wood composites at Coast Guard facilities, including 
stations in Jonesport and Southwest Harbor, Maine, as proposed 
by the House, instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
Further, within the funds provided, $1,000,000 is for a pilot 
project to test automatic search and rescue spectral imaging 
technology for Coast Guard C-130 aircraft, instead of 
$2,500,000 proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 
includes $250,000 for a prototype observation system in the 
Lower Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, and $250,000 for research at 
the Coast Guard Fire Safety Test Detachment in Alabama, as 
proposed by the Senate.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               OPERATIONS

      The conference agreement includes $7,069,019,000 for 
operations of the Federal Aviation Administration, instead of 
$7,060,203,000 proposed by the House and $7,047,203,000 
proposed by the Senate. Of the total amount provided, 
$3,799,278,000 (53.7 percent) is to be derived from the airport 
and airway trust fund, as proposed by the Senate. Funds are 
distributed in the bill by budget activity, as proposed by the 
Senate. The bill maintains a prohibition on funds for 
aeronautical charting and cartography activities conducted by, 
or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund, as proposed 
by the House.
      The following table compares the conference agreement to 
the levels proposed in the House and Senate bills by budget 
activity:

                                  CONFERENCE AGREEMENT, FAA OPERATIONS, FY 2003
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Conference
                                                             House bill        Senate bill         agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air traffic services...................................     $6,038,090,000     $6,038,090,000     $6,038,090,000
    Accrual proposal...................................       -340,553,000       -340,553,000       -340,553,000
    Spring/summer 2003.................................         -3,250,000  .................         -1,750,000
    Operational evolution plan.........................        -11,116,000  .................         -9,616,000
    National airspace redesign.........................         -5,357,000  .................         -3,525,000
    National park air tour management plans............         -4,100,000  .................         -4,100,000
    Contract tower cost-sharing........................          6,000,000          6,000,000          6,000,000
    MARC...............................................          2,000,000  .................          2,000,000
    Training...........................................        -10,405,000  .................         -2,000,000
    NAS handoff........................................         70,000,000  .................         30,000,000
    Medallion program..................................  .................          1,500,000          1,500,000
    Unspecified reduction..............................  .................        -43,000,000  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................      5,741,309,000      5,662,037,000      5,716,046,000
                                                        ========================================================
Regulation and certification...........................        867,174,000        867,174,000        867,174,000
    Accrual proposal...................................        -33,207,000        -33,207,000        -33,207,000
    Safer skies........................................         -6,887,000  .................         -3,400,000
    International harmonization staff..................           -250,000  .................           -250,000
    Drug/alcohol compliance testing....................           -810,000  .................           -810,000
    Non-precision GPS approaches.......................  .................          1,500,000          1,500,000
    Inspector technical training.......................  .................          4,000,000          2,000,000
    Alien species action plan..........................  .................          3,000,000          3,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................        826,020,000        839,467,000        836,007,000
                                                        ========================================================
Civil aviation security................................          6,064,000          6,064,000          6,064,000
    Accrual proposal--former FAA employees.............         -6,064,000         -6,064,000         -6,064,000
    Aviation Security Advisory Committee...............            -60,000  .................  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................            -60,000                  0                  0
                                                        ========================================================
Research and acquisitions..............................        211,156,000        211,156,000        211,156,000
    Accrual proposal...................................         -3,556,000         -3,556,000         -3,556,000
    Contract management efficiencies...................                  0                  0         -2,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................        207,600,000        207,600,000        207,600,000
                                                        ========================================================
Commercial space transportation........................         12,569,000         12,569,000         12,569,000
    Accrual proposal...................................           -244,000           -244,000           -244,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................         12,325,000         12,325,000         12,325,000
                                                        ========================================================
Regions and center operations..........................         93,777,000         93,777,000         93,777,000
    Accrual proposal...................................        -11,585,000        -11,585,000        -11,585,000
    Restore proposed cut to base programs..............          1,200,000  .................          1,200,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................         83,392,000         82,192,000         83,392,000
                                                        ========================================================
Human resource management..............................         84,073,000         84,073,000         84,073,000
    Accrual proposal...................................         -3,813,000         -3,813,000         -3,813,000
    FECA administrative surcharge......................         -4,353,000  .................         -4,353,000
    HRIS deferral......................................         -4,600,000  .................          4,600,000
    Strategic alliances................................         -5,499,000  .................         -2,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................         65,808,000         80,260,000         69,307,000
                                                        ========================================================
Office of financial services...........................         49,992,000         49,992,000         49,992,000
    Accrual proposal...................................         -1,210,000         -1,210,000         -1,210,000
    Contracts management...............................         -2,000,000  .................  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................         46,782,000         48,782,000         48,782,000
                                                        ========================================================
Staff offices..........................................         89,425,000         89,425,000         89,425,000
    Accrual proposal...................................         -4,535,000         -4,535,000         -4,535,000
    Position review--assumed savings...................           -400,000  .................           -400,000
    Unspecified reduction..............................           -900,000  .................  .................
    Freeze open positions in policy/planning office....         -1,750,000  .................         -1,750,000
    Reduce office of system safety staffing............           -500,000  .................           -266,000
    International aviation offices overseas............            500,000  .................            500,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................         81,840,000         84,890,000         82,974,000
                                                        ========================================================
Office of information services.........................         29,650,000         29,650,000         29,650,000
                                                        ========================================================
  Accountwide adjustments:
    Staffing adjustment................................        -10,000,000  .................         -5,000,000
    Contract maintenance...............................        -21,258,000  .................        -10,000,000
    Travel.............................................         -1,064,000  .................         -1,064,000
    FAA/DOT Library TASC charges.......................         -2,141,000  .................         -1,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................        -34,463,000                  0        -17,064,000
                                                        ========================================================
        Total appropriation recommended................      7,060,203,000      7,047,203,000      7,069,019,000
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      Administration of potential shortfall due to essential 
air service transfer.--The conferees agree that the FAA 
Administrator has the flexibility to propose the use of funds 
in either the ``Operations'' or ``Facilities and equipment'' 
appropriations to address any shortfalls in essential air 
service funding for which FAA resources are required under 
existing law. The Administrator is directed to advise the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the appropriations 
and programs from which these funds would be drawn.
      Air traffic staffing budget.--The conferees agree that 
the report proposed by the House on allocation of the air 
traffic staffing shortfall is to be submitted to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 30 days after 
enactment of this Act.
      National Park air tour management plans.--In reducing 
this program by $4,100,000, the conferees do not intend to slow 
down the review and approval of air tour management plans. The 
reduction reflects a substantial delay in this program due to 
schedule slippage in issuance of the final rule.
      Drug/alcohol compliance testing.--In agreeing to the 
House's proposed reduction to this activity, the conferees do 
not intend to diminish the agency's level of effort in employee 
drug and alcohol testing. However, the agency has not yet 
demonstrated a link between identified problems in 
administration of this program and the need for additional 
resources. The conferees believe the identified problems can 
largely be addressed without additional resources at this time.
      Contract tower program.--The conference agreement 
includes $78,000,000 to fund the baseline contract tower 
program and $6,000,000 for the contract tower cost-sharing 
program. Consistent with current law and existing lease 
arrangements, the conferees direct FAA to continue reimbursing 
airports for space the agency utilizes at all contract tower 
locations previously staffed by the agency, including existing, 
newly constructed, and future replacement towers. The conferees 
commend those airports that are moving forward with replacing 
outdated towers. The conferees do not believe smaller airports 
should be compelled to provide FAA free space in replacement 
contract towers.

                        Facilities and Equipment

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement includes $2,981,022,000 for 
``Facilities and equipment'', as proposed by both the House and 
Senate. Of the total amount available, $404,655,240 is 
available for one year, and $2,576,366,760 is available for 
three years. The bill deletes a provision proposed by the 
Senate that would have provided a contingent rescission 
relating to submission of the FY 2004 Capital Investment Plan. 
This provision is no longer necessary, as the report has been 
submitted to the Congress.
      The following table provides a breakdown of the House and 
Senate bills and the conference agreement by program:

                                   Facilities and Equipment, Fiscal Year 2003
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Note: all figures in thousands
               ($000)                  Budget estimate       House bill        Senate bill         Conference
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Category 1: Improve Aviation Safety.         403,340.00         484,214.20         363,640.00         468,623.00
Terminal Business Unit..............         141,000.00         151,183.00         161,300.00         151,183.00
Aviation Weather Services                     23,440.00          23,440.00          23,440.00          23,440.00
 Improvements.......................
Low Level Windshear Alert System               1,600.00           1,600.00           1,600.00           1,600.00
 (LLWAS)--Upgrade...................
Aviation Safety Analysis System               21,700.00          15,000.00          21,700.00          15,000.00
 (ASAS).............................
Integrated Flight Quality Assurance              500.00             500.00             500.00             500.00
 (IFQA).............................
Safety Performance Analysis                    2,100.00           2,100.00           2,100.00           2,100.00
 Subsystem (SPAS)...................
Performance Enhancement Systems                2,600.00           2,600.00           2,600.00           2,600.00
 (PENS).............................
Safe Flight 21......................          29,800.00          40,000.00          32,800.00          40,000.00
Advanced Technology Development and           41,100.00          43,100.00          41,600.00          57,200.00
 Prototyping........................
Aircraft Related Equipment Program..          16,000.00          16,000.00          16,000.00          16,000.00
National Aviation Safety Data                  2,000.00           2,000.00           2,000.00           2,000.00
 Analysis Center (NASDAC)...........
Louisville, KY technology                          0.00          10,000.00               0.00          10,000.00
 demonstration......................
Explosive Detection Technology......         121,500.00         176,691.20          55,000.00         144,000.00
Volcano Monitoring..................  .................  .................           3,000.00           3,000.00
Category 2: Improve Effciency of the         914,185.50         879,885.30         895,951.50         816,780.30
 Air Traffic Control System.........
Terminal Business Unit..............         551,035.50         516,280.30         534,601.50         490,030.30
Aeronautical Data Link (ADL)                  33,200.00          33,200.00          29,700.00          29,700.00
 Applications.......................
Free Flight Phase 2.................         106,200.00         106,200.00          96,200.00          70,000.00
Air Traffic Management (ATM)........          13,000.00          13,000.00          13,000.00          13,000.00
Free Flight Phase 1.................          39,900.00          36,600.00          39,900.00          36,600.00
Automated Surface Observing System            12,100.00          12,755.00          12,100.00          12,100.00
 (ASOS).............................
Next Generation Very High Frequency           71,100.00          71,100.00          71,100.00          66,100.00
 Air/Ground Communications System
 (NEXCOM)...........................
En Route Automation Program.........          71,050.00          71,050.00          75,250.00          71,050.00
Weather and Radar Processor (WARP)..          13,600.00          13,600.00          13,600.00          13,600.00
Long Range Radar Sustainment........  .................  .................           7,500.00           7,500.00
ATOMS Local Area/Wide Area Network..           1,100.00           1,100.00           1,100.00           1,100.00
NAS Management Automation Program              1,900.00               0.00           1,900.00           1,000.00
 (NASMAP)...........................
New York Integrated Control Complex.               0.00           5,000.00               0.00           5,000.00
Category 3: Increase Capacity of the         353,500.00         394,875.00         400,384.00         432,975.00
 NAS................................
Navigation and Landing Aids.........         249,800.00         291,175.00         295,735.00         329,275.00
Oceanic Automation System...........          87,400.00          87,400.00          76,349.00          87,400.00
Gulf of Mexico Offshore Program.....           2,300.00           2,300.00           2,300.00           2.300.00
Voice Switching and Control System            14,000.00          14,000.00          14,000.00          14,000.00
 (VSCS).............................
Transponder Landing System..........  .................  .................          12,000.00               0.00
Category 4: Improve Reliability of           443,410.00         434,010.00         461,710.00         434,310.00
 the NAS............................
Guam Center Radar Approach Control             5,000.00           5,000.00           5,000.00           5,000.00
 (CERAP)--Relocate..................
Terminal Voice Switch Replacement/             6,200.00           6,200.00          17,200.00          14,200.00
 Enhanced TVS.......................
Airport Cable Loop Systems--                   4,000.00           4,000.00           5,500.00           5,500.00
 Sustained Support..................
En Route Automation Program.........         142,800.00         142,800.00         147,500.00         150,000.00
ARTCC Building Improvements/Plant             40,200.00          40,200.00          40,200.00          35,000.00
 Improvements.......................
Air Traffic Management (ATM)........          24,500.00          24,500.00          24,500.00          24,500.00
Critical Telecommunication Support..           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00
FAA Telecommunications                        46,600.00          46,600.00          46,600.00          42,000.00
 Infrastructure.....................
Air/Ground Communications                     22,800.00          22,800.00          22,800.00          22,800.00
 Infrastructure.....................
Voice Recorder Replacement Program             3,300.00           7,000.00           3,300.00           5,000.00
 (VRRP).............................
NAS Infrastructure Management System          29,100.00          16,000.00          29,100.00          16,000.00
 (NIMS).............................
Flight Service Station (FSS)                   5,700.00           5,700.00           5,700.00           5,700.00
 Modernization......................
FSAS Operational and Supportability           19,710.00          19,710.00          19,710.00          19,710.00
 Implementation System (OASIS)......
Weather Message Switching Center               2,000.00           2,000.00           2,000.00           2,000.00
 Replacement (WMSCR)................
Flight Service Station Switch                 13,200.00          13,200.00          13,200.00          13,200.00
 Modernization......................
Alaskan NAS Interfacility                      2,900.00           2,900.00           4,000.00           4,000.00
 Communications System (ANICS)......
Electrical Power Systems--Sustain/            50,700.00          50,700.00          50,700.00          45,000.00
 Support............................
NAS Recovery Communications (RCOM)..           9,400.00           9,400.00           9,400.00           9,400.00
Aeronautical Center Infrastructure            11,700.00          11,700.00          11,700.00          11,700.00
 Modernization......................
Frequency and Spectrum Engineering..           2,600.00           2,600.00           2,600.00           2,600.00
Category 5: Improve the Efficiency           444,019.50         436,919.55         436,769.51         413,678.51
 of Mission Support.................
NAS Improvement of System Support              2,700.00           2,700.00           2,700.00           2,700.00
 Laboratory.........................
Technical Center Facilities.........          12,000.00          12,000.00          12,000.00          12,000.00
Technical Center Building and Plant            3,000.00           3,000.00           3,000.00           3,000.00
 Support............................
En Route Communications and Control            1,057.95           1,058.00           1,307.95           1,307.95
 Facilities Improvements............
DOD/FAA Facilities Transfer.........           1,200.00           1,200.00           3,200.00           3,200.00
Terminal Communications--Improve....           1,249.30           1,249.30           1,249.30           1,249.30
Flight Service Facilities                      1,223.24           1,223.24           1,223.24           1,223.24
 Improvement........................
Navigation and Landing Aids--Improve           5,034.02           5,034.02           5,034.02           5,034.02
FAA Buildings and Equipment.........          11,000.00          11,000.00          11,000.00          11,000.00
Air Navigational Aids and ATC                  2,100.00           2,100.00           2,100.00           2,100.00
 Facilities (Local Projects)........
Computer Aided Engineering and                 2,800.00           2,800.00           2,800.00           2,800.00
 Graphics (CAEG) Modernization......
Information Technology Integration..           1,600.00           1,600.00           1,600.00           1,600.00
Operational Data Management System            10,300.00           3,000.00          10,300.00           3,000.00
 (ODMS).............................
Logistics Support Systems and                  9,300.00           5,000.00           5,000.00           5,000.00
 Facilities (LSSF)..................
Test Equipment--Maintenance Support            1,700.00           1,700.00           1,700.00           1,700.00
 for Replacement....................
Facility Security Risk Management...          37,300.00          25,000.00          37,300.00          25,000.00
Information Security................          13,291.00          13,291.00          13,291.00           8,000.00
Distance Learning...................           1,300.00           1,300.00           1,300.00           1,300.00
National Airspace System (NAS)                 2,300.00           2,300.00           2,300.00           2,300.00
 Training Facilities................
System Engineering and Development            25,800.00          25,800.00          25,800.00          23,800.00
 Support............................
Program Support Leases..............          38,400.00          38,400.00          38,400.00          36,400.00
Logistics Support Services (LLS)....           7,500.00           7,500.00           7,500.00           7,500.00
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center--           14,600.00          14,600.00          14,600.00          14,600.00
 Leases.............................
In-Plant NAS Contract Support                  2,900.00           2,900.00           2,900.00           2,900.00
 Services...........................
Transition Engineering Support......          39,000.00          37,000.00          37,000.00          35,000.00
FAA Corporate Systems Architecture..           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00
Technical Support Services Contract           46,700.00          46,700.00          44,700.00          41,700.00
 (TSSC).............................
Resource Tracking Program (RTP).....           3,700.00           3,700.00           2,500.00           2,500.00
Center for Advanced Aviation System           81,364.00          81,364.00          81,364.00          81,364.00
 Development........................
Operational Evolution Plan..........           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00
NAS Facilites OSHA and Environmental          32,600.00          28,400.00          32,600.00          28,400.00
 Standards Compliance...............
Fuel Storage Tank Replacement and              8,500.00           8,500.00           8,500.00           8,500.00
 Monitoring.........................
Hazardous Materials Management......          20,500.00          20,500.00          20,500.00          20,500.00
Research Aircraft Replacement.......               0.00          25,000.00               0.00          15,000.00
Unspecified.........................               0.00          -2,000.00               0.00               0.00
Category 6: PCB&T Only..............         441,118.00         421,118.00         422,567.00         404,655.24
Personnel and Related Expenses......         441,118.00         421,118.00         422,567.00         404,655.24
Category 7: Accountwide Adjustments.               0.00         -70,000.00  .................          10,000.00
NAS Handoff--Transfer to Operating                 0.00         -70,000.00  .................          10,000.00
 Expenses...........................
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals..........................       2,999,573.00       2,981,022.05       2,981,022.01       2,981,022.05
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Terminal business unit.--The conference agreement 
provides $641,213,304 for activities of the terminal business 
unit. The following table compares the conference agreement to 
the budget estimate and the House and Senate proposals:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Budget                                        Conference
                Budget line 1A01:                    estimate       House bill      Senate bill      agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEXRAD upgrade..................................      $9,100,000      $9,100,000      $9,100,000      $9,100,000
Terminal doppler weather radar..................       7,700,000       5,700,000       7,700,000       5,700,000
ASDE............................................      10,000,000      10,000,000      10,000,000      10,000,000
AMASS...........................................      21,700,000      14,583,000      21,700,000      14,583,000
Weather systems processor.......................       2,200,000       2,200,000       2,200,000       2,200,000
ASDE-X..........................................      90,300,000     109,600,000     104,600,000     109,600,000
Safety and security activities..................  ..............  ..............       6,000,000  ..............
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................................     141,000,000     151,183,000     161,300,000     151,183,000
  Budget line 2A01:
Terminal automation program (STARS).............     166,000,000     151,200,000     158,700,000     155,000,000
ATCBI-6.........................................      47,100,000      35,000,000      35,000,000      28,000,000
ATC en route radar facilities improvements......       3,000,000       3,000,000       3,000,000       3,000,000
Terminal ATC facilties replacement..............     108,600,000     124,100,000     103,566,000     119,550,000
ATC/TRACON facilities improvement...............      52,755,192      44,000,000      44,000,000      44,000,000
Potomac TRACON..................................       2,700,000       2,700,000       2,700,000       2,700,000
Northern California TRACON......................         200,000         200,000         200,000         200,000
Dallas/Fort Worth TRACON........................       1,600,000       1,600,000       1,600,000       1,600,000
Terminal digital radar (ASR-11).................     123,400,000      80,000,000      90,000,000      80,000,000
ASR-9 SLEP......................................      23,000,000      23,000,000      15,500,000      20,000,000
Mode S provide..................................       3,000,000       3,000,000       3,000,000       3,000,000
Terminal applied engineering....................       8,200,000       4,000,000       4,000,000       4,000,000
Precision runway monitors.......................       1,000,000      19,000,000      18,000,000      18,500,000
Houston area air traffic system.................       6,000,000       6,000,000       6,000,000       6,000,000
Terminal ASR improvements.......................       1,380,304       1,380,304       1,380,304       1,380,304
PCS moves.......................................       3,100,000       3,100,000       3,100,000       3,100,000
Transponder landing system (TLS)................               0      15,000,000  ..............  ..............
Unspecified.....................................  ..............  ..............      44,855,192  ..............
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................................     551,035,496     516,280,304     534,601,496     490,030,304
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      Terminal air traffic control facilities replacement.--The 
conference agreement provides $119,550,000 for this program. 
Funds shall be distributed as follows:

                                                              Conference
                                                               agreement
Las Vegas McCarran International, NV....................      $3,500,000
Provo Municipal, UT.....................................         800,000
St. Louis Downtown, MO..................................       2,500,000
North Bend Municipal, OR................................       1,000,000
Reno/Tahoe International, NV............................       4,500,000
Chippewa Valley Regional, WI............................       6,000,000
Wittman Regional, WI....................................       4,000,000
Double Eagle II, NM.....................................       1,900,000
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, MI..............................       1,500,000
Columbia Metropolitan, SC...............................       1,500,000
Missoula, MT............................................       1,500,000
Columbus, MS............................................       1,250,000
Pago Pago, American Samoa...............................         175,000
Baltimore, MD...........................................       2,088,581
Dulles International, VA................................         600,000
Deer Valley, AZ.........................................         803,196
Memphis, TN.............................................       1,147,000
Portland, OR (Tracon)...................................       5,500,000
Addison Field, TX.......................................       5,700,000
Reno, NV................................................       8,349,000
Fort Wayne, IN..........................................       3,539,000
Newport News, VA........................................       6,400,000
LaGuardia, NY...........................................       9,460,000
St. Louis, MO (Tracon)..................................       1,500,000
Corpus Christi, TX......................................         700,000
Beaumont, TX............................................       1,000,000
Seattle, WA.............................................         550,000
Seattle, WA (Tracon)....................................       4,782,701
Salina, KS..............................................         500,000
Newark, NJ..............................................       3,000,000
Port Columbus, OH.......................................       2,100,000
Grand Canyon, AZ........................................         255,898
Savannah, GA............................................         919,190
Newburgh, NY............................................       2,065,000
Richmond, VA............................................         550,000
Vero Beach, FL..........................................         878,775
Everett, WA.............................................         925,000
Roanoke, VA.............................................         550,000
Merrimack, NH (BCT).....................................       4,700,000
Phoenix, AZ.............................................      14,107,919
Manchester, NH..........................................         943,609
Wilkes Barre, PA........................................       2,000,000
Topeka, KS..............................................       1,690,131
Billings, MT............................................       2,120,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     119,550,000

      Precision runway monitors.--The conferees understand the 
City of Cleveland is seeking reimbursement of approximately 
$500,000 for costs related to installation of a precision 
runway monitor in this location. The conferees encourage FAA to 
place a high priority on the city's request in its allocation 
of funding provided in this bill.
      Transponder landing system.--The conference agreement for 
this program shall be distributed as follows:

                                                              Conference
        Location                                               agreement
Minden-Tahoe Airport, NV................................      $2,000,000
Elko Airport, NV........................................       2,000,000
Omak Airport, WA........................................       2,000,000
Richland Airport, WA....................................       2,000,000
Truckee Tahoe Airport, CA...............................       2,000,000
Driggs Reed Memorial, ID................................       2,000,000
Sandpoint Airport, ID...................................       2,000,000
LaGrande/Union County, OR...............................       2,000,000
William H. Morse Airport, VT............................       2,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      18,000,000

      Safe flight 21.--The conference agreement includes 
$18,600,000 for the Ohio River Valley Project, $19,900,000 for 
Project Capstone, and $1,500,000 for the development of ADS-B 
standards, as proposed by the House.
      Advanced technology development and prototyping.--The 
conference agreement includes $57,200,000 for advanced 
technology development and prototyping. The following table 
compares the conference agreement to the House and Senate bills 
by budget activity:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Conference
                                                             House bill        Senate bill         agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Runway incursion.......................................         $6,700,000         $6,700,000         $6,700,000
Aviation system capacity improvement...................          4,000,000          6,300,000          5,150,000
Separation standards...................................          2,200,000          2,200,000          2,200,000
Airspace management laboratory.........................          4,600,000          4,600,000          4,600,000
GA/vertical flight technology..........................          1,000,000          1,000,000          1,000,000
Operational concept validation.........................  .................          2,500,000          1,250,000
Software engineering...................................          1,000,000          1,000,000          1,000,000
NAS requirements development...........................  .................          3,000,000  .................
WAAS...................................................          3,100,000          3,100,000          3,100,000
LAAS...................................................          2,800,000          2,800,000          2,800,000
Domestic RVSM..........................................          4,200,000          2,200,000          4,200,000
Development system assurance...........................  .................          2,700,000          2,700,000
Safer skies............................................  .................          3,000,000          2,000,000
Alkali-silica reactivity study.........................          1,000,000  .................          1,000,000
ROWS--Gulfport-Biloxi Airport, MS......................  .................            500,000            500,000
Airfield improvement program...........................  .................          2,000,000          2,000,000
Wind/weather research, Juneau, AK......................  .................          5,500,000          5,500,000
Phased array radar technology..........................          3,000,000  .................          2,000,000
Airport research.......................................          7,500,000  .................          7,500,000
Fogeye.................................................          2,000,000  .................          2,000,000
Unspecified............................................  .................         -7,500,000  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
    Total..............................................         43,100,000         41,600,000         57,200,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      En route automation.--The conferees agree that, within 
the funds provided for this program, $15,000,000 is for the 
Initial Academy Training System. The Senate proposed 
$16,900,000 for this project.
      Automated surface observing system.--The conferees agree 
that, within the funds provided for this program, $400,000 is 
for an automated weather sensor system at Driggs-Reed Memorial 
Airport, ID and $130,000 is for an automated weather observing 
system with thunderstorm protection at Springfield Municipal 
Airport, OH.
      Navigation and landing aids.--The conferees provide 
$329,275,000 for navigation and landing aids.
      The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for 
navigation aids and equipment at Nikolski Airport in Alaska. 
The conferees encourage FAA to assist the local community and 
airport officials in determining the appropriate equipment to 
be installed. The following table compares the conference 
agreement to the House and Senate bills by budget activity:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Conference
                                                             House bill        Senate bill         agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Local area augmentation system.........................        $55,800,000  .................        $50,000,000
Wide area augmentation system..........................         98,900,000         98,900,000         98,900,000
VOR/DME................................................          2,200,000  .................          2,200,000
ALSIP..................................................         17,575,000         29,755,000         33,375,000
ILS establishment......................................         53,500,000         36,180,000         57,600,000
Runway visual range....................................         13,000,000  .................         13,000,000
DME sustain............................................          2,100,000  .................          2,100,000
NDB sustain............................................          1,200,000  .................          1,200,000
Visual navaids (PAPI/REIL).............................          8,900,000  .................          8,900,000
VASI replace with PAPI.................................          6,300,000  .................          6,300,000
IAPA...................................................          3,700,000  .................          3,700,000
Navigation & landing aids--SLEP........................          3,000,000  .................          3,000,000
Loran-C................................................         25,000,000         21,000,000         25,000,000
Nationwide differential GPS............................  .................          6,000,000          6,000,000
Transponder landing system (TLS).......................  .................         12,000,000         18,000,000
Unspecified............................................  .................        103,900,000  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
    Total..............................................        291,175,000        307,735,000        329,275,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Approach lighting system improvement program.--The 
conference agreement for this program shall be distributed as 
follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Conference
            Location                      Item             agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Items in budget estimate........  Various............         $3,200,000
Jackson Airport, KY.............  Lighting...........            175,000
Somerset Airport, KY............  Runway lighting....            500,000
Bowman Field, KY................  Airfield lighting..            500,000
MALSR acquisition...............  MALSR acquisition..          5,000,000
MALSR installation (backlog)....  MALSR installation.          5,000,000
PAPI acquisition................  PAPI acquisition...          2,000,000
ALSF-2 acquisition..............  ALSF-2 acquisition.          2,000,000
Newark Intl, NJ.................  PAPI installation              100,000
                                   runway 22L.
Auburn-Opelika, AL..............  MALSR..............          1,500,000
Reno-Stead, NV..................  MALSR..............          2,000,000
Baton Rouge, LA.................  MALSR..............            600,000
Cleveland Hopkins Intl, OH......  MALSR runway 24L...            400,000
North Little Rock, AR...........  MALSR..............            400,000
Alaska statewide rural airports,  ...................         10,000,000
 AK.
                                 ---------------------------------------
    Total.......................  ...................         33,375,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Acquisition of precision approach path indicator lighting 
systems.--The conferees emphasize that funding provided under 
the Approach Lighting System Improvement Program for nationwide 
acquisition of precision approach path indicator (PAPI) 
lighting systems shall be used specifically for the purchase of 
additional PAPI systems, to keep the production line 
operational for future procurements.
      Medium approach lighting system replacement.--The 
conferees agree with Senate language recommending that FAA 
continue to procure the latest equipment that has been approved 
for use in the national airspace system.
      Alaska statewide rural airport lighting.--The conferees 
designate this as an item of special Congressional interest. 
The $10,000,000 in this line may not be reprogrammed without 
prior Congressional approval.
      En route communications and control facilities 
improvements.--The conferees agree that, within the funds 
provided for this program, $250,000 shall be for a remote 
communications outlet at the Keokuk, IA Airport.
      Instrument landing system establishment.--The conference 
agreement for this program shall be distributed as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Conference
            Location                      Item             agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Items in budget estimate........  Various............        $23,500,000
National ILS replacement program  Various............          6,650,000
Richard Arthur-Fayette Field, AR  Install ILS........            500,000
Stuttgart Municipal, AR.........  Purchase and                 2,000,000
                                   install ILS.
Plymouth Municipal, MA..........  Install ILS on                 600,000
                                   runway 06.
Lambert St. Louis Intl, MO......  Navigation aids....          3,000,000
Cincinnati/N. Kentucky..........  Navigation aids for          3,000,000
                                   new runway.
Pangborn Memorial, WA...........  Install ILS........          2,000,000
Winder Barrow Airport, GA.......  Purchase and                 3,000,000
                                   install ILS.
LaGuardia International, NY.....  Purchase/install               800,000
                                   glideslope.
Talladega Municipal, AL.........  Purchase/install             1,500,000
                                   ILS.
Mena Intermountain Regional, AR.  Install,Localizer/             750,000
                                   Gldslp; NDB; OM.
Napa County Airport, CA.........  Install glideslope.            800,000
Hawyard (Sawyer Cty), WI........  Purchase/install             2,000,000
                                   ILS.
Robert Gray AAF, TX.............  Purchase/install             1,400,000
                                   ILS.
Olive Branch Airport, MS........  ...................            500,000
Reno/Tahoe International, NV....  ...................          1,200,000
Wasilla Airport, AK.............  ...................            800,000
Central Illinois Regional, IL...  Upgrade ILS to cat           3,000,000
                                   II, runway 20.
Somerset Airport, KY............  DME and glideslope.            600,000
                                 ---------------------------------------
    Total recommended...........  ...................         57,600,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Runway visual range.--Of funds provided above the budget 
estimate for runway visual range, $5,000,000 is for the new 
generation RVR system and $800,000 is for installation of a 
runway visual range visibility instrument at Westchester County 
Airport in New York, as proposed by the House.
      Gallatin Field Airport, MT--The conferees are concerned 
about potential safety risks associated with the lack of radar 
coverage at Gallatin Field Airport in Bozeman, Montana, an 
airport whose enplanements and operations are growing. The 
conferees encourage the Administrator to expand the current 
multilateration surveillance evaluation to include airspace 
traffic activity at Gallatin Field and the surrounding areas. 
The conferees further encourage the Administrator to enter into 
a cost-sharing agreement with Gallatin Field to provide this 
evaluation.
      Static transfer switches.--The conferees commend FAA for 
awarding a contract to procure static transfer switches for en 
route facilities. The static transfer switch enables air 
traffic control centers to switch to back-up power systems 
quickly enough to prevent computers from ``crashing'', and 
replaces equipment that lacks this important capability. The 
conferees direct the FAA to utilize expeditiously the funding 
provided for these switches.

                        Facilities and Equipment

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
unobligated balances from ``Facilities and equipment'' of 
$20,000,000. The Secretary is directed to advise the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on the distribution of this 
rescission prior to its implementation.

                 Research, Engineering, and Development

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement provides $148,450,000 for 
research, engineering, and development instead of $138,000,000 
as proposed by the House and $124,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The following table compares the conference agreement 
to the budget estimate and the House and Senate bills by budget 
activity:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Conference
               Program                 Budget Estimate       House Bill        Senate Bill         agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Improve Aviation Safety:
  Reduce commercial aviation
   fatalities:
    Fire research and safety........         $6,429,000         $5,500,000         $6,429,000         $6,429,000
    Propulsion and fuel systems.....          3,998,000          5,998,000          4,998,000          5,998,000
    Advanced materials/structural             1,374,000          1,374,000          1,374,000          1,374,000
     Safety.........................
    Flight safety/atmospheric                 3,101,000          6,000,000          4,101,000          5,000,000
     hazards........................
    Aging aircraft..................         20,974,000         19,131,000         20,974,000         20,974,000
    Aircraft catastrophic failure             1,920,000          1,920,000          1,920,000          1,920,000
     Prevention.....................
    Flightdeck safety/systems                 8,411,000          8,411,000          8,411,000          8,411,000
     Integration....................
  Reduce general aviation
   fatalities:
    Propulsion and fuel systems.....          1,713,000          1,713,000          1,713,000          1,713,000
    Advanced materials/structural             1,679,000          1,679,000          1,679,000          1,679,000
     Safety.........................
    Flight safety/atmospheric                 1,329,000          1,329,000          1,329,000          1,329,000
     hazards........................
    Aging aircraft..................          5,243,000         10,243,000          5,243,000          9,243,000
    Flightdeck safety/systems                 2,000,000          2,000,000          2,000,000          2,000,000
     Integration....................
  Aviation System Safety:
    Aviation safety risk analysis...          6,926,000          5,784,000          6,926,000          6,926,000
    ATC/AF human factors............         10,317,000          8,098,000         10,317,000          8,035,000
    Aeromedical research............          6,603,000          6,603,000          6,603,000          6,603,000
    Weather research................         19,406,000         19,406,000         19,406,000         21,906,000
  Improve Efficiency of the ATC
   System:
    Weather research efficiency.....          9,099,000          6,000,000         12,099,000         12,099,000
    Reduce Environmental Impacts:
    Environment and energy..........          7,698,000         22,100,000          2,698,000         22,100,000
  Improve Mission Efficiency:
    System planning and resource              1,459,000          1,000,000          1,459,000          1,000,000
     Management.....................
    Technical laboratory facilities.          6,455,000          6,455,000          6,455,000          6,455,000
    Strategic partnerships..........            610,000                  0            610,000                  0
  Accountwide Adjustments:
    CSRS/FEHBP accruals.............         -2,744,000         -2,744,000         -2,744,000         -2,744,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................       $124,000,000       $138,000,000       $124,000,000       $148,450,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Propulsion and fuel systems.--Of the funds provided for 
propulsion and fuel systems, $1,000,000 is for the Specialty 
Metals Processing Consortium and $1,000,000 is for research 
into aviation grade ethanol fuels.
      Aging aircraft.--Of the funds provided for aging 
aircraft, $4,000,000 is for flight safety research equipment at 
the National Institute for Aviation Research, instead of 
$5,000,000 as proposed by the House.
      Weather research safety.--Of the funds provided for 
weather research safety, $4,000,000 is to continue research 
into wake turbulence using pulsed laser Doppler radar 
technology, instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Weather research efficiency.--Of the funds provided for 
weather research efficiency, $4,000,000 is for wake turbulence 
research to expedite the development of new standards and 
procedures, instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Environment and energy.--Of the funds provided for 
environment and energy, $850,000 is for a study of the 
effectiveness of current research in aircraft noise reduction 
technology, to be conducted by the Louisville Regional Airport 
Authority, as proposed by the House. In addition, $15,000,000 
is provided to speed up the introduction of lower noise 
aircraft technologies, as proposed by the House. Within the 
funding provided, FAA is directed to conduct, in concert with 
an affected airport, a further study of low frequency aircraft 
noise. The flaws identified with the previous low frequency 
noise impact study should be corrected with this follow-on 
study.
      Resistance-based polymer sensing.--The conferees support 
the FAA's efforts to promote safety in all aspects of air 
transportation, and especially in such areas as leak detection, 
cargo monitoring, and discriminatory fire warning systems. The 
conferees are aware of ultra-lightweight, low-cost, low-power, 
accurate, and network-able sensing technology enabled by 
resistance-based polymer composites. The conferees encourage 
the FAA to review the potential of these new technologies for a 
variety of safety-related applications.

                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement includes a liquidating cash 
appropriation of $3,100,000,000, as proposed by the House and 
the Senate.
      Obligation limitation.--The conferees agree to an 
obligation limitation of $3,400,000,000 for the ``Grants-in-aid 
for airports'' program as proposed by the House and Senate. 
This is the amount mandated by Public Law 106-181.
      Administration.--The conference agreement includes a 
limitation on administrative expenses of $63,620,000 instead of 
$62,820,000 as proposed by the House and $81,049,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree that airport-
related research shall continue to be funded under ``Facilities 
and equipment, advanced technology development and 
prototyping''. The conference agreement distributes funding as 
follows:

        Activity                                                  Amount
FY02 base amount........................................     $57,050,000
Mandatory adjustments...................................       2,647,000
Discretionary adjustments:
    Advisory circular contract..........................       1,350,000
    Airport financial report. syst......................         500,000
    PFC program analysis................................         300,000
    Environmental streamlining..........................       1,773,000
      Total.............................................      63,620,000

      Small community air service development pilot program.--
The bill includes $20,000,000 under the obligation limitation 
to continue the small community air service development pilot 
program, as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed a 
similar amount for this program in a separate appropriation. 
This is consistent with actions taken in fiscal year 2002.
      Westchester County Airport improvements, NY.--In the 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, 
$5,000,000 was provided for the central de-icing facility at 
Westchester County Airport in New York. The conferees agree 
that this funding shall be reprioritized for all eligible 
aviation projects at Westchester County Airport.
      High priority projects.-- Of the funds covered by the 
obligation limitation in this bill, the conferees direct FAA to 
provide not less than the following funding levels, out of 
available resources, for the following projects in the 
corresponding amounts. The conferees agree that state 
apportionment funds may be construed as discretionary funds for 
the purposes of implementing this provision, consistent with 
the practice begun in fiscal year 2001. To the maximum extent 
possible, the administrator is directed to ensure that the 
airport sponsors for these projects first use available 
entitlement funds to finance these projects. The conferees 
further direct that the specific funding allocated below shall 
not diminish or prejudice the application of a specific airport 
or geographic region to receive other AIP discretionary grants 
or multiyear letters of intent.

                                           AIP HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Airport                                 Project Description                   Conference
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akutan Airport..............................  Runway Improvements and access road.........            $4,000,000
Barter Island Dew Airport (Kaktovik)........  Passenger Terminal..........................             2,000,000
Juneau International Airport................  Snow Removal and other improvements.........             3,000,000
Kodiak Airport..............................  Various Improvements........................             2,000,000
Palmer Municipal Airport....................  Various Improvements........................             1,000,000
Petersburg Airport..........................  Runway Apron & Various improvements.........             4,000,000
Blackwell Field Airport.....................  Land Acquisition for Runway Extension.......             2,000,000
City of Hartselle (Roundtree Field).........  Apron expansion.............................               280,000
Fairhope Municipal..........................  Runway replacement; convert runway to                    1,500,000
                                               taxiway.
Lawrence County Airport.....................  Runway 13/31 rehabilitation.................               900,000
Madison County Executive Airport............  Security fencing, drainage imps;; land                   1,500,000
                                               acquis;; taxiway.
Mobile Downtown (Brookley Field)............  Runway Rehabilitation.......................             2,000,000
Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field)........  Terminal Construction.......................             2,500,000
Richard Arthur-Fayette Field................  Improve and extend runway...................             1,000,000
Shelby County Airport.......................  Land Acquisition, Runway & Taxiway..........             2,000,000
Centre-Piedmont-Cherokee Regional...........  Master Plan and land acquisition............             2,000,000
Batesville Regional Airport.................  Install localizer, DME; runway lighting;                   800,000
                                               relocate hangers.
Northwest Arkansas Regional.................  Airport Expansion...........................             2,500,000
Deer Valley Airport.........................  Various improvements........................               800,000
Williams Gateway Airport....................  Construct north ramp taxiway................             1,275,000
Fresno Yosemite International Airport.......  Runway rehabilitation; redesign; access                    800,000
                                               control system.
Imperial Valley Regional....................  Cargo airport feasibility study.............               400,000
Little River Airport Mendocino County.......  Land acquisition............................               175,000
Meadows Field Airport.......................  Terminal master plan; runway extension......             1,700,000
San Bernardino International................  Runway repair and replacement...............             1,000,000
San Francisco International Airport.........  Various improvements........................             5,000,000
Southern California Logistics Airport.......  Engine run-up area..........................             1,500,000
Stockton Metropolitan.......................  Cargo apron on north side of runway 11L/29R.             1,300,000
Georgetown Air Services Airport.............  Security Improvements.......................               100,000
New Castle County Airport...................  Digital Video Recording System..............               150,000
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International......  Develop and design automated people mover...               500,000
Inverness and Crystal River Airports........  Security improvements.......................               600,000
Miami International Airport.................  Apron replacement for parking; security                  1,000,000
                                               enhancements.
Orlando International Airport...............  Wildlife Attractants Project................             4,000,000
Orlando Sanford Airport.....................  Extension of runway 9R/27L..................             1,000,000
Bush Field Airport..........................  New Terminal, Access & Parking..............             1,000,000
Cherokee County Airport.....................  Runway extension and parallel taxiway.......             1,500,000
Glynco Jetport Terminal.....................  Modernize facility for operations and                    2,000,000
                                               security needs.
Council Bluffs Airport......................  Land Acquisition, Runway....................             1,000,000
Eastern Iowa Airport........................  Rehabilitation of taxiways and general                   1,000,000
                                               aviation apron.
Fairfield Municipal Airport.................  Runway & Taxiway............................               500,000
Mason City Municipal........................  Reconstruct primary runway (17/35)..........             2,000,000
Ottumwa Industrial Airport..................  Partial parallel taxiway to runway end 31...             1,000,000
Freeport Albertus Airport...................  Airport Improvement Projects................             1,750,000
Greater Rockford Airport....................  Airport Improvement Projects................             1,750,000
Quad City Airport/Moline....................  Airport Improvement Projects................               750,000
Gary/Chicago Airport........................  Bituminous overlay for runway                            1,100,000
                                               rehabilitation; apron expansion.
Wichita Mid-Continent.......................  Construct parallel runway and connecting                 3,000,000
                                               taxiways.
Barkley Regional Airport....................  Runway Extension, Various improvements......             3,700,000
Blue Grass Field............................  Expansion of air carrier ramp...............               739,800
Bowman Field................................  Reconstruct taxiway and apron...............             1,500,000
Hawesville-Hancock County...................  Design/construct runway.....................             1,000,000
Hazard Airport..............................  Runway extension............................             2,000,000
Henderson City/County Airport...............  Taxiway relocation..........................               850,000
Madison County Airport......................  Runway safety area improvement..............               450,000
Marion/Crittendon County Airport............  Engineering for phase 1 development;                       800,000
                                               escavation.
Mt. Sterling-Montgomery Airport.............  Parallel taxiway............................               500,000
Princeton/Caldwell County Airport...........  Runway Extension............................               750,000
Rowan County Airport........................  Master plan, environmental, grade and drain.             2,000,000
Somerset Airport............................  Runway extension and runway overlay.........             1,350,000
Tri-County Northern Regional Airport........  Various improvements........................               350,000
Williamsburg/Whitley County Airport.........  Grade and pave for new airport..............             2,000,000
Armstrong International Airport.............  Airfield safety improvements; other                      1,000,000
                                               improvements.
Houma-Terrebone.............................  Runway upgrades.............................             2,000,000
Monroe Regional Airport.....................  Terminal....................................               725,000
Ryan Field Baton Rouge Airport..............  Various improvements, Language..............             1,000,000
Shreveport Regional Airport.................  Runway, Noise, Cargo........................             4,000,000
Slidell Municipal...........................  Airport taxiway reconstruction..............                500,00
Cherry Capital Airport......................  Terminal Construction.......................             2,000,000
Oakland International.......................  Noise mitigation activities.................             2,000,000
Minneapolis St. Paul........................  Deicing pad for runway 12R..................             6,000,000
Joplin Airport..............................  Environmental assessment and design--new                   810,000
                                               terminal.
Kennett Memorial Airport....................  New runway construction.....................             2,000,000
Lewis County Airport........................  Hangar Projects.............................               900,000
Springfield/Branson.........................  Design for new midfield terminal............             3,000,000
Washington Memorial Airport.................  Runway Project..............................               150,000
Gulfport-Biloxi Airport.....................  Terminal Expansion & Security...............             4,250,000
Houston Municipal Airport...................  Various improvements........................               600,000
Bert Mooney Airport.........................  Various improvements........................               750,000
Great Falls International Airport...........  Category III Upgrades.......................             2,000,000
Helena Regional Airport.....................  Facility Modernization......................             1,250,000
Missuola International Airport..............  Master Plan, Runway, Land...................             4,000,000
Andrews-Murphy Airport......................  Runway extension; taxiway and RSA; land                    200,000
                                               acquisition 1,.
Anson County................................  Various improvements........................             1,500,000
Concord Regional Airport....................  Runway Ext., Land Acquisition...............             2,000,000
Johnson County Airport......................  Wetland mitigation; construction of extended             1,000,000
                                               RSA.
Macon County Airport........................  Runway extension EIS, design, and                          900,000
                                               preliminary engineering.
Monroe Municipal Lincoln County.............  Security fencing............................               300,000
Morgantown Lenoir Airport...................  Partial parallel taxiways; widen/overlay                 1,000,000
                                               runway.
Statesville Municipal Airport...............  Land acquisition; design/build runway                    1,000,000
                                               extension; install ILS.
Bismark Municipal Airport...................  Terminal Replacement........................             5,000,000
Central Nebraska Regional Airport...........  Taxiway & Runwawy...........................             4,400,000
Newark International Airport................  Engineering studies/EIS for installation of              1,000,000
                                               LDA w/glideslope.
Dona Ana County Airport.....................  Runway and Taxiway..........................             1,000,000
Reno Stead Airport..........................  Runway and Taxiway..........................             2,000,000
Reno/Tahoe International Airport............  Taxiway, Runway.............................             2,000,000
Hancock International.......................  Various equipment improvements..............               100,000
Niagara Falls International Airport.........  Rehabilitate apron; access improvements;                   650,000
                                               hanger demolition.
Plattsburgh International...................  Construct terminal; rehabilitate hangers....             2,000,000
Akron-Canton Regional.......................  Design and construction of terminal                      4,000,000
                                               expansion.
Cincinnati Municipal (Lunken Field).........  Security fencing............................               150,000
Cleveland Hopkins...........................  Install navaids; noise mitigation; security              1,000,000
                                               upgrades; lighting.
Port Columbus International.................  Various improvements........................             1,150,000
Rickenbacker International..................  Rehabilitation/expansion of air cargo                    4,000,000
                                               aircraft parking.
Toledo Express Airport......................  Construction of aircraft parking apron;                  2,000,000
                                               security enhancements.
Bartlesville Municipal Airport..............  Runway, Safety Area.........................             1,500,000
Davis Field Airport.........................  Rehabilitate runway 13-31...................               750,000
Connellsville Airport.......................  Runway extension; acquisition; other                     2,000,000
                                               improvements.
Erie International..........................  Runway Extension............................             2,000,000
Jimmy Stewart Airport.......................  Construct new, longer runway................             1,000,000
Lawrence County Airport.....................  Various improvements........................               250,000
Lehigh Valley International Airport.........  Lighting....................................             1,000,000
Philadelphia International Airport..........  Reconstruct terminal apron; extend RSA;;                 2,000,000
                                               security; airfield.
Fairfield County Airport....................  Runway Extension............................               375,000
Spartanburlg Downtown.......................  Construct RSA; extend runway................             1,000,000
Chan Gurney Airport.........................  Runway Lighting System......................             4,400,000
Highmore Municipal Airport..................  Runway......................................               200,000
Chattanooga Airport.........................  West airfield access road...................             2,310,200
McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville.............  Construct new taxiway, public access road,               1,500,000
                                               and service road.
Nashville International Airport.............  Security Enhancement........................             2,000,000
Upper Cumberland Regional...................  Extend runway and parallel taxiway; land                   500,000
                                               acquisition.
Abilene Airport.............................  Various improvements........................             2,000,000
Del Rio International.......................  Land acquisition for runway extension.......             2,000,000
Denton Municipal Airport....................  Improvements................................             2,000,000
Draughon-Miller Regional Airport............  Extend runway; improve parallel taxiwawy;                2,000,000
                                               lighting; elect. Vault.
Fort Worth Alliance Airport.................  Extension of two runways....................             3,000,000
Gainesville Municipal Airport...............  Extend and mark runway 71-35; extend                     1,000,000
                                               parallel taxiway.
San Antonio International Airport...........  Various improvements........................             1,700,000
Valley International Airport................  Land acquisition; reconstruct/relocate road.               550,000
Ogden Hinckley Airport......................  Runway Extension............................             4,500,000
Blue Ridge Airport..........................  Construction of facility for CAP............               100,000
Charlottsville-Albermarle Airport...........  Various improvements........................               100,000
Franklin County Airport.....................  Airport study...............................               410,000
Manassas Airport............................  Various improvements........................             3,000,000
Washington Dulles International.............  Various improvements........................             1,000,000
Rutland State Airport.......................  Public Taxiway..............................             1,000,000
Bremerton Airport...........................  Various improvements........................               300,000
Spokane International Airport...............  Taxiway.....................................             4,000,000
Central Wisconsin Airport...................  Reconstruct primary air carrier runway &                 8,000,000
                                               parallel taxiway.
LaCrosse Municipal Airport..................  Parallel Taxiway............................             2,000,000
Upshur County Airport.......................  Runway extension; obstruction removal; apron             1,000,000
                                               const..
WV Airports.................................  Various improvements........................             8,000,000
Cheyenne Airport............................  Runway Safety Area & Taxiway................             5,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                Small Community Air Service Development

      The conference agreement deletes the separate 
appropriation for this program proposed by the House. Instead, 
this program is funded under ``Grants-in-aid for airports'' at 
the level proposed by both the House and Senate.

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

      The conference agreement limits administrative expenses 
of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to $316,126,000, 
instead of $370,042,000 as proposed by the House and 
$317,732,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides that certain sums be 
made available under section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, U.S.C. 
to carry out specified activities as follows: $7,500,000 shall 
be available for child passenger protection education grants as 
authorized under section 2003(b) of Public Law 105-178, as 
amended; $47,000,000 shall be available for border safety 
inspection facilities at the Southern border; $59,967,000 shall 
be available for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration's border enforcement activities; $269,700,000 
shall be available for surface transportation projects; and 
$7,000,000 shall be available for environmental streamlining.
      The conferees recommend the following adjustments to the 
budget request by program and activity:

Employee development (including FECA administrative 
    costs)..............................................     -$1,606,000

      FHWA streamlining.--The conferees direct the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA) to provide the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report, not later than April 15, 
2003, summarizing FHWA's streamlining efforts, as proposed by 
the House. The report should include specific examples of FHWA 
activities that help streamline the environmental process.

                          Federal-Aid Highways

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement limits obligations for the 
federal-aid highways program to $31,800,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate, instead of $27,653,143,000 as proposed by the 
House.
      Performance based outcomes.--The conferees recognize the 
positive impact that performance based outcomes have on the 
road building industry by allowing contractors the freedom and 
flexibility to focus on quality long term performance and 
encourage the Department of Transportation to continue to 
explore their use.
      Broughton Bridge improvements.--A total of $1,850,000 was 
provided to make improvements to Broughton Bridge, Kansas, in 
Public Laws 106-346 and 107-87. The conferees direct that the 
balance shall be available to make improvements to the access 
road to the bridge, including pavement overlay and related 
shoulder work.
      Middle East-West Highway.--Of the funds provided for 
Middle East-West Highway, Maine, not less than $1,000,000 shall 
be used to study a potential East-West corridor in Maine and 
other ferry terminal facilities, as proposed by the Senate.
      Large Project Management and Oversight.--As evidenced by 
the high profile difficulties that have plagued the Central 
Artery, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, and Springfield Interchange 
projects--including dramatic cost increases and significant 
schedule delays--the need for improvement of FHWA's financial 
oversight and accountability on large projects cannot be 
overemphasized. Although the FHWA has made notable progress in 
converting these difficulties into constructive catalysts for 
change, the conferees remain concerned about project 
management. The Inspector General has noted that FHWA's 
traditional engineering focus has inhibited the effective 
scrutiny of other major project drivers such as financing, cost 
controls, and schedule performance. To successfully refocus on 
the evaluation of each state's processes for managing and 
overseeing projects, the FHWA will need to evaluate the range 
of disciplines and skills within its staff. Specifically, the 
conferees direct the FHWA to develop a strategy for achieving a 
more multidisciplinary approach towards its oversight 
activities, to include: identification of staff with private 
sector management skills, such as financing and cost 
estimation; streamlining and delegation of project-level 
approvals to facilitate greater emphasis upon oversight of 
higher-level management and financial issues; and 
implementation of a planned data collection system for trend 
analysis. The conferees further direct FHWA to deliver this 
strategy no later than May 15, 2003.
      Ambassador Bridge.--The conferees continue language 
directing the FHWA to ensure that funds provided for the 
Ambassador Bridge/Gateway Project in Public Law 105-178 are 
used only for that project.
      Rural Road Safety.--The conference agreement retains 
language pertaining to rural road safety, requiring GAO to 
review federal funding of rural road safety improvements and to 
determine whether some interstate design characteristics could 
improve rural road safety. The report is to be submitted one 
year from the date of enactment of this Act.
      Interstate 49 South, Louisiana.--The conferees have been 
informed of the decision of FHWA to sign a record of decision 
on the alignment of Interstate 49 south of Interstate 10. House 
Report 107-722 clearly directs the agency to evaluate 
alternative routes to this project, including the Teche Ridge 
route. The conferees direct FHWA to conduct a study of the 
feasibility of a supplemental roadway to evacuate motorists in 
the event of a natural disaster, which shall include the Teche 
Ridge route and other routes or corridors. The conferees agree 
that the review shall not prevent progress or delay the 
completion of this project.
      Costa Mesa, California, Susan Street Project.--Regarding 
the Costa Mesa, California, Susan Street Project, the Director 
and the District 12 Director of the California State Department 
of Transportation are directed to certify to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Secretary of the 
United States Department of Transportation within 90 days of 
enactment of this Act that all State operational and safety 
requirements have been met with regard to the execution of the 
New Harbor Boulevard North Off-Ramp project along the Route 405 
Distributor Road in Costa Mesa, California. The Director of the 
California State Department of Transportation, after making 
such certification, may then approve the access point of the 
proposed off-ramp from the Interstate System in accordance with 
applicable State law and procedures.
      Pennsylvania Avenue.--The conferees have included 
$6,100,000 for planning and design activities and for the 
initiation of construction of the improvement project at 
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. Of the funds 
provided, $2,800,000 is to complete the planning and design for 
the project and $3,300,000 is for conducting structural testing 
of streetscape components, initial surveying and utility 
relocation. In addition, $5,000,000 is provided for 
transportation studies to address traffic problems in the 
immediate vicinity of the White House, including an engineering 
design to alleviate congestion resulting from street closures 
in that area. The project is to be managed by the FHWA in 
consultation with the National Capital Planning Commission.
      The Federal Highway Administration shall submit a report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the 
Office of Management and Budget within 6 months of enactment of 
this Act on the Pennsylvania Avenue enhancements, as well as 
the study that examines the impacts of street closures and 
traffic restrictions in the vicinity of the White House.

                 Limitation on Transportation Research

      The conferees provide a general limitation on 
transportation research of $462,500,000, as proposed by both 
the House and the Senate.

                    SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

      Within the funds provided for surface transportation 
research, the conference agreement includes $103,000,000 for 
highway research and development for the following activities:

Environmental, planning, real estate....................     $16,700,000
Research and technology program support.................       8,500,000
International research..................................         400,000
Structures..............................................      13,500,000
Safety..................................................      12,200,000
Operations and asset management.........................      16,000,000
Pavements research......................................      15,500,000
Long term pavement project (LTPP).......................      10,000,000
Advanced research.......................................         750,000
Policy research.........................................       8,700,000
R&T strategic planning and performance measures.........         750,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................    $103,000,000

      Environmental, planning, and real estate.--The conference 
agreement provides $16,700,000 for environmental, planning, and 
real estate research. Within the funds provided for this 
research activity, the FHWA is encouraged to provide $800,000 
for the completion of the dust and persistent particulate 
abatement demonstration study at Kotzebue, Alaska.
      Research and technology.--The conference agreement 
provides $8,500,000 for research and technology program 
support. Within the funds provided for this activity, the FHWA 
is encouraged to provide $750,000 for the Center on Coastal 
Transportation Engineering Research at the University of South 
Alabama.
      International research.--The conferees have provided 
$400,000, the level authorized under TEA-21, for international 
research activities. Further, FHWA is directed by the conferees 
to consult the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
before any international agreements are consummated that are 
likely to require financial support.
      Structures.--The conference agreement provides 
$13,500,000 for structures research. Within the funds provided 
for structures research, the conferees encourage the FHWA to 
provide: $1,000,000 for the deployment of lithium technologies 
to prevent and mitigate alkali silica reactivity; $1,000,000 
for the New York City Bridge Corrosion Monitoring Project; 
$250,000 for a demonstration project to evaluate battery 
powered cathodic protection to extend the life of concrete 
bridges located in extreme cold climates; and $250,000 to 
support non-destructive structural evaluation technology at the 
New Mexico State University's Bridge Research Center. The 
conference agreement also directs the FHWA to continue its 
collaborative research effort with West Virginia University's 
Constructed Facilities Center on composite structure and 
related engineering research.
      Safety.--The conference agreement provides $12,200,000 
for safety research. Within the funds provided for this 
activity, the conferees encourage FHWA to provide: $600,000 to 
the University of Florida's Seniors Institute for 
Transportation and Communications; $1,200,000 to the National 
Transportation Research Center, University of Tennessee for 
heavy vehicle research; and $1,500,000 to conduct research into 
heavy vehicle safety and vulnerability assessments regarding 
security and safety in all modes of transportation at a not-
for-profit, technology-oriented entity in the Pacific Northwest 
with demonstrated research capabilities to address issues of 
braking, vehicle electrification, and human factors.
      Operations and asset management.--The conference 
agreement provides $16,000,000 for operations and asset 
management. Within the funds provided for this activity, the 
conferees encourage FHWA to provide $550,000 to South Carolina 
State University for the Southern Rural Transportation Center; 
$400,000 to the Orangeburg County Rural Transit Demonstration 
project at South Carolina State University; and $1,200,000 to 
analyze existing conditions and make recommendations that will 
enhance the freight mobility transportation system in 
Washington State.
      The conference agreement does not provide funds for 
statistical analysis of the National Quality Initiative under 
any FHWA research program, as proposed by the House. Such 
analysis shall be performed by the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
      Pavements.--The conference agreement provides $15,500,000 
for pavements research. Within the funds provided for this 
activity, the conferees encourage FHWA to provide: $1,000,000 
to the Center for Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Technology 
at Iowa State University; $500,000 to support the Institute for 
Aggregate Research at Michigan Technological University; 
$750,000 to continue evaluation of GSB-88 emulsified binder 
treatment application; $1,000,000 for the National Center for 
Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University, Alabama; and 
$500,000 to continue research related to silica fume high 
performance concrete.
      Policy.--The conference agreement provides $8,700,000 for 
policy research. Within the funds provided for this activity, 
FHWA shall provide $2,200,000 to the University of Kentucky's 
Academy for Community Transportation Innovation for 
transportation research on integrating public involvement 
technology and environmental issues.
      Pavement Testing. FHWA is currently conducting research 
to study, select, build, and test up to twelve lanes of newly 
constructed asphalt pavement. The conferees are concerned that 
the current Superpave system does not effectively characterize 
the performance of modified asphalt binders. Therefore, the 
conferees direct FHWA to add unmodified binders to the 
Accelerated Load Frame (``ALF'') tests that are currently being 
undertaken, specifically the Full-Scale Accelerated Performance 
Testing for Superpave and Structural Validation testing being 
performed at the Turner Fairbanks Highway Research Facility. 
Unmodified asphalt binders shall be tested to serve as a 
comparison to the modified asphalt binders. FHWA shall also 
measure emissions during application and report the findings as 
a part of this study.

                   INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

      The conference agreement provides a limitation on 
Intelligent Transportation Systems of $232,000,000, as proposed 
by the Senate. Of the total, $110,000,000 is for intelligent 
transportation systems (ITS) research and development, as 
proposed by the Senate, for the following activities:

Research and development................................     $50,701,000
Operational tests.......................................      10,782,000
Evaluations.............................................       6,739,000
Architecture and standards..............................      18,686,000
Integrations............................................      11,455,000
Program support.........................................      11,455,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     110,000,000

      Research.--The conference agreement provides $50,701,000 
for research and development. Within the funds provided for 
this activity, the conferees encourage FHWA to provide 
$6,800,000 for commercial vehicle research.
      Joint Program Office.--In the early 1990s, the 
Appropriations Committees expressed strong support for the 
formulation of a Joint Program Office (JPO) within the DOT to 
oversee the federal role in the National Intelligent 
Transportation system (ITS) effort. This office, which is 
located within the Federal Highway Administration, now provides 
overall program direction and budget coordination among the 
multiple DOT offices conducting ITS activities. The success of 
the federal investment in ITS has been due partly to the 
effective functioning of the JPO. For example, the JPO's close 
association with FHWA's research, headquarters staff, and 
regional offices has ensured a unified approach to providing 
training, implementing and testing standards, and adhering to a 
national systems architecture. The conferees maintain that the 
JPO's positive working relationship with the FMCSA and FTA has 
facilitated progress in advancement of technologies and the 
deployment of activities.
      The appropriation for ITS provided by the conferees is 
predicated on the continuation of the JPO conducting the 
functions identified previously. Maximum efficiencies are most 
likely to be obtained by retaining the current administrative 
structure of the JPO within the FHWA with a reporting function 
to the Deputy Secretary. If there is any change in the 
administrative structure or responsibilities of the JPO, the 
Secretary is directed to inform the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations and to justify in detail such changes.
      Intelligent transportation systems deployment projects.--
Within the funds available for intelligent transportation 
systems deployment, the conference agreement provides that not 
lessthan the following sums shall be available for intelligent 
transportation projects in these specified areas:

        Project Name                                    Conference Total
Advance Traveler Information System & Smart Card System, 
    Ohio................................................      $1,000,000
Advance Traffic Analysis Center, North Dakota State 
    University..........................................       1,000,000
Alaska Statewide: Smart Emergency Medical Access System.       1,000,000
Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) and Mobile Data 
    Terminals--Palm Tran, Palm Beach, Florida...........         850,000
Baton Rouge, Louisiana..................................         750,000
Bozeman Pass Wildlife Channelization Study, Montana.....         250,000
Capital District Transportation Authority, Customer 
    Information ITS Project, New York...................         800,000
CCTA Burlington Multimodal Transit Center, Vermont......         500,000
C-DOT ITS for I-70 Tunnels, Colorado....................       3,700,000
Center for Injury Sciences UAB Crash Notification, 
    Alabama.............................................       3,000,000
Central Florida Regional Trans. Authority Orange/
    Seminole ITS........................................       1,500,000
Chapel Hill Transit, North Carolina, real time passenger 
    information system and vehicle location system......         750,000
Chattanooga (CARTA) ITS, Tennessee......................       1,875,000
Cicero Avenue travel information system, Illinois.......         300,000
City of Austin, Texas ITS Deployment Program, Texas.....         500,000
City of Boston intelligent transportation system, 
    Massachusettes......................................       1,000,000
City of Inglewood, California intelligent transportation 
    system deployment project...........................         500,000
CVISN, New Mexico.......................................         525,000
DelDOT Integrated Transportation Management System, 
    DelTrac, Statewide Transit Passenger Information 
    System, Delaware....................................       1,000,000
Elkhorn Boulevard Project, Sacramento, California.......         125,000
Emergency Vehicle Access Program, Antrim, Pennsylvania..          60,000
Emergency Vehicle Optical Pre-Emption, Town of Islip, 
    New York............................................         595,000
Flint Mass Transportation Authority ITS program, 
    Michigan............................................       1,000,000
Fog Detection Improvements and Traffic Monitoring, Rural 
    Mountain Region, North Carolina.....................         200,000
Gettysburg Borough Signal Coordination and Upgrade-
    Signalization; Adams County, Pennsylvania...........       1,500,000
GMU ITS Research, Virginia..............................       1,000,000
Great Lakes ITS program, Michigan.......................       1,500,000
Harrison County Sheriff's Department ITS, Mississippi...         750,000
HART Bus Tracking & Communication, Florida..............       4,000,000
Hoosier SAFE-T, Indiana.................................         500,000
Houma, Louisiana........................................       1,250,000
Huntsville, Alabama.....................................       1,500,000
I-80 Dynamic Message Signs Southern, Wyoming............       3,000,000
I-90 Truck Wind Warning System, Columbia River, 
    Washington..........................................         125,000
Idaho Commercial Vehicle Systems and Networks (CVISN)...         750,000
Illinois Statewide......................................       2,500,000
Intelligent transportation, Autonomous dial-a-ride 
    transit (ADART) phase IV implementation, Corpus 
    Christi, Texas......................................         500,000
Intermodal ITS center, Orleans Parish, Louisiana........         500,000
Interstate 95/Interstate 40 travel information 
    improvements, Johnston County, North Carolina.......         500,000
Iowa Statewide ITS, Iowa................................       1,400,000
Kansas City Scout Advanced Traffic Management System, 
    Missouri............................................       1,500,000
Kansas City, Kansas Smart Port..........................         500,000
Kent Intracity Transit Project, Washington..............       1,500,000
Law Enforcement Communications for Security, Biometrics, 
    Iowa................................................       2,550,000
Lynnwood ITS, Washington................................       2,000,000
Macomb County ITS Integration, Michigan.................         250,000
Maine Statewide Rural Advanced Traveler Info. System....       1,000,000
Maryland Statewide ITS..................................       1,000,000
Metrolina Traffic Management Center Communication, North 
    Carolina............................................       2,000,000
MetroLink Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) passenger 
    information delivery system project, California.....         500,000
Minnesota Guidestar.....................................       9,100,000
Missouri Statewide Rural ITS............................       2,150,000
Montachusett Area Regional Transit (MART) advanced 
    vehicle located system, Massachusettes..............         200,000
Monterey-Salinas Transit, intelligent transportation 
    system, California..................................         750,000
Nebraska statewide ITS..................................       3,000,000
New Bedford ITS Port Information Center, Massachusettes.       1,000,000
New York Metropolitan Area enhanced operations, New York         655,000
Northern Virginia ITS, Virginia.........................         750,000
Oklahoma Statewide ITS..................................       2,750,000
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania..........       2,000,000
Program of Projects, Washington.........................       5,000,000
Providence Transportation Information Center ITS, Rhode 
    Island..............................................       1,500,000
Richmond Highway intelligent transportation system 
    project, Virginia...................................         400,000
Round Rock, Texas, Williamson County, Communications 
    Integration.........................................         500,000
Rural Highway Information System, Kentucky..............       6,000,000
Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Sacramento 
    region intelligent transportation system projects, 
    California..........................................       1,000,000
Salem, New Hampshire ITS................................         900,000
San Diego Joint Transportation Operations Center, 
    California..........................................       2,000,000
Santa Teresa Border Tech Center, New Mexico State 
    University..........................................       1,000,000
Shreveport ITS, Louisiana...............................       1,000,000
Sierra Madre Intermodal Transportation Center, 
    California..........................................       1,500,000
South Carolina DOT Statewide ITS........................       1,500,000
South Com Regional Dispatch Trauma Center, Matteson, 
    Olympia Fields, and Richton Park, Illinois..........         100,000
SR-68/Riverside Dr. ITS Espanola, New Mexico............         500,000
State of Wisconsin, deployment of commercial vehicle 
    information system and networks, level one 
    capability..........................................         500,000
Statewide Transportation Operations Center, Kentucky....       1,365,000
Surface Transportation Institute, University of North 
    Dakota..............................................       1,000,000
Surveillance Camera and Transportation Management 
    Center, Des Moines, Iowa............................         400,000
The Rapid, Grand Rapids, Michigan Public Transportation.       1,000,000
Traffic Corridor Communications System--Lake County, 
    Illinois............................................       2,000,000
Tri-Cities Advanced Traffic Management System, 
    Washington..........................................         500,000
Tucson ER-LINK ITS project, Arizona.....................         625,000
UALR intelligent transportation system, Little Rock, 
    Arkansas............................................         250,000
Univ. of Nebraska Lincoln SMART Transportation..........       1,000,000
University of Kentucky Transportation Center............       1,500,000
US-395 Columbia River Bridge Traffic Operations and 
    Traveler Information System, Washington.............         250,000
Utah ITS Commuter Link Davis and Utah Counties..........       1,000,000
Vermont Statewide Rural Advanced Traveler System........       1,500,000
Vermont Variable Message Signs..........................       1,000,000
Washington, DC Metro ITS................................       2,000,000
Wisconsin State Patrol Mobile Data Communications 
    Network Upgrade.....................................       2,000,000

      Projects selected for funding shall contribute to the 
integration and interoperability of intelligent transportation 
systems, consistent with the criteria set forth in TEA21.

               Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities

      Within the funds available for ferry boats and ferry 
terminal facilities, funds are to be available for the 
following projects and activities:

        Project Name                                    Conference Total
Beacon and Newburgh cities ferry boat and ferry 
    facilities, New York................................         900,000
Beale Street Landing/Docking Facility Memphis, Tennessee         500,000
Coffman Cove/Wrangell/Petersburg Ferries & Ferry 
    Facility, Alaska....................................       1,850,000
Curtis ferry boat replacement, Maine State Ferry System.         250,000
Ferry Boat Replacement for Rockland and Vinalhaven, 
    Maine...............................................       1,000,000
Ferry Service, Dutchess and Orange County, New York.....         750,000
Fire Island Ferry Terminal, Saltaire, New York..........         250,000
Fishers Island Ferry District, Connecticut..............       2,500,000
Friday Harbor Ferry Terminal Preservation, Washington...       2,000,000
Golden Gate ferry berth facility, San Francisco 
    Terminal, California................................         500,000
Jacksonville Ferry Stations (formerly St. Johns River 
    Ferry Terminal), Florida............................         500,000
Middle Bass Ferry Dock, Phase II, Ohio..................         500,000
Plaquemines Parish ferry, Louisiana.....................         500,000
Port of Galveston, intermodal improvement program, Texas         250,000
San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority Ferry 
    Purchase Project, California........................       2,500,000
Savannah Water Ferry, Georgia...........................         500,000
Ship Island Terminal, Gulfport, Mississippi.............         500,000
Stamford High Speed Ferry, Connecticut..................         500,000
Toledo Hovercraft service development, Ohio.............         750,000
Vallejo Baylink Ferry Intermodal Center, California.....       1,000,000

           National Corridor Planning and Development Program

      Within the funds available for the national corridor 
planning and development program, funds are to be available for 
the following projects and activities:
        Project Name                                    Conference Total
12 Mile Road, Orchard Lake Road to Middlebelt Road, 
    Michigan............................................       1,275,000
Alameda Corridor East, Los Angeles County, California...       1,495,000
Appalachian North-South Corridor Planning Study, 
    Maryland............................................         500,000
Appalachian North-South Corridor Study on US Route 220, 
    West Virginia.......................................       1,500,000
Arkansas-Tennessee River Crossing Projects..............       1,000,000
Barton River Port Industrial Park, US Highway 72, 
    Colbert County, Alabama.............................       1,500,000
Billings Bypass Development, Montana....................       3,000,000
Bomber Road, Fort Worth, Texas..........................       1,500,000
Charlotte/Mecklenburg County N/S Transitway, North 
    Carolina............................................       2,000,000
Coalfields Expressway McDowell County, West Virginia....       9,000,000
Continental-1 Hwy Corridor Cambria County, Pennsylvania.       1,500,000
County Road 222 Bridge, Cullman County, Alabama.........       1,000,000
Cross Harbor Freight Movement Project Environmental 
    Impact Statement, New York..........................       2,000,000
Dempster Commercial Corridor Improvements, Village of 
    Morton Grove, Illinois..............................         450,000
Donna-Rio Bravo International Border Crossing, Texas....         750,000
East-West Highway, Maine................................       1,500,000
Everett Development 41st Street Interchange, Washington.       1,000,000
Fairmont Gateway Connector (1-79 Connector), West 
    Virginia............................................       2,000,000
Ft. Wainwright Alternative Access & Chena River 
    Crossing, Alaska....................................       1,500,000
Gateway Corridor Initiative, Indiana....................         600,000
Granite Falls Alternate Route Project, Washington.......         750,000
Heartland Expressway (SD79), South Dakota...............         500,000
Highway 100 (Collins Road), Cedar Rapids, Iowa..........       1,000,000
Highway 15 Bridge Replacements, Jasper County, Bay 
    Springs, Mississippi................................       1,500,000
Highway 231 Glover Carey Bridge and Owensboro 
    intersection, Kentucky..............................         800,000
Highway 412 Springdale Bypass, Springdale, Arkansas.....       2,278,000
Highway 55 Corridor Preservation, I-494 in Hennepin 
    County to Annadale, Wright County, Minnesota........       1,500,000
Highway 71 Texarkana South, Arkansas....................         600,000
Highway US 12 Phase II, between Burbank and Walla Walla, 
    Washington..........................................       1,900,000
Hot Springs Bypass, Highway 270 to Highway 5/7, Arkansas       1,000,000
Hwy 412 Widening Paragould Hwy 141, Arkansas............       5,500,000
Hwy-28 Expansion Vernon Parish, Louisiana...............       3,000,000
I-10/LA-1 Interchange Bypass West Baton Rouge Parish, 
    Louisiana...........................................         500,000
I-15 Widening Project North Las Vegas, Nevada...........       1,000,000
I-35 expansion, Hill County, Texas......................       1,500,000
I-35/127th Street Overpass, Olathe, Kansas..............       2,000,000
I-39 (Stevens Point-Mosinee), Wisconsin.................       2,000,000
I-5 SR 542 Widening Sunset Drive Orleans to Britton Rd., 
    Washington..........................................       2,000,000
I-5 Trade Corridor, Oregon..............................       3,500,000
I-65 and County Road 24 interchange, Limestone County, 
    Alabama.............................................       1,500,000
I-66, Pike County, Kentucky.............................       2,000,000
I-69 Connector from I-530 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.......         700,000
I-69/Great River Bridge: Highway 65, Mississippi Highway 
    1, Mississippi......................................       4,000,000
I-74 Bridge Project, Iowa...............................       3,000,000
I-75, Laurel County, Kentucky...........................       2,000,000
I-80 Colfax Narrows Project, Placer County, California..         249,500
I-85 Extension from Montgomery to I-20/59, Alabama......         500,000
IH 35-FM 2484 Amity Road, Shankin Road Overpass, Bell 
    County, Texas.......................................       2,000,000
Illinois Pioneer Parkway and Growth Cell Infrastructure 
    Improvements, Peoria, Illinois......................       1,000,000
Illinois Route 29, Berry and Edinburg, Illinois.........       1,200,000
Intermodal Transportation for corridor from Atlanta to 
    Chattanooga, Tennessee..............................       1,500,000
Kenai Penninsula Borough Road Improvements, Alaska......       1,000,000
KY61 Greensburg to Columbia, Kentucky...................       4,000,000
LA 1 Embankment Stabilization Improvements, Louisiana...       3,000,000
LA-11 St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.....................         300,000
Lakeland In-Town Bypass, Florida........................         500,000
Lincoln Bypass, SR 65/Westwood Interchange Construction, 
    California..........................................       2,000,000
Lincoln Highway 65 Widening (The Gap) Project, 
    California..........................................       2,000,000
Martel Road Underpass, Loudon County, Tennessee.........       1,400,000
Meridian Bridge Replacement, US 81 Missouri River, 
    Yankton, South Dakota...............................         500,000
Mill Plain Boulevard at I-205, Washington...............       3,000,000
Missisquoi Bay Bridge Reconstruction, Vermont...........       2,000,000
Monticello Street Overpass, Kentucky....................       7,750,000
New Corridor Land Acquisition; Westlake--North Olmstead/
    Crocker--Stearns Connection, Ohio...................         400,000
New Route 905 Otay Mesa to I-5/I-85m, California........       4,000,000
New York Avenue Between 11th Street and Nassau Road, 
    Huntington Station, New York........................         500,000
North Country Trans. Study Plattsburgh/Watertown, New 
    York................................................       2,000,000
North Street Corridor, Fitchburg, Massachusetts.........         800,000
Northern Bypass Around Somerset, Kentucky...............       2,500,000
Old Highway 471, Rankin County, Mississippi.............       1,500,000
Polk County Highway 22 Project, Oregon..................       3,000,000
Port Connector Road, Pine Bluff/Jefferson County, 
    Arkansas............................................         600,000
Railroad Avenue Extension, Berkeley County, South 
    Carolina............................................       1,000,000
Ranchero Road/Cajon Line Grade Separation, California...       1,500,000
River Road from Beargrass Creek to Zorn Avenue, Kentucky       1,250,000
Route 1/9, 35 Interchange, New Jersey...................         850,000
Route 106 Mansfield, Massachusetts......................         500,000
Route 116 planning and design, Amherst, Massachusetts...         800,000
Route 12, Auburn Veteran's Memorial Corridor, Auburn, 
    Massachusetts.......................................         250,000
Route 2 Improvements in Erving, Orange, Massachusetts...       4,400,000
Route 334/Derr Road, Ohio...............................       1,600,000
Route 422 East, between New Castle and Rose Point, 
    Pennsylvania........................................       1,000,000
Route 67, St. Francois County, Missouri.................         500,000
Route 7 Bypass West of Leesburg (Loudon County/Town of 
    Leesburg), Virginia.................................       2,188,000
Route 72 Relocation, Bristol, Connecticut...............       1,500,000
Route 79 Relocation and Harbor Enhancement, Fall River, 
    Massachusetts.......................................         500,000
Rt-403 Relocation East Greenwich/North Kingstown, Rhode 
    Island..............................................       1,000,000
South Avis Industrial Access Road, Pennsylvania.........         600,000
Southern Bypass Around Somerset, Kentucky...............       1,500,000
Southern Mahoning County US 62/SR 14 Bypass, Ohio.......       1,000,000
SR 247 and SR 2008, Moosic Mountain Business Park, 
    Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.....................       1,000,000
SR-130 Right of Way Williamson Guadalupe Travis and 
    Caldwell, Texas.....................................      10,000,000
State Highway 158--US 87 to 4.75 miles west, Sterling 
    County, Texas.......................................         850,000
Sterns Road Fox River Bridge Crossing, Illinois.........       7,000,000
STH 29 (Chippewa Falls I-94), between I-94 and CTH J, 
    Wisconsin...........................................       2,000,000
Sunland Park Dr. Border Rd. Extension, New Mexico.......       4,000,000
Thomas Cole House Access, Catskill, New York............          22,000
Trunk Highway 23 (TH 71 to CSAH 31), Minnesota..........       1,000,000
Tuscaloosa Eastern Bypass, Alabama......................      10,000,000
U.S. 24 Corridor Improvement Study and Implementation, 
    Ohio................................................       2,000,000
U.S. 319 Expansion, Florida.............................       3,000,000
U.S. Route 35 Improvements (upgrade road to I-64/US 
    Route 35), West Virginia............................       4,115,000
US 17/521 Improvements Georgetown, South Carolina.......       2,000,000
US 20 relocation and right of way, Webster, Iowa........       2,500,000
US 22 Reconstruction, Export to Delmont, Pennsylvania...       1,000,000
US 278 Cullman County, Alabama..........................         500,000
US 280/US 27 Intersection Improvement, Chattahoochee 
    County, Georgia.....................................         250,000
US 41 A, Hopkins County, Kentucky.......................         660,000
US 60 Carter & Butler Counties, Missouri................      10,000,000
US 87 Relief Route, Lamesa, Texas.......................         850,000
US Route 422 Transportation Improvement Project, 
    Pennsylvania........................................       1,000,000
US-23 Buford Hwy Pedestrian Safety Project, Georgia.....         625,000
US-26 Widening SB-Heartland Expressway, Nebraska........       1,500,000
US-287 Corridor Development, Oklahoma...................       1,500,000
US-287 Wiley Junction Improvements, Colorado............       3,000,000
US-412, Arkansas........................................       6,000,000
US-51 to MS-43 Connector Road Canton, Mississippi.......       1,000,000
US-85/C-470 Santa Fe Interchange, Colorado..............       2,000,000
US-95 Milepost 536 Stage 2 Construction Boundary County, 
    Idaho...............................................       1,000,000
US-95, Worley to Mica, Stage 2, Idaho...................       7,000,000
USH 10 (Stevens Point-Waupaca), Wisconsin...............       2,000,000
USH 53 Bypass of Eau Claire, Wisconsin..................       3,000,000
Veteran's Drive from Broadway to I-474, Pekin, Illinois.         500,000
West End Bypass, Johnstown, Pennsylvania................       1,000,000
West Laredo Multimodal Trade Corridor, Texas............       3,500,000
Western Hamilton County Corridor Study, Ohio............         762,500
Whatcom County, Cascade Gateway Mobility and Security 
    Improvements, Washington............................         750,000
Whitley County emergency access road off US 25 W. 
    Kentucky............................................         380,000
Yakima Grade Separation, Washington.....................       3,500,000

      Arkansas-Tennessee River Crossing Projects.--The 
conference agreement includes $1,000,000 to study the costs and 
benefits of constructing a bridge across the Mississippi River 
in the Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area. Within the 
amounts provided, the conferees expect that not less than 
$375,000 shall be used by the Great River Economic Development 
Foundation to study a potential 25-mile toll parkway from 
Osceola, Arkansas to Millington, Tennessee, including a new 
bridge across the Mississippi River.

   Transportation and Community and System Pilot Preservation Program

      Within the funds made available for the transportation 
and community and system pilot preservation program, funds are 
to be distributed to the following projects and activities:

        Project Name                                    Conference Total
10th Street South Project St. Cloud, Minnesota..........         750,000
14th Street Bridge Corridor, Virginia...................       2,000,000
19th Ave. North Extension/Reconstruction Clinton, Iowa..         750,000
Aberdeen Downtown Revitalization, Washington............         100,000
Alexandria Third St. Downtown Reconnect Project, 
    Louisiana...........................................         250,000
American Tobacco Trail Project, Wake County, North 
    Carolina............................................         600,000
Amsterdam Revitalization Waterfront, New York...........         500,000
Antelope Valley Overpass Lincoln, Nebraska..............         750,000
Arlington Boulevard design enchancements, Virginia......         100,000
Atchinson Riverfront Access Parkway Project, Kansas.....       1,000,000
Bagley Road Pedestrian Project Berea, Ohio..............       1,300,000
Bellingham Central Avenue Pedestrian Corridor, 
    Washington..........................................         250,000
Billings Railroad Separation Study, Montana.............         100,000
Boston Medical Center Pedestrian and Public Access 
    Improvements, Massachusetts.........................         200,000
Bowling Green Riverfront Project, Kentucky..............       4,500,000
Bronx Center Transportation Project--E 161st Section II: 
    between Grand Concourse/Sherman Avenue and Park, New 
    York................................................         700,000
Bronx Center Transportation Project (East 161st Street), 
    streetscape improvement between Park & 3rd Avenue, 
    New York............................................         300,000
Bronx River Greenway, Bruckner to Hunts Point Riverside 
    Park, New York......................................         700,000
CalTrain train tracking information system (SamTrans), 
    San Mateo County, California........................         250,000
Camp Gorsuch Road & Related Improvements, Alaska........         500,000
Campaign to Save Oatland's Scenic Vistas, Virginia......         500,000
Center City/University City bike and pedestrian bridge 
    improvements, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania............         100,000
Centredale Village revitalizations, Rhode Island........         300,000
Charles Town Gateway Revitalization Project, West 
    Virginia............................................         450,000
Charleston Renaissance Gateway Project, West Virginia...         950,000
City of Baltimore public waterfront promenade, Maryland.       1,000,000
City of Forth Worth corridor redevelopment program, 
    Texas...............................................         795,000
Comprehensive transportation impact study for Ohio, 
    Kentucky, Indiana Regional Council of Governments...         300,000
Concord 20/20 Vision initiative, New Hampshire..........         500,000
Congestion improvements to East Passaic Street, New 
    Jersey..............................................         100,000
Connaught Avenue Street Drainage Project, West Amwell 
    Township, New Jersey................................         100,000
Copeland Covered Bridge, Saratoga County, New York......          28,000
Corpus Christi Ferry Terminal, Texas....................         500,000
David L. Lawrence Convention Center Riverfront Park 
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania............................       1,200,000
Detriot Streetscape Improvements, Michigan..............         350,000
Detroit Area Regional Transportation Authority (DARTA), 
    Michigan............................................         500,000
Dover Lincoln Park Center Project, Delaware.............         400,000
Downeast Heritage Center, Parking & Access, Maine.......       1,000,000
Eisenhower Avenue Greenway Phase II, Virginia...........         100,000
Elkins Railroad Bridge Visitors Center, West Virginia...         600,000
Eugene Federal Courthouse Area Concept Development, 
    Oregon..............................................         500,000
Fairbanks Street Improvements & Bike Path, Alaska.......         300,000
Five Point Improvement Project, Huntsville, Alabama.....         400,000
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Bicycle and Walking Path, 
    South Dakota........................................         200,000
Fort Campbell Improvements, Kentucky....................         750,000
Frink Park Pier Project Clayton, New York...............         250,000
Gasholder House and Underground Railroad Museum, 
    Oberlin, Ohio.......................................         200,000
Girdwood Road Culvery Improvement, Alaska...............         600,000
Grade Separation at intersection of Hamilton Boulevard 
    over the CSX rail line near US 90, Mobile, Alabama..         500,000
Grand Illinois Trail bike connections, Illinois.........         100,000
Greater Yuma Port Authority, Arizona....................         500,000
Greeno Road (US98) pilot program, Fairhope, Alabama.....       1,000,000
Greer Master Plan Rail Relocation Study--Greer, South 
    Carolina............................................         250,000
Gulf of Maine Research Laboratory Park/Ped., Maine......       1,000,000
Haleyville, Alabama downtown revitalization.............         600,000
Hamilton Township Pedestrian Overpass, New Jersey.......         250,000
Highway-79 Corridor Greenway Project, Alabama...........         500,000
Historic Fort Mitchell, Alabama.........................       1,000,000
I-40 and Avenue `F' City Ramp Project, Oklahoma.........         500,000
I-55/Main St. Intersection, Missouri....................         100,000
I-93 Corridor Improvements, New Hampshire...............       1,000,000
Intermodal Urban Transit Village, North Hollywood, 
    California..........................................       1,000,000
James H. Quillen VA Medical Center--Construction of VA-
    Indian Ridge Road--Mountain Home, Tennessee.........         852,000
Jasper, Alabama downtown revitalization.................         400,000
Johnsontown Road, Kentucky..............................       1,000,000
Kansas City East/West Connector, Missouri...............         400,000
Kentucky Trimodal Transpark access road and I-65 
    interchange connector planning, Kentucky............       1,700,000
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Interpretive Trail 
    Mobridge, South Dakota..............................         250,000
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center to Fort Mandan 
    Shared Use Path, North Dakota.......................         700,000
Living Wall project Farmington Hills, Michigan..........         200,000
Louisville Waterfront/Franfort Avenue historical 
    entryway, Kentucky..................................         530,000
Lower Second Creek Greenway, Knoxville, Tennessee.......       2,000,000
Main Ave. Bridge & Pedestrian/Bicycle Amenities Fargo, 
    North Dakota........................................       2,500,000
Marlboro Township traffic improvement project, New 
    Jersey..............................................         100,000
Massachusetts Wood in Transportation, Mount Wachusett 
    Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts...........         200,000
MD-404 Shore Highway Phase II, Maryland.................       1,000,000
Monroe Township intersection signalization project, New 
    Jersey..............................................         100,000
Morgan, Menifee, Rowan County Regional Business Park 
    Access Road, Kentucky...............................         250,000
Multimodal Transportation Plan, Wisconsin...............         325,000
Multi-use Equestrian and Hiking Trail, Holmes County, 
    Ohio................................................         520,000
Museum Campus Trolleys Chicago, Illinois................         500,000
Nashville Rolling Mill Hills, Tennessee.................         500,000
Newberg-Dundee Transportation Improvement Project, 
    Oregon..............................................         775,000
Northside Drive Corridor Design Clinton, Mississippi....         500,000
North-south connect between Glassboro High Street 
    commercial corridor and Rowan University, New Jersey         588,000
Odessa Transportation Plan, Delaware....................         100,000
Ohio River Trail--Salem to Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio....         150,000
Oklahoma Transportation Center Improvements.............         350,000
Old Route 66 Streetscape Phase I Moriarity, New Mexico..         400,000
Olympic Discovery Trail, Washington.....................       1,000,000
Orange County Congestion Program, California............       1,000,000
Owensboro Waterfront Development Project, Kentucky......         750,000
Paintsville Lake Access Road, Kentucky..................         400,000
Pedestrian Bridge, 36th Avenue, Robbinsdale, Minnesota..         750,000
Pennyrile Parkway Improvements, Kentucky................         800,000
Pine Creek Bridge and Rail-Trail, Pennsylvania..........         200,000
Pine Mountain Industrial Park Access Road, Kentucky.....       1,500,000
Port of Anchorage Road Improvements, Alaska.............         600,000
Providence Road Trail Project Virginia Beach, Virginia..         150,000
Revere, Massachusetts Wonderland Station................         200,000
Route 50 traffic calming, Loudoun and Fauquier counties, 
    Virginia............................................         700,000
Route 79 Relocation and Harbor Enhancement, Fall River, 
    Massachusetts.......................................         100,000
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center, Alabama.................         500,000
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments/LA to Pasedena 
    Metro Gold Line Construction Authority, California..       2,900,000
San Luis Obispo City to Sea Bikepath, California........         500,000
Selma Riverfront Project, Alabama.......................         500,000
Shoreline Interurban Trail Construction Project, 
    Washington..........................................         400,000
Simon Kenton Trail, Springfield to Urbana, Ohio.........       1,500,000
Somerset downtown revitalization, Kentucky..............       1,800,000
Somerset Pedestrian Overpass, Kentucky..................       1,200,000
South Bend Studebaker Corridor Industrial Park, Indiana.         500,000
South Suburban Commuter Rail Service (Metra), Illinois..         100,000
Southwick, North Central and Canalside Bike Trails, 
    Massachusetts.......................................       1,000,000
Springfield Downtown Redevelopment Project, Vermont.....       1,000,000
SR202/I-70 Interchange improvement, Ohio................         750,000
St. Petersburg, Florida, Bike/Pedestrian Master Plan....         600,000
State of New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicle Services 
    (NJ MVS)............................................       1,000,000
Syracuse Lakefront Project, New York....................       1,400,000
Thea Foss Waterway Environmental Protection and 
    Transportation Impact Study, Washington.............         500,000
Tiverton Stone Bridge abutment repairs and 
    beautification, Rhode Island........................         100,000
Toulon Township, Illinois...............................         200,000
Tower Bridge Pedestrian/Bikeway Improvements, California         900,000
Traffic calming devices and pedestrian streetscape 
    improvements, Windemere, Florida....................         500,000
Traffic Calming Devices, Winter Park, Florida...........         500,000
Traffic Study on the New Smithsonian Air and Space 
    Museum Annex at Washington Dulles Int'l Airport, 
    Virginia............................................          50,000
Trinity River Visions, Texas............................         500,000
Tulsa Trail System Broken Arrow, Oklahoma...............       1,250,000
Ulster County Visitor Center, New York..................       1,000,000
Union City NJ Traffic Signalization Project, New Jersey.       1,000,000
US 441/State Road 7 Corridor Revitalization Plan, 
    Florida.............................................       1,000,000
US-50 Reconstruction Dodge City, Kansas.................         500,000
VA Cemetary Road, Mobile, Alabama.......................       1,000,000
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Tennessee...............         250,000
Village of Morton Grove, Illinois.......................       1,000,000
Virginia Corridor Greenway Pilot Project Modesto, 
    California..........................................         400,000
Wakulla County Florida US-319 Expansion.................         150,000
Watertown Community Trail Extension, South Dakota.......         100,000
Wichita Riverwalk on Arkansas River, Kansas.............         687,000
Yorktown Waterfront Revitalization & Streetscape, 
    Virginia............................................         500,000

      Charles Town Gateway Revitalization Project, WV.--The 
conference agreement includes $400,000 for the Charles Town 
Gateway Revitalization Project in West Virginia. Within the 
amounts provided, the conferees expect that up to $200,000 
shall be available for streetscape improvements on Washington 
Street with the remainder being available for the related 
gateway improvements.

                      Bridge Discretionary Program

      Within the funds available for the bridge discretionary 
program, funds are to be available for the following projects 
and activities:

        Project Name                                    Conference Total
12th Street Viaduct, Kansas City, Missouri..............       $ 900,000
Batchellerville Bridge replacement, New York............       3,000,000
Bull Slough Bridge Repair, Alabama......................       1,000,000
Canvas Bridge Nicholas County, West Virginia............       4,500,000
Chattahoochee River Bridge, Roswell, Georgia............       3,000,000
Chouteau Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri..................       1,000,000
City of El Paso, Texas, Ysleta Port of entry dedicated 
    commuter lane.......................................         300,000
Covered Bridges including $2M for Vermont...............       6,000,000
CR 528 Mantoloking Bridge, Brick Township, New Jersey...       1,500,000
Gilmerton Bridge Replacement, Chesapeake, Virginia......       2,000,000
Golden Gate Bridge Seismic Retrofit, San Francisco, 
    California..........................................       4,250,000
Grand Lagoon Bridge Replacement, Florida................       1,000,000
Highway 3364 bridge replacement at College Road, Bourbon 
    County, Kentucky....................................         200,000
Highway 82, Greenville Bridge, Arkansas.................       1,050,000
Historic Woodrow Wilson Bridge Flowood, Mississippi.....         750,000
Hood River/White Salmon Bridge and toll plaza 
    resurfacing, Oregon.................................       1,350,000
I-195 Washington Bridge, Rhode Island...................       4,500,000
I-30 replacement bridge, Dallas, Texas..................       1,750,000
I-40/Louisiana Interchange, New Mexico..................         750,000
Indian River Inlet Bridge Repair and Planning, Sussex 
    County, Delaware....................................       3,500,000
Interstate 74 Mississippi River Bridge between Moline, 
    Illinois and Bettendorf, Iowa.......................       1,000,000
Iowa/Nebraska Missouri River Bridge--#DPS-34-7 (114), 
    near Plattsmouth, Nebraska..........................       2,200,000
Leeville Bridge, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana............       1,000,000
Lincoln County bridge renovation, Kentucky..............       1,000,000
Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge rehabilitation, Ohio.....       3,750,000
Monroe Street Bridge rehabilitation, Spokane, Washington       3,000,000
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge Reconstruction, New Haven, 
    Connecticut.........................................       3,000,000
Pearl River Bridge Connector I-55 to SR 475 Jackson, 
    Mississippi.........................................       7,750,000
Red Cliff Arch Bridge (US 24), Minturn, Colorado........       1,500,000
Route 72 Manahawkin Bay Bridges, New Jersey.............       1,500,000
Sauvie Island Bridge Replacement Project, Oregon........       2,000,000
Snake River Crossing, Twin Falls, Idaho.................       1,500,000
Wacker Drive Reconstruction Chicago, Illinois...........       3,500,000

                             Federal Lands

      Within the funds available for the federal lands program, 
funds are to be available for the following projects and 
activities:

        Project Name                                    Conference Total
KS-115 and KS-911 Interchange, Kentucky.................        $750,000
14th Street Bridge Corridor, Virginia...................       5,600,000
17-mile Road on Wind River Indian Reservation, Fremont 
    County, Wyoming.....................................         650,000
206 Stokes State Park, New Jersey.......................         740,000
Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, national historic site, 
    Kentucky............................................         780,000
Access roads to Beale Air Force Base, California........         500,000
Arches National Park Main Entrance Relocation, Utah.....         837,500
BIA Route 1281 (Snake Road Realignment & Repair), 
    Florida.............................................         500,000
Blackstone River Valley Bikeway, Rhode Island...........       3,000,000
Cattle Point Road (San Juan Island)--erosion 
    remediation, Washington.............................         350,000
Chilatchee Creek Park Access Road Improvements, Alabama.         475,000
City of Boston--Boston Harbor Islands National Park/Long 
    Island Pier Planning and design, Massachusetts......         250,000
CN3852 FHP 45-1(5), Sunspot Road, New Mexico............       1,000,000
Cold Hill Road, Laurel County, Kentucky.................       1,600,000
Colonial Historic Park--Jamestown 400th Anniversary 
    Transportation Improvements, Virginia...............       2,000,000
Construct Regional Tourism Center and Transportation 
    Hub, Hyde Park, New York............................       1,500,000
Council Grove Lake Embankment Roadway, Kansas...........       1,125,000
CTG G Road and Bike Route, Taylor County, Wisconsin.....       2,000,000
Daniel Boone Parkway, Kentucky..........................       1,000,000
Forest Highway 87 (FM 201), Sabine National Forest, 
    Sabine County, Texas................................         750,000
Fort Drum Road Improvements, New York...................         500,000
Freemont County Project, Wyoming........................       1,100,000
Frog Level Road Improvement, Mississippi................       4,640,000
Gateway Trail Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.......         842,500
GBH Soloman National Cemetery Access, Saratoga, New York          40,000
Glacier National Park Going-to-the-Sun Road, Montana....       3,000,000
Hawaii Statewide Improvements...........................       4,000,000
Highway 26, Oregon......................................       1,235,000
Highway 93 Expansion Project, Montana...................       1,000,000
Homochitto National Forest access road, Lincoln County, 
    Mississippi.........................................       2,000,000
Hoonah Road (FM), Alaska................................       1,400,000
Hoover Dam Bypass, Arizona..............................       6,500,000
Hwy 2 Highline EIS Project, Montana.....................         500,000
I-215 Widening, Nevada..................................       2,000,000
Iditarod Historic National Trail Project, Alaska........         250,000
Kenai River Trail, Alaska...............................         500,000
Lake Mead National Recreation Area gateway improvements, 
    Nevada..............................................         400,000
Land Between the Lakes Roads, Trigg and Lyon counties, 
    Kentucky............................................         100,000
Lewis and Clark Gates of the Mountains Road Project, 
    Montana.............................................         600,000
Louisiana Highway (LA 117), 4-lane expansion study, 
    Louisiana...........................................         250,000
Lowell Canalway and Riverwalk Design, Massachusetts.....         500,000
Mammoth Cave Parkway (KY 101), Edmonson County, Kentucky         450,000
Marin Parklands/Muir Woods visitor access, California...       1,000,000
Marysville Road, Montana................................         500,000
Needles Highway, CA/NV Improvements, California.........       2,000,000
Presidio Trust/Crissy Field transit access improvement, 
    California..........................................       1,000,000
Preston North and South Project, Nebraska...............         600,000
Rocks Back Country Byway, Stage 2, Cassia County, Idaho.       1,000,000
Shotgun Cove Road, Alaska...............................       2,500,000
Southeast Alaska Seatrails..............................         500,000
Spirit Lake Tribe Shared Use Path Fort Totten, North 
    Dakota..............................................         520,000
SR-149 Resurfacing Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado.       1,500,000
SR-164 Muckleshoots, Washington.........................         420,000
Timucuan Preserve bike route, Florida...................       1,000,000
Traffic abatement study at highway 98 and entrance to 
    Hurlbert Field, Florida.............................         250,000
Tualatin River NWR Turn Lanes, Oregon...................         745,000
US 95 Widening Laughlin Cut-off to Railroad Pass, Nevada       8,000,000
USMC Heritage Center Access Improvements, Virginia......       2,000,000
Western Maryland Low Impact Welcome Center at Byron 
    Overlook, Maryland..................................         400,000
Woonsocket Depot rehabilitation, Rhode Island...........       1,000,000
Yakama Signal Peak Road, Washington.....................       4,150,000

      The conferees direct that funds allocated to FHWA's 
public lands discretionary program be derived from that program 
and not from funds allocated to the National Park Service's 
regions. In addition, the conferees direct that these funds not 
come from funds allocated to the Fish and Wildlife Service's 
regions, as proposed by the House.

                             Scenic Byways

      Within the funds available for the scenic byways program, 
funds are to be available for the following projects and 
activities:

Berkshire/Franklin Mohawk Trail Scenic Byway & Berkshire 
    Jacobs Ladder Trail Scenic Byway, Massachusetts.....      $1,000,000
Delsea Scenic Byway--Salem, Cumberland, Cape May 
    Counties, New Jersey................................         149,000
High Street Revitalization, Lawrenceburg, Indiana.......       1,200,000
Intervale Scenic Vista Project, New Hampshire...........         500,000
Kentucky Scenic Byways..................................       1,425,000
Mt. Greylock Reservoir Road Improvements, North Adams, 
    Massachusetts.......................................       1,100,000
Multi-Colored Scenic Byways Signs for Idaho's Scenic, 
    Historic, and Back County Byways....................         382,000
New York State Scenic Byways Project: Statewide.........       1,600,000
U.S. Route 40 and National Road, Garrett County, 
    Maryland............................................         233,600
Ventura Freeway Scenic Corridor Initiative, California..       1,000,000
Washington DOT Scenic Byways Statewide Program..........       1,000,000

                  Interstate Maintenance Discretionary

      Within the funds available for the interstate maintenance 
discretionary program, funds are to be available for the 
following projects and activities:

        Project Name                                    Conference Total
Grandview Triangle, Kansas City, Missouri...............      $1,000,000
I-10 Interchange at Grand Prairie Highway, Rayne, 
    Louisiana...........................................       1,000,000
I-10 Riverside Avenue Interchange, California...........       1,800,000
1-12 at Essen Lane, Louisiana...........................         250,000
I-15 Reconstruction 10800 South to 600 North, Utah......       9,000,000
I-16 and Dean Forest Road Interchange, Georgia..........         250,000
I-16/I-95 Interchange Reconstruction Concept Study, 
    Chatham County Georgia..............................         250,000
I-182/SR-240 Interchange Reconstruction, Washington.....       3,000,000
I-195 Relocation Project, Rhode Island..................       3,000,000
I-235 Reconstruction, Polk County, Iowa.................       1,800,000
I-25 Broadway & Alameda Interchange Rebuilding, Colorado       4,500,000
I-26 Little Mountain Interchange improvements, South 
    Carolina............................................         500,000
I-29 Madison Street interchange, Sioux Falls, South 
    Dakota..............................................       4,000,000
1-295 & Route 38 Missing Moves--Mount Laurel, New Jersey         250,000
I-295 Via Duct to I-76, New Jersey......................       1,000,000
I-30/I-35 Dallas Construction of Bridges for Trinity 
    River, Texas........................................       5,000,000
I-35/Turkey Creek Reconstruction Project, Kansas........       3,000,000
I-40 and Paseo del Volcan Interchange and Access Road to 
    Double Eagle II, Albuquerque, New Mexico............       2,075,000
I-44 & US 65 Interchange, Missouri......................       2,000,000
I-44 Fenton Industrial Corridor--Fenton, Missouri.......         250,000
I-44 Interchanges at SH-51 and US-169, Tulsa, Oklahoma..         750,000
1-49 North to the Arkansas Line (Access Improvements to 
    I-220 @ US 71/LA1 & LA 172), Louisiana..............       1,000,000
I-55/US-49 Flyover Near Jackson, MS.....................       5,000,000
I-64, Vanderburgh and Posey counties, Indiana...........       1,000,000
I-69/SR 304 (construction Odom Road to I-55), 
    Mississippi.........................................       2,000,000
I-74 Reconstruction, Mississippi River Bridge 
    Replacement, Scott County, Iowa.....................         950,000
I-75 Exits 49 and 52, McMinn County, Tennessee..........         500,000
I-75 Improvements South West Florida....................       1,125,000
I-75, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.......................       6,000,000
I-77/Shuffel Road interchange, Canton, Ohio.............       1,500,000
I-80 Truck Climbing Lane--Reno, Nevada..................         500,000
I-81--Exit 44 Interchange/PA 465 Improvements--
    Cumberland County, PA...............................         250,000
I-81 Interchange, Syracuse, New York....................       1,500,000
I-84/Exit 17 at Routes 63 and 64, Middlebury/Waterbury, 
    Connecticut.........................................       1,000,000
I-84/I-87 Interchange, New York.........................       1,500,000
I-84/Route 2 East Hartford, operational improvements, 
    Connecticut (flyover access)........................         750,000
I-90 Joint Port of Entry Project, Wyoming...............       2,000,000
I-90 two-way transit operations, Washington.............         750,000
Interstate 40: Mississippi River Bridge Seismic 
    Retrofit, Arkansas..................................         900,000
Interstate 5, Rush Road to Maytown widening, Washington.       1,000,000
Interstate 5, Salem, Oregon (Boone Road Bridge 
    replacement.........................................         800,000
Interstate Highway 30 in Texarkana from FM 989 (Kings 
    Highway) in Bowie County, Texas, to the Arkansas 
    state line (US71)...................................       1,000,000
Interstate Highway 35 perpetual pavement testing 
    section, LaSalle County, Texas......................       1,000,000
Interstate Highway 45 frontage road and ramp system 
    improvements, Huntsville, Texas.....................       1,000,000
Laval Road Interchange Upgrade at I-5, California.......         750,000
Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project, 
    Kentucky............................................       5,000,000
Marquette Interchange Reconstruction, Milwaukee, 
    Wisconsin...........................................       4,500,000
New York State Thruway Authority, Westchester County, 
    Bryam Bridge rehabilitation & pavement 
    reconstruction, New York............................       1,000,000
Reconstruction of I-95/I-91/CT 34 Interchange, New 
    Haven, Connecticut (Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge--I-
    95 New Haven East Approach to Q-Bridge).............       1,500,000
Rehabilitation of I-20, Erath, Palo, Pinto, and Parker 
    counties, Texas.....................................       3,350,000
Right of way acquisition, Paterson, New Jersey 
    interchange improvements............................         200,000
State Route 79/SR 3025 missing ramps, Jackson Township, 
    Pennsylvania........................................         500,000
SW First-NW Lake Road Project, Washington...............       3,000,000
US-12 Burbank to Walla Walla, Washington................       2,500,000

                  Bureau of Transportation Statistics

      The conferees provide $31,000,000 for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics. Under the FHWA appropriations, the 
accompanying bill provides $31,000,000 for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics (BTS), the amount authorized in TEA-
21. The conferees note that BTS has undergone significant 
increases in staffing since 1993, the year BTS was established. 
In fiscal year 1993, on-board positions totaled 5; in 2001, 
total staff stood at 101; and BTS estimates on-board staff to 
total 146 by the end of 2002. In fiscal year 2003, BTS requests 
a level of 157 full-time positions (FTP). The conferees are 
very concerned about these staff increases, particularly when 
the staffing level has exceeded the Administration's request to 
Congress. Therefore, the conference committee directs BTS to 
fill no more than 146 full-time positions, or if lower, the 
number of on-board positions upon enactment of this Act.

                          Federal-Aid Highways

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash 
appropriation of $32,000,000,000 for the federal-aid highways 
program as proposed by the Senate.

                 Appalachian Development Highway System

      The conference agreement provides $188,000,000 for the 
Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) instead of 
$200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $100,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. Within the amount provided, $88,000,000 
shall be allocated in accordance with the ADHS most recent 
cost-to-complete study and the remaining $100,000,000 shall be 
allocated as follows: $35,000,000 for Kentucky Corridors; 
$5,000,000 for Tennessee Corridor S; $8,000,000 for Tennessee 
Corridor K; $2,000,000 for Corridor V, Mississippi; $20,000,000 
for West Virginia Corridors; and $30,000,000 for Alabama 
Corridor X.

                          Federal-Aid Highways

                             (RESCISSIONS)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$5,609,337 of funds in unobligated balances associated with 
completed projects contained in prior appropriations and 
authorizing Acts, as proposed by the House. In addition, 
$250,000,000 of contract authority balances from the five core 
programs are rescinded. These resources can not be obligated by 
the states as they were apportioned at levels over and above 
annual statutory obligation limitations. The conferees direct 
FHWA not to rescind the authority on a proportional basis by 
program and instead to administer the rescission by allowing 
each state maximum flexibility among the five programs in 
making these adjustments.

              FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                          Motor Carrier Safety

                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement includes $117,464,000 for 
administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration under the FMCSA limitation on administrative 
expenses account, as proposed by the Senate. Of the funds 
provided, $110,464,000 is for operating expenses and $7,000,000 
is for research and technology initiatives. The following 
adjustments are made to the budget request:

FECA administrative costs...............................        -$20,000
Hazardous materials safety and security.................        +500,000
Share the road safely...................................        -100,000
Safety is good business program.........................        -250,000
Research and technology information dissemination.......        -150,000
Undistributed reduction.................................        -500,000

      FECA administrative costs.--The conference agreement 
denies $20,000 for FECA administrative costs, as proposed by 
the House.
      Share the road program.--Statistics for 1999 show that 78 
percent of all fatal truck crashes are collisions between large 
trucks and other vehicles. Data from 1998 indicate that 
approximately 81 percent of all large truck and other vehicle 
fatal crashes are the result of action initiated by passenger 
vehicle drivers. The conferees believe that the share the road 
program needs to be retargeted and broader than its main 
campaign that focused on warning noncommercial drivers to avoid 
truck blind spots. The conferees provide $100,000 for FMCSA's 
share the road program and encourage the agency to coordinate 
its share the road efforts with NHTSA, as proposed by the 
Senate. Further, the conferees direct the General Accounting 
Office to evaluate the effectiveness of the share the road 
program, make recommendations to strengthen the program, and 
submit the study to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations by July 15, 2003, as proposed by the House.
      Commercial drivers license program.-- The conference 
agreement retains language recommending that more work needs to 
be done to address deficiencies in the CDL program. As proposed 
by the House, within the funds provided for the CDL program, 
FMCSA should continue working with the American Association of 
Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Commercial Vehicle Safety 
Alliance, lead MCSAP agencies and licensing agencies to improve 
all aspects of the CDL program. In addition, FMCSA should 
consider sponsoring another pilot project involving law 
enforcement and driver licensing agencies to explore new and 
innovative ways to ensure that drivers who have been convicted 
of a disqualifying offense do not operate during the period of 
suspension or revocation. Finally, FMCSA should continue to 
support the judicial and prosecutorial outreach effort.
      Furthermore, as proposed by the Senate, the conferees 
encourage FMCSA to adopt a CDL-related standard that includes 
monitoring, consistent with OIG recommendations in the menu of 
oversight activities for state and third-party CDL examiners.
      Untethered truck trailer tracking and security.--The 
conference agreement has provided $2,000,000 to leverage 
existing technology and develop an untethered trailer tracking 
and control system that will provide real-time trailer 
identification, location, geofensing, unscheduled movement 
notification, door sensors, and alarms, as proposed by the 
House.
      Solid waste shippers.--The conferees direct the FMCSA to 
work with the Commonwealth of Virginia's MCSAP agency to 
conduct 3 one-day concentrated roadside inspection strike 
forces on interstate waste haulers. The results shall be 
compiled in a letter submitted to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations by September 31, 2003.
      Crash causation study.--The conference agreement includes 
language proposed by the Senate urging FMCSA to make available 
the preliminary results of the crash causation study as soon as 
a representative data set is analyzed and to submit a letter to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by May 15, 
2003, indicating the study's progress, the response to and 
status of the Transportation Research Board's recommendations, 
and a time schedule for the release of the initial results. In 
addition, the conferees direct NHTSA to request that the 
Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control evaluate the adequacy of the crash 
causation research design. CDC's evaluation is to be provided 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
      Hazardous materials transportation.--The conference 
agreement includes an additional $500,000 above the budget 
request for hazardous materials safety and security, as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conferees urge 
FMCSA to enforce compliance with Federal hazardous materials 
regulations and to encourage states to use the motor carrier 
safety assistance program for hazardous materials safety and 
security research. In addition, the conferees recommend that 
FMCSA develop innovative strategies to minimize the risks of 
transporting hazardous materials.
      ``Safety is Good Business'' Program.--The conferees have 
deleted funding for the Safety is Good Business program from 
the Motor Carrier Safety Account, as proposed by the Senate. 
The conferees believe that this funding should come from 
FMCSA's high priority initiative program within the Motor 
Carrier Safety Assistance Program.
      Younger driver pilot program.--The conference agreement 
includes language as proposed by the Senate directing the FMCSA 
administrator to conduct an analysis of the safety 
ramifications associated with the younger driver pilot program. 
The conferees include a provision, as proposed by the House, 
prohibiting the DOT from implementing a pilot program allowing 
commercial drivers 18 to 20 years of age to operate commercial 
motor vehicles in interstate commerce. This provision does not 
prohibit FMCSA from studying the younger driver pilot program; 
the prohibition only applies to the development or 
implementation of such a program.
      Driver record improvements.--The conferees include 
language as proposed by the Senate regarding improvements to 
the issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle operator's license. 
The conferees direct NHTSA and FMCSA to conduct an analysis of 
the costs associated with the development of the one driver, 
one record pointer system and the steps necessary for 
implementation, and to report its findings to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations by August 1, 2003.
      Driver research.--Within the funds provided for research 
and technology, the conference agreement provides $700,000 for 
the Transportation Research Institute at the George Washington 
University Virginia campus, as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees also provide $250,000 to initiate a separate 
multidisciplinary driver research program, as proposed by the 
Senate.

                 National Motor Carrier Safety Program

                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash 
appropriation of $190,000,000 for the national motor carrier 
safety program as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

      The conference agreement includes a limitation on 
obligations of $190,000,000 for motor carrier safety grants as 
proposed by the House and the Senate.
      Truck driver training program.--Within the funds provided 
for FMCSA's high priority initiative program, the conference 
agreement provides $700,000 for the development of a concrete 
skid pad at Lewis-Clark State College North Lewiston Training 
Facility.
      Highway watch program.--The Senate proposed funding 
$1,000,000 for the continuation of the Highway Watch program. 
The conference agreement denies this funding.
      Operation respond.--Also within funds provided for 
FMCSA's high priority initiative program, the conference 
agreement provides $1,000,000 to design, build and demonstrate 
the benefits of a hazardous materials incident detection, 
management, and response system, including the expansion of the 
Operation Respond network. The conferees urge that these funds 
be used to establish a national first responders emergency 
services network and to accelerate deployment of Operation 
Respond software.

                       Border Enforcement Program

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement provides a total of $59,967,000 
for the Border Enforcement program under the Federal Highway 
Administration's 104(a)(1)(A) administrative takedown, as 
proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, the conferees 
provide $41,967,000 for Federal border enforcement staffing and 
operations and $18,000,000 for state operations grants to the 
southern border states, as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.
      U.S. Southern border.--The conference agreement extends a 
provision from the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act 
regarding the safety of cross-border trucking between the 
United States and Mexico. Further, the conferees direct the 
Secretary to report annually on the safety and security of the 
U.S. Southern border with regard to motor carrier 
transportation into the U.S. by Mexican-domiciled motor 
carriers.

             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research

      The conference agreement provides $138,288,000 from the 
general fund for highway and traffic safety activities instead 
of $131,433,000 as proposed by the House and $141,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. A total of $98,161,131 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2005 as proposed by the House and 
the Senate.
      The agreement includes a provision carried since fiscal 
year 1996 that prohibits NHTSA from obligating or expending 
funds to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemakings that 
would add requirements pertaining to tire grading standards 
that are not related to safety performance. This provision was 
contained in both the House and Senate bills.

                        Operations and Research

                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)

                      (Limitation on Obligations)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

      The conference agreement provides $72,000,000 from the 
highway trust fund to carry out provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403 as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
      The following table summarizes the conference agreement 
for operations and research (general fund and highway trust 
fund combined) by budget activity:

Salaries and benefits...................................     $63,316,000
Travel..................................................       1,324,000
Operating expenses......................................      22,834,000
Contract programs:
    Safety performance..................................      10,393,000
    Safety assurance....................................      15,760,000
    Highway safety programs.............................      48,463,000
    Research and analysis...............................      60,691,000
    General administration..............................         657,000
Grant administration reimbursements.....................     -11,150,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................    $212,288,000
      FECA administrative costs.--The conference agreement 
deletes $12,000 proposed in the budget for FECA administrative 
costs. This action is consistent across all modal 
administrations.
      Workforce planning and development activities.--The 
conference agreement provides a total of $300,000 for workforce 
planning and development activities as proposed by the Senate 
in its explanatory language delineated in the Congressional 
Record of January 15, 2003. This is a reduction of $115,000 
from the budget request.
      Contracting procedures.--The conferees urge NHTSA to 
review its contracting procedures and take appropriate steps to 
eliminate unnecessary delays. Too often, contract recipients 
have had to wait for several months before Federal funds are 
granted after a contract is awarded.
      National occupant protection program.--The conference 
agreement provides $3,000,000 above the budget request to 
bolster the national occupant protection program. The 
additional funds shall be used to continue outreach activities 
to increase seat belt use by minority populations, teens, and 
rural populations.
      Passenger vehicle tire traction.--The conferees encourage 
NHTSA to include standards for tire performance on wet road 
surfaces when the agency prepares its final rule on tire safety 
performance, as discussed in the Senate's explanatory 
statement. Absent such inclusion, NHTSA shall send a letter to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations explaining 
why wet road tire performance standards were not included.
      Ejection prevention measures.--NHTSA has identified both 
occupant ejection and upgraded roof crush resistance as ``near 
term'' regulatory priorities that the agency plans to undertake 
in 2003. Consistent with this proposal, the conferees support 
the adoption of measures to improve ejection prevention 
performance of motor vehicles no later than December 31, 2004, 
and recognize that the agency may need to develop new test 
procedures.
      Early warning reporting system.--The conferees direct 
NHTSA to submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations detailing the methods the agency will adopt to 
ensure that all tires imported and sold in the United States 
comply with the early warning report system, as outlined in 
NHTSA's final regulations. This report should be issued by July 
1, 2003.
      Defects information system.--The Inspector General raised 
concerns about whether the new defects information system can 
be successfully implemented on time and within the estimated 
$5,000,000 budget. Since the issuance of this report, NHTSA has 
concurred with the IG's concerns. The conferees direct NHTSA to 
provide a letter to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations that details the current schedule and cost 
estimate for this system, explain any cost increases, and 
indicate how these new costs will be paid for.
      Impaired driving.--The conference agreement provides 
$4,000,000 above the budget request for the impaired driving 
program. Of this total: $1,000,000 shall be used for judicial 
and prosecutorial initiatives; $2,000,000 shall be used on the 
repeat offender tracking model; and $1,000,000 shall be used on 
target population outreach efforts.
      Within the funding provided for judicial and 
prosecutorial outreach, NHTSA, in conjunction with the Attorney 
General, should identify and report on the best strategies for 
reducing obstacles to obtaining impaired driving convictions 
and strategies to help prosecutors and judges apply sanctions 
in a consistent manner. The report should also emphasize 
strategies to reduce plea bargaining, diversion, or deferral 
programs, and other means used by offenders to avoid any 
permanent record. This report must be submitted to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations by October 1, 2003.
      NHTSA shall detail to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, in letter format, the concept behind the repeat 
offender tracking model, the total cost to develop the model, 
the anticipated yearly costs to enact the model, and the 
schedule to develop and enact this program. NHTSA should 
develop this model with input from the states and the highway 
safety community.
      As part of the impaired driving program, the conferees 
suggest that NHTSA evaluate point of sales training as proposed 
by the House.
      Alcohol ignition interlock devices.--The conferees have 
not provided any funding for research to advance the alcohol 
ignition interlock devices proposed by the Senate.
      Drugs, driving and youth.--The conference agreement funds 
the drugs, driving and youth program at the 2003 budget request 
as proposed by the House.
      Motorcycles.--A total of $945,000 has been provided for 
motorcycle programs, an increase of $300,000 above the budget 
request. This additional funding shall be used for strategies 
to enhance motorcycle rider's crash avoidance skills and 
improve conspicuity. In addition, as directed by the House, 
$500,000 shall be used for demonstration projects related to 
motorcycle training.
      Crash causation study.--The conferees have included 
$2,000,000 to update a 23-year-old crash causation study, as 
proposed by the House.
      Highway safety data and traffic records.--The conference 
agreement does not provide funding for NHTSA to continue 
working with the states to improve highway safety data and 
traffic records, similar to activities funded previously under 
the section 411 grant program. The conferees understand the 
agency has carryover funding available for these efforts from 
other grant programs, such as section 410.
      Emergency medical services head injury research.--A total 
of $2,189,000 has been provided for emergency medical services. 
Of this amount, $750,000 shall be used to continue training 
emergency medical service personnel in delivering prehospital 
care to patients with traumatic brain injuries.
      Biomechanics.--The conference agreement provides a total 
of $14,950,000 for biomechanics research, $1,000,000 more than 
the budget request, to continue research of the CIREN program. 
Also, within the funds provided, $2,000,000 shall be used to 
continue research related to traumatic brain and spinal cord 
injuries at the Southern Consortium for Injury Biomechanics.
      National Automotive Sampling System.--The conference 
agreement has provided $795,000 above the budget request so 
that NHTSA can expand the National Automotive Sampling System 
database with a particular focus on child safety seat and tire-
related data, as proposed by the Senate.
      Built-in child booster systems.--The conference agreement 
does not include funding, proposed by the Senate, to study the 
effectiveness of built-in child booster systems with other 
systems. The built-in technology is not advanced enough to 
warrant a study at this time.
      Heavy vehicle research.--Within the funds provided for 
heavy vehicle research, $500,000 is for the National 
Transportation Research Center in Tennessee to continue to 
conduct broad-based laboratory-to-roadside research in heavy 
vehicle safety issues.
      Pneumatic tire research.--The conference agreement 
includes $375,000 in the pneumatic tire program for Mercer 
Engineering Research Center, as proposed in the Senate's 
explanatory statement of January 15, 2003.

                        National Driver Register

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for the 
National Driver Register as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.

                     Highway Traffic Safety Grants

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement provides $225,000,000 to 
liquidate contract authorizations for highway traffic safety 
grants, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                     Highway Traffic Safety Grants

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement limits obligations for highway 
traffic safety grants to $225,000,000 as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate. The bill includes separate obligation 
limitations with the following funding allocations:

Highway safety programs.................................    $165,000,000
Occupant protection incentive grants....................     $20,000,000
Alcohol incentive grants................................     $40,000,000

      A total of $11,150,000 has been provided for 
administration of the grant programs as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate. Of this total, not more than $8,150,000 
of the funds made available for section 402; not more than 
$1,000,000 of the funds made available for section 405; and not 
more than $2,000,000 of the funds made available for section 
410 shall be available to NHTSA for administering highway 
safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23. This language is 
necessary to ensure that each grant program does not contribute 
more than five percent of the total administrative costs.
      The conference agreement retains bill language, proposed 
by both the House and Senate, that limits technical assistance 
to states from section 410 to $500,000.
      The conference agreement prohibits the use of funds for 
construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for office 
furnishings and fixtures for state, local, or private buildings 
or structures, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                    FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

                         Safety and Operations

      The conference agreement provides $117,363,000 for safety 
and operations as proposed by the House instead of $118,264,000 
as proposed by the Senate. Within this total, the conferees 
have funded four new positions. The conference agreement 
includes language that permits $6,636,000 of the total funding 
to remain available until expended as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.
      FECA administrative costs.--The conference agreement 
deletes $65,000 proposed in the budget for FECA administrative 
costs. This action is consistent across all modal 
administrations.
      Study on grade crossings.--As directed by the Senate in 
its explanatory statement in the Congressional Record of 
January 15, 2003, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit 
with the fiscal year 2005 budget request an action plan 
outlining specific efforts to be pursued by FRA, FHWA, FMCSA, 
NHTSA, and the ITS Joint Program Office to improve safety at 
both public and private grade crossings.
      Positive train control.--The conferees direct FRA to 
submit an updated economic analysis of the costs and benefits 
of positive train control and related systems that takes into 
account advances in technology and system savings to carriers 
and shippers as well as other cost savings related to 
prioritized deployment of these systems, as proposed by the 
Senate. This analysis must be submitted as a letter report to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by October 1, 
2003.
      Safety assurance and compliance program (SACP).--By April 
1, 2003, FRA must provide a status report on the utilization of 
the safety assurance and compliance program, which summarizes 
the SACP activities in fiscal year 2002 and the agency's audit 
plans for fiscal year 2003 as proposed by the Senate.
      Railroad threat assessment.--The conferees are concerned 
over the targeting of railroad facilities, structures, 
terminals and operations posed by terrorist entities and urge 
the FRA to work with the new Department of Homeland Security 
and the Association of American Railroads to develop a 
comprehensive assessment of the threats and vulnerabilities 
nationwide, and identify ways to enhance passenger safety and 
infrastructure protection.

                   Railroad Research and Development

      The conference agreement provides $29,325,000 for 
railroad research and development as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $27,325,000 as proposed by the House. None of this 
funding is to be offset from user fees.
      Integrated railway remote information service.--The 
conference agreement does not provide any funding for the 
integrated railway remote information service proposed by the 
Senate. Last year funding was provided for this program; 
however, FRA was directed to evaluate this initiative before 
additional funding was provided. To date, no evaluation has 
been conducted.
      Marshall University/University of Nebraska.--The 
conference agreement includes $1,400,000 to support Marshall 
University and the University of Nebraska to conduct safety 
studies in any of the following areas: track and structures, 
human factors, equipment, train control, grade crossing and 
digital communications.
      Transportation Technology Center.--The conference 
agreement provides a total of $675,000 for site improvements at 
the Transportation Technology Center, as proposed by the House.
      Freight congestion study.--The conferees direct FRA to 
work with the Chicago Transportation Coordination Office and 
communities in the Chicago region consistent with the Senate's 
explanatory statement of January 15, 2003. Reports must be 
submitted quarterly to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.

            Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program

      The conference agreement includes a provision, proposed 
by both the House and the Senate, specifying that no new direct 
loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using federal 
funds for the payment of any credit premium amounts during 
fiscal year 2003. No federal appropriation is required since a 
non-federal infrastructure partner may contribute the subsidy 
amount required by the Credit Reform Act of 1990 in the form of 
a credit risk premium. Once received, statutorily established 
investigation charges are immediately available for appraisals 
and necessary determinations and findings.
      The conference agreement includes a further provision 
mandating that no payment of principal or interest shall be 
collected during fiscal year 2003 for the direct loan made to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.

                    Next Generation High-Speed Rail

      The conference agreement provides $30,450,000 for the 
next generation high-speed rail program as proposed by the 
House instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
following table summarizes the conference agreement by 
budgetary activity:

Train control systems...................................      $6,500,000
Non-electric locomotives................................       9,300,000
    ALPS................................................     (1,800,000)
    Prototype locomotive................................     (3,000,000)
    Diesel multiple units compliance and demonstration..     (4,000,000)
Grade crossings and innovative technologies:                   3,250,000
    N.C. sealed corridor................................       (500,000)
    Illinois rail grade crossing safety program.........       (500,000)
    State of Vermont hazard elimination.................       (250,000)
    Mitigating hazards and low-cost technologies........     (2,000,000)
Track and structures....................................       1,000,000
Corridor planning activities............................       5,900,000
    California corridor.................................     (1,250,000)
    Gulf Coast corridor.................................       (800,000)
    Southeast corridor..................................       (500,000)
    Florida corridor....................................     (2,150,000)
    Seattle to Everett corridor.........................       (750,000)
    Las Vegas to Los Angeles high-speed rail study......       (200,000)
    Northern New England corridor, VT...................       (250,000)
Magnetic levitation.....................................       4,500,000
    Washington-Baltimore................................       (500,000)
    Nevada-California...................................     (1,500,000)
    Greensburg-Pittsburgh...............................     (2,000,000)
    Southern California.................................       (500,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     $30,450,000

      Diesel multiple units.--The conference agreement provides 
$4,000,000 to validate the compliance of diesel multiple units 
with existing passenger car safety standards and to make a 
grant to a public body for the purpose of initiating a 
demonstration in daily revenue service of a compliant DMU 
during calendar years 2003 and 2004. Federal funding shall only 
be made available if funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar 
basis from non-federal sources and shall only be used for 
activities related to establishing the compliance of the DMU 
design with passenger safety standards and for the acquisition 
of DMUs (through a conventional competitive procurement 
process) and service facilities necessary for revenue service 
demonstration. All other expenses, including the cost of 
passenger facilities and any net operating expenses are not 
eligible for funding under this appropriation.
      State of California.--Funds made available for high-speed 
rail in California should supplement, not replace, state 
funding for this same program.
      Rail-highway crossing hazard eliminations.--Under section 
1103 of TEA21, an automatic set-aside of $5,250,000 is made 
available each year for the elimination of rail-highway 
crossing hazards. A limited number of rail corridors are 
eligible for these funds. Of these set-aside funds, the 
following allocations are made:

                                                              Conference
High-speed rail corridor between Mobile, AL and New 
    Orleans, LA.........................................      $1,800,000
Pacific Northwest high-speed rail corridor..............       1,000,000
High-speed rail corridor between New York City and 
    Albany, NY..........................................         850,000
High-speed rail corridor in South Carolina..............         500,000
High-speed rail corridor between Milwaukee and LaCrosse, 
    WI..................................................         450,000
High-speed rail corridor between Staples Mill Station 
    and Main Street Station in Richmond, VA.............         200,000
High-speed rail corridor between Minneapolis/St. Paul, 
    MN and Chicago, IL (TEA21)..........................         250,000
High-speed rail corridor between Chicago, IL and St. 
    Louis, MO...........................................         200,000

                     Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation

      The conference agreement provides $22,000,000 for the 
Alaska Railroad instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The House bill contained no similar appropriation.

         Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

      The conference agreement provides $1,050,000,000 for 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) 
instead of $762,476,000 as proposed by the House and 
$1,200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within these funds: 
$522,000,000 shall be for operating expenses; $295,000,000 
shall be for capital expenses along the Northeast Corridor 
Mainline; and $233,000,000 shall be for general capital 
improvements. Funding is provided to the Secretary of 
Transportation, who shall allocate these funds quarterly 
through the grant making process. Funding is available until 
September 30, 2003.
      The Secretary of Transportation shall approve funding to 
cover operating losses on a long distance train of the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation only after receiving and 
reviewing a grant request for each specific train route. Each 
request must be accompanied by detailed financial analysis and 
revenue projections justifying federal support. Language, 
proposed by the House, that limited operating expenses of long 
distance trains to $150,000,000, has been deleted.
      The Secretary of Transportation and Amtrak's Board of 
Directors shall ensure that sufficient funds are reserved to 
satisfy the Railroad's contractual obligations with commuter 
and intercity passenger rail service.
      The conference agreement slightly modifies a number of 
reporting requirements proposed by the House. These 
requirements include directing Amtrak to transmit to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Secretary of 
Transportation capital and operating plans, which must be used 
as the base for expenditures in 2003. Funding may not be spent 
on projects not included on the business plan. Beginning on 
June 1, 2003, Amtrak shall submit supplemental reports 
regarding the changes to the business plan and a justification 
for such changes.
      The conferees recognize that Amtrak has the authority to 
transfer capital funds for operating expenses, such as 
progressive overhauls, preventive maintenance, and maintenance 
of way activities. This permission was granted in 1999. 
However, the conferees expect that the Secretary of 
Transportation shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations of any such transfer of capital funds to 
eligible operating expenses over and above those stipulated in 
the original business plan.
      As proposed by the House, the Secretary is prohibited 
from obligating or expending any funds until Amtrak agrees to 
continue abiding by certain direct loan provisions as agreed to 
on June 28, 2002. Included in these provisions is a requirement 
for Amtrak to identify $100,000,000 in cost savings options.
      Accuracy of financial information.--The Secretary of 
Transportation must vouch for the accuracy of financial 
information that Amtrak provides to Congress. This must be in 
the form of a signed letter that would accompany the operating 
and capital plans. In doing so, the Secretary must certify in 
writing, that based on his knowledge, the financial statements 
and other financial information prepared by Amtrak for Congress 
fairly presents in all material respects the financial 
condition of the Corporation. Specific requirements are 
discussed in the House report.
      Reprogramming guidelines.--As detailed in the House 
report, Amtrak must abide by the Department's reprogramming 
guidelines. However, the conferees are willing to provide 
Amtrak flexibility for increases and decreases in their 
operating and capital plans of under $10,000,000 without 
submitting a reprogramming request.
      Short distance trains.--Amtrak shall establish a more 
uniform methodology for cost sharing on short distance routes. 
To do so, Amtrak should analyze current state funding for 
operating expenses and capital improvements, review the 
contractual terms under which this funding is provided, and 
consult with states served by these routes to establish new 
cost sharing procedures and increase state support on these 
routes. Amtrak shall report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on the status of these efforts by April 1, 
2003.
      Cost of long distance trains.--The conferees direct 
Amtrak to report on the measures it undertakes, beginning in 
fiscal year 2003, to reduce the financial burden of long 
distance trains on the federal treasury. This report should 
include specific estimates of cost savings to be achieved in 
2003 and over a five-year period. This report is due to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 
April 1, 2003.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                        Administrative Expenses

      The conference agreement provides $73,000,000 for 
administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration 
as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within the total, 
the conference agreement appropriates $14,600,000 from the 
general fund.
      The conference agreement includes a provision, contained 
in both bills, that would reimburse the Department of 
Transportation's Inspector General $2,000,000 for costs 
associated with audits and investigations of transit-related 
issues. The conference agreement also includes a provision that 
limits the amount of funding available for the National transit 
database to $2,600,000.
      Full-time equivalent staff.--The conference agreement 
approves the budget request for 12 new staff; however, funding 
has been reduced for these positions by $549,000. The reduction 
reflects half-year funding for these new positions, which is 
consistent with hiring practices in other modes and by FTA last 
year.
      FECA administrative costs.--The conference agreement 
deletes $15,000 proposed in the budget for FECA administrative 
costs. This action is consistent across all modal 
administrations.
      Project and financial management oversight activities.--
The conferees direct that savings from funding new staff 
positions at a half-year level and the denial of FECA 
administrative costs should be used to increase funding for 
project and financial management oversight activities 
(+$564,000). The conferees further direct that the FTA submit 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the 
Inspector General and the General Accounting Office the 
quarterly FMO and PMO reports for each project with a full 
funding grant agreement.
      Full funding grant agreements (FFGAs).--TEA21, as 
amended, requires that the FTA notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations as well as the House Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on 
Banking 60 days before executing a full funding grant 
agreement. In its notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the conferees direct the FTA to 
include therein the following: (a) a copy of the proposed full 
funding grant agreement; (b) the total and annual federal 
appropriations required for that project; (c) yearly and total 
federal appropriations that can be reasonably planned or 
anticipated for future FFGAs for each fiscal year through 2004; 
(d) a detailed analysis of annual commitments for current and 
anticipated FFGAs against the program authorization; and (e) a 
financial analysis of the project's cost and sponsor's ability 
to finance, which shall be conducted by an independent examiner 
and shall include an assessment of the capital cost estimate 
and the finance plan; the source and security of all public- 
and private-sector financial instruments, the project's 
operating plan which enumerates the project's future revenue 
and ridership forecasts, and planned contingencies and risks 
associated with the project.
      The conferees also direct the FTA to inform the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations before approving scope 
changes in any full funding grant agreement. Correspondence 
relating to scope changes shall include any budget revisions or 
program changes that materially alter the project as originally 
stipulated in the full funding grant agreement, and shall 
include any proposed change in rail car procurements.

                             Formula Grants

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement provides a total program level 
of $3,839,000,000 for transit formula grants, as proposed by 
both the House and the Senate. Within this total, the 
conference agreement appropriates $767,800,000 from the general 
fund. The general fund appropriation shall be available until 
expended.
      The conference agreement provides that funding made 
available under the clean fuels formula grant program under 
this heading shall be transferred to and merged with funding 
provided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of 
buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related 
facilities under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital 
investment grants''.
      Distribution of formula funding.--Within the total 
funding level, the conferees anticipate that formula grants 
will be distributed as follows:

Urbanized area formula (sec. 5307)......................  $3,428,709,908
Elderly and individuals with disabilities (sec. 5310)...      90,652,801
Nonurbanized area formula (sec. 5311)...................     239,404,605
Clean fuels programs (sec. 5308)........................      50,000,000
Alaska Railroad \1\.....................................       4,850,000
Over-the-road bus accessibility.........................       6,950,000
Oversight...............................................      18,432,736

\1\ Includes $24,300 for oversight activities.

      Within the funding provided for the over-the-road bus 
accessibility program: $5,250,000 for intercity fixed route 
projects and the remainder is to be made available for other 
services, such as local fixed route service, commuter service 
and charter service.
      Salaries and benefits.--No funds herein appropriated may 
be used by the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority, any 
affiliated agency or entity to pay either salary, benefits, or 
expenses to the elected or appointed officers of the 
Association of Commuter Rail Employees.

                   University Transportation Research

      The conference agreement provides a total of $6,000,000 
for the university transportation research program as proposed 
by both the House and the Senate. Of this amount, $1,200,000 is 
from the general fund and shall be available until expended.

                     Transit Planning and Research

      The conference agreement provides a total of $122,000,000 
for transit planning and research, as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate. Within the total, the conference 
agreement appropriates $24,200,000 from the general fund. The 
general fund appropriation shall be available until expended.
      Within the funds appropriated for transit planning and 
research, $5,250,000 is provided for rural transportation 
assistance; $4,000,000 is provided for the National Transit 
Institute; $8,250,000 is provided for the transit cooperative 
research program; $60,385,600 is provided formetropolitan 
planning; $12,614,400 is provided for state planning; and $31,500,000 
is provided for the national planning and research program.
      National planning and research.--Within the funding 
provided for national planning and research, the Federal 
Transit Administration shall make available the following 
amounts for the programs and activities listed below:

Project Action (TEA-21).................................      $3,000,000
Calstart/Westart bus rapid transit......................       1,000,000
Clean mobility and transit enhancements.................       2,000,000
Electric Transit Vehicle Institute, TN..................         500,000
University of South Florida for urban transit research..         250,000
Santa Barbara Electric Transit Institute, CA............         425,000
Hennepin County community transportation, MN............       1,000,000
Joblinks/Community Transportation Association...........         500,000
North Dakota transit center.............................         400,000
PVTA electric bus project, MA...........................         750,000
Auburn University campus transit system, AL.............         375,000
Center for Composites Manufacturing, AL.................         900,000
Detroit airport rail project, MI........................         200,000
Detroit area regional transportation authority studies, 
    MI..................................................         350,000
National bio-terrorism civilian medical response center, 
    PA..................................................         750,000
Rich Passage passenger ferry project, WA................         800,000
Rockford-Belvidere transit feasibility study, IL........         200,000
Transit usage, home interview survey study, UT..........         300,000
Washington state ferries wireless connection project, WA         800,000
WVU exhaust emissions testing, WV.......................       1,000,000
Zinc-air zero emission bus, NV..........................         750,000
National deployment of ITN America, ME..................         300,000

                      Trust Fund Share of Expenses

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement provides $5,781,000,000 in 
liquidating cash for the trust fund share of transit expenses 
as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                       Capital Investment Grants

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement provides a total program level 
of $3,036,000,000 to remain available until expended for 
capital investment grants as proposed by the House and the 
Senate. Within the total, the conference agreement appropriates 
$607,200,000 from the general fund as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.
      Within the total program level, $1,214,400,000 is 
provided for fixed guideway modernization; $607,200,000 is 
provided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of 
buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related 
facilities; and $1,214,400,000 is provided for new fixed 
guideway systems.
      In addition to the $607,200,000 for buses, the conference 
agreement transfers $50,000,000 from formula funds to capital 
investment grants for the replacement, rehabilitation, and 
purchase of buses and related equipment and for the 
construction of bus-related facilities, as proposed by the 
House. The Senate also proposed the transfer of $50,000,000; 
however, the bill language was slightly different.
      In the new fixed guideway program, the conference 
agreement supplements the $1,214,400,000 provided in this Act 
by transferring $45,000,000 from the job access and reverse 
commute grant program to the capital investment grant program. 
The Senate proposed a transfer of $25,000,000 whereas the House 
had no similar bill language. In addition, the conference 
agreement transfers all in unobligated 1999 job access and 
reverse commute program funds to capital investment grants and 
makes this funding available for new fixed guideway systems.
      Three year availability of section 5309 discretionary 
funds.--The conferees direct the FTA to reprogram funds from 
recoveries and previous appropriations that remain available 
after three years and are available for reallocation to only 
those new starts that have full funding grant agreements in 
place on the date of enactment of this Act, and with respect to 
bus and bus facilities, only to those bus and bus facilities 
projects identified in the accompanying reports of the fiscal 
year 2003 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act. The FTA shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations 15 days prior to any such proposed 
reallocation. The conferees, however, direct the FTA not to 
reallocate funds provided in the 1998, 1999, and 2000 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Acts for the following projects:
            Washington County intermodal facilities, buses, and 
        bus facilities, 2000
            Foothills Transit, California buses and HEV 
        vehicles, 2000
            Chatham, Georgia area transit buses and transfer 
        center, 2000
            Fair Lakes league, Virginia, 2000
            Dulles Corridor, Virginia park-and-ride express bus 
        program, 2000
            Fayette County, Pennsylvania intermodal parking 
        facility, 2000
            Swampscott, Massachusetts buses, 2000
            Ithaca, New York intermodal transportation center, 
        2000
            Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania intermodal facility, 
        1998, 1999, 2000
            Dulles, Virginia corridor project, 2000
            Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee, Wisconsin rail extension 
        project, 2000
            Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado project, 2000
            Twin Cities, Minnesota, Transitways project, 2000
            Altamount, California commuter rail project, 2000
            Santa Fe/El Dorado, New Mexico rail link project
            Albuquerque, New Mexico light rail project
            Tuscaloosa, Alabama intermodal center
            Northern New Mexico park and ride facilities
            State of New Mexico buses and bus-related 
        facilities
            Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor project
            Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Capital Area Transit/
        Corridor One commuter rail project
            Charleston, South Carolina monobeam corridor 
        project
            King County, Washington park and ride expansion
            Sequim, Washington-Clallam Transit multimodal 
        center
            Birmingham-Jefferson County, Alabama buses
            Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Colorado
            Dothan Wiregrass, Alabama vehicles and transit 
        facility
            Jefferson/Montevallo, Alabama pedestrian walkway
            Montgomery, Alabama Union Station intermodal center
            Pritchard, Alabama bus transfer center
            West Virginia statewide intermodal facility and 
        buses
            Port Mackenzie/Upper Cook Inlet intermodal facility
      The conferees agree that when the Congress extends the 
availability of funds that remain unobligated after three years 
and would otherwise be available for reallocation at the 
discretion of the administrator, such funds are extended only 
for one additional year, absent further congressional 
direction.
      Bus and bus facilities.--The conference agreement 
provides $607,200,000, together with $50,000,000 transferred 
from ``Federal Transit Administration, formula grants'' and 
merged with funding under this heading, for the replacement, 
rehabilitation and purchase of buses and related equipment and 
the construction of bus-related facilities. No funding in this 
Act is made available to carry out the clean fuels program. In 
addition, funds made available for bus and bus facilities are 
to be supplemented with $4,567,156 from the following projects 
included in previous appropriations Acts:

    Essex Junction, Vermont multimodal station..........        $490,547
    Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania intermodal center 
      (1999)............................................       1,488,750
    Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania intermodal center 
      (2000)............................................       1,471,643
    Folsom, California multimodal facility..............         992,500
    Georgetown University fuel cell program.............         123,716

      Funds provided for buses and bus facilities are 
distributed as follows:

        Project Name                                    Conference total
Alabama:
    Alabama A&M University bus & bus facilities.........        $500,000
    Alabama State Docks Intermodal Facility.............       8,000,000
    Alabama Statewide Replacement of Senior Center Vans.       1,000,000
    Bevill State community College Transit Project......         300,000
    Cullman County Commission (CARTS)...................         150,000
    Hoover & Vestavia Hills Diesel Hybrid Electric Buses       1,000,000
    Hunstville Intermodal Center........................       3,000,000
    Jefferson County, Diesel Hybrid Electric Buses......         750,000
    Martime Center of the Gulf..........................       4,000,000
    Troy State University Bus Shuttle Program...........       1,500,000
    Union Station/Molton Street Multimodal Facility, 
      Montgomery........................................       5,000,000
    University of North Alabama Transit Projects........       2,000,000
Alaska:
    Anchorage Int'l Airport Intermodal Facility.........       2,000,000
    Anchorage ship creek intermodal facility (AK).......       4,000,000
    Coffman-Cove Inner-island Ferry/Bus Terminal........       2,000,000
    Fairbanks Intermodal Facility.......................         250,000
    Fairbanks Rail/Bus Transfer.........................       2,000,000
    Port MacKenzie Intermodal Facility..................       2,000,000
    Port of Anchorage Intermodel Facility...............       3,000,000
    Seward Buses & Bus Facility.........................         200,000
    Skagway Municipal and Regional Transit..............         350,000
    Wasilla Intermodal Facility.........................         900,000
Arizona:
    City of Phoenix (RPTA) replacement buses............       3,835,000
    Coconino County Buses...............................       1,000,000
    RPTA Bus Facilities (Mesa, Scottsdale, Tempe, 
      Phoenix)..........................................       4,200,000
    SunTran Replacement Buses, including alternatively 
      fueled............................................       1,000,000
    SunTran Bus Storage & Maintenance Facility..........       1,750,000
    Tucson Intermodal Center (Union Pacific Depot)......       4,000,000
Arkansas:
    Fort Smith Bus......................................         750,000
    State of Arkansas Bus & Bus Facilities..............       4,500,000
California:
    Alameda Contra Costa Transit--Bus and Bus Facilities       1,050,000
    Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) Project.........         500,000
    Antelope Valley Transit Authority--Operations and 
      Maintenance Facility..............................         500,000
    BART Fruitvale Transit Village, parking structure...         250,000
    Chino, Transcenter, Omnitrans.......................         330,000
    City of Salinas--Intermodal Transportation Center...       1,250,000
    City of Sierra Madre Buses and Natural Gas Vehicle 
      Fueling Station...................................         300,000
    East County Bus Maintenance Facility................       1,600,000
    El Garces Intermodal Station........................       1,550,000
    Fairfield/Suisun Transit Alternative Fueled Buses...         500,000
    Folsom Railroad Block Project.......................       1,000,000
    Foothill Transit--Bus Purchase......................       1,500,000
    Fresno Area Express (FAX) Bus Expansion.............         600,000
    Golden Empire Transit District......................         750,000
    Los Angeles (MTA) Bus and Bus Facilities............       3,500,000
    Los Angeles to Pasadena Construction Authority Bus 
      Program...........................................       3,000,000
    Modesto, Bus Maintenance Facility...................       1,700,000
    Monterey-Salinas Transit Bus Facility & Buses.......       2,400,000
    MUNI Bus & Facility Upgrade, San Francisco..........       5,000,000
    Municipal Transit Operators Coalition--Bus and Bus 
      Facilities........................................       1,750,000
    Omnitrans, City of Yucaipa--the Yucaipa Transit 
      Advancement Project...............................         950,000
    Palmdale intermodal facility........................       1,000,000
    Redondo Beach, Bus Transfer Station.................         500,000
    Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) Transit Centers--
      Corona, Riverside.................................       1,000,000
    Roseville Multitransit Center.......................       1,500,000
    Sacramento Hydrogen Bus Technology (University of 
      California at Davis)..............................         600,000
    Sacramento Regional CNG Bus & Bus Facility..........       1,250,000
    San Diego Bus Rapid Transit.........................         500,000
    San Fernando Valley East and Ventura Boulevard, Park 
      and ride facilities...............................         500,000
    San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) Zero-
      Emission Buses....................................       1,385,000
    Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) 
      Hybrid Bus BRT Project............................         750,000
    Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Clean 
      Fuel Bus Program..................................       1,500,000
    Solano Transportation Authority--Fairfield/Vacaville 
      Intermodal Station................................         500,000
    Sonoma County CNG Fueling Facility Upgrade..........         500,000
    South Pasadena Circulator Bus.......................         150,000
    Sun Line Transit Hydrogen Refueling Station.........       1,250,000
    Yolubus and Unitrans CNG Buses......................       1,300,000
    Yosemite (YARTS)....................................         400,000
Colorado:
    Colorado Transit Coalition--Statewide Bus and Bus 
      Facilities........................................      12,000,000
Connecticut:
    Bridgeport High Speed Ferry Terminal Project........       1,000,000
    Connecticut State-wide Buses........................       1,000,000
    Hartford Downtown Circulator........................       1,500,000
    Hartford-New Britain Busway Project.................       7,500,000
    Hollyhock Station/Intermodal Transportation Center, 
      Norwich...........................................       2,650,000
    New Haven, Bus Maintenance Facility.................       1,000,000
    New Haven, Fuel Cell and Electric Bus Project.......       1,000,000
    West Haven Intermodal...............................       1,000,000
Delaware:
    Delaware Transit Corporation........................       3,000,000
District of Columbia:
    Georgetown University Fuel Cell Transit Bus Program.       4,850,000
    WMATA--Buses in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia........       2,000,000
Florida:
    Broward County Buses and Bus Facility...............         200,000
    Collier Area Transit, Transit Facility..............         750,000
    DeLand Intermodal Center (VOTRAN)...................       1,750,000
    East Central Florida Transit Coalition Bus and 
      Facilities........................................       6,000,000
    Ft. Lauderdale, Transit Shuttle Vehicles............       1,500,000
    Gainesville, Multimodal Transportation Center.......       1,000,000
    Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART)...........         500,000
    Jacksonville Transit Authority (JTA)--Buses.........       1,250,000
    Key West Buses and Bus Facilities...................       1,000,000
    Lakeland, Citrus Connection.........................         500,000
    Lee County, Bus Facility............................         750,000
    LYNX buses, bus facilities, and passenger amenities.         750,000
    Miami Beach Intermodal Transit Center...............       1,500,000
    Miami-Dade Buses....................................       3,000,000
    Pinellas County Bus Replacement.....................       4,200,000
    SunTran Transit Maintenance Facility--City of Ocala.         800,000
    Tallahassee (TALTRAN) buses.........................       1,250,000
    Tallahassee (TALTRAN) Intermodal Center.............         500,000
    West Coast Florida Bus Coalition....................       8,000,000
    West Palm Beach, Trolley Buses......................       1,250,000
    Winter Haven Transit Terminal.......................         500,000
Georgia:
    Atlanta, Multimodal Terminal........................       2,000,000
    Chatham Area Transit................................       2,700,000
    Georgia Regional Transportation Authority--Regional 
      Express Bus and Facilities........................       4,436,000
    Georgia Statewide Bus Replacement Program...........       1,500,000
    Gwinnett County Operations & Maintenance Facility...       1,500,000
    Macon Intermodal Center.............................       2,000,000
    MARTA buses, clean fuel buses and facilities........       2,500,000
Hawaii:
    BRT Systems, Appurenances & Facilities..............       8,000,000
    Bus Transit Centers--Waianae, Mililani, Wahiawa.....         750,000
    Hawaii Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities.............       5,000,000
    Maui County Buses...................................       1,100,000
Idaho:
    Idaho Transit Coalition Bus and Bus Facilities......       2,500,000
Illinois:
    Illinois Statewide Buses and Facilities.............      12,200,000
    Normal Multi-modal Facility.........................         750,000
Indiana:
    Cherry Street Multimodal Facility...................         500,000
    Fort Wayne Public Transportation Corporation (Fort 
      Wayne Citilink)...................................         600,000
    Indiana Transit Consortium--Bloominton Public 
      Transportation....................................         500,000
    Indianapolis Downtown Transit Facility..............       4,500,000
    Wabash Landing Transit Bus and Bus Facility.........         250,000
Iowa:
    Cedar Falls Multimodal Facility.....................       1,100,000
    Des Moines MTA Bus Purchase.........................         800,000
    Iowa City Intermodal Transit Facility...............       6,000,000
    State of Iowa, Buses, Facilities, Equipment.........       6,500,000
Kansas:
    City of Wichita, Mini-Transfer Station..............         400,000
    Johnson County Transit Programs.....................         500,000
    Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA)...         250,000
    Kansas, Buses and Bus Facilities....................       3,000,000
    Lawrence Transit System Transfer Center.............         500,000
    Topeka Transit Buses................................       1,500,000
    Unified Government Transit Bus Replacement--
      Wyandotte County/Kansas City......................         350,000
    Wichita Transit Authority...........................       1,200,000
Kentucky:
    Fulton County Transit Authority R V Cutaways........         180,000
    Henderson Area Rapid Transit Bus....................          96,000
    Henderson County Facility...........................         500,000
    KY Statewide, Bus and Bus Facilities................       7,500,000
    KY Transportation Cabinet--Community Action groups..       1,425,000
    Laurel County intermodal facility...................       5,000,000
    Paducah Area Transit Authority Buses................         480,000
    Pennyrile Allied Community Services Transit Facility         372,000
    Pikesville parking and transit facility enhancements       1,000,000
    Red Cross Wheels....................................       2,000,000
    Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK).......       1,500,000
    Transit Authority of River City.....................       2,000,000
Louisiana:
    LA Public Transit Association, Buses and Bus 
      Facilities........................................      10,000,000
    LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport Intermodal 
      Facility..........................................         250,000
    St. Bernard intermodal facility.....................         500,000
Maine:
    Maine Statewide Bus & Bus Facility..................       1,000,000
    Oceangateway Development Project....................         500,000
    Westbrook, Intermodal Facility......................       1,000,000
Maryland:
    Maryland Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities...........       8,000,000
    Montgomery County FDA Transit Center................         250,000
Massachusetts:
    Attleboro Intermodal Mixed-Use Garage Facility......         750,000
    Brockton Area Transit, Intermodal Transportation 
      Center............................................       1,000,000
    Cape Ann Transit Authority, buses and trolleys......         150,000
    Cape Cod Intermodal Facilities (Cape & Island 
      Transit Ctrs).....................................         300,000
    Cities of Beverly and Salem, Intermodal Facility 
      Improvements......................................         250,000
    CTS Northern Tier Buses--MA.........................         300,000
    Essex County, City of Lynn, MA, buses and senior 
      citizen vans......................................         140,000
    Essex County, City of Peabody, MA, buses............          48,000
    Essex County, Town of Danvers, MA, buses and senior 
      citizen vans......................................          66,000
    Lowell-Gallagher Intermodal Facility................       1,000,000
    Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVTRA), 
      facility improvements.............................         250,000
    Montachusett Area Regional Transit (MART) Commuter 
      Park and Ride Facility--Leominster................         750,000
    Montachusett Area Regional Transit (MART) Passenger 
      and Handicap Vans.................................         425,000
    Montachusett Commuter Facilities in Fitchburg.......       1,600,000
    Northern Tier Intermodal Center--Athol..............         300,000
    Springfield Union Station Intermodal Redevelopment 
      Project...........................................       6,000,000
    Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) 
      Maintenance Facility..............................         200,000
Michigan:
    Ann Arbor Transportation Authority Bus & Bus 
      Facilities........................................         250,000
    Battle Creek........................................         300,000
    Bay Area Transportation Authority Buses, Traverse 
      City..............................................         500,000
    Blue Water Area Transportation......................       1,000,000
    Branch County Transit Authority.....................         300,000
    City of Alma, intermodal facility and buses.........         775,000
    Detroit Department of Transportation Transit 
      Facility..........................................       5,150,000
    Flint Mass Transportation Authority bus and bus 
      facilities........................................       2,000,000
    Grand Rapids, buses and bus facilities..............         500,000
    Ionia Area Transportation Authority Dial-a-Ride.....         304,000
    Jackson Transportation Authority, Bus Maintenance 
      Facility..........................................         500,000
    Kalamazoo Metro Transit--Transfer Center............       2,900,000
    Lansing, Capital Area Transit Authority.............       1,000,000
    Livingston Essential Transportation Service.........         220,000
    Ludington Mass Transportation Authority (LMTA) 
      Transit Facility..................................         525,000
    Marquette County Transit Authority bus and bus 
      facilities........................................       2,000,000
    Michigan Statewide Bus and Facilities...............       1,000,000
    Milan Public Transit................................         180,000
    Saginaw Transit Authority Regional Service buses....         500,000
    Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transit 
      (SMART)...........................................       3,500,000
    Washtenaw County, Chelsa Area Transportation System 
      (CATS)............................................         264,000
    Yates Township Transit System.......................         450,000
Minnesota:
    Dakota County, Cedar Avenue Project.................       1,000,000
    Duluth Transit Authority Bus and Bus Facilities.....         500,000
    Greater Minnesota Transit Authority Bus & Bus 
      Facilities........................................       2,000,000
    La Crescent--Public Transfer Hub....................          60,000
    Metro Transit.......................................      11,585,000
    Metropolitan Light Rail Transit Joint Powers Board--
      Rush Line Corridor................................         500,000
    Minneapolis downtown circulator.....................       2,000,000
    Minneapolis, 63rd Ave N. Park and Ride..............       1,000,000
    Northwest Corridor Busway...........................       2,500,000
    Rochester--Bus Purchase.............................         507,000
    St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission Facilities         500,000
    STEELE--Bus Purchase................................          48,000
    Two Harbors Bus and Bus Facilities..................         200,000
Mississippi:
    Brookhaven, Multi-modal Center......................       2,000,000
    Harrison County multi-modal facilities and shuttle 
      service...........................................         500,000
    Hattiesburg Intermodal Facility.....................         750,000
Missouri:
    Bi-State Development Agency Bus Replacement.........       3,000,000
    Ferguson Van Replacement............................          45,000
    Hazelwood Van Expansion.............................          80,000
    Houston buses.......................................         100,000
    Jefferson City Transit Bus and Van..................         500,000
    Kansas City KCATA Buses.............................         200,000
    Missouri Bus & Bus Facilities--Dunklin County, City 
      of Houston, Southeast Missouri Transportation 
      Service, Scott County, SE Missouri State 
      University........................................       2,250,000
    Missouri Statewide Bus and Bus Facility Projects....       5,500,000
    OATS Bus and Bus Facilities.........................       1,500,000
    Southeast Missouri Trans. Services Bus and Bus 
      Facilities........................................         500,000
    Southwest Missouri State University Intermodal 
      Transfer Facility.................................       3,000,000
    Springfield Public Utilities Buses..................       1,300,000
    St. Charles Buses and Equipment.....................         245,000
    St. Joseph Buses....................................       1,000,000
    Stoddard County Van.................................          30,000
Montana:
    Billings bus and bus facilities.....................       1,000,000
    District IX--Bozeman Galavan........................         250,000
    Mountain Line Buses Missoula........................         500,000
Nebraska:
    Metro Area Transit--Intermodal Facility.............       1,000,000
    Metro Area Transit South Omaha/Stockyard Center.....         750,000
    Nebraska Statewide..................................         750,000
Nevada:
    Bus Rapid Transit on South Virginia Street--Reno....       2,450,000
    Bus Rapid Transit Project Las Vegas Blvd............       5,000,000
    Las Vegas Downtown Transportation Center............       2,250,000
    Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) BRT--North 
      Las Vegas CIVIS Bus Stops.........................         325,000
    Reno and Sparks Bus and Bus Facilities..............       2,700,000
    Rural Transit Buses & Facilities....................         750,000
New Hampshire:
    New Hampshire Statewide Bus Acquisition.............         750,000
New Jersey:
    Bergen County Intermodal Facilities and Park-n-Ride.       2,250,000
    Central New Jersey Raritan Valley Line Park-n-Ride..       1,000,000
    Gloucester Co Sr. Buses.............................         200,000
    Harrison New Jersey PATH Station Rehabilitation.....         250,000
    Montclair Community Wide Bus System.................       1,000,000
    Morris County, Intermodal Park-n-Rides Facilities...       1,500,000
    Newark Penn Station Intermodal Access Enhancements..       2,000,000
    Route 80 Howard Boulevard NJ Transit Park and Ride..         500,000
    Trenton Station Intermodal..........................       6,500,000
New Mexico:
    Albuquerque Buses and Bus Facility..................       1,000,000
    Alvorado Transportation Center--Phase II............         300,000
    Espanola ADA van & Compressed Gas Equipment.........          75,000
    Rio Rancho Buses and Facilities.....................         250,000
    anta Fe Bus Facility Renovation.....................         200,000
New York:
    Albany, NY--Capital District Transportation 
      Authority (CDTA), Bus and Bus Facilities..........       2,700,000
    Brooklyn, downtown intermodal transit district......         500,000
    Broome County, Binghamton Intermodal Terminal.......       1,000,000
    Buffalo Intermodal Transportation Center............       5,000,000
    Central New York Regional Transportation Authority..       3,000,000
    City of Schenectady, bus and bus facilities.........         500,000
    Jamaica Intermodal Facilities.......................       1,500,000
    Lower Hudson Intercounty Bus Program................         800,000
    Mobile Health Service Buses, NYC....................         500,000
    Nassau County's Long Island Bus.....................         250,000
    New Rochelle Intermodal Center......................         750,000
    Niagara Transportation Authority Buses and Bus 
      Facilities........................................       3,250,000
    Oneonta Public Transit Buses........................         750,000
    Orange County, Buses................................         750,000
    Rensselaer Intermodal Station and related community 
      enhancements......................................         800,000
    Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority 
      (RGRTA)--Rochester Central Station................       3,000,000
    Ulster County Rural Bus Facility....................         900,000
    Utica Transit Authority Buses.......................         900,000
    Westchester County Bee-Line Buses...................       1,750,000
North Carolina:
    City of Charlotte Bus and Bus Facilities............       1,500,000
    North Carolina Bus and Bus Facilities...............       8,000,000
    Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation 
      (PART)--Bus Purchase..............................       1,000,000
    Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) Maintenance 
      Facility..........................................         350,000
North Dakota:
    North Dakota Statewide Capital Transit..............       2,901,000
Ohio:
    Cincinnati Government Square Transit Transfer Center       4,000,000
    Greater Triskett Bus Garage Rehabilitation..........       1,000,000
    Lorain Renovation Train Depot in a Multi-modal Hub..       1,000,000
    Ohio Public Transportation Association--Bus and Bus 
      Facilities for the State of Ohio..................       8,500,000
Oklahoma:
    Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority 
      (COPTA)...........................................       2,500,000
    Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority (MTTA).........       1,000,000
    Oklahoma Transit Association--Bus and Bus Facilities       5,000,000
    OSU Multimodal Transportation Facility..............       3,000,000
Oregon:
    Albany, Buses.......................................         220,000
    Canby Transit.......................................         200,000
    Eugene Lane Transit District........................       2,000,000
    Portland, Tri-Met Buses.............................       2,000,000
    Rogue Valley Transit District.......................       1,000,000
    Salem Area Mass Transit Bus and Bus Facility........         500,000
    Wilsonville, South Metro Area Rapid Transit (SMART).         250,000
Pennsylvania:
    Adams Transit Authority Buses and Bus Facility......         400,000
    Allentown Intermodal Transportation Center..........       2,000,000
    Altoona Metro Transit Buses.........................         500,000
    AMTRAN Bus and Transit System Improvements..........         750,000
    Area Transportation Authority Buses, North Central 
      Pennsylvania......................................       2,000,000
    Beaver County Transit Authority Buses...............         150,000
    Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority--Buses 
      and Facilities....................................       1,000,000
    Bucks County, SEPTA Intermodal facility improvement.       1,000,000
    Butler Township/City Joint Municipal Transit Multi-
      Modal Transfer Center.............................         425,000
    Cambria County Operations and Maintenance Facility..         500,000
    Capital Area Transit Buses..........................         500,000
    Easton Intermodal Terminal..........................       2,000,000
    Endless Mountain Transportation Authority...........         300,000
    Fayette County Transit Facility.....................         900,000
    Hershey Intermodal Transportation Center............       2,000,000
    Indiana County Transit Authority....................         410,000
    Mid-County Transit Authority, Facilities and 
      Equipment.........................................         500,000
    Port Authority of Allegheny County Buses (including 
      clean fuels)......................................       1,775,000
    Pullman Multi-modal Center..........................         500,000
    SEPTA--Paratransit Vehicles.........................         500,000
    SEPTA Norristown Intermodal Facility................       1,000,000
    Somerset County Transportation System...............         160,000
    TEA-21 Altoona, PA..................................       3,000,000
    Westmoreland County Transit Authority...............       1,450,000
    Wilkes-Barre Intermodal Facility....................         250,000
    Williamsport Bureau of Transportation City Bus--
      Lycoming County...................................       1,250,000
    York County Transit Authority Buses.................         500,000
Puerto Rico:
    Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority (MBA), bus 
      and bus facilities................................         250,000
Rhode Island:
    Newport Trolley Project.............................         500,000
    Premium Commuter Service Pilot Program..............       1,000,000
    Rhode Island Buses and Alternatively Fueled 
      Infrastructure....................................       3,000,000
    University of Rhode Island Student Transportation 
      Services..........................................         750,000
South Carolina:
    Intermodal/Inland Port Terminal.....................       1,000,000
    Myrtle Beach Regional Multimodal Transit Center.....       1,125,000
    North Charleston Regional Intermodal Transportation 
      Center............................................         500,000
    South Carolina Vehicles and Facilities..............       7,000,000
    Sumter Intermodal Transportation Center (Union 
      Station)..........................................       3,000,000
South Dakota:
    Rosebud Sioux Tribe Bus Facility....................         200,000
    South Dakota Statewide--Bus and Bus Facilities......         750,000
Tennessee:
    Knoxville Electric Transit Intermodal Center........       3,400,000
    Memphis Airport Intermodal Facility Improvements....       3,000,000
    Tennessee Bus Replacements & Bus Facilities.........       9,500,000
Texas:
    Abilene Bus Replacement--Citylink...................         600,000
    Austin Bus Projects.................................       5,000,000
    Beaumont Buses......................................         100,000
    Brownsville Buses...................................         100,000
    Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority 
      (RTA) Bus & Bus Facilities........................         500,000
    El Paso Bus Projects................................       1,500,000
    Fort Worth Transportation Authority.................       3,000,000
    Galveston Buses.....................................       1,000,000
    Houston Advanced Transit Program....................       2,000,000
    Laredo, Administrative/Operations/Maintenance 
      Facility..........................................       1,750,000
    Lubbock Buses.......................................         150,000
    Odessa & Midland, TX--Alternative Fuel Buses........       1,000,000
    San Antonio VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority......       1,500,000
    Texas Tech University Park & Ride; Buses............       1,850,000
    Waco Transit, Buses, Maintenance and Administration 
      Facilities........................................       1,900,000
    Woodlands District Park & Ride......................       1,200,000
Utah:
    State of Utah--Buses and Facilities.................       1,000,000
    UTA and Park City Transit Buses.....................       4,000,000
    Utah Statewide Regional Intermodal Transportation 
      Centers...........................................         500,000
Vermont:
    Chittenden County Transit Authority Bus and Facility       2,000,000
    Montpelier Multimodal Center........................       2,000,000
    St. Johnsbury Transit Center Rehabilitation.........         250,000
    Winooski Falls Downtown Multimodal Transportation 
      Center............................................         500,000
Virginia:
    Arlington Bus Transfer Stations.....................         500,000
    Greater Roanoke Transit Company (GRTC) Buses........       1,050,000
    Hampton Roads Bus and Bus Facilities................       1,525,000
    Petersburg Area Transit.............................         750,000
    Potomac & Rappahannock Transportation Commission....       2,100,000
    Potomac Yard Transitway.............................         800,000
    Richmond Multi-modal Facility.......................       2,950,000
Virgin Islands:
    Virgin Islands Transit (VITRAN).....................         500,000
Washington:
    Clark County, WA C-TRAN Vancouver Mall Transit 
      Center............................................       2,600,000
    Aurora Avenue Bus Rapid Transit.....................       1,500,000
    Burien transit center transit oriented development..       2,000,000
    Edmonds Crossing multi-modal project................       3,500,000
    Intercity Transit (Thurston County) Fare Collection 
      Equipment.........................................         250,000
    Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride......................       1,400,000
    Jefferson Transit Facilities........................       1,000,000
    King Street Station Multimodal Facility.............         250,000
    Lakewood SR 512 Park-n-Ride Expansion...............       1,500,000
    Mason County Transportation Authority Facilities....         300,000
    Mercer Island Transit Center, Park and Ride.........         500,000
    Mount Vernon multi-modal facility and buses.........       2,000,000
    Pierce County bus and bus facilities................       3,000,000
    Port Angeles International Gateway project..........       1,500,000
    Small Bus System Program of Projects................       2,140,000
    Snohomish County Community Transit park and ride....       3,000,000
    Sound Transit regional transit hubs.................       4,000,000
    Spokane bus and bus facilities......................       2,500,000
West Virginia:
    Huntington, Tri-State Transit Authority (TTA) buses 
      and vans..........................................       1,800,000
    Monongalia Courthouse Annex in Morgantown--
      Intermodal Parking Facility.......................       3,500,000
    West Virginia Statewide.............................       4,000,000
Wisconsin:
    Wisconsin Statewide Bus & Bus facilities............      16,300,000
Wyoming:
    Wyoming Department of Transportation................       2,500,000

      Bevill State Community College.--Funding provided to 
Bevill State Community College may also be made available to 
Jasper, Alabama.
      Dulles Corridor park and ride.--Funds provided in fiscal 
year 2000 for the Dulles Corridor park and ride shall also be 
made available for the Reston East park and ride project in 
Virginia.
      Fort Worth intermodal center park and ride.--Funding 
provided in fiscal year 2002 for the Fort Worth intermodal 
center park and ride facility shall be used to facilitate the 
finish out of the intermodal connections into downtown Fort 
Worth and to enhance the linkage of the TRE with the T's bus 
operation and park and ride elements occurring at two sites: 
the ITC (and geographically related areas like the 7th Street 
parking lot and Alarm Supply Building) and a larger facility at 
the Texas and Pacific Station.
      State of Illinois.--Within the funding provided to the 
State of Illinois, $1,000,000 shall be for the refurbishment of 
the Dan Ryan station.
      Ithaca, New York.--Funds made available in fiscal year 
2000 to the Ithaca intermodal transportation center shall also 
be made available for the Binghamton intermodal transportation 
center.
      Kansas buses.--Funding provided for Wyandotte County 
buses and Kansas City joblinks in fiscal year 2001 shall be 
made available to the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/
Kansas City.
      Commonwealth of Kentucky.--The conference agreement 
provides $7,500,000 for bus and bus facilities needs statewide. 
Of this funding, $4,000,000 shall be provided to southern and 
eastern Kentucky. The remainder shall be allocated to: 
Bluegrass Community Action Services, City of Frankfort, 
Kentucky Foothills Development Council, Community Action 
Council of Fayette/Lexington, Lexington Red Cross, East 
Kentucky Independent Service Organization, and Lexington 
Transit Authority.
      State of Michigan.--Within the funding provided, the 
state should strongly consider requests from Alger County, 
Charlevoix County, Delta Area Transit Authority, Houghton, 
Ontonogan County, City of Sault Ste. Marie, and Schoolcraft 
County.
      Mt. Sinai intermodal center.--Funding provided to the Mt. 
Sinai intermodal center in fiscal year 1992 shall also be made 
available to the Miami Beach intermodal facility in Florida.
      Plaquemines Parish ferry.--Funds provided in fiscal year 
2001 for Louisiana's Plaquemines Parish Ferry shall also be 
made available to the New Orleans Regional Planning Commission 
for vans, buses and related facility construction in 
Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. John and St. Charles parishes.
      State of Ohio.--Within the funds provided, the state 
should strongly consider requests from Kent, and the East Side 
transit center.
      Sierra Madre Villa intermodal center.--Funding provided 
for the Sierra Madre Villa intermodal center in fiscal year 
2002 shall also be made available to the Los Angeles County 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) for bus and bus 
related facilities in the LACMTA's service area.
      Swampscott buses.--Funding provided for the Swampscott 
buses in fiscal year 2000 may also be made available to 
Lynnfield, Massachusetts to replace buses.
      Tompkins consolidated transit center, NY.--Funds made 
available in fiscal year 2002 for the Tompkins consolidated 
area transit center shall be made available for the City of 
Middletown buses and bus facilities ($320,000) and City of 
Kingston buses ($240,000), and the remainder shall be made 
available for Tompkins County bus and bus facilities.
      Tompkins County intermodal facility.--Funds made 
available in fiscal year 2001 for the Tompkins County 
intermodal facility shall also be made available for the Ulster 
County, New York rural bus garage.
      State of Washington.--Of the $2,140,000 provided to the 
small bus system program of projects in the State of 
Washington: $432,000 is for Grant Transit Authority, $144,000 
is for Grays Harbor Transportation, $288,000 is for Island 
Transit, $96,000 is for Pacific Transit, and $1,180,000 is for 
Pullman Transit.
      New fixed guideway systems.--In total, the conference 
agreement provides $1,260,415,648 for new fixed guideway 
systems, of which $1,214,400,000 is from new appropriations, 
$45,000,000 is from funds transferred from the access to jobs 
and reverse commute grant program, and $1,015,648 is from 
unobligated funds provided under Public Law 105-277 under the 
job access and reverse commute grant program.
      Houston.--With regard to Full Funding Grant Agreement TX-
03-0119 the Secretary shall remove ``Steubner Airline Park and 
Ride'' from the agreement and insert ``Barker Cypress Park and 
Ride, Fuqua Park and Ride and Clear Lake Park and Ride.''
      Miami-Dade transit metromover stage I.--The conference 
agreement permits FTA to reprogram $5,384,000 in new starts 
funds, originally obligated for the Miami-Dade transit 
metromover stage I project, to the Metrorail Palmetto extension 
project.
      The conference agreement provides for the following 
distribution of the recommended funding for new fixed guideway 
systems as follows:

        Project Name                                          Conference
Alaska-Hawaii Setaside..................................     $10,296,000
Altamont, CA, Commuter Express Maintenance Facility San 
    Joaquin Rail Commission.............................       1,000,000
Atlanta North Springs, GA (North Line Extension)........      16,110,000
Baltimore, MD, Central LRT Double Tracking Project......      18,000,000
Birmingham, AL, Transit Corridor Study..................       2,000,000
Boston, MA, North Shore Corridor Project................         338,000
Boston, MA, South Boston Piers Transitway...............         681,000
Bridgeport, CT, Intermodal Transportation Center Project       2,500,000
Burlington-Middlebury, VT, Commuter Rail................       1,500,000
Central Phoenix/East Valley, AZ, Light Rail.............      12,000,000
Charlotte, NC, South Corridor Light Rail Transit Project      11,000,000
Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Douglas Branch 
    Reconstruction......................................      55,000,000
Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Ravenswood Reconstruction       3,000,000
Cleveland, OH, Euclid Corridor Transportation Project...       6,000,000
Dallas, TX, North Central Light Rail Extension..........      60,000,000
Denver, CO, Southeast Center LRT (T-REX)................      70,000,000
Fort Lauderdale, Tri-County Commuter Rail Upgrades......      29,250,000
Houston, TX, Advanced Metro Transit Plan................      11,000,000
Las Vegas, NV, Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway...........       7,000,000
Little Rock, AR, River Rail Streetcar Project...........       1,700,000
Los Angeles, CA, Eastside Corridor LRT..................       4,000,000
Los Angeles, CA, North Hollywood Red Line...............      40,490,000
Lowell, MA to Nashua, NH, Commuter Rail Extension.......       3,000,000
Maryland, MARC Commuter Rail Improvements...............      11,750,000
Memphis, TN, Medical Center Rail Extension..............      15,610,000
Metra Commuter Rail and Line Extension Projects (North 
    Central, Union Pacific West, SouthWest).............      52,000,000
Metro North Rolling Stock, CT...........................       4,000,000
Minneapolis, MN, Hiawatha Corridor LRT..................      60,000,000
Minneapolis, MN, Northstar Corridor.....................       5,000,000
Nashville, TN, East Corridor Commuter Rail..............       4,000,000
New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail--MOS1..............      19,200,000
New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail--MOS2..............      50,000,000
New Orleans, LA, Canal Street Streetcar Project.........      22,000,000
New York, Long Island Railroad East Side Access Project.      13,500,000
New York, Second Avenue Subway..........................       2,000,000
Newark-Elizabeth, NJ, Rail Link.........................      60,000,000
Northern Indiana South Shore Communter Rail Project.....       2,500,000
Oceanside-Escondido, CA, Rail Corridor..................      13,600,000
Ogden to Provo, UT, Commuter Rail Corridor..............       5,000,000
Orange County, CA, Centerline Light Rail Project........       1,500,000
Pawtucket, RI, Layover Facility.........................       4,500,000
Pittsburgh, PA, North Shore Connector...................       7,025,000
Pittsburgh, PA, Stage II LRT Reconstruction.............      26,250,000
Portland, OR, Interstate MAX Light Rail Extension.......      70,000,000
Puget Sound, WA, Sounder Commuter Rail..................      30,000,000
Raleigh, NC, Triangle Transit Regional Rail Service.....       9,000,000
Salt Lake City, UT, CBD to University LRT...............      68,760,000
Salt Lake City, UT, Medical Center LRT..................      12,000,000
Salt Lake City, UT, North/South LRT.....................         720,000
San Diego, CA, Trolley Mission Valley East LRT Extension      65,000,000
San Francisco, CA, BART Extension to San Francisco 
    Airport.............................................     100,000,000
San Francisco, CA, Third Street Light Rail Extension 
    (Phase II)..........................................       1,500,000
San Jose, CA, Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor 
    Project.............................................         250,000
San Juan, PR, Tren Urbano...............................      40,000,000
Scranton, PA to New York City, NY, Passenger Rail 
    Service.............................................       2,000,000
SEPTA, PA, Schuylkill Valley Metro Line.................       9,000,000
St. Louis, MO, Metrolink, St. Clair Extension...........       3,370,000
Stamford, CT, Urban Transitway..........................      10,000,000
Vermont Transportation Authority Rolling Stock..........         500,000
Virginia Railway Express project........................       2,000,000
Washington, DC, Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project...      26,500,000
Washington DC/MD, Largo Extension.......................      60,000,000
Wilmington, DE, Train Station improvements..............       2,000,000
Wilsonville-Beaverton Commuter Rail Line, OR............       2,500,000

                 Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants

      The conference agreement includes a total program level 
of $150,000,000 for the job access and reverse commute grants 
as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within this 
total, $30,000,000 is derived from the general fund. The 
conference agreement includes a provision that waives the cap 
for small urban and rural areas and provides that up to 
$300,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
used for technical assistance, technical support, and 
performance reviews of the job access and reverse commute 
grants program.
      Of the total funding provided to the job access and 
reverse commute grants program, $45,000,000 has been 
transferred to the capital investment grants program instead of 
a transfer of $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House 
bill proposed no similar transfer. In addition, bill language 
has been included that transfers the 1999 unobligated balances 
from this program to the capital investment grants program.
      Southeast Missouri Council.--Funding provided for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Southeast Missouri Council shall also be made 
available to the Mid-American Regional Council in Kansas City, 
Missouri.
      Funds appropriated for the job access and reverse commute 
grants program are to be distributed as follows:
        Project Name                                    Conference Total
Alaska:
    Alaska Mobility Coalition...........................        $500,000
    Kenai Peninsula Transit Planning....................         500,000
    MASCOT Matanuska-Susitna Valley.....................         200,000
Alabama:
    Jefferson County....................................       3,000,000
Arizona:
    AJO to Phoenix Rural Express Bus Service............         200,000
    Maricopa County Worklinks Project...................         250,000
    Southwest Transit Assessment & Review Team Bus Route 
      131...............................................         300,000
    Valley Metro (RPTA), City of Phoenix................       1,100,000
California:
    AC Transit--CalWORKS................................       2,000,000
    County of Santa Clara Guaranteed Ride Home Program..         500,000
    East Palo Alto Shuttle Service......................         700,000
    LA County UTRANS....................................         500,000
    Los Angeles County, MTA Ride Share program..........         875,000
    Low-Income LIFT Program SF MTC......................       1,000,000
    SACOG Sacramento Region.............................         750,000
    Sacramento Area.....................................       1,500,000
    Southern California Regional Rail Authority, 
      Metrolink double tracking.........................       1,000,000
Colorado:
    Colorado Statewide--Colorado Association of Transit 
      Agencies (CASA)...................................         800,000
Connecticut:
    Connecticut statewide...............................       3,500,000
District of Columbia:
    Georgetown Metro Connection--Washington, DC.........       1,100,000
    WMATA (D.C., Maryland, and Virginia)................       2,125,000
Delaware:
    Delaware Welfare to Work Initiative.................         750,000
Florida:
    HART Access to Jobs Program.........................         700,000
    Jacksonville Trans. Authority Choice Ride Program...       1,625,000
    Key West............................................       1,000,000
    LYNX Central Florida Regional.......................         200,000
Georgia:
    Chatham.............................................         438,000
    Macon-Bibb County Reverse Commute Program...........         775,000
Iowa:
    Iowa Statewide......................................       1,000,000
Illinois:
    DuPage County Coordinated Paratransit Program.......         500,000
    Illinois Ways to Work...............................         500,000
    Rock Island County Mass Transit District (MetroLink)         180,000
    Ways-to-Work--IL-MO.................................       1,000,000
Indiana:
    Fort Wayne's Hanna Creighton Transit Center.........         750,000
    IndyGo Service......................................       1,000,000
Kansas:
    KW Paratransit Vehicle..............................          30,000
    Mid America Regional Council (MARC).................         500,000
    Wyandotte County....................................       1,150,000
Louisiana:
    Lafayette Ways to Work Program......................         100,000
Massachusetts:
    Brockton Area Transit Authority.....................         225,000
    Community Transportation Association of America.....       1,000,000
    Northern Tier Dial-A-Ride...........................         400,000
    Transportation Services of Northern Berkshire, Inc..         400,000
Maryland:
    Maryland Statewide (Montgomery County, $600,000)....       5,000,000
Michigan:
    Flint Mass Transportation Authority.................       1,050,000
    Grand Rapids/Kent County Job Access Plan............         938,000
Minnesota:
    Minneapolis/St. Paul, Met Council...................       1,000,000
Missouri:
    Metrolink Corridor Access to Jobs...................       3,000,000
    Metropolitan Kansas City Job Access Partnership.....       1,000,000
    Missouri Statewide..................................       1,400,000
    Ways to Work Missouri...............................         225,000
North Carolina:
    Community Transportation Association of America's 
      Joblinks Employment Transportation Initiative.....       1,000,000
    Wake County Coordinated Transportation System.......         775,000
New Hampshire:
    Lancaster-Littleton Transit Project.................          50,000
New Jersey:
    New Jersey statewide................................       5,000,000
New York:
    Broome County Transit--Binghamton, NY...............         250,000
    Capital District Transportation Authority Albany....         275,000
    Central NY Regional Transportation Authority........         500,000
    Chautauqua Area Rural Transportation System.........          50,000
    Chemung County Transit..............................          75,000
    Columbia County.....................................         100,000
    Franklin County Expansion of Hour Service...........          75,000
    Hornell Trans. Alternatives for NY..................          50,000
    Ithaca service......................................          75,000
    MTA--Long Island Bus................................         250,000
    New York State DOT..................................         500,000
    Orange County.......................................         100,000
    Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority 
      (RGRTA)...........................................         600,000
    Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Tompkins County.         300,000
Ohio:
    Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)--Mobility 
      Management........................................         600,000
    Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority........         500,000
    Northwest Ohio Commuter LINK Toledo.................         375,000
    STEP-UP Job Access Project Dayton...................         125,000
Oklahoma:
    Oklahoma Transit Association........................       5,000,000
Oregon:
    Jackson-Josephine County............................         200,000
    Oregon Ways to Work Loan Program....................         250,000
    Portland Metropolitan Region........................       2,150,000
    Salem Area Transit..................................         500,000
Pennsylvania:
    Port Authority of Allegheny County Access to Jobs...       4,000,000
    SEPTA...............................................       5,570,000
Rhode Island:
    Rhode Island Deployment of Flexible Services........         750,000
    Rhode Island Public Transit.........................       2,000,000
Tennessee:
    Chattanooga.........................................         500,000
    Knoxville...........................................         750,000
    State of Tennessee..................................       1,500,000
Texas:
    Abilene Citylink Program............................         100,000
    Austin Capital Metros Access........................       2,500,000
    Citibus, Lubbock....................................         230,000
    Corpus Christi......................................       1,225,000
    East Texas Just Transportation Alliance (ETJTA): 
      Tyler Transit.....................................         200,000
    El Paso.............................................         250,000
    Galveston...........................................         600,000
    San Antonio Access to Jobs Program..................       1,088,000
Virginia:
    City of Charlottesville.............................         375,000
    Fairfax County, Short-Term Transit Improvements.....       1,600,000
    Virginia Regional Transportation Association, Route 
      7 service/Dulles corridor.........................         200,000
Washington:
    Community Transportation Association of America.....         150,000
    WA WorkFirst Initiative.............................       4,750,000
    Ways to Work--EPIC Yakima...........................         500,000
Wisconsin:
    Wisconsin Statewide.................................       5,200,000
West Virginia:
    West Virginia Statewide.............................       1,000,000

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

                       Operations and Maintenance

                    (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement appropriates $14,086,000 for 
operations and maintenance of the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation.
      Security.--The conferees applaud the initial security 
efforts of the corporation and encourage the corporation to 
continue the development of a high risk vessel assessment 
protocol with assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard and 
Transportation Security Administration.
      FECA administrative costs.--The conferees have denied 
funding proposed in the budget for FECA administrative costs. 
This is consistent with actions taken DOT-wide.

              RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

                     Research and Special Programs

      The conference agreement appropriates $40,980,000 for 
research and special programs instead of $40,677,000 as 
proposed by the House and $43,725,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Within this total, $3,250,000 is available until 
September 30, 2005, as proposed by the House, instead of 
$3,342,000 as proposed by the Senate. The following adjustments 
are made to the budget estimate:

Reduce funding for prior year budget decisions..........       -$265,000
Reduce funding for emergency transportation detailee....        -107,000
Reduce funding for new program support decisions........        -790,000
Reduce funding for new IT infrastructure................      -2,239,000
Reduce funding for FECA administrative costs............          -3,000

      The conference agreement permits up to $1,200,000 in fees 
be collected and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury 
as offsetting receipts. Also, the conference agreement includes 
language that permits funds received from states, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, reports publication and 
dissemination, and travel expenses incurred in the performance 
of hazardous materials exemptions and approval functions. The 
House and Senate proposed both of these provisions.
      Prior year funding decisions.--The budget included 
$265,000 for reimbursement of salary and administrative funding 
that Congress did not provide in the fiscal year 2002 
appropriations Act. The conference agreement deletes funding 
for this purpose, as proposed by the House.
      New positions.--The budget requested a total of fourteen 
new positions for RSPA's information management program. The 
conference agreement has provided a total of two of these new 
positions, one security officer and one network administrator/
computer analyst, as proposed by the House.
      Emergency transportation detailee.--RSPA requested 
$100,000 to pay for an existing detailee position from the 
Department of Defense to serve as a liaison officer in the 
office of emergency transportation. Because this position is 
filled by an employee of the Department of Defense, not RSPA, 
and detailees are customarily paid for by the sponsoring 
department, the conferees delete funding for this purpose, as 
proposed by the House. An additional $7,000 is also denied for 
FECA-related costs.
      Information technology infrastructure.--The conference 
agreement has reduced funding by $2,239,000 from the request 
for computer infrastructure, for a total funding level of 
$1,500,000, as proposed by the House. The conferees direct RSPA 
to focus its information technology investment funding on 
safety and security related mission critical areas, such as 
pipeline safety and hazardous materials areas, as well as on 
addressing the internal and external computer-related security 
threats identified by the March 2002 security posture 
assessment report.
      The conference committee further directs that no 
additional funds shall be expended for consulting costs for 
RSPA's business modernization initiative until a new Strategic 
Information Technology Plan is submitted, as proposed by the 
Senate. Further, RSPA shall provide this new Strategic 
Information Technology Plan, of no more than fifteen pages, to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by May 15, 
2003, also proposed by the Senate. The report should identify a 
detailed infrastructure spending plan, including an itemization 
of resources and the sequence in which RSPA addresses security 
and infrastructure needs.
      Operation Respond.--The conferees agree to provide an 
additional $1,500,000 to further accelerate the establishment 
of a national first responder emergency services network. Funds 
should be used for pilot programs at the Ports of Los Angeles 
and Long Beach, California, the Port of New York/New Jersey, 
the Port of Mobile, Alabama, and the Port of Valdez, Alaska, to 
provide chemical content verification and response information 
for containers entering and exiting ports. Within the funds 
provided, Operation Respond is also expected to address the 
unique security concerns of rural America by developing model 
first responder deployment programs in Eastern Kentucky.
      FECA benefits.--The conference agreement has reduced 
funding by $3,200 from the budget request for workers 
compensation administrative costs, as proposed by the House.
      User fees.--The conferees disagree with the budget 
request to begin funding the hazardous materials safety program 
from user fees, as proposed by both the House and Senate, and 
deny this request.

                            PIPELINE SAFETY

                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

      The conference agreement provides a total of $63,842,000 
for the pipeline safety program, instead of $58,697,000 as 
proposed by the House and $63,857,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Within this total, $24,823,000 is available until 
September 30, 2005, as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
$22,786,000 as proposed by the House.
      Of this total, the conference agreement specifies that 
[$7,472,000] shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund and [$56,370,000] from the Pipeline Safety Fund. The 
House bill allocated $7,472,000 from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund and $51,225,000 from the Pipeline Safety Trust Fund. 
The Senate bill provided $7,472,000 from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund and $56,385,000 from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund. The following adjustments are made to the budget 
estimate:

Reduce funding for FECA administrative costs............         -15,000

      Research and development.--Within the funds provided, 
$600,000 shall be used for airborne environmental laser mapping 
technology research and engineering to support improved leak 
detection, analysis, and response by federal, state, and 
industry pipeline safety officials.
      FECA benefits.--The conference agreement has reduced 
funding by $15,000 from the budget request for workers 
compensation administrative costs, as proposed by the House.

                     Emergency Preparedness Grants

                     (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

      The conference agreement provides $200,000 for emergency 
preparedness grants as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate. The conference agreement includes a limitation on 
obligations of $14,300,000, consistent with both the House and 
Senate proposals.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $57,421,000 for the 
office of inspector general, as proposed by the House and 
Senate.

                      Surface Transportation Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides a funding level of 
$19,450,000 for the Surface Transportation Board to fund 
salaries and expenses from a direct appropriation, as proposed 
by the House. The conference agreement includes language as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate that allows the Board 
to offset $1,000,000 of its appropriation from fees collected 
during the fiscal year, for a total program level of 
$18,450,000.
      FECA administrative costs.--The conference agreement has 
reduced funding by $9,100 from the budget request for workers 
compensation administrative costs, as proposed by the House.
      Union Pacific/Southern Pacific merger.--On December 12, 
1997, the Board granted a joint request of Union Pacific 
Railroad Company and the City of Wichita and Sedgwick County, 
KS (Wichita/Sedgwick) to toll the 18-month mitigation study 
pending in Finance Docket No. 32760. The decision indicated 
that at such time as the parties reach agreement or discontinue 
negotiations, the Board would take appropriate action.
      By petition filed June 26, 1998, Wichita/Sedgwick and UP/
SP indicated that they had entered into an agreement, and 
jointly petitioned the Board to impose the agreement as a 
condition of the Board's approval of the UP/SP merger. By 
decision dated July 8, 1998, the Board agreed and imposed the 
agreement as a condition to the UP/SP merger. The terms of the 
negotiated agreement remain in effect. If UP/SP or any of its 
divisions or subsidiaries materially changes or is unable to 
achieve the assumptions on which the Board based its final 
environmental mitigation measures, then the Board should reopen 
Finance Docket 32760 if requested by interested parties, and 
prescribe additional mitigation properly reflecting these 
changes if shown to be appropriate.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

               Architectural and Transportation Barriers

                            Compliance Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement appropriates $5,194,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the Architectural and Transportation 
Barriers Compliance Board as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.
      FECA administrative costs.--The conferees have denied 
funding proposed in the budget for FECA administrative costs. 
This is consistent with actions taken DOT-wide.

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement appropriates $72,450,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
Board instead of $71,270,000 as proposed by the House and 
$72,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. This funding level is 
$1,970,000 above the budget request and shall be used to 
annualize 25 new positions, pay for true overtime costs for 
investigators, and implement financial management control 
initiatives that were recommended by an audit firm. No funding 
has been provided for FECA administrative costs.

                               TITLE III

                           General Provisions

      Sec. 301 allows funds for aircraft; motor vehicles; 
liability insurance; uniforms; or allowances, as authorized by 
law as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 302 requires pay raises to be funded within 
appropriated levels in this Act or previous appropriations Acts 
as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 303 limits appropriations for services authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109 to the rate for an Executive Level IV as proposed 
by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 304 prohibits funds in this Act for salaries and 
expenses of more than 106 political and Presidential appointees 
in the Department of Transportation, instead of 107 as proposed 
by the House and 105 as proposed by the Senate. Sec. 304 also 
includes a provision that prohibits political and Presidential 
personnel to be assigned on temporary detail outside the 
Department of Transportation or an independent agency funded in 
this Act as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no 
similar provision.
      Sec. 305 prohibits pay and other expenses for non-Federal 
parties in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in 
this Act as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 306 prohibits obligations beyond the current fiscal 
year and prohibits transfers of funds unless expressly so 
provided herein as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 307 limits consulting service expenditures of public 
record in procurement contracts as proposed by both the House 
and Senate.
      Sec. 308 prohibits funds for the National Highway Safety 
Advisory Commission as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 309 exempts previously made transit obligations from 
limitations on obligations as proposed by both the House and 
Senate.
      Sec. 310 modifies the distribution of the Federal-aid 
highway program proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no 
similar provision.
      Sec. 311 prohibits recipients of funds made available in 
this Act to release personal information, including a social 
security number, medical or disability information, and 
photographs from a driver's license or motor vehicle record 
without express consent of the person to whom such information 
pertains; and prohibits the Secretary from withholding funds 
provided in this Act for any grantee if a state is in 
noncompliance with this provision as proposed by both the House 
and Senate.
      Sec. 312 prohibits funds to establish a vessel traffic 
safety fairway less than five miles wide between Santa Barbara 
and San Francisco traffic separation schemes as proposed by 
both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 313 allows airports to transfer to the Federal 
Aviation Administration instrument landing systems as proposed 
by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 314 allows funds for discretionary grants of the 
Federal Transit Administration for specific projects, except 
for fixed guideway modernization projects, not obligated by 
September 30, 2005, and other recoveries to be used for other 
projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309 as proposed by both the House and 
Senate.
      Sec. 315 allows transit funds appropriated before October 
1, 2002, that remain available for expenditure to be 
transferred as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 316 prohibits funds to compensate in excess of 350 
technical staff years under the federally funded research and 
development center contract between the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems 
Development as proposed by the House. The Senate included no 
similar provision.
      Sec. 317 provides funding of administrative expenses for 
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal 
Highway Administration.
      Sec. 318 allows funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the Federal 
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses 
incurred for training may be credited to each agency's 
respective accounts as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 319 allows funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii 
ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to be used to 
construct new vessels and facilities or to improve existing 
vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities as proposed 
by the Senate. Sec. 319 also includes a provision proposed by 
the Senate that allows not more than $3,000,000 of the funds 
made available for ferry boats to be used by the State of 
Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger ferryboat services 
demonstration project and waives U.S.C. 5302(a)(7). The House 
contained no similar provision.
      Sec. 320 allows funds received by the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics to be subject to the obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
construction as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 321 exempts a general aviation airport with more 
than 300,000 annual operations from having to accept scheduled 
passenger service provided that the airport meets specific 
conditions, as proposed by the Senate. The House included no 
similar provision.
      Sec. 322 prohibits the use of funds in this Act for 
activities designed to influence Congress or a state 
legislature on legislation or appropriations except through 
proper, official channels as proposed by both the House and 
Senate.
      Sec. 323 permits funds from Public Law 106-69 and Public 
Law 106-346 for the Wilmington, Delaware, downtown corridor 
project to be available for Wilmington, Delaware, commuter rail 
improvements, as proposed by both the House and Senate. In 
addition, Section 323 permits funds from Public Law 106-346 for 
Missoula Ravalli Transportation Management Administration buses 
to be available for Missoula Ravalli Transportation Management 
Administration buses and bus facilities, as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Sec. 324 requires compliance with the Buy American Act as 
proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 325 transfers the operation and maintenance of the 
localizer instrument landing system at Walnut Ridge Regional 
Airport, Arkansas, to the Federal Aviation Administration, as 
proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 326 transfers the operation and maintenance of the 
air traffic control tower at Williams Gateway Airport, Arizona, 
to the Federal Aviation Administration, as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.
      Sec. 327 is a provision regarding a highway in Alaska, as 
proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 328 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to 
allow issuers of any preferred stock to redeem or repurchase 
preferred stock sold to the Department of Transportation as 
proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Sec. 329 prohibits funds in this Act unless the Secretary 
notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not 
less than three full business days before any discretionary 
grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement 
totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 
its modal administration, and $500,000 for the Transportation 
Security Administration, as proposed by both the House and 
Senate.
      Sec. 330 appropriates $90,600,000 to the Secretary of 
Transportation to make grants for surface transportation 
projects as proposed by the Senate.

        Project Name                                    Conference Total
1000 North Road--Toole City, Utah.......................        $500,000
14th Street Bridge Corridor, Virginia...................       2,500,000
236 Claggett Hill Road Construction with Lewis & Clark 
    Ferry Boat Facilities, Missouri River Montana.......       1,500,000
3RD Street North--St. Cloud, Minnesota..................         500,000
Aberdeen SD to Geneseo ND Rail Repair, South Dakota.....         650,000
Adrian's Landing Urban Development Roadway Realignment 
    Project, Hartford, Connecticut......................       5,000,000
Alameda-Contra Costa transit district (SatCom), 
    California..........................................       1,000,000
Albany waterfront development Corning Preserve, New York         250,000
Alcove Road Relocation Project--Morrisville, North 
    Carolina............................................         750,000
American Tobacco Trail Project, Wake County, North 
    Carolina............................................         500,000
Analysis and improvements on consistent shoulder width 
    on Route 9, Virginia................................         500,000
Analysis for new bridge to relieve congestions at US 
    Highway 175 in Kaufman County, Texas................         600,000
Anderson County South Carolina Transit, South Carolina..       3,000,000
Anderson Economic Thoroughfare, Illinois................         500,000
Ann Arbor transit center, Michigan......................       1,000,000
Anniston East Bypass--Anniston, Alabama.................       1,000,000
Arkwright Connector Spartanburg, South Carolina.........       1,000,000
Aroostook County North-South Highways, Maine............       4,500,000
Artesia traffic enhancement, City of Artesia, California       1,200,000
Assembly Street railroad consolidation and grade 
    crossing elimination, South Carolina................         600,000
Atlantic Avenue Extension, Jamaica, New York............       1,500,000
ATMS/ATIS Hutchinson River Parkway, New York............       2,000,000
Austin Road Interchange, Ohio...........................         250,000
Baldwin County, Georgia, greenway development...........         100,000
Baseline Road Project, Isabella County, Michigan........       1,475,000
Bashford Manor Lane, Kentucky...........................         300,000
Bay County Area Wide Traffic Signal System, Florida.....       1,000,000
Bettes Corner Bridge, Ohio..............................       1,500,000
BIA Route 13/Route 1 Project Makah, Vermont.............       5,400,000
Black Narrows & Chinoteague Bridge, Virginia............         650,000
Boston Long Island Pier ADA Compliance, Massachusetts...         200,000
Bremerton Ferry Exit Tunnel, Washington.................       1,500,000
Bridgeport High Speed Ferry Terminal Improvements, 
    Connecticut.........................................         500,000
Broomsfield Wadsworth Interchange, Colorado.............       3,750,000
Brown Road Bridge, Anderson County, South Carolina......       1,500,000
Brownsville Railroad Relocation, Texas..................       2,000,000
Canal Streetcar Project, New Orleans, Louisiana.........       4,000,000
Cape Flattery Tribal Scenic Byway paving project, 
    Washington..........................................       2,500,000
Capitol Circle widening, Leon County, Florida...........       1,000,000
Caraway Road Overpass Project Jonesboro, Arkansas.......       1,000,000
Cass Lake Interpretive Center, Minnesota................         600,000
Chinatown Intermodal Station, California................       1,500,000
Chinese Community Center, Chinatown Study, New York.....         750,000
Citizen's Block/Historic Vernon Downtown Revitalization, 
    Connecticut.........................................         500,000
City of Alexandria, Virginia, intelligent transportation 
    system (Alexandria ITS, King/Braddock/Quaker).......         750,000
City of Baltimore public waterfront promenade, Maryland.         500,000
City of Madison Railroad Relocation Project, Mississippi         100,000
City of Madison, Wisconsin State Street Strategic Plan 
    Revitalization Project..............................       2,000,000
City of Pico Rivera, Rosemead Blvd Improvements, 
    California..........................................         400,000
City of Rochester harbor and ferry terminal 
    improvements, New York..............................       2,000,000
City-wide automobile insurance feasibility study, 
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..........................         100,000
Clay/Leslie Industrial Park Access, Kentucky............       1,750,000
Coast Transit Authority, Harrison County, Mississippi...         500,000
Compton Willow Creek ITS project, California............         500,000
Concord Parkway Traffic Signals System Integration, 
    Concord, North Carolina.............................       1,400,000
Continental 1, New York.................................       1,500,000
Coronado Tunnel, California.............................         750,000
Council Bluffs US-6 Study/Preliminary Design, Iowa......       1,424,000
CR-1133 in Monroe County--Kettle Creek Bridge, Kentucky.         130,000
Cuyahoga Scenic Rail Line (Canton-Akron-Cleveland 
    Commuter Rail Project), Ohio........................       3,000,000
Detroit city center study, Michigan.....................         300,000
Detroit Department of Transportation Transit Facility, 
    Michigan............................................       2,000,000
Develop of Elyria Downtown Waterfront Walk, Elyria, Ohio         500,000
Dothan, I-10 Freeway Connector, Alabama.................       5,000,000
Dubuque Southwest Arterial, Iowa........................       2,000,000
Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) camera deployment and 
    integration program, Monroe County, New York........       1,000,000
East Chicago Railroad Ave. Grade Crossing Separation, 
    Indiana.............................................       2,435,000
Elkhart Underpass, Indiana..............................       4,000,000
Englewood Interstate Connector--Sarasota County, Florida       1,000,000
Enhanced fencing, lighting, and security cameras at Port 
    of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.............................         250,000
Extension of Sallee Street from Washington to Historic 
    Route 66--Litchfield, Illinois......................         664,000
Fall River-Route 79 Improvements, Massachusetts.........       1,000,000
Farrington Highway, Hawaii..............................       1,000,000
FAST Corridor Project, Washington.......................      10,000,000
Feasibility study, Granbury, Hood County, Texas.........         650,000
Ferry Facilities, Key West, Florida.....................       1,000,000
Ferry service from Rockaway Peninsula to Manhattan 
    (Jamaica Bay Transportation Hub), New York..........         400,000
Franklin Park Rail-Grade Separation, Illinois...........         500,000
Freedom Road Corridor Improvements--Butler County, 
    Pennsylvania........................................         250,000
Freeway Interchange at Lammers Road and I-205, Tracy, 
    California..........................................       1,000,000
Freight Enhancement KY Highlands, Kentucky..............       3,000,000
GA SR 316 Improvements--Gwinnett, Barrow, Oconee 
    Counties, Georgia...................................       2,000,000
Garden Parkway Bypass (US 321/740), North Carolina......         750,000
General Mitchell International Airport Passenger Rail 
    Station, Wisconsin..................................       4,000,000
Girdwood Road Improvements, Alaska......................      10,000,000
Grade separations at Front Street and Bagley Road, Berea 
    Ohio................................................         500,000
Granite Street Bridge Project, New Hampshire............       8,000,000
Gravina Bridge, Ketchikan, Alaska.......................       2,000,000
Great River Economic Development Foundation, Arkansas 
    study of Osceola, Arkansas, to Millington, Tennessee 
    parkway, include new bridge crossing Mississippi 
    River...............................................         250,000
Greenwood Rail Relocation, Greenwood, Mississippi.......       1,000,000
Harden Street improvements Columbia, South Carolina.....         500,000
Harlingen Railroad Relocation Project, Texas............         200,000
Hatteras Inlet ferry connecting Ocracoke Island and 
    North Carolina Outer Banks, North Carolina..........         400,000
Hawkins Crossing, I-20/59 Interchange, Meridian, 
    Mississippi.........................................       4,500,000
Hiawatha pedestrian/bicycle crossing, 28th Street, 
    Minneapolis, Minnesota..............................       2,900,000
High Street Revitalization, Lawrenceburg, Indiana.......       1,000,000
Highway 21, Missouri....................................         340,000
Highway 212 between Norwood Young America and Cologne in 
    Carver County, Minnesota............................         500,000
Highway 30, Kentucky....................................       3,000,000
Highway 52 Corridor Plan, Intersection of US Hwy 52 at 
    Dakota City, Road 47, Minnesota.....................       1,000,000
Highway 537--Cane Ridge Road, Kentucky..................         675,000
Highway 71, Alma-Greenwood, Arkansas....................       1,000,000
Highway Improvements along T.H. 13 corridor near Ports 
    of Savage, Minnesota................................       1,000,000
Highway 19 Bridge Replacement, Hermann, Missouri........       2,000,000
Honeybranch Regional Business Park Access Road, Kentucky       1,650,000
Hoover Dam Bypass New Bridge downstream of Dam, Nevada..       5,000,000
Hot Metal Bridge, Pennsylvania..........................         250,000
Hotze Road--Salem, Illinois.............................       1,000,000
Houston, Texas Main Corridor Revitalization Project.....       1,000,000
HUB Business District Project, New York.................       2,000,000
Hunt County, Texas......................................       1,000,000
Huntsville Federal Building, Alabama....................         600,000
``I'' Road from FM 495 to US281, Hidalgo County, Texas..       1,250,000
I-10 Freeway/Cypress Ave. Grade Separation Project, 
    California..........................................         500,000
I-10 Irvington Interchange, Alabama.....................       4,000,000
I-12/Northshore Boulevard-Airport Road Interchange 
    Improvements, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.........       1,000,000
I-12/US 190 West Covington Bypass, St. Tammany Parish, 
    Louisiana...........................................       1,050,000
I-15 Layton Interchange Project, Utah...................       1,500,000
I-16/I-516 Interchange design and reconstruction, 
    Georgia.............................................       1,000,000
I-20 Garrett Road Monroe, Louisiana.....................         500,000
I-235/Harrison Avenue off-ramp and Walnut Avenue 
    Relocation, Oklahoma................................       1,200,000
I-26 Little Mountain interchange improvements, South 
    Carolina............................................         500,000
I-295 Interchange @ Meadowville Road--Chesterfield 
    County, Virginia....................................       1,700,000
I-35--Comal County, Texas...............................         500,000
I-35 East/I-635 interchange, Texas......................       1,000,000
I-35-E Widening Dallas and Ellis Counties, Texas........       3,000,000
I35W Lake Street Access, Minnesota......................       9,000,000
I-40 Crosstown Expressway realignment, Oklahoma City, 
    Oklahoma............................................       3,000,000
I-405 Corridor Tukwila to Lynnwood, Washington..........       2,000,000
I-44 Yake Avenue to Arkansas River, Oklahoma............         500,000
I-44, Phelps County, Missouri...........................       2,250,000
I-49 Northern Extension, Louisiana......................       3,000,000
I-49 Southern Extension, Louisiana......................       3,000,000
I-5 Widening at Del Mar Heights Road, San Diego, 
    California..........................................       2,000,000
I-5/SR 56 Connectors, California........................       1,500,000
I-5/SR 78 Interchange, Oceanside, California............         500,000
I-540 and Perry Road Interchange, Rogers, Arkansas......       1,600,000
I-55 Church Rd. to TN State Line DeSoto County, 
    Mississippi.........................................      10,000,000
I-59 & FM 2919, Isleib, Texas...........................       3,000,000
I-65 Connector, Florida.................................         250,000
I-65/70 Market Square Redesign/Replace ramp, Indiana....       4,500,000
I-66/Rt 29 Interchange, Prince William County, Virginia.       1,500,000
I-69 Anderson to Flagship Park Center, Indiana..........       1,000,000
I-69 Construction, Texas................................       2,500,000
I-69 Corridors 18 and 20, Texas.........................       4,000,000
I-69 Evansville to Indianapolis, Indiana................         500,000
I-70/MD85/MD355 intersection reconstruction, Maryland...       1,000,000
I-73 North Carolina State line to Myrtle Beach, South 
    Carolina............................................       3,000,000
I-75 noise barrier--Lexington, Kentucky.................         750,000
I-75, Lee County, Florida...............................         500,000
I-75/I-475 Systems Interchange Upgrade at North Cove, 
    Ohio................................................       1,100,000
I-80 from Delaware Water Gap to Blakeslee, Pennsylvania.         850,000
I-90 Exit 32 Interchange at Sturgis, South Dakota.......       3,000,000
I-91 North ITS from Northhampton to Bernardston, 
    Massachusetts.......................................         600,000
I-95 Harbor Access, New Haven, Connecticut..............       2,000,000
I-96/Cedar/Pennsylvania Interchange, Michigan...........         700,000
I-99 Frankstown Road, Pennsylvania......................       1,000,000
IL 6 Extension to Chillicothe, Illinois.................         750,000
Image-based toll collection system project, California..         750,000
Improved access to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas..........         850,000
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (IDNL) hike/bike trail 
    and pedestrian bridge/overpass, Indiana.............          25,000
INDOT US-31 Environmental and Design study, Indiana.....         500,000
Industrial park access improvements, Escambia County, 
    Atmore, Alabama.....................................       1,250,000
Infrastructure Improvements, Sunnybrook Neighborhood, 
    Bay Shore, New York.................................         175,000
Installation of a TL-2 warning/positive protection gate 
    at Railroad/Grade crossing projects, Alabama........       2,000,000
International Airport Intermodal Facility, Harrisburg, 
    Pennsylvania........................................       1,500,000
Intersection of KY 3 and 40, Kentucky...................       4,000,000
Isleta Boulevard Project, Bernaslillo, New Mexico.......       1,500,000
Japonski Island Road, Alaska............................       1,000,000
Jefferson Boulevard, Kentucky...........................         500,000
Johnsontown Road, Kentucky..............................       1,000,000
Juneau Heliport, Alaska.................................       1,000,000
Kannapolis Parkway & I-85 Interchange--Kannapolis, North 
    Carolina............................................         500,000
Kansas Lane Connector Road alignment project, Monroe, 
    Louisiana...........................................         500,000
King Coal Highway Mercer County, West Virginia..........       9,000,000
Kitsap Transit, Sidney Landing Terminal, Washington.....       2,000,000
Knob Creek Road and Mountain View Road--Washington 
    County, Tennessee...................................       1,270,000
LA 18 Widening--Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.............         750,000
LA 37/US 190 Centrual Thruway Connector, Louisiana......       3,000,000
LA-820 Lincoln Parish, Louisiana........................         500,000
Lawrence Connector, Illinois............................         750,000
Lee Highway & Chain Bridge Road intersection 
    improvements--(Rt 29/50 & 123), Virginia............       2,000,000
Lenexa Prairie Star Expressway, Kansas..................       2,750,000
Lexington Bridge Cowlitz-Wahkiakum, Washington..........       6,000,000
Libertyville Traffic Management Center, Illinois........       1,000,000
Long Branch Road, Meade County, Kentucky................       1,000,000
Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project, 
    Indiana.............................................       3,000,000
Lyndale Avenue Bridge, Richfield, Minnesota.............       3,000,000
Mahoning River Corridor of Opportunity Industrial Park 
    Roadway Improvement, Ohio...........................          50,000
Manhattan Bridge Physical Security Assessment, New York.         850,000
Maricopa County, AZTech integrated emergency and 
    transportation communication network, Arizona.......       3,000,000
Marquette Interchange Reconstruction, Milwaukee, 
    Wisconsin...........................................       1,500,000
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Park Pedestrian Walkway, 
    Vermont.............................................         380,000
Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway Des Moines, Iowa.........       3,000,000
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Road Improvements, Alaska.....       3,500,000
McCleary Bridge, Wausau, Wisconsin......................       6,000,000
Melrose Park Rail-Grade Separation, Illinois............         750,000
Memphis Airport, Plough Boulevard Access Road Project, 
    Tennessee...........................................       2,700,000
Metlakatla/Walden Point Road, Alaska....................       2,000,000
Miami-Dade County 7th Avenue Bus Transfer Center, 
    Florida.............................................         500,000
Mission Trails Project Packages 4 and 5, San Antonio, 
    Bexar County, Texas.................................         750,000
Missouri River Trail, North Dakota......................       1,000,000
Missouri River Two State Bridge Project, Nebraska.......         750,000
Missouri-Kansas Bistate I-35 Commuter Rail project--
    Johnson County, Kansas..............................         400,000
Mobile Port, Waterfront & Transportation Initiative/
    Maritime Center of the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama......       1,000,000
Monroe Township Intersection Signalization Project, New 
    Jersey..............................................         500,000
Monticello Street Overpass, Kentucky....................       7,750,000
Montpelier Downtown Redevelopment Project, Vermont......       1,500,000
Mt. Vernon Veterans Memorial Overpass, Mt. Vernon, 
    Illinois............................................       1,000,000
Naknek Lake Camp Road, Alaska...........................       3,400,000
Needs assessment study of the I-84/Route 8 interchange, 
    Waterbury, Connecticut..............................       1,000,000
New Luke Road Trade Corridor Access Project, Texas......         250,000
New Orleans/E. 101st South Widening from Elm Place to 
    State Hwy, 51--Broken Arrow, Oklahoma...............         500,000
New road through former Kelly Air Force Base, Texas.....         850,000
Newport Harbor water shuttles, Newport, Rhode Island....         450,000
North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles, Hillsborough 
    weigh station Orange County.........................       1,000,000
North Carolina State University Transportation Center...       2,000,000
North Memphis Street District Redevelopment and 
    Revitalization Project, Mississippi.................         500,000
North Salina Street Corridor--Syracuse, New York........         750,000
Northeast Illinois Rail Capacity Initiative, Illinois...       5,000,000
Northern Forum, Alaska..................................         500,000
Norwestern Highway Extension, Michigan..................       1,500,000
Oakland County Smart Corridor and Emergency Routing 
    System, Michigan....................................       4,800,000
Ogden Avenue Improvement/Renovation, Missouri...........       1,000,000
Ohio Valley Children's Home South Industrial Park 
    (Greene County) Xenia, Ohio.........................       1,000,000
Old Dominion University Maglev Project Norfolk, Virginia       2,000,000
Ole Town Niporno Pedestrian Enhancements, California....         100,000
Palm Beach County Water Taxi Facilities Project, Florida       1,000,000
Panama City Beach Florida West Bay Bridge Project, 
    Florida.............................................       2,000,000
Patuxent River Naval Air Station Museum and Visitor 
    Center, Maryland....................................       3,400,000
Peach Street Corridor Improvement Project, Pennsylvania.       2,000,000
Pedestrian circulation study & improvements in town of 
    Hillsboro Route 704/Route 9 intersection, Virginia..       1,500,000
Pennsylvania Avenue Improvement Project, Washington, DC.      11,100,000
Phalen Boulevard, Minnesota.............................       1,000,000
Pierre Rail Bypass, South Dakota........................       4,000,000
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge Mason County, West Virginia........       4,500,000
Ponce De Leon Inlet Water Taxi, Volusia County, Florida.         750,000
Port Everglades-Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport Return 
    Loop, Florida.......................................       1,500,000
Port Knik Bridge, Alaska................................       5,000,000
Port of Garfield Road & Bridge Road, Washington.........         500,000
Portland Safety Enhancement, Maine......................       1,000,000
Ports to Plains Corridor development management plan, 
    Texas...............................................       2,000,000
Queens Plaza Roadway rebuilding project, Long Island 
    City, New York......................................         500,000
Rail Crossing Safety Project (OK DOT)--Edmund, Oklahoma.       1,500,000
Railroad Avenue Extension, Berkeley County, South 
    Carolina............................................       1,000,000
Ramsey Street extension, Banning, California............       1,750,000
Reconstruction of Dakota Street--Aberdeen, South Dakota.         500,000
Reconstruction of I-135, Sedgwick County, Kansas........       1,000,000
Rehabilitation of County Route 37 and Alternate Route 
    37, Jefferson County, New York......................         750,000
Rehabilitation of the Waldo-Hancock Bridge, Maine.......       4,000,000
Road/trail/bikeway along Delaware River, Pennsylvania...         550,000
Rockville, Maryland pedestrian access...................         150,000
Roosevelt Connector, Pinellas County, Florida...........      10,000,000
Route 1 Corridor Program, American Samoa................         500,000
Route 11--Connecticut Greenway Commission...............       1,000,000
Route 123 Ox Road--widening (Davis Dr to county line), 
    Fairfax, Virginia...................................       3,500,000
Route 14 Truck Bypass Project Huron, South Dakota.......       1,500,000
Route 15 Safety Improvements, Virginia..................       3,000,000
Route 20 North and Camden Ave Bypass, Buckhannon, West 
    Virginia............................................         235,000
Route 24/I-40 Interchange, Massachusetts................       1,000,000
Route 28/Westfield Circle, New Jersey...................         200,000
Route 39 Widening--West Hanover Township Interchange, 
    Pennsylvania........................................       1,000,000
Route 52 Causeway Replacement and Somers Point Circle 
    Elimination, New Jersey.............................       1,000,000
Route 80 Paterson Interchange, New Jersey...............         400,000
Rt. 12 Corridor Improvement Project, NY.................       5,000,000
Russell St. Viaduct Replacement (MD295) Baltimore, 
    Maryland............................................       5,000,000
Saddle Road improvement, Hawaii.........................       4,000,000
Safety Enhancement on Sherman Way between De Sota and 
    Topanga Canyon, California..........................         250,000
San Francisco, Muni, automatic vehicle location/GPS, 
    California..........................................       2,000,000
Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line Acquisition, California.....       1,500,000
Santa Fe/El Dorado Commuter Rail Line, New Mexico.......       1,000,000
Sayville, New York, pedestrian improvements.............         100,000
SC Inroads ITS (SCDOT), South Carolina..................       1,500,000
Schuylkill Transportation System, Pennsylvania..........         500,000
Seward loading facility, Alaska.........................       9,600,000
SH 6 at Waco, South Bosque River Bridge, McLennan 
    County, Texas.......................................       4,000,000
SH121/Grandview Grade Separation--Jefferson County, 
    Colorado............................................         500,000
SH24 across Delta County, Texas.........................         750,000
South & East Beltway System Construction, Nevada........       3,000,000
Southbound Hurstbourne Lane, Kentucky...................       1,000,000
Southeast Main Avenue/20th/21st Street Railroad Grade 
    Separation Project, Minnesota.......................       1,000,000
Southern Beltway (I-215) upgrade project from Pecos Road 
    to Stephanie Street and from Interstate 15 to Pecos 
    Road, Clark County, Nevada..........................         750,000
Southern Kentucky Intermodal Park, Kentucky.............       2,000,000
Southport and Fort Fisher Ferry Terminals, North 
    Carolina............................................         500,000
Southwestern Minnesota Regional Railroad Rehabilitation 
    Project (MVRRA), Minnesota..........................       2,000,000
Springfield Regional ITS, Missouri......................       1,500,000
SR 138 GA Hwy 20 Beautification Initiative, Rockdale 
    County, Georgia.....................................       1,000,000
SR 67/605 in Saucier, Mississippi.......................       3,000,000
SR 93/US 22 Connector Route (relocation), Ohio..........       1,000,000
SR104/Hood Canal Bridge east half replacement, 
    Washington..........................................       3,000,000
SR-332 Reconstruction at I-69, Delaware County, Indiana.       1,000,000
SR-99/Alaskan Way Viaduct & Seattle Seawall Replacement, 
    Washington..........................................       2,000,000
State Highway 128, Carlsbad, New Mexico.................       1,200,000
State of Vermont, construction of Allen Point Ferry and 
    ferry terminal facilities, Vermont..................         200,000
State Route 905, San Diego, California..................       1,000,000
Stillman College, Alabama...............................       4,500,000
Suffolk Bike Trails, Virginia...........................         500,000
Sumnter Intermodal Center, South Carolina...............       2,000,000
Sunnyside South First St. Reconstruction, Washington....       1,500,000
Tank Destroyer Boulevard, Fort Hood, Texas..............       2,000,000
Tate's Bluff Arkansas Replacement Bridge, Arkansas......       1,125,000
Tippecanoe/I-10 Interchange and medical center access, 
    San Bernardino, California..........................       3,000,000
Toll Road Repayment of Bonds, Kentucky..................      13,000,000
Trail Extension at Mount Vernon Circle, Virginia........         400,000
TRANSCOM regional architecture and TRANSMIT and IRVN 
    projects, New Jersey................................         400,000
Tri-County Industrial Access Road--Corbin, Kentucky.....         850,000
Tri-State Highway/Rail Container Transfer Facility 
    Study, West Virginia................................          75,000
Tucson Railroad Grade Crossing Project, Arizona.........       1,000,000
Tuscaloosa Downtown Revitalization Project, Alabama.....       5,000,000
Tuscaloosa Eastern Bypass, Alabama......................      10,000,000
Two Medicine River Bridge, Montana......................       2,000,000
U.S. Route 33, West Virginia............................         453,000
Umatilla Intermodal Facility, Oregon....................       2,800,000
Union Gap Valley Mall Blvd., Washington.................       1,500,000
University of Alabama at Huntsville.....................      20,000,000
Urban Education Development Research and Retreat Center, 
    Transportation Education and Career Institute, 
    Pennsylvania........................................         100,000
US 15 Market Street Bridge Replacement, Williamsport, 
    Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.......................       3,475,000
US 278 Corridor--Beaufort, South Carolina...............       2,000,000
US 287 Wiley Junction--Wiley, Connecticut...............       4,000,000
US 30--Mississippi River Bridge Study--Clinton County, 
    Iowa................................................         800,000
US 41 Upgrade--Henderson County, Kentucky...............         150,000
US 441/SR 7 Corridor Study--Broward County, Florida.....       1,000,000
US 45--Lake County, Illinois............................       1,500,000
US 67--Rushville, Illinois..............................         500,000
US 77/177 Four Lane, Oklahoma...........................         900,000
US Highway 29 Signal Integration--Kannapolis, North 
    Carolina............................................         500,000
US route 220 Upgrade--Pendelton County, West Virginia...         128,000
US Route 42 & US Route 35 Upgrade Study, Wilberforce, 
    Ohio................................................         250,000
US-14 Expansion and Improvements, Minnesota.............       1,500,000
US 231 Southbound Tennessee River Bridge Replacement, 
    Alabama.............................................       6,000,000
US-395 North Spokane Corridor, Washington...............       4,000,000
US-412, AR between Mount Home and Viola, Arkansas.......       1,500,000
US-412, Arkansas........................................       1,750,000
US-5 Improvements from Derby to Barton, Vermont.........       1,000,000
US-63/I-70 Interchange Improvements, Missouri...........      10,000,000
US-81 & Highway 30 Arterial Improvements, Columbus, 
    Nevada..............................................       2,461,000
US-93 Westside Kalispell Bypass Project, Montana........       2,250,000
Valdez, Alaska, ferry and dock facilities...............         500,000
Ventura County Highway Video Camera Monitoring Project, 
    California..........................................         500,000
Village of Newberry, downtown roadway improvement 
    project, Michigan...................................         500,000
Waipol Road, Hawaii.....................................       1,000,000
Waukee/West Des Moines I-80 Interchange, Iowa...........       2,500,000
Wayne County Road Information Management System (RIMS), 
    Wayne County, Michigan..............................       2,500,000
West Broadway Bridge, Paterson, New Jersey..............         350,000
Widening and rehabilitation of FM 2500, Polk County, 
    Texas...............................................         850,000
Willow Road, Town of Lynn, Wisconsin....................       1,000,000
Winthrop commuter ferry project, Massachusetts..........         500,000
Wisconsin 29 and Marathon County Y intersection, 
    Wisconsin...........................................       1,000,000
Wichita ITS (ITS Traffic/Emergency Operations Ctr and 
    transit ITS), Kansas................................       4,000,000
Woodland Avenue Bridge Repair, Cleveland, Ohio..........         750,000
WSU Composite Applications for Ferries, Washington......       1,000,000
WV Route 10 Logan County, West Virginia.................       8,000,000
WV Route 9 Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, West 
    Virginia............................................      10,000,000

      Sec. 331 prohibits funds for engineering work related to 
an additional runway at New Orleans International Airport, as 
proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 332 prohibits funds for the design or construction 
of a light rail system in Houston, Texas, as proposed by the 
House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
      Sec. 333 rescinds $90,000,000 of funds provided in 
section 101(a)(2) of Public Law 107-42, as proposed by the 
Senate. The House included no similar provision.
      Sec. 334 requires a National Academy of Sciences study 
regarding the shipment of spent nuclear fuel from research 
nuclear reactors, as proposed by the Senate. The House included 
no similar provision.
      Sec. 335 prohibits funds in this Act to be used to adopt 
guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide 
the Transportation Security Administration or the Federal 
Aviation Administration ``without cost'' buildings, 
maintenance, or space for TSA or FAA services as proposed by 
both the House and Senate. The prohibition does not apply to 
negotiations between TSA or FAA and airport sponsors concerning 
``below market'' rates for such services or to grant assurances 
that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to 
the FAA for air traffic control facilities.
      Sec. 336 designates the city of Norman, Oklahoma, to be 
considered part of the Oklahoma City Transportation Management 
Area for fiscal year 2003, as proposed by both the House and 
the Senate.
      Sec. 337 allows the FAA to accept funds from an airport 
sponsor for specific staffing purposes to expedite the 
environmental review process, as proposed by the Senate. The 
House included no similar provision.
      Sec. 338 allows grants for the construction of an air 
traffic control tower and the acquisition or installation of 
equipment to be used in the tower at Double Eagle II Airport, 
New Mexico, as proposed by the Senate. The House contained no 
similar provision.
      Sec. 339 allows States to use funds provided under 
section 402 of title 23, U.S.C. to produce and place highway 
safety public service messages related to seat belt usage and 
impaired driving. The provision allocates: $10,000,000 for 
innovative seat belt projects under Section 157, $10,000,000 
for use by the States to purchase advertising for national 
mobilizations under Section 163, and $1,000,000 for evaluation 
of alcohol-impaired driving program messages under Section 163. 
The House and Senate bills contained similar provisions.
      Sec. 340 modifies a provision from the fiscal year 2002 
appropriations Act regarding the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis 
Bay, Maryland, and other Coast Guard specialized facilities, as 
proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 341 prohibits funds for the Office of the Secretary 
of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable 
agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal 
administrations in this Act, unless such assessments or 
agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification as proposed by both the House and 
the Senate.
      Sec. 342 prohibits funds from being used to issue, 
implement, or enforce a regulation that diminishes or revokes 
an exemption authorized under section 345 of the National 
Highway System Designation Act of 1995, as proposed by the 
House. The Senate included no similar provision.
      Sec. 343 rescinds unexpended balances of the Local Rail 
Freight Assistance program of $690,287 and makes $690,287 
available to the State of Iowa for a rail rehabilitation 
project on the Iowa Northern Railway.
      Sec. 344 appropriates funding and enables the Secretary 
of Transportation to make grants for surface transportation 
projects.
      Sec. 345 amends section 1602 of TEA-21 (112 Stat. 272) to 
allow changes to projects in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, New York, 
Alabama and Texas; authorizes an eligibility change for Alaska 
under FTA's section 5309 program; transfers funds in California 
and Texas contained in P.L. 103-331; amends P.L. 97-468 
relating to the Alaska Railroad; and modifies agreements in 
California relating to the financing of toll roads, as proposed 
by the House. The Senate included no similar provisions.
      Sec. 346 prohibits the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration from developing or implementing a pilot program 
to allow commercial drivers 18 to 20 years old to operate the 
trucks and buses of motor carriers in interstate commerce, as 
proposed by the House. The Senate included no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 347 amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 to extend the exemption from the federal 
axle weight restrictions to include over-the-road buses, as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
      Sec. 348 extends a provision from the fiscal year 2002 
appropriations Act regarding the safety of cross-border 
trucking between the United States and Mexico, including the 
annual report on the safety and security ofMexico-domiciled 
motor carriers operating in the United States, as proposed by the 
House. The Senate included a similar provision.
      Sec. 349 prohibits funds in this Act from being 
transferred without express authority, as proposed by the 
House. The Senate included no similar provision.
      Sec. 350 requires Amtrak to submit an annual report to 
the appropriate Congressional Committees detailing their per 
passenger operating loss for each rail line, as proposed by the 
House. Amtrak's grant request shall include the following 
appendices: (1) per passenger operating loss by route; and (2) 
each route's net loss when comparing the route's revenues 
opposite its full operating costs, capital costs, and 
depreciation costs using Generally Accepted Accounting 
Principles (GAAP).
      Sec. 351 modifies House language amending language in the 
Aviation and Transportation Security Act, to allow the use of 
State and local law enforcement officers to fulfill Federal 
responsibilities at airports. The Senate included no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 352 modifies a House provision relating to stadium 
overflights. The Senate included no similar provision. The 
conferees note that, under the modified House provision, the 
Secretary may issue waivers to certain aircraft including 
blimps subject to the conditions specified in the provision.
      Sec. 353 restricts procurement of Coast Guard ships 
unless they are in compliance with the Buy American Act, as 
proposed by the House. The Senate included no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 354 amends section 13703 of title 49, United States 
Code, by allowing the Surface Transportation Board to approve 
applications from truck rate bureaus seeking to publish 
national rates, as proposed by the House. The Senate included 
no similar provision.
      Sec. 355 restricts funds to apply or enforce a regulatory 
requirement for strengthening flight deck doors until further 
review by the Transportation Security Administration, as 
proposed by the House. The Senate included no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 356 amends the non-Federal match requirements for 
the Alaska Railroad, as proposed by the Senate. The House 
included no similar provision.
      Sec. 357 is a provision regarding the Hoover Dam Bypass 
Bridge, as proposed by the Senate. The House contained no 
similar provision.
      Sec. 358 prohibits funds in the Act to any person or 
entity convicted of violating the Buy American Act, similar to 
that proposed by the Senate. The House contained no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 359 retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
allowing discretionary bridge funding to be used for historic 
covered bridges. The House contained no similar provision.
      Sec. 360 modifies a provision requiring quarterly reports 
on major Coast Guard acquisitions and the agency's mission hour 
emphasis, as proposed by the Senate. The House contained no 
similar provision.
      Sec. 361 amends Section 1503 of P.L. 105-178 relating to 
Section 1101(a)(9) and Section 1221, similar to that proposed 
by the Senate. The House contained no similar provision.
      Sec. 362 reduces the funds provided for the Working 
Capital Fund, similar to that proposed by the Senate. The House 
contained no similar provision.
      Sec. 363 grants discretionary authority to the Secretary 
of Transportation to waive certain requirements included in a 
conveyance for an airport in Gadsden, AL, similar to that 
proposed by the Senate. The House contained no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 364 rescinds funds for the Value Pricing Pilot 
Program.
      Sec. 365 modifies 101 Stat. 194; 109 Stat. 607 and 105 
Stat. 2038 to allow changes to projects in Port of Lake 
Charles, Louisiana, as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.
      Sec. 366 allows funds from the surface transportation 
grants to be available to the Secretary to make grants to the 
Kentucky Turnpike Authority to pay the debt on bonds issued by 
the Kentucky Turnpike Authority before January 1, 2003, for the 
Daniel Boone Parkway, Kentucky, and the Cumberland Parkway, 
Kentucky.
      Sec. 367 authorizes the issuance of letters of intent for 
airport security improvements.
      Sec. 368 amends section 342 in the Department of 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 to 
redesignate the ``passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap County-
Seattle'' to ``ferry/tunnel project in Bremerton, Washington'' 
as proposed by the Senate. The House contained no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 369 amends section 343 in the Department of 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 to 
redesignate the ``Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and King 
Counties to Seattle'' to ``ferry/tunnel project in Bremerton, 
Washington'' as proposed by the Senate. The House contained no 
similar provision.
      Sec. 370 amends House language to make construction of 
contract towers an eligible expense of the Airport Improvement 
Program.
      Sec. 371 appropriates $3,500,000 to maintain operations 
at Midway Island airfield for not less than one year, as 
proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 372 amends Section 145 (c) of P.L. 107-71, similar 
to that proposed by the Senate. The House contained no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 373 amends Section 1602 of TEA-21 (112 Stat. 316) to 
allow changes to projects in Susquehanna Greenway, Maryland, as 
proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar 
provision.
      Sec. 374 modifies section 1602 of TEA-21 (112 Stat. 305) 
to allow changes to projects in New York City, NY.
      Sec. 375 modifies a project in Public Law 101-516 to 
allow changes to a project in Pennsylvania.
      Sec. 376 modifies a project in Public Law 102-143 to 
allow changes to a project in Pennsylvania.
      Sec. 377 transfers $2,000,000 to the Federal Transit 
Administration's Formula Grant account for the Jersey City Pier 
redevelopment and terminal construction project.
      The conference agreement deletes the House provision that 
ensures that emergency rail service is continued if Amtrak 
should cease operation. The Senate included no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement deletes the House provision 
regarding the purchase of explosive detection systems. The 
Senate included no similar provision.
      The conference agreement deletes the House provision that 
encourages the Secretary of Transportation and the FAA to 
implement a plan between the State of Illinois and the City of 
Chicago for the purpose of modernizing O'Hare International 
Airport, continuing operation of Meigs Field, and utilizing 
existing airports to help relieve congestion. The Senate 
included no similar provision.
      The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision 
that directs the Secretary of the Department of Transportation 
to approve the use of national highway system and surface 
transportation funds for construction of noise barriers in 
Georgia. The House included no similar provision.
      The conference agreement deletes the House provision 
relating to Medicare eligible retiree health care funds, as it 
is contained elsewhere in the bill. The Senate included no 
similar provision.
      The conference agreement deletes the House provision 
relating to a proposed rule on statewide and metropolitan 
transportation planning. The Senate included no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement deletes the House provision that 
amended the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 
Act. The Senate included no similar provision.
      The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision 
relating to a municipal dock in Escanaba, Michigan. The House 
included no similar provision.
      The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision 
relating to rebates, refunds, incentive payments and fees 
received by the Department of Transportation. The House 
included no similar provision.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follow:

                      [In the thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...     $24,376,970
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003...........................................      21,345,680
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................      21,797,930
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................      22,576,162
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................      22,159,095
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................      -2,217,875
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................        +813,415
    House bill, fiscal year 2003........................        +361,165
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.......................        -417,067

                               DIVISION J

          Treasury and General Government Appropriations, 2003

      The conference agreement on the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2003, incorporates some of the 
language and allocations set forth in House Report 107-575 and 
some of the language and allocations set forth by the Senate 
explanatory statement as delineated in the Congressional Record 
of January 15, 2003, pages S765-S794. The language in House 
Report 107-575 and the Congressional Record of January 15, 
2003, pages S765-S794, should be complied with unless 
specifically addressed in the accompanying statement of 
managers.
      Throughout the accompanying explanatory statement, the 
managers refer to the Committee and the Committees on 
Appropriations. Unless otherwise noted, in both instances, the 
managers are referring to the House Subcommittee on Treasury, 
Postal Service, and General Government and the Senate 
Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government.
      In a number of instances, House Report 107-575 and the 
explanatory statement in the Congressional Record of January 
15, 2003, pages S765-S794, require agencies to report to the 
Committees by specific dates that have now passed. In those 
instances, and unless alternative dates are provided by the 
committee of conference, agencies are directed to provide these 
reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act.

             Reprogramming and Transfer of Funds Guidelines

      The conference agreement includes the following 
reprogramming guidelines that shall be complied with by all 
agencies funded by the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2003:
      1. Except under extraordinary and emergency situations, 
the Committees on Appropriations will not consider requests for 
a reprogramming or a transfer of funds, or use of unobligated 
balances, which are submitted after the close of the third 
quarter of the fiscal year, June 30;
      2. Clearly stated and detailed documentation presenting 
justification for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of 
unobligated balances shall accompany each request;
      3. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving 
appropriations in excess of $20,000,000, a reprogramming shall 
be submitted if the amount to be shifted to or from any object 
class, budget activity, program line item, or program activity 
involved is in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
greater, of the object class, budget activity, program line 
item, or program activity;
      4. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving 
appropriations less than $20,000,000, a reprogramming shall be 
submitted if the amount to be shifted to or from any object 
class, budget activity, program line item, or program activity 
involved is in excess of $50,000, or 10 percent, whichever is 
greater, of the object class, budget activity, program line 
item, or program activity;
      5. For any action where the cumulative effect of below 
threshold reprogramming actions, or past reprogramming and/or 
transfer actions added to the request, would exceed the dollar 
threshold mentioned above, a reprogramming shall be submitted;
      6. For any action that would result in a major change to 
the program or item that is different than that presented to 
and approved by either of the Committees, or the Congress, a 
reprogramming shall be submitted;
      7. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the 
Committees for a specific activity are proposed to be used for 
a different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted; and,
      8. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the 
Committees for a specific activity are in excess of the project 
or activity requirement, and are proposed to be used for a 
different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted.
      Additionally, each request shall include a declaration 
that, as of the date of the request, none of the funds included 
in the request have been obligated, and none will be obligated, 
until the Committees on Appropriations have approved the 
request.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $189,201,000 instead of 
$187,241,000 as proposed by the House and $191,887,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to non-recur 
$2,854,000 of fiscal year 2002 costs, to transfer $446,000 out 
of this account to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, 
and to a business strategy adjustment of $599,000 as proposed 
by the House. The conferees agree to provide $747,000 for 
overseas inflation costs as proposed by the Senate and 
$1,213,000 for full funding of fiscal year 2003 operations. The 
conferees agree to include a provision as proposed by the 
Senate establishing minimum funding and personnel levels for 
the Office of Foreign Assets Control ($21,206,000 and 120 full 
time equivalent positions), and agree to provide a minimum of 
$8,500,000 for the Office of Enforcement. The conferees agree 
to a new general provision (Section 124) as proposed by the 
Senate regarding the Office of Foreign Assets Control that 
requires all travel license applications to be resolved within 
90 calendar days and all travel license denials to include 
written notification.

                  CERTIFICATE-BASED INTERNET SECURITY

      The conferees are aware of the need for security in 
permitting secure Internet communication for Customs, Secret 
Service, and other Treasury law enforcement agents to prevent 
cyber attacks and protect against identity theft in key 
information systems. The conferees therefore strongly support 
developing capability for certificate-based Internet security 
projects to provide standards-based e-mail encryption and 
digital signature capabilities; permit interoperability with 
the Federal Bridge and other government public key 
infrastructure systems and applications; demonstrate proven 
scalability; support multiple platforms; and include automated, 
secure key and certificate management. The conferees understand 
that the Department of the Treasury believes this is a vital 
priority. If funds become available in other Treasury accounts 
during fiscal year 2003, the conferees are likely to look 
favorably on a reprogramming request that would provide funding 
for this critical initiative.

                    COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY

      The conferees agree that anti-counterfeiting measures for 
currency are a critical component in the war on terrorism and 
in promoting homeland security. The conferees strongly concur 
with Senate guidance that directs the Department of the 
Treasury to test the utility of using new technologies to help 
identify the size of the universe of counterfeit currency and 
better understand the circulation patterns of currency and 
report back within 120 days of the enactment of this Act. The 
conferees also encourage the Treasury Department to consider, 
for future currency changes, the best available anti-
counterfeiting technology and security devices for currency, 
including such features as optically variable devices, 
alternative substrates, distinctive fibers, high-technology 
inks, and new offset printing techniques.

        Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $65,628,000 instead of 
$68,828,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
reduction from the requested level is to be applied to the 
integrated Treasury (wireless) network. The conferees agree to 
include a provision as proposed by the Senate restricting the 
use of funds to supplement the Internal Revenue Service.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $35,736,000 instead of 
$35,424,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
conferees agree to include a provision regarding reception and 
representation expenses as proposed by the Senate and to 
include $312,000 for full funding of fiscal year 2003 
operations.

           Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $125,011,000 instead of 
$123,962,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
conferees agree to include $1,049,000 for full funding of 
fiscal year 2003 operations.

                Air Transportation Stabilization Program

      The conferees agree to provide $6,041,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration

      The conferees agree to provide $28,932,000 instead of 
$32,932,000 as proposed by the House and $30,932,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.

                 Expanded Access to Financial Services

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide, subject to authorization, 
$2,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $4,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. The conferees also agree to include the 
other provisions as proposed by the Senate and not those 
proposed by the House. The conferees direct that none of these 
funds are to be used for projects that (1) provide real 
property, automated teller machines, or any other equipment for 
use by any financial institution, (2) incur costs in excess of 
$100 for each participant who is expected to establish an 
account, or (3) does not provide at least $0.50 in non-federal 
matching funds for each $1.00 received from the Expanded Access 
to Financial Services account.

                         Counterterrorism Fund

      The conferees agree to provide $10,000,000 instead of 
$33,000,000 as proposed by the House and $20,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees note that this fund 
currently carries a balance in excess of $40,000,000.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $51,752,000 instead of 
$51,444,000 as proposed by the House and $50,517,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This includes $481,000 to cover non-pay 
inflation, $308,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations, 
and $446,000 to reflect the adjustment of Foreign Terrorist 
Asset Tracking Center support from the Office of Foreign Assets 
Control to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

                     USA PATRIOT Act Implementation

      The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is 
tasked with implementing a number of critical mandates under 
the USA PATRIOT Act aimed at thwarting terrorists from 
financing their activities, and preventing criminals from 
laundering criminal profits. These include establishing the 
PATRIOT Act Communications System (PACS), providing expanded 
access for federal agencies to the Gateway system; and 
implementing information exchanges between government and 
financial institutions. Although the Administration did not 
request funding for these, the conferees direct the Department 
to provide $2,500,000 from the super surplus of the Treasury 
Forfeiture Fund to FinCEN for these activities to cover fiscal 
year 2003 costs.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $134,986,000 instead of 
$152,951,000 as proposed by the House and $126,660,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This includes: $595,000 for non-pay 
inflation; $631,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations; 
$5,500,000 to fund increased training workload for homeland 
security; $2,700,000 for the Cheltenham training center; 
$1,000,000 for the National Center for State and Local Training 
and $1,000,000 for the Rural Crime and Justice Center at Minot 
State University to expand on the current Small Town and Rural 
Law Enforcement training series in the Northern Plains States 
and related rural law enforcement research; $500,000 to Minot 
State University to assess the effectiveness of the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center vehicle pursuit training program; 
and $750,000 to work with the Southwest Texas State University 
ALERRT program.

     ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $36,000,000 instead of 
$31,800,000 as proposed by the House and $32,029,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This includes: $71,000 for non-pay 
inflation; $5,000,000 for acquisition and modification of 
facilities for the Glynco campus to address increased homeland 
security training workload; $3,400,000 to complete the vehicle 
training course at the Cheltenham campus; and $4,200,000 for a 
new classroom building at the Artesia campus.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

                 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

      The conferees agree to provide $107,576,000 as proposed 
by the Senate instead of $110,594,000 as proposed by the House.

                      Financial Management Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $222,078,000 instead of 
$220,664,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
conferees agree to include $1,414,000 for the full funding of 
fiscal year 2003 operations.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $886,430,000 instead of 
$888,430,000 as proposed by the Senate and $891,034,000 as 
proposed by the House. This includes $3,000,000 for an 
explosives enforcement initiative.

               Management and Technological Enhancements

      The conferees endorse the Senate explanatory language 
regarding management and technological enhancements at the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) National 
Licensing Center, Imports Branch, and National Firearms Act 
Branch. The conferees also note that $2,500,000, which was 
provided in fiscal year 2002, will continue to be available for 
this ongoing effort.

                     United States Customs Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $2,527,155,000, instead of 
$2,496,865,000 as proposed by the House and $2,501,488,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This includes: $18,377,000 for non-pay 
inflation; $15,115,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 
operations; $150,000 for the Vermont World Trade Center, and 
$750,000 for the Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade 
Studies. The conferees also include: $3,000,000 for port and 
nonintrusive inspection technology research and development; 
$1,250,000 for steel tariff enforcement; $1,000,000 for a 
curriculum for canine detection of chemical and biological 
threats; $12,000,000 for the container security initiative; 
$1,000,000 for a bulk outbound currency initiative; $1,400,000 
to expand the intellectual property rights initiative; $200,000 
for a University of Texas border protection management program; 
and $125,000 for a smart border technology program at the Texas 
Transportation Institute.

                        NORTHERN BORDER SECURITY

      The conferees recognize that the process of strengthening 
the Northern Border is not complete and that further 
adjustments in personnel assignments and resource allocations 
will be necessary. There have been long-standing concerns about 
the condition and infrastructure needs of the ports of entry 
along the Northern Border. The conferees direct the Customs 
Service to work closely with GSA in the development of its 
construction plans and budgets, and to ensure that all current 
and prospective requirements, particularly those recently 
identified, will be met.
      The conferees commend the actions of the United States 
Customs Service to strengthen America's border with Canada. The 
conferees support the full implementation of the 30-point 
``Smart Border Accord,'' and other ongoing initiatives in 
furtherance of securing the flow of people and goods, hardening 
our infrastructure, and in sharing mutual enforcement 
objectives with Canada. Implementation of programs such as pre-
clearance of U.S.-bound traffic, ``reverse inspections,'' 
hardening of remote ports, and expanded information sharing 
promises increased security and important trade benefits on the 
Northern Border. Additionally, the conferees encourage Customs 
to expand use of ``smart'' processing and inspection 
technologies such as the NEXUS program. This joint United 
States-Canadian pilot is a dedicated commuter lane system that 
allows Customs and the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
to rapidly identify and clear pre-registered frequent 
travelers. The conferees urge Customs to implement an expansion 
of the program expeditiously as an integral part of a layered 
security framework that both secures our mutual border and 
facilitates this unique trade relationship.

  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INITIATIVE AND CUSTOMS CYBERSMUGGLING 
                                 CENTER

      The conferees have included funding for the continued 
operation of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Center, 
which received $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, as well as to 
annualize the costs of 13 additional full-time equivalent 
positions. The conferees also continue funding for the Customs 
Cybersmuggling Center (C3). The conferees have also included an 
additional $1,400,000 to expand the IPR Center for domestic and 
international programs, staffing, as well as continued 
operation of the IPR Coordination Center. The conferees expect 
the Customs Service will enhance the operations of the C3 and 
the IPR Center to combat intellectual property rights 
violations, and support law enforcement training of host 
country officials by Customs overseas attaches. The conferees 
encourage the IPR Center to use a portion of its funds to 
establish a clearinghouse for intellectual property rights 
information gathered from other federal as well as State and 
local agencies.

    STRENGTHENED ENFORCEMENT OF U.S. TRADE LAWS PERTAINING TO STEEL

      The conferees support Customs enforcement of U.S. trade 
laws, to include the President's steel 201 proclamation of 
March 5, 2002, and all antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders related to steel. The conferees also understand that 
Customs is responsible for enforcing and monitoring imports of 
wire rods and certain line pipe products previously covered by 
a 201 remedy decision. The conferees are aware that Customs 
personnel assigned to enforce antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders, including import specialists, inspectors and 
agents, have been increasingly burdened, and many have been 
reassigned to meet homeland security priorities. The conferees 
understand that Customs would require additional positions to 
fully enforce this set of trade laws, and that there are 
serious deficiencies in the level of training and specialized 
knowledge of Customs inspectors and import specialists who deal 
with steel tariff matters. The conferees therefore provide 
$1,250,000 to permit Customs, working with the steel 
manufacturing and trading community, to identify and apply the 
resources and training required to carry out these 
responsibilities. Such efforts may include utilizing steel 
industry experts through a series of national training 
seminars, which could be made available to members of the trade 
and brokerage community who play a key role in classifying 
imported goods for Customs processing. The funding may also be 
used to assign more import specialists, inspectors, or agents 
to steel trade enforcement. The conferees recommend that new 
steel import specialists be assigned to ports with the greatest 
volume of steel imports. In addition, the conferees urge that 
the U.S. Customs Service enforce all steel-related laws and 
regulations, including the President's steel 201 Proclamation 
and all existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders, to 
the fullest extent of the law. The conferees therefore direct 
Customs to report not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act on steps it has taken to improve training for steel 
tariff implementation and to enhance enforcement efforts and 
manpower, including data on types and value of illegal imports 
seized and penalties imposed.

                     CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE

      The Customs Service announced its Container Security 
Initiative (CSI) on January 17, 2002, a critical effort to 
protect U.S. seaports and maritime commerce. CSI will allow 
targeting and screening of potentially dangerous cargo prior to 
its arrival at U.S. ports. In March 2002 Customs began to 
implement CSI in three Canadian ports; to date, 21 foreign 
ports, including 18 of the world's top ``mega-ports'', have 
agreed to participate. The CSI will entail staffing at each 
site, as well as investments in non-intrusive inspection 
technology or networking technology. The conferees include 
$12,000,000 to continue this effort in fiscal year 2003.
      The conferees are aware that CSI will require a data 
system that permits the transfer of container images, other 
sensor data, and relevant manifest data from foreign seaports 
of origin to Customs offices at the U.S. port of destination 
and to the Customs container management center. The conferees 
would expect this network to be linked with the Treasury Secure 
Data Network and capable of processing and sharing similar 
domestic data as well. The conferees direct Customs to report 
to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act on its plans for developing and 
implementing such a network.

                  NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY

      The Administration's request includes $45,700,000 in new 
investments in non-intrusive inspection and other security 
technology, in addition to annualizing costs for investments 
made in fiscal year 2002 to close gaps in land and seaport 
security identified after September 11th. The conferees include 
an additional $3,000,000 for these efforts, to be used for 
technology acquisition and support of related research and 
development, and to evaluate and prototype next-generation 
technology to screen and detect contraband, explosives, 
radioactive materials, and potential chemical and biological 
weapons, with a focus on applications at major ports of entry. 
The conferees strongly encourage the Customs Service to 
maintain its policy of seeking to apply the most advanced and 
cost-effective technology possible, and build into its planning 
a life-cycle approach to replacing and upgrading such 
capability to meet ever-increasing needs for greater 
performance.
      In general, the conferees expect Customs to regularly 
review technologies that might have applications to Customs' 
inspection needs, and evaluate the value for Customs' mission 
that might be offered by technology, such as computed 
tomography (CT), which is being employed for airport security 
by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA); the Total 
Asset Visibility Network employed by the Defense Department; or 
neutron analysis technology. Customs should emphasize 
evaluating inspection technologies that do not require human 
evaluation and analysis, and work closely with the Departments 
of Defense and Energy agencies such as the Defense Threat 
Reduction Agency and the National Nuclear Security 
Administration on placement of systems to detect nuclear, 
biological and chemical threats. The conferees direct Customs 
to report not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act 
on its implementation of this program.

                   PEACE BRIDGE JOINT BORDER FACILITY

      The conferees endorse the Senate explanatory language 
calling for the U.S. Customs Service, in consultation with the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of 
Homeland Security to report within 180 days of enactment of 
this Act detailing how a joint United States/Canadian border 
inspection facility could be established on the Canadian side 
of the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, Ontario.

                           CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

      The conferees direct the Customs Service to continue 
providing $100,000 of available funds to promote public 
awareness for the child pornography tipline, including ongoing 
efforts to make children aware of the tipline, in fiscal year 
2003. The conferees recommend that the Customs Service continue 
to coordinate this effort with the National Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children and the U.S. Postal Service to ensure 
that the publicity is diversified and effective.

                           FORCED CHILD LABOR

      The conferees are pleased with the work of the Customs 
Service to enforce section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as it 
relates to forced and indentured child labor. The conferees 
believe that continued focus on enforcement of the ban on 
importation of goods made by forced child labor is critical and 
that Customs needs to continue this effort through aggressive 
investigation and enforcement of the applicable laws. The 
conferees direct Customs to expend an additional $4,000,000 on 
this important enforcement effort.

                          DAIRY PROTEIN BLENDS

      The conferees are concerned with the impact of imported 
milk protein concentrates on domestic milk use, resulting in 
historically low milk prices paid to dairy producers. The 
Customs Service is encouraged to make their final decision on 
reclassification of dairy protein blends within 30 days of the 
enactment of this Act and report the results to the Committees 
on Appropriations.

                   Harbor Maintenance Fee Collection

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

  Operation, Maintenance and Procurement, Air and Marine Interdiction 
                                Programs

      The conferees agree to provide $181,829,000 instead of 
$190,000,000 as proposed by the House and $177,829,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This includes $7,000,000 for the 
Customs National Aviation Center and $4,000,000 to support 
other critical operational and maintenance needs and 
modernization requirements such as the Air and Marine 
Interdiction Coordination Center, development of tactical data 
link and display capability, enhanced electro-optical and 
infrared capability, and replacement of critical fixed wing and 
helicopter platforms.

      AIR AND MARINE PROGRAM MODERNIZATION AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW

      The conferees are aware that Customs had been conducting 
a comprehensive review of the missions, operations, structure, 
and resources of the Air and Marine Interdiction Division 
(AMID). As Customs conducts this review, the conferees strongly 
urge it to take full account of the impact of its various and 
expanding missions in order to achieve an optimal level of 
readiness and operational effectiveness. Particular attention 
should be paid to organization, infrastructure, aircraft, 
vessels, equipment, staffing and funding.
      The conferees also expect Customs to make the most 
effective use of existing resources to carry out its missions. 
Replacement or other modernization of Customs assets is 
expensive and must be carried out in the context of an orderly 
program to assess requirements for necessary platforms based on 
mission and operational needs, including operating and 
maintenance costs. The conferees expect Customs to carefully 
evaluate the impact of maintenance contracts on meeting mission 
needs, and how the form such contracts take affects such goals: 
to maximize operational availability and capability of aircraft 
and marine vessels; to rationalize time and logistics required 
for system maintenance and support; and to achieve cost 
effectiveness. The conferees direct the Customs Service to 
submit the findings of its review upon its completion, 
including those relating to maintenance and support, but in any 
event not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act.
      In the course of preparing the report, the conferees 
request that Customs describe how its modernization plan will 
address (1) implementing airborne law enforcement surveillance 
and support capabilities along the Northern Border; (2) 
acquiring platforms for Northern Border Surveillance Aircraft; 
(3) replacing or modifying existing Citation aircraft; and (4) 
meeting its requirements for light enforcement and medium-lift 
helicopters. Customs will continue to implement the Western 
Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act (WHDEA) and the conferees 
include the $35,764,000 requested by the Administration. The 
conferees provide an additional $4,000,000 that may be used for 
system acquisition and support, and expect plans for use of 
this funding to be included in the modernization plan and 
detailed in the above mentioned report.

                        AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

      The conferees agree to provide $435,332,000 as proposed 
by the Senate instead of $439,332,000 as proposed by the House.

                    AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT

      The conferees believe that strong oversight of the 
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) program is essential to 
ensure that Customs fulfills its expenditure and development 
plans. Periodic review of investment increments associated with 
capital planning and architecture development is consistent 
with best practices for information technology procurement. The 
conferees therefore direct that Customs provide quarterly 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations until ACE becomes 
functional.
      The conferees also direct Customs to submit requests for 
release of funds, including a cost-benefit analysis, in a 
timely manner, but in no case less than 30 days before the 
anticipated need for the funds.

                 WEST COAST SECURED CORRIDOR INITIATIVE

      The conferees are aware of efforts by the Washington 
State Office of Trade and Economic Development, the Washington 
State Department of Transportation, and the Cascadia Project of 
the Discovery Institute to establish a West Coast Secured 
Corridor Initiative. This initiative will establish a forum for 
coordinating the development and implementation of practices 
vital to the enhancement of homeland security and the secured 
mobility of goods and people along the West Coast, and that 
will ensure interoperability of Customs and other regulatory 
protocols for transport between Mexico, the United States, and 
Canada. The conferees strongly support collaborative efforts 
between Federal, State and local governments and non-profit 
organizations that can facilitate both security and the smooth 
flow of commerce along our borders. The Customs Service should 
evaluate the benefits of ensuring that development and 
deployment of ACE and the International Trade Data System 
(ITDS) takes into account the efforts of the Initiative to 
ensure homeland security and secured mobility of goods and 
people along the West Coast.

                           United States Mint

               UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

      The conferees agree to provide $34,900,000 for capital 
investments for circulating coinage and protective services as 
proposed by the House and the Senate.

                       Bureau of The Public Debt

                     ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

      The conferees agree to provide $190,068,000 instead of 
$168,673,000 as proposed by the House and $191,073,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to a reduction of 
$2,000,000 to the savings bond marketing program; the funds 
that remain for savings bond marketing are to provide for the 
orderly termination of this effort during fiscal year 2003 
consistent with the plans of the Department of the Treasury. 
The conferees direct the Department to report to the Committees 
on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment of this Act 
with details of how they will conduct this orderly termination 
of the savings bond marketing program. The conferees further 
agree to include a provision to assist with the termination of 
the savings bond marketing program; this provision extends the 
availability of $4,000,000 for two years in order to cover 
certain costs such as severance requirements and workman 
compensation payments that will extend beyond fiscal year 2003. 
The conferees also agree to provide $995,000 for the full 
funding of fiscal year 2003 operations not associated with the 
savings bond marketing program.

                        Internal Revenue Service

      The conferees recognize the fiscal challenges that face 
the Internal Revenue Service and direct that base operations be 
funded before embarking upon any new initiatives.

                 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

      The conferees agree to provide $3,955,777,000 as proposed 
by the Senate instead of $3,955,077,000 as proposed by the 
House. The conferees agree to include a provision that provides 
$7,000,000 for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, as proposed 
by the Senate.

                          TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

      The conferees agree to provide $3,729,072,000 as proposed 
by the House and the Senate. The conferees agree to include a 
provision modified from one proposed by the Senate that not 
less than $60,000,000 shall be used to combat abusive tax 
shelters.

             EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE

      The conferees agree to provide $146,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and the Senate.

                          INFORMATION SYSTEMS

      The conferees agree to provide $1,632,444,000 as proposed 
by the House and the Senate.

                     BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

      The conferees agree to provide $366,000,000 instead of 
$436,000,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate.

               HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

      The conferees agree to provide $70,000,000 instead of no 
appropriation as proposed by the House and the Senate. This new 
account is to be used to implement the health insurance tax 
credit program included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107-210).

          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

      Section 101. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that allows the transfer of 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available to the IRS to any other IRS appropriation subject to 
Congressional approval.
      Section 102. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that requires the IRS to maintain a training program in 
taxpayers' rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, and 
cross-cultural relations.
      Section 103. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that requires the IRS to institute and enforce policies and 
practices that will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer 
information.
      Section 104. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
with respect to the IRS 1-800 help line service.

                      United States Secret Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $1,029,150,000 instead of 
$1,017,892,000 as proposed by the House and $1,010,817,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This includes $6,824,000 for non-pay 
inflation, $6,475,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 
operations, and $4,200,000 to fund annualization of the costs 
of the workload rebalancing and retention initiative. The 
conferees also provide $1,633,000 for forensic support to the 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and 
$4,583,000 for grants to NCMEC, including $300,000 for support 
of the Web-Wise Kids program.

      ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND RELATED EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $3,519,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

      Section 110. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that requires the Secretary of the Treasury to comply with 
certain reprogramming guidelines when obligating or expending 
funds for law enforcement activities.
      Section 111. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that allows the Department of the Treasury to purchase 
uniforms, insurance, and motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation, and enter into contracts 
with the Department of State for health and medical services 
for Treasury employees in overseas locations.
      Section 112. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that requires the expenditure of funds so as not to diminish 
efforts under section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration 
Act.
      Section 113. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between law 
enforcement appropriations under certain circumstances.
      Section 114. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that authorizes the transfer, up to 2 percent, between the 
Departmental Offices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration, Financial Management 
Service, and Bureau of Public Debt appropriations under certain 
circumstances.
      Section 115. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that authorizes transfer, up to 2 percent, between the Internal 
Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration under certain circumstances.
      Section 116. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
regarding the purchase of law enforcement vehicles.
      Section 117. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that prohibits the Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of 
Engraving and Printing from redesigning the $1 Federal Reserve 
Note.
      Section 118. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that provides for transfer from and reimbursements to the 
Salaries and Expenses appropriation of the Financial Management 
Service for the purposes of debt collection.
      Section 119. The conferees agree to continue and modify a 
provision that extends the pilot project for designated 
critical occupations for one additional year.
      Section 120. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that requires the approval of the authorizing committees for 
the construction and operation of any museum by the U.S. Mint.
      Section 121. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision limiting the use of funds for the production of 
Customs declarations that do not inquire whether the passenger 
had been in the proximity of livestock.
      Section 122. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to 
establish an accrediting body to set standards for measuring 
and assessing the quality and effectiveness on Federal law 
enforcement training.
      Section 123. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
extends the Treasury Franchise Fund through October 1, 2004.
      Section 125. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
allows funds in the Stennis Fund to be invested in certain par-
value securities.
      Section 126. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
allows funds in the Madison Funds to be invested in certain 
par-value securities.
      Section 127. The conferees agree to a new provision 
regarding Customs Service reverse inspections as proposed by 
the Senate, with technical modifications.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                   Payment to the Postal Service Fund

      The conferees agree to provide $60,014,000, as proposed 
by the House and Senate. Of this amount $31,014,000 is provided 
as an advance appropriation for free mail to the blind and 
overseas voters, as proposed by the House and Senate. The 
conferees include an additional $29,000,000 for prior year 
reimbursement shortfalls.

                    Postal Service Marketing Efforts

      The conferees are aware that the Postal Service has 
entered into a four-year $25,000,000 contract to sponsor a 
cycling team to provide the Postal Service with marketing 
exposure. This expenditure comes at a time when the Postal 
Service is suffering from long-term declines in mail volume and 
net income, as well as the huge added costs of guarding against 
biological terrorist attacks through the U.S. mail system. The 
conferees are concerned that the Postal Service has incurred 
this $25,000,000 obligation even though no proof has been 
offered that this sponsorship will result in increased 
revenues. The conferees urge the Postal Service to exercise far 
better judgment in making future investment decisions in favor 
of those efforts that can provide tangible results.

                        Postal Service Printing

      The conferees are aware that significant cost savings can 
be achieved by utilizing electronic commerce technology in the 
ordering and procurement of supporting goods and services, such 
as printing requirements. The conferees encourage the Postal 
Service to use e-commerce means in the purchasing of its 
printing, including testing the feasibility of procuring 
printing through e-commerce means after assessing the market 
and conducting a test or limited pilot project, if the test or 
project can include a guaranteed cost savings feature and 
acceptable return on investment (ROI). If this test or limited 
pilot yields a cost savings and acceptable ROI for the Postal 
Service, the conferees encourage the Postal Service to expand 
its use of e-commerce means in the procurement of its printing 
needs. The conferees request a report from the Postal Service 
on any such test or pilot project undertaken no later than six 
months after the date of enactment of this Act.

                             HOUSTON, TEXAS

      The conferees are concerned by the quality of service at 
the Jensen Drive Postal Station in Houston, Texas. The 
conferees are specifically concerned with the adequacy of the 
facility at this postal station. The station currently has only 
eight available parking slots, of which one is for disabled 
customers and two are for senior citizens who represent a large 
portion of this station's customers, leaving only five 
available slots for all other customers. This lack of adequate 
parking creates traffic and safety problems. The conferees 
direct the Postal Service to evaluate the options for 
addressing the parking situation and other problems at Jensen 
Drive and report to the Committees on Appropriations on steps 
being taken to address the problem no later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act.

                            BRONX, NEW YORK

      The conferees are very concerned by the repeated reports 
of poor quality service to postal customers in the Bronx, 
including missing mail, wrongly delivered mail, and late 
delivery. The House Committee on Appropriations earlier 
directed the Postal Service to investigate the situation at the 
Morris Park post office and report its recommendations for 
corrective action to the Committee, and the Postal Service 
provided this report in January 2003. The conferees direct the 
Postal Service to expand its investigation to the Highbridge, 
Stadium, Morrisania, and Tremont stations, as well as the 
General Post Office, and report its findings and 
recommendations for corrective action and a plan of 
implementation to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
than 120 days following enactment of this Act.

TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO 
                             THE PRESIDENT

        Compensation of the President and the White House Office

                     COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

      The conferees agree to provide $450,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $50,715,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $59,735,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees agree to transfer $9,020,000 to the Office of 
Administration in support of a pilot program to centralize the 
procurement of certain common goods and services.

                           White House Tours

      The conferees are aware that, because of the tragic 
events of September 11, 2001, public visitation of the White 
House has been severely restricted. The conferees would like to 
see a resumption of public White House tours as soon as safely 
possible. In light of this goal, within 30 days of enactment of 
this Act, the White House Office should provide a report to the 
Committees that details the status of efforts underway to 
safely reopen public tours of the White House.

                      Office of Homeland Security

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $19,398,000 instead of 
$24,061,000 as proposed by the House and $24,844,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to transfer 
$783,000 to the Office of Administration in support of a pilot 
program to centralize the procurement of certain common goods 
and services. The conferees do not include $4,663,000 in funds 
proposed for various costs associated with the operations of 
the Nebraska Avenue complex. The conferees are aware of an 
unobligated balance of $3,745,200 in fiscal year 2002 
supplemental appropriations for Nebraska Avenue; and the 
conferees also note that funds were transferred through the 
authority provided in Public Law 107-294 for various Nebraska 
Avenue operations. The conferees note that detailed 
justification materials related to the funds transferred under 
the authority of Public Law 107-294 have not yet been provided 
to the Committee. Given the availability of these other funding 
sources, the conferees defer consideration of the $4,663,000 
proposed for Nebraska Avenue operations.

           Executive Office of the President Mail Processing

      The conferees are concerned by ongoing difficulties 
associated with mail processing for the Executive Office of the 
President (EOP) complex. The conferees are further concerned by 
the absence of a business case analysis for mail processing 
efforts, including a precise definition of both user and system 
requirements. The conferees are aware of proposed plans to 
transfer $9,000,000 of fiscal year 2003 funds from the Office 
of Homeland Security to the Department of Homeland Security for 
EOP mail processing. The conferees support this transfer of 
responsibilities and encourage the Office of Administration to 
move expeditiously toward this goal. The Office of 
Administration is directed to report back to the Committees on 
all efforts to transfer funds and responsibilities for this 
effort to the Department of Homeland Security no later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act.

                 Executive Residence at the White House

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $12,228,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

                   WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

      The conferees agree to provide $1,200,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

 Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the 
                             Vice President

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $4,066,000 as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $3,160,000 as proposed by the House.

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $324,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

                      Council of Economic Advisers

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $3,763,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $4,405,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees agree to transfer $642,000 to the Office of 
Administration in support of a pilot program to centralize the 
procurement of certain common goods and services.

                      Office of Policy Development

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $3,251,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $4,221,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees agree to transfer $970,000 to the Office of 
Administration in support of a pilot program to centralize the 
procurement of certain common goods and services.

                       National Security Council

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $7,821,000 instead of 
$7,803,000 as proposed by the House and $9,525,000 as proposed 
by the Senate. The conferees agree to transfer $1,704,000 to 
the Office of Administration in support of a pilot program to 
centralize the procurement of certain common goods and 
services.

                        Office of Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $91,505,000 instead of 
$92,681,000 as proposed by the House and $70,128,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to transfer 
$21,377,000 from the White House Office, the Office of Homeland 
Security, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of 
Policy Development, the National Security Council, and the 
Council of Economic Advisers to the Office of Administration to 
establish a pilot project for centralized procurement and 
management of information technology, rent, printing and 
reproduction, supplies and materials and equipment. The 
conferees expect that the Office of Administration will achieve 
economies of scale using centralized procurement practices and 
directs the Office of Administration to identify these savings 
within 120 days of enactment of this Act. The conferees direct 
the Office of Administration to submit a description of this 
pilot project, including a description of the standards 
established for the procurement of each commodity included in 
this project, no later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act.

                    Office of Management and Budget

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $62,394,000 instead of 
$61,492,000 as proposed by the House and $70,752,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to transfer 
$8,258,000 to the Office of Administration in support of a 
pilot program to centralize the procurement of certain common 
goods and services. The conferees are aware that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has achieved savings in excess of 
$100,000 through the use of the Government Printing Office to 
print the President's fiscal year 2004 budget. The conferees 
have reduced OMB's appropriation by this amount and direct OMB 
to apply this reduction to OMB-Wide Offices. The conferees 
further encourage OMB to apply this reduction to those 
functions and activities that have no direct impact on the 
formulation or execution of the President's fiscal priorities, 
such as the Communications Office.

                         Contracting Out Quotas

      The conferees agree to a Senate provision prohibiting the 
use of funds to establish, apply, or enforce any numerical 
goal, target, or quota for contracting out unless the goal, 
target, or quota is based on considered research and sound 
analysis of past activities and is consistent with the stated 
mission of the executive agency. Although the Senate provision 
was somewhat different than the provision adopted by the House, 
the conferees want to emphasize the strong opposition in both 
chambers to the establishment of arbitrary goals, targets, and 
quotas. If any goals, targets, or quotas are established 
following ``considered research and sound analysis'' under the 
terms of this provision, the conferees direct the Office of 
Management and Budget to provide a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations no later than 30 days following the announcement 
of those goals, targets, or quotas, specifically detailing the 
research and sound analysis that was used in reaching the 
decision.

                   Electronic Government (E-Gov) Fund

      The conferees agree to include funds for the Electronic 
Government Fund within the General Services Administration, as 
proposed by the Senate.

          Election Administration Reform and Related Expenses

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees address this issue in a separate Division 
of this Act.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $26,456,000 as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $24,458,000 as proposed by the House. The 
conferees include $1,000,000 for the National Alliance for 
Model State Drug Laws. The conferees have included a provision 
that withholds $2,000,000 from obligation until the Director 
submits, and the Committees on Appropriations approve, a human 
capital strategy for the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
(ONDCP).

                COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $48,000,000 instead of 
$40,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $55,800,000 as 
proposed by the House. This includes $22,000,000 for 
counternarcotics Technology Research and Development and 
$26,000,000 for the Technology Transfer Program. The conferees 
have included continued funding for neuroimaging studies and 
genomic research into the relationship between genetic 
predisposition and environmental factors bearing upon drug 
addiction in the amount for counternarcotics Technology 
Research and Development.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs

             High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $226,350,000 as proposed 
by the Senate instead of $246,350,000 as proposed by the House. 
The conferees provide that existing HIDTAs shall be funded at 
no less than the fiscal year 2002 levels prior to the 
obligation of the $20,000,000 in additional funds provided for 
fiscal year 2002, unless the Director submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations, and the Committees approve, justification 
for changes in those levels based on clearly articulated 
priorities for the HIDTA program, as well as published ONDCP 
performance measures of effectiveness. The conferees also 
provide that no funds in excess of the fiscal year 2003 budget 
request shall be obligated without the prior approval of the 
Committees.

                      HIDTA Performance Management

      The conferees remain concerned by ONDCP's lack of 
progress in developing performance measures of effectiveness 
(PMEs) for the HIDTA program. The conferees believe that the 
ability to evaluate the effectiveness of individual HIDTAs, and 
to rationally match funding needs against budgets, depends on a 
reliable and consistent methodology for performance measurement 
and management. The conferees provide, under the Salaries and 
Expenses account, that $5,000,000 shall not be obligated until 
the Director of ONDCP submits PMEs for the HIDTA program to the 
Committees. The conferees further direct ONDCP to provide a 
justification, based on PMEs, of the fiscal year 2004 budget 
request for each individual HIDTA, as well as an optimal 
spending allocation for each individual HIDTA based upon PMEs, 
to the Committees when PMEs for the HIDTA program are 
submitted.

                         Southwest Border HIDTA

      The conferees are concerned by the repeated reports of 
the conflict within the Southwest Border HIDTA between the five 
regional partnerships and the central office. The Southwest 
Border HIDTA was created in 1990 and is unique among HIDTAs in 
that it is structured into five partnerships--Arizona, 
California Border Alliance Group, New Mexico, South Texas, and 
West Texas--plus an Executive Director's office based in El 
Paso, Texas. The conferees believe that this regional structure 
has worked effectively to cover a very large multi-State 
geographical area that is crucial to anti-drug law enforcement. 
At the same time, the conferees believe that the HIDTA program 
needs coordination and rationalization to ensure that scarce 
resources can be targeted to those areas demonstrating both the 
greatest need and the greatest programmatic impact. The 
conferees believe that these goals can be met without altering 
the basic structure of the Southwest Border HIDTA. The 
conferees agree to provide that no funds shall be used for the 
further or additional consolidation of the Southwest Border 
HIDTA, except for the operation of an office with a 
coordinating role, until ONDCP provides a report on the 
Southwest Border HIDTA. The conferees direct ONDCP to 
investigate the situation in the Southwest Border HIDTA and 
provide this report to the Committees on Appropriations within 
120 days of enactment of this Act. This report shall include 
ONDCP's recommendations for resolving conflicts related to 
management and budgeting within the Southwest Border HIDTA, and 
shall include written statements from each of the partnerships 
expressing that partnership's views of the situation.

                        SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $223,200,000 instead of 
$240,800,000 as proposed by the House and $172,700,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This includes $150,000,000 for the 
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, $60,000,000 for the 
Drug-Free Communities Support Program, $3,000,000 for the 
Counterdrug Intelligence Executive Secretariat, $2,000,000 for 
Performance Measures Development, $6,400,000 for the US Anti-
Doping Agency, $1,000,000 for the National Drug Court 
Institute, and $800,000 for dues to the World Anti-Doping 
Agency. The conferees provide that $2,000,000 of Drug-Free 
Communities funds shall be used to make a grant directly to the 
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America to establish and 
maintain the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute 
as proposed by the Senate, instead of no provision as proposed 
by the House.

                National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

      The conferees are deeply disturbed by the lack of 
evidence that the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign has 
had any appreciable impact on youth drug use. With the funds 
provided for fiscal year 2003, expenditures on the Media 
Campaign will be over $1,000,000,000 since the program's 
inception in fiscal year 1998. While the evaluation conducted 
under the auspices of the National Institute for Drug Abuse 
(NIDA) has shown that the Media Campaign has had a slight and 
sporadic impact on the attitudes of parents, it has had no 
significant impact on youth behavior. While the conferees are 
aware of surveys, such as Monitoring the Future, that show 
recent declines in youth drug use, the NIDA study was 
undertaken to measure the specific impact of the Media 
Campaign, not simply to gauge general trends. The conferees 
have not included a provision requiring ONDCP to spend a 
certain amount on media buys for the Media Campaign as proposed 
by the House. The conferees expect ONDCP to allocate not less 
than the amount provided in fiscal year 2002 to support the 
non-advertising public communication activities of the Media 
Campaign.
      The Director has inaugurated certain changes in the 
direction of the Media Campaign, such as producing new ads 
demonstrating the link between drug use and terrorism and other 
criminal activity, as well as an intensive anti-marijuana 
campaign launched in fall of 2002 and a shift in the youth age 
group focus of the campaign. The conferees are hopeful that 
these and other changes will result in the achievement of the 
campaign's goal of reducing youth drug use. The conferees 
intend to rely on the scientifically rigorous NIDA study to 
gauge the ultimate impact of the campaign. If the campaign 
continues to fail to demonstrate effectiveness, then the 
Committees will be compelled to reevaluate the use of taxpayer 
money to support the Media Campaign.

                         US Anti-Doping Agency

      The conferees include $6,400,000 for the US Anti-Doping 
Agency (USADA). Within this amount, the conferees include 
$500,000 for the development of a school-based program for 
educating young athletes on the risks associated with dietary 
supplements. Not only are certain supplements banned from use 
by USADA, many supplements contain steroid precursors (which 
the body metabolizes into testosterone), such as 
androstenedione, androstendiol, and DHEA. Studies have shown 
that these steroid precursors are being used by young athletes 
as performance-enhancing drugs at an alarming rate, even as 
early as the grade school level. The conferees believe that an 
education program is therefore necessary to make our young 
athletes aware of the risks associated with certain dietary 
supplements.

                          UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

      The conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 as proposed by 
the House and Senate.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $4,658,000 instead of 
$4,629,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
includes $29,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations.

                      Federal Election Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to include $49,866,000 instead of 
$49,426,000 as proposed by the House and $45,244,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This includes $4,198,000 to implement 
the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and $424,000 to fully fund 
fiscal year 2003 operations. The conferees do not include a 
$16,000 general reduction, as proposed by the House.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $28,950,000 instead of 
$28,677,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
includes $273,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations.

                    General Services Administration

                        REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

                         FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

                 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $7,006,033,000 in new 
obligational authority instead of $6,961,930,000 as proposed by 
the House and $7,006,518,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees directly appropriate $375,711,000 into the Fund to 
cover a portion of the new obligational needs of the Fund.

                      CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION

      The conferees agree to provide $717,488,000 instead of 
$646,385,000 as proposed by the House and $631,663,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree with the direction 
proposed by the Senate with respect to the Rosenn Federal 
Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The conferees concur with the 
direction provided in House Report 107-575 on the new 
courthouse in Chattanooga, TN, and urge the General Services 
Administration (GSA) to keep this project on schedule (site 
acquisition and design for fiscal year 2005 and construction 
for fiscal year 2007).

                 Springfield, Massachusetts Courthouse

      The conferees are aware that the General Services 
Administration has identified more than $2,000,000 in 
additional security features that exceed the original criteria 
for the Springfield Courthouse in Massachusetts. The conferees 
expect GSA to fulfill these additional security requirements 
within the current budget estimates for the project or through 
a reprogramming request.

                        REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS

      The conferees agree to provide $951,529,000 instead of 
$978,529,000 as proposed by the House and $997,839,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Of the amount provided, $358,340,000 is 
for basic repairs and alterations. The conferees elected not to 
include amounts for specific projects and programs in the bill; 
however, the conferees direct the General Services 
Administration to provide the Committees on Appropriations, 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a plan for expenditure 
of the funds which includes the specific projects and programs 
to be accomplished and the amounts proposed for each.
      The conferees remain concerned about the plans for 
repairing and upgrading the Post Office and Federal Building in 
Pittsburgh, PA, and direct GSA to seriously consider requesting 
any additional needs there might be for this project through 
reprogramming. The conferees agree with the Senate direction 
within the construction activity rather than the House 
direction within this account concerning the needs of the 
Rosenn Federal Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

                  Eisenhower Executive Office Building

      The conferees are keenly aware of the deplorable 
condition of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and the 
critical need to move forward on a major multi-year repair and 
alteration project for this property. The conferees remain 
severely disappointed with information provided by the Office 
of Management and Budget and GSA and very concerned with the 
lack of clear, consistent, and timely decision-making by this 
Administration on this project. The conferees believe that the 
current lack of progress on planning the entire modernization 
effort does a serious disservice to the Administration and the 
affected personnel and that it would be premature and 
inappropriate to fund incomplete design efforts in a piecemeal 
fashion.

                    INSTALLMENT ACQUISITION PAYMENTS

      The conferees agree to provide $178,960,000 as proposed 
by the House and the Senate.

                            RENTAL OF SPACE

      The conferees agree to provide $3,113,211,000 instead of 
$3,153,211,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                   NOAA Operations and Science Center

      The conferees are aware that GSA is currently reviewing 
expressions of interest for an assignable land option in the 
College Park/Greenbelt Area of Prince George's County, 
Maryland, for the NOAA Operations and Science Center. Further, 
the conferees are concerned that the lease prospectus for this 
project has not been submitted to Congress for approval. 
Therefore, the conferees expect the Administration to submit 
the lease prospectus to the House Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Environment and 
Public Works for approval no later than 30 days following the 
enactment of this Act.

                          BUILDING OPERATIONS

      The conferees agree to provide $1,965,160,000 as proposed 
by the Senate instead of $1,925,160,000 as proposed by the 
House. The conferees anticipate that the House of 
Representatives will be a primary tenant of FOB 8. The 
conferees strongly encourage GSA to move forward with the 
ongoing discussions with representatives of the City of Canton, 
Ohio, involving the Frank T. Bow Federal Building with the goal 
of finding suitable housing for federal tenants in the Canton 
area, which includes the option of building a new federal 
building.

                        Angel Island Immigration

      The conferees direct GSA to submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations within 30 days after the date of 
enactment on the status of the Angel Island Immigration Station 
which outlines the role of the GSA, the National Park Service, 
the National Archives, and any other relevant Federal agency in 
the effort to properly maintain, preserve and restore the 
Station as a national landmark.

                      Policy and Citizen Services

      The conferees agree to provide $66,304,000 instead of 
$65,995,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
conferees agree to include $309,000 for full funding for fiscal 
year 2003 operations.

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $83,663,000 instead of 
$77,904,000 as proposed by the House and $94,640,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to include two 
reductions, $6,436,000 for Governor's Island and $5,450,000 for 
the full non-recur of five fiscal year 2002 items, as proposed 
by the House. The conferees also agree to include the following 
increases: $2,000,000 as a transfer to the New York State 
Historical Society for exhibits, education, collections, and 
research associated with the September 11, 2001 terrorist 
attacks; $150,000 as a transfer to the Association of Central 
Oklahoma Governments for establishing alternative fuel 
facilities; $1,500,000 for the virtual archive storage 
terminal; $300,000 for the Upper Great Plains Native American 
Telehealth program; $300,000 for the University of Colorado 
Health Science Center's Digital Telehealth project; $1,750,000 
for the government rural outreach initiative; $125,000 as a 
transfer to the North Dakota State Historical Society for the 
veteran's oral history project; $1,000,000 for financial 
transaction software; $250,000 as a transfer to the Boston 
Public Library for the Adams collection; $250,000 as a transfer 
to the State of Alaska to assist in preparation for its 
Statehood celebration; $250,000 as a transfer to the State of 
Hawaii to assist in preparation for its Statehood celebration; 
and $534,000 for full funding for fiscal year 2003 operations. 
The conferees also direct that, should the United States 
Consensus Council become authorized, GSA is to provide the 
council $1,000,000 from within existing funds to initiate the 
effort.

                      Office of Inspector General

      The conferees agree to provide $37,916,000 instead of 
$37,617,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
conferees agree to include $299,000 for the full funding of 
fiscal year 2003 operations.

                       Electronic Government Fund

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $5,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate instead of no funds as proposed by the House; the 
House had included $5,000,000 within the Executive Office of 
the President. The conferees note that proposals for using this 
funding are to meet capital planning guidelines and include 
adequate documentation to demonstrate a sound business case, 
attention to security and privacy, and a way to measure 
performance against planned results. The Office of Management 
and Budget is to control the allocation of the fund and direct 
its use for information systems projects that affect multiple 
agencies and offer the greatest improvements in access and 
services.

           Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $3,339,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

                     Election Reform Reimbursements

      The conferees agree to provide $15,000,000 to GSA for a 
program of payments to States that obtained optical scan or 
electronic voting equipment for the administration of Federal 
elections prior to the November 2000 election. These funds are 
in addition to election reform funding provided in a separate 
Division of this Act.

          GENERAL PROVISIONS--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

      Section 401. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that provides that accounts available to GSA shall be credited 
with certain funds received from government corporations.
      Section 402. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that provides that funds available to GSA shall be available 
for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
      Section 403. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that authorizes GSA to transfer funds within the Federal 
Buildings Fund to meet program requirements subject to approval 
by the Committees on Appropriations.
      Section 404. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that prohibits the use of funds to submit a fiscal year 2004 
budget request for courthouse construction projects that do not 
meet design guide criteria, do not reflect the priorities of 
the Judicial Conference of the United States, and are not 
accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization study.
      Section 405. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that provides that no funds may be used to increase the amount 
of occupiable square feet or provide cleaning services, 
security enhancements, or any other service usually provided to 
any agency which does not pay the requested rental rates.
      Section 406. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
that provides that funds provided by the Information Technology 
Fund for pilot information technology projects may be repaid to 
the Fund.
      Section 407. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
as proposed by the House that allows the General Services 
Administration to pay claims that are less than $250,000 
without Congressional approval.
      Section 408. The conferees agree to a new provision as 
proposed by the Senate naming a Federal building and courthouse 
in Gulfport, Mississippi.
      Section 409. The conferees agree to a new provision as 
proposed by the Senate naming a Federal courthouse in Central 
Islip, New York.
      Section 410. The conferees agree to a new provision as 
proposed by the Senate naming a Federal building in Denver, 
Colorado.
      Section 411. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision as proposed by the Senate to permit the General 
Services Administration to sell a parcel of land to Hanna City, 
Illinois, on an installment payment basis over a 5-year period.
      Section 412. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision as proposed by the Senate naming a Federal courthouse 
in Little Rock, Arkansas.
      Section 413. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision as proposed by the Senate that authorizes the General 
Services Administration to acquire a certain property and move 
a specific building in Salt Lake City, Utah.
      Section 414. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision naming a Federal building and courthouse in 
Youngstown, Ohio.
      Section 415. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision naming a Federal courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $32,027,000 instead of 
$31,788,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
includes $239,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations.

 Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
                           Policy Foundation

 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 
                           POLICY TRUST FUND

      The conferees agree to provide $1,996,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

                 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

      The conferees agree to provide $1,309,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

              National Archives and Records Administration

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $249,875,000 instead of 
$249,731,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
conferees agree not to include funding for the Homeland 
Security records activities initiative. The conferees agree to 
provide $144,000 for the full funding of fiscal year 2003 
operations. The conferees agree to include two provisions as 
proposed by the House, the first regarding the electronic 
records archive and the second regarding the records of the 
Freedman's Bureau.

                        REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

      The conferees agree to provide $14,208,000 as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $10,458,000 as proposed by the House. The 
conferees agree to include $3,750,000 for site acquisition 
associated with a new regional facility in Anchorage, Alaska; 
this work is to be conducted by the National Archives in the 
best and most efficient manner possible.

 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION GRANTS PROGRAM

      The conferees agree to provide $6,500,000 instead of 
$7,000,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. Several 
specific concerns voiced by the Senate in its guidance have 
been addressed in the GSA Operating Expenses account.

                      Office of Government Ethics

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $10,557,000 instead of 
$10,486,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
includes $71,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations.

                     Office of Personnel Management

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                  (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $129,486,000 instead of 
$128,986,000 as proposed by the House and $128,736,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.

                     Telecommuting Training Program

      The conferees include $500,000 to carry out a 
Telecommuting Training Program as proposed by the House. The 
purpose of the program is to educate executive branch managers 
about the benefits and logistics of telecommuting. The 
conferees note that while the proportion of telecommuters in 
the Federal government increased significantly from 1 percent 
in 1999 to 4.2 percent in 2001, telecommuting rates at some 
federal agencies remain very low and manager reluctance is the 
most frequently cited barrier to telecommuting. The conferees 
believe that, under this program, an effort should be made to 
encourage managers, through the performance planning and 
evaluation process, to assess and, where appropriate, create 
telecommuting plans for their offices and staff. The conferees 
direct the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to target 
executive agencies where less than 2 percent of employees 
telecommute.

                          Retirement Readiness

      The conferees are aware that OPM has the mission to look 
out for the retirement welfare of Federal employees, primarily 
through retirement counseling and pre-retirement seminars to 
agency employees. OPM has communicated to the conferees that 
``improving the retirement readiness of Federal employees is 
part of our objective to help Federal agencies use effective 
merit-based human capital strategies to create a rewarding work 
environment that accomplishes the mission.'' OPM has also 
recognized, however, that it does not currently have the 
resources targeted to establish a methodology to examine the 
real rate of Americans' ``retirement readiness'' and to develop 
a retirement education model, which is crucial for their being 
able to accomplish that objective. To fill this need, OPM has 
recognized that the International Foundation for Retirement 
Education (InFRE) can provide OPM with the methodology and 
model that they require.
      OPM and InFRE have proposed that InFRE will perform a 
preliminary research project on the ``retirement readiness'' of 
the American worker, the scope and deliverables of which are: 
(1) create a research team to include members from InFRE's top 
retirement professional and academic resources, together with 
representatives from OPM, Department of Labor, and the 
Department of Treasury; (2) develop research and methodology to 
identify and define a generally acceptable index of 
``retirement readiness'' for the individual worker or plan 
participant; (3) develop initial methodology and strategies 
with which to test for ``retirement readiness'' among a cross 
section of employee (and employer) groups, segmented by 
geography, income, ethnicity, gender, etc.; (4) implement a 
pilot program consisting of a series of diverse field tests to 
establish the accuracy and efficiency of the developed 
methodology among a cross section of the workforce; (5) analyze 
the findings and make any necessary changes and enhancements to 
the models to be employed, performing additional pilot tests as 
required while simultaneously identifying existing best 
practices and/or workforce barriers; and (6) prepare a report 
to OPM, Department of Labor, and Department of Treasury that 
will present the research project's analysis, findings, 
conclusions, and recommendations, to include a working 
definition of the widely used but yet undefined term of 
``retirement readiness,'' and outline a validated methodology 
for more advanced research on ``retirement readiness'' in the 
future.
      The conferees concur with OPM's concerns for providing 
better retirement counseling, especially in light of the fast 
approaching retirements of the ``Baby Boomer'' cohort. Within 
the amounts provided to OPM, the conferees include $250,000 for 
OPM to award as a grant or contract to InFRE to conduct the 
research project described in this passage and directs that OPM 
provide the Committees on Appropriations with a report stating 
the research project's progress, results and OPM's actions in 
light of such.

                    Barnstable County, Massachusetts

      The conferees are aware that on October 1, 2002, the 
Federal Salary Council recommended that Barnstable County be 
included as part of the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-RI-
CT Locality Pay Area (LPA). The conferees are also aware that 
the President's Pay Agent did not act on that recommendation. 
The conferees direct OPM to study the impact of this decision 
on recruitment and retention efforts of Federal agencies with 
offices in this Locality Pay Area and provide a detailed report 
to the Committees on Appropriations within 45 days after 
enactment of this Act. Additionally, the conferees direct OPM 
to consider the Connecticut River Valley for inclusion into the 
Hartford Locality Pay Area because of the difficulties some 
Federal agencies have documented in retaining and attracting 
Federal employees in the Connecticut River Valley.

                             Official Time

      The conferees are aware that the Director of OPM has 
instructed departments and agencies to report on the numbers of 
hours of official time used by employees to perform 
representational activities and that this information was to 
have been submitted to OPM by October 31, 2002. The conferees 
direct OPM to provide a report on official time to the 
Committees on Appropriations no later than June 1, 2003.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                  (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $1,519,000 instead of 
$1,498,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
includes $21,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations.

                       Office of Special Counsel

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $12,449,000 instead of 
$12,432,000 as proposed by the House and $12,434,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This includes $15,000 to fully fund 
fiscal year 2003 operations.

                        United States Tax Court

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $37,305,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

      White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

      The conferees agree to provide $250,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

      Section 501. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision limiting the expenditure of funds to the current year 
unless expressly provided in this Act.
      Section 502. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision limiting the expenditure of funds for consulting 
services under certain conditions.
      Section 503. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the use of funds to engage in activities 
that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the 1930 
Tariff Act.
      Section 504. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision concerning employment rights of Federal employees who 
return to their civilian jobs after assignment with the Armed 
Forces.
      Section 505. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision that requires compliance with the Buy American Act.
      Section 506. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision regarding the purchase of American-made equipment and 
products.
      Section 507. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting contract eligibility where fraudulent 
intent has been proven in affixing ``Made in America'' labels.
      Section 508. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision providing that fifty percent of unobligated balances 
may remain available for certain purposes.
      Section 509. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision restricting the use of funds for the White House to 
request official background reports without the written consent 
of the individual who is the subject of the report.
      Section 510. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision that cost accounting standards under the Federal 
Procurement Policy Act shall not apply to the Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Program.
      Section 511. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
regarding non-foreign area cost of living adjustments.
      Section 512. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
prohibiting the use of funds by any person or entity convicted 
of violating the Buy American Act.
      Section 513. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision increasing the size of the endowment for future 
Presidential libraries, as proposed by the Senate.
      Section 514. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision prohibiting the transfer of funds in this Act to any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or a 
transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 
Appropriations Act, as proposed by the House.
      Section 515. The conferees agree to modify and continue 
the provision prohibiting the transfer of control over the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
      Section 516. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for abortions 
under the FEHBP.
      Section 517. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision that would authorize the expenditure of funds for 
abortions under the FEHBP if the life of the mother is in 
danger or the pregnancy is a result of an act of rape or 
incest.
      Section 518. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision concerning procurement of goods made with forced or 
indentured child labor, as proposed by the Senate.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 Departments, Agencies and Corporations

      Section 601. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision authorizing agencies to pay costs of travel to the 
United States for the immediate families of Federal employees 
assigned to foreign duty in the event of a death or a life 
threatening illness of the employee.
      Section 602. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to 
ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use 
of controlled substances.
      Section 603. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision regarding price limitations on vehicles to be 
purchased by the Federal Government.
      Section 604. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision allowing funds made available to agencies for travel 
to also be used for quarters allowances and cost-of-living 
allowances.
      Section 605. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the Federal Government, with certain 
specified exceptions, from employing non-U.S. citizens whose 
posts of duty would be in the continental U.S.
      Section 606. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision ensuring that agencies will have authority to pay GSA 
bills for space renovation and other services.
      Section 607. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision allowing agencies to finance the costs of recycling 
and waste prevention programs with proceeds from the sale of 
materials recovered through such programs.
      Section 608. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision providing that funds may be used by certain groups to 
pay rent and other service costs in the District of Columbia.
      Section 609. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the use of funds to pay the salary of any 
nominee after the Senate voted not to approve the nomination.
      Section 610. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision precluding the financing of groups by more than one 
Federal agency absent prior and specific statutory approval.
      Section 611. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision authorizing the Postal Service to employ guards and 
give them the same special police powers as GSA guards.
      Section 612. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the use of funds for enforcing 
regulations disapproved in accordance with the applicable law 
of the U.S.
      Section 613. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision limiting the pay increases of certain prevailing rate 
employees.
      Section 614. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision limiting the amount of funds that can be used for 
redecoration of offices under certain circumstances.
      Section 615. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for the 
acquisition of additional law enforcement training facilities.
      Section 616. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision to allow for interagency funding of national security 
and emergency telecommunications initiatives.
      Section 617. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision requiring agencies to certify that a Schedule C 
appointment was not created solely or primarily to detail the 
employee to the White House.
      Section 618. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to 
ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination 
and sexual harassment.
      Section 619. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the importation of any goods manufactured 
by forced or indentured child labor.
      Section 620. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the payment of the salary of any employee 
who prohibits, threatens or prevents another employee from 
communicating with Congress.
      Section 621. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting Federal training not directly related to 
the performance of official duties.
      Section 622. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for 
implementation of agreements in nondisclosure policies unless 
certain provisions are included.
      Section 623. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting use of appropriated funds for publicity 
or propaganda designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
in Congress.
      Section 624. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting any Federal agency from disclosing an 
employee's home address to any labor organization, absent 
employee authorization or court order.
      Section 625. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting funds to be used to provide non-public 
information such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or 
organization outside the Federal Government without the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
      Section 626. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the use of funds for propaganda and 
publicity purposes not authorized by Congress.
      Section 627. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision directing agency employees to use official time in an 
honest effort to perform official duties.
      Section 628. The conferees agree to modify and continue 
the provision authorizing the use of funds to finance an 
appropriate share of the Joint Financial Management Improvement 
Program.
      Section 629. The conferees agree to modify and continue 
the provision authorizing agencies to transfer funds to the 
Policy and Citizen Services account of GSA to finance an 
appropriate share of the Joint Financial Management Improvement 
Program and other purposes.
      Section 630. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision authorizing breastfeeding at any location in a 
Federal building or on Federal property.
      Section 631. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision that permits interagency funding of the National 
Science and Technology Council and provides for a report on the 
budget and resources of the National Science and Technology 
Council.
      Section 632. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision requiring that any request for proposals, 
solicitation, grant application, form, notification, press 
release, or other publications involving the distribution of 
Federal funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds and 
the amount provided. This provision shall apply to direct 
payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State 
receiving Federal funds.
      Section 633. The conferees agree to modify and continue 
the provision to extend the authorization for franchise fund 
pilots for one year, as proposed by the House and Senate.
      Section 634. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision to prohibit the use of funds to monitor personal 
information relating to the use of Federal Internet sites.
      Section 635. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision addressing contraceptive coverage in health plans 
participating in the FEHBP with exceptions.
      Section 636. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision clarifying that the US Anti-Doping Agency is the 
official anti-doping agency for Olympic games.
      Section 637. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision regarding the adjustment in rates of basic pay for 
Federal employees that takes effect in fiscal year 2003, as 
proposed by the House and Senate, with technical modifications. 
The conferees endorse the Federal Salary Council's 
recommendation for allocating locality pay in its October 17, 
2002, Memorandum to the President's Pay Agent.
      Section 638. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision directing the Inspector General of applicable 
departments and agencies to submit a report detailing policies 
or procedures they have in place to ensure compliance with the 
Rural Development Act of 1972.
      Section 639. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the 
United States Postal Service funding of Civil Service 
Retirement System benefits, as proposed by the Senate, with a 
modification.
      Section 640. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision expressing the sense of the Congress regarding pay 
parity between uniformed employees and civilian employees, 
including wage grade civilian employees, as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Section 641. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision directing the General Services Administration to 
accept all right, title, and interest in a certain piece of 
real property in Boca Raton, Florida, as proposed by the 
Senate, with modifications.
      Section 642. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision changing the definition of average pay for certain 
Secret Service retirees for purposes of determining their 
annual retirement annuity, as proposed by the House, with 
technical modifications.
      Section 643. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision creating a sunset clause for Section 902(b) of the 
Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 (as enacted into law by 
Public Law 106-554), as proposed by the House, with technical 
modifications.
      Section 644. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision prohibiting the use of funds to facilitate the 
release of certain law enforcement database information in 
response to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act, 
as proposed by the House, with technical modifications.
      Section 645. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision amending Section 9505(d) of title 5 to allow Internal 
Revenue Service Senior Executive Service employees to be 
eligible to receive the same bonus payments as other Federal 
Senior Executive Service employees, as proposed by the House.
      Section 646. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision prohibiting the use of funds to implement or enforce 
regulations relating to the determination that real estate 
brokerage is an activity that is financial in nature or 
incidental to a financial activity, as proposed by the House.
      Section 647. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision prohibiting the use of funds to establish, apply or 
enforce any numerical goal, target, or quota for contracting 
out, as proposed by the Senate.
      Section 648. The conferees agree to include a technical 
correction regarding benefits for air traffic controllers.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...     $33,817,112
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003...........................................      34,276,280
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................      34,821,460
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................      34,533,464
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................      34,653,476
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................        +836,364
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................        +377,196
    House bill, fiscal year 2003........................        -167,984
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.......................        +120,012

                               DIVISION K

   Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
                        Agencies Appropriations

      The language and allocations set forth in House Report 
107-740 and the Senate explanatory statement as delineated in 
the Congressional Record of January 15, 2003, pages S356 
through S410 should be complied with unless specifically 
addressed to the contrary in the conference report and 
statement of the managers. Report language included by the 
House which is not changed by the report of the Senate or the 
conference and Senate report language which is not changed by 
the conference is approved by the committee of the conference. 
The statement of the managers, while repeating some report 
language for emphasis, does not intend to negate the language 
referred to above unless expressly provided herein. In cases 
which the House or Senate have directed the submission of a 
report, such report is to be submitted to both House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.

              Operating Plan and Reprogramming Procedures

      The conferees continue to have a particular interest in 
being informed of reprogrammings which, although they may not 
change either the total amount available in an account or any 
of the purposes for which the appropriation is legally 
available, represent a significant departure from budget plans 
presented to the Committees in an agency's budget 
justifications, the basis of this appropriations Act.
      Consequently, the conferees direct the Departments, 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations and offices funded 
at or in excess of $100,000,000 in this bill, to consult with 
the Committee on Appropriations in both the House and Senate 
prior to each change from the approved budget levels in excess 
of $500,000 between programs, activities, object 
classifications or elements unless otherwise provided for in 
the statement of the managers accompanying this Act. For 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations and offices funded 
at less than $100,000,000 in this bill, the reprogramming 
threshold shall be $250,000 between programs, activities, 
object classifications or elements unless otherwise provided 
for in the statement of the managers accompanying this Act. 
Additionally, the conferees expect the Committees on 
Appropriations to be promptly notified of all reprogramming 
actions which involve less than the above-mentioned amounts. If 
such actions would have the effect of significantly changing an 
agency's funding requirements in future years, or if programs 
or projects specifically cited in the statement of the managers 
or accompanying reports of the House and Senate are affected by 
the reprogramming, the reprogramming must be approved by the 
Committees on Appropriations regardless of the amount proposed 
to be moved. Furthermore, the conferees direct that the 
Committees on Appropriations be consulted regarding 
reorganizations of offices, programs, and activities prior to 
the planned implementation of such reorganizations.
      The conferees also direct that the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, as well as 
the Corporation for National and Community Service, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, and the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board shall submit operating plans, signed by the 
respective secretary, administrator, or agency head, for review 
by the Committees on Appropriations of both the House and 
Senate within 60 days of the bill's enactment. Other agencies 
within this Act should continue to submit operating plans 
consistent with prior year policy, or as directed in this 
statement of the managers.
      The conferees reiterate language proposed by the House 
regarding the Committees' longstanding position that while the 
Committees reserve the right to call upon all offices in the 
departments, agencies, boards, and commissions, access to the 
budget offices is essential.

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

      Of the amounts approved in the appropriations accounts in 
this title, the Department must limit transfers of funds 
between objectives to not more than $500,000, except as 
specifically noted, without prior approval of the Committees. 
No changes may be made to any account or objective, except as 
approved by the Committees, if it is construed to be policy or 
change in policy. Any activity or program cited in the 
statement of the managers shall be construed as the position of 
the conferees and should not be subject to reductions or 
reprogramming without prior approval of the Committees. It is 
the intent of the conferees that all carryover funds in the 
various appropriations accounts are subject to the normal 
reprogramming requirements outlined above. The Department is 
expected to comply with all normal rules and regulations in 
carrying out these directives. Finally, the Department should 
continue to notify the Committees regarding reorganizations of 
offices, programs, or activities prior to the planned 
implementation of such reorganizations.

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $28,949,000,000 for compensation and 
pensions as proposed by both the House and the Senate, of which 
not more than $17,138,000 is to be transferred to general 
operating expenses and medical care.

                         READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

      Appropriates $2,264,808,000 for readjustment benefits as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                   VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

      Appropriates $27,530,000 for veterans insurance and 
indemnities as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

         VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates such sums as may be necessary for costs 
associated with direct and guaranteed loans from the veterans 
housing benefit program fund program account as proposed by 
both the House and the Senate, plus $168,207,000 to be 
transferred to and merged with general operating expenses.
      Deletes the reporting requirement regarding the 
continuation of the vendee loan program as proposed by the 
House.

                  EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $1,000 for the costs of direct loans from 
the education loan fund program account as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate, plus $70,000 to be transferred to and 
merged with general operating expenses.

            VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $55,000 for the costs of direct loans from 
the vocational rehabilitation loans program account as proposed 
by both the House and the Senate, plus $289,000 to be 
transferred to and merged with general operating expenses.

          NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $558,000 for administrative expenses of the 
native American housing loan program account to be transferred 
to and merged with general operating expenses as proposed by 
both the House and the Senate. Retains the loan limitation of 
$5,000,000 for the program as proposed by the House.

      GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS

                            PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      Provides up to $750,000 of the funds available in medical 
care and general operating expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate. Retains the 
reporting requirement regarding the status of the grant program 
as proposed by the House with a new reporting date of June 2, 
2003.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                              MEDICAL CARE

      Appropriates $23,889,304,000 for medical care as proposed 
by both the House and the Senate.
      Deletes bill language proposed by the House and the 
Senate delaying the availability of funds for equipment and 
land and structures until August 1, 2002 remaining available 
until September 30, 2003.
      Retains bill language making $900,000,000 available until 
September 30, 2004 as proposed by the House and the Senate.
      Retains bill language providing the Secretary with the 
authority to establish a true priority system for veterans 
seeking medical care as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
not include a similar provision.
      Deletes bill language providing $15,000,000 from medical 
care funds for CARES projects as proposed by the Senate. The 
House did not include a similar provision.
      Deletes bill language allowing the Secretary to designate 
additional funds for CARES as proposed by the Senate. The House 
did not include a similar provision.
      Amends the reporting requirement regarding the plan for 
reducing waiting lists as proposed by the Senate with a new 
reporting date consistent with submission of the Operating 
Plan.
      The conferees are concerned with increasing instances of 
inaccurate physician time and attendance reports and expect the 
Secretary to provide strong oversight in this area.
      Amends the reporting requirement regarding the status of 
the Fort Howard VAMC as proposed by the Senate with a new 
reporting date of March 31, 2003.
      Retains the reporting requirement proposed by the Senate 
regarding submission of the final report of the White House 
Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.
      Retains language proposed by the Senate regarding the 
need for an independent property appraisal of the Lakeside VAMC 
facility. The establishment of community based outpatient 
clinics in Wisconsin and Illinois, and the rehabilitation and 
expansion of the West Side VAMC campus would be greatly 
enhanced by a fair market disposition of Lakeside and the 
conferees urge the VA to move forward expeditiously with the 
VISN 12 CARES implementation.
      The conferees are concerned that the VA is attempting to 
expand its activities in the name of homeland security. The 
Committees on Appropriations in both the House and the Senate 
are working to ensure programs and resources are available for 
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fulfill its 
mission, for individual agencies to protect their own workforce 
and patrons, and still avoid redundancy in spending and effort. 
The funds provided to the VA are meant to deliver quality care 
and services to our Nation's veterans and their families and 
the conferees expect this to be VA's primary mission. 
Coordination and implementation of the Nation's homeland 
security is the responsibility of the DHS, and the conferees 
trust that DHS will inform the Committees if funds and 
directives are needed to involve VA in additional duties for 
security. To this end, the conferees direct that no more than 
$110,000,000 shall be available in medical care or the medical 
care collections fund for security training and equipment.

                     MEDICAL CARE COLLECTIONS FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Retains bill language transferring receipts from the 
collections fund to medical care as proposed by both the House 
and the Senate.
      The conferees remain concerned with VA's continued 
lackluster performance in the collection of third party 
receipts and direct the VA to decline performance awards for 
facility directors and collection teams which do not meet a 60-
day billing time for third-party billing or cut the third-party 
billing time in half.
      Retains report language regarding the billing 
demonstration at a level of not less than $3,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. The conferees direct quarterly reports 
on the status of the billing demonstration project beginning on 
March 3, 2003.

                    MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $400,000,000 for medical and prosthetic 
research as proposed by the Senate instead of $405,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. Retains bill language transferring 
$5,000,000 to medical care for research oversight activities as 
proposed by the House. The Senate did not include a similar 
provision.
      The conferees direct the continued partnership with the 
National Technology Transfer Center at the current level of 
effort.

      MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES

      Appropriates $74,716,000 for medical administration and 
miscellaneous operating expenses as proposed by the House 
instead of $69,716,000 as proposed by the Senate. Provides 
$3,000,000 of the funds for two-year obligation instead of 
$3,861,000 as proposed by the Senate and one-year availability 
for all funds as proposed by the House.

                      Departmental Administration

                       GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

      Appropriates $1,254,000,000 for general operating 
expenses instead of $1,251,418,000 as proposed by the House and 
$1,256,418,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Provides $66,000,000 to be available for two-year 
obligation instead of $60,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$65,800,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Provides not less than $992,100,000 for the Veterans 
Benefits Administration (VBA) as proposed by the House. The 
Senate specified $992,000,000 in report language for VBA.
      The conferees direct that the Offices of the Board of 
Contract Appeals and Board of Veterans Appeals, and the Offices 
of Assistant Secretaries for Management, Information 
Technology, Human Resources, and Policy and Planning be funded 
at not less than the budget request minus the proposed accrual 
benefit transfer. The conferees have not provided funds for a 
new Assistant Secretary of Operations, Security and 
Preparedness, and maintain that coordination of the 
Department's programs in this area can be accomplished by a 
director under the Office of the Secretary, and implementation 
of the Department's plan can be executed by the existing 
undersecretaries.
      Retains language proposed by the House designating 
$100,000 of the funds provided to VBA for a position 
description evaluation conducted by the Office of Personnel 
Management.

                    NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

      Appropriates $133,149,000 for the National Cemetery 
Administration as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 
Provides $6,000,000 of the funds are available for two-year 
obligation instead of $6,912,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
one-year availability for all funds as proposed by the House.
      The conferees direct VA to use the criteria and findings 
of the National Shrine Study when planning and budgeting for 
new and expanded cemetery projects.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      Appropriates $58,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General instead of $61,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$55,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funds are available 
for two-year obligation as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
one-year availability as proposed by the House.

                      CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

      Appropriates $99,777,000 for construction, major projects 
instead of $193,740,000 as proposed by the House and 
$144,790,000 as proposed by the Senate. Regrettably, under the 
stringent budget conditions the conferees have agreed not to 
provide funding for the four proposed seismic projects, but 
note the absence of final authorization as required by law or a 
completed CARES study for any of the proposed projects. The 
conferees are extremely concerned about the safety of VA 
employees and patients. The conferees strongly urge the 
Secretary to complete expeditiously the CARES reviews, consider 
safety improvements and seismic retrofit needs when evaluating 
capital assets under CARES, and factor safety concerns when 
establishing the priority list of construction projects under 
the CARES realignment. Further, the conferees urge the 
authorizing committees to act quickly, and without prejudice, 
when authorizing the CARES construction projects proposed by 
the Secretary and the CARES Commission.
      The conferees remain concerned about the criteria used by 
the Department and the Capital Improvement Board in that the 
construction projects put forth in the budget requests do not 
necessarily reflect the true priorities or initiatives of the 
Department. The conferees direct the Department to establish a 
5-year strategic plan for capital asset management, 
construction and improvement of all VA's infrastructure needs 
including, but not limited to, major construction, minor 
construction, research facilities, safety and seismic 
improvements, and improved access to veterans. The Department 
shall submit a description of the priority-setting criteria and 
an estimated cost by VISN by year with the plan by May 15, 
2003. The conferees direct VA to submit for funding 
consideration only projects which are (1) CARES approved, (2) 
in the 5-year plan, (3) a top priority for the VISN, (4) 
preliminary design complete, and (5) authorized prior to 
completion of the annual appropriations Act. With the 
submission of the 5-year plan, the conferees delete the 
direction proposed by the House regarding full funding of any 
announced CARES decision.
      Amends the reporting requirement regarding the evaluation 
criteria used to prioritize CARES improvement projects with a 
new reporting date of June 2, 2003.

                      CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

      Appropriates $226,000,000 for construction, minor 
projects instead of $240,700,000 as proposed by the House and 
$210,700,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees strongly 
urge the Department to give more consideration and a greater 
percentage of available funds for quality and safety 
improvements to research facilities.
      Retains language proposed by the House directing projects 
to be consistent with CARES initiatives and national cemetery 
studies. The conferees direct reporting on all minor 
construction projects for fiscal year 2003 by network, region 
and office due with the Operating Plan.
      Of funds provided over the budget request, the conferees 
direct $2,000,000 for water utility improvements at the Bay 
Pines National Cemetery, as cited in the National Shrine 
Commitment nation-wide study.
      The conferees encourage improving entrance accessibility 
at the Syracuse VAMC.

                         PARKING REVOLVING FUND

      Allows for receipts from the parking revolving fund to be 
available for obligation as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.

       GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

      Appropriates $100,000,000 for grants for construction of 
state extended care facilities as proposed by both the House 
and the Senate.

          GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES

      Appropriates $32,000,000 for grants for construction of 
state veterans cemeteries as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Retains twelve administrative provisions proposed by both 
the House and the Senate, eleven of which were included in the 
fiscal year 2002 bill.
      Retains language proposed by the House and the Senate 
eliminating the health services improvement fund, depositing 
all receipts in the medical care collections fund, and 
permanently extending the Department's authority to collect 
prescription co-payments.
      Retains language proposed by the House allowing the 
Department to reimburse from fiscal year 2003 salary and 
expenses accounts for services rendered to the Office of 
Resolution Management up to $29,318,000 and the Office of 
Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication up to 
$3,010,000. The Senate proposed a similar provision with 
technical differences.
      Retains language proposed by the House limiting funds for 
medical treatment of non-service connected veterans to those 
who have provided accurate insurance and annual income 
information.
      Deletes language proposed by the House delaying the 
implementation of the geographic means test for one year.
      Deletes language proposed by the House prohibiting funds 
in the Act to be used to adjudicate claims arising from new 
concurrent receipt legislation. The conferees note that the 
Veterans Benefits Administration will be able to handle the 
claims caseload within the proposed funding level.
      Retains language proposed by the House providing 
$19,900,000 of VA's total information technology budget for 
enterprise architecture activities under the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer.
      Amends language proposed by the House regarding 
implementation of Public Law 107-287 by prohibiting funds for 
implementation of section 2 and section 5.
      Deletes language proposed by the House limiting funds in 
medical care and the medical care collections fund for security 
training and equipment to $110,000,000. Directive report 
language is instead included under medical care.
      Adds language exempting funds provided in medical care 
from the across-the-board rescission in Division N.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

      The conferees restate the reprogramming requirements with 
respect to amounts approved for each appropriations account 
within this title. The Department must limit the reprogramming 
of funds between the programs, projects, and activities within 
each account to not more than $500,000 without prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations. Unless otherwise 
identified in this statement of managers or committee reports, 
the most detailed allocation of funds presented in the budget 
justifications shall be considered to be approved, with any 
deviation from such approved allocation subject to the normal 
reprogramming requirements outlined above. Further, it is the 
intent of the conferees that all carryover funds in the various 
accounts, including recaptures and deobligations, are subject 
to the normal reprogramming requirements outlined above. 
Further, no changes may be made to any program, project, or 
activity if it is construed to be policy or a change in policy, 
without prior approval of the Committees. Finally, the 
conferees expect to be notified regarding reorganizations of 
offices, programs or activities prior to the planned 
implementation of such reorganizations, as well as be notified, 
on a monthly basis, of all ongoing litigation, including any 
negotiations or discussions, planned or ongoing, regarding a 
consent decree between the Department and any other entity.

                       Public and Indian Housing

                        HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

              (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $17,223,566,000 instead of $16,586,987,000 
as proposed by the House and $16,928,697,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the Senate to fund a portion of the section 8 
voucher program through an indefinite appropriation.
      The conference agreement provides a total of 
$12,335,932,000 for section 8 voucher renewal costs, instead of 
$11,751,000,000 as proposed by the House, $12,076,210,908 as 
proposed by the Senate, and $12,526,402,608 requested in the 
budget submission. The amount included assumes a 94 percent 
lease-up rate of the total number of authorized vouchers, 
adjusted to reflect an estimated national average cost of 
$6,372 per unit instead of the $6,005 per unit cost assumed in 
the budget request and assumed by the House and the Senate. The 
conference agreement includes language, modified from language 
proposed by the House, to fund section 8 vouchers in a manner 
that more closely reflects the actual funding requirements of 
the section 8 voucher program. This approach adopted by the 
conferees is designed to avoid the appropriation of funds in 
excess of actual requirements that in previous years has 
resulted in recaptures of funds in excess of $1,000,000,000 
(and often substantially more) annually while still including 
sufficient flexibility to ensure that those PHAs that are able 
to increase their voucher usage are provided the necessary 
funds to assist additional families, up to their authorized 
level. The conferees strongly encourage PHAs that are currently 
below their authorized voucher level to continue to make 
efforts to increase the number of families assisted with 
section 8 vouchers.
      Further, the conferees direct the Department to ensure 
that sufficient staffing and information technology resources 
are provided in fiscal year 2003 to ensure that the changes 
made to the section 8 program are fully implemented.
      In lieu of any direction included in the House and Senate 
reports, the Department is directed to use the guidance set 
forth below in administering the programs under this account in 
fiscal year 2003.
      The conference agreement includes language to allocate 
funds among the various activities as proposed by the House. 
Funds are allocated as follows:
      Contract Renewals.--$15,278,370,500 for renewals of 
expiring section 8 project-based assistance contracts, 
amendments to section 8 project-based contracts, renewals of 
expiring section 8 vouchers (including enhanced vouchers), and 
for renewals of contracts entered into pursuant to the 
Emergency Low-Income Housing Preservation Act, the Low-Income 
Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act, and 
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
      Language is included, modified from language proposed by 
the House, to renew expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts for each public housing agency based on 
the total number of unit months reported under lease by the PHA 
on its most recent end-of-year financial statement adjusted by 
such additional timely and reliable information submitted by 
the PHA to reflect the actual number of unit months under lease 
at the time of contract renewal, and adjusted for local and 
regional inflation factors. Language is also included, modified 
from language proposed by the House, regarding the allocation 
of funds to PHAs participating in the Moving to Work 
demonstration. The conferees note that the amounts provided for 
fiscal year 2003 renewals have been increased to reflect the 
most recent estimate of a national average per-unit cost (PUC) 
of $6,372, instead of the $6,005 PUC assumed in the budget 
submission.
      Language is included prohibiting funds made available for 
contract renewals from being provided to a PHA to fund a total 
number of units under lease in excess of such PHA's authorized 
level of units. However, the conferees encourage PHAs to use 
the flexibilities provided in this Act to continue to increase 
the number of families assisted up to their authorized level.
      Consistent with the manner in which section 8 project-
based administrative costs are funded, the conference agreement 
includes funds for administrative expenses for the section 8 
voucher program separately as proposed by the House, instead of 
including funds for this purpose within the amount provided for 
section 8 vouchers renewals as proposed by the Senate. Amounts 
provided for renewals are only to be used for rental subsidy 
costs.
      Language is not included directing the Secretary to enter 
into contracts to renew 2,077,336 vouchers as proposed by the 
Senate. The House did not include a similar provision.
      Central Reserve Fund.--$391,922,000 for a central reserve 
fund to be allocated by the Secretary for amendments to section 
8 annual contributions contracts. Language is included, 
modified from language proposed by the House, allowing the 
Secretary to use amounts made available in such fund to address 
significant increases in per unit costs for vouchers and for 
costs associated with increases in the number of vouchers under 
lease as compared to the number of vouchers under lease at the 
time of the PHA's contract renewal. The conference agreement 
requires that PHAs use a portion of their program reserves for 
these purposes prior to requesting funds from the central fund 
to replenish such reserves. A total of $938,000,000 is 
available in fiscal year 2003 in program reserve accounts 
derived from amounts provided from other sources. The conferees 
note that each PHA is provided an 8 percent program reserve 
account at the beginning of each year, which is an additional 
one-month's worth of funding in addition to estimated actual 
requirements, to address any increased per unit costs and to 
allow a PHA to increase their voucher usage up to their 
authorized level. The conference agreement reflects the most 
current per unit cost data, and provides additional funds for 
vouchers over the amounts proposed by both the House and Senate 
to accommodate this known increased cost. Therefore, the 
conferees strongly encourage those PHAs that are below their 
total authorized voucher level to use amounts available in 
their program reserve accounts to make every effort to increase 
their voucher lease-up rate. To facilitate that effort, 
language is included requiring the Secretary to make the 
necessary amounts available from the central fund to any PHA 
that has obligated the amounts it has been provided for 
contract renewals and has expended fifty percent of the amounts 
available in its program reserve account. Once these 
requirements are met, the Secretary is required to replenish 
such reserves as necessary within thirty days of a request from 
such agency.
      Modified language is included, similar to language 
proposed by the House, requiring the Secretary to submit 
quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the 
obligation of funds provided in this paragraph. Such report 
shall include, at a minimum, the following: the amounts made 
available from the central fund provided to replenish program 
reserves which are held by PHAs, delineated by PHA; the purpose 
forwhich the funds were provided; and the total balance 
remaining in the fund. The first such report is due no later than July 
31, 2003.
      Funds provided in the central fund are only to be used 
for rental subsidies. Funding for administrative expenses is 
provided separately under this account.
      Language is included prohibiting funds made available in 
the central fund from being used to support a total number of 
units under lease in excess of a PHA's authorized level of 
units.
      Language is not included to allow the central fund to be 
used to provide additional incremental vouchers to high 
performing public housing agencies as proposed by the House. 
The Senate did not include similar language.
      Language is not included to allow the central fund to be 
used to reallocate vouchers among public housing agencies as 
proposed by the Senate. The House did not include similar 
language. In addition, the conference agreement does not 
include language requiring the reallocation of vouchers among 
public housing agencies as proposed by the Senate. The House 
did not include a similar provision.
      Language is not included to provide an indefinite 
appropriation for the Section 8 voucher program to make 
additional funds from the Treasury available should amounts 
appropriated be insufficient. The House did not include a 
similar provision.
      Tenant Protection.--$234,016,500 for rental subsidies for 
tenant protection activities to replace project-based section 8 
assistance with section 8 vouchers, for conversion of section 
202 and section 23 projects to section 8 assistance, for the 
family reunification program, and for the witness protection 
program.
      Funds included for tenant protection are only to be used 
for rental subsidies since funds for administrative expenses 
are provided separately under this account.
      Family Self Sufficiency Coordinators.--$48,000,000 for 
service coordinator staff in each public housing agency, 
instead of $46,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate did 
not allocate a specific amount for this purpose.
      Administrative Costs--Section 8 Voucher Program.--Not to 
exceed $1,072,257,000 for PHA administrative costs and other 
expenses, of which $69,547,000 is for associated administrative 
expenses related to new tenant protection vouchers and 
additional vouchers supported from the central fund. The House 
proposed a total of $1,177,000,000 for this purpose, including 
$50,000,000 for new vouchers. The Senate did not allocate a 
specific amount for this purpose.
      Language is included determining the distribution of 
funds provided as authorized under section 8(q) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 
1998 as proposed by the Senate. Language is not included 
limiting administrative fees and other expenses to no more than 
10 percent of the rental subsidy paid and requiring 
administrative fee reserve balances to be used exclusively to 
support the section 8 program as proposed by the House. The 
conferees remain concerned that many PHAs have accumulated 
significant excess balances in reserve accounts from unspent 
section 8 administrative fees. Language is included prohibiting 
fiscal year 2003 fee payments from being made to any PHA unless 
such PHA reports to the Secretary on the amounts remaining in 
their administrative fee reserve account as of January 31, 
2003. Language is also included reducing fiscal year 2003 fee 
payments to any PHA by any such amounts remaining available in 
such PHA's administrative fee reserves which exceed 105 percent 
of the amount of fees paid to such agency in fiscal year 2002, 
but exempts those PHAs whose fiscal year 2003 payments will not 
exceed $100,000. Language is also included requiring the 
Secretary to recapture any fiscal year 2003 funds provided to a 
PHA which are in excess of the amounts expended by such PHA for 
the section 8 voucher program and that are not otherwise needed 
to maintain an administrative fee reserve account balance of 
not to exceed five percent. Modified language is also included, 
similar to language proposed by the House, requiring the 
Secretary to provide a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations no later than July 1, 2003 on the administrative 
costs and other expenses associated with the section 8 voucher 
program. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the 
following: the total amount of administrative fees paid 
compared to the actual amount of fees expended to administer 
the section 8 voucher program in fiscal year 2002; the total 
amount of administrative fee reserve funds used in fiscal year 
2002 by PHAs to support non-section 8 voucher programs, and the 
purposes for which the funds were used; a comparison of the 
administrative fee structure used for the section 8 voucher 
program as compared to the project-based subsidy program; and 
recommendations for changes to the section 8 voucher program 
administrative fee structure to better align fees with actual 
costs. The conferees agree that the Committees on 
Appropriations will take the results of this study into 
consideration when making future funding decisions, including 
the appropriate level of administrative fee reserves. The 
Senate did not propose similar language.
      Administrative Costs--Project-Based Section 8 Program.--
$196,000,000 for contractors to administer the project-based 
section 8 program, the same amount proposed by the House and 
Senate.
      Working Capital Fund.--Not less than $3,000,000 for 
transfer to the Working Capital Fund for the development of and 
modifications to information technology systems as proposed by 
both the House and the Senate.
      Includes new language allowing the Secretary to transfer 
up to 15 percent of the funds provided for contract renewals, 
the central fund and administrative fees between such 
activities under certain circumstances and in accordance with 
certain procedures. Language is also included under 
Administrative Provisions in this title to provide the 
Secretary with flexibility in applying any across-the-board 
rescission mandated elsewhere in this Act to funds provided in 
this account. The conferees have included this flexibility to 
ensure that any such reduction does not result in a decrease in 
the number of families that are currently being assisted 
through the section 8 voucher program.
      Includes language permanently requiring all PHAs to 
submit accounting data for funds provided under this account in 
this Act or any other Act by source of funds and purpose of 
such funds as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include 
similar language.
      The conference agreement does not include $36,000,000 for 
incremental vouchers for disabled families as proposed by the 
House. The Senate did not include similar language. However, 
modified language is included, similar to language proposed by 
the Senate, to ensure that PHAs continue to make available 
vouchers previously provided for non-elderly disabled families 
to other non-elderly disabled families upon turnover. The House 
did not include similar language. The conferees direct the 
Department to review the effectiveness of section 8 vouchers in 
meeting the housing needs of persons with disabilities and 
report back to the Committees on Appropriations on its findings 
no later than August 15, 2003.
      Includes language rescinding $1,600,000,000 from 
unobligated balances of funds appropriated in fiscal year 2002 
and prior years, instead of $1,300,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and $1,400,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Includes 
language allowing unobligated balances in programs governed by 
reallocation provisions to be used to meet this rescission as 
proposed by the Senate. The House did not include similar 
language. Modified language, similar to language proposed by 
both the House and the Senate, is included to cancel balances 
from certain terminated contracts.
      Language is not included requiring that amounts made 
available for welfare-to-work vouchers remain available in 
subsequent fiscal years exclusively for such families upon 
voucher turnover or renewal as proposed by the Senate. The 
House did not include similar language.
      The conferees direct the Department to submit quarterly 
reports on the project-based section 8 program to the 
Committees on Appropriations which identify the number of units 
and properties for which owners have elected to opt-out of the 
project-based section 8 program or pre-pay mortgages on 
federally-assisted properties, and the repair needs of units 
remaining in the project-based section 8 program.

                      PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $2,730,000,000 for the public housing 
capital fund instead of $2,683,400,000 as proposed by the 
Senate and $2,843,400,000 as proposed by the House.
      Includes modified language, similar to language proposed 
by the House, designating $447,000,000 to be allocated only to 
those PHAs which utilized their funds in compliance with the 
statutory timeliness requirements pursuant to the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (QHWRA). The 
additional funds are to enable those PHAs to address their 
backlog of maintenance needs in addition to their annual 
maintenance requirements. The Senate did not include similar 
language.
      Does not include language proposed by the Senate 
restating the applicability of the QHWRA timeliness 
requirements to fiscal year 1999 funds. The House did not 
propose a similar provision. The conferees note that this 
language was made permanent in the fiscal year 2002 
appropriations Act.
      The conferees continue to be concerned that the 
Department has failed to issue regulations to implement the 
statutory timeliness requirements of QHWRA more than four years 
after enactment of the statute. Until such time as final 
regulations are implemented, the conferees have continued the 
interim measures included in the fiscal year 2002 Act as a 
mechanism to ensure that those PHAs which have demonstrated 
their ability to use capital funds in a timely manner receive 
additional funds for their backlog maintenance needs. The 
conference agreement includes language, similar to language 
proposed by the House, directing the Secretary to issue final 
regulations implementing the timeliness requirements of QHWRA 
no later than August 1, 2003.
      Includes modified language, similar to language proposed 
by the House and Senate, reallocating recaptured funds to PHAs 
designated as high-performing agencies.
      Includes $51,000,000 for technical assistance, including 
up to $11,000,000 for remediation services to certain troubled 
PHAs as proposed by the House, instead of $54,000,000 for 
technical assistance, including up to $13,000,000 for 
remediation services as proposed by the Senate.
      Includes no less than $18,600,000 for information 
technology systems and up to $500,000 for section 23 projects 
as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include similar 
language.
      Includes up to $50,000,000 for emergency capital needs 
resulting from emergencies or natural disasters instead of up 
to $75,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate. The 
conferees recognize the importance of emergency funds but note 
that given the historic use of such funds, $50,000,000 is ample 
to cover emergency activities for the remainder of fiscal year 
2003.
      The conference agreement does not include $100,000,000 
for a new loan financing program of public housing associated 
with authorization legislation included as an administrative 
provision in this title as proposed by the Senate. However, the 
conferees are interested in exploring additional mechanisms to 
leverage private sector financing for improvements in public 
housing. The conferees further understand that some PHAs have 
used existing statutory authorities to successfully pursue 
private financing for such purposes. The conferees direct that 
the Department provide a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations no later than August 7, 2003, on those PHAs that 
have entered into private financing partnerships for capital 
modernization needs, and the results of those partnerships.
      The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
House report regarding quarterly reports on the obligation and 
expenditure of capital funds.

                     PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

      Appropriates $3,600,000,000 for the public housing 
operating fund as proposed by the House instead of 
$3,530,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Language is not included making funds available for two 
years as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include a 
similar provision.
      Modified language is included, similar to language 
proposed by the Senate, providing up to $250,000,000 from 
amounts provided to make additional fiscal year 2002 operating 
subsidy payments to those fourth quarter PHAs that did not 
receive the same level of operating assistance provided to all 
other PHAs. The conferees are disappointed with HUD's failure 
to fund the fiscal year 2002 operating subsidy payments for 
PHAs within the level appropriated for such purpose in fiscal 
year 2002. The conferees believe that HUD's repeated practice 
of using a portion of the funds appropriated for current year 
operating subsidy payments to augment the amount of prior year 
operating subsidy payments above the level appropriated is, at 
a minimum, inappropriate, and question whether such practice is 
in violation of appropriations law. The conferees note that 
this inappropriate practice has resulted in operating subsidy 
payments being made to PHAs at a level in excess of the amounts 
provided for such purpose in the appropriations Act. Therefore, 
the conference agreement includes language, similar to language 
proposed by the Senate, prohibiting funds provided for 
operating subsidies in fiscal year 2004 and subsequent fiscal 
years from being used to supplement fiscal year 2003 operating 
subsidy payments. The conferees reiterate the direction 
included in the Senate report requiring HUD to fund fiscal year 
2003 operating subsidy payments solely from fiscal year 2003 
funds. Further, the conferees expect the Department to have in 
place the necessary systems to accurately account for 
expenditures of operating subsidy funds.
      The conferees note that, in the fiscal year 2000 
appropriations Act, the Committees on Appropriations 
commissioned the Harvard University Graduate School of Design 
to conduct a study on the costs incurred to operate well-run 
public housing that was to then be used to inform the 
development of a final rule for the operating subsidy formula. 
The conferees understand that the final draft cost study report 
has recently been released and includes a number of 
recommendations that would result in adjustments to the 
operating subsidy formula to make it reflect more accurately 
the costs of operating well-run public housing. The 
recommendations indicated that PHAs can make a number of 
reforms consistent with the management of Federally-subsidized 
private and non-profit multifamily housing that would result in 
management and cost efficiencies in public housing. The 
conferees expect PHAs to adopt such practices and efficiencies, 
as appropriate. The conferees expect the Department to use the 
results and recommendations of the study as it develops a final 
rule for the operating subsidy formula, as directed in the 
fiscal year 2000 appropriations Act. Further, the conferees 
direct the Department to report to the Committees on 
Appropriations, no later than May 15, 2003, on the timeline for 
publishing a final operating subsidy rule and the Department's 
plans for using the recommendations of the cost study in the 
development of the final rule.
      The conferees direct the Department to report to the 
Committees no later than August 20, 2003, on the extent to 
which public housing agencies have used capital funds to 
subsidize operating expenses and the impact of such use on 
critical housing rehabilitation needs. Such report should 
include a review of individual PHAs.

     REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)

      Appropriates $574,000,000 for the revitalization of 
severely distressed public housing program (HOPE VI) as 
proposed by the House and the Senate.

                  NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $649,000,000 as proposed by the House 
instead of $648,570,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the total 
amount, $4,000,000 is for inspections, training, and technical 
assistance instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Language is not included allowing the Secretary to 
provide technical and financial assistance for problems 
associated with mold as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
not include a similar provision. The conferees understand that 
such language is unnecessary since the current statutory 
authorities allow the Secretary to provide such assistance. The 
conferees direct the Secretary to continue to provide such 
assistance as authorized under the existing statute.
      The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
Senate report regarding the use of qualified Native-owned firms 
in the design and construction of Indian housing.

           INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $5,300,000 for guaranteed loans for Native 
American housing on trust lands as proposed by the House 
instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Of the total amount, $100,000 is for the Indian Land 
Title Report Commission as proposed by the House. The Senate 
did not propose similar language.

      NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $1,035,000 for guaranteed loans for Native 
Hawaiian housing as proposed by the House instead of $1,000,000 
as proposed by the Senate.

                   Community Planning and Development

              HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

      Appropriates $292,000,000 for housing opportunities for 
persons with AIDS (HOPWA) as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.
      In lieu of the language included in the Senate report, 
the Department is directed to renew all expiring HOPWA 
contracts for permanent supportive housing funded under the 
non-formula component of the HOPWA program to the extent that 
such projects meet all other program requirements consistent 
with the language included in the conference agreement.

                 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

      Appropriates $25,000,000 for rural housing and economic 
development as proposed by both the House and Senate. Language 
is included requiring funds to be awarded by June 1, 2003 as 
proposed by the House instead of June 1, 2004 as proposed by 
the Senate.

                EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES

      Appropriates $30,000,000 for grants to the second round 
of empowerment zones as proposed by both the House and Senate. 
Language is included making funds available for obligation for 
three years as proposed by the House, instead of no-year 
authority as proposed by the Senate.
      Language is not included making the expenditure of funds 
in future years contingent upon the enactment of tax 
legislation as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
include similar language. The conferees continue to maintain 
that this program should be treated as a mandatory program 
consistent with the Round I empowerment zones, rather than as a 
discretionary program.

                       COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $4,937,000,000 for various activities funded 
in this account, instead of $5,000,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and the Senate. The conferees agree to the following:
      $4,367,930,000 for formula grants under the Community 
Development Block Grant program (CDBG), instead of 
$4,577,000,000 as proposed by the House and $4,580,200,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The amount provided represents an 
increase of $26,930,000 above the fiscal year 2002 level;
      $71,000,000 for grants to Indian tribes instead of 
$70,000,000 as proposed by the House and $72,500,000 as 
proposed by the Senate;
      $3,300,000 for the Housing Assistance Council as proposed 
by the House and the Senate;
      $2,400,000 for the National American Indian Housing 
Council instead of $2,200,000 as proposed by the House and 
$2,600,000 as proposed by the Senate;
      $49,100,000 for section 107 grants, instead of 
$33,500,000 as proposed by the House and $45,500,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Within the amount provided for section 
107 grants, the conference agreement provides the following 
earmarks:
            $7,000,000 for insular areas;
            $10,000,000 for historically black colleges and 
        universities. The conferees expect that up to 
        $2,000,000 of these funds will be used to provide 
        technical assistance to ensure that the intended 
        recipients can utilize more fully the funds provided;
            $3,000,000 for community development work study;
            $6,500,000 for Hispanic serving institutions;
            $7,000,000 for the Community Outreach Partnerships 
        program;
            $3,000,000 for tribal colleges and universities;
            $3,000,000 for Alaska Native-Serving Institutions 
        and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions; and
            $9,600,000 for assistance under the Hawaiian 
        Homelands Homeownership Act of 2000. The House proposed 
        $9,600,000 for this activity as a separate set aside 
        under this account;
      $5,000,000 for the National Housing Development 
Corporation for continuation of its program of acquisition, 
rehabilitation, and preservation of at-risk affordable housing, 
including $2,000,000 for operating expenses as proposed by the 
House. The Senate did not propose funding for this program;
      $5,000,000 for the National Council of La Raza HOPE Fund, 
of which $500,000 is for technical assistance and fund 
management and $4,500,000 is for investments and financing as 
proposed by the House. The Senate did not propose funding for 
this program;
      $9,000,000 for Neighborhood House in St. Paul, Minnesota 
for construction of the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for 
Community Building, instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The House did not propose funding for this program;
      $25,250,000 for grants to eligible grantees under section 
11 of the Self Help Housing Opportunity Program, instead of 
$28,500,000 as proposed by the House and $22,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate;
      $32,500,000 for capacity building, instead of $29,500,000 
as proposed by the House and $35,500,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Of this amount, $28,250,000 shall be for LISC and the 
Enterprise Foundation, of which at least $5,000,000 is for 
rural areas. Additionally, $4,250,000 is for Habitat for 
Humanity International, instead of $4,500,000 as proposed by 
the House and $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate;
      $60,000,000 for Youthbuild instead of $65,000,000 as 
proposed by the House and the Senate;
      $261,000,000 for economic development initiatives instead 
of $144,600,000 as proposed by the House and $130,500,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. In lieu of the direction included in 
the House report, the conferees note that projects receiving 
funds must comply with the environmental review requirements 
set forth in section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property 
Disposition Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547). The conferees will 
not entertain waivers of such requirements. In addition, funds 
provided for projects shall not be used for reimbursement of 
expenses incurred prior to the receipt of economic development 
initiative funding. Modified language is included, similar to 
language proposed by the House and Senate, targeting funds made 
available under this program. Because of tight budget 
constraints, the conferees reduced funding for these targeted 
grants by 10 percent from the amounts originally proposed in 
the House and Senate reports. Targeted grants shall be made as 
follows:
      1. $202,500 to continue the rehabilitation of the former 
Alaska Pulp Company mill site in Sitka, Alaska;
      2. $202,500 to the City of Craig, Alaska for construction 
of a Marine Industrial Park;
      3. $405,000 to the City of Petersburg, Alaska for 
construction of an aquatic center;
      4. $450,000 for the Mananuska-Susitna Borough for an 
agricultural processing facility in Wasilla, Alaska;
      5. $450,000 for Ketchikan, Alaska for the Tongass Coast 
Aquarium in Ketchikan, Alaska;
      6. $450,000 for the Southside Community Center in 
Fairbanks, Alaska for an addition;
      7. $450,000 for the Alaska-Siberian Research Center World 
War II Lend Lease memorial in Fairbanks, Alaska;
      8. $900,000 for Alaska Pacific University for the 
restoration of an historic property in Anchorage, Alaska;
      9. $900,000 for Petersburgh, Alaska for waterfront 
improvements;
      10. $1,400,750 for the Rasmussen Foundation for housing 
redevelopment in Anchorage, Alaska;
      11. $22,500 to the Northwest Alabama Children's Advocacy 
Center in Florence, Alabama for facility renovations;
      12. $45,000 to the City of Athens, Alabama for 
construction of an Alabama Korean War Veterans Memorial;
      13. $45,000 to the City of Tuscumbia, Alabama for 
construction of facilities associated with the Helen Keller 
festival;
      14. $90,000 for construction of the Northeast Etowah 
County Community and Senior Center, Alabama;
      15. $90,000 to the Birmingham, Alabama Regional Planning 
Commission for an economic development planning study;
      16. $90,000 to the City of Decatur, Alabama for planning 
for a Technical Training Center;
      17. $90,000 to the Historic Huntsville Foundation in 
Huntsville, Alabama for sidewalks, curbs, street lighting, 
outdoor furniture and facade improvements in the Mill Village 
neighborhood;
      18. $90,000 to the Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center 
for facilities renovation;
      19. $90,000 for the City of Prattville, Alabama for the 
Boys and Girls Club of Prattville;
      20. $97,200 to the Randolph County Commission for 
facilities renovation for the restoration of the historic 
Randolph County Courthouse and Annexes in Wedowee, Alabama;
      21. $121,500 to the Clay County Commission for facilities 
renovations for the restoration of the historic Clay County 
Courthouse, Alabama;
      22. $135,000 to the City of Huntsville, Alabama for 
facilities construction for the Alabama Constitution Village 
Plaza;
      23. $135,000 to Collinsville, Alabama for construction or 
renovation of the Collinsville Public Library;
      24. $135,000 to the Russellville Hispanic Coalition of 
Alabama for building renovations;
      25. $180,000 for Lawson State Community College in 
Alabama for facilities construction for an information 
technology training and placement service center;
      26. $180,000 to Fayette County, Alabama for construction 
of the Fayette County Agribusiness Facility;
      27. $202,500 to Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama 
for repairs and renovations to the Bellingrath Natural Sciences 
facility;
      28. $202,500 to Jefferson County, Alabama for renovation 
and expansion of the Leroy Brown Health Education Building;
      29. $202,500 to the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds 
for construction of the National Peanut Festival Agriculture 
Arena in Dothan, Alabama;
      30. $225,000 to the Northwest Alabama Council of Local 
Governments in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for the construction of a 
joint economic development facility to be used by the Shoals 
Economic Development Authority and the Shoals Chamber of 
Commerce;
      31. $225,000 for the City of Talladega, Alabama for the 
restoration of the Historic Antique Talladega;
      32. $270,000 for Haleyville, Alabama for a downtown 
revitalization project;
      33. $675,000 to the National Children's Advocacy Center 
in Huntsville, Alabama for construction of a research and 
training campus;
      34. $710,000 for the Mobile Historic Development 
Commission in Mobile, Alabama for a Neighborhood Initiative 
Program;
      35. $1,507,000 to Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama 
for construction of a new library and Regional Resource 
Learning Center;
      36. $2,700,000 to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for the Tuscaloosa 
Downtown Revitalization Project;
      37. $180,000 to the City of Bradley, Arkansas for 
construction of a community center;
      38. $180,000 for the City of Dermott, Arkansas for the 
Dermott City Community Nursing Home expansion;
      39. $202,500 for construction of the North Arkansas 
College Conference and Workforce Center in Harrison, Arkansas;
      40. $270,000 for the Florence Crittenden Home in Little 
Rock, Arkansas for the expansion of services, education 
programs, and emergency shelter;
      41. $450,000 for the Arkansas YMCAs for program 
development;
      42. $900,000 for Arkansas State University at Mountain 
Home for construction of the Vada Sheid Community Center and to 
develop community outreach programs;
      43. $157,500 to the County of Santa Cruz, Arizona for 
restoration of a historic building;
      44. $180,000 to the Town of Guadalupe, Arizona for 
renovations to the Mercado shopping center;
      45. $202,500 to the Boys and Girls Club of Scottsdale for 
facility construction in Fountain Hills, Arizona;
      46. $364,500 to the National Law Center for Inter-
American Free Trade in Tucson, Arizona for facilities 
construction;
      47. $405,000 to Arizona State University for facilties 
construction for the Center for Basic Research and Applied 
Research within the Barry M. Goldwater Center for Science and 
Engineering;
      48. $45,000 to Southeast-Rio Vista YMCA in Huntington 
Park, California for renovation of a building;
      49. $45,000 to Food Share, Inc. of Ventura County, 
California for development of a new warehouse facility;
      50. $76,500 to the Tri-Counties Easter Seals for 
construction of a child development center in Ventura County, 
California;
      51. $81,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California 
for facilities renovation, sidewalk and facade improvements of 
the Crestline Revitalization/Houston Creek project;
      52. $81,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California 
for facilities expansion for the Big Bear Zoo;
      53. $90,000 to Occidental College in Los Angeles, 
California for continued construction of a science center;
      54. $90,000 to the American Film Institute in Los 
Angeles, California for renovation of facilities;
      55. $90,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of National City, 
California for facilities repairs at the Wayne Sevier Memorial 
Gymnasium;
      56. $90,000 to the City of Carpinteria, California for 
facilities modernization and renovation of the Carpinteria 
Veteran's Memorial Building;
      57. $90,000 to the City of El Monte, California for 
construction of a teen and education center;
      58. $90,000 to the City of Fontana, California for 
restoration and renovation of recreational facilities;
      59. $90,000 to the City of Garden Grove, California for 
facilities construction at the West Haven Community Center;
      60. $90,000 to the City of La Puente, California for 
construction of a youth activity and learning center;
      61. $90,000 to the City of Lawndale, California for 
construction of a new senior center;
      62. $90,000 to the City of Palo Alto, California for the 
rehabilitation and expansion of the Childrens' Library;
      63. $90,000 to the City of San Fernando, California for a 
feasibility study of business redevelopment focused on major 
commercial corridors;
      64. $90,000 to the Contra Costa Community College in 
California for the Regional Training Institute's facility 
renovation;
      65. $90,000 to the Intergenerational Daycare Center, 
Organization for the Needs of the Elderly in Van Nuys, 
California for facility construction;
      66. $90,000 to the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, 
California for renovations necessary for theater improvements;
      67. $90,000 to the Watts Theatre and Education Center in 
Los Angeles, California for renovations to the center;
      68. $90,000 to the YMCA of San Francisco, California for 
construction of a facility in the Bayview-Hunters Point 
neighborhood and rehabilitation of the Chinatown facility;
      69. $90,000 to Children's Hospital, San Diego, California 
for facilities construction for the Convalescent Hospital;
      70. $90,000 to Kelseyville Senior Center in Lake County, 
California for renovations of a facility into a senior center;
      71. $90,000 for the Arcata House Inc., California for 
facility renovations;
      72. $112,500 for El Rescate in Los Angeles, California 
for renovation of a facility to house a social service agency;
      73. $112,500 to the SRO Housing Corporation in Los 
Angeles, California for facilities construction for the James 
Wood Memorial Community Center;
      74. $121,500 to the City of Lancaster, California for 
renovation of the Antelope Valley Mental Health Association 
headquarters building;
      75. $121,500 to the City of Twentynine Palms, California 
for construction of the Twentynine Palms Visitor Center;
      76. $121,500 to the Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua 
Tree, California for facilities expansion for the Obstetrics 
Center;
      77. $121,500 to the History Department of the Natural 
History Museum of Los Angeles County for facility improvements 
for the William S. Hart Museum in Newhall, California;
      78. $135,000 to the City of San Rafael, California for 
renovation of the Pickleweed Park Community Center;
      79. $135,000 to the City of Santa Monica, California for 
renovation of a historic structure for use as a visitor center;
      80. $135,000 to the Spanish Speaking Unity Council in 
Oakland, California for rehabilitation of affordable elderly 
housing;
      81. $162,000 to the City of Lancaster, California for 
facilities construction and improvements for the National 
Soccer Center;
      82. $162,000 to the City of Temecula, California for 
construction of the Gymnasium-Old Town Temecula;
      83. $162,000 to the Community Action Partnership of Kern, 
California for construction of a food bank;
      84. $180,000 to the City of Vallejo, California for 
historic structure renovations at Mare Island;
      85. $180,000 to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment 
Agency in Sacramento, California for construction of a learning 
center;
      86. $202,500 to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum in Palm 
Springs, California for facilities construction;
      87. $202,500 to the City of Diamond Bar, California for 
construction of a community center;
      88. $202,500 to the City of Ripon, California for 
construction of a Youth Center Complex;
      89. $202,500 to the City of Riverside, California for 
facilities construction for the Riverside Regional Technology 
Transfer Center;
      90. $202,500 to the City of Stockton, California for 
renovation of the Fox Theatre;
      91. $202,500 to the East County YMCA in La Mesa, 
California for facilities construction and improvements;
      92. $202,500 to the Sweetwater Authority for recreation 
facilities construction at Sweetwater and Loveland Reservoirs 
in San Diego County, California;
      93. $225,000 to the City of Eureka, California for 
construction of a waterfront facility as part of the downtown 
revitalization;
      94. $225,000 for Covenant House California in Oakland to 
purchase and renovate a building;
      95. $225,000 to the Martin Luther King Jr., Freedom 
Center in Oakland, California to build a community center;
      96. $225,000 to the Center Theater Group of Los Angeles, 
California for the Culver Theater project;
      97. $225,000 for the Corporation for Supportive Housing 
in California for a homeless intervention program;
      98. $243,000 to the Fund for the Preservation of the 
California State Mining and Mineral Museum for facilities 
construction in Mariposa, California;
      99. $270,000 to the City of Salinas, California for 
construction of recreational facilities;
      100. $283,500 to the City of Citrus Heights, California 
for facilities construction for the Sayonara Neighborhood 
revitalization project;
      101. $283,500 to the City of Shasta Lake, California for 
construction of a senior housing complex;
      102. $324,000 to the Kern County Office of Education for 
facilities construction for the the Mobility Opportunities via 
Education project in Southeast Bakersfield, California;
      103. $324,000 to the West Side Park and Recreation 
District for renovation of the Taft Community Pool in Taft, 
California;
      104. $360,000 to the City of San Francisco, California 
for construction of the Mission Bay Senior Housing Project;
      105. $405,000 to the City of San Diego, California for 
construction of the Elm Street residences for transitional 
housing;
      106. $405,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Las Virgenes, 
Inc. for facilities construction in the City of Thousand Oaks, 
California;
      107. $405,000 to the City of La Mesa, California for 
facilities construction and improvements for the La Mesa PARKS 
Project;
      108. $405,000 to the City of Westminster, California for 
construction of a community center;
      109. $405,000 to the Palomar YMCA in Escondido, 
California for construction of an aquatic center;
      110. $405,000 to the Town of Apple Valley, California for 
construction of an aquatic center;
      111. $450,000 for the City of Inglewood, California for 
the construction of a senior center;
      112. $450,000 for the City of Fresno, California for the 
redevelopment of the Roeding Business Park;
      113. $540,000 for the City of Madera, California for a 
community cultural and youth center;
      114. $675,000 for the City of East Palo Alto, California 
for redevelopment to Ravenswood Industrial Area;
      115. $810,000 to the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California 
for construction of a senior center;
      116. $90,000 to Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities 
in Arvada, Colorado for facilities expansion;
      117. $90,000 to the City of Aurora, Colorado for planning 
related to Fitzsimons Commons;
      118. $405,000 to the Harp Foundation for construction of 
the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk ``Link'' Project of Pueblo, 
Colorado;
      119. $900,000 for the Denver Art Museum, in Denver, 
Colorado;
      120. $1,800,000 for Colorado UpLift;
      121. $90,000 to the City of Meriden, Connecticut for a 
study to determine the feasibility of the construction of a 
community play house and arts center;
      122. $90,000 to the City of Waterbury, Connecticut for an 
economic feasibility study focused on construction of a multi-
purpose sports facility;
      123. $90,000 to Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, 
Connecticut for library facilities renovations;
      124. $135,000 to the town of Newtown, Connecticut for 
future use planning and renovation of the Batshelder property;
      125. $180,000 to Domestic Violence Services of Greater 
New Haven, Connecticut for renovation and construction of a 
facility for transitional housing;
      126. $225,000 to Columbus House, Inc. in New Haven, 
Connecticut for construction of an emergency shelter for 
homeless adults;
      127. $270,000 for the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in 
Hartford, Connecticut for expansions and renovations;
      128. $270,000 for Hall Neighborhood House in Bridgeport, 
Connecticut to build a child care center;
      129. $283,500 to Mystic Seaport for a facilities 
restoration and conversion project of the American Maritime 
Education and Research Center in Mystic, Connecticut;
      130. $360,000 for the Town of Ledyart, Connecticut to 
build a public safety services building;
      131. $360,000 for the Hartt School of Performing Arts 
Education Center in West Hartford, Connecticut for building 
renovations;
      132. $405,000 to the Environmental Learning Centers of 
Connecticut for facilities expansion for the Harry C. Barnes 
Memorial Nature Center in Bristol, Connecticut;
      133. $405,000 to the New Britain Museum of American Art 
in New Britain, Connecticut for facility construction;
      134. $67,500 for Arena Stage for facilities construction 
in the District of Columbia;
      135. $180,000 for the Seaford Historical Society in 
Seaford, Delaware for the renovation of a vacant property;
      136. $360,000 for the Riverfront Development Corporation 
in Wilmington, Delaware for an environmental education center;
      137. $450,000 for the Wilmington Housing Authority, 
Delaware for redevelopment of blighted land;
      138. $90,000 to St. Petersburg, Florida for completion of 
facilities improvements at the Florida Botanical Garden and 
Folk Cultural Center;
      139. $112,500 to Santa Fe Community College in 
Gainesville, Florida for construction of a fine arts building;
      140. $112,500 to the City of Gainesville, Florida for 
sidewalk and curb improvements;
      141. $202,500 to the City of Clearwater, Florida for 
waterfront facilities construction of the ``Beach by Design 
Initiative'';
      142. $202,500 to the City of Jacksonville, Florida for 
facilities construction for the Patriots Village Transitional 
Housing Community;
      143. $202,500 to the City of Ocoee, Florida for 
construction of a senior citizens/veterans services center;
      144. $202,500 to the City of Riviera Beach, Florida for 
construction and renovation of facilities as part of the Urban 
Commercial Retail Development Project;
      145. $202,500 to the City of Sanford, Florida for 
construction of a parking facility at the Hotel Conference 
Center;
      146. $202,500 to the MainStreet Deland Association, Inc. 
for restoration of the Athens Theatre in Deland, Florida;
      147. $202,500 to the Tampa, Florida Port Authority for 
facilities construction and renovation of a terminal;
      148. $225,000 for Family Resources of St. Petersburg, 
Florida for construction of a crisis shelter and family 
counseling center;
      149. $225,000 to Bethune Cookman College in Daytona 
Beach, Florida for construction of a community services center 
and student union;
      150. $225,000 to the Community Aging and Retirement 
Services (CARES) of Pasco County, Florida for renovation and 
build out of the Crescent Enrichment Center & Theater in Dale 
City, Florida;
      151. $270,000 for the Jacksonville Port Authority, 
Florida for brownfields clean-up;
      152. $324,000 to the Wolfsonian-Florida International 
University of Miami Beach, Florida for facilities expansion and 
improvements;
      153. $337,500 to the City of Plantation, Florida for 
construction of an amphitheater;
      154. $360,000 for the City of Largo, Florida for 
construction of a new downtown Largo library;
      155. $360,000 to Refuge House in Tallahassee, Florida for 
construction of a battered women's shelter;
      156. $405,000 to the Central Florida Community College in 
Marion County, Florida for facilties construction for an 
information technology center;
      157. $405,000 to the Florida International University 
College of Law in Miami, Florida for construction of facilities 
for a student legal clinic;
      158. $450,000 for facilities construction for the Stetson 
University College of Law, Tampa, Florida campus;
      159. $675,000 for facilities construction for Tampa Bay 
Watch in Florida;
      160. $675,000 for the City of Daytona Beach, Florida for 
boardwalk area revitalization;
      161. $900,000 for Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, 
Florida for the expansion of the Youth Opportunity and 
Development Center;
      162. $900,000 for the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, 
Manhattan redevelopment project for facilities renovation and 
improvements for a business development center;
      163. $900,000 for the historic restoration and renovation 
of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida;
      164. $166,000 to the City of Savannah, Georgia for 
development of the Savannah Battlefield Park Heritage Center;
      165. $180,000 to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia 
for construction of a performing arts center;
      166. $202,500 for facilities construction for the Dual 
Rail Industrial Park in Dooly County, Georgia;
      167. $202,500 for the Tommy Nobis Center in Marietta, 
Georgia for facilities renovations and improvements;
      168. $202,500 for the Warner Robins Museum of Aviation in 
Houston County, Georgia for expansion of facilities for the 
Century of Flight exhibit;
      169. $202,500 to Mercer University of Macon, Georgia for 
facilities construction for the Critical Personnel Development 
Program;
      170. $202,500 to Rockdale County, Georgia for facilities 
construction for the Georgia Veterans Park;
      171. $202,500 to Wesleyan College of Macon, Georgia for 
the restoration and renovation of historic buildings;
      172. $270,000 for College Partners Inc. in Atlanta, 
Georgia for neighborhood revitalization;
      173. $270,000 for the Tubman Museum in Macon, Georgia for 
a new facility;
      174. $283,500 for the preservation of historic buildings 
at Georgia College and State University, a Historically Women's 
Public College and University;
      175. $405,000 to the Liberty County, Georgia Development 
Authority for facilities construction at the Coastal MegaPark;
      176. $450,000 for Spellman College in Atlanta, Georgia 
for renovations of Packard Hall;
      177. $450,000 for the Dekalb County Community Center, 
Georgia for the construction of a community center;
      178. $900,000 for Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, 
Georgia for the continued construction of a senior center;
      179. $135,000 to the YMCA of Honolulu, Hawaii for 
construction of a multi-purpose community and recreation 
center;
      180. $180,000 for the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health 
Center, Hawaii for construction of an expanded facility;
      181. $270,000 for the Nanakuli Neighborhood in Oahu, 
Hawaii for housing management classes;
      182. $270,000 for the State of Hawaii for the Boys and 
Girls Club of Hawaii;
      183. $450,000 for the County of Kauai, Hawaii for the 
West Kauai High Tech Training Facility;
      184. $450,000 for the Alternative Structures 
International in Waianae, Hawaii for expansion of housing 
facilities;
      185. $675,000 for the County of Hawaii for the 
construction of an emergency homeless shelter in Kailua-Kona;
      186. $675,000 for the County of Maui, Hawaii for senior 
housing;
      187. $90,000 to the Mahaska County Crisis Intervention 
Services Domestic Shelter in Oskaloosa, Iowa for facilities 
renovation of the domestic shelter;
      188. $270,000 to the City of Clinton, Iowa for 
development in the business park area;
      189. $270,000 to the Mid-American Housing Partnership in 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the Housing Trust Fund;
      190. $270,000 to the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa for 
brownfields redevelopment;
      191. $360,000 to the City of Council Bluffs, Iowa for 
land acquisition and clean-up;
      192. $360,000 to the City of Waterloo, Iowa for 
redevelopment of the Rath area brownfields and housing 
development;
      193. $360,000 to the City of Dubuque, Iowa for land 
acquisition and clean-up;
      194. $360,000 to the City of Davenport, Iowa for the 
Scott County Housing Council trust fund;
      195. $405,000 to Systems Unlimited, Inc. in the Iowa 
City/Cedar Rapids community, Iowa for facilities expansion;
      196. $405,000 to the City of Fort Dodge, Iowa for 
facility renovations for the Senior Citizens Campus project;
      197. $450,000 to the City of Des Moines, Iowa for 
facilities construction for the Des Moines Agrimergent 
Technology Park;
      198. $225,000 for Lewis-Clark State College for the Idaho 
Virtual Incubator;
      199. $225,000 for the Historic Silver City Foundation in 
Silver City, Idaho for the restoration of the historic Silver 
City School;
      200. $324,000 to Idaho State University for construction 
of the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center;
      201. $450,000 for the Clearwater Economic Development 
Association in Clearwater, Idaho for the Lewis and Clark 
Bicentennial Solid Waste Disposal program;
      202. $450,000 for Boise State University, Idaho for a 
Center for Environmental Science and Economic Development;
      203. $900,000 for the Clearwater Economic Development 
Association in Clearwater, Idaho for the implementation of the 
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Plan;
      204. $67,500 to Ridgeway Senior Center in Gallatin 
County, Illinois for renovation of the senior center;
      205. $67,500 to Norris City Senior Center in White 
County, Illinois for renovation of the senior center;
      206. $81,000 to Family House in Peoria, Illinois for 
facilities construction;
      207. $81,000 to the City of Normal, Illinois for 
facilities construction according to the downtown redevelopment 
plan;
      208. $90,000 to Family Focus in Evanston, Illinois for 
facilities improvements;
      209. $90,000 to Haymarket Center in Chicago, Illinois for 
renovations to a facility to serve as a drug intervention 
center;
      210. $90,000 to Oak Lawn Children's Museum in Oak Lawn, 
Illinois for facilities renovations;
      211. $90,000 to the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, 
Illinois for construction of a learning center;
      212. $90,000 to the Village of Hampton, Illinois for 
construction of the Hampton Heritage Center;
      213. $90,000 to the Village of Riverside, Illinois for 
restoration of a historic structure;
      214. $90,000 to the Village of South Holland, Illinois 
for facilities improvements for its community center;
      215. $90,000 to the Chicago, Illinois Parks District for 
construction of a fieldhouse located at 39th and Cottage Grove;
      216. $135,000 to Lewis and Clark Community College in 
Godfrey, Illinois for construction of the Great Rivers Research 
and Education Center;
      217. $135,000 to the Village of Olympia Fields, Illinois 
for construction of a hall, public library and upgraded 
commuter station;
      218. $162,000 to Eureka College, Illinois for continued 
construction of the Science and Technology Center;
      219. $162,000 to Joliet Junior College in Joliet, 
Illinois for construction of a multipurpose agricultural 
education and event center;
      220. $162,000 to the Centers for the Prevention of Abuse 
for facilities construction in Peoria, Illinois;
      221. $180,000 to the Safer Foundation in Chicago, 
Illinois for renovation of a building into transitional 
housing;
      222. $180,000 for the City of Freeport, Illinois for a 
new library building;
      223. $202,500 to DuPage County, Illinois for facilities 
renovations for the Convalescent Center Rehabilitation Project;
      224. $202,500 to Roosevelt University of Chicago, 
Illinois for renovations to the auditorium building;
      225. $202,500 to the American Red Cross of Greater 
Chicago, Illinois for facilities construction;
      226. $202,500 to the City of DeKalb, Illinois for 
rehabilitation of facilities for the Downtown Community Center;
      227. $202,500 to the Northfield Park District in 
Northfield, Illinois for facilities construction;
      228. $225,000 for the Youth Services Bureau of Illinois 
in LaSalle County for improvements and relocation of 
facilities;
      229. $225,000 for Cornerstone Services in Joliet, 
Illinois for renovation of facility;
      230. $225,000 for the City of Quincy, Illinois to 
renovate the historic downtown Washington Theatre;
      231. $225,000 for the City of Peoria, Illinois for 
infrastructure improvements to foster economic development in 
the biosciences field;
      232. $243,000 for facilities renovation for Teen 
Challenge in Decatur, Illinois;
      233. $360,000 for the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls in 
Chicago, Illinois for facility expansion;
      234. $360,000 for the Merit School of Music in Chicago, 
Illinois for the construction of a new facility;
      235. $405,000 to the City of Elgin, Illinois for 
construction of pedestrian improvements;
      236. $450,000 for the City of Chicago, Illinois for 
cleanup associated with economic development in Chicago's 
Pilsen/Little Village Community;
      237. $450,000 to the Chicago Park District for Phase II 
of Ping Tom Memorial Park development in Chicago's Chinatown 
community;
      238. $607,500 to the Village of Addison, Illinois for 
facilities construction for the Addison Neighborhood Resource 
Center and Park;
      239. $1,260,000 to Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical 
Center in Chicago, Illinois for renovations to the life safety 
and infant security facilities;
      240. $135,000 to the City of Indianapolis, Indiana for 
construction at the Life Sciences Research Park;
      241. $283,500 to Tri-State University for facilities 
construction for the Center for Technology and On-Line 
Resources in Angola, Indiana;
      242. $405,000 to Madison Township, Indiana for 
construction of a community center;
      243. $405,000 to the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for 
Children in Indianapolis, Indiana for improving inpatient 
facilities for the Chistian Sarkine Autism Center;
      244. $900,000 to Purdue University in West Lafayette, 
Indiana for facilities construction for the Northwest Indiana 
Purdue Technology Center;
      245. $90,000 for facilities renovations and improvements 
for the Evergreen Public Library in Wichita, Kansas;
      246. $135,000 to the Unified Government of Wyandotte 
County and Kansas City, Kansas for sidewalk and curb 
improvements;
      247. $234,000 for facilities renovation and expansion of 
the Oaklawn Community Resource Center in Sedgwick County, 
Kansas;
      248. $283,500 to the City of Atchison, Kansas for 
construction of a riverfront plaza;
      249. $283,500 to the Reno County Historical Society for 
the Kansas Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson, Kansas for 
facilities construction and improvements;
      250. $450,000 for the City of Wichita, Kansas for the 
development of Mennonite Housing;
      251. $720,000 for Topeka, Kansas for redevelopment 
activities in Topeka, Kansas;
      252. $66,150 to Kentucky Refugee Ministries in 
Louisville, Kentucky for renovation of facilities;
      253. $67,500 to the Salvation Army/Boys and Girls Club--
Northfolk, in Louisville, Kentucky for the renovation of the 
Northfolk community center;
      254. $90,000 to the Greater Community Council in 
Louisville, Kentucky for construction of a facility for low-
income, disabled persons;
      255. $135,000 to Owen County, Kentucky for facilities 
construction;
      256. $202,500 to Interlink Counseling in Louisville, 
Kentucky for facilities construction;
      257. $202,500 to the City of Lebanon, Kentucky for 
facilities construction for the Center Square project;
      258. $225,000 for the Trinity Family Life Center in 
Louisville, Kentucky for facilities construction for 
afterschool programs;
      259. $225,000 to the Community Economic Empowerment 
Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky for construction of a 
community and family recreation center;
      260. $225,000 to the First Gethsemane Center in 
Louisville, Kentucky for renovation of facilities;
      261. $225,000 to the Shiloh Community Renewal Center in 
Louisville, Kentucky for facilities reconstruction and 
rehabilitation;
      262. $270,000 for the renovation of the Americana 
Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky;
      263. $283,500 to the Montgomery County Fiscal Court of 
Kentucky for continued construction of a community center;
      264. $283,500 to the Monroe County Wellness Center, Inc. 
of Monroe County, Kentucky for facilities construction;
      265. $405,000 to Pine Mountain Settlement School of 
Harlan County, Kentucky for facilities expansion and 
renovation;
      266. $405,000 to the London-Laurel County Tourist 
Commission, Kentucky for facilities construction for the Blue-
Gray Civil War Theme Park;
      267. $2,700,000 for construction of the University of 
Louisville library in Louisville, Kentucky;
      268. $67,500 to Iberia Parish, Louisiana for construction 
of the New Iberia conference center;
      269. $67,500 to St. Mary Parish, Louisiana for 
construction of a wildlife refuge interpretive center;
      270. $67,500 to the City of Donaldsonville, Louisiana for 
construction of riverfront recreational facilities;
      271. $67,500 to the Town of Golden Meadow, Louisiana for 
construction and renovation of recreation facilities;
      272. $67,500 to the Village of Cankton, Louisiana for 
facilities renovations for a community center;
      273. $81,000 to the City of New Iberia, Louisiana for 
facilities construction as described in the master plan;
      274. $81,000 to the New Orleans Regional Planning 
Commission, Louisiana for recreational facilities improvements 
and buildout for St. Bernard, St. Charles and Plaquemines;
      275. $81,000 to the Town of Grand Isle, Louisiana for 
construction and buildout of the Isle Multi-Use Facility;
      276. $90,000 to the City of Port Allen, Louisiana for 
economic development planning and facilities construction;
      277. $90,000 to the Amistad Research Center in New 
Orleans, Louisiana for facilities construction;
      278. $90,000 to the Mirabeau Family Learning Center, Inc. 
in New Orleans, Louisiana for facilities construction;
      279. $90,000 for the City of Opelousas, Louisiana, for 
downtown development;
      280. $112,500 to the Acadia Economic Development 
Corporation in Crowley, Louisiana for facilities construction 
for a business incubator;
      281. $112,500 for the Nellie Byers Training Center in 
Bogalusa, Louisiana for the construction of a new center;
      282. $162,000 to Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, 
Louisiana for facilities construction for the Advanced 
Technology Center;
      283. $162,000 to the Port of South Louisiana for 
facilities construction for the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal;
      284. $162,000 to the Tangipahoa Parish School System in 
Loranger, Louisiana for renovation and restoration of the 
Loranger High School building;
      285. $180,000 for the City of Shreveport, Louisiana for 
the redevelopment of a bus terminal;
      286. $182,250 to the City of Mandeville, Louisiana for 
the construction of an interpretive center as part of the 
Mandeville Trailhead project;
      287. $202,500 for the National Federation of the Blind, 
Center for the Blind in Louisiana for facilities construction 
for the National Research and Training Institute for the Blind;
      288. $225,000 to Plan Baton Rouge, Louisiana for building 
renovations;
      289. $225,000 for Dillard University, New Orleans, 
Louisiana for the International Center for Economic Freedom;
      290. $225,000 for Advocates for Science and Math 
Education, New Orleans, Louisiana for construction of a 
building for the New Orleans Center for Science and Math;
      291. $270,000 for the City of Vidalia, Louisiana for 
riverfront redevelopment;
      292. $405,000 for the Audubon Nature Institute in New 
Orleans, Louisiana for revitalization of a historic building;
      293. $450,000 for the Ernest Morial New Orleans 
Exhibition Hall Authority in Louisiana for the expansion of the 
Morial Convention Center;
      294. $450,000 for the University of Louisiana, Lafayette 
for the National Wetlands Research Center;
      295. $450,000 for the Biomedical Research Foundation in 
Shreveport, Louisiana for infrastructure improvements and 
development of an incubator;
      296. $607,500 for the Biomedical Research Foundation of 
Northwest Louisiana for construction of the InterTech science 
park;
      297. $90,000 to Goodwill Industries of Springfield, 
Massachusetts for facilities renovations;
      298. $112,500 to the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse in 
Roxbury, Massachusetts for facilities renovation and 
modernization;
      299. $135,000 to Salem State College in Massachusetts for 
construction of an arts center/theater;
      300. $135,000 for Assumption College, Worcester, 
Massachusetts for a science and technology center;
      301. $150,000 to the Franklin County Council of 
Governments in Greenfield, Massachusetts for an economic 
development blueprint for the Northern Tier;
      302. $157,500 to the City of Lowell, Massachusetts for 
construction of the Jackson/Appleton/Middlesex Area garage;
      303. $225,000 for the New Bedford Historical Society, 
Massachusetts for the rehabilitation and restoration of the 
Nathan and Polly Johnson House;
      304. $225,000 for the Mystic Valley Development 
Corporation in Medford, Massachusetts for the development of a 
technology and research center;
      305. $270,000 to the City of Springfield, Massachusetts 
for renovations of a facility to house a public market;
      306. $315,000 for the Western Massachusetts Enterprise 
Fund, Inc.'s small business and microenterprise loan and 
development programs;
      307. $322,500 to Girls Incorporated in Pittsfield, 
Massachusetts for facilities renovation;
      308. $405,000 to the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy 
and Health Sciences for construction of a new multi-use 
educational facilities;
      309. $450,000 for the Gardner-Kirby-Hammond Street 
neighborhood revitalization project in Worcester, 
Massachusetts;
      310. $450,000 for the City of Boston, Massachusetts for 
development of low and moderate income housing;
      311. $90,000 to the City of District Heights, Maryland 
for facilities construction in its commercial area;
      312. $90,000 to the City of La Plata, Maryland for 
planning of a parking facility;
      313. $90,000 to the Melwood Horticultural Center in Upper 
Marlboro, Maryland for planning necessary to construct a multi-
purpose job training and employment facility;
      314. $90,000 to the Olney Theatre Center for the Arts in 
Olney, Maryland for the construction of a theater;
      315. $101,250 to the Rotary-PAL Building Corporation of 
Frederick County, Maryland for facilities expansion for the 
Sagner Community Center;
      316. $135,000 to Prince Georges County, Maryland for 
renovation of a visitor center to accommodate a Space and 
Flight Center;
      317. $135,000 for Harford County, Maryland for the 
Edgewood Mobile Community Substation;
      318. $157,500 to the City of Laurel, Maryland for 
facilities renovations for the Laurel Community Center;
      319. $162,000 to the City of Rockville, Maryland for 
sidewalk, pedestrian amenities, lighting, and beautification 
improvements for the Rockville Town Center Redevelopment 
Project;
      320. $180,000 to St. Mary's College in Maryland for 
waterfront facilities construction;
      321. $180,000 for Baltimore Clayworks in Baltimore, 
Maryland to expand the facility;
      322. $198,000 for the Sankofa Community Development 
Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland to renovate a building for a 
business center;
      323. $225,000 to the Montgomery County Department of 
Housing and Community Affairs, Maryland for streetscaping and 
revitalization efforts in Wheaton;
      324. $225,000 for Harford County, Maryland for a digital 
inclusion project in Edgewood;
      325. $225,000 for the Suitland Family and Life 
Development Corporation in Suitland, Maryland for development 
of the Suitland Technology Center;
      326. $225,000 for Montgomery County, Maryland for the 
construction of community centers in Long Branch;
      327. $283,500 to Baltimore Medical System of Baltimore, 
Maryland for construction of a new community health center;
      328. $360,000 for Bethel Outreach Center in Baltimore, 
Maryland for development of a cyber community center;
      329. $450,000 to the West Arlington Improvement 
Association in Baltimore, Maryland for construction of a youth 
multi-purpose center;
      330. $450,000 for the Greektown Community Development 
Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland for the Housing and Business 
Stabilization Project;
      331. $450,000 for Montgomery County, Maryland for the 
revitalization of Fenton Street Village;
      332. $450,000 for Prince Georges County, Maryland for 
acquisition and rehabilitation of properties along the Route 1 
corridor;
      333. $450,000 for Anne Arundel County, Maryland for the 
Wiley Bates High School Redevelopment project;
      334. $540,000 for the City of Baltimore, Maryland for the 
Main Street Initiative;
      335. $90,000 for L/A Arts in Lewiston, Maine for the 
renovation and construction of the ArtsPlace program building;
      336. $112,500 to the University of Maine for 
reconstruction of the Jonesboro Blueberry Research Station;
      337. $180,000 for the Franco-American Heritage Center at 
St. Mary's in Lewiston, Maine for the renovation of facilities 
into a performance hall and museum;
      338. $180,000 to the City of Biddeford, Maine for 
restoration of the City Theater;
      339. $180,000 for Eastern Maine Technical College for a 
technical resource center;
      340. $180,000 for the Forum Francophone Des Affaires, 
Maine to facilitate exports to French-speaking markets;
      341. $180,000 for the University of Maine at Farmington 
for an education center;
      342. $225,000 for the City of Westbrook, Maine for a 
parking facility;
      343. $225,000 for the City of Brewer, Maine for 
waterfront redevelopment;
      344. $225,000 for the Preble Street Resource Center in 
Maine for a homeless teen center and health clinic;
      345. $225,000 for the Piscataquis County Economic 
Development Council for a business incubator in Greenville, 
Maine to support and house businesses seeking to commercialize 
wood composite material;
      346. $450,000 for University of Maine (Fort Kent and 
Presque Isle) Aroostook County Development Effort;
      347. $81,000 to Cleary College in Howell, Michigan for 
construction of the Center for Business and Community 
Excellence;
      348. $202,500 for the National Cherry Festival of 
Michigan for the renovation of facilities;
      349. $202,500 to the Michigan State Trust for Railway 
Preservation, Inc. for construction of facilities for the Steam 
Railroading Institute's ``linear museum concept'' in Shiawasse 
County, Michigan;
      350. $225,000 for the Structural Research and Development 
Center at Lawrence Tech University in Southfield, Michigan for 
facilities construction and renovations;
      351. $225,000 to Lighthouse of Oakland County, Inc. for 
facilities construction in Oakland County, Michigan;
      352. $225,000 to the City of St. Ignace, Michigan for the 
construction of a public library;
      353. $225,000 to the Michigan Jewish Institute Academic 
Activities Facility for construction and renovation;
      354. $225,000 to the National Center for Manufacturing 
Sciences in Ann Arbor, Michigan for facilities construction;
      355. $270,000 to the Virginia Park Community Investment, 
Inc. in Detroit, Michigan for renovations of the Virginia Park 
Shopping Center;
      356. $270,000 for Mott Community College in Flint, 
Michigan to develop a program and curriculum to improve 
workforce and manufacturing development;
      357. $405,000 to the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan 
for construction of facilities for the Victims of Crime 
Program;
      358. $450,000 for Boysville of Michigan in Detroit for 
the Samaritan Outreach Center;
      359. $450,000 for the Detroit Housing Group Inc., for the 
Alter Kercheval Housing Project;
      360. $450,000 for the FOCUS: HOPE Institute in Detroit, 
Michigan to renovate a job-training facility;
      361. $450,000 for the NorthStar Community Development 
Corporation in Detroit, Michigan to build affordable housing;
      362. $900,000 for the City of Detroit, Michigan to 
redevelop the Detroit River Promenade;
      363. $67,500 to the YWCA of St. Paul, Minnesota for 
facilities renovations associated with expansion;
      364. $180,000 to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota for 
construction of a community center;
      365. $180,000 to Leech Lake Tribal College in Cass Lake, 
Minnesota for facilities expansion;
      366. $180,000 to the Audubon Center of the North Woods in 
Sandstone, Minnesota for capital construction costs and 
improvements;
      367. $180,000 to the Vinland Center in Minnesota for 
facilities improvements for the rehabilitation center;
      368. $250,000 to Jewish Family and Children's Services of 
Minneapolis, Minnesota for disability access and egress 
improvements;
      369. $324,000 to the Cornerstone Advocacy Service, Inc. 
in Bloomington, Minnesota for construction of a multi-purpose 
Emergency Shelter and Family Services Center;
      370. $360,000 for the Asian Pacific Community Center in 
St. Paul, Minnesota to create an urban village;
      371. $425,000 to Southside Family Nurturing Center in 
Minneapolis, Minnesota for facility rehabilitation;
      372. $450,000 for the Northeast Ventures Corporation in 
Duluth, Minnesota for a revolving loan fund;
      373. $450,000 for the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians 
in Red Lake, Minnesota for the construction of a criminal 
justice complex;
      374. $675,000 for the City of St. Paul, Minnesota for 
renovations to existing low-income housing;
      375. $45,000 to the City of Arnold, Missouri for 
recreation facility improvements;
      376. $45,000 to the City of Maplewood, Missouri for 
recreation facility improvements;
      377. $45,000 to the Town of Herculaneum, Missouri for an 
economic development and land use plan;
      378. $45,000 for the Children's Therapy and Early 
Education School in Mexico, Missouri for Mexico Special Needs 
Kids equipment;
      379. $81,000 to the City of Stanberry, Missouri for 
revitalization of the city's bandstand;
      380. $90,000 to the East-West Gateway Coordinating 
Council in St. Louis, Missouri for a feasibility study in 
cooperation with the University City Trolley Corporation;
      381. $90,000 to the St. Louis, Missouri Parks Department 
for recreation facility improvements;
      382. $90,000 to United Inner Services, Inc. in Kansas 
City, Missouri for construction of a community center;
      383. $90,000 for Montgomery City, Missouri for 
streetscape improvements;
      384. $225,000 for the City of Warrensberg, Missouri for 
downtown revitalization;
      385. $250,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of the 
Ozarks, Missouri to develop a Mobile Dental Unit to provide 
educational and programmatic materials and resources for the 
Dental Care Unit to aid in outreach to public schools, Head 
Start Programs and foster children;
      386. $250,000 to the Missouri Soybean Association to 
develop a Missouri soybean seed composition and analysis 
program;
      387. $270,000 for the Petosi/Washington County Industrial 
Development Authority, Missouri for the Petosi Industrial Park;
      388. $315,000 for the Missouri School Board Association 
for the C.L.A.S.S. Program;
      389. $324,000 to the University of Missouri-Columbia for 
facilities construction for the Life Sciences Technology 
Incubator;
      390. $405,000 for the Discovery Center for the 
development of an exhibit in Springfield, Missouri;
      391. $450,000 for the Westside Housing Organization in 
Kansas City, Missouri for the Westside Agency Collaboration;
      392. $450,000 for the Advanced Technology Center in 
Mexico, Missouri for expansion;
      393. $775,000 to the St. Louis Science Center, Missouri 
to develop an interpretive center for the region's growing bio-
technology industry;
      394. $810,000 to the City of Springfield, Missouri for 
construction of a community multipurpose facility;
      395. $810,000 to the City of St. Louis, Missouri for 
lighting, sidewalks, curbs, and street furniture along Kings 
Highway Boulevard and Chippewa Street;
      396. $900,000 for the University of Missouri-Kansas City 
for academic investments related to the Cardiovascular 
Proteomics Center;
      397. $900,000 for the Show-Me Aquatic Center in Missouri 
for development;
      398. $1,500,000 for the Food and Agriculture Policy 
Research Institute in Columbia, Missouri to analyze commercial 
shipping alternatives;
      399. $90,000 to the City of Natchez, Mississippi for a 
feasibility study to develop a slack water port;
      400. $90,000 to the town of Wesson, Mississippi for the 
restoration of the Wesson School building;
      401. $90,000 to the Sonny Montgomery Leadership Institute 
of Meridian, Mississippi for an economic development planning 
study;
      402. $180,000 for Jackson, Mississippi for the 
development of the Farish Street Historic Center;
      403. $243,000 to The Mississippi Economic Growth Alliance 
and Point of Presence (MEGAPOP) for facilities construction;
      404. $270,000 for Pinola, Mississippi for the renovation 
of the historic Pinola School House;
      405. $270,000 for Natchez, Mississippi for the 
development of the Natchez-Adams County industrial park;
      406. $283,500 to the Oktibbeha County Economic 
Development Authority in Starkville, Mississippi for facilities 
construction for its E-Commerce Park;
      407. $450,000 for Tchula, Mississippi for the development 
of a municipal complex;
      408. $450,000 for the City of Kewanee, Mississippi for 
the development of the Kewanee industrial park;
      409. $450,000 for Pearl, Mississippi for the renovation 
of a community center;
      410. $855,000 for the Mississippi Tribe of Choctaw for 
the development of a Choctaw Veterans Memorial;
      411. $900,000 for Alcorn State University, Mississippi 
for the construction and rehabilitation of buildings;
      412. $900,000 for the City of Madison, Mississippi for 
downtown renovation;
      413. $980,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi 
for the development of a National Center for Excellence in 
Economic Development;
      414. $283,500 to the Missoula Food Bank, Montana for 
facilities expansion and renovation;
      415. $360,000 for Billings Deaconess Clinic Research 
Facility in Billings, Montana;
      416. $360,000 for the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch in 
Billings, Montana for renovation;
      417. $450,000 for TechRanch in Bozeman, Montana;
      418. $450,000 for Billings, Montana for the expansion of 
the HRDC District 7 Building;
      419. $900,000 for the RMC Aviation Training Center in 
Billings, Montana;
      420. $180,000 for the Bozeman Rail Depot remediation 
project in Montana;
      421. $50,000 for the County of Richmond, North Carolina 
for development and construction of the Richmond County 
Industrial Park;
      422. $81,000 to the North Carolina Advanced Energy 
Corporation in Raleigh, North Carolina for a feasibility study 
of expanded application of the ``System Vision'' model of 
housing construction;
      423. $90,000 to OPC Mental Health in Carrboro, North 
Carolina for construction, renovation and build out of Club 
Insight;
      424. $90,000 to Orange County, North Carolina for 
construction and build out of a farmer's market facility;
      425. $90,000 to the Jane Stevens Foundation Center in 
Sanford, North Carolina for facility renovations;
      426. $90,000 to the City of Whiteville, North Carolina 
for the restoration of the Whiteville Train Depot;
      427. $90,000 to Raeford, North Carolina for sidewalks, 
curbs, lighting, facade improvements, and street furniture in 
the downtown area;
      428. $135,000 to Durham County, North Carolina for 
construction and build out of a senior center, and 
construction, renovation and build out of a homeless shelter;
      429. $144,000 to the North Carolina Community Development 
Initiative for renovation and build out of a vocational 
training facility in Durham County, North Carolina and a 
transitional housing facility in Durham, North Carolina;
      430. $162,000 to the Catawba County, North Carolina 
Historical Association for restoration of facilities for the 
Harper House--Hickory History Center;
      431. $180,000 to the Town of Mooresville, North Carolina 
for facilities expansion of the town's historic library;
      432. $180,000 for the Tri-County Community College in 
Murphy, North Carolina to build a TeleCenter;
      433. $180,000 for the North Carolina Rural Economic 
Development Center in Eastern to provide housing construction 
and repair in rural communities;
      434. $180,000 for the Rogers Regional Performing Arts 
Center Consortium in Shelby, North Carolina for the Rogers 
Theatre;
      435. $202,500 for construction of the National Academy of 
Forensics and Computer Investigations at Central Piedmont 
Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina;
      436. $202,500 to the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in 
Dare County, North Carolina for continued facilities 
construction;
      437. $243,000 to the Haywood County Agriculture and 
Activities Center Association for construction of a multi-
purpose arena in Waynesville, North Carolina;
      438. $315,000 to Scotland County, North Carolina for 
construction and renovation of a community center;
      439. $360,000 to Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina for 
downtown revitalization consisting of sidewalks, islands, and a 
central plaza;
      440. $360,000 to UDI Community Development Corporation in 
Durham, North Carolina for construction, renovation and build 
out for a business incubator facility;
      441. $405,000 for Wake Forest University and Winston-
Salem State University in North Carolina for construction of a 
facility for the Idealliance program;
      442. $405,000 to the University of North Carolina at 
Greensboro, a Historically Women's College and University, for 
restoration of historic buildings;
      443. $90,000 to Fort Totten, North Dakota for facilities 
construction;
      444. $90,000 to Fort Yates Hospital, in Fort Yates, North 
Dakota for facilities renovations and construction;
      445. $180,000 for the Morton County Park District, North 
Dakota for the Missouri River Trail project;
      446. $317,500 for the National Foundation for 
Environmental Education in North Dakota for research and 
education on black mold;
      447. $360,000 for Turtle Mountain Community College in 
Belcourt, North Dakota to complete construction of an economic 
development complex;
      448. $360,000 for New Economy Initiative in North Dakota 
for technology training;
      449. $450,000 for Spirit Lake Tribal Court in Fort 
Totten, North Dakota for renovations to the Spirit Lake 
Courthouse;
      450. $900,000 for the City of Rugby, North Dakota to 
complete information technology and energy projects;
      451. $900,000 for the North Dakota Tourism Department for 
the Three Affiliated Tribes Interpretative Center;
      452. $270,000 for the City of Omaha, Nebraska for the 
creation of information technology training;
      453. $283,500 to Father Flanagan's Girls and Boys Town of 
Boys Town, Nebraska for the national priority projects of Girls 
and Boys Town USA;
      454. $360,000 for Audubon Nebraska for the Spring Creek 
Prairie Education Center;
      455. $526,500 to the City of Falls City, Nebraska for 
renovating and retrofitting a business industry incubator 
building;
      456. $180,000 for Nashua downtown public investment 
initiative, City of Nashua Community Development, Nashua, New 
Hampshire to revitalize the downtown community;
      457. $225,000 for the City of Beloit, New Hampshire for 
neighborhood redevelopment;
      458. $270,000 to the Greater Wakefield Resource Center in 
Wakefield, New Hampshire for renovation of facilities;
      459. $270,000 for Strawberry Banke, Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire to assist in the design and planning of programming 
and create partnerships with neighborhood associations and 
organizations for disadvantaged youth;
      460. $360,000 for the Mines Falls Park Restoration, 
Nashua, New Hampshire to restore historic gatehouse and assist 
in developing an educational resource center;
      461. $360,000 for Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, 
New Hampshire to enhance programming and make renovations to 
the facility;
      462. $450,000 for the Portsmouth Riverwalk, Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire to assist in the creation of a safe pedestrian 
link between scenic and historical destinations and New 
Hampshire's only working deep water seaport;
      463. $486,000 to the City of Concord, New Hampshire for 
facilities construction of the Sears Block Redevelopment 
project;
      464. $540,000 for Marguerite's Place, Nashua, New 
Hampshire to provide transitional housing for women who are 
victims of domestic abuse and their children;
      465. $630,000 to the New Hampshire Community Technical 
College for renovation and facilities expansion for the 
Emerging Technology Center at Pease International Tradeport;
      466. $90,000 to Monmouth University in New Jersey for 
library facilities renovations;
      467. $90,000 to the Bergen County, New Jersey Community 
Action Program for homeless shelter expansion needs;
      468. $90,000 to the Borough of Fair Haven, New Jersey for 
restoration of the historic Fisk Chapel;
      469. $90,000 to the Hackensack University Medical Center 
in Hackensack, New Jersey for facilities expansion of the 
Woman's and Children's Pavilion;
      470. $90,000 to the University of Medicine and Dentistry 
of New Jersey in New Brunswick, New Jersey for construction of 
the Child Health Institute;
      471. $112,500 to Babyland Family Services in Newark, New 
Jersey for facilities improvements;
      472. $112,500 to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in 
New Jersey for modernization and expansion of the Emergency and 
Outpatient Clinic;
      473. $112,500 to Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New 
Jersey for facilities expansion of the regional dialysis 
center;
      474. $112,500 to the YMCA of Eastern Union County, New 
Jersey for building renovations at the Elizabeth, New Jersey 
branch;
      475. $162,000 to Atlantic City, New Jersey for renovation 
of the All Wars Memorial Building;
      476. $162,000 to AtlantiCare Behavioral Health of 
Atlantic City, New Jersey for construction of a community 
mental health center;
      477. $180,000 to New Jersey City University for 
renovation of the science hall;
      478. $202,500 to the YMCA of Eastern Union County for 
expansion of child care facilities in Union, New Jersey;
      479. $243,000 to Florence Township, New Jersey for 
construction of a senior citizens center;
      480. $270,000 for the Borough of Paulsboro, New Jersey 
for brownfields redevelopment;
      481. $360,000 for the Urban League State Council in New 
Brunswick, New Jersey for the New Futures Projects;
      482. $360,000 for Willingboro Township, New Jersey for 
the Kennedy Senior Center construction project;
      483. $405,000 to Burlington County, New Jersey for 
economic development planning for the revitalization of the 
Mount Holly Community ($67,500) and facilities construction 
($337,500);
      484. $450,000 to Daytop in Morris County, New Jersey for 
facilities construction and renovation;
      485. $450,000 to Gilda's Club of Northern New Jersey for 
construction and renovation of a facility in the greater 
Morris/Essex County area;
      486. $450,000 for the Bayshore Senior Center in 
Keansburg, New Jersey for renovations;
      487. $450,000 for the Children's Cultural Center in Red 
Bank, New Jersey for the renovation of Shrewsbury Township 
Hall;
      488. $540,000 for the New Jersey Community Development 
Corporation for facilities construction for the Transportation 
Opportunity Center;
      489. $90,000 to the City of Aztec, New Mexico for 
facility and sidewalk improvements;
      490. $90,000 for the Las Cruces Police Athletic League 
for the repair, remodeling and renovation of the facility 
housing the Sammy Burke Youth Boxing Center and a vehicle to 
serve the Center and the Police Athletic League Boxing Club in 
Las Cruces, New Mexico;
      491. $202,500 for the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico 
Aviation Department for facilities expansion and renovation of 
the Double Eagle II Airport;
      492. $270,000 for the Community Pantry in Gallup, New 
Mexico;
      493. $270,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Fe, 
New Mexico for the construction of a facility;
      494. $360,000 for the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico for 
the construction of a community center;
      495. $405,000 to the City of Roswell, New Mexico for 
renovation and structural upgrades of an aircraft hanger;
      496. $450,000 for the New Mexico Food Bank Association, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the Gleaning Project;
      497. $630,000 for the Pojoaque Pueblo of New Mexico to 
complete the Poeh Cultural Center and Museum;
      498. $810,000 for the construction, renovation, and 
restoration of the historic Rio Grande Theater in Las Cruces, 
New Mexico, as planned by the Dona Ana Arts Council, Inc;
      499. $900,000 for the Mesilla Valley Community of Hope, 
Las Cruces, New Mexico for the Casa de Peregrinos Building;
      500. $135,000 to the Culinary and Hospitality Academy 
Center of Las Vegas, Nevada for construction related to 
expansion of an education training center;
      501. $180,000 to the City of Las Vegas, Nevada for 
facilities construction for a small business incubator;
      502. $243,000 to the City of Sparks, Nevada for 
renovation of facilties for the Regional Science and Cultural 
Center;
      503. $450,000 for the City of North Las Vegas, Nevada for 
neighborhood redevelopment;
      504. $900,000 for Clark County, Nevada for the 
construction of a community center;
      505. $900,000 for the City of Reno, Nevada for the 
rehabilitation of a building for a senior center;
      506. $45,000 to the Institute for the Puerto Rican/
Hispanic Elderly in New York for facilities renovations;
      507. $67,500 to Merwin Rural Services Institute for an 
initial planning study in northern New York;
      508. $67,500 to the City of Ogdensburg, New York for 
facilities construction for the continued development of the 
Fort La Presentation project;
      509. $67,500 to the Village of Clayton, New York for 
waterfront facilities renovations along the St. Lawrence River;
      510. $67,500 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
renovations of the Syracuse Open House;
      511. $67,500 to the Town of Babylon, New York for 
construction of a construction trades incubator;
      512. $67,500 to the City of New Rochelle, New York for 
sidewalk and curb improvements;
      513. $67,500 to the Hebrew Academy for Special Children 
in Brooklyn, New York for construction and renovation of a 
facility;
      514. $67,500 to the Town of Mamaroneck, New York for 
facilities renovation and improvements for the Hommocks 
Conservation Area;
      515. $81,000 to the Town of Amherst, New York for the 
repair of historic streetscape furniture;
      516. $90,000 to the Village of Carthage, New York for 
facilities construction and building renovations;
      517. $90,000 to Onondaga County, New York for 
construction of the Borodino Community Center;
      518. $90,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
planning related to the Hancock International Airport;
      519. $90,000 to the Metropolitan Development Association 
in Syracuse, New York to update the VISION 2010 Strategic 
Economic Development Plan;
      520. $90,000 to the State University of New York, College 
of Environmental Sciences and Forestry for planning activities 
for the Quality Communities Initiative;
      521. $90,000 to New York University Medical Center for 
renovations to the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation;
      522. $90,000 to Phipps House in New York, New York for 
facilities renovation and construction in LaPuerta in the South 
Bronx to house an educational child care center;
      523. $90,000 to the Alliance for Community Services for a 
study of economic development needs of newly identified 
immigrant communities in the Bronx, New York;
      524. $90,000 to the Citizens Advice Bureau for 
renovations to the Girls' Club Community Center in the Bronx, 
New York;
      525. $90,000 to the City of Mount Vernon, New York for 
building renovations to create a recreational and job training 
facility;
      526. $90,000 to the City of White Plains, New York for an 
economic development study for the revitalization of 
Westchester;
      527. $90,000 to the Flushing, Queens, New York branch of 
the YMCA for facilities renovation and expansion;
      528. $90,000 to the Long Island Housing Partnership, Inc. 
In New York for a study to identify and plan revitalization 
efforts in distressed communities;
      529. $90,000 to the McBurney YMCA in New York, New York 
for facility construction;
      530. $90,000 to the Town of Eastchester, New York for 
facilities renovation for the Eastchester Child Development 
Center;
      531. $90,000 to the City of Claremont, New Hampshire to 
assist the city in improving and redeveloping the downtown 
area;
      532. $90,000 to the Town of Winchester, New Hampshire to 
assist the community in redeveloping its downtown area;
      533. $112,500 to the City of Yonkers, New York for 
facilities construction for the Yonkers Pier;
      534. $112,500 for facilities construction of the Natural 
History Museum of the Adirondacks in Tupper Lake, New York;
      535. $135,000 to the Harlem YMCA in New York, New York 
for renovation of transitional housing;
      536. $135,000 to the Jewish Children's Museum in 
Brooklyn, New York for facilities construction;
      537. $135,000 to Boys and Girls Club of Saugerties, New 
York for renovation of a multi-purpose facility to house the 
club;
      538. $162,000 for facilities renovations and improvements 
for the Woolworth Theatre Project in Glens Falls, New York;
      539. $162,000 to the Catskill Mountain Foundation in 
Hunter, New York for reconstruction of the Tannersville Theatre 
for use as a multifunctional facility;
      540. $162,000 to the Village of Valatie, New York for the 
renovation of the Valatie Theatre;
      541. $180,000 to the Bethel Performing Art Center in 
Bethel, New York for construction of a performing arts 
facility;
      542. $180,000 to Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc. 
for construction of an economic development center serving the 
needs of Northwestern Queens, New York;
      543. $180,000 to HOGAR, Inc. in the Bronx, New York for 
planning activities for housing needs ($90,000) and planning 
activities for provision of rehabilitative services to special 
needs populations ($90,000);
      544. $180,000 to the Sunset Park Business Improvement 
District in Brooklyn, New York for facade renovations, 
sidewalk, curb and street furniture improvements;
      545. $180,000 to the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth 
Center in the South Bronx, New York for facilities planning 
($90,000) and renovations ($90,000);
      546. $180,000 for The State University of New York at 
Potsdam for the Northern New York Data Center;
      547. $180,000 for the Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor 
Commission in Canajoharie, New York for the Heritage in Upstate 
New York project;
      548. $200,000 to Carnegie Hall in New York to complete 
construction of Carnegie Hall's Third Stage Project;
      549. $200,250 to the Museum of Modern Art in New York for 
expansion and renovations to their Education and Research 
Center;
      550. $202,500 for construction of the Players Theater 
Performing Arts Center in Utica, New York;
      551. $202,500 to the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame, Sports 
Research Center in Patchogue, New York for facilities 
renovations;
      552. $202,500 to the Town of Brookhaven, New York for 
facility improvements to the Mastic Town Pool;
      553. $202,500 to Elmira College in Elmira, New York for 
renovation of Cowles Hall;
      554. $202,500 to the Village of Highland Falls, New York 
for main street revitalization;
      555. $202,500 to Catholic Health Systems for construction 
activities of the Our Lady of Victory Neighborhood for Seniors 
Project in Lackawanna, New York;
      556. $202,500 to the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in 
Buffalo, New York for construction of a new museum;
      557. $225,000 to Onondaga County, New York for facilities 
construction of the Solvay Library Centennial Building;
      558. $225,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
facilities expansion for the Northeast Community Center;
      559. $225,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
historic renovations of the Matilda Joslyn Gage House;
      560. $225,000 to the Village of East Syracuse, New York 
for renovation of the Hanlon Pool;
      561. $225,000 to the Village of Manlius, New York for 
rehabilitation of the Manlius Recreation Center;
      562. $225,000 to Covenant House New York in New York, New 
York for shelter renovations;
      563. $225,000 to the City of Albany, New York for 
renovation of the Palace Theater;
      564. $225,000 to the Dance Theater of Harlem in New York, 
New York for restoration of buildings to support the Academy 
Charter School;
      565. $225,000 to VIP Community Services in the Bronx, New 
York for construction of homeless transitional housing;
      566. $270,000 to Garth Fagan Dance Studio in Rochester, 
New York for construction of a new theater;
      567. $270,000 to the Armory Foundation in New York, New 
York for conversion of the Washington Heights Armory into a 
community center;
      568. $270,000 to the City of Buffalo, New York for 
facility renovations at Canisius High School in Buffalo, New 
York;
      569. $270,000 for Chautauqua County, New York for high-
speed, broadband fiber installation;
      570. $315,000 for the Center for Economic Growth in 
Albany, New York for the Regional Technology Roadmap project;
      571. $360,000 to Cayuga County, New York for waterfront 
facilities construction;
      572. $360,000 for Northern Forest Heritage Park, Berlin, 
New Hampshire to help create heritage based tourism and 
regional economic development;
      573. $400,000 to Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City 
for facility construction;
      574. $400,000 to the Rivers and Estuaries Center on the 
Hudson in New York for facilities construction;
      575. $405,000 for construction of the Orpheus Performing 
Arts and Conference Center in Oneonta, New York;
      576. $405,000 to the Staten Island Soccer League of New 
York for facilities construction;
      577. $405,000 to Orange County Community College in 
Middletown, New York for facilities construction and buildout 
for the establishment of the Benjamin A. Gilman Institute for 
Political and International Studies;
      578. $405,000 to St. Bonaventure University in St. 
Bonaventure, New York for facilities upgrades for De la Roche 
Hall;
      579. $405,000 to the New York State Office of Parks, 
Recreation and Historic Preservation for construction of the 
Purple Heart Hall of Honor in the Town of New Windsor, New 
York;
      580. $405,000 to Christa House of West Babylon, New York 
for facilities renovations and repairs;
      581. $405,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
sidewalks, street lighting and furniture improvements and 
building renovations for the North Salina Street Corridor;
      582. $405,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
construction of an International Tourism Center at the Carousel 
Center;
      583. $450,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
expansion and renovation of Enable facilities;
      584. $495,000 to Queens Borough Public Library in Queens, 
New York for facilities rehabilitation and expansion of the 
Parsons Boulevard complex;
      585. $720,000 for the Schenectady Municipal Housing 
Authority, New York for community development and 
revitalization;
      586. $800,000 to the New York Olympic Regional 
Development Authority for facilities construction for the Mount 
VanHoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex;
      587. $890,000 for facilities expansion for the Everson 
Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York;
      588. $890,000 to LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York 
for the construction of a Science Education and Teaching/
Learning Center;
      589. $1,700,000 to DestiNY USA in Syracuse, New York for 
environmental construction and development of lands adjoining 
Onondaga Lake and the New York State Canal System;
      590. $81,000 to the Rabbit Run Community Arts Association 
for renovation of the Rabbit Run Theater located in Madison, 
Ohio;
      591. $90,000 for facilities renovations and improvements 
for the West After School Center in Lancaster, Ohio;
      592. $90,000 to the City of Cleveland, Ohio for economic 
development planning for the LTV Steel Economic Development 
Initiative;
      593. $90,000 to the City of Toledo, Ohio for site re-use 
planning at the former Doehler Jarvis manufacturing facility 
and the site of the former Toledo Federal Building;
      594. $121,500 to GMN Tri County for construction of a 
community center in Guernsey County, Ohio;
      595. $121,500 to the Village of Fairport Harbor, Ohio for 
renovation of facilities for the Lighthouse Community Arts 
Association's Fairport Harbor Rennaissance Village;
      596. $180,000 for Catholic Social Services in 
Springfield, Ohio for renovation of a facility to house the 
Second Harvest Foodbank;
      597. $180,000 for Ross County, Ohio for facilities 
renovations and improvements for the Blue Star Mothers Memorial 
Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio;
      598. $202,500 for the Community Action Organization of 
Scioto County, Ohio for renovation of a facility for the Head 
Start program in Portsmouth, Ohio;
      599. $202,500 to the City of Clairsville, Ohio for 
renovation and restoration of the Clarendon Hotel building;
      600. $202,500 to the City of Marion, Ohio for 
construction of an urban plaza;
      601. $225,000 to the Columbiana County Port Authority in 
Wellsville, Ohio for construction of a cargo handling system;
      602. $225,000 for the City of Grove City, Ohio for the 
development of the All Children Adventure Playground at Fryer 
Park;
      603. $243,000 to the National First Ladies Library Non-
Profit Group for facilities construction for the Women's 
History Museum in Canton, Ohio;
      604. $270,000 to Where Toledo Grows/Greenhouse Row in 
Toledo, Ohio for construction of a welcome center;
      605. $270,000 for the Cleveland Foodbank in Ohio for the 
development of a new food distribution center;
      606. $405,000 to the Johnny Appleseed Heritage Center, 
Inc. in Ashland County, Ohio for construction of facilities;
      607. $405,000 to the University of Cincinnati for 
renovation of the Medical Sciences Building in Cincinnati, 
Ohio;
      608. $450,000 for Fayette County Community Action 
Council, in Fayette County, Ohio to construct a new community 
center and Head Start facility;
      609. $450,000 for the City of Dayton, Ohio for the 
development of structures in the Main Street Historic Mission;
      610. $450,000 for the Lawrence Economic Development 
Corporation for the development of the Point Commercial/
Industrial Park in Ohio;
      611. $450,000 for the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority 
for the Northwest Ohio Brownfield Restoration Initiative;
      612. $567,000 for facilties construction for an agro-
security research center at the Ohio Agricultural Research and 
Development Center in Wooster, Ohio;
      613. $630,000 for Franklin County MetroParks, Franklin 
County, Ohio for the purchase of land in the Darby Creek 
Watershed;
      614. $900,000 to the Toledo-Lucas Port Authority in 
Toledo, Ohio for facilities construction and renovation at the 
Toledo Shipyard;
      615. $243,000 for the Lawton, Oklahoma Public Schools for 
the restoration of the historic Lawton High School;
      616. $243,000 to the New Cordell Utility Authority of New 
Cordell, Oklahoma for renovation of commercial buildings;
      617. $283,500 to Rural Enterprises, Inc. in Durant, 
Oklahoma for facilities renovation;
      618. $729,000 to the Oklahoma City Maintenance Repair and 
Overhaul Technology Center for facilities construction;
      619. $1,500,000 for the City of Oklahoma City for the 
development of the Oklahoma Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul 
Tech Center;
      620. $45,000 for program and technology initiatives of 
the Oregon Historical Society;
      621. $67,500 to the Oregon Food Bank in Portland, Oregon 
for facilities expansion;
      622. $67,500 for Oakridge, Oregon for the development of 
the Oakridge Community Center;
      623. $67,500 for Deschutes County, Oregon for the 
renovation of the Tower Theatre;
      624. $90,000 for Hood River, Oregon for an Integrated 
Technology Center;
      625. $90,000 for the Santo Community Center in Medford, 
Oregon;
      626. $162,000 for the renovation of the Tower Theatre in 
Bend, Oregon;
      627. $180,000 to the Douglas County, Oregon for 
construction of a community recreation pavilion at the Marina 
RV Resort;
      628. $180,000 for Wasco County, Oregon for the 
development of a fiber optic system;
      629. $180,000 for the City of Newberg, Oregon for the 
development of a Community and Family Resource Center;
      630. $270,000 for Crook County, Oregon to construct a 
human services building;
      631. $270,000 for the City of Dalles, Oregon for the 
construction of the Dalles riverfront access project in Oregon;
      632. $540,000 for the City of Portland, Oregon for the 
Central City Streetcar Extension project;
      633. $45,000 to the Claysburg Area Community Park for 
construction and buildout of an amphitheater in Claysburg, 
Pennsylvania;
      634. $45,000 to the Susquehanna Neighborhood Advisory 
Council in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a feasibility study 
focused on Susquehanna Avenue development;
      635. $67,500 to the LaRosa Boys & Girls Club of 
McKeesport, Pennsylvania for recreation facility construction;
      636. $67,500 to the Phoenix Project in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania for facility renovations;
      637. $67,500 to the Sarah Jackson Black Community Center 
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for facilities renovations;
      638. $67,500 to the Soldiers' & Sailors' Memorial Hall 
and Museum Trust in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for facilities 
renovations and improvements;
      639. $67,500 to the Swissvale Borough Code Enforcement 
Project in Pennsylvania for facility renovations and upgrades;
      640. $67,500 to the Vine Memorial and Community 
Development Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 
construction of a community development center;
      641. $67,500 to the YMCA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for 
facilities renovation at the East Community Branch;
      642. $67,500 to the Redevelopment Authority of Cumberland 
County for the conversion of the Molly Pitcher Hotel in 
Carlisle, Pennsylvania into apartments for senior citizens who 
require services to live independently;
      643. $67,500 to the Philadelphia Commerce Department for 
the redevelopment of the former Schmidt's Brewery site in the 
Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
      644. $81,000 for the Planning Commission for Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania for the Penndel Economic Revitalization 
study;
      645. $81,000 to Milford Township, Pennsylvania for 
development of a managed growth plan;
      646. $81,000 to the Bucks County Planning Commission for 
economic development planning for the Lower Bucks Riverfront 
Corridor Initiative in Bucks County, Pennsylvania;
      647. $81,000 to the Lawrence County Farm Show, Inc. for 
facilities construction in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania;
      648. $90,000 to Connection Training Services of 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for renovation and construction of 
their workforce training center;
      649. $90,000 to the Renaissance Community Development 
Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for construction of a 
shopping center in an underserved community;
      650. $90,000 to the Youth Leadership Foundation of 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a facilities needs study;
      651. $90,000 for the Titusville Redevelopment Authority 
of Titusville, Pennsylvania for facility improvements;
      652. $90,000 to the Oil Creek Railway Historical Society, 
Inc. of Pennsylvania for facilities renovations;
      653. $90,000 to the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
for the rehabilitation of the Royal Theater;
      654. $90,000 to the Philadelphia Chinatown Development 
Corporation for the construction of a Chinatown Community 
Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
      655. $90,000 for Lower Makesfield Township, Pennsylvania 
to build a memorial to Bucks County victims of 9/11;
      656. $103,500 for facilities construction and expansion 
of the Johnsonburg Senior Center of Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania;
      657. $112,500 for Strength Incorporated's Project Blanket 
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a drug and alcohol prevention 
program for juveniles in jail;
      658. $112,500 to the National Trust for Historic 
Gettysburg for the restoration of the historic Majestic Theater 
in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania;
      659. $112,500 to the Westmoreland County Industrial 
Development Corporation for initiation of the second phase of 
the Westmoreland Technology Park in Westmoreland County, 
Pennsylvania;
      660. $112,500 to the Invest Erie Community Development 
Corporation for the acquisition and development of property in 
Erie, Pennsylvania to establish a Parade Street Plaza;
      661. $112,500 for the Community Empowerment Association's 
``Friend-2-Friend'' Mentoring Program in Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania which will provide mentoring for at-risk youth 
aged 12 to 15;
      662. $121,500 for facilities reconstruction and 
renovation of the Strand Theatre in Zelienople, Pennsylvania to 
serve as a Performing Arts, Education and Community Outreach 
Center;
      663. $121,500 to the Bedford County Agricultural Society 
in Pennsylvania for facilities improvements at the Bedford 
County Fairground;
      664. $135,000 to CitiVest in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 
for facilities construction for commercial development;
      665. $135,000 to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania for 
construction of a visitors center;
      666. $135,000 to the Borough of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania 
for sidewalks curbs and street lighting;
      667. $135,000 to the City of Pottsville, Pennsylvania for 
sidewalks, curbs and street lighting;
      668. $135,000 for Universal Community Homes in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to continue the conversion of more 
than 500 parcels of land into for-sale units for low- and 
moderate-income families;
      669. $135,000 to the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization 
Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to assist with 
substantial rehabilitation of severely deteriorated vacant 
properties that will be developed as a part of the West Oak 
Lane community development rebuilding initiative;
      670. $135,000 to the Philadelphia Martin Luther King 
Center for Nonviolence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 
College for Teens Program;
      671. $157,500 to the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny 
County, Pennsylvania for the redevelopment of the Eastgate 
Commerce Center, which will assist in the cost assessment, 
remediation and demolition of existing blighted buildings and 
tenant relocation costs;
      672. $162,000 to the Volunteers of America of 
Pennsylvania, Inc. for facilities renovation in Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania;
      673. $180,000 to the Urban Education Development Research 
and Retreat Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 
renovations at the 4601 Market Street facility;
      674. $180,000 to the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
to support the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, to 
demolish abandoned homes as well as revitalize the Philadelphia 
region;
      675. $180,000 to the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania for 
the revitalization of existing vacant and dilapidated buildings 
in the downtown area;
      676. $202,500 to the City of Lebanon, Pennsylvania for 
building renovations as part of ``Operation Fight Blight'';
      677. $202,500 to the Historic Preservation Trust of 
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for rehabilitation of facilities 
at the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith historic site;
      678. $202,500 to the Windber Research Institute in 
Johnstown, Pennsylvania for facilities expansion;
      679. $202,500 to the York Agricultural Society for 
facilities improvements to the York Expo Center Arena/Livestock 
Exhibition Hall;
      680. $225,000 to Fort Ligonier in Westmoreland County, 
Pennsylvania for facilities renovation;
      681. $225,000 to the Freedom Theater in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania for theater renovation;
      682. $225,000 to the Kiski Valley YMCA in Westmoreland 
County, Pennsylvania for facilities expansion;
      683. $225,000 to the Uptown Entertainment and Development 
Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for renovation of an 
education technology center;
      684. $225,000 to the Vandergrift Borough Council in 
Pennsylvania for recreation facilities upgrades and repairs;
      685. $225,000 for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania to 
construct a Regional Public Training Facility, which will 
provide services, programs and cross training to professional 
and volunteer service providers;
      686. $243,000 to the Community Action Agency of Delaware 
County, Inc. in Pennsylvania for renovation of emergency 
shelter facilities and for construction of transitional 
housing;
      687. $243,000 to University Technology Park in Chester, 
Pennsylvania for facilities construction;
      688. $270,000 for the Please Touch Museum in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for facilities construction;
      689. $270,000 to the City of Arnold, Pennsylvania for 
building renovation and rehabilitation in the downtown business 
district;
      690. $270,000 to the City of New Kensington, Pennsylvania 
for building renovation and rehabilitation in the downtown 
business district;
      691. $270,000 for the Community Initiatives Development 
Corporation, Our City Reading, for the rehabilitation of 
abandoned houses and parks in Reading, Pennsylvania, to provide 
quality home ownership opportunities to low-income families;
      692. $283,500 to Pike County, Pennsylvania for 
construction of a performing arts center;
      693. $315,000 for the Erie Municipal Airport Authority 
for the redevelopment of the recently acquired, former Fenestra 
window manufacturing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, to serve 
the needs of major air express carriers as an on-airport 
integrated service center;
      694. $405,000 to the City of Erie, Pennsylvania for 
facilities construction for the Erie Technology Incubator 
project;
      695. $450,000 to the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve in 
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania for facilities construction;
      696. $900,000 to the County of Cambria, Pennsylvania for 
continued construction of the Northern Cambria Recreation 
Facility in the Township of Cambria;
      697. $1,170,000 to the American Cities Foundation in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for construction needs of a multi-
purpose facility;
      698. $90,000 to Providence Children's Museum, Rhode 
Island for facilities construction;
      699. $90,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Warwick, Rhode 
Island for construction and renovation of the Norwood and 
Oakland Beach Clubhouses;
      700. $90,000 for the West Warwick Police Department in 
Rhode Island to create a community center and park;
      701. $90,000 for the Warwick Shelter Incorporated in 
Rhode Island to purchase a new facility;
      702. $90,000 for the Providence Black Repertory Theatre 
in Rhode Island for renovations to an abandoned building;
      703. $90,000 for Festival Ballet Providence, Rhode Island 
for educational programs and a new facility;
      704. $112,500 to the YMCA of Central Falls, Rhode Island 
for modernization and upgrade of a facility;
      705. $135,000 to Goodwill Industries of Rhode Island for 
construction of a central facility located in Providence, Rhode 
Island;
      706. $157,500 for the Dorcas Place Adult and Family 
Learning Center in Providence, Rhode Island for facility 
expansion;
      707. $157,500 for the International Institute of Rhode 
Island for the International Charter School to expand its 
facility;
      708. $180,000 for the Meeting Street School in 
Providence, Rhode Island for the construction of a National 
Center of Excellence;
      709. $180,000 for St. Elizabeth's Home in Providence, 
Rhode Island for low-income assisted living;
      710. $180,000 for the Tides Family Services in Providence 
and Pawtucket, Rhode Island to acquire and renovate two 
buildings;
      711. $225,000 for the Providence Public Library, Rhode 
Island for the South Providence Branch renovation;
      712. $225,000 for the Town of Glocester, Rhode Island for 
the Glocester Senior Center;
      713. $315,000 for Providence College, Rhode Island for 
the construction of a cultural arts center;
      714. $360,000 for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank in 
Providence for a new warehouse facility;
      715. $180,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Williamsburg 
County, South Carolina for construction related to facilities 
expansion;
      716. $202,500 to the Housing Foundation, Inc. of 
Charleston County, South Carolina for construction of the 
Lincolnville Community Center;
      717. $270,000 to the City of Rock Hill, South Carolina 
for a feasibility study and physical assessments for the 
redevelopment of the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company 
textile mill site;
      718. $283,500 to the South Carolina School for the Deaf 
and Blind in Spartanburg, South Carolina for facilities 
construction;
      719. $360,000 for Five Rivers Community Development 
Corporation in Georgetown, South Carolina for economic 
development and affordable housing;
      720. $630,000 for the City of Charleston, South Carolina 
for pre- and post-homeownership classes;
      721. $810,000 for the South Carolina Association of 
Community Development Corporations in Charleston for job 
training;
      722. $990,000 for the City of Columbia, South Carolina 
for facilities construction and the redevelopment of the Drew 
Park Wellness Center;
      723. $135,000 for the City of Freeman, South Dakota for 
the construction of a community library;
      724. $135,000 for the City of Canton, South Dakota for 
renovations for the conversion of the train depot for economic 
development;
      725. $270,000 for the City of Sturgis, South Dakota for 
the construction of a community library;
      726. $360,000 for the City of Brookings, South Dakota for 
downtown redevelopment;
      727. $360,000 for the Southeast Council of Governments, 
South Dakota to establish a revolving loan fund;
      728. $360,000 for the City of Vermillion, South Dakota 
for a business incubator;
      729. $450,000 for the Center for Rural Collaboration and 
Partnerships in South Dakota for facility construction;
      730. $450,000 for Capitol University Center, Pierre, 
South Dakota to construct a facility for job training;
      731. $450,000 for the City of Rapid City, South Dakota to 
build a business incubator;
      732. $450,000 for the City of Clark, South Dakota for 
development of an industrial property;
      733. $2,700,000 for Wakpa Sica Historical Society in Fort 
Pierre, South Dakota for the Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Center;
      734. $67,500 to the City of Etowah, Tennessee/Friends of 
the Old Scout Lodge for facilities rehabilitation of a historic 
structure;
      735. $81,000 for the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee for 
economic development planning;
      736. $81,000 for the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee for 
economic development planning;
      737. $81,000 to Pickett County, Tennessee for 
construction of a public library;
      738. $81,000 to White County, Tennessee for construction 
of a new public library;
      739. $90,000 to Dyersburg Army Air Base Memorial 
Association in Halls, Tennessee for facilities expansion of the 
association's veterans museum;
      740. $121,500 to the National Medal of Honor Museum of 
Military History Foundation, Inc. for facilities renovation and 
construction in Chattanooga, Tennessee;
      741. $180,000 to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee 
for facilities construction;
      742. $180,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Middle 
Tennessee for facilities construction;
      743. $202,500 to the Town of Spring City, Tennessee for 
construction of a multi-purpose business and community center;
      744. $255,150 to Knox County, Tennessee for renovations 
and construction of parking facilities;
      745. $405,000 to the Historical Tennessee Theatre 
Foundation, Inc. for continued renovations of the Tennessee 
Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee;
      746. $500,000 for the City of Memphis, Tennessee Biotech 
Facility;
      747. $850,000 for Nashville, Tennessee for the 
revitalization of Rolling Mill Road;
      748. $950,000 for the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee for 
the revitalization of Alton Park;
      749. $90,000 to Community Family Centers in Houston, 
Texas for construction of an early childhood development 
center;
      750. $90,000 to the City of San Angelo Development 
Corporation in Texas for planning a regional industrial park;
      751. $90,000 to the City of Austin, Texas Neighborhood 
Housing and Community Development Office for sidewalks, curbs, 
street lighting and facade renovations;
      752. $135,000 to the Abilene Preservation League in 
Abilene, Texas for the restoration of historic Swenson House;
      753. $135,000 to the Sulpher Springs Regional Development 
Association in Hopkins County, Texas for construction of a 
regional education and cultural center;
      754. $135,000 to Texas A&M University Center for Housing 
and Urban Development for construction of a community center 
serving colonias;
      755. $157,500 to the City of Abilene, Texas for the 
renovation of the Matera Paper Building, including land 
acquisition;
      756. $202,500 for Texas A&M International University in 
Laredo, Texas for construction of outreach centers in the El 
Azteca neighborhood and the colonias of El Cenzio and Rio 
Bravo;
      757. $202,500 to Community Health Development, Inc. of 
Uvalde, Texas for facilities expansion and construction for a 
dental services and wellness center;
      758. $202,500 to the Battleship Texas Foundation for 
construction of an interpretive center;
      759. $225,000 to Cameron County, Texas for construction 
of a Boys and Girls Club facility in Santa Rosa;
      760. $225,000 to the City of Fort Worth, Texas for 
building restoration in the city center;
      761. $360,000 to the City of Waco, Texas for construction 
of a community center;
      762. $405,000 to the Family Practice Residency of the 
Brazos Valley in Bryan, Texas for construction of a new center 
of excellence;
      763. $405,000 to the Mercy Health System for facilities 
renovations and improvements at Mercy Hospital in Laredo, 
Texas;
      764. $405,000 to the University of Texas at Arlington for 
the continued facilities construction and buildout for the 
Nano-Tech Research Institute;
      765. $450,000 for Lubbock, Texas for capital needs of the 
Lubbock Amphitheater;
      766. $607,500 to the Old Red Courthouse Museum in Dallas, 
Texas for the restoration of facilities for the Museum of 
Dallas History;
      767. $742,500 for Fort Worth, Texas for the 
revitalization of the Fort Worth Polytechnic Heights Historic 
Commercial and Educational Center;
      768. $810,000 to the City of Fort Worth, Texas for 
waterfront facilities construction for the Trinity River 
Visions project;
      769. $810,000 to the Globe of the Great Southwest in 
Odessa, Texas for facilities expansion and improvements;
      770. $900,000 for El Paso, Texas for the renovation of 
the El Paso Plaza Theatre;
      771. $180,000 to the Community Legal Center in Salt Lake 
City, Utah for facility renovation;
      772. $202,500 to West Valley City, Utah for construction 
of a City's Multi-Ethnic Community Center;
      773. $270,000 for the City of Orem, Utah for improvement 
of Nielsen's Grove Historical Park;
      774. $810,000 for the City of Riverton, Utah for 
reconstruction of a Historic City Civic Center;
      775. $1,170,000 for Sevier County, Utah for development 
of a Multi-Events Center;
      776. $22,500 to the Langhorne House in Danville, Virginia 
for facilities renovations;
      777. $22,500 to the Prestwould House near Clarksville, 
Virginia to assist with renovations to the historic site;
      778. $45,000 for the Town of Boydton, Virginia for 
facilities improvements in connection with the downtown 
revitalization project;
      779. $67,500 for Loudon Interfaith Relief, Inc. of 
Virginia for planning activities for development of a community 
kitchen;
      780. $90,000 for Henry County, Virginia for facility 
renovations at the Henry County technology campus;
      781. $90,000 for the City of Martinsville, Virginia for 
the planning for the utilization of an industrial site;
      782. $90,000 for the Town of Altavista, Virginia to 
assist with renovations of the shell building industrial site;
      783. $90,000 for the Town of Clarksville, Virginia to 
assist with the study on the development of the downtown area;
      784. $90,000 to Arlington County, Virginia for renovation 
and buildout for the Bonder and Amanda Johnson Community 
Development Corporation facility;
      785. $90,000 to the Martinsville-Henry County Historical 
Society in Virginia for improvements to the Old Henry County 
Court House and Museum;
      786. $90,000 to the City of Manassas, Virginia for 
restoration of the Liberia House;
      787. $90,000 to the Virginia Science Center for 
construction of the Belmont Bay Science Center in Prince 
William County, Virginia;
      788. $90,000 to the Vienna Little League in Vienna, 
Virginia for facilities construction;
      789. $135,000 to the Lorton Arts Foundation in Lorton, 
Virginia for the renovation of buildings for a creative arts 
center;
      790. $157,500 to the Arlington Partnership for Affordable 
Housing (APAH) in Arlington, Virginia for facilities 
construction for a computer technology information center;
      791. $157,500 to New Hope Housing in Alexandria, Virginia 
for renovation of the Mondloch House and construction at the 
Kennedy Shelter;
      792. $162,000 to Eastern Shore Community College for 
construction of the Eastern Shore Workforce Training and 
Business Development Center in Melfa, Virginia;
      793. $180,000 for the Town of South Hill, Virginia for 
the restoration of the Colonial Theatre;
      794. $180,000 to the Arlington Housing Corporation in 
Arlington, Virginia for construction of a community center in 
the Woodbury Park development;
      795. $180,000 to the Institute of Advanced Learning and 
Research (IALR) in Danville, Virginia for installation and 
improvements to high technology systems;
      796. $180,000 to the Rich Valley Fair Association in 
Virginia for construction of a new facility to jointly serve as 
a community center and indoor space for the community fair;
      797. $180,000 to the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum, 
Inc. for facilities expansion and buildout;
      798. $180,000 to the Town of Edinburg, Virginia for the 
renovation and adaptive reuse of the Historic Edinburg Mill;
      799. $180,000 to Vanguard Services Unlimited of 
Arlington, Virginia for renovation and improvement of 
facilities;
      800. $202,500 to the City of Suffolk, Virginia for the 
renovation and restoration of the old Suffolk High School for 
use as a cultural center;
      801. $202,500 to the Lynchburg Academy of Music in 
Lynchburg, Virginia for facilities construction and renovation;
      802. $202,500 to the Tredegar National Civil War Center 
Foundation of Richmond, Virginia for facilities construction;
      803. $216,000 to the Virginia Living Museum in Newport 
News, Virginia for construction and renovation of facilities;
      804. $225,000 to Edgehill Recovery Retreat Center in 
Winchester, Virginia for facilities construction;
      805. $225,000 for Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, 
Virginia for ongoing construction of the Center for the 
Exceptionally Gifted;
      806. $450,000 to the St. Coletta School in Alexandria, 
Virginia for facilities construction;
      807. $675,000 to the Christopher Newport University 
Foundation of Newport News, Virginia for facilities 
construction and renovation;
      808. $1,350,000 for Newport News, Virginia for the 
development of the Newport News Fine Arts Center;
      809. $90,000 to the Department of Vermont Veterans of 
Foreign Wars for the construction of the Green Block Veterans 
Memorial in Brandon, Vermont and the Windsor, Vermont War 
Memorial;
      810. $90,000 to the Northeastern Vermont Development 
Corporation for construction of a community center in Orleans 
County;
      811. $90,000 for the Carving Studio in West Rutland, 
Vermont for building renovations;
      812. $90,000 to the Northeastern Vermont Development 
Association to support the Northeast Kingdom Enterprise 
Collaborative and the Northeast Kingdom REAP zone in promoting 
economic development throughout the region;
      813. $180,000 for the Park-McCullough House in North 
Bennington, Vermont for preservation of property;
      814. $225,000 to the Vermont Broadband Council to promote 
broadband accessibility throughout Vermont;
      815. $270,000 to the Vermont Housing and Conservation 
Board for rehabilitation and construction of affordable housing 
in the historic Tuttle Building in Rutland, Vermont;
      816. $270,000 to the City of Burlington for construction 
of the Intervale Food Enterprise Center in Burlington, Vermont;
      817. $270,000 for the Vermont Development Initiative to 
expand their services throughout Vermont;
      818. $270,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation 
Board in Stowe, Vermont for the creation of affordable housing;
      819. $270,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation 
Board in Newport, Vermont for the expansion of affordable 
senior housing;
      820. $315,000 to the Vermont Housing and Conservation 
Board for the development of affordable housing in Vergennes, 
Vermont;
      821. $360,000 for the City of Burlington, Vermont for 
neighborhood revitalization;
      822. $360,000 for the Lund Family Center in Burlington, 
Vermont for building renovations;
      823. $450,000 for the Vermont Institute of Science for 
the construction of a new public education and wildlife center;
      824. $810,000 to the Vermont Housing and Conservation 
Board for infrastructure improvements and other costs related 
to the development of affordable housing on Depot Street in 
Burlington, Vermont;
      825. $67,500 to the Aberdeen Museum of History in 
Aberdeen, Washington for facility renovations;
      826. $67,500 to the Boys and Girls Club of the Olympic 
Peninsula for restoration of their Mt. Angeles, Washington 
facility;
      827. $67,500 to the Jefferson County Historical Society 
in Jefferson County, Washington for building restoration;
      828. $67,500 to the Kitsap County Historical Society in 
Kitsap County, Washington for facility renovations;
      829. $90,000 to the City of Mount Vernon, Washington for 
renovations to the historic Lincoln Theater;
      830. $90,000 to the Lummi Indian Nation in Watcom County, 
Washington for the construction of the Semiahmah Memorial and 
Coast Salish Heritage Park;
      831. $90,000 to Bread and Rose in Olympia, Washington for 
renovations to a homeless shelter;
      832. $90,000 for the City of Forks, Washington for 
telecommunications initiatives;
      833. $90,000 for the Elks Club of Pierce and Thurston 
Counties in Tacoma, Washington for the Toys for Disabled Youth 
Project;
      834. $90,000 for the Washington State Rural Development 
Council for the Rural Community Assessment Project;
      835. $180,000 for the Rural and Farmworker Housing Trust 
in Washington for farmworker housing;
      836. $180,000 for the Squaxin Island tribe in Shelton, 
Washington for the Squaxin Island Museum, Library and Research 
Center;
      837. $180,000 for the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation 
in Wenatchee, Washington to complete construction of the 
Institute for Rural Innovation and Stewardship;
      838. $202,500 to the City of Buckley, Washington for 
construction of the Buckley Youth Center;
      839. $225,000 to the Port of Bremerton, Washington for 
facilities construction related to expansion of a marina;
      840. $225,000 to the Port of Grays Harbor, Washington for 
facilities construction and buildout for a boat yard;
      841. $225,000 for the Friends of Youth of Redmond, 
Washington for the Griffin Home renovation in Renton;
      842. $225,000 for Horizons, Inc. in Sunnyside, Washington 
for technology training centers;
      843. $225,000 for Transitions in Spokane, Washington to 
purchase a building for the Women's Drop-in Center;
      844. $225,000 for the Port of Chelan in Wenatchee, 
Washington to complete the construction of a community 
technology center;
      845. $225,000 for the Washington State Office of 
Community Development for a planning and development resource 
center;
      846. $387,000 for the SeattleArt Museum/Museum 
Development Authority, Washington for costs associated with 
brownfields cleanup;
      847. $405,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Spokane 
County, Washington for renovation of facilities;
      848. $450,000 for the SWIFT Cyber Corporation in 
Washington for broadband access;
      849. $450,000 for the YWCA of Seattle, Washington for the 
YWCA Opportunity Place;
      850. $495,000 for Kent Youth and Family Services in Kent, 
Washington to build two new community centers including the 
Building Better Futures Family Center;
      851. $90,000 to the City of Stoughton, Wisconsin for 
sidewalk, street lighting and furniture, and building 
renovations;
      852. $90,000 to Brown County, Wisconsin for an economic 
development study for the Port of Green Bay;
      853. $90,000 for the Burleigh Street CDC in Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin for a community and enterprise center;
      854. $90,000 for the Genesis Foundation of Madison, 
Wisconsin for the South Madison Incubator;
      855. $112,500 to St. Norbert College of DePere, Wisconsin 
for construction of a library learning center;
      856. $135,000 to the City of Columbus, Wisconsin for 
sidewalk, street lighting and furniture, and building 
renovations;
      857. $135,000 to the Milwaukee Center for Independence in 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin for construction of a Children's 
Diagnostic Center;
      858. $135,000 for the City of Racine, Wisconsin for 
neighborhood redevelopment;
      859. $225,000 to the Metcalfe Park Residents Association 
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for sidewalk, street lighting and 
furniture, and building renovations;
      860. $225,000 for the YWCA of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 
the rehabilitation of two central city properties;
      861. $225,000 for City of Burlington, Wisconsin for 
development of the Bel-Mur site;
      862. $225,000 for the City of Beloit, Wisconsin for the 
renovation of abandoned Beloit Corporation land;
      863. $225,000 for the City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin for 
downtown revitalization;
      864. $360,000 for Madison, Wisconsin for the Novation 
Technology Campus;
      865. $450,000 for the City of Madison, Wisconsin for the 
development of affordable housing;
      866. $630,000 to the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical 
College in Rice Lake, Wisconsin for construction and expansion 
of facilities at its new technology center;
      867. $675,000 for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 
the Menomonee River Valley Redevelopment project;
      868. $90,000 to Marshall University's Appalachian 
Transportation Institute for a study of economic development 
opportunities in southern West Virginia to support the Southern 
Highlands Initiative;
      869. $90,000 to Marshall University's Appalachian 
Transportation Institute, West Virginia for economic 
development planning related to recent flooding;
      870. $121,500 for the Kanawha Institute for Social 
Research and Action for facilities renovation for a business 
incubator and community center in Kanawha County, West 
Virginia;
      871. $162,000 to the Upper Kanawha Valley Enterprise 
Community, West Virginia for facilities renovation for a 
business and community center;
      872. $450,000 to the Greenbrier Valley Economic 
Development Authority for facilities construction in 
cooperation with the 4-County Economic Development Authority 
located in Oak Hill, West Virginia focused on development along 
the Interstate 64 corridor;
      873. $720,000 to the Grant County Commission in West 
Virginia for construction of a community center;
      874. $900,000 for the City of Summersville, West Virginia 
for the expansion of the National Guard Readiness Center;
      875. $1,053,000 to the Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex, 
Inc. in Bridgeport, West Virginia for facilities construction;
      876. $1,125,000 to Concord College in Athens, West 
Virginia for facilities construction for an information 
technology training center;
      877. $1,170,000 to the West Virginia High Technology 
Consortium Foundation, Inc. in Marion County, West Virginia for 
facilities construction for a high-tech park;
      878. $1,575,000 to the Monongalia County Schools 
Foundation, Inc. in West Virginia for construction of 
recreational facilities;
      879. $1,682,000 to the Vandalia Heritage Foundation, West 
Virginia for development needs;
      880. $1,800,000 for Potomac State College in Keyser, West 
Virginia for renovation of a library;
      881. $2,700,000 for Glenville State College in Glenville, 
West Virginia for the construction of a new campus community 
education center;
      882. $2,700,000 for West Virginia Wesleyan College in 
Buckhannon, West Virginia for renovation/expansion of a science 
hall.
      --$42,120,000 for the Neighborhood Initiatives program 
instead of $23,400,000 as proposed by the House and $40,000,000 
as proposed by the Senate. Modified language is included, 
similar to language proposed by the House and Senate, targeting 
funds made available under this program. Targeted grants shall 
be provided as follows:
      1. $900,000 for Anchorage, Alaska for an expansion of the 
Anchorage Museum;
      2. $250,000 for the City of Boaz, Alabama for facilities 
renovations and expansion;
      3. $250,000 for the Alabama Historic Commission for the 
Historic Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson project;
      4. $1,260,000 to the Model City Community Revitalization 
District Trust in Miami, Florida for the Model City 
Homeownership project;
      5. $1,620,000 to the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho 
for construction of the Performance and Education Facility at 
the Lionel Hampton Center;
      6. $620,000 for the City of Indianapolis, Indiana for the 
Life Sciences Project;
      7. $225,000 to the New Zion Community Foundation 
Development for continued renovations and improvements for a 
community resource center in Louisville, Kentucky;
      8. $90,000 for The Neighborhood House in Louisville, 
Kentucky to furnish the community center;
      9. $135,000 for the Portland Avenue Community Trust in 
Louisville, Kentucky for a multi-purpose facility;
      10. $225,000 to the St. Stephen Family Life Center of 
Louisville, Kentucky for renovation of a facility for drug 
abuse counseling and transitional housing;
      11. $135,000 to the New Directions Housing Corporation in 
Louisville, Kentucky for renovation of the historic Reeser 
Court Apartments;
      12. $135,000 to the Shawnee Gardens Development 
Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky for the conversion of a 
building to serve as an independent living senior housing 
facility;
      13. $108,000 to the West Broadway Community Development 
Corporation in Louisville, Kentucky for development of a multi-
purpose facility;
      14. $27,000 to the Coalition for the Homeless of 
Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky for a planning grant;
      15. $1,000,000 for East Baltimore Development Inc., in 
Baltimore, Maryland for redevelopment activities in East 
Baltimore;
      16. $1,000,000 to the Palestine Economic Development 
Corporation for the development of an Urban Assisted Living 
Center in Kansas City, Missouri;
      17. $2,490,000 for the Applied Urban Research Institute 
in Missouri for a community development initiative;
      18. $500,000 for the Seton House Transition Living Center 
in Missouri for Seton House operation and improvements;
      19. $500,000 to Kansas City, Missouri for Columbus Park 
Neighborhood Improvements;
      20. $500,000 for Thomas Jefferson Institute in Missouri 
for development of a Youth Education Farm;
      21. $500,000 for Logan College of Chiropractic for a 
mitigation compliance project consisting of retention and 
detention control areas in Chesterfield, Missouri;
      22. $1,000,000 for Kansas City, Missouri for streetscape 
improvements in the Kansas City downtown library district;
      23. $500,000 for Urban Strategies for the construction of 
an affordable mixed income housing property for disabled 
individuals in the Central West End area of the City of St. 
Louis, Missouri;
      24. $500,000 for the City of Chillicothe, Missouri for 
downtown revitalization;
      25. $500,000 for the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri for 
downtown revitalization;
      26. $500,000 for the Boys and Girls Club in Glendale, 
Montana for new program starts;
      27. $4,500,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for the 
Neighborhood Initiative Program;
      28. $1,530,000 to Children's Center in Brooklyn, New York 
for the construction of a facility to house educational and 
therapeutic programs for disabled children;
      29. $450,000 to The Ohio State University for its 
Neighborhoods Revitalization Initiative;
      30. $750,000 for the City of Cincinnati, Ohio for the 
development of the Ohio River Trail;
      31. $450,000 to the Mandel School of Applied Social 
Sciences' Center for Community Development at Case Western 
Reserve University for the Louis Stokes Fellow Program in 
Community Organization and Development;
      32. $1,170,000 to the Northwest Regional Planning 
Commission in Spooner, Wisconsin for a revolving loan fund to 
assist tornado-damaged areas in northwestern Wisconsin;
      33. $4,500,000 for the Institute for Scientific Research 
for construction related to a high-technology diversification 
initiative;
      34. $4,050,000 for the Vandalia Heritage Foundation, Inc. 
for community and neighborhood revitalization and economic 
diversification initiatives;
      35. $450,000 to the U.S. Soccer Foundation for the 
National Soccer Program Development Initiative;
      36. $800,000 for the National Housing Trust/Enterprise 
Preservation Corporation to preserve affordable apartments for 
low-income people;
      37. $4,400,000 for the Housing Partnership Network for a 
revolving loan fund for single-family home ownership 
development and loans to non-profit affordable housing 
organizations;
      38. $1,800,000 for the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. for 
youth development initiatives in public housing;
      39. $1,800,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America 
for the operating and start-up costs of clubs located in or 
near, and primarily serving residents of, public and Indian 
housing.
      The conference agreement does not include bill language 
designating separate set-asides under this account for the Boys 
and Girls Clubs of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA as 
proposed by the Senate, and instead includes funding for these 
activities under the Neighborhood Initiatives program. The 
House did not propose funding for these activities.
      Includes modified language making technical corrections 
to certain targeted economic development initiative grants 
funded under this heading in prior appropriations Acts, similar 
to language proposed by the House and the Senate.
      Includes language transferring no less than $3,400,000 to 
the Working Capital Fund for development of and modifications 
to information technology systems as proposed by the House and 
the Senate.
      Includes language regarding the limitation on the use of 
certain funds for planning, management and administration 
proposed by the Senate instead of language proposed by the 
House.
      The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
House report regarding a report evaluating the inclusion of 
people with disabilities and their advocates in development of 
consolidated plans.

         COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $6,325,000 for costs associated with section 
108 loan guarantees as proposed by the House instead of 
$14,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. This amount, when 
combined with unobligated prior year credit subsidy 
appropriations and loan commitment authority, will provide a 
total of $13,325,000 in credit subsidy appropriations to 
support a total loan commitment level of $579,344,000.

                       BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

      Appropriates $25,000,000 for brownfields redevelopment as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
      The conference agreement retains language proposed by the 
House to make funds available pursuant to the current statutory 
authorities instead of language proposed by the Senate.

                  HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates a total of $2,000,000,000 for this account, 
instead of $2,221,040,000 as proposed by the House and 
$1,950,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes $1,925,000,000 for the 
HOME Investment Partnerships program, instead of $2,021,040,000 
as proposed by the House and $1,950,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Language is included designating $40,000,000 for 
housing counseling as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$25,000,000 as proposed by the House. In addition, of the total 
amount provided for the HOME program, $18,000,000 is for 
technical assistance including $6,000,000 for qualified non-
profit intermediaries to provide technical assistance to 
Community Housing and Development Organizations (CHDOs), 
instead of $20,000,000 for technical assistance including 
$8,000,000 for technical assistance to CHDOs as proposed by the 
House. The Senate did not propose a specific amount for this 
activity.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes 
$75,000,000 to be allocated by the Secretary to participating 
jurisdictions to provide downpayment assistance to low-income 
families to help them achieve homeownership.
      The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
House report regarding the issuance of guidance regarding the 
eligibility of manufactured housing under the HOME program.

                       HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $1,225,000,000 for homeless assistance 
grants, instead of $1,250,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$1,215,025,000 as proposed by the Senate. Includes language 
requiring the renewal of all expiring shelter plus care grants 
as proposed by the House instead of bill language specifying a 
dollar amount for this purpose as proposed by the Senate. 
However, the conferees understand that the current estimate for 
shelter plus care renewals totals $193,000,000. The conferees 
expect the Department to provide the full amount necessary to 
fund these renewals from within the amounts provided.
      Language is included as proposed by the House designating 
$11,000,000 for the national homeless data analysis project and 
$6,600,000 for technical assistance. The Senate bill included 
language designating a total of $17,600,000 for these 
activities but did not specify an amount for each purpose.
      Language is not included designating $1,500,000 under 
this account for the administrative needs of the Interagency 
Council on the Homeless as proposed by the House. The 
conference agreement includes $1,500,000 as a separate account 
in title III of this Act for this purpose as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Language is included designating $10,000,000 for a two-
year demonstration program to fund innovative and effective 
programs to address homelessness as proposed by the House. The 
conferees reiterate that funds provided for this demonstration 
are only to be used for the housing portion of such programs. 
Grantees shall derive supportive services funds from public or 
private sources other than homeless assistance grants funded 
under this account. The conferees request that the Department 
submit an annual report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
the projects funded under this demonstration and their 
outcomes, with the first such report due March 15, 2004. The 
Senate did not propose funding for this activity.
      In lieu of the language in the Senate report, the 
conferees reiterate their support for the creation of 
additional units of permanent supportive housing and concern 
over the targeting of the shelter plus care program to 
chronically homeless people. The conferees are concerned that 
the Department is not taking the proper steps to determine the 
extent to which HUD's homeless assistance programs are meeting 
the needs of chronically homeless people. Therefore, HUD is 
directed to begin collecting data on the percentage and number 
of beds and supportive services programs that are serving 
people who are chronically disabled and/or chronically 
homeless.
      The conferees reiterate the direction and reporting 
requirement included in the Senate report regarding the 
collection and analysis of data to assess the effectiveness of 
the homeless system, and direct that such report also include 
HUD's timeline for finalizing data requirements for the 
Homeless Management Information System.
      In lieu of the direction included in the Senate report 
regarding the Iowa continuum of care application, the conferees 
understand that the Department has addressed the Iowa 
application to the extent that is legally permissible.

                            Housing Programs

                    HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $1,033,801,000 for housing for special 
populations as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,100,000,000 
as proposed by the House.
      Includes $783,286,000 for section 202 housing for the 
elderly as proposed by the Senate instead of $790,903,000 as 
proposed by the House. Of this amount, $50,000,000 is for 
service coordinators and congregate services as proposed by the 
House instead of $53,000,000 as proposed by the Senate; and up 
to $25,000,000 is for conversion of eligible section 202 
projects to assisted living instead of $30,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and up to $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Includes $250,515,000 for section 811 housing for the 
disabled as proposed by the Senate instead of $259,097,000 as 
proposed by the House.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the Senate to make section 202 and section 811 
grant funds available for expenditure for twelve years, but 
includes modified language to make funds provided under this 
heading available for obligation for four years rather than 
three years as proposed by the House and Senate.
      The conferees are concerned by the unduly long time it 
has taken in many cases to complete construction of elderly 
housing units funded through the section 202 program. While the 
conferees appreciate the complexities involved in housing 
construction, the conferees are concerned that many of these 
delays are attributable to a lack of site control and/or 
sufficient planning, design and development. Therefore, the 
conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for a demonstration 
grant program to facilitate planning, design and development 
activities for section 202 projects instead of $50,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. In lieu of the direction included in the 
House report regarding preference for future capital grant 
awards, the conferees direct HUD to review current procedures 
for making awards under the section 202 program to ensure that 
those entities which can demonstrate their ability to bring 
projects on-line within the existing timeframes required by 
HUD, including achieving site control, are given preference 
under the section 202 program.
      The conference agreement includes language, modified from 
language proposed by the House, requiring the Secretary to 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
than July 15, 2003 which includes the following: (1) actions 
taken, or planned to be taken, by the Department to accelerate 
the completion of projects funded under the section 202 
program; and (2) alternative plans to restructure or otherwise 
modify the current section 202 program which would result in 
the completion of units and expenditure of funds in a more 
timely fashion, including, but not limited to, the option to 
restructure this program in a manner which tracks other 
Federally funded construction programs whereby grants for 
planning and design, construction, and operations are provided 
for separately.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the Senate authorizing the Secretary to waive any 
provision of law or regulation governing the section 202 and 
section 811 programs. The House did not include similar 
language. Instead, the conference agreement includes modified 
language limiting the Secretary's waiver authority to only 
those provisions governing the terms and conditions for project 
rental assistance contracts and tenant-based voucher contracts 
to enable the Secretary to limit such initial contracts to no 
more than a five year term.

                         FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

                          (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Includes language regarding the transfer of excess rental 
charges to this fund as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                       RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

                              (RESCISSION)

      Includes a rescission of up to $100,000,000 from 
recaptured excess section 236 funds resulting from the pre-
payment of such mortgages as proposed by the House, rather than 
directing the use of such excess funds to be used for a 
rehabilitation grant and loan program as proposed by the 
Senate.

                  MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

      Appropriates $13,000,000 for authorized activities from 
fees collected in the fund as proposed by the House and Senate.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      Establishes a $165,000,000,000 limitation on single-
family loan guarantees during fiscal year 2003 as proposed by 
the House instead of a limitation of $160,000,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      Establishes a $100,000,000 limitation on direct loans to 
nonprofits and governmental entities in connection with the 
sale of HUD-owned single-family properties, instead of a 
limitation of $50,000,000 as proposed by the House and a 
limitation of $250,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Appropriates $347,829,000 for administrative expenses as 
proposed by both the House and Senate. Of this amount, 
$343,807,000 is to be transferred to the salaries and expenses 
account and not to exceed $4,022,000 is to be transferred to 
the Office of Inspector General as proposed by both the House 
and Senate.
      Appropriates $85,720,000 for administrative contract 
expenses and includes language allowing up to an additional 
$16,000,000 to be made available for such expenses in certain 
circumstances as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Transfers no less than $21,360,000 from administrative 
contract expenses under this account to the Working Capital 
Fund for the development of and modifications to information 
technology systems as proposed by both the House and Senate.
      The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
Senate report regarding submission of a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on further actions which could be 
taken to protect homeowners and communities experiencing high 
rates of defaults and foreclosures on FHA-insured loans, and 
direct that such report be provided no later than June 2, 2003.
      The conferees are aware of concerns regarding the effect 
the accelerated claims disposition demonstration will have in 
low-income, distressed neighborhoods, and urge the Department 
to take the particular needs of these communities into 
consideration when implementing this demonstration. In lieu of 
the language included in the Senate report regarding the 
accelerated claims disposition demonstration program, the 
conferees direct HUD to provide a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations no later than August 1, 2003, on savings to the 
FHA single-family insurance fund and, where possible, the 
impact of this demonstration on the numbers of foreclosures and 
re-performing loans within the demonstration, as well as the 
impact of this program on such communities if such properties 
are sold to investors or resold in a deteriorated condition.

                GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      Establishes a $23,000,000,000 limitation on multifamily 
and specialized loan guarantees during fiscal year 2003 as 
proposed by the House instead of a limitation of 
$21,000,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Appropriates $15,000,000 for subsidy costs to support 
certain multifamily and special purpose loan guarantee programs 
as proposed by the House and the Senate.
      The conferees understand that once the final consolidated 
OIG audit on section 514 grantees is received, the Department 
will make a determination whether to lift the suspension, 
recapture funds spent inappropriately, or bar grantees from 
receiving funds for four years, based on the OIG assessment of 
the individual violations. The conferees ask the Department to 
report on the status of resolution of these findings by April 
15, 2003.

                Government National Mortgage Association

GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $10,343,000 for administrative expenses to 
be transferred to the salaries and expenses account as proposed 
by both the House and the Senate.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

      Appropriates $47,000,000 for research and technology as 
proposed by both the House and Senate.
      Includes $7,500,000 for the Partnership for Advancing 
Technology in Housing (PATH) initiative, instead of $7,000,000 
as proposed by the House and $8,750,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
Senate report denying demonstration authority without prior 
congressional approval.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

      Appropriates $45,899,000 for the Fair Housing Assistance 
Program (FHAP) and the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) 
as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control

                         LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

      Appropriates $176,000,000 for lead hazard reduction 
instead of $126,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$201,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees agree to allocate funds as follows:
      --$10,000,000 for Operation LEAP;
      --$96,000,000 for the lead-based paint hazard control 
grant program to provide assistance to State and local 
governments and Native American tribes for lead-based paint 
abatement in private low-income housing;
      --$10,000,000 for technical assistance and support to 
State and local agencies and private property owners;
      --$10,000,000 for the Healthy Homes Initiative for 
competitive grants for research, standards development, and 
education and outreach activities to address lead-based paint 
poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards; and
      --$50,000,000 for an initiative to target lead abatement 
funds to areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs.
      Includes new language making available $50,000,000 on a 
competitive basis to those areas with the highest lead paint 
abatement needs as determined by the highest number of pre-1940 
units, a disproportionately high number of documented cases of 
lead-poisoned children and an applicant's demonstrated capacity 
to implement successfully the proposed uses of the funds. 
Language is also included requiring that not less than 90 
percent of the funds made available under this initiative to be 
used exclusively for abatement and interim control of lead-
based paint hazards. Language is also included requiring 
recipients of funds awarded under this initiative to provide a 
matching contribution of not less than 25 percent of the total 
grant award. The conferees believe that communities with the 
highest lead paint risk to children must employ an aggressive 
approach to lead-based paint abatement, and direct that grants 
made under this new initiative be not less than $2,000,000. The 
conferees intend that eligible recipients of these funds will 
be units of local government. In selecting recipients for 
funding under this initiative, the Department shall consider 
the capacity of the applicant to use the funds provided, 
including the success of the applicant in using previously 
provided Federal dollars for lead-based paint hazard reduction, 
as well as the applicant's strategies to mobilize public and 
private resources to address this problem. Grant recipients 
under this initiative are expected to use funds for abatement 
and hazard reduction in privately owned rental-housing units 
that serve low-income families with children under the age of 
six. Units treated with funds provided under this initiative 
must remain available for low-income residents for at least 
three years following treatment of the lead-based paint hazard. 
The conferees direct the Department to submit an annual report 
to the Committees on Appropriations on the effectiveness of 
this program with the first such report due March 1, 2004. 
Further, the conferees request that the Department review the 
need for demolition grants under this initiative and provide a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations by June 27, 2003. 
The conferees do not intend for any action taken in this Act to 
prejudice ongoing or future litigation brought against lead 
pigment manufacturers. Additionally, no action taken in this 
Act is intended to mitigate the responsibility of housing 
owners to address the existence of lead-based paint hazards in 
a timely and expeditious manner.
      The conferees are aware that the Department currently 
reserves approximately 80 percent of the current lead-based 
paint hazard control grant program funding for allocation to 
current grantees or previous grantees, with the remaining 20 
percent provided for new grantees. The conferees request that 
the Department evaluate this policy to ensure that such 
allocation is appropriate to ensure that resources are made 
available to communities with the need as well as the capacity 
to use such grants. Further, the conferees urge the Department 
to consider the total amount of Federal and non-Federal 
resources available to address lead-based paint hazards when 
allocating funds provided for the current lead-based paint 
hazard control grant program. Further, the conferees expect the 
Department to award all funds provided for the current lead-
based paint hazard grant program on a competitive basis and to 
report to the Committees on Appropriations by April 15, 2003 on 
how this requirement is being met.

                     Management and Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $1,090,229,000 for salaries and expenses as 
proposed by the House instead of $1,070,229,000 as proposed by 
the Senate. Of this amount, $530,299,000 is provided as a 
direct appropriation under this account as proposed by the 
House instead of $510,299,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes language as proposed by 
the House directing the Department to allocate funds provided 
under this heading in the manner specified in the joint 
explanatory statement of the managers accompanying this Act 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified and 
approve of any changes in the operating plan or through a 
reprogramming. The conferees reiterate the direction included 
in the House report regarding such operating plan and 
reprogramming procedures. The following office and object 
classifications are to be used as the basis of any changes in 
funding distributions:

Office of Housing.......................................    $294,224,000
Office of Public and Indian Housing.....................     153,971,000
Office of Community Planning and Development............      76,174,000
Office of Policy Development and Research...............      19,147,000
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity............      59,973,000
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.........       2,634,000
Government National Mortgage Association................       7,233,000
Departmental Management.................................      22,344,000
Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives........       2,606,000
Office of the Chief Financial Officer...................      53,986,000
Office of the General Counsel...........................      68,336,000
Office of Field Policy and Management...................      77,410,000
Office of Administration................................     241,761,000
Transfer to the Working Capital Fund....................      10,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Management and Administration..............  $1,090,229,000

      Consistent with modifications to the original budget 
submission, the object classification distribution, which shall 
also serve as the basis for the operating plan and 
reprogramming changes, is as follows:
      Personal Services--$830,763,000
      Travel and Transportation of Persons--$25,508,000
      Transportation of Things--$700,000
      Rent, Communications and Utilities--$124,572,000
      Printing and Reproduction--$4,644,000
      Other Services--$97,807,000
      Supplies and Materials--$4,932,000
      Furniture and Equipment--$1,180,000
      Indemnities--$193,000
      The preceding object classification distribution includes 
$20,000,000 provided for funds control improvements within the 
Other Services object class. The Department is directed to 
submit a spending plan allocating these funds no later than 
April 15, 2003.
      Allocations included in the conference agreement are 
consistent with the distributions included in the Department's 
budget submission, excluding amounts assumed contingent upon 
enactment of legislative changes to legacy retirement costs, 
updated to include the effects of the reorganization 
implemented during fiscal year 2002 and additional resources 
provided for funds control improvements. However, the conferees 
understand recent hiring decisions have resulted in the 
Department exceeding its requested 9,100 full time equivalents 
(FTE) level by an estimated 268 FTEs. This increase contradicts 
the Department's budget justification submission for the fiscal 
year. In addition, the Committees on Appropriations were not 
informed of this substantive change in staffing until the 
funding shortfall caused by this FTE level reached critical 
proportions. Further, the conferees understand that the 
Department's hiring actions were in many cases inconsistent 
with the Department's Resource Estimation and AllocationProcess 
(REAP) resulting in some offices and functions remaining understaffed 
while other offices and functions are overstaffed. The conferees are 
disturbed by the Department's failure to adhere to staffing levels set 
forth in the budget and to meet required notification requirements 
regarding such changes, as well as by the Department's inability to 
manage the allocation of staff resources based upon workload 
requirements. Modified language is included, similar to language 
proposed by the House, requiring the Secretary to submit a staffing 
plan for the Department no later than March 15, 2003. In addition, the 
Department is directed to submit a reprogramming of funds no later than 
March 15, 2003 that reflects changes from the office and object 
classification distributions included in this conference agreement, as 
well as the actions the Department is taking to realign staffing 
resources to match workload requirements, including any additional 
staffing requirements resulting from changes made to the section 8 
voucher program in this Act.
      The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is also requested 
to review the Department's hiring decisions to determine 
whether these decisions have been consistent with the 
Department's staffing needs, program requirements, and 
applicable personnel practices. The OIG is asked to report to 
the Committees on Appropriations on its findings no later than 
August 15, 2003.
      Language is included designating $20,000,000 to remain 
available for two years for funds control improvements as 
proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not include a 
similar provision. Language is also included, as proposed by 
the House, related to funds control improvements. The Senate 
did not include similar language. The conferees reiterate the 
concerns expressed in the House report regarding the severe 
chronic funds control problems at the Department, including the 
failure of the Department to make timely formal determinations 
of the violations of Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA) and other 
appropriations statutes. The conferees reiterate all direction 
included in the House report regarding this problem, including 
the direction included in the House report regarding the 
authority and the responsibility of the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer (OCFO) with respect to compliance with 
appropriations laws, including the ADA. The conferees note that 
to assist the OCFO in fulfilling these responsibilities, the 
conference agreement includes language establishing a division 
of appropriations law within the OCFO and transferring no fewer 
than four experienced appropriations attorneys from the 
Legislative Division of the Office of Legislation and 
Regulations, Office of the General Counsel to the OCFO for such 
new division. The conferees direct that the Secretary ensure 
that all attorneys transferred pursuant to the conference 
agreement have significant experience and expertise in matters 
of appropriations law, and further direct the Secretary to 
report to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 
enactment of this Act on the actions taken to comply with this 
requirement.
      Language is included in the bill placing a limitation on 
the number of GS-14 and GS-15 positions at the Department as 
proposed by the House. The Senate did not include similar 
language.
      The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
Senate report regarding the limitation on non-career employees.

                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

      Appropriates $276,300,000 for the Working Capital Fund as 
proposed by the House instead of $276,737,000 as proposed by 
the Senate. In addition, the conference agreement includes an 
additional $75,100,000 by transfer from various accounts to 
support program-specific information technology systems as 
proposed by the House and Senate.
      Language is included prohibiting funds made available to 
the Department from being used to award a new contract for the 
HUD Information Technology Services project until after 
submission of a comprehensive five-year plan in accordance with 
the direction included in this joint statement of the managers. 
The Department is directed to submit a comprehensive five-year 
plan that meets all the requirements and direction included in 
the House report. The Senate did not include similar language.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $97,499,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General instead of $96,684,000 as proposed by the House and 
$97,684,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, 
$23,343,000 is provided by transfer from the various funds of 
the Federal Housing Administration as proposed by the House and 
the Senate.
      In lieu of the direction included in the Senate report, 
at least $5,000,000 is to be targeted to anti-predatory lending 
and anti-flipping activities.

                         CONSOLIDATED FEE FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

      Includes a rescission of $8,000,000 from the Fund as 
proposed by the Senate. The House proposed similar language but 
did not designate a specific dollar amount.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $30,000,000 for the Office of Federal 
Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) to be derived from 
collections available in the Federal Housing Enterprise 
Oversight Fund as proposed by the House and the Senate.
      The conferees agree that OFHEO must have the necessary 
staff in order to fully meet its regulatory mission. However, 
previous staffing plans submitted by OFHEO have often lacked 
the necessary level of detail required by the Committees on 
Appropriations to accurately assess the staffing and funding 
needs of the agency. The conferees expect OFHEO to provide a 
detailed report to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
than August 15, 2003, detailing its current staffing levels and 
corresponding responsibilities, as well as whether additional 
staff is required to fully meet its regulatory mission.

                       Administrative Provisions

      Does not include language to amend section 683(2) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1972 to authorize 
service coordinators in section 811 projects as proposed by the 
Senate. The House did not include similar language.
      Does not include language to amend section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize a new loan-
financing program for public housing authorities as proposed by 
the Senate. The House did not include similar language.
      Includes language permanently prohibiting assistance for 
housing units defined under section 9(n) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
not include similar language.
      Includes language setting forth the reprogramming 
requirements for funds provided to the Department as proposed 
by the House. The Senate proposed similar language.
      Includes modified language, similar to language proposed 
by the House, requiring the Department to submit a spending 
plan for the use of technical assistance, training, and 
management improvement funds provided for in this Act to the 
Committees on Appropriations by March 15, 2003. The Senate did 
not include similar language.
      Includes language repealing section 9(n)(1) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 and section 226 of the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 as proposed by 
the Senate. The House did not include similar language.
      Includes modified language, similar to language proposed 
by the Senate, requiring the Secretary to maintain section 8 
assistance on certain properties occupied by elderly or 
disabled families. The House did not include similar language.
      Does not include language to amend section 8(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize a welfare-to-
work voucher program as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
not include similar language.
      Includes language exempting the States of Alaska, Iowa, 
and Mississippi from the statutory requirement of having a 
resident on the board of a public housing authority and 
requires in lieu thereof the establishment of advisory boards 
which include public housing residents and section 8 recipients 
as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include a similar 
provision. While the conferees have again included this 
exemption, the conferees expect the States to take the 
appropriate actions necessary to address this issue, rather 
than continuing to rely on a waiver of this statutory 
requirement.
      Does not include language requiring the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary to identify 
five-year cost projections for contract rental renewals for 
various HUD programs as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
not include similar language. The conferees understand that the 
Department's fiscal year 2004 budget submission includes such 
information. The Department is expected to continue to provide 
such information in subsequent fiscal year budget submissions 
without the need for the conferees to continue this direction 
in future appropriations Acts.
      Includes language to amend section 24 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 to extend the authorization of the 
HOPE VI program for two years as proposed by the Senate. The 
House did not include similar language.
      Does not include language prohibiting permanently the 
Secretary from waiving section 8 income eligibility 
restrictions as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
include similar language.
      Includes modified language, similar to language proposed 
by the Senate, requiring the Secretary to provide quarterly 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated and excess funds in each departmental 
program and activity, and to provide additional updated 
information upon request. The House did not include similar 
language.
      Does not include language amending 12 U.S.C. 1715z-11a to 
allow the FHA multifamily insurance fund to be used for grants 
and loans for rehabilitation of certain non-FHA-insured 
properties as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include 
similar language.
      Includes modified language, similar to language proposed 
by the Senate, requiring the Secretary to submit an annual 
report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding the number 
of Federally-assisted units under lease and the per-unit costs 
of such units. The House did not include similar language. The 
conferees expect such report to include all units funded under 
the Housing Certificate Fund and should provide the most 
updated information practicable.
      Includes language waiving certain first-time homebuyer 
requirements to allow the use of a HOPE III grant in the East 
Baltimore, Maryland community as proposed by the Senate. The 
House did not include similar language.
      Does not include language waiving the statutory 
environmental review requirements for a community development 
block grant made to Benton County, Iowa as proposed by the 
Senate. The House did not include similar language.
      Includes new language providing the Secretary flexibility 
in applying the across-the-board rescission to funds made 
available in the Housing Certificate Fund.

                               TITLE III

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $35,246,000 for salaries and expenses as 
proposed by the House instead of $30,400,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conferees have provided an additional $846,000 above 
the budget request to provide salaries and benefits for up to 
20 additional full time equivalent personnel where manpower 
needs are evident throughout the ABMC system because of 
reductions in the work week mandated by a foreign government. 
In addition, $4,000,000 has been provided for additional 
planning and construction costs associated with a new visitors 
center at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial near St. 
Laurent-sur-Mer, France. In this regard, the conferees agree 
that because the ABMC has begun initial planning of the project 
and may soon move to design and other pre-construction 
activities, a restriction on the use of funds for this project 
contained in the fiscal year 2002 appropriations legislation is 
withdrawn.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Provides a total funding level of $7,850,000 as proposed 
by the Senate instead of $6,500,000 as proposed by the House. 
Of this amount $1,400,000 is derived from fiscal year 2002 
unobligated balances. The conferees have provided $500,000 of 
the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2003 to be available 
through fiscal year 2004 as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$2,500,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees have 
included bill language again this fiscal year which limits the 
number of career Senior Executive Service positions to three.
      The conferees reiterate the House position regarding 
reprogrammings for the Board and that the use of carryover 
funds is subject to these same requirements.

                       Department of the Treasury

              COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

           COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND

                            PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      Appropriates $75,000,000 for the Community Development 
Financial Institutions Fund instead of $80,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and $73,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Includes $5,000,000 for technical assistance designed to 
benefit Native American communities as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the House.
      Provides $10,750,000 for administrative expenses as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $11,050,000 as proposed by 
the House.
      Provides for a limitation on the amount of direct loans 
of $11,000,000 as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $57,000,000 for the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, salaries and expenses, instead of $57,117,000 as 
proposed by the House and $56,767,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

       NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS OPERATING EXPENSES

              (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $429,000,000 for national and community 
service programs operating expenses instead of $405,842,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The House provided authority for prior 
year funds to be used to terminate the Corporation and did not 
include any other provisions under this account.
      Limits the fiscal year 2003 AmeriCorps enrollment to no 
more than 50,000 new members who incur obligations from the 
National Service Trust as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
were dismayed to learn of the gross financial mismanagement of 
the Trust Fund and over-commitments made to various 
organizations without the financial resources to support those 
obligations, especially after years of providing funds for and 
directing the Corporation to strengthen grant management 
systems and financial controls. While the current leadership of 
the Corporation is to be commended for bringing these issues to 
light, the conferees maintain that the Corporation needs time 
to resolve the financial weakness and oversight issues within 
the organization before the program can grow. To that end, the 
conferees have approached fiscal year 2003 funding for the 
Corporation with two guiding principles: (1) stabilization of 
the Corporation's programs and resources; and (2) maintenance 
of commitments to graduates of the Corporation's programs.
      Limits administrative expenses to not more than 
$32,500,000, of which not more than $2,500 is for reception and 
representation expenses as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees direct $18,000,000 for program administration, 
$12,000,000 for Governor-appointed State Commissions on 
National and Community Service, and $2,500,000 for the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer to enact financial reform in the 
Corporation.
      Limits $100,000,000, instead of $15,000,000 as proposed 
by the Senate, to be transferred to the National Service Trust, 
of which up to $5,000,000 shall be available for national 
service scholarships for high school students. The conferees 
did not provide funds for the Senior Service Initiative. The 
conferees amend the quarterly reporting requirement as proposed 
by the House and Senate regarding expenditures under the Trust 
to include an additional reporting requirement of enrollment 
data on the authorized and actual number of AmeriCorps members 
to be submitted by March 31, 2003. The conferees further direct 
the Corporation to ensure immediately that funds are available 
to pay the education awards earned by program graduates before 
any new members are enrolled in the Trust.
      Limits $275,000,000 for subtitle C grants under the 
National Service Trust of which not more than $50,000,000 may 
be for national direct programs, and $100,000,000 is 
transferred to the National Service Trust. Grants are to be 
made according to peer review panel recommendations. The Senate 
proposed limiting the subtitle C grants to $240,492,000 of 
which not more than $47,000,000 could be used for national 
service programs. This funding level provided will support 
50,000 new volunteers enrolled in the Trust in fiscal year 
2003. The conferees direct the continuation of two programs 
areas to be funded in fiscal year 2003 at a level proportionate 
to last year considering the funding provided in fiscal year 
2003: (1) programs designed to help children read by third 
grade, and (2) programs which provide information technology 
skills to students and teachers in low-income communities.
      Provides $10,000,000 to the Points of Light Foundation, 
of which up to $2,500,000 may be used for an endowment as 
proposed by the Senate.
      Prohibits the use of funds for national service programs 
run by other agencies and directs the Corporation to reduce the 
Federal cost per participant as proposed by the Senate.
      Limits funding for the National Civilian Community Corps 
to $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees reduced 
the funding level from the budget request without prejudice.
      Limits funding for subtitle B grants for school-based and 
community-based service learning programs to $43,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      Limits funding for subtitle H grants, innovation, 
demonstration and assistance activities, to $35,500,000 instead 
of $29,850,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees have 
provided $500,000 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day grants, 
$100,000 for the Fellowship program, $8,000,000 for training 
and technical assistance, $6,000,000 for education award 
grants, $5,000,000 for Promise Fellows, and $5,900,000 for 
disability programs. Further, the conferees have provided 
$4,000,000 for grants to encourage the next generation of 
national service organizations as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees have not provided the full funding request for 
recruitment activities since most of the fiscal year 2003 
positions are filled, nor have the conferees provided funds for 
any innovation or demonstration program utilizing vouchers. The 
conferees do not recommend the request to transfer Education 
Awards and Promise Fellows programs from Innovation Activities 
to AmeriCorps Grants.
      Provides $6,000,000 for challenge grants under subtitle H 
as proposed by the Senate. The conferees amend the criteria for 
challenge grants by requiring a 2-to-1 private to Federal 
dollar matching requirement for grant recipients and limiting 
the grants to one year in duration.
      Provides $5,000,000 for America's Promise as proposed by 
the Senate. The conferees amend the reporting requirement 
proposed regarding funding and performance with a new reporting 
date of March 31, 2003.
      Limits funding for audits and evaluations to $3,000,000, 
instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
did not provide funding for the proposed research-based 
institute in partnership with a university or non-profit 
organization.
      Rescinds $48,000,000 from prior year unobligated balances 
identified within funds appropriated between fiscal year 1998 
and fiscal year 2002 across all grant programs. None of the 
rescission is derived from the National Service Trust.
      The conferees remind the Corporation of the reporting and 
reprogramming requirements set forth at the beginning of this 
division. Various reporting requirements listed in both the 
House report and the Senate record must be fulfilled with the 
submission of the fiscal year 2003 operating plan unless 
otherwise noted. Further, the conferees direct the Corporation 
to provide better, detailed information in the budgetrequest 
regarding planned and on-going activities, the costs of those 
activities, and the expected results.
      The conferees reiterate the directive to the Corporation 
to establish performance measures for each grantee, require 
each grantee to submit a correction plan should the grantee not 
meet the agreed-upon measures, and reduce or terminate any 
award where, after due process, the grantee does not meet the 
performance plan.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      Appropriates $6,000,000 for Office of Inspector General 
instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House and $6,900,000 
as proposed by the Senate.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

      Retains the administrative provisions proposed by the 
Senate regarding qualified student loans eligible for education 
awards and the availability of funds for the placement of 
volunteers with disabilities. The House included a similar 
provision regarding qualified student loans, but with technical 
differences.

               U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $14,326,000 for salaries and expenses as 
proposed by the House instead of $14,612,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      The conferees believe all federal employees should be 
safe in their work environments. The General Services 
Administration (GSA) is responsible for providing security for 
the Federal tenants of privately owned buildings. The conferees 
strongly urge the Court, together with the other tenants of the 
building, to work with GSA, in consultation with the Department 
of Homeland Security, on a security plan acceptable to all 
tenants, the community and the owner. The cost of the plan 
should be borne equally by all tenants.
      The conferees remind the Court of its obligation to 
comply with the reprogramming requirements set forth at the 
beginning of this division and direct the Court to submit an 
operating plan to the Committees on Appropriations of both the 
House and Senate 60 days after enactment of this Act.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $32,445,000 for salaries and expenses as 
proposed by the House instead of $24,445,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Additional funds are provided for repairs to the 
Memorial Amphitheater and accelerated development of section 
90.

                Department of Health and Human Services

                     National Institutes of Health

          NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

      Appropriates $84,074,000 for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences as proposed by the House instead 
of $76,074,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the appropriated 
amount, $48,936,000 is for research and $27,138,000 is for 
worker training activities as proposed in the budget 
submission.
      In addition, the conferees have provided $8,000,000, 
split equally between research and worker training, for NIEHS 
activities related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001 which had been appropriated in a Supplemental 
Appropriations Act but not requested by the Administration as a 
contingent emergency.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

            TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

      Appropriates $82,800,000 for toxic substances and 
environmental public health instead of $88,688,000 as proposed 
by the House and $81,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the 
amount provided, $1,800,000 is intended to reimburse ATSDR for 
direct and indirect costs of the Agency related to the events 
of September 11, 2001.
      Bill language has again this year been included which 
permits the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to conduct other appropriate 
health studies and evaluations or activities in lieu of health 
assessments pursuant to section 104(i)(6) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980, as amended (CERCLA). The language further stipulates that 
in the conduct of such other health assessments, evaluations or 
activities, the ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines 
imposed in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA. Funds provided for 
fiscal year 2003 cannot be used by the ATSDR to conduct in 
excess of 40 toxicological profiles.
      From within the funds provided, the conferees expect 
ATSDR to establish a fish consumption advisory pilot program in 
the State of Michigan, implement a multi-faceted health study 
of polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in Anniston, Alabama, and 
monitor and assess the long-term health status of children, 
adolescents, and young adults in Herculaneum, Missouri 
regarding their exposure to lead.
      Finally, the conferees have again agreed to cap 
administrative costs charged by the CDC at 7.5 percent of the 
amount appropriated herein for the ATSDR.

                    Environmental Protection Agency

                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

      Appropriates $720,261,000 for science and technology 
instead of $714,578,000 as proposed by the House and 
$707,203,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees have 
included language similar to that proposed by the House giving 
EPA the ability to contract for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates. The language, with 
technical differences, is similar to language adopted in Public 
Law 106-113 to provide such authority to the United States 
Geological Survey.
      The conferees have agreed to the following increases 
above the budget request:
      1. $2,500,000 for EPSCoR;
      2. $4,000,000 for the Water Environmental Research 
Foundation;
      3. $5,000,000 for the American Water Works Association 
Research Foundation;
      4. $2,000,000 for the National Decentralized Water 
Resource Capacity Development Project, in coordination with 
EPA, for continued training and research and development 
program;
      5. $9,750,000 for the STAR Fellowship program;
      6. $1,000,000 for the American Water Works Association as 
a one-time grant to assist AWWA in its drinking water security 
training activities;
      7. $5,000,000 for small system arsenic removal research, 
for a total of $11,800,000 in fiscal year 2003. The conferees 
strongly encourage EPA to utilize a significant portion of this 
funding to carry out demonstrations of implementation of low-
cost treatment technology and directs the Agency to report to 
the Committees on Appropriations by August 15, 2003, on its 
plans to carry out such demonstrations;
      8. $900,000 for the University of South Alabama, Center 
for Estuarine Research;
      9. $450,000 for the city of San Bernardino, California/
San Bernardino Valley Metropolitan Water District for the Lakes 
and Streams project;
      10. $675,000 to the University of California, Riverside 
for continued research of advanced vehicle design, advanced 
transportation systems, vehicle emissions, and atmospheric 
pollution at the CE-CERT facility;
      11. $450,000 to the Monterey County, California Water 
Resources Association for planning activities for the Salinas 
Valley Water Project;
      12. $1,800,000 for the International Center for Water 
Technology at California State University, Fresno;
      13. $900,000 for the Central California Air Quality Study 
conducted by the Central California Air Quality Coalition;
      14. $720,000 to Barry University for minority science 
training;
      15. $900,000 to the University of Miami in Florida for 
the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science for 
continued research into coral reefs;
      16. $270,000 to Florida International University to 
utilize non-destructive techniques to characterize and develop 
contamination strategies;
      17. $225,000 for ongoing research and development of 
multipurpose sensors for detecting and analyzing environmental 
contaminants at Boise State University, the University of Idaho 
and the University of Utah;
      18. $450,000 to the Illinois Waste Management and 
Research Center through the University of Illinois at Urbana/
Champaign for implementation of a program to increase the 
adoption of innovative pollution prevention technologies by 
businesses;
      19. $180,000 for the Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium;
      20. $450,000 for the National Center for Manufacturing 
Sciences in Ann Arbor, Michigan for assisting EPA in meeting 
the Strategic Goals Program in the metal finishing sector;
      21. $450,000 for the Michigan Biotechnology Institute for 
development and demonstration of environmental cleanup 
technologies;
      22. $450,000 for the Great Lakes Hydrological Center of 
Excellence at Western Michigan University;
      23. $180,000 to Montana State University Bozeman to 
develop a Water Center Drinking Water Assistance Program for 
Small Systems;
      24. $225,000 to the Desert Research Institute for Clean 
Water Research of the Western Great Basin Rivers;
      25. $6,885,000 for the Environmental Systems Center of 
Excellence at Syracuse University for research and technology 
transfer in the fields of indoor environmental quality and 
urban ecosystems sustainability;
      26. $180,000 to the State University of New York, College 
of Environmental Sciences and Forestry for research and 
outreach at the Roosevelt Sustainability Center;
      27. $450,000 to the Syracuse Research Corporation in 
Syracuse, New York, a not-for-profit corporation, for the 
continuation of environmental research at its Probability Risk 
Assessment Center;
      28. $900,000 for the Integrated Petroleum Environmental 
Consortium;
      29. $450,000 for the University of South Carolina for a 
geologic study for uranium groundwater contamination;
      30. $1,800,000 for the Mickey Leland National Urban Air 
Toxics Research Center;
      31. $450,000 for the Texas Institute for Applied 
Environmental Research at Tarleton State University;
      32. $450,000 for the Texas Institute for Environmental 
Assessment and Management at the University of North Texas, 
Denton, Texas;
      33. $873,000 for the Canaan Valley Institute in close 
coordination with the Regional Vulnerability and Assessment 
(ReVA) initiative to develop research and educational tools 
using integrative technologies to predict future environmental 
risks and support informed, proactive decision-making to be 
undertaken in conjunction with the Highlands action program;
      34. $450,000 for the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin 
Island, Alabama, for coastal ecosystem research;
      35. $630,000 for the Center for the Conservation of 
Biological Resources at Black Hills State University, South 
Dakota;
      36. $675,000 for Clean Air Counts of Northeastern 
Illinois to develop an innovative and cost effective method to 
reduce smog-causing emissions in the Chicago metropolitan 
region. The funding will provide support for an ongoing 
partnership involving EPA, the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, 
Illinois EPA, and the Delta Institute;
      37. $720,000 for the Contra Costa Water District, 
California, for applied research studies related to the water 
quality and water treatment challenges facing Bay Delta water 
users;
      38. $720,000 for Lake Superior State University for 
education and research on aquatic biota and their associated 
habitats;
      39. $675,000 for the Louisiana Environmental Research 
Center at McNeese State University for research into wetland 
ecology and the environmental effects of oil spills;
      40. $270,000 for the Foundation for Advancements in 
Science and Education in Vermont for a pesticides recording 
project;
      41. $675,000 for the Southwest Clean Air Quality Agency's 
Columbia Gorge Air Quality Technical Foundation Study;
      42. $450,000 for the Center for the Study of Metals in 
the Environment;
      43. $1,080,000 for the Center for Air Toxic Metals at the 
Energy and Environmental Research Center;
      44. $90,000 for the University of Vermont's Proctor Maple 
Research Center to continue mercury deposition monitoring 
effects;
      45. $315,000 for acid rain research at the University of 
Vermont;
      46. $450,000 for the City of Glendale, California for 
research and development of technology for the removal of 
Chromium 6 from water;
      47. $450,000 for the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology 
Research;
      48. $900,000 for the National Environmental Respiratory 
Center at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute;
      49. $3,510,000 for the Mine Waste Technology Program at 
the National Environmental Waste Technology, Testing, and 
Evaluation Center;
      50. $1,350,000 for the Connecticut River Airshed-
Watershed Consortium;
      51. $630,000 for the Mid-America Regional Council to 
apply urban agroforestry technologies to meet community green 
infrastructure needs;
      52. $900,000 for the Environmental Lung Center at the 
National Jewish Medical and Research Center; and
      53. $1,800,000 for air quality program for Fairbanks 
North Star Borough, Alaska.
      The conference agreement provides $8,000,000 for the 
National Environmental Technology Competition, a decrease of 
$1,750,000 from the budget request. In this regard, the Agency 
is directed to report by August 1, 2003 on its efforts to 
develop a ``one stop shop'' office to coordinate similar 
programs which foster private and public sector development of 
new, cost-effective environmental technologies.
      The conference agreement includes a general reduction to 
this account of $16,100,000.
      The conferees continue to support the partnership between 
the EPA and the National Technology Transfer Center and direct 
that the Agency continue the cooperative agreement at the 
fiscal year 2001 funding level. Additionally, the conferees 
have provided $850,000 from within available funds for the 
Agency to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for an 
evaluation of the Coeur D'Alene Basin, Idaho Superfund site in 
a manner consistent with the reports of the House and Senate 
accompanying this Act.
      From within amounts transferred to ``Science and 
Technology'' from ``Hazardous Substance Superfund'', the 
conferees direct that funding for the Gulf Coast Hazardous 
Substance Research Center continue at no less than the fiscal 
year 2002 level. Also from within these transferred amounts, 
the Agency is directed to provide no less than $8,000,000 for 
continuation of the SITE program.
      The conferees agree that the drinking water security 
report requested by the Senate shall be provided no later than 
June 30, 2003.
      Finally, the conference agreement modifies a provision 
included in the Report accompanying the Senate bill requiring 
EPA to study the procedures used by the States in setting 
individual State emission standards. The conferees direct that 
the Agency, rather than conduct such a study with its own 
personnel, contract with the National Academy of Sciences to 
conduct the review and submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of its findings not later than February 15, 
2004. The conferees have provided $750,000 from within 
available funds in support of this contract.

                 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

      Appropriates $2,111,604,000 for environmental programs 
and management instead of $2,111,677,000 as proposed by the 
House and $2,136,569,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees have included language as proposed by the House which 
requires the Administrator to certify grant amendment numbers 
C-340461-02 and C-340461-03.
      The conferees have agreed to specific Agency program 
levels as follows:
      1. $22,651,000 for the Chesapeake Bay Program, an 
increase of $2,000,000 above the budget request for small 
watershed grants;
      2. $16,000,000 for the Great Lakes National Program 
Office, an increase of $872,000 above the request;
      3. $24,521,000 for the National Estuary Program, an 
increase of $5,275,000 above the budget request;
      4. $5,000,000 for the Gulf of Mexico program, an increase 
of $673,000 above the budget request;
      5. $2,500,000 for the Long Island Sound Program Office, 
an increase of $2,023,000 above the budget request;
      6. $5,500,000 for Environmental Justice programs, an 
increase of $1,421,000 above the budget request;
      7. $182,000,000 for the Compliance Assistance, Compliance 
Monitoring, and Civil Enforcement programs within the Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, an increase of 
$15,224,000 above the budget request;
      8. $2,500,000 for the Lake Champlain Basin Program, an 
increase of $1,545,000 above the budget request;
      9. $1,000,000 for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin 
Restoration Program, an increase of $1,000,000 above the budget 
request;
      10. $10,000,000 for Capacity Building, an increase of 
$489,000 above the fiscal year 2002 funding level;
      11. $13,057,000 for Information Integration, an increase 
of $7,273,000 above last year's level;
      12. $44,500,000 for Legal Services, an increase of 
$2,716,000 above the fiscal 2002 level;
      13. $14,750,000 for the TRI/Right-to-Know program, an 
increase of $549,000 above last year;
      14. $27,200,000 for the EPM account's portion of the 
Brownfields program, an increase of $24,381,000 above the level 
provided in fiscal year 2002; and
      15. $33,000,000 for regulatory development, an increase 
of $5,588,000 above the fiscal year 2002 funding level.
      The conference agreement provides for a general reduction 
for the ``Environmental Programs and Management'' account of 
$45,001,000. Further, the agreement provides for no reductions 
as proposed by the House for the Management Services and 
Stewardship and Planning and Resource Management activities, 
and provides for no increase in the Energy Star program as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees have agreed to the following increases to 
the budget request:
      1. $18,000,000 for rural water technical assistance 
activities and groundwater protection with distribution as 
follows: $10,000,000 for the NRWA; $4,000,000 for RCAP, to be 
divided equally between assistance for water programs and 
assistance for wastewater programs; $1,000,000 for GWPC; 
$2,000,000 for Small Flows Clearinghouse; and $1,000,000 for 
the NETC;
      2. $1,000,000 for the National Biosolids Partnership 
Program;
      3. $2,000,000 for source water protection programs;
      4. $5,000,000 for a cost-shared grant program to school 
districts for necessary upgrades of their diesel bus fleets;
      5. $2,000,000 to the NRWA to assist small water systems 
to conduct vulnerability assessments as required in title IV of 
the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness 
Response Act of 2002;
      6. $3,000,000 for EPA's National Computing Center to 
provide for the remote mirroring of all critical information 
and related systems to achieve a Continuance of Operations 
(COOP)/Disaster Recovery capability;
      7. $4,000,000 for grants to interested States to 
establish a long-term ambient monitoring and assessment 
framework at relevant geographic scales to support all water 
quality management objectives;
      8. $450,000 to the University of Arkansas to develop bio-
engineering solutions to watershed management;
      9. $450,000 for the San Joaquin River Resource Management 
Coalition of California;
      10. $225,000 to establish a Santa Ana River Watershed 
Research and Training Program at the Water Resources Institute 
of California State University, San Bernardino;
      11. $225,000 for the San Bernardino Valley Municipal 
Water District for research and design (cost evaluation and 
environmental studies) of a mitigation project addressing the 
city's contaminated high groundwater table and dangers 
presented by liquefaction;
      12. $270,000 for the Sacramento River Toxic Pollutant 
Control Program and Sacramento River Watershed Program;
      13. $225,000 to Edward Waters College of Jacksonville, 
Florida for research education and training with regard to 
community environmental conditions;
      14. $1,350,000 for enhanced environmental education, 
research and training programs at Florida Gulf Coast 
University's Institute for Coastal and Watershed Studies;
      15. $270,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for lead 
screening, testing, outreach, and education in the Liberty City 
Neighborhood;
      16. $270,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida to expand the 
existing environmental education program;
      17. $450,000 to the Georgia Environmental Training and 
Education Authority for a lagoon waste management demonstration 
project;
      18. $900,000 to the Columbus Water Works, Columbus, 
Georgia for an Advanced Biosolids Flow-Through Thermophilic 
Treatment Process demonstration project;
      19. $180,000 to Cerro Gordo County, Iowa for 
environmental planning related to the Ventura Marsh initiative 
and overall water quality assessment in connection with the 
Clear Lake, Iowa Restoration Project;
      20. $270,000 to the Friends of the Teton River, Inc. for 
the Upper Teton Watershed project;
      21. $675,000 to the Illinois Environmental Protection 
Agency for the Fox River Watershed Management Program;
      22. $450,000 to Purdue University in Indiana for the 
Contaminant Remediation Optimization Program (CROP);
      23. $180,000 for the Equus Beds Water Quality Protection 
program in Wichita, Kansas;
      24. $450,000 for the Boston Metropolitan Area Planning 
Council, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Technology 
Collaborative, for a Comprehensive Water Resources Strategy for 
the I-495 Corridor of Massachusetts;
      25. $270,000 to Caroline County, Maryland for the initial 
design and engineering of a regional plan for wastewater needs;
      26. $157,500 for the Hypoxia Education and Stewardship 
Project in Kansas City, Missouri;
      27. $225,000 for continuation of the Mecklenburg County, 
North Carolina Surface Water Improvement Management Initiative;
      28. $765,000 for continued activities of the North 
Carolina Central University research initiative;
      29. $225,000 for Wake County, North Carolina for 
planning, environmental analysis and design of a watershed 
management plan;
      30. $225,000 to Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey 
for the Environmental Community Revitalization and Research 
Initiative;
      31. $900,000 to continue the sediment decontamination 
technology demonstration in the New York-New Jersey Harbor;
      32. $450,000 to the Tompkins County, New York Soil and 
Water Conservation District for the Cayuga Lake Watershed 
Protection Project;
      33. $450,000 for the Alfred University Center for 
Environmental and Energy Research;
      34. $135,000 to the Town of North Salem, New York for the 
Peach Lake pollution study;
      35. $675,000 to Columbia University in New York City, New 
York for education, training and equipment related to ongoing 
biomedical research on environmentally induced cancers and 
immunological responses, at the Audubon Biomedical Science and 
Technology Park;
      36. $900,000 for the Water Systems Council Wellcare 
TM Program;
      37. $225,000 to the Rochester Institute of Technology 
(RIT) for the National Materials Recovery and Recycling Center 
of Excellence;
      38. $1,350,000 for continued work on water management 
plans for the Central New York watersheds in Onondaga and 
Cayuga counties;
      39. $675,000 to Cortland County, New York for continued 
work on the aquifer protection plan, of which $150,000 is for 
continued implementation of the comprehensive water quality 
management program in the Upper Susquehanna Watershed;
      40. $90,000 for a Water Consortium Feasibility Study in 
Oklahoma with Washington County Water District #3, Rogers 
County Rural Water District #3, the City of Collinsville, and 
the City of Owasso;
      41. $450,000 to Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc., a 
non-profit organization, for demonstration projects which 
include research, education and training activities related to 
the development of environmentally beneficial vermicomposting 
processes;
      42. $450,000 for the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's 
Department of Health in consultation with the Philadelphia 
Citizens for Children and Youth for lead screening, testing, 
outreach, and education throughout the City;
      43. $1,800,000 to the American Cities Foundation of 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in consultation with the 
Philadelphia Commercial Development Corporation for the 
Neighborhood Environmental Action Team (N.E.A.T.) Philadelphia 
program;
      44. $450,000 for the Texas Agricultural Experiment 
Station in Tarrant County, Texas for research of water supplies 
and development of an integrated watershed protection plan;
      45. $315,000 to the Brazos River Authority of College 
Station, Texas for the Brazos/Navasota Watershed Management 
Project;
      46. $180,000 to the Tri-State Water Council for the Clark 
Fork-Pend Oreille Tri-State Water Quality Study;
      47. $1,467,000 for on-going activities at the Canaan 
Valley Institute, including activities relating to community 
sustainability;
      48. $1,530,000 for the Canaan Valley Institute to 
continue to develop a regional sustainability support center 
and coordinated information system in the Mid-Atlantic 
Highlands;
      49. $810,000 to the Polymer Alliance Zone's MARCEE 
initiative;
      50. $270,000 to the West Virginia High Technology 
Consortium Foundation, Inc. (WVHTCF) for research to 
demonstrate the capture and utilization of CO2 and 
CH4 at the Meadowfill Landfill near Bridgeport, West 
Virginia;
      51. $405,000 to the Fayette County Commission of West 
Virginia for a wastewater treatment engineering study to 
address water quality concerns in the New River Gorge National 
River;
      52. $5,000,000 for America's Clean Water Foundation for 
implementation of on-farm environmental assessments for 
livestock operations;
      53. $225,000 for the Maryland Bureau of Mines for an acid 
mine drainage remediation project;
      54. $900,000 for projects demonstrating the benefits of 
Low Impact Development along the Anacostia Watershed in Prince 
Georges County, Maryland;
      55. $45,000 for the Northwest Straits Commission;
      56. $630,000 for the Northwest Indian Fisheries 
Commission with distribution as follows: $144,000 to the 
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission for coordination and 
$486,000 to be divided among the 26 participating tribes to 
implement this tribal initiative by integrating state, Federal, 
tribal and local governmental efforts to develop common water 
quality protection goals and reduce jurisdictional barriers;
      57. $180,000 for the Columbia Basin Groundwater Area 
Management Study;
      58. $450,000 for the Gateway Cities Council of 
Governments, California, pilot program to reduce diesel 
emissions;
      59. $225,000 for the Illinois Department of Agriculture's 
Council on Best Management Practices initiative to reduce 
nitrate contamination in drinking water;
      60. $225,000 for the CropLife Foundation North Carolina 
environmental stewardship project;
      61. $450,000 for the Center for Agricultural and Rural 
Development at Iowa State University for the Resource and 
Agricultural Policy Systems program;
      62. $450,000 for the Small Business Pollution Prevention 
Center at the University of Northern Iowa;
      63. $675,000 for the painting and coating assistance 
initiative through the University of Northern Iowa;
      64. $90,000 for the American Farmland Trust Center for 
Agriculture in the Environment for sustainable agriculture in 
Hawaii and the American Pacific;
      65. $450,000 for the Economic Development Alliance of 
Hawaii to promote biotechnology to reduce pesticide use in 
tropical and subtropical agricultural production;
      66. $225,000 for the County of Hawaii and the Hawaii 
Island Economic Development Board to establish and implement a 
community development model for renewable resource management 
by upgrading solid waste transfer stations into community 
recycling centers;
      67. $225,000 for a storm water research initiative at the 
University of Vermont;
      68. $180,000 for the Vermont small business compliance 
assistance project conducted by the Vermont Small Business 
Development Center;
      69. $144,000 for the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Commission Crandon Mine analysis;
      70. $450,000 for the Sand County Foundation in Wisconsin 
for an incentive program to promote the reduction of nitrogen 
discharge in the Upper Mississippi River Basin;
      71. $225,000 for Livingston Parish, Louisiana, for a 
water and wastewater infrastructure feasibility study;
      72. $225,000 for the Vermont Department of Agriculture to 
work with conservation districts and local communities to 
reduce non-point source run-off in the Potash Brook watershed;
      73. $225,000 for the Nevada Department of Environmental 
Protection to work with California water officials to address 
Lake Tahoe water quality issues;
      74. $225,000 for the University of Nevada, Reno to 
conduct water testing and related studies of the arsenic 
problem and its impact in Fallon, Nevada;
      75. $45,000 for the Tioga County Department of Economic 
Development and Planning, New York, for the Owego 
infrastructure master plan;
      76. $180,000 for design, engineering, and planning 
activities related to the pollution prevention of Wreck Pond 
and nearby beaches in Spring Lake, New Jersey;
      77. $135,000 for the New Jersey EnvironMentors project;
      78. $315,000 for planning and engineering studies for the 
Storm Lake, Iowa, cleanup project;
      79. $225,000 for the University of West Florida 
P.E.R.C.H. (Partnership for Environmental and Community Health) 
research project;
      80. $180,000 for the Northeast Waste Management Officials 
Association to continue solid waste, hazardous waste, cleanup, 
and pollution prevention programs;
      81. $180,000 for the Northeast States for Coordinated Air 
Use Management (NESCAUM);
      82. $2,250,000 for the National Alternative Fuels 
Training Consortium;
      83. $1,350,000 for the Ecological and Water Resources 
Assessment Project;
      84. $450,000 for the Valley Water Mill Watershed 
Education and Demonstration Center in Missouri;
      85. $180,000 for the Sutherlin, Oregon Water Control 
District's Watershed Assessment Project;
      86. $450,000 for the Kenai River Center in Kenai, Alaska;
      87. $1,800,000 for Region 10 environmental compliance 
activities in Alaska;
      88. $1,800,000 for the Coeur d'Alene Basin Commission to 
continue a pilot program for environmental response, natural 
resource restoration and related activities;
      89. $1,350,000 for ORSANCO for the Ohio River Pollution 
Reduction Program;
      90. $450,000 for the University of Southern Maine for 
environmental education activities;
      91. $1,350,000 for the University of Louisville for the 
Stream Restoration Institute;
      92. $2,250,000 for the Southwest Center for Environmental 
Research and Policy;
      93. $3,600,000 for the Small Public Water System 
Technology Centers at Western Kentucky University, the 
University of New Hampshire, the University of Alaska-Sitka, 
Pennsylvania State University, the University of Missouri-
Columbia, Montana State University, the University of Illinois, 
and Mississippi State University;
      94. $900,000 to complete the full feasibility study/
environmental impact statement for the Medford, Oregon, 
effluent reuse project; and
      95. $900,000 for the Alabama Department of Environmental 
Management for the Alabama Water and Wastewater Training 
Program.
      The conference agreement provides $9,160,000 from within 
available funds for the continuing operation of the 
Environmental Education programs. In this regard, the Agency is 
directed to proportionately distribute funds for the 
Environmental Education programs in a manner consistent with 
the provisions of the National Environmental Education Act.
      The conferees have, within available funds, provided the 
fiscal year 2002 level for the eight Environmental Finance 
Centers. Also within available funds, the Agency is directed to 
provide $350,000 for maintenance and updating of the Cumulative 
and Aggregate Risk Evaluation System software package; $250,000 
to continue development of BASINS models, GIS mapping, 
integration with other financial and planning tools, and 
incorporation of cost-effectiveness considerations into 
integrated priority ranking systems; and $200,000 for setting 
standards and to increase public and government awareness of 
the benefits of ambient temperature glass technology.
      The Agency's budget submission for fiscal year 2003 
called for a significant reduction in work conducted through 
the Climate Protection/Transportation program. So that work 
conducted under this program can be phased in a more 
appropriate manner, the conferees direct EPA to provide no less 
than $5,000,000 from within available funds for work of the 
FEV/Clean Automotive Technology program on advanced hydraulic 
hybrid vehicles, extremely clean diesel technologies, and 
advanced gasoline engine concepts.
      The conferees expect EPA to establish and implement a 
Highlands Action Program (HAP) in partnership with Canaan 
Valley Institute (CVI) to take action on the problems 
identified in the follow-up Mid-Atlantic Highlands report that 
Congress directed the EPA to prepare in the fiscal year 2002 
House and Conference Reports. The HAP should, among other 
things, use environmental indicators, strong science, and 
partnerships to identify the causes of those problems; develop 
solutions and management actions to resolve the identified 
problems; and develop a management plan that includes states, 
non-governmental organizations, local communities and the 
private sector. The Agency is expected to periodically assess 
the status of the HAP and report back to Congress on the 
findings and the successes of the program.
      The Agency is directed to submit as part of the fiscal 
year 2003 Operations Plan a resource plan detailing the number 
of pesticide tolerance reassessments and re-registrations 
required under FQPA, the number and kind of such activities 
completed since 1996, the status of the remaining activities, 
including the projected number to be completed year-to-year 
under FQPA, and the level of resources needed to meet these 
requirements. Similarly, the Agency is expected to include in 
its fiscal year 2003 Operations Plan a report of its actions 
and accomplishments towards restoring personnel in its civil 
enforcement program, as well as a report of the Agency's plan 
towards aggressively filling and retaining FTE vacancies within 
OECA.
      Last year, the Agency was asked by the House of 
Representatives' Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on 
Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies to undertake an agreement with the 
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review the current draft 
Dioxin Reassessment. Among other things, the review was 
intended to address the toxicological questions associated with 
dioxin, including, the scientific evidence for the appropriate 
classification of dioxin as to its potential human 
carcinogenicity, the validity of the non-threshold linear dose-
response model in light of epidemiological studies and the 
corresponding cancer slope factor calculated by the Agency 
through use of this model, the scientific evidence supporting 
the calculation and use of Toxicity Equivalent Factors, and the 
appropriateness of including ``dioxin-like'' chemicals in the 
risk assessment without individual empirical review of their 
effects.
      Concerns raised by other federal agencies, outside 
scientists, and EPA's own Science Advisory Board as to the 
scientific underpinning of the Reassessment, as well as 
questions of consistency with other international assessments 
of dioxin and the positions on these taken by other federal 
agencies, in large part prompted this request. Because of the 
enormous policy implications of this Reassessment, the Agency 
in early Fall, 2002, asked for additional time to convene an 
Interagency Working Group (IWG) so as to review and address 
many of the toxicological questions that have been raised 
concerning the dioxin reassessment, including, but not limited 
to, the scientific evidence used to classify the 
carcinogenicity of dioxin to humans, the Agency's use of a 
linear dose-response model to estimate cancer risk levels, the 
scientific support for the use of the Toxic Equivalency Factors 
for dioxins, and the use of body burden as the appropriate dose 
metric.
      While the conferees acknowledge the complexity of this 
issue, it is unclear as to how much progress has been made by 
the IWG. The conferees note that a year has passed since the 
Agency was first requested to pursue such a review by the 
Academy. In light of this fact and so that no further delay of 
this important issue occur, the conferees direct that unless 
the IWG has completed its review and issued a report within 60 
days of enactment of the Act, the Agency is to contract with 
the Academy as quickly as possible thereafter so that the 
Academy may undertake a review of the Reassessment as 
originally requested. In issuing this direction, it is not the 
intention of the conferees to delay the work of the IWG. In 
addition, upon completion of the review by the NAS, the Agency 
is expected to move expeditiously to review the Academy's 
report, make any appropriate changes as necessary in the 
Reassessment, and issue a final document.
      The conferees are aware that EPA is currently working 
with the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to develop an 
environmentally acceptable program which will aid MARAD in 
meeting its statutory mandate to dispose of obsolete vessels of 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet, and encourage EPA to 
continue its efforts to find solutions to dispose of these 
ships so as to eliminate to the greatest extent possible all 
potential environmental hazards.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      Appropriates $36,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General instead of $35,325,000 as proposed by the House and 
$37,325,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition to amounts 
appropriated directly to the OIG, $12,742,000 is also available 
by transfer from funds appropriated for Hazardous Substance 
Superfund.
      The conferees strongly encourage the Inspector General to 
prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House and the Senate at the earliest practical date an audit 
management plan and the personnel requirements which will best 
enhance the expertise and maximize the efficiencies of the 
Office.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

      Appropriates $42,918,000 for buildings and facilities as 
proposed by the House and the Senate.

                     HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $1,272,888,000 for hazardous substance 
superfund as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,422,888,000 
as proposed by the House. Bill language provides that 
$636,444,000 of the appropriated amount is to be derived from 
the Superfund Trust Fund and a like amount is to be derived 
from General Revenues of the Treasury. Additional language 
provides for the transfer of $12,742,000 to the Office of 
Inspector General, and for the transfer of $86,168,000 to the 
Science and Technology account.
      The conferees have agreed to the following fiscal year 
2003 funding levels:
      1. $856,900,000 for Superfund response and cleanup 
activities.
      2. $143,600,000 for enforcement activities.
      3. $134,600,000 for management and support.
      4. $12,742,000 for transfer to the Office of Inspector 
General.
      5. $86,168,000 for research and development activities, 
to be transferred to the Science and Technology account.
      6. $38,826,000 for reimbursable interagency activities, 
including $28,150,000 for the Department of Justice and 
$10,676,000 for OSHA, FEMA, NOAA, the United States Coast 
Guard, and for the Department of the Interior.
      The conferees remain concerned that a recent Memorandum 
of Understanding (MOU) entered into between the EPA and the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) does not fully address all 
jurisdictional concerns expressed in past years by the 
Congress. The Agency is therefore once again directed to 
negotiate and enter into an amended MOU which fully addresses 
these remaining issues. The Agency is further directed to 
report to the Committees on Appropriations by the 28th day of 
each month on the progress towards completing this direction.
      Once again this year, the conferees support the national 
pilot worker training program which recruits and trains young 
persons who live near hazardous waste sites or in communities 
at risk of exposure to contaminated properties for work in the 
environmental field. The conferees direct EPA to continue 
funding this effort in cooperation and collaboration with the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
      The conferees are aware of the Agency's ongoing program 
to coordinate the clean-up of vermiculite from certain homes in 
the Libby, Montana area, and are concerned with reports of both 
excessive costs and schedule delays associated with the 
program. The Agency should be aware of the long-standing 
concerns of the Committees on Appropriations regarding the 
judicious use of Superfund dollars by the EPA, and the 
conferees caution the Agency to move forward with this program 
in a manner which appropriately meets the needs of assistance 
for individuals in Libby while remaining fiscally responsible 
and containing costs in light of competing national priorities 
within the Superfund program.

                LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM

      Appropriates $72,313,000 for the leaking underground 
storage tank program as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                           OIL SPILL RESPONSE

      Appropriates $15,581,000 for oil spill response as 
proposed by the House and the Senate.

                   STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

      Appropriates $3,859,994,000 for state and tribal 
assistance grants instead of $3,789,185,000 as proposed by the 
House and $3,920,639,000 as proposed by the Senate. Bill 
language specifically provides $1,350,000,000 for Clean Water 
State Revolving Fund (SRF) capitalization grants, of which up 
to $75,000,000 is to be made available for use by States that 
choose to make loans, including interest-free loans, that 
increase non-point and non-structural, decentralized 
alternatives, thus expanding the choices available to 
communities in their fight forclean water. The conferees 
strongly encourage States that can do so to pursue innovative 
technologies in this regard, but emphasize that this program is 
voluntary and that States not participating in the program will 
nevertheless continue to receive their normal level of funding through 
the established SRF formulas.
      Additional bill language provides $850,000,000 for Safe 
Drinking Water SRF capitalization grants; $50,000,000 for the 
United States-Mexico Border program; $43,000,000 for grants to 
address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs in 
rural and native Alaska communities; $3,000,000 for remediation 
of above ground leaking fuel tanks in Alaska pursuant to Public 
Law 106-554; $8,225,000 for grants for construction of 
alternative decentralized wastewater facilities; $90,500,000 
for a new Brownfields grant program; $1,150,382,000 for 
categorical grants to the states and tribes, including 
$50,000,000 for Brownfields categorical grants and $19,999,900 
for the Environmental Information Exchange program; and 
$314,887,000 for cost-shared grants for construction of water 
and wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure and for 
groundwater protection infrastructure.
      The conferees have included bill language which, for 
fiscal year 2003, authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to 
use funds appropriated pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (FWPCA) to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to 
section 319(h) and 518(e) of FWPCA. In addition, bill language 
has been adopted which, (1) will permit the states to include 
as principal amounts considered to be the cost of administering 
SRF loans to eligible borrowers, with certain limitations; (2) 
permits the Administrator to reserve up to 1\1/2\ percent of 
the funds appropriated for the SRF under title VI of the FWPCA 
for grants under section 518(c) of that Act; (3) for fiscal 
year 2003, authorizes the states to transfer funds between the 
Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water SRF programs; and (4) 
stipulates that no funds provided in the Act to address water 
infrastructure needs of colonias within the United States along 
the United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a 
county or municipal government unless that governmental entity 
has established an enforceable ordinance or rule which prevents 
the development or construction of any additional colonia 
areas, or the development within an existing colonia of any new 
home, business, or other structure which lacks water, 
wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure.
      The conferees have included bill language which makes 
technical corrections and changes to grants approved in 
previous fiscal years. Finally, as in previous years, the 
conferees have included bill language which stipulates that 
none of the funds provided in this or any previous years' Acts 
for the Safe Drinking Water SRF may be reserved by the 
Administrator for health effects studies on drinking water 
contaminants. The conferees have instead provided significant 
resources for such studies within EPA's Science and Technology 
account.
      Of the funds provided for the United States-Mexico Border 
program, $7,000,000 is for continuation of the El Paso, Texas 
desalination and water supply project, and $2,000,000 is for 
the Brownsville, Texas water supply project.
      The conference agreement provides $8,225,000 for six 
specific grants under the National Decentralized Wastewater 
Demonstration program. The program, which has shown tremendous 
success in developing and transferring technologies which offer 
alternatives to centralized wastewater treatment facilities, 
also requires a cost-share whereby each grantee must provide 
25% of the project's total cost. The six projects included for 
funding are located in Lowndes County, Alabama ($575,000); 
Upper Patuxent River Watershed, Maryland ($1,000,000); West 
Philadelphia and Rodale Institute Farm, Pennsylvania 
($1,700,000); Upper Rio Grande Valley Colonias, Texas 
($900,000); Chittenden County, Vermont Integrated Water 
Resource Project ($3,050,000); and Mud River Watershed, Lincoln 
County, West Virginia ($1,000,000). As in previous years, these 
projects were determined by non-governmental, independent 
analysis based upon their unique and diverse geology and 
geography, their ability to provide the greatest technological 
diversity using limited financial resources, and the commitment 
of each community or regional area to find and fund appropriate 
alternative technologies to resolve their wastewater treatment 
needs.
      Within the State and Tribal Categorical Grant program, 
the conference agreement includes:
      1. $225,000,000 for air resource assistance grants under 
sections 103 and 105 of the Clean Air Act, of which $10,000,000 
is for the five State/Regional Haze planning organizations;
      2. $192,500,000 for section 106 water pollution control 
grants;
      3. $10,000,000 for the Beach Environmental Assessment and 
Coastal Health Act (BEACH) grant program;
      4. $240,000,000 for section 319 non-point source 
pollution grants;
      5. $19,999,900 for the information exchange network grant 
program; and
      6. $15,000,000 for the new targeted watershed grant 
program.
      The conferees have not provided funding for the State 
Multimedia Enforcement Grant program or for maintenance of the 
Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota.
      The conferees agree that $314,887,000 is provided for 
cost-shared grants to communities or other governmental 
entities for construction of water and wastewater treatment 
facilities and infrastructure and for groundwater protection 
infrastructure. Each such grant shall be accompanied by a cost-
share requirement whereby, regardless of the amount provided 
herein for each grant, 45 percent of a project's cost is to be 
the responsibility of the community or entity consistent with 
long-standing guidelines of the Agency. These guidelines also 
offer flexibility in the application of the cost-share 
requirement for those few circumstances when meeting the 45 
percent requirement is not financially possible. The Agency is 
commended for its past efforts in working with communities and 
other entities to resolve problems in this regard, and it is 
expected that this high level of effort and flexibility will 
continue throughout fiscal year 2003.
      The distribution of funds under this program is as 
follows:
      1. $1,620,000 for Palmer, Alaska for a water main;
      2. $450,000 for Wrangell, Alaska for sewer expansion;
      3. $900,000 for the Fairbanks City, Alaska sewer and 
storm drain connection;
      4. $450,000 for Kodiak, Alaska for water and sewer 
upgrades;
      5. $1,080,000 for the Anchorage Water and Wastewater 
Utility for the development of a water and sewer facility in 
Anchorage, Alaska;
      6. $900,000 for Wasilla, Alaska for water and sewer 
improvements;
      7. $180,000 to Attalla, Alabama for sewerage system 
improvements;
      8. $180,000 to Powell, Alabama for sewerage system 
improvements;
      9. $90,000 to Lawrence County, Alabama for the Bankhead 
Forest Water Project;
      10. $90,000 to the Town of Phil Campbell, Alabama for 
water system improvements;
      11. $900,000 to Fort Payne, Alabama for sewerage system 
improvements;
      12. $270,000 to Franklin County, Alabama for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      13. $180,000 to Douglas, Alabama for sewerage system 
improvements;
      14. $180,000 to Marion County, Alabama for water system 
improvements;
      15. $90,000 to the Fayette Water Board, Fayette, Alabama 
for water security system improvements;
      16. $135,000 to the Cullman County Commission, Alabama 
for the North Cullman County water systems upgrades;
      17. $225,000 to the City of Calera, Alabama for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      18. $225,000 to the City of Alabaster, Alabama for water 
and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      19. $1,080,000 to South Alabama Utilities of the town of 
Citronelle, Alabama for water infrastructure improvements in 
western Mobile County;
      20. $450,000 to the Southwest Alabama Regional Water 
Authority for water infrastructure improvements;
      21. $675,000 to the City of Huntsville, Alabama for water 
system improvements;
      22. $675,000 to the City of Moulton, Alabama for 
wastewater system improvements;
      23. $112,500 to the Town of Woodville, Alabama for 
wastewater system improvements;
      24. $180,000 to the Limestone County, Alabama Water and 
Sewer Authority for drinking water improvements;
      25. $180,000 to the West Morgan-East Lawrence Water 
Authority, Alabama for drinking water improvements;
      26. $247,500 to the Town of Littleville, Alabama for 
wastewater system improvements;
      27. $180,000 to the City of Athens, Alabama for 
wastewater system improvements;
      28. $315,000 to the City of Montgomery, Alabama for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      29. $315,000 to the Coosa Valley Water Authority for 
water infrastructure improvements in St. Clair County, Alabama;
      30. $90,000 for the City of Fulton, Alabama for water 
system improvements;
      31. $585,000 for the City of Jackson, Alabama for water 
infrastructure;
      32. $675,000 for the Mobile County Water, Sewer and Fire 
Protection Authority, Alabama for water system improvements;
      33. $630,000 for the Cities of Daphne, Foley and 
Fairhope, Alabama for comprehensive water infrastructure 
assessment;
      34. $585,000 for Mobile Area Water and Sewer System and 
the City of Prichard, Alabama for a combined sewer outflow 
project;
      35. $90,000 for Mt. Vernon, Alabama for water system 
improvements;
      36. $90,000 for Summerdale, Alabama for water 
infrastructure;
      37. $225,000 for the City of Monroeville, Alabama for 
water system improvements;
      38. $450,000 for Sumiton, Alabama for the Sumiton 
Sanitary Sewer System;
      39. $450,000 for Berry, Alabama for the construction of a 
new sanitary wastewater lagoon system;
      40. $450,000 for a water supply project in Guin, Alabama;
      41. $405,000 for Talladega, Alabama for county water 
supply facilities upgrades and construction;
      42. $292,500 for the Town of Notasulga, Alabama for the 
Notasulga Wastewater System;
      43. $270,000 for Muscle Shoals, Alabama for a wastewater 
project;
      44. $180,000 for Eva, Alabama for a sewer system project;
      45. $585,000 for Autauga County, Alabama for a sewer 
infrastructure construction project;
      46. $450,000 for the Osage Basin Wastewater District, 
Arkansas for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      47. $225,000 to the Town of Menifee, Arkansas for water 
and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      48. $450,000 for the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas for 
regional wastewater system improvements;
      49. $225,000 for the Community Water System Public Water 
Authority of Arkansas in Lonoke and White Counties for the 
Green Ferry drinking water project;
      50. $1,350,000 for the City of Safford, Arizona for 
wastewater treatment plant construction;
      51. $450,000 to the City of Scottsdale, Arizona for the 
Scottsdale Arsenic Removal pilot project;
      52. $900,000 to Huachuca City, Arizona for its effluent 
recharge project;
      53. $225,000 to the City of Goodyear, Arizona for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      54. $450,000 to the Litchfield Park Service Company for 
construction of the Litchfield Park arsenic treatment facility 
in Arizona;
      55. $675,000 to the Mission Springs Water District in 
California for groundwater protection and water infrastructure 
improvements;
      56. $675,000 to the City of Murrieta, California for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      57. $900,000 to the City of Newport Beach, California for 
the Big Canyon Reservoir Cover Project;
      58. $630,000 to the Irvine Ranch Water District of 
Irvine, California for improvement of the San Diego Creek 
Watershed Natural Treatment System;
      59. $630,000 to the City of Laguna Beach, California for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      60. $1,710,000 to the Olivenhain Municipal Water District 
in Encinitas, California for water infrastructure improvements;
      61. $1,800,000 to the Placer Nevada Wastewater Authority 
for wastewater infrastructure improvements in Placer County, 
California;
      62. $1,350,000 for water infrastructure improvements for 
the Cities of Arcadia and Sierra Madre, California;
      63. $450,000 to the Metropolitan Water District of 
Southern California for the Desalination Research and 
Innovation Partnership;
      64. $540,000 to Ventura County, California for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements related to the 
completion and implementation of the Calleguas Creek Watershed 
Management Plan;
      65. $450,000 to the United Water Conservation District of 
Ventura County, California for the Oxnard Plain Groundwater 
Recharge project;
      66. $225,000 to the County of Ventura, California for 
wastewater infrastructure needs for El Rio;
      67. $315,000 to the City of El Segundo, California for 
sanitary sewer overflow infrastructure improvements;
      68. $450,000 to the City of Redding, California for water 
and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Redding 
Stillwater Industrial Park;
      69. $450,000 for stormwater pollution mitigation 
improvements and infrastructure in Los Angeles County, 
California;
      70. $247,500 for the City of Oceanside, California for 
infrastructure improvements to the Mission San Luis Rey 
Waterline;
      71. $450,000 to the City of Brisbane, California for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      72. $90,000 for the Mojave Water Agency for design and 
construction of a pipeline and facilities to supply 
supplemental water to the Mojave River Middle Basin Transition 
Zone;
      73. $270,000 for the continuation of water infrastructure 
improvements in Twentynine Palms, California;
      74. $225,000 for the Warren Valley Basin Recharge/Reuse 
project in Yucca Valley, California;
      75. $90,000 for the Lower Owens River Project in Inyo 
County, California;
      76. $90,000 for the continuation of water infrastructure 
improvements in the Yucaipa Valley Water District in Yucaipa, 
California;
      77. $90,000 for the development of a water master plan to 
serve the water infrastructure needs of the City of Hesperia, 
California;
      78. $90,000 for planning and design of a sewage treatment 
and water reclamation facility in Apple Valley, California;
      79. $45,000 for Basin Water to conduct a national 
demonstration project for Highly Efficient/Minimum Waste Ion 
Exchange Treatment of Potable Water Supplies in Southern 
California;
      80. $900,000 to the City of Sacramento, California for 
the Combined Sewer System Improvement and Rehabilitation 
project;
      81. $675,000 to the City of Compton, California for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      82. $225,000 to the City of Chino Hills, California for 
stormwater infrastructure improvements for the intersection of 
Eucalyptus and Peyton Drive;
      83. $225,000 to the City of Brea, California for 
wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements;
      84. $225,000 to the City of Norwalk, California for 
drinking water infrastructure construction and improvements for 
the Norwalk Reservoir Project;
      85. $900,000 to the City and County of San Francisco, 
California for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements 
for the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard;
      86. $450,000 to the City of Ripon, California for water 
infrastructure improvements to assist in the removal of arsenic 
from drinking water;
      87. $315,000 to Madera County, California Resource 
Management Agency for wastewater infrastructure improvements in 
Oakhurst, California;
      88. $900,000 to the City of Huntington Beach, California 
for stormwater and sanitary sewer infrastructure improvements;
      89. $225,000 to the City of Garden Grove, California for 
stormwater infrastructure improvements;
      90. $450,000 to the City of Glendale, California working 
in conjunction with the Utah State University in Logan, Utah, 
the University of Colorado in Boulder, and UCLA for a research 
study and pilot treatment plant focused on the removal of 
chromium 6 from drinking water;
      91. $315,000 to the City of Willits, California for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements and wetlands mitigation;
      92. $225,000 to Sonoma County, California for wastewater 
infrastructure improvements for the Canon Manor community;
      93. $225,000 to Marin County, California for wastewater 
infrastructure improvements for Tomales Bay;
      94. $225,000 to the City of Cudahy, California for 
wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements;
      95. $225,000 to the City of Maywood, California for 
wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements;
      96. $405,000 to the Tuolumne Utility District in 
California for the canal optimization study;
      97. $450,000 for the City of Whittier, California, for 
water and sewer infrastructure improvements;
      98. $450,000 for the City of Eureka, California, for the 
Martin Slough Interceptor project;
      99. $450,000 for Lake County, California, for the Clear 
Lake Basin 2000 project;
      100. $360,000 for Mountain Village, Colorado for water 
infrastructure investment;
      101. $270,000 for Mountain Village, Colorado for 
remediation of above-ground storage tanks;
      102. $450,000 for the Durango Water Treatment Facility in 
Durango, Colorado;
      103. $1,440,000 for Brownsville District Sewer 
Development, Colorado for water and wastewater investments;
      104. $900,000 to the City of New Britain, Connecticut for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      105. $450,000 to the City of Southington, Connecticut for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      106. $157,500 to the Town of Wolcott, Connecticut for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      107. $157,500 to the Town of New Fairfield, Connecticut 
for water infrastructure improvements;
      108. $675,000 to be shared equally between the towns of 
Vernon and Bolton, Connecticut to support the Vernon-Bolton 
Lake Sewer Project System;
      109. $900,000 to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
Authority to mitigate combined sewer overflows into the 
Anacostia and Potomac Rivers;
      110. $900,000 for the Town of Bridgeville, Delaware, for 
wastewater treatment plant improvements;
      111. $900,000 for the Town of Harrington, Delaware, for 
wastewater treatment plant improvements;
      112. $450,000 to the City of Tarpon Springs, Florida for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      113. $450,000 to the City of Clearwater, Florida for 
wastewater and reclaimed water infrastructure improvements;
      114. $810,000 to the Taylor County, Florida Water and 
Sewer District for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      115. $450,000 to Orange County, Florida for wastewater 
infrastructure improvements;
      116. $225,000 to the City of Jacksonville, Florida for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      117. $315,000 to the City of Tampa, Florida for the South 
Tampa Area Reclaimed Project;
      118. $900,000 to the City of Sweetwater, Florida for 
wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements;
      119. $1,125,000 to the Solid Waste Authority of Palm 
Beach County, Florida for pre-construction engineering and 
design of the Tri-County Biosolids Pelletization Facility 
serving Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties;
      120. $135,000 to the City of South Miami, Florida for 
drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and sewer infrastructure 
improvements;
      121. $135,000 to the City of Opa-Locka, Florida for 
drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and sewer infrastructure 
improvements;
      122. $900,000 to the Volusian Water Alliance of Volusian 
County, Florida for the Regional Aquifer Management Project and 
water infrastructure improvements;
      123. $450,000 for the Sarasota County, Florida Phillippi 
Creek Septic System Replacement Project;
      124. $225,000 to the Escambia County, Florida Utility 
Authority for its Wastewater Treatment Public/Private 
Partnership project;
      125. $450,000 to DeSoto County, Florida for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      126. $225,000 to the Sebring Airport Authority of Florida 
for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements for a 
light industrial/commercial business park;
      127. $450,000 to the City of Boca Raton, Florida for 
improvements for the Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Facility;
      128. $450,000 for the City of West Palm Beach, Florida 
for its wetlands-based water project;
      129. $225,000 to the City of Lighthouse Point, Florida 
for stormwater system upgrades and repairs;
      130. $450,000 to the City of Umatilla, Florida for 
stormwater infrastructure improvements;
      131. $7,875,000 to the Southwest Florida Water Management 
District for continuation of the Tampa Bay Reservoir Project;
      132. $810,000 for Lake Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida 
for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      133. $1,125,000 for Eastern Orange and Seminole Counties, 
Florida, for the Regional Reuse Project;
      134. $2,700,000 to the Metropolitan North Georgia Water 
Planning District, of which $1,800,000 is for the City of 
Atlanta Nancy Creek project, for water and wastewater 
infrastructure improvements;
      135. $675,000 to the City of Roswell, Georgia for the Big 
Creek Watershed Demonstration Project;
      136. $405,000 to the Liberty County, Georgia Development 
Authority for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements 
for the Coastal MegaPark;
      137. $675,000 to Gwinnett County, Georgia for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      138. $450,000 to continue the Ground Water Chlorination 
System Replacement and Upgrade Project on Guam;
      139. $495,000 for the State of Hawaii Health Department, 
for cesspool system replacement;
      140. $450,000 for the City and County of Honolulu, 
Hawaii, for wastewater treatment technologies;
      141. $450,000 to the City of Ottumwa, Iowa for comined 
sewer overflow system improvements;
      142. $900,000 to the City of Des Moines, Iowa for 
stormwater and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      143. $450,000 for the City of West Liberty, Iowa, for 
wastewater treatment improvements;
      144. $2,250,000 for the City of Mason City, Iowa, for the 
Municipal Water System Radium Removal Project;
      145. $225,000 to the Bayview Water and Sewer District of 
Idaho for the Cape Horn Area Clean Water Compliance Project;
      146. $900,000 for the Coolin Sewer District in Idaho for 
a wastewater facility upgrade project;
      147. $225,000 for the City of Filer, Idaho for a new 
drinking water system;
      148. $675,000 for the City of Bancroft, Idaho for water 
system upgrades;
      149. $900,000 for the City of Burley, Idaho for 
improvements to the wastewater treatment system;
      150. $450,000 to DuPage County, Illinois for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      151. $450,000 to the Lake County Stormwater Management 
Commission of Lake County, Illinois for stormwater detention, 
infrastructure, modeling, design and management activities in 
the Upper Des Plaines River watershed;
      152. $450,000 to the Village of Johnsburg, Illinois for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      153. $450,000 to the Village of Port Byron, Illinois for 
drinking water improvements;
      154. $180,000 to the City of Hamilton, Illinois for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      155. $180,000 to the Dallas Rural Water District, 
Illinois for water infrastructure improvements in Hancock 
County, Illinois;
      156. $630,000 to the Village of Montgomery, Illinois for 
removal of lead-based paint from water storage tanks;
      157. $234,000 to the Village of Somonauk, Illinois for 
construction of a water storage tower;
      158. $900,000 for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation 
District of Chicago, Illinois for wastewater infrastructure 
improvements;
      159. $450,000 to the Village of Granville, Illinois for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      160. $450,000 to the Village of Toulon, Illinois for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      161. $225,000 to the Village of LaGrange, Illinois for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      162. $225,000 to the Village of Justice, Illinois for 
water infrastructure improvements for the Wesley Fields water 
system;
      163. $450,000 to the City of Galena, Illinois to expand 
and improve wastewater facilities;
      164. $225,000 to the City of Flora, Illinois for water 
infrastructure improvements for the Gateway Regional Water 
System;
      165. $360,000 to the City of Breese, Illinois for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      166. $22,500 to the Village of Patoka, Illinois for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      167. $90,000 to the City of Salem, Illinois for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      168. $675,000 to the City of Wilmington, Illinois for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      169. $450,000 for the Holland Regional Water System in 
Effingham, Illinois for a water treatment facility to improve 
regional drinking water;
      170. $450,000 for the City of Moline, Illinois for 
drinking water improvements;
      171. $450,000 for the City of Georgetown, Illinois for 
drinking water improvements;
      172. $675,000 to the City of Carmel, Indiana for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      173. $90,000 to Madison Township, Indiana for wastewater 
infrastructure improvements;
      174. $148,500 to the Town of Cicero, Indiana for its 
stormwater infrastructure improvements and pollution prevention 
project;
      175. $225,000 to the Twin Lakes Sewer District in White 
County, Indiana for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      176. $315,000 to Tell City, Indiana for wastewater 
infrastructure improvements;
      177. $675,000 to the City of Hobart, Indiana for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Green Acres 
subdivision;
      178. $450,000 for Vigo County, Indiana for the Sugar 
Creek Township Sanitary Sewer Project;
      179. $270,000 to the City of Ottawa, Kansas for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      180. $450,000 to Augusta, Kansas for water infrastructure 
improvements;
      181. $450,000 for Latimer, Kansas for a pipeline project;
      182. $450,000 to the Franklin County Fiscal Court of 
Kentucky for the Choateville Sewer Project;
      183. $225,000 to the Spencer County, Kentucky Fiscal 
Court for water infrastructure improvements;
      184. $225,000 to the City of Shepherdsville, Kentucky for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      185. $225,000 to the City of Carrollton/Carrollton 
Utilities of Kentucky for wastewater infrastructure 
improvements at the Carroll-Gallatin-Owen Regional Wastewater 
Treatment Plant;
      186. $450,000 to the Louisville/Jefferson County 
Redevelopment Authority for water infrastructure improvements 
for a technology park in Louisville, Kentucky;
      187. $544,500 to the City of Paintsville, Kentucky for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      188. $360,000 to the City of Morehead, Kentucky for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      189. $900,000 to the City of Corbin, Kentucky for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      190. $360,000 to the City of Monticello, Kentucky for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      191. $675,000 to the City of Prestonsburg, Kentucky for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      192. $360,000 to the City of Beattyville, Kentucky for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      193. $900,000 for the City of Clay, Kentucky for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      194. $180,000 to the Marshall County Sanitation District 
#2 for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the 
City of Draffenville, Kentucky;
      195. $180,000 for the City of Bardwell, Kentucky for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      196. $180,000 for the City of Greenville, Kentucky for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      197. $1,665,000 for wastewater infrastructure 
improvements at the Cynthiana Wastewater Treatment Plant, 
Kentucky;
      198. $585,000 for the City of Sebree, Kentucky for the 
City of Sebree Sewer project;
      199. $450,000 to the Military Department of Louisiana for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Gillis W. Long 
Center;
      200. $900,000 for the Orleans Parish, Louisiana, sanitary 
sewer inflow infiltration project;
      201. $900,000 to the City of Shreveport, Louisiana for 
installation of backflow preventers within the water 
distribution system ($450,000), and for water and wastewater 
infrastructure improvements associated with programs of the Red 
River Watershed Management Institute ($450,000);
      202. $900,000 to St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana 
for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      203. $180,000 to the City of New Iberia, Louisiana for 
joint water and wastewater infrastructure improvements with 
Iberia Parish;
      204. $180,000 to St. Martin Parish, Louisiana for water 
and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      205. $225,000 to St. Charles Parish, Louisiana for water 
and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      206. $225,000 to St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana for water 
and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      207. $90,000 to St. James Parish, Louisiana for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements coordinated with the 
Town of Gramercy;
      208. $450,000 to the City of Hammond, Louisiana for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements related to the Lake 
Pontchartrain Basin project;
      209. $225,000 to the City of Slidell, Louisiana for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements related to the Lake 
Pontchartrain Basin project;
      210. $787,500 for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      211. $787,500 for the City of Lake Charles, Louisiana, 
for wastewater treatment plant improvements;
      212. $787,500 for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, for sewer 
infrastructure improvements;
      213. $180,000 to the City of Brockton, Massachusetts for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      214. $135,000 for combined sewer overflow mitigation in 
Lawrence, Massachusetts;
      215. $900,000 for Bristol County, Massachusetts, for 
sewer infrastructure improvements;
      216. $810,000 to the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission 
in West Springfield, Massachusetts, in consultation with the 
Metropolitan District Commission in Connecticut, for wastewater 
infrastructure and combined sewer overflow improvements on the 
Connecticut River in Connecticut and Massachusetts;
      217. $450,000 to the Town of Elkton, Maryland for 
biological nutrient removal upgrades;
      218. $450,000 to the Town of Federalsburg, Maryland for 
biological nutrient removal upgrades;
      219. $940,500 for water supply and distribution 
infrastructure improvements, sanitary sewer collection system 
modifications, and wastewater and stormwater infrastructure 
improvements in La Plata, Maryland;
      220. $1,125,000 to the City of Rockville, Maryland for 
its Stormwater Management Improvement Project;
      221. $450,000 to the Washington Suburban Sanitary 
Commission for water infrastructure improvements in Prince 
George's and Montgomery Counties, Maryland;
      222. $3,600,000 for the City of Baltimore, Maryland, for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      223. $1,800,000 to the Town of Indian Head, Maryland for 
sewer and water improvements in Woodland Village;
      224. $450,000 for Vinalhaven, Maine for its sewer system;
      225. $450,000 for Saco, Maine for its sewer system;
      226. $450,000 for Augusta, Maine for its sewer system;
      227. $900,000 for Corinna, Maine for its sewer system;
      228. $270,000 to the City of Bad Axe, Michigan for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      229. $900,000 for continuation of the Rouge River 
National Wet Weather Demonstration Project, Michigan;
      230. $675,000 to the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan for 
combined sewer overflow infrastructure improvements;
      231. $450,000 to the Genesee County Drain Commission, 
Michigan for the North-East Relief Sewer and Kearsley Creek 
Inceptor project;
      232. $360,000 to the Detroit Water and Sewer Department, 
Michigan for water, wastewater and combined sewer overflow 
infrastructure improvements;
      233. $1,350,000 for the Evergreen-Farmington Sanitary 
Sewer Overflow demonstration project in Oakland County, 
Michigan;
      234. $900,000 to Oakland County, Michigan for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements within the George W. 
Kuhn Drainage District;
      235. $450,000 for the City of Flint, Michigan to upgrade 
the Pierson Road water main system;
      236. $900,000 for the City of Saginaw, Michigan, for 
sewer infrastructure improvements;
      237. $900,000 for the City of Port Huron, Michigan, for 
sewer infrastructure improvements;
      238. $900,000 for Eastern Calhoun County, Michigan, for 
regional wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements;
      239. $1,350,000 to the City of Springfield, Missouri for 
feasibility studies, design and construction of stormwater 
infrastructure improvements for the Upper James River;
      240. $315,000 to the City of St. Louis, Missouri for 
water infrastructure improvements for Forest Park;
      241. $1,800,000 to the Clean Water Committee of Jefferson 
County, Missouri for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      242. $315,000 to Caldwell County, Missouri for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      243. $450,000 to the Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water 
Commission for water infrastructure improvements in Monroe 
County, Missouri;
      244. $450,000 to the City of Lake St. Louis, Missouri for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements and watershed protection 
projects in the Peruque Creek watershed and along the St. 
Charles County Hi-Tech corridor area;
      245. $1,530,000 to Kansas City, Missouri for the water 
component of the Beacon Hill Redevelopment Plan;
      246. $450,000 to Dudley, Missouri for the City Water 
Expansion Project;
      247. $1,000,000 for St. Joseph, Missouri for wastewater 
infrastructure improvements;
      248. $405,000 to Bolivar, Missouri for the Bolivar 
Industrial Park Sewer and Water System;
      249. $315,000 to Warrenton, Missouri for the Warrenton 
Industrial Park Lift Station;
      250. $225,000 to Warrensburg, Missouri for the water 
component of the Warrensburg Downtown Revitalization Project;
      251. $1,800,000 to Joplin, Missouri for the Crossroads 
Relief Sewer #2 and Sewer Extension Project;
      252. $1,350,000 to Monett, Missouri for the Monett Sewer 
Treatment Plant Upgrade;
      253. $610,200 to the City of Louisville, Mississippi for 
water treatment system upgrades;
      254. $64,800 to the City of Lake, Mississippi for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      255. $450,000 to the City of Newton, Mississippi for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements for an industrial park;
      256. $270,000 to the City of McComb, Mississippi for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      257. $270,000 to the City of Gulfport, Mississippi for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      258. $495,000 to the City of Corinth, Mississippi for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      259. $450,000 to the City of Tupelo, Mississippi for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      260. $1,800,000 for Flowood, Mississippi for the Hogg 
Creek Interceptor System;
      261. $900,000 for Meridian, Mississippi for wastewater 
improvements;
      262. $900,000 for Jackson, Mississippi for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      263. $900,000 for Fayette, Mississippi for the Jefferson 
County water and sewer improvements project;
      264. $900,000 for the Upper and Lower River Road Water 
and Sewer District, Montana for wastewater infrastructure 
improvements;
      265. $1,350,000 for the City of Conrad, Montana for a 
wastewater and drinking water project;
      266. $1,350,000 for the City of Belgrade, Montana, for 
wastewater treatment;
      267. $1,350,000 for Missoula, Montana for the Mullan Road 
Corridor Sewer Project;
      268. $180,000 to the Town of Granite Falls, North 
Carolina for water infrastructure improvements;
      269. $270,000 to the Town of Bakersville, North Carolina 
for water infrastructure improvements;
      270. $90,000 to the Town of Drexel, North Carolina for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      271. $180,000 to the Town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina 
for construction of the Cemetery Hill Water Storage Tank;
      272. $450,000 to the City of Henderson, North Carolina 
for the next phase of the rehabilitation and expansion of the 
water treatment facilities of the Kerr Lake Regional Water 
System;
      273. $900,000 to the City of Concord, North Carolina for 
the Tri-County Regional Water Project in Cabarrus, Rowan, and 
Stanly Counties, North Carolina;
      274. $225,000 to the County of Granville, North Carolina 
for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      275. $675,000 to Richmond County, North Carolina for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      276. $900,000 to the Neuse Regional Water and Sewer 
Authority in Lenoir County, North Carolina for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      277. $900,000 for Orange County, North Carolina for 
wastewater infrastructure needs;
      278. $360,000 to the Town of Cary, North Carolina for 
construction of a biosolids dryer facility;
      279. $450,000 to the Town of Highlands, North Carolina 
for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      280. $450,000 to the Buncombe County, North Carolina 
Solid Waste Management Facility for water quality protection 
infrastructure improvements;
      281. $360,000 to the Town of Mooresville, North Carolina 
for water infrastructure improvements;
      282. $450,000 for the Town of Robbins, North Carolina, 
for water treatment plant improvements;
      283. $180,000 for water and sewer improvements in 
Morgantown, North Carolina;
      284. $135,000 for water and sewer improvements in 
Albermarle, North Carolina;
      285. $180,000 for water and sewer improvements in 
Gastonia, North Carolina;
      286. $225,000 for water and sewer improvements in 
Valdese, North Carolina;
      287. $1,800,000 for the City of Park River, North Dakota 
for the Park River Water System Improvements;
      288. $900,000 for the City of Grafton, North Dakota for 
the Grafton Water Treatment Plant Improvement;
      289. $540,000 for Wayne State College of Wayne, Nebraska 
for the Wayne Community Greywater project;
      290. $360,000 to Lincoln, Nebraska for the South Salt 
Creek Sanitary Sewer project;
      291. $450,000 to the City of Omaha, Nebraska for a 
combined sewer overflow project;
      292. $900,000 to the City of Nashua, New Hampshire for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      293. $540,000 to the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire 
for mitigation of combined sewer overflows;
      294. $450,000 to the City of Somersworth, New Hampshire 
for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      295. $900,000 to the City of Manchester, New Hampshire 
for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      296. $360,000 to the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire for 
planning and design of a new water treatment plant;
      297. $900,000 for the City of Berlin, New Hampshire to 
assist in construction of water delivery infrastructure;
      298. $391,500 to the Borough of New Providence, New 
Jersey for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      299. $900,000 to the Township of Jefferson, New Jersey 
for wastewater infrastructure improvements to help protect 
water quality of Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey;
      300. $2,250,000 to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission 
in New Jersey for its combined sewage overflow reduction 
program and the Passaic River/Newark Bay Restoration program;
      301. $225,000 for the North Hudson Sewerage Authority in 
New Jersey for combined sewer overflow improvements;
      302. $450,000 for the Township of Vernon, New Jersey, for 
wastewater improvement;
      303. $1,350,000 for the Camden County Municipal 
Authority, New Jersey, for sewer infrastructure improvements;
      304. $900,000 to the City of Ruidoso, New Mexico for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      305. $450,000 to the City of Los Lunas, New Mexico for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      306. $450,000 to the City of Belen, New Mexico for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      307. $180,000 to the Greater Chimayo Mutual Domestic 
Water Consumers Association in New Mexico for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      308. $180,000 to the City of Bloomfield, New Mexico for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      309. $315,000 to the Town of Bernalillo, New Mexico for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      310. $315,000 to the Village of Los Lunas, New Mexico for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      311. $1,800,000 for South and North Valley of Albuquerque 
and Bernalillo County, New Mexico, for water and wastewater 
treatment;
      312. $450,000 for the City of Gallup, New Mexico, for 
wastewater treatment plant improvements and upgrades;
      313. $900,000 for the City of Espanola, New Mexico for 
water and wastewater treatment;
      314. $900,000 for Alamogordo, New Mexico for the 
Alamogordo Regional Desalination Project;
      315. $630,000 to the Virgin Valley Water District, Nevada 
for construction of arsenic treatment facilities for the cities 
of Mesquite and Bunkerville, Nevada;
      316. $796,500 for Washoe County, Nevada for the Spanish 
Valley Nitrate Remediation Pilot Program;
      317. $990,000 for the Carson Water Subconservancy 
District for final design and construction of a conveyance-
tunnel system to transport water from Marlette Lake to the 
Hobart Drainage for treatment at Carson City, Nevada;
      318. $270,000 for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, sewer 
replacement project;
      319. $900,000 to the City of Little Falls, New York for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      320. $225,000 for the Village of Floyd, New York Water 
Quality/Quantity Improvement Project;
      321. $225,000 to the Village of Whitney Point, New York 
for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      322. $900,000 to the Village of Walden, New York for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      323. $450,000 the the State of New York for the South 
Shore Estuary Reserve Council of Long Island, New York for 
stormwater infrastructure improvements;
      324. $675,000 to the Town of North Hempstead, New York 
for stormwater management infrastructure improvements within 
Manhasset Bay and Hempstead Harbor on the Long Island Sound;
      325. $900,000 to the City of Niagara Falls, New York for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      326. $450,000 to the City of Rye, New York for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      327. $450,000 for the Lake Neatahwanta Reclamation 
project in Oswego County, New York;
      328. $900,000 to the City of Oswego, New York for 
combined sewer overflow system improvements;
      329. $180,000 to the Village of Sloan, New York for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      330. $450,000 to the Town of Hamburg, New York for 
sanitary sewer overflow improvements;
      331. $900,000 to the City of Buffalo, New York Water 
Division for water infrastructure improvements;
      332. $900,000 to the Monroe County, New York Water 
Authority for construction of a covered reservoir and security 
improvements;
      333. $900,000 to the Saratoga County Water Committee for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      334. $10,800,000 for continued clean water improvements 
for Onondaga Lake, New York;
      335. $1,800,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      336. $5,400,000 for drinking water infrastructure needs 
in the New York City watershed;
      337. $3,600,000 for water quality infrastructure 
improvements for Long Island Sound, New York;
      338. $450,000 to the Cortland County Industrial 
Development Agency in New York for water and wastewater 
infrastructure improvements to the Cortland County Business 
Park;
      339. $675,000 for the County of Nassau, New York for 
water quality infrastructure improvements at Nassau County Park 
facilities;
      340. $450,000 for the City of Middletown, New York for 
the City of Middletown Filtration Plant;
      341. $450,000 to the City of Cincinnati, Ohio for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      342. $675,000 to the City of Van Wert, Ohio for the 
expansion of a drinking water reservoir;
      343. $337,500 to the City of Napoleon, Ohio for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      344. $720,000 for water infrastructure upgrades for 
Northern Perry County Water District, Ohio;
      345. $675,000 for water infrastructure upgrades for the 
Village of Crooksville, Ohio;
      346. $180,000 for the Village of Amanda, Ohio for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      347. $450,000 for the Village of Spring Valley, Ohio to 
upgrade its water treatment and distribution system;
      348. $360,000 for Greene County, Ohio for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      349. $90,000 for the Pickaway County Sewer District for a 
regional sewer study in Pickaway County, Ohio;
      350. $675,000 to the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer 
District for the Doan Brook Watershed Area in Ohio for 
continued development of a storm water abatement system in the 
Doan Brook Watershed Area of Ohio;
      351. $1,620,000 for the City of Toledo, Ohio for the 
development of facilities related to its Methane Biogases 
Capture and Reuse Initiative;
      352. $630,000 to the City of Port Clinton, Ohio for a 
wastewater infrastructure improvements and mitigation of 
combined sewer overflows;
      353. $450,000 to Perry County, Ohio for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      354. $900,000 to the City of Delphos, Ohio for the Tri-
County Regional Water System Reservoir Project;
      355. $900,000 to the City of North Canton, Ohio for a 
water treatment project;
      356. $900,000 for the City of Massillon, Ohio for 
wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements;
      357. $180,000 for the Buckeye Water District Treatment 
Plant infrastructure improvements in Columbiana County, Ohio;
      358. $180,000 to the Village of Morristown, Ohio for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      359. $225,000 to the Village of Hartford, Ohio for 
wastewater and sanitary sewer infrastructure improvements;
      360. $675,000 for the Village of Pomeroy, Ohio for the 
construction of an iron and manganese removal water treatment 
plant;
      361. $675,000 for the Village of Belmont, Ohio for the 
construction of a wastewater treatment plant and collection 
system;
      362. $900,000 for the City of Akron, Ohio for sewer 
infrastructure improvements;
      363. $675,000 for Morristown, Ohio for a sanitary sewer 
collection system;
      364. $225,000 to the City of Hulbert, Oklahoma for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Hulbert 
Community Health Center;
      365. $450,000 to the City of Midwest City, Oklahoma for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      366. $450,000 to the City of Altus, Oklahoma for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      367. $1,350,000 for the City of Norman, Oklahoma for 
wastewater system improvements;
      368. $450,000 to the City of Portland, Oregon for its wet 
weather pollution control program;
      369. $450,000 to the City of Albany, Oregon for the 
Albany-Millersburg Joint Water project;
      370. $270,000 for Tillamook County, Oregon for wastewater 
infrastructure improvements including construction of an animal 
waste composting facility;
      371. $450,000 to La Pine, Oregon for wastewater 
infrastructure improvements;
      372. $270,000 to the City of North Plains, Oregon for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      373. $495,000 for the City of Hood River, Oregon, for 
drinking water infrastructure improvements;
      374. $225,000 for the Metropolitan Wastewater Management 
Commission, Eugene and Springfield, Oregon, drinking and 
wastewater improvements;
      375. $540,000 for the Gold Hill, Oregon for a water 
intake relocation project;
      376. $2,250,000 for the Three Rivers Wet Weather 
Demonstration program in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
      377. $486,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
for the City of Hermitage, Pennsylvania ($383,850) and the 
Borough of Sharpsville, Pennsylvania ($102,150);
      378. $1,350,000 to Derry Township Municipal Authority in 
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania for wastewater infrastructure 
improvements;
      379. $450,000 for Pulaski Township, Pennsylvania for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      380. $450,000 to the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority of 
Pennsylvania for combined sewer overflow infrastructure 
improvements;
      381. $387,000 to the Nanty Glo Water Authority of 
Cambria, Pennsylvania for water infrastructure improvements;
      382. $450,000 to the Derry Borough Water Authority in 
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania for water infrastructure 
improvements;
      383. $270,000 to the Borough of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania 
for combined sewer overflow improvements;
      384. $450,000 to the City of Franklin, Pennsylvania for 
combined sewer overflow infrastructure improvements;
      385. $450,000 to the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      386. $315,000 to the York City Sewer Authority in 
Pennsylvania for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      387. $450,000 to Lycoming County, Pennsylvania for water 
and wastewater infrastructure improvements in the Boroughs of 
Hughesville and Muncy and at Halls Station;
      388. $450,000 to the Department of Susquehanna County 
Economic Development in Montrose, Pennsylvania for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      389. $315,000 to the Chestnut Ridge Area Joint Municipal 
Authority for wastewater infrastructure improvements for East 
St. Clair, West St. Clair, King and Napier Townships and in New 
Paris Borough, Pennsylvania;
      390. $900,000 to the Eastern Snyder County Regional 
Authority in Pennsylvania to upgrade its wastewater treatment 
plant, including replacing equipment, improving the treatment 
system, and installing new technology for nutrient removal, in 
order to improve the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay;
      391. $900,000 for Upper Allen Township, Cumberland 
County, Pennsylvania to increase sewer treatment capacity by 
repairing inflow and infiltration problems in older sections of 
the collection system, divert sewage to a treatment plant, and 
install new sanitary sewer collection system extensions to 
replace malfunctioning on-lot disposal systems;
      392. $450,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Sewer 
and Water Authority for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
in the municipality of Arecibo;
      393. $450,000 to the City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      394. $2,250,000 to the Narragansett Bay Commission, Rhode 
Island, in cooperation with other Bay communities, for 
wastewater and combined sewer overflow infrastructure 
improvements;
      395. $540,000 for the Pawtucket Water Supply Board in 
Rhode Island for the purchase of the City of Central Falls 
Water Distribution System;
      396. $450,000 for the Town of Coventry, Rhode Island, for 
drinking water infrastructure improvements;
      397. $450,000 to Berkeley County, South Carolina for 
extension of water lines to Cross Community Schools;
      398. $450,000 to the City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 
Downtown Redevelopment Corporation for stormwater 
infrastructure improvements for the Pavilion Area Master Plan;
      399. $450,000 to the City of Florence, South Carolina for 
continued construction of a regional surface water plant;
      400. $225,000 to the Town of Eastover, South Carolina for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      401. $171,000 to the Town of Jackson, South Carolina for 
removal of radium from the water supply;
      402. $198,000 to the City of Walhalla, South Carolina for 
water infrastructure improvements in Oconee County;
      403. $450,000 to Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities for a 
phosphorous reduction program in North Carolina and South 
Carolina;
      404. $180,000 to Charleston County, South Carolina for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      405. $900,000 for the Mount Pleasant Waterworks 
Commission, South Carolina, for the Snowden Community 
Wastewater Collection Project;
      406. $900,000 for the Commission of Public Works of the 
City of Charleston, South Carolina, for wastewater tunnel 
replacement;
      407. $900,000 for the City of Greenville, South Carolina, 
for water and sewer infrastructure related to the Greenline-
Spartanburg Neighborhood Redevelopment Project;
      408. $450,000 to the City of Groton, South Dakota for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      409. $450,000 to the City of Elk Point, South Dakota for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      410. $675,000 for the City of Centerville, South Dakota, 
for drinking water infrastructure improvements;
      411. $900,000 for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe in 
Agency Village, South Dakota, for the expansion of the Brown 
Marshall Day Water System;
      412. $450,000 for the City of Huron, South Dakota, for 
drinking water infrastructure improvements;
      413. $450,000 for Box Elder, South Dakota, for water and 
wastewater system improvements;
      414. $360,000 for the City of Deadwood, South Dakota, for 
a drinking water extension project;
      415. $315,000 for the Community of Dakota Dunes, South 
Dakota, for a drinking water infrastructure connection project;
      416. $1,350,000 for the City of Lead, South Dakota, for 
water and wastewater system improvements;
      417. $405,000 to the River Road Utility District for 
water infrastructure improvements in Cheatham County, 
Tennessee;
      418. $351,000 to the City of Cross Plains, Tennessee for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      419. $1,350,000 to the Athens Utilities Board of 
Tennessee for wastewater infrastructure improvements at the 
Oostanaula Wastewater Treatment Plant;
      420. $450,000 to the City of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      421. $90,000 to the Watauga River Regional Water 
Authority in Carter County, Tennessee for water infrastructure 
improvements;
      422. $1,080,000 to Polk County, Tennessee for water 
infrastructure improvement for the Linsdale community;
      423. $1,350,000 for the City of Franklin, Tennessee for 
water quality improvements;
      424. $900,000 to the City of Eagle Pass, Texas for water 
and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      425. $900,000 for West Fort Bend County, Texas for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      426. $450,000 to the City of Meridian, Texas for water 
and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Meridian/
Bosque Regional Water Supply and Treatment Project;
      427. $900,000 to the City of Dallas, Texas for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      428. $270,000 to the City of Port Arthur, Texas for water 
infrastructure improvements in the Sabine area;
      429. $1,800,000 for San Antonio Water Systems, Texas for 
water and sewer improvements;
      430. $1,350,000 for Nacogdoches, Texas for the 
development of a water and sewer drainage system;
      431. $450,000 to Park City, Utah for water infrastructure 
improvements at the Park City Judge Tunnel Water Treatment 
Plant;
      432. $450,000 for Tooele City, Utah for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      433. $225,000 to Sandy City, Utah for water and 
stormwater infrastructure improvements;
      434. $225,000 for the City of St. George, Utah for water 
and sewer line extensions;
      435. $225,000 for the City of South Salt Lake, Utah for 
water infrastructure improvements;
      436. $2,250,000 for Monticello, Utah for a primary water 
supply pipeline;
      437. $675,000 for Blanding, Utah for water infrastructure 
improvements;
      438. $900,000 to the Town of Dublin, Virginia for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      439. $315,000 to the Town of Orange, Virginia for 
construction of a raw water storage basin;
      440. $900,000 to Dale Service Corporation for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements in Dale City, Virginia;
      441. $855,000 to the Fairfax County Water Authority of 
Virginia for water system infrastructure and security 
enhancements;
      442. $472,500 to Chesterfield County, Virginia for 
drainage and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      443. $360,000 for Nelson County, Virginia for water and 
wastewater system installation and improvements;
      444. $135,000 for Camp Virginia Jaycee in Blue Ridge, 
Virginia for a wastewater treatment project;
      445. $360,000 to Fluvanna County, Virginia for water and 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      446. $315,000 for St. Paul College in Lawrenceville, 
Virginia for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      447. $360,000 for Pittsylvania County and the Town of 
Gretna, Virginia for water infrastructure improvements;
      448. $270,000 for Franklin County, Virginia for a 
drinking water infrastructure project;
      449. $270,000 for Buckingham County, Virginia for water 
and wastewater infrastructure improvements for Buckingham 
County and the Town of Dillwyn;
      450. $180,000 for Cumberland County, Virginia for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      451. $1,800,000 to the City of Richmond, Virginia 
($900,000) and to the City of Lynchburg, Virginia ($900,000) 
for combined sewer overflow infrastructure improvements;
      452. $675,000 to the City of Alexandria, Virginia for the 
Sanitary and Stormwater Sewer Reconstruction and Extension 
project to mitigate overflows polluting Four Mile Run Creek;
      453. $315,000 to Accomack County, Virginia for wastewater 
infrastructure improvements;
      454. $180,000 to the City of Norfolk, Virginia for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements at the North Fox Hall 
and Sewell Garden pump stations;
      455. $180,000 to the City of Norfolk, Virginia for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements in Fairmont Park;
      456. $900,000 to Loudoun County, Virginia Department of 
Building and Development for groundwater monitoring 
infrastructure of the Water Resources Management Program;
      457. $450,000 to the Government of the Virgin Islands for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      458. $1,530,000 for the Champlain Water District, 
Vermont, for Chittenden County stormwater infrastructure 
improvements;
      459. $1,350,000 for the Town of Warren, Vermont, for 
wastewater treatment facility upgrades;
      460. $1,170,000 for the Town of Richmond, Vermont, for 
wastewater treatment facility upgrades;
      461. $810,000 to the City of Shelton, Washington for 
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      462. $99,000 to the Town of South Prairie, Washington for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      463. $450,000 to Parker, Washington for water 
infrastructure improvements;
      464. $450,000 to the City of Roslyn, Washington for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      465. $225,000 to the City of Blaine, Washington for 
completion of a feasibility study for the Northwest Whatcom 
County Wastewater Management Plan, Lummis Diversion, and for 
related updates of the City's general sewer plan;
      466. $693,000 for the Mason County Public Utility 
District, Washington to construct a wastewater and collection 
facility in Hoodsport, Washington;
      467. $225,000 for the Wahkiakum County Public Utility 
District, Washington for the Puget Island Drinking Water 
Project;
      468. $1,485,000 for the Town of Klickitat, Washington, to 
construct a new wastewater water treatment facility;
      469. $522,000 for the City of Richland, Washington, for 
wastewater infrastructure improvements;
      470. $337,500 for the Village of Curtiss, Wisconsin for 
the expansion of their wastewater treatment plant;
      471. $832,500 for the Town of Mercer, Wisconsin for the 
extension of their water infrastructure to the new business 
park;
      472. $1,080,000 for the City of Wisconsin Rapids, 
Wisconsin for the extension of sewer and water to the East Side 
Business Park and the Village of Biron;
      473. $1,800,000 for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 
the Central Metropolitan Interceptor Improvement Project;
      474. $900,000 for the City of Racine, Wisconsin for the 
Racine Advanced Water Treatment System;
      475. $270,000 for the Putnam County Commission of West 
Virginia for the Fishers Ridge water infrastructure project;
      476. $238,500 to the Midland Public Service District in 
Randolph County, West Virginia for the extension of waterlines 
for Haddix Road;
      477. $2,445,600 to the City of Weirton, West Virginia for 
water treatment plant upgrades;
      478. $2,250,000 to the City of Moundsville, West Virginia 
for construction of a water treatment facility;
      479. $1,845,000 to the City of Grafton, West Virginia for 
upgrades to the Berkeley Run Pump Station, Front Street sewer 
improvements, Fetterman's sewer improvements, Monroe Street 
sewer improvements, Ross Alley sewer improvements, East Knotts 
Area sewer improvements, Rochelle Road sewer improvements, 
Maple Street sewer improvements and Walnut Area sewer 
improvements;
      480. $1,939,500 to the City of Grafton, West Virginia for 
wastewater treatment plant upgrades;
      481. $455,400 to the City of Sistersville, West Virginia 
for water treatment plant upgrades;
      482. $504,000 to the City of Wellsburg, West Virginia for 
replacement of the 11th Street Wastewater Lift Station; and
      483. $571,500 to the Village of Beach Bottom, West 
Virginia for the extension of water lines, water plant 
construction and water line replacement.

                       Administrative Provisions

      The conferees have again this year included an 
administrative provision giving the Administrator specific 
authority to, in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, 
award cooperative agreements to federally recognized Indian 
Tribes or Intertribal consortia so as to properly carry out 
EPA's environmental programs.
      Also again this year and in order to continue providing 
sufficient and necessary resources for EPA's pesticide re-
registration program, the conferees have included bill language 
which authorizes for one year the collection by EPA of 
$21,500,000 in maintenance fees. This provision extends to 
September 30, 2003 the date upon which such authority for 
collections expires. Additionally, bill language has again been 
included which prohibits the use of funds to promulgate a final 
regulation to implement changes in the payment of pesticide 
tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 Federal Register 
31040, or any similar proposal; and prohibiting the collection 
of pesticide registration fees if a new maintenance fee has 
gone into effect.
      Finally, the conference agreement includes bill language 
as proposed by the Senate requiring the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to enter into a cooperative 
agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate the 
impact of the final rule relating to prevention of significant 
deterioration and non-attainment of new source review (NSR) 
published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2002.

                   Executive Office of the President

                OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

      Appropriates $5,368,000 as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $5,750,000 as proposed by the House.
      The conferees direct that the progress report on the 
Administration's interagency global change research program, as 
included in the Senate report, be submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations by May 30, 2003.
      The conferees strongly encourage OSTP to address the 
following critical issues introduced by the Senate: (1) 
achieving a balanced and appropriately funded Federal research 
portfolio, particularly as it relates to the physical sciences 
and engineering disciplines; (2) developing the means to 
increase the number of U.S. students pursuing undergraduate and 
advanced degrees in science and engineering and fostering 
partnerships between federal agencies and universities to meet 
this goal; (3) addressing the infrastructure needs for an 
oceans research program; and (4) developing a long-term 
strategy for developing the nation's semi-conductor 
manufacturing capabilities.

                    COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

                  AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

      Appropriates $3,031,000 for the Council on Environmental 
Quality and Office of Environmental Quality as proposed by the 
House and the Senate. The conferees have again this year 
included language proposed by the House and the Senate which 
authorizes the Council to operate with one member, that member 
acting as chairman of the Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      Appropriates $30,848,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General, the same amount as included in both the House and 
Senate bill. Funds for this account are derived from the Bank 
Insurance Fund, the Savings and Loan Insurance Fund, and the 
FSLIC Resolution Fund and are therefore not reflected in either 
the budget authority or budget outlay totals.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

      The conferees are in agreement that FEMA is to implement 
the minority emergency preparedness demonstration program as 
structured in the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act. The 
program is to be funded at not less than $1,500,000. FEMA is 
directed to provide a report to the Congress, by April 15, 
2003, on the implementation of this program.

                            DISASTER RELIEF

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $800,000,000 for disaster relief, instead of 
$1,820,000,000 as proposed by the House and $842,843,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This level of funding is understood to 
be sufficient to address all anticipated needs when the current 
unallocated and unobligated balances available to FEMA are 
considered. The post-disaster hazard mitigation set-aside that 
is provided to states is reduced from 15 percent to 7.5 percent 
since the conferees have included a new National Pre-Disaster 
Mitigation Fund, as proposed in the budget request. The budget 
request had proposed elimination of this set-aside.
      The conferees have included a provision, as proposed by 
the House, which directs FEMA to provide Public Assistance and 
Hazard Mitigation grants to the Texas Medical Center as if it 
were an eligible applicant under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Acts as amended. The 
Texas Medical Center is expected to maintain at least the 
existing level of insurance coverage which was in place at the 
time of the 2001 floods. The Senate had not addressed this 
issue.
      Retains language included by the both the House and 
Senate which provides for the transfer of funds to the 
consolidated grant management program and the Office of 
Inspector General.
      The conferees have added a new proviso which reduces 
funding for a seismic mitigation project at California State 
University, San Bernardino, and directs FEMA to use the funding 
instead to mitigate fire danger due to bark beetle infestation 
in the area of San Bernardino National Forest.
      The conferees urge FEMA to work with Santa Monica College 
to resolve any outstanding claims resulting from the Northridge 
earthquake.

                 NATIONAL PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION FUND

      Appropriates $150,000,000 for the National Pre-Disaster 
Mitigation Fund, instead of $250,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees are in agreement that FEMA is directed to 
provide grants of $250,000 to each of the 50 states and five 
other recognized entities for planning pre-disaster mitigation 
projects. The conferees also direct FEMA to work with the State 
University System of Florida on comprehensive hurricane 
mitigation research. The conferees are in agreement that FEMA 
should continue the Disaster Resistant University program and 
direct FEMA to carry out the direction contained in House 
Report 107-740.

            DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conferees agree to provide a limitation on 
administrative expenses of $557,000 for the disaster assistance 
direct loan program account. The amount provided is the same as 
in both the House and the Senate bills.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $245,690,000 for salaries and expenses 
instead of $250,690,000 as proposed by the House and 
$239,690,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees are in 
agreement that the highest priority for FEMA should be to add 
at least 24 full time equivalents for its Financial and 
Acquisition Management Division and 27 for the United States 
Fire Administration.
      FEMA is directed to provide $1,750,000 to the 
Administrative and Resource Planning Directorate for its effort 
to archive key agency documents by digitization to optical 
disks, including related activities.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      Appropriates $14,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General, instead of $11,549,000 as proposed by the House and 
$17,754,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees direct the FEMA Inspector General to review 
the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program to assess the 
extent to which FEMA is implementing the ``maintenance of 
needs'' requirements under this program. A report is due no 
later than August 15, 2003.

              EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

      Appropriates $388,299,000 for emergency management 
planning and assistance instead of $367,040,000 as proposed by 
the House and $1,615,214,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees have not included in this account any funding for the 
Firefighters Assistance Grants program or the administration of 
the program in this account as proposed by the Senate. Instead, 
those funds are provided in a new account as proposed by the 
House.
      In addition, the conferees have agreed to provide 
$2,900,000 by transfer from the disaster relief account for the 
consolidated emergency management performance grant program.
      The conferees have included in the bill a listing of 
funds for specific programs or activities, including 
$20,000,000 for Community Emergency Response Teams and 
$25,000,000 for emergency operations centers. The bill language 
specifies $165,000,000 for emergency management performance 
grants (EMPG), an increase of $49,000,000 to the budget request 
of $116,000,000. The conferees have taken this action because 
EMPG is the backbone of the nation's emergency management 
system, builds state and local emergency management capability, 
is the foundation for first responder activities, and because 
this important activity has been severely underfunded for many 
years. Now more than ever, the planning activities carried out 
in this program are of utmost importance. The conferees believe 
FEMA should consider an allocation system for these funds that 
takes into consideration not only population, but also risk and 
vulnerability assessments.
      Also included is $25,000,000 for interoperable 
communications equipment. The conferees are concerned that 
despite clearly identified deficiencies, there is still no 
overall Federal plan for the acquisition of communications 
equipment. FEMA is directed to provide a comprehensive plan to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate for 
the acquisition of interoperable communications equipment by 
April 15, 2003.
      The conferees have included $60,000,000 for the 28 
existing Urban Search and Rescue Teams (USAR). This is in 
addition to $32,400,000 appropriated in the fiscal year 2002 
Supplemental Appropriations Act. The conferees commend these 
USAR teams for their commitment as front-line first responders 
to both natural disasters and terrorist acts. Except for up to 
five percent of these funds which can be used to support FEMA's 
administrative costs, the conferees direct all these funds to 
be used to support the cost of operations, the cost of urban 
search and rescue equipment (including equipment necessary to 
operate in an environment contaminated or otherwise affected by 
a weapon of mass destruction) and the cost of all needed 
training, including training for responding to an environment 
contaminated or otherwise affected by a weapon of mass 
destruction.
      The conferees are in agreement that FEMA is directed to 
continue its partnership with the National Technology Transfer 
Center at the fiscal year 2000 level to bring technology 
applications to the local, state, and Federal levels of the 
emergency management community for the purpose of responding to 
both natural disasters and terrorist attacks and reducing their 
impact.

                     FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $750,000,000 for firefighter assistance 
grants instead of $450,000,000 as proposed by the House. The 
Senate had proposed funding of $900,000,000 for this activity 
as part of the Emergency Management Planning and Assistance 
account. The conferees have included language which provides 
for the transfer to salaries and expenses of up to five percent 
of the funding for purposes of administering the program, and 
has made the funding available for a two year period of 
obligation.
      The conferees have agreed to establish this new 
appropriations account for firefighter assistance grants so 
that there will be no doubt as to the importance of this 
program and to protect this program from being lost in the 
morass of the Department of Homeland Security.
      Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel provide 
critical services, and are often the first responders in an 
emergency. As one of the activities permitted under the Fire 
Act, the conferees encourage FEMA to allow appropriate EMS 
providers to be considered eligible recipients of fire grant 
funds.

                RADIOLOGICAL AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

      Provides for the receipt and expenditure of fees 
collected as authorized by Public Law 106-377. Both the House 
and the Senate included this provision in their respective 
bills.

                        CERRO GRANDE FIRE CLAIMS

      Appropriates $90,000,000 for Cerro Grande fire claims 
settlement instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
The House had not included funding for this program. The 
conferees have included bill language which makes up to 
$5,000,000 of the funds available for administrative purposes. 
The conferees direct all audit requirements to be complied with 
as identified in the Senate report. The conferees expect FEMA 
and the Cerro Grande Fire Claims Office to expedite all claims 
to bring this effort to closure.

                   EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

      Appropriates $153,000,000 for the emergency food and 
shelter program as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                      FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND

      Appropriates $150,000,000 for the Flood Map Modernization 
Fund, instead of $200,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees agree that $2,000,000 shall be made 
available to the New York Department of Environmental 
Conservation (DEC) for the New York Flood Plain Mapping program 
and encourage FEMA to integrate the New York DEC into the 
overall program. The conferees agree that $250,000 shall be 
made available to the Canaan Valley Institute for development 
of flood plain maps. Finally, the conferees agree that 
$2,000,000 is to be used for the Louisiana pilot project to 
provide two-foot contour interval mapping.

                     NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide up to $32,393,000 for 
salaries and expenses, $77,666,000 for flood mitigation 
activities, a limitation of $55,000,000 for operating expenses, 
$529,380,000 for agents' commissions and taxes, and $40,000,000 
for interest on Treasury borrowings. Finally, the conferees 
agree that up to $20,000,000 may be transferred for expenses 
under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act. All of 
the foregoing amounts were the same in both the House and 
Senate bills.

                     NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide for the transfer of up to 
$20,000,000 from the National Flood Insurance Fund to the 
National Flood Mitigation Fund as proposed by both the House 
and the Senate.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

      The conferees have included two administrative provisions 
which address issues related to funds appropriated in response 
to the terrorist incidents of September 11, 2001.
      The conferees have included language as proposed by the 
House which gives FEMA authority to reimburse the City of New 
York and the State of New York for costs which are not 
otherwise eligible under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended. The conferees have 
deleted a proviso carried by the House which would have limited 
funds available for this purpose; however, the conferees do not 
support any additional new appropriations for these costs above 
amounts already appropriated. The conferees have added a 
proviso to the House language which directs FEMA to use 
$90,000,000 of funds previously appropriated to support the 
long-term medical monitoring of the physical and mental health 
of emergency services personnel, rescue and recovery personnel, 
and volunteers exposed to environmental contaminants and 
psychological trauma in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 
September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York City, 
including $25,000,000 for current and retired New York City 
firefighters. Activities undertaken are to include clinical 
examinations and evaluation, and should build upon existing 
activities for baseline and long-term medical monitoring 
undertaken with funding appropriated for this purpose in Public 
Law 107-117 and other funding provided by FEMA for the purpose 
of baseline medical monitoring of emergency services personnel 
and rescue and recovery personnel after the events of September 
11, 2001, including current and retired New York City 
firefighters. In carrying out these activities, FEMA shall work 
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, affected 
labor organizations, and other relevant parties.
      The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is 
directed to provide, from the Disaster Relief Fund, for the 
response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, up to 
$1,000,000,000 to establish a captive insurance company or 
other appropriate insurance mechanism. The insurance will 
provide the City of New York and its debris removal contractors 
with coverage for claims arising from debris removal performed 
after collapse of World Trade Center (WTC) buildings on 
September 11, 2001, including claims brought by City of New 
York employees. This liability insurance may not cover those 
claims arising from the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of 
September 11, 2001 (liability for which is governed and limited 
by Section 408 of the Air Transportation Safety and System 
Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. Sec. 40101)), or any actions or 
events prior to or including the September 11, 2001 collapse of 
the WTC buildings. Further, this liability insurance may not 
cover payments claimed by the City of New York for workers 
compensation, or disability or retirement benefits. The 
contribution of the Federal government to this insurance 
mechanism shall not exceed $1,000,000,000. Obligation of funds 
under this provision will be contingent on FEMA's prior review 
and approval of proposed insurance terms, conditions and scope 
of coverage. The State of New York will report not less than 
quarterly, beginning on June 30, 2003, to the Committees on 
Appropriations and FEMA regarding the expenditure of and 
investment earnings from the funds.
      Also included is an administrative provision proposed by 
the House which specifies that a hospital meeting the standard 
for occupancy under regulation established by the California 
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development shall also 
have satisfied FEMA's criteria for ``immediate occupancy.''

                    General Services Administration

                FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

      Appropriates $11,541,000 as proposed by the House instead 
of $12,541,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
continue to be supportive of the Federal Citizen Information 
Center (FCIC) mission to be a one-stop provider of Federal 
information to the public through print, media, telephone, and 
online. As FCIC responsibilities expand to better serve the 
public within a newly established GSA organization, the 
conferees emphasize that the funds appropriated from this 
account are available solely for FCIC staffing and activities 
to achieve its core mission as presented to and approved by the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.

                  Interagency Council on the Homeless

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

      Appropriates $1,500,000 for operating expenses of the 
Interagency Council on the Homeless as proposed by the Senate, 
instead of no funds proposed by the House. The conferees have 
created this new funding account to better coordinate homeless 
programs pursuant to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Act. In this 
regard the conferees expect HUD to continue providing 
administrative support on a reimbursable basis to the Council.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

      Of the amounts approved by the conferees in this 
agreement, NASA must limit reprogramming of funds between 
programs and activities to not more than $500,000 without prior 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and Senate. Any activity or program cited in this report shall 
be construed as the position of the conferees and should not be 
subject to reductions or reprogramming without prior approval. 
NASA shall provide outyear implications of all reprogrammings 
and operating plan changes should the Committees request the 
information.
      The conferees are in agreement with the Senate direction 
for a report on the risks associated with illegal transfer or 
theft of sensitive technologies. The conferees are also in 
agreement with the House direction calling for a comprehensive 
review of all elements of the Integrated Financial Management 
Program with a goal of reducing the overall cost and require 
submission of the report no later than April 15, 2003.
      The conferees have received the report of NASA's Research 
Maximization and Prioritization (ReMAP) task force, which 
focused on prioritizing scientific research to be conducted on 
the ISS through NASA's Office of Biological and Physical 
Research. The conferees agree on the need for a strategy of 
prioritized research objectives across multiple disciplines, 
and commend NASA for establishing the ReMAP activity.
      However, the conferees have several areas of concern 
related to the ReMAP process. The conferees are aware that a 
number of the ReMAP task force members dissented with the 
conclusions in the final report. Several task force members 
stated that the ReMAP process did not allow sufficient time or 
resources to do a proper job of prioritizing research programs. 
Concern was also expressed by some task force members about a 
lack of time to review the information reported as ReMAP 
conclusions. Finally, the conferees also note NASA's 
acknowledgement that the task force did not address ISS 
commercialization issues, nor did it consider the research 
needs of the Office of Earth Science or the Office of Space 
Science in its prioritization activity.
      Therefore, the conferees direct NASA to report to 
Congress on its plans to establish a process by which 
prioritization of research conducted on the ISS occurs on a 
regular basis, rather than as a one-time effort. Furthermore, 
the conferees encourage that future ISS research prioritization 
activities address ISS commercialization programs, as well as 
the needs of the Offices of Space and Earth Science.

                           HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $6,180,900,000 for human 
space flight instead of $6,095,900,000 as proposed by the 
Senate and $6,130,900,000 as proposed by the House. 
Additionally, the conferees have agreed to a limitation of 
$35,000 for official reception and representation as proposed 
by the Senate instead of $24,000 as proposed by the House.
      The conferees have included an additional $50,000,000 for 
expenses related to the investigation into the tragic loss of 
the space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003. This funding 
may also be used to correct identified deficiencies and to 
defray any other expenses which are a consequence of the 
accident. The conferees recognize that the cost of the 
investigation and any other implications of the accident may 
well exceed the amount provided and will entertain operating 
plan changes to accommodate necessary adjustments in the 
funding of the various components of this account.

                  SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS, AND TECHNOLOGY

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees agree to provide $9,207,665,000 for human 
space flight instead of $9,144,500,000 as proposed by the House 
and $9,003,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Additionally, the 
conferees have agreed to a limitation of $35,000 for official 
reception and representation as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $24,000 as proposed by the House.

                             Space Science

      The conferees have agreed to provide an increase of 
$109,960,000 to the budget request for space science programs.
      The conferees agree to the following changes to the 
budget request:
      1. An increase of $95,000,000 for the Pluto-Kuiper Belt 
mission.
      2. An increase of $20,000,000 for the Jupiter Icy Moons 
Orbiter (JIMO) program.
      3. An increase of $1,800,000 for the propulsion testing 
facility at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.
      4. An increase of $450,000 for the Ultra-lightweight 
Electroformed Segmented Large Aperture Optics program at 
Alabama A&M University.
      5. An increase of $810,000 for the High Energy Photonics 
Instrumentation Lab at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.
      6. An increase of $3,000,000 for development of a 
lightweight carrier pallet to support the Hubble Space 
Telescope program.
      7. An increase of $19,000,000 to the Mars program to 
cover recent cost increases.
      8. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Center for Life in 
Extreme Environments at Montana State University.
      9. An increase of $2,250,000 for the Hubble Telescope 
Project at Marshall University, Bridgeport, West Virginia.
      10. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Space Science and 
Engineering Lab at Montana State University in Bozeman.
      11. A decrease of $16,500,000 available due to the 
cancellation of the Flight Projects building construction 
project at the Jet Propulsion Lab.
      12. A decrease of $10,000,000 to the Nuclear Electric 
Propulsion program.
      13. A decrease of $9,000,000 to the Nuclear Power 
program.
      The conferees are concerned that the recent Small 
Explorer competition may have unfairly judged the Satellite 
Test of the Equivalence Principle (STEP) proposal as having too 
much technology risk when, in fact, as the conferees 
understand, it was through neglect on the part of NASA that the 
investigator team did not receive adequate funds as promised to 
retire this risk. The conferees direct NASA to conduct an 
impartial and thorough evaluation of the Small Explorer 
competition and any agreements made prior to the competition to 
ensure that the STEP proposal was treated in a fair and just 
manner.
      The conferees commend NASA for the continued success of 
the Hubble Space Telescope and the extraordinary contributions 
it has made to the advancement of science. The recent success 
of the Hubble servicing mission has underscored the continued 
importance of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). NASA's plan for 
HST has been to discontinue servicing missions after 2004 in 
order to create a funding wedge for the next generation space 
telescope (NGST), the science community's highest priority, and 
to return HST to earth in 2010. Due to the loss of Columbia, 
the conferees are aware that the current schedule for servicing 
HST has potentially been delayed and that the additional delay 
could possibly cause degradation of HST earlier than currently 
anticipated. The current situation may also require additional 
funding for HST. The conferees direct the program manager to 
maintain the current schedule for NGST development and not 
reduce NGST funds to cover HST shortfalls. The conferees direct 
NASA to carry out an in-depth study of an additional servicing 
mission (SM5) in the 2007 timeframe that would study operating 
HST until the Webb Telescope becomes operational. The study 
should address the costs of an additional servicing mission and 
the potential scientific benefits. Further, the conferees 
direct NASA to study the means for disposing of Hubble 
following the deployment of the Webb Telescope in the 2010 
timeframe. This study should examine the full range of options 
for disposal of the Hubble including relative costs and mission 
constraints.

                    Biological and Physical Research

      The conferees have agreed to provide an increase of 
$26,505,000 to the budget request for biological and physical 
sciences programs.
      The conferees agree to the following changes to the 
budget request:
      1. An increase of $3,600,000 for the Space Radiation 
program at Loma Linda University Hospital.
      2. An increase of $900,000 for Canisius College for 
multi-user scientific equipment in life sciences.
      3. An increase of $900,000 for the Institute for 
Proteomic and Nanobiotechnology at Northwestern University.
      4. An increase of $500,000 for the Center for Research 
and Training in gravitational biology at North Carolina State 
University.
      5. An increase of $4,500,000 for the National Center of 
Excellence in Infotonics in Buffalo, New York.
      6. An increase of $8,000,000 for procurement of animal 
and plant habitats for the international space station.
      7. An increase of $3,330,000 for Commercial Space 
Centers.
      8. An increase of $6,750,000 for the National Space 
Biomedical Research Institute.
      9. An increase of $900,000 for bone and muscle loss 
studies at the University of Connecticut Health Center.
      10. An increase of $2,250,000 for the Center for Space 
Sciences at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
      11. An increase of $1,350,000 for interactive biological 
crystallization technology development.
      12. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Life Sciences 
Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
      13. An increase of $900,000 for the Biomedical 
Engineering Facility at Rutgers University, Piscataway, New 
Jersey.
      14. An increase of $225,000 for bone blood studies 
related to human space flight at the University of Vermont.
      15. An increase of $2,250,000 for the Life Sciences 
building at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
      16. A decrease of $11,200,000 from the Generations 
program.

                             Earth Science

      The conferees have agreed to provide an increase of 
$90,735,000 to the budget request for earth science programs.
      The conferees agree to the following changes to the 
budget request:
      1. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Advanced Tropical 
Remote Sensing Center of the National Center for Tropical 
Remote Sensing Applications and Resources at the Rosenstiel 
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
      2. An increase of $450,000 for continuation of emerging 
research that applies remote sensing technologies to forest 
management practices at the State University of New York, 
College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry.
      3. An increase of $2,250,000 for NASA's Regional 
Application Center for the Northeast.
      4. An increase of $15,500,000 for the Institute for 
Scientific Research for development and construction of 
research facilities.
      5. An increase of $1,575,000 for on-going activities at 
the Goddard Institute for Systems, Software, and Technology 
Research, including UAV and remote sensing technology research.
      6. An increase of $585,000 for the Center for Marine 
Remote Sensing at the University of New Hampshire.
      7. An increase of $900,000 for the Clustering and 
Advanced Visual Environments Initiative.
      8. An increase of $5,400,000 for data storage back-up and 
recovery managed services that supports the Goddard Space 
Flight Center (GSFC) programs, providing heterogeneous support 
to existing information systems and scalability to serve future 
requirements.
      9. An increase of $8,000,000 to be transferred to the Air 
Force Research Laboratory (PE 602204F Aerospace Sensors) to 
develop dual-use lightweight space radar technology.
      10. An increase of $1,350,000 for the United States 
portion of a joint U.S./Italian satellite development program 
to remotely observe forest fires.
      11. An increase of $1,800,000 for Little River Canyon 
field school.
      12. An increase of $24,750,000 for the EOSDIS Synergy 
Program, $2,250,000 of which is for University of Washington, 
Pacific Northwest Regional Collaboratory to develop 
applications for earth science data.
      13. An increase of $15,400,000 for preformulation studies 
for solar irradiance, total column ozone, and ocean vector 
winds.
      14. An increase of $675,000 for landscape analysis, 
planning and monitoring at the Intermountain Region Digital 
Image Archive and Processing Center at Utah State University.
      15. An increase of $900,000 for an International Earth 
Observing System Natural Resource Training Center at the 
University of Montana.
      16. An increase of $1,800,000 for a joint weather and 
ocean research program at the University of Massachusetts and 
the University of Alaska.
      17. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Bio-MEMS 
Microtechnology Center at the University of Louisville.
      18. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Center for Rapid 
Environmental Assessment and Terrain Evaluation at the 
University of New Mexico.
      19. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Mid-Atlantic 
Geospatial Information Consortium at George Mason University.
      20. An increase of $450,000 for upgrades to the ADAS 
satellite tracking facility at Morehead State University.
      21. An increase of $2,700,000 for earth science education 
and remote sensing activities at the University of North Dakota 
Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
      22. An increase of $1,350,000 for expansion of the earth 
science hall at the Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, 
Maryland.
      23. A decrease of $3,400,000, available due to the 
cancellation of the Flight Projects building construction 
project at the Jet Propulsion Lab.
      24. An increase of $2,000,000 for the visitor's center at 
the Langley Flight Research Center, Langley, Virginia.

                         Aero-Space Technology

      The conferees have agreed to provide an increase of 
$76,120,000 to the budget request for aerospace programs.
      The conferees agree to the following changes to the 
budget request:
      1. An increase of $16,000,000 for Intelligent Propulsion 
for Next Generation Aircraft to build on and leverage the Ultra 
Efficient Engine Technology and Quiet Aircraft Technology 
programs.
      2. An increase of $2,250,000 for the NASA-Illinois 
Technology Commercialization Center at DuPage County Research 
Park.
      3. An increase of $270,000 for the Rural Technology 
Transfer and Commercialization Center of Durant, Oklahoma.
      4. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Tulane Institute for 
Macromolecular Engineering and Science for research in 
polymers.
      5. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Glennan Microsystem 
Initiative.
      6. An increase of $450,000 to be used for continued 
development of an electric/diesel hybrid engine at Bowling 
Green University.
      7. An increase of $5,400,000 for the HITS multilateration 
sensor and surveillance server for Airport Surface Detection 
and Management System.
      8. An increase of $1,530,000 for the development of the 
Dynamic Runway Occupancy Measurement System.
      9. An increase of $4,500,000 for Project SOCRATES.
      10. An increase of $5,800,000 for continuation of the 
Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, including 
$2,500,000 for business incubators, in Florida and New York.
      11. An increase of $900,000 for the Advanced Interactive 
Discovery Environment engineering research program at Syracuse 
University.
      12. An increase of $4,500,000 for the National Center of 
Excellence in Infotonics in Rochester, New York.
      13. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Virtual 
Collaboration Center at the North Carolina GigaPop.
      14. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Garrett Morgan 
Commercialization Initiative in Ohio.
      15. An increase of $1,150,000 for on-going activities in 
support of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Intelligent 
Flight Control System (IFCS) research project.
      16. An increase of $1,125,000 for ongoing research at 
Marshall Space Flight Center in the area of advanced and 
breakthrough solutions for propulsion.
      17. An increase of $7,600,000 for hydrogen research being 
conducted by the Florida State University System.
      18. An increase of $4,500,000 to develop the JVIEW 
modeling and simulation for satellite coverage analysis, ground 
radars, and air traffic over the United States.
      19. An increase of $450,000 for aerospace projects being 
accomplished by the Montana Aerospace Development Authority.
      20. An increase of $720,000 for Middle Tennessee State 
University for the SATS Aerospace Flight Education Research 
Initiative.
      21. An increase of $2,700,000 for the Advanced Power 
Systems project.
      22. An increase of $4,500,000 for the DP-2 vectored 
thrust program.
      23. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Energy Momentum 
Wheel project at Goddard Space Flight Center.
      24. An increase of $3,600,000 for NASA's Independent 
Verification and Validation Facility.
      25. An increase of $900,000 for the COM Simulation 
architecture project.
      26. An increase of $1,800,000 for equipment for the 
Computer Forensics Technology Center at Utica College of 
Syracuse University.
      27. An increase of $6,300,000 for the Small Aircraft 
Transportation System. The conferees are concerned that NASA 
has not requested sufficient funding to enable the Small 
Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) program to demonstrate 
the practical application of the SATS program concept, which 
offers the promise of extending reliable point-to-point air 
service to smaller communities and has provided this increase. 
The additional funding is to be invested through the governance 
process of the National Consortium for Aviation Mobility 
(NCAM), exclusively for acceleration of regional service 
demonstrations that apply those SATS and related technologies 
ready for implementation, and for automotive technology 
transfer. The conferees expect NCAM to use these additional 
funds to accelerate the planning and conduct of SATS regional 
service demonstrations in states with strong state, community, 
and transportation service provider participation in the NCAM 
partnership. This funding for NCAM is in addition to the 
$11,750,000 proposed by NASA for fiscal year 2003. Further, the 
conferees expect the SATS service demonstrations to provide the 
participating communities and their representative 
organizations with an opportunity to participate in SATS 
transportation service demonstrations, an analysis of economic 
impacts and related implications of improved air access to 
smaller communities, and an explanation of the technologies 
behind the concept.
      28. An increase of $450,000 for Advanced Space Propulsion 
Material Research and Technology Center at Alabama A&M 
University.
      29. An increase of $900,000 for high temperature 
nanotechnology research.
      30. An increase of $3,000,000 for the Chesapeake 
Information Based Aeronautics Consortium based in partnership 
at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, Bowie State 
University and the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.
      31. An increase of $2,700,000 for the Stennis Space 
Center for the development of a visitor's center.
      32. An increase of $2,700,000 for the North Alabama 
Science Center in Huntsville, Alabama for the acquisition, 
networking, and operation of additional immersive reality 
science laboratories on behalf of the Alabama Science Center 
Alliance to assure statewide science education program access 
by Alabama's K-12 students and teachers.
      33. An increase of $2,700,000 for the University of 
Alabama in Huntsville to augment the UAH Propulsion Test 
Facility.
      34. An increase of $675,000 for the National Institute 
for Aviation Research for Icing Aviation Safety Research in 
Kansas.
      35. An increase of $4,050,000 for propulsion test complex 
upgrades and other basic infrastructure upgrades at the Stennis 
Space Center.
      36. An increase of $1,800,000 for the National Technology 
Transfer Center at Wheeling Jesuit University.
      37. An increase of $3,600,000 for development of advanced 
metallic joining technologies for aerospace applications at the 
Michoud Space Center.
      38. An increase of $4,450,000 for information technology 
infrastructure improvements at NASA facilities.
      39. An increase of $3,150,000 for a Center of Excellence 
for Aerospace Propulsion Particulate Emissions Reduction at the 
University of Missouri-Rolla.
      40. A decrease of $40,000,000 to the Space Launch 
Initiative program. The conferees have taken this action 
without prejudice. The conferees note that the Congress 
received a budget amendment on November 7, 2002, which 
restructured the Space Launch Initiative with the goal of 
developing an Orbital Space Plane with ISS crew return 
capability by 2010. Fiscal year 2003 funding for the Orbital 
Space Plane was set at $296,000,000 in the budget amendment. 
This funding level is not endorsed or denied by the conferees 
and is therefore subject to change by NASA as it formulates its 
operating plan for fiscal year 2003. The conferees look forward 
to working with NASA during the review of the fiscal year 2004 
budget request to learn more precisely the elements that 
comprise the cost estimates NASA has provided in the budget 
amendment and other documents submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate.
      The conferees note that neither House nor Senate bills 
and reports contained any direction on the rotorcraft 
technology program because there was no request for funding in 
the fiscal year 2003 budget submission. However, the conferees 
are aware of general NASA interest in the program and that the 
Army may be willing to be more engaged in this effort in the 
future. Therefore, while the conferees were not able to 
identify funding to continue the program, NASA is encouraged to 
look at funding options and present them to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate in an operating plan 
letter if so desired.

                           Academic Programs

      Within the Academic programs portion of this account, the 
conferees recommend an increase of $59,845,000 to the budget 
request. The conferees have made the following adjustments to 
the budget request:
      1. An increase of $225,000 for Niagara University for 
science, engineering and math programs.
      2. An increase of $1,080,000 for the NASA Educator 
Resource Center at South East Missouri State University.
      3. An increase of $900,000 for the Carl Sagan Discovery 
Science Center at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical 
Center to implement the educational programming for this 
science learning project.
      4. An increase of $2,250,000 for the JASON Foundation.
      5. An increase of $3,600,000 for continuation of programs 
at the American Museum of Natural History.
      6. An increase of $900,000 for academic and 
infrastructure needs at St. Thomas University in Miami, 
Florida.
      7. An increase of $900,000 for the Ohio View Consortium.
      8. An increase of $2,700,000 for the Alabama Math, 
Science, and Technology initiative.
      9. An increase of $2,250,000 to the Educational 
Advancement Alliance to support the Alliance's math, science, 
and technology enrichment program.
      10. An increase of $5,000,000 for the National Space 
Grant College and Fellowship program.
      11. An increase of $450,000 for Science, Engineering, 
Math and Aerospace Academy programs at Central Arizona College.
      12. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Center for Science 
and Math at the University of Redlands.
      13. An increase of $900,000 for the Chabot Space and 
Science Center for math and science education.
      14. An increase of $1,800,000 for the City College of New 
York to establish a community-based science and technology 
education facility.
      15. An increase of $450,000 for Science, Engineering, 
Math and Aerospace Academy programs at Livingston College.
      16. An increase of $495,000 for the Patriots Technology 
Training Center in Seat Pleasant, Maryland.
      17. An increase of $5,400,000 for the EPSCoR program for 
a total funding level of $10,000,000, the same as fiscal year 
2002.
      18. An increase of $720,000 for Science, Engineering, 
Math, and Aeronautics Academy in Miami, Florida.
      19. An increase of $900,000 for the Delaware Aerospace 
Education Foundation, Kent County, Delaware.
      20. An increase of $900,000 for the Monroe Science Center 
at Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia.
      21. An increase of $900,000 for the Center of Excellence 
in Telecommunications and Space at Morehouse College, Atlanta, 
Georgia.
      22. An increase of $900,000 for the Henry Crown Space 
Center at the Museum of Science and Industry, Atlanta, Georgia.
      23. An increase of $2,250,000 for non-destructive 
evaluation studies at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
      24. An increase of $675,000 for the Des Moines Science 
Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
      25. An increase of $675,000 for the California Science 
Center.
      26. An increase of $1,800,000 to the South Carolina 
Association of School Administrators, Columbia, South Carolina 
for the Blue Ribbon School Reform Project and Interactive 
Library.
      27. An increase of $1,800,000 for the School of Science 
and Mathematics at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South 
Carolina.
      28. An increase of $3,600,000 for the Mauna Kea Astronomy 
Education Center at the University of Hawaii, Hilo.
      29. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Wisconsin 
Initiative for Math, Science and Technology Education at the 
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
      30. An increase of $3,000,000 for an endowment for 
science and engineering education at the Mitchell Foundation, 
Portland, Maine.
      31. An increase of $675,000 for minority recruitment in 
science and engineering at the University of Arkansas, Little 
Rock.
      32. An increase of $900,000 for the Oregon Museum of 
Science and Industry.
      33. An increase of $450,000 for advance research in 
batteries and fuel cells at Virginia Commonwealth University.
      34. An increase of $1,800,000 for the construction of a 
Gulf of Maine Laboratory at the Gulf of Maine Aquarium 
Foundation.
      35. An increase of $900,000 for the University of North 
Carolina-Chapel Hill for the Destiny Mobile Science Laboratory.
      36. An increase of $450,000 for the development of a 
rooftop observatory for Widener University in Pennsylvania.
      37. An increase of $1,350,000 for infrastructure and 
research needs at the University of Missouri Center for Gender 
Physiology.
      38. An increase of $1,800,000 for the North Rockies 
Center for Space Privatization and Microgravity Research at the 
University of Montana-Missoula.
      39. An increase of $500,000 for science and information 
technology programs at West Liberty State College in West 
Virginia.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      The conferees agree to appropriate $25,600,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General instead of $24,600,000 as proposed 
by the House and $26,600,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

      The conferees agree to include three administrative 
provisions which have been included in prior appropriations 
Acts.
      The House included an administrative provision that would 
have precluded expenditures for implementation of a non-
governmental organization for International Space Station (ISS) 
research before December 31, 2003. The Senate was silent on 
this issue.
      The conferees believe strongly that a sound management 
approach for ISS research is critical to ensuring that 
scientific benefit is maximized. The investment of scarce 
taxpayer funds in the development of the ISS has been too great 
to leavemanagement of ISS research to a ``business as usual'' 
approach. For this reason, legislative prohibitions against 
establishment of an NGO were included in the fiscal year 2001 and 
fiscal year 2002 appropriations Acts, as the Committees on 
Appropriations have awaited submission of a comprehensive plan by NASA.
      The Congress has recently received the Report of NASA's 
ISS Utilization Management Concept Development Study. The plan 
outlines 10 business models and, based on objective criteria, 
recommends an institute be adopted as the preferred management 
approach. Furthermore, the plan outlines a phased approach that 
would initially focus on leadership and advocacy functions and 
would defer a decision on the possible inclusion of engineering 
and integration functions.
      The conferees endorse Phase 1 (inclusion of leadership 
and advocacy functions), which is similar to what has been so 
successfully demonstrated in the Hubble Space Telescope 
Institute (HSTI) model. The conferees wish to point out, 
however, that management of research for the ISS is much more 
complex than that of the HSTI, and acknowledge NASA's 
recognition of this intricacy, demonstrated through its 
proposal of a phased approach.
      In order to ensure the chances for successful 
implementation of this very complicated process, the conferees 
have included an administrative provision that limits any 
proposed contractual action to that of leadership and advocacy.
      The conferees direct NASA to report on the status of NGO 
implementation as well as means of determining research 
priorities. The first report is due March 15, 2003.
      The conferees have not included an administrative 
provision proposed by the Senate which would have prohibited 
the use of any funds for the purchase of items proposed for 
acquisition in RFP5-55151-GCE.
      The conferees have included a new administrative 
provision which gives NASA authority to establish a working 
capital fund. The House had proposed establishment of this fund 
in title IV, general provisions.

                  National Credit Union Administration

                       CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

      The conferees have held the cap on the Central Liquidity 
Facility (CLF) lending activities from borrowed funds at 
$1,500,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate.

               COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

      The conferees have provided $1,000,000 to the Community 
Development Revolving Loan Fund (CDRLF) as proposed by both the 
House and Senate. Within this amount, $300,000 is provided to 
augment funds available for technical assistance grants for 
fiscal year 2003.

                      National Science Foundation

                    RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

      Appropriates $4,083,000,000 for research and related 
activities instead of $4,150,000,000 as proposed by the House 
and $4,081,650,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
have included bill language which provides up to $320,000,000 
for polar research and operations support and $85,000,000 for a 
comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for 
economically significant crops.
      The conference agreement provides $4,083,000,000 for 
ongoing and new research priorities of the Foundation, an 
increase of nearly $500,000,000 above the fiscal year 2002 
level. In allocating this increased funding to the 
directorates, NSF is expected to give a high priority to 
increasing research opportunities for investigator initiated 
research in the core scientific disciplines. In addition, NSF 
is urged to use the growth in its resources to make a marked 
and substantial increase in the average award, as well as 
increase the number of awards being made with a particular 
effort to include those individuals and institutions not well 
represented in the Nation's research enterprise. The specific 
funding level for each of NSF's research activities is as 
follows:
      1. $574,886,000 for Biological Sciences. Of this amount, 
$85,000,000 has been provided for plant genome research on 
economically significant crops, including an initiative which 
pursues the sequencing of one or more economically important 
crops. The conferees expect that NSF will complete such 
sequencing of at least one of these crops by 2004. In addition, 
$26,000,000, the budget request, is provided for Biocomplexity 
in the Environment research.
      2. $582,235,000 for Computer and Information Science and 
Engineering. Up to $12,500,000 of the appropriated level may be 
used for operational support of the two terascale facilities. 
In addition, the conferees expect NSF to provide adequate 
resources for information technology research, including cyber 
security research for individual investigators and multi-
disciplinary research centers, as well as for advanced 
broadband research as outlined in Senate Report 107-222.
      3. $534,057,000 for Engineering.
      4. $689,211,000 for Geosciences. The Foundation is 
expected to provide adequate funding to augment support for the 
national user facilities within this directorate as well as to 
move forward on the integrated ocean drilling program.
      5. $1,041,165,000 for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 
Of this amount, $179,617,000 is for Mathematics programs and 
not less than $222,169,000 is for Physical Science programs. 
The conferees further agree that adequate resources be provided 
in support of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the 
Cyclotron and Synchrotron Radiation Facilities, and other such 
important research facilities. The Foundation is directed to 
provide, by August 31, 2003, a report which documents what has 
been accomplished as a result of the growth in mathematics 
research funding.
      For Astronomical Sciences within the MPS Directorate, 
$4,000,000 is provided for the Telescope Systems 
Instrumentation Program (TSIP), $6,000,000 is for the National 
Radio Astronomy Observatory program, $4,200,000 is for the 
National Optical Astronomy Observatories, and $2,000,000 is for 
the National Optical Astronomy and Ionosphere Center. In 
addition, the conferees agree that NSF should provide adequate 
support for preparatory work for the Giant Segmented Mirror 
Telescope (GSMT).
      6. $192,309,000 for Social Behavioral and Economic 
Sciences. Of this amount, $6,000,000 is for the Children's 
Research Initiative.
      7. $252,330,000 for U.S. Polar Research Programs. The 
conferees agree that OPP should report at the earliest 
practicable time on the necessary work and costs associated 
with the repair, upgrading, and replacement of NSF's research 
and support facilities in Antarctica. Upon completion of this 
report,funds available through this and other appropriations 
may be used for planning, design, pre-construction, and construction 
activities as identified in the report. In addition, the conferees 
agree that with the funds provided, OPP may execute necessary 
contractual arrangements in preparation for the Foundation's plan for 
mechanical traverse between McMurdo Station and Amundson-Scott South 
Pole Station.
      8. $69,003,000 for U.S. Antarctic Logistical Support 
Activities.
      9. $147,804,000 for Integrative Activities, including 
$84,000,000 for Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) and 
$5,000,000 for the Innovation Partnership Program (IPP). To the 
extent possible, NSF should utilize funds in excess of the 
budget request to support the merit-based instrumentation and 
infrastructure needs of developing, HBCU, and other minority-
serving colleges and universities. With this regard to the IPP, 
NSF is directed to support competitive, merit-based 
partnerships, consisting of States, local and regional 
entities, industry, academic institutions, and other related 
organizations for innovation-focused local and regional 
technology development strategies.
      Within amounts made available in this account, the 
conferees expect the NSF to provide up to $750,000 in support 
of the National Academy of Sciences' work to develop a process 
for prioritizing projects funded through the Major Research 
Equipment and Facilities Construction account.
      The conferees are aware that there has been confusion in 
recent years regarding the Smithsonian Institution's 
eligibility to compete for grants at the National Science 
Foundation. This problem was recently identified as a 
significant issue in the National Academy of Public 
Administration's review of Smithsonian science programs 
released in October 2002. The conferees are concerned that this 
confusion has persisted despite recent internal NSF policy 
directives clarifying that the Smithsonian is fully eligible to 
compete for National Science Foundation grants. The conferees 
strongly urge the Director of the National Science Foundation 
to make sure that Smithsonian grant applications are welcomed 
by all programs at the Foundation and given fair consideration 
with all other applications based on the merits of the 
proposals.

          MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

      Appropriates $149,510,000 for major research equipment 
and facilities construction instead of $159,510,000 as proposed 
by the House and $59,280,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
Included within the appropriated amount is $9,720,000 for the 
Large Hadron Collider; $13,560,000 for the George E. Brown, Jr. 
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation; $25,530,000 to 
complete development of the High-Performance Instrumented 
Airborne Platform for Environmental Research (HIAPER); 
$10,000,000 for support of the Terascale Computing System and 
the Distributed Terascale Facility; $24,700,000 for continued 
research and development of the IceCube Neutrino Detector 
Observatory in Antarctica; $30,000,000 for construction of the 
Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) aperture-synthesis radio 
telescope; $6,000,000 for construction costs associated with 
expansion of new facilities at the Amundson-Scott South Pole 
Station; and $30,000,000 for initial costs associated with the 
new Earthscope project.
      The conferees have, without prejudice, not funded the 
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) project in 
fiscal year 2003.
      The conferees direct the Foundation to include in its 
fiscal year 2003 Operating Plan a report detailing approved 
budgeted and actual expenditure information on each research 
facility and equipment funded through this account.

                     EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

      Appropriates $909,080,000 for education and human 
resources instead of $910,580,000 as proposed by the House and 
$932,730,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to 
the following funding levels within this account:
      1. $127,500,000 for the Math and Science Partnership 
program. The Foundation is strongly urged to provide regular, 
detailed information to the Committees on Appropriations 
regarding the planning and execution of this initiative.
      2. $40,250,000 for Educational System Reform.
      3. $90,000,000 for the Experimental Program to Stimulate 
Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program.
      4. $177,440,000 for Elementary, Secondary and Informal 
Education. Within this level of funding, $61,000,000 has been 
provided for the Informal Science program, an increase of 
$6,000,000 above the budget request.
      5. $160,600,000 for Undergraduate Education. Of the 
amount appropriated herein, $43,160,000 has been provided for 
the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, $22,000,000 
is for the STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP), and $7,000,000 
is for the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program. These funding 
levels represent increases above the budget submission of 
$5,000,000, $20,000,000 and $3,000,000, respectively.
      6. $140,880,000 for Graduate Education. The conferees 
have provided an increase of $12,500,000 above the budget 
request to increase graduate level stipends for the research 
and teaching fellowship programs and the trainee program 
administered by the Foundation through its Graduate Education 
program. The conferees support increasing the graduate stipend 
level to $27,500 during fiscal year 2003 as the first of what 
is expected to be a two-year process to reach a stipend level 
of $30,000.
      7. $105,210,000 for Human Resource Development. Within 
this funding level, $31,530,000 is provided for the Louis 
Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, an 
increase of $5,000,000 above the budget request. In addition, 
$18,900,000, an increase of $5,000,000 above the request, has 
been provided for the Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities Undergraduates Program (HBCU-UP).
      The conference agreement additionally provides for an 
increase of $5,000,000 for the HBCU Research University Science 
and Technology (THRUST) initiative within the Centers of 
Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program. 
While the conferees agree that eligibility for THRUST should 
not exclude CREST recipients, NSF is directed to firstuse 
fiscal year 2003 program funds to fully fund multi-year awards to 
recipients of THRUST awards in the program's first year.
      8. $67,200,000 for Research, Evaluation and 
Communication.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $190,352,000 for salaries and expenses 
instead of $193,852,000 as proposed by the House and 
$182,160,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
agreement will permit the employment of an additional 25 full 
time equivalent personnel for a total workforce of 1175, and 
will provide an increase of $15,000,000 above the fiscal year 
2002 level for General Operating Expenses.
      The conferees are strongly supportive of the National 
Science Foundation and committed to its mission of providing 
national leadership and federal financial support of research 
as the basis for scientific and social advancement for the 
nation and for the entire world. This commitment is reflected 
in the substantial increase provided in this Act for the NSF 
for fiscal year 2003.
      As Congress, the executive branch and the American people 
begin to consider a multi-year build-up of financial support 
for the NSF, however, the conferees also believe that a review 
of the agency's organizational, programmatic and personnel 
structures is appropriate and can provide assurance to the 
public that the agency is positioned to maximize the 
opportunities which increased funding can create. The conferees 
have allocated $1,000,000 within the Agency's ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' appropriation for a contract with the National 
Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) to conduct such a 
study. The conferees expect this contract to be awarded within 
60 days of approval of this measure.
      Without prejudicing the outcome of this NAPA review, the 
conferees are concerned about the following issues:
      Organizational and program structure. Over the last 
decade the NSF has evolved into a very complex and multi-
layered system of directorates, sub-directorates and programs 
each with its own leadership and budget. This organizational 
structure is then managed and evaluated against a system of 
goals which were established under the Government Performance 
and Results Act as well as a set of six cross-cutting priority 
areas which change from year to year. All programs are required 
to justify themselves according to how they serve both the 
goals and the priorities. Assets flow and personnel are 
evaluated based on such evaluations even though not every 
program clearly is designed to serve every goal and every 
priority. There is concern that this system, each aspect of 
which may have been created with the best of intentions, may 
have become overly bureaucratic. Some observers have 
characterized this current structure as both Byzantine and 
balkanized. This reflects a concern that the system is broken 
up into large numbers of parts which may channel significant 
portions of research funding into narrow areas making it 
difficult for researchers to follow broader interdisciplinary 
projects or innovative research areas not yet reflected in 
NSF's view of scientific opportunity. Because recent NSF budget 
requests have heavily favored the agency's own priority areas 
at the expense of research in core disciplines, investigators 
often feel compelled to apply for support in certain areas 
because of a sense that proposals which do not fit into NSF's 
priorities are significantly disadvantaged. The conferees 
believe that a thoughtful review should ask whether the current 
NSF organization and management structure and its goal and 
priority systems should be simplified or changed.
      The balance between field driven and NSF driven science 
priority setting. Second, but clearly related, the conferees 
believe that this review should consider whether the NSF's 
approach to its stewardship mission creates the proper balance 
between necessary and appropriate levels of agency leadership 
of NSF sponsored science and the need to ensure that this 
research remains principally investigator initiated work. A 
corollary question is whether the structure of NSF and 
management control of its priority setting methodologies have 
negatively influenced the balance between NSF initiatives and 
appropriate resource allocations for core science investments.
      The underlying principle around which NSF was founded and 
which the conferees believe is still the pedestal upon which 
the success of America's taxpayer supported research rests is 
that both the choice of research priorities and the choice of 
individual projects should flow principally from practicing 
scientists in the field as expressed through organized systems 
of advice and through external peer review. The conferees 
believe that it is appropriate to review whether the balance of 
power in setting research priorities is the appropriate one or 
whether NSF has become too directive in managing its research 
portfolios.
      Role of the National Science Board. The NSF is unique in 
entrusting both advisory and executive authority for the agency 
in an ``independent'' board appointed by the president. Recent 
Congressional action has highlighted, however, the concerns 
about the relationship between the Board and the agency and its 
Director and in particular the issue as to how independent the 
Board is able to operate given its dependence on the Agency for 
financial support and personnel. The conferees request that the 
organizational review of NSF here directed include an analysis 
of the extent to which the Board has fulfilled its original 
purpose and a review of the role and the structure of the Board 
in the future.
      Personnel policies. The NSF has chosen over the years to 
rely significantly on contractual and on temporary personnel 
assigned to the agency under the IPA system to manage its 
science programs including its grant selection processes. 
Almost one-tenth of the over 1000 staff of the agency are 
university based researchers detailed to NSF under the 
Intergovernmental Personal Act (so-called IPA's) and over 200 
are contractors. The assignment of non-permanent personnel to 
management positions now includes the heads of its science 
directorates. The advantage of this system is a continuous flow 
of individuals from the field who are current in their science. 
The disadvantage, however, is a cadre of agency personnel, 
including some of its most senior staff, who have less 
experience and could have split loyalties between their federal 
roles and their past or future employment base. The conferees 
believe a thoughtful review of the agency's structure should 
include an evaluation of the use of temporary staff and term 
appointments, especially to the extent this involves the heads 
of the science directorates.
      In laying out these particular concerns, the conferees do 
not mean this to be an exclusive list. The review by NAPA 
should be carried out by very senior and thoughtful persons who 
should feel free to analyze any other factors which the group 
believes are central to the question of determining what 
organizational, programmatic and personnel systems will 
facilitate the most effective partnership between the National 
Science Foundation and the scientific community for the benefit 
of the nation.

                  OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

      Appropriates $3,500,000 for the National Science Board as 
proposed by the Senate. The House had included these NSB 
operational funds within the Salaries and Expenses account as 
has been the practice in past years. A representational 
allowance of $9,000 has been provided for the Board.
      Recently approved legislation authorized a separate 
funding stream for the Board, and the conferees have responded 
by creating this new appropriations account. The amount 
provided is expected to be sufficient for all costs associated 
with NSB personnel payroll and benefits as well as other 
appropriate expenses. The conferees acknowledge this action is 
intended to provide a measure of independence between the Board 
and the Foundation, but nevertheless expect NSF to continue to 
provide accounting, logistics, and other necessary measures in 
support of the Board and its mission. The conferees request 
that budget justification materials in support of the National 
Science Board's fiscal year 2004 funding requirements be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of 
enactment of this measure.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      Appropriates $9,250,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General instead of $9,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$9,660,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

      The conferees agree to provide $105,000,000 for the 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation as proposed by the House 
instead of $110,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Language is included in the bill which designates 
$5,000,000 to support the Corporation's section 8 homeownership 
program, as proposed by the Senate. The House had proposed a 
set-aside for this purpose of $10,000,000. The conferees have 
further agreed to designate $5,000,000 to support additional 
mixed-income affordable rental developments.

                        Selective Service System

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $26,480,000 for salaries and expenses as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement includes the following 
dispositions of General Provisions:
      Retains fifteen administrative provisions proposed by 
both the House and the Senate, all of which were included in 
the fiscal year 2002 Act.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate limiting travel 
expenses.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate requiring 
approval for the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into 
leases of real property with an estimated cost of over 
$300,000. The conferees included an identical provision in 
title I, as proposed by the House.
      Retains language proposed by the House prohibiting 
transfers to any department, agency or instrumentality of the 
United States Government established after the date of 
enactment of this Act except as provided in a future 
appropriations Act.
      Retains language proposed by the House amending the 
Stafford Act by reducing to 7.5 percent the set-aside for 
hazard mitigation grants.
      Deletes language proposed by the House amending the 
Consumer Product Safety Act.
      Deletes language in this title proposed by the House 
establishing a working capital fund for NASA and instead 
includes a similar provision under title III, NASA 
administrative provisions.
      Modifies language proposed by the House granting NASA 
enhanced-use lease authority by adding new conditions.
      Deletes language proposed by the House granting NASA 
authority to convey utility systems to a municipal, private, 
regional, district, or cooperative utility company or other 
qualified entity.
      Deletes language proposed by the House extending buyout 
authority in NASA.
      Retains language proposed by both the House and Senate 
reducing FEMA's State cost share requirements for construction 
of emergency operations centers from 50 percent to 25 percent.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate allowing the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Selective 
Service System to purchase uniforms, passenger motor vehicles, 
and services as authorized by law. The conferees included 
identical language under the respective appropriating 
paragraphs for each agency as proposed by the House.
      Retains language proposed by the Senate prohibiting the 
procurement of automobiles rated less than 22 miles per gallon.
      Retains language proposed by the Senate amending the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 by recognizing 
Alaska Village Initiatives as an eligible grantee for 
assistance.
      Retains language proposed by the Senate authorizing the 
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to acquire 
178.5 acres in Clarke and Loudoun Counties, Virginia.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate directing a long-
term health study of emergency service personnel. The conferees 
have instead included a similar provision as an administrative 
provision under FEMA.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate amending 
permanent law to expand eligibility for Federal housing 
assistance to certain groups of aliens. The conferees direct 
the Department to work with the Department of Justice to 
develop any necessary technical corrections to applicable 
housing statutes with respect to qualified aliens who are the 
victims of domestic violence and Cuban and Haitian immigrants 
to ensure that such statutes are consistent with the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 and the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Personal Responsibility Act of 1996.
      A provision was included in the Senate bill under 
Division I, Transportation and Related Agencies, directing EPA 
to contract with the National Academy of Sciences. The 
conferees have included an identical provision as an 
administrative provision under EPA.
      Includes new language amending title 31 of the United 
States Code regarding passenger carrier use by the NASA 
Administrator.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
follow:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...    $123,820,208
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003...........................................     124,979,700
House bill, fiscal year 2003............................     122,596,881
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...........................     121,925,545
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................     121,927,337
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2002..............................................      -1,892,871
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................      -3,052,363
    House bill, fiscal year 2003........................        -669,544
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.......................          +1,792

          DIVISION L--HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 AMENDMENTS

      In implementing this agreement, the departments and 
agencies affected in this division shall comply with the 
language and instructions set forth in the Senate explanatory 
statement as delineated in the Congressional Record of January 
15, 2003, page S838, that are not otherwise contradicted by the 
committee of conference.
      The conference agreement includes section 101, as 
proposed by the Senate, that modifies section 308 and 
subsection 835(d) of the Homeland Security Act, respectively, 
by (1) expanding the discretion of the Homeland Security 
Secretary in his application of listed criteria, and 
authorizing him to consider additional criteria beyond those 
specified in the section when designating any of the nation's 
colleges or universities as a college- or university-based 
center for homeland security that shall conduct extramural 
research; and (2) limiting the authority of the Homeland 
Security Secretary to waive the prohibition on entering into 
contracts with corporate expatriates by restricting the waiver 
authority only to contracts for which the Secretary determines 
that the waiver is required in the interest of homeland 
security. The House bill contained no similar provision.
      The conference agreement expands the discretion of the 
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in his 
application of the listed criteria when designating any of the 
nation's colleges or universities as a college- or university-
based center for homeland security. Such a center is part of 
the Secretary's broad authority to conduct extramural research 
under grants, cooperative agreements and contracts. Designating 
a center or centers is just one way in which the Secretary's 
authority can be used.
      The conference agreement includes section 102, as 
proposed by the Senate, which repeals sections 1714 through 
1717 of the Homeland Security Act as if such sections never 
were effective and replaces these sections with alternative 
language regarding the application of the Public Health Service 
Act and a rule of construction with respect to prior law and to 
Leroy v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Office of 
Special Master, No. 02-392V (October 11, 2002). No legal 
inference regarding existing law prior to or after the 
enactment and repeal of these sections shall be drawn by the 
courts from the enactment and subsequent repeal of these 
provisions. The repeal leaves unaffected pre-existing case law, 
such as Leroy v. Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 
conference agreement modifies a Sense of the Senate provision 
to a Sense of the Congress that the Senate Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions and the House Committee on 
Energy and Commerce should report legislation within six months 
to protect the public health and the nation's ability to 
produce existing vaccines and develop new vaccines. The House 
bill contained no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes section 103, as 
proposed by the Senate, which modifies sections 232(f), 234(b), 
873(b), and 1511(e)(2) of the Homeland Security Act. These 
modifications would, respectively: ensure that transfers of 
funds, personnel, and assets within and from the Department of 
Justice are governed by the procedures established in section 
605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002; 
permit the Coast Guard to use pre-existing authority to accept 
gifts and donations of services; and permit the Coast Guard to 
continue to receive funds from the aquatic resources trust fund 
of the highway trust fund for boating safety programs. The 
House bill contained no similar provision.
      In addition, the conferees have agreed to include in 
section 103, as proposed by the Senate, a provision adding a 
new section 1714 to the Homeland Security Act that requires 
that any report or notification to, or consultation with, the 
Congress or any Congressional committee required by the 
Homeland Security Act, and addressing directly or indirectly 
the use of appropriated funds, also be submitted to or held 
with the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives. The House bill contained no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement replaces a provision (section 
104) proposed by the Senate relating to certain waivers of 
contracts with corporate expatriates. The substitute provision 
makes changes to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107-296) and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
452) relating to the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security. The House bill contained no similar 
provision.
      The conference agreement includes a provision (section 
105) relating to the transfer of the Attorney General's 
authorities under the Immigration and Nationality Act to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security.
      The conference agreement includes a savings provision 
(section 106), as proposed by the Senate, relating to pending 
or completed administrative actions, any proceeding, and 
pending civil actions with respect to the transfer mandated by 
the Homeland Security Act of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
and Firearms to the Department of Justice from the Department 
of the Treasury. The House bill contained no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes a provision (section 
107), as proposed by the Senate, which repeals section 457 of 
the Homeland Security Act, including the amendment made by that 
section, relating to the costs and funding of certain 
immigration services. The conferees also modified this section 
to address court jurisdiction matters.
      The conference agreement deletes a Sense of the Senate 
provision (section 107) that states that Senate conferees 
should insist that the Joint Conference adopt section 102 of 
the Senate amendment. The House bill contained no similar 
provision.
      The conferees agree that several specific provisions of 
the Homeland Security Act directly or indirectly address the 
oversight and use of appropriated funds and that the Senate and 
House Committees on Appropriations will review such sections in 
depth.

                       DIVISION M--OTHER MATTERS

                 DEFENSE RELATED TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

      The conferees considered section 5 of H.J. Res. 2 as 
passed the House, and Division M of H.J. Res. 2 as amended by 
the Senate. The conference agreement includes an amended 
version of Division M, as described below.
      The conferees recommended retaining and amending a number 
of general provisions, proposed by either the House or Senate, 
which make technical and other adjustments regarding funding 
and activities provided for in Public Laws 107-248 and 107-249 
(the Defense Appropriations Act, 2003, and the Military 
Construction Appropriations Act, 2003, respectively). In 
addition, in section 109 of this division the conferees 
recommend new appropriations totaling $10,000,000,000, pursuant 
to requests from the White House, for selected military and 
intelligence activities in support of the global war on 
terrorism.
      Of this amount, $3,900,000,000 is for classified programs 
in support of the global war on terrorism and other critical 
anti-terrorism initiatives. These programs are described in a 
classified annex accompanying this joint statement. The 
remaining $6,100,000,000 is for reimbursement of personnel and 
operational costs incurred during the first quarter of the 
current fiscal year by the Department of Defense as a result of 
Operation Enduring Freedom; Operation Nobel Eagle; and related 
activities in the war on terrorism and homeland security 
operations. These funds are to be allocated as follows.

                           Military Personnel

      The conference agreement includes $1,617,000,000 for 
active duty pay and allowances costs incurred from October 
through December 2002. This includes incremental cost increases 
in hostile fire pay, family separation allowances, hardship 
duty pay, subsistence and additional readiness/stop-loss 
personnel. Also covered are pay and allowances for the first 
quarter costs associated with mobilized Reservists and National 
Guardsmen.

                        (In thousands of dollars)

                                                       Conference Amount
Military Personnel, Army................................        $771,200
Military Personnel, Navy................................         213,800
Military Personnel, Marine Corps........................          68,600
Military Personnel, Air Force...........................         563,400

                       Operation and Maintenance

      The conference agreement includes $4,387,900,000 for 
operations costs incurred from October through December 2002. 
These include personnel support costs (temporary duty, 
clothing, personal equipment and supplies, medical support and 
services, and subsistence); operating tempo costs (including 
incremental ship steaming days and aircraft flying hours, 
materials and services supporting operations, fuel, and spare/
repair parts); and costs associated with the transportation of 
personnel, equipment and material.

                        (In thousands of dollars)      Conference Amount
Operation and Maintenance, Army.........................      $1,210,000
Operation and Maintenance, Navy.........................         378,300
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps.................         202,100
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force....................       1,686,300
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.................         911,200
    (U.S. Special Operations Command....................        531,100)
    (Defense Logistics Agency...........................        289,700)
    (Defense Information Systems Agency.................         51,200)
    (Defense Threat Reduction Agency....................         39,200)

                         Defense Health Program

      The conference agreement includes $95,100,000 for the 
Defense Health Program, for the costs of replacement personnel 
to perform essential duties of deployed personnel; 
transportation costs to points of embarkation; funding for 
temporary duty in order to sustain essential health care 
services at military treatment facilities and in the private 
sector; additional funds for health care to support mobilized 
Reservists and their families; the costs of immunizations for 
personnel being deployed, and force protection.

                        Reprogramming Thresholds

      The conferees agree to amend the Senate's recommendation 
to raise the thresholds for internal reprogramming actions. The 
conferees agree to increase reprogramming thresholds as 
proposed by the Senate, for Procurement and Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation appropriations accounts for 
the remainder of fiscal year 2003. Changes to reprogramming 
thresholds are effective upon enactment of the accompanying Act 
and apply to fiscal year 2003 Procurement and Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation appropriations. The Department 
shall submit Prior Approval reprogramming requests, DD Form 
1415-1, in those instances when reprogramming of funds exceed 
the following thresholds:
      An increase or decrease of $20,000,000 for program year 
2003/2005 appropriations for a Procurement line item.
      An increase or decrease of $10,000,000 for program year 
2003/2004 appropriations for a Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation program element.
      Each of the reprogramming thresholds described above 
reflects aggregate levels of reprogramming activity within 
Procurement line items, and Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation program elements.
      The reprogramming of funds below these thresholds shall 
not increase lines specifically reduced by congressional action 
or decrease congressional interest items.
      No below threshold decrease may exceed twenty percent of 
appropriated levels for each procurement line, or program 
element, or the limitations above, whichever is greater.
      Below threshold reprogramming may restore non-specific 
reductions to the original level of the budget request or the 
level determined in the account tables, whichever is less.

                             Project Athena

      The Statement of Managers accompanying the conference 
report on Public Law 107-248 provided an earmark in the 
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy appropriation 
of $11,000,000 for development of the Project Athena coastal 
defense beta site from within the Marine Corps Communications 
line, PE 0206313M. The conferees agree that the line for the 
earmark is hereby changed to the Combating Terrorism Technology 
Support line, PE 0603122D8Z, in the Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide appropriation. The conferees also 
agree that the amount of the earmark shall be decreased to 
$6,000,000.

                             Domed Housing

      The Statement of Managers accompanying the conference 
report on Public Law 107-248 directed that $2,000,000 be made 
available for the acquisition of domed housing in the Marshall 
Islands to support Department of Defense housing requirements. 
The conferees further direct that the procurement of additional 
domed housing units be limited to those U.S. construction 
companies that have previously built this type of housing in 
the Marshall Islands.

                    National Defense Sealift Report

      The conferees direct the Secretary of the Navy and the 
Secretary of Transportation to jointly report to the Committees 
on Appropriations, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, on 
the feasibility of establishing a pilot project to accelerate 
the introduction of next-generation high-speed sealift ships. 
Such a project shall provide for the construction in a United 
States shipyard of two high-speed sealift ships (together with 
ancillary facilities and equipment) to be used in commercial 
service and to be available to support the Navy's global 
military sealift requirements. Project financing should be 
derived from loans guaranteed by the Secretary of 
Transportation supported by amounts appropriated in fiscal 
years 2002 and 2003 under the National Defense Sealift Fund 
(designated for construction of additional sealift capacity), 
amounts appropriated to support Title XI maritime loan 
guarantees, and sums provided by non-federal parties as 
appropriate. Such report shall include an analysis of the 
national security benefits of using sealift ships designed to 
carry at least 10,000 tons of cargo at 36 knots or higher in 
sea states of up to 16 feet to meet high priority military 
requirements compared to existing sealift capabilities. Such 
report shall also include a technology readiness assessment, a 
financial analysis, and any additional recommended legislation 
that may be required to accomplish this project.

                   GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS DIVISION

      The conferees agree to amend section 101, as proposed by 
the Senate, which allows funds to be used to settle the 
disputed taking of property adjacent to the Tooele Army Depot.
      The conferees agree to retain section 102, as proposed by 
the Senate, which provides funds for disposal of obsolete 
vessels in the Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve 
Fleet, and requires the Department to report to the 
congressional defense committees by March 1, 2003.
      The conferees agree to delete section 103, as proposed by 
the Senate. The conferees agree, however, to amend section 122 
of P.L. 107-249 to create an exception to the general 
prohibition against using NATO Security Investment Program 
(NSIP) funds in the New Independent States of the former Soviet 
Union. This exception authorizes no more than $1,000,000 to 
establish a communication system that connects various NATO 
headquarters and partnership for peace nations.
      The conferees agree to retain section 104, as proposed by 
the Senate, which is a technical correction that moves funds 
from the Military Construction, Air Force account to the 
Military Construction, Air Force Reserve account.
      The conferees agree to modify section 105, as proposed by 
the Senate, to clarify that the Secretary of the Air Force is 
authorized to transfer funds to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service for the purpose of acquiring land at Nellis 
Air Force Base.
      The conferees agree to amend section 106, as proposed by 
the Senate, which increases the expense/investment threshold 
from $100,000 to $250,000 for items purchased with operation 
and maintenance funds, and includes authorization and grant 
authority for projects expressly designated for the Office of 
Economic Adjustment in the Statement of Managers accompanying 
the conference report on Public Law 107-248.
      The conferees agree to amend section 107, as proposed by 
the Senate, which includes transfers of $104,000,000 in order 
to accelerate Patriot PAC-3 missile production. Among the 
sources specified in this general provision is ``Weapons and 
Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 2003/2005'', for $5,000,000 from 
the M1A2 SEP program. This section transfers $7,000,000 from 
``Other Procurement, Air Force, 2003/2005'', from the following 
programs:

Thinpack Parachutes.....................................     -$3,000,000
Replacement of Transport Aircraft Troop Seats...........      -3,000,000
Replacement of Tactical Aircrew Life Preservers with the 
    Navy's LPU-36.......................................      -1,000,000

      This section also transfers $36,900,000 from ``Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 2003/2004''. 
This amount includes $13,900,000, as specified by the Senate, 
from the ground-based midcourse defense sea-based x-band radar 
(SBX), and $23,000,000 from a Patriot PAC-3 enhancement 
program.
      The conferees agree to amend section 108, as proposed by 
the Senate, which provides necessary legislative language for 
the timely execution of funds for certain Department of Defense 
Office of Economic Adjustment activities as provided in the 
Statement of Managers accompanying the conference report for 
Public Law 107-248.
      The conferees agree to amend section 109, as proposed by 
the Senate, to provide $10,000,000,000 to support the global 
war on terrorism and classified activities, as requested by the 
White House. The conferees direct that all funds provided 
pursuant to section 109 be only for those activities cited in 
this joint statement and in the classified annex thereto.
      The conferees agree to amend section 110, as proposed by 
the Senate, to provide authorization for fiscal year 2003 
appropriations for intelligence activities pursuant to Section 
504 of the National Security Act of 1947.
      The conferees agree to include, with slight technical 
modifications, section 111 of Division M of the Senate passed 
bill regarding the Department of Defense's Total Information 
Awareness (TIA) program. In two instances the provision has 
been modified. First, the conferees agree to allow the 
Administration 90 days after the bill is enacted to submit a 
report to Congress on the TIA program, instead of 60 days as 
proposed by the Senate. Second, the provision has been modified 
to clarify that, subject to the other terms and conditions of 
this section, the TIA program may be deployed at operating 
bases in the United States to assist in the conduct of lawful 
U.S. foreign intelligence activities against non-United States 
citizens only. The conferees agree with the clear intent of the 
Senate provision that, in no case, should the TIA program be 
used by the Department of Defense to conduct intelligence 
activities on United States citizens, or transferred to any 
other Federal agency for the same purpose.
      The conferees agree to amend section 112, as proposed by 
the House, which provides the Secretary of Defense additional 
transfer authority of $500,000,000, only for unforeseen fuel 
cost requirements resulting from revised pricing and the global 
war on terrorism. Additionally, this provision is further 
amended to require prior notification of the Committees on 
Appropriations before any funds made available to the 
Department of Defense are used for the drawdown authority 
provided in Section 202 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 
(Public Law 107-327).
      The conferees are supportive of the overall objectives of 
the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act (AFSA). Nonetheless the 
conferees are extremely troubled that, in its first use of this 
authority, the Administration chose to use the U.S. military 
services' operations accounts as its funding source for the 
initial increment of AFSA drawdown--diverting $165,000,000 
originally requested and subsequently appropriated for U.S. 
Army, Navy, and Air Force unit training and flying hours. As 
noted by the Deputy Secretary of Defense in a February 10, 2003 
letter to the Defense Appropriations Subcommittees of the House 
and Senate, ``DoD cannot absorb these costs without affecting 
readiness.''
      To implement this provision, the conferees therefore 
direct that the Department of Defense provide not less than 15 
days prior written notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to exercising any use of the section 202 
drawdown authority which would use DoD funds. This notification 
should be provided no later than other required AFSA drawdown 
notifications to the Committees on Appropriations (e.g., 
Presidential determinations, or notifications from the 
Department of State, or others, as required under the AFSA or 
other laws). Each such notification shall include the proposed 
source of DoD funds by appropriations account and activity, as 
well as a description of the impact these funding transfers 
will have on the DoD programs so affected.

                               DIVISION N

                                TITLE I

                            ELECTION REFORM

      The conferees agree to provide $1,500,000,000 for 
election reform. This includes funds to establish an Election 
Assistance Commission and to carry out programs authorized by 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002. The conferees agree to 
provide $650,000,000 to the General Services Administration 
(GSA) to carry out a program of payments to the States for 
improving the administration of elections and replacing punch 
card and lever voting machines with new voting technology. The 
conferees also agree to provide $15,000,000 to the Department 
of Health and Human Services for programs to ensure disabled 
voter access.

                   TITLE III--WILDLAND FIRE EMERGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

                        Wildland Fire Management

      The conference agreement includes $189,000,000 for 
wildland fire management as proposed by the Senate instead of 
an emergency supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 2002 of 
$200,000,000 as proposed by the House. These funds are to repay 
amounts transferred from other accounts to fight fires in 
fiscal year 2002.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             FOREST SERVICE

                        Wildland Fire Management

      The conference agreement includes $636,000,000 for 
wildland fire management as proposed by the Senate instead of 
an emergency supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 2002 of 
$500,000,000 as proposed by the House. These funds are to repay 
amounts transferred from other accounts to fight fires in 
fiscal year 2002.
      The conference agreement also earmarks amounts to be 
repaid to individual Forest Service appropriations accounts as 
proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.

                DIVISION N--TITLE IV--TANF AND MEDICARE

      The conference agreement includes section 401, which 
extends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families in the 
manner authorized for fiscal year 2002 through June 30, 2003, 
instead of September 30, 2003 as proposed by the Senate. The 
House bill contained no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes a new section, section 
402, in lieu of sections 402 through 404 as proposed by the 
Senate, which (1) temporarily increases payments to rural and 
``other urban'' hospitals through September 30 to the large 
urban standardized amount; and (2) provides legal protection 
for the Administration should they make corrections to data 
errors in the physician payment formula for past fiscal years. 
The House bill contained no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes section 403, originally 
proposed by the Senate as section 405 in the Senate amendment, 
which extends the Federal payment for Medicare Part B through 
Medicaid for qualifying individuals (those between 120 and 135 
percent of poverty) through September 30, 2003. The House bill 
contained no similar provision.

                DIVISION N--TITLE V--FISHERIES DISASTERS

      Section 501.--The conference agreement includes section 
501, included in the Senate, providing $100,000,000 for various 
fishery disasters. The House did not include a similar 
provision.

                                TITLE VI

                                OFFSETS

      The conference agreement includes a 0.65 percent across-
the-board rescission to discretionary budgetary resources 
provided in divisions A through K of this Act, as well as to 
any previously enacted fiscal year 2003 advance appropriation. 
This rescission does not apply to the Head Start program, the 
Veterans' Medical Care program, the Women, Infants, and 
Children nutrition program, or the space shuttle program. 
Specific exemptions for these programs are also included in the 
respective sections of this joint resolution.

                               TITLE VII

          Bonneville Power Administration Borrowing Authority

      The conference agreement provides $700,000,000 of new 
borrowing authority to the Bonneville Power Administration as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct the Bonneville 
Power Administration to submit a detailed budget justification, 
by project, for its total capital improvement program to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not later than 
March 30, 2003, and to submit thereafter as part of the annual 
budget request, for approval by the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations.

                               DIVISION O

                     Price-Anderson Act Amendments

      The conference agreement modifies bill language as 
proposed by the Senate to extend portions of the Price-Anderson 
Act through December 31, 2003.

     DIVISION P--U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

      The conferees have included, under Division P, language 
and funding regarding the U.S.-China Economic and Security 
Review Commission.
                                   Bill Young,
                                   Ralph Regula,
                                   Jerry Lewis,
                                   Hal Rogers,
                                   Frank R. Wolf,
                                   Jim Kolbe,
                                   James T. Walsh,
                                   Charles H. Taylor,
                                   David L. Hobson,
                                   Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
                                   Henry Bonilla,
                                   Joe Knollenberg,
                                   Jack Kingston,
                                   John P. Murtha,
                                   Norman D. Dicks
                                           (except sections 323 and 335 
                                               of Division F, and 
                                               conservation spending),
                                   Alan B. Mollohan,
                                   Peter J. Visclosky,
                                   Jose E. Serrano,
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

                                   Ted Stevens,
                                   Thad Cochran,
                                   Arlen Specter,
                                   Pete V. Domenici,
                                   Kit Bond,
                                   Mitch McConnell,
                                   Conrad Burns,
                                   Richard C. Shelby,
                                   Judd Gregg,
                                   Robert F. Bennett,
                                   Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
                                   Larry Craig,
                                   Kay Bailey Hutchison,
                                   Mike DeWine,
                                   Sam Brownback,
                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                   Daniel K. Inouye,
                                   Ernest F. Hollings,
                                   Patrick J. Leahy,
                                   Barbara A. Mikulski,
                                   Patty Murray
                                           (except for sections 323 and 
                                               335 of Division F),
                                   Byron L. Dorgan,
                                   Dianne Feinstein,
                                   Tim Johnson,
                                   Mary L. Landrieu,
                                Managers on the Part of the Senate.

                                
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