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Public Law 106-31
106th Congress
An Act
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: May 21,
1999 - [H.R. 1141]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: 1999 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act.>> That the following sums are
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers
For emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal
farmworkers under section 2281 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 5177a), $20,000,000: Provided, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget
request for $20,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Agricultural Marketing Service
funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply
(section 32)
For an additional amount for the fund maintained for funds made
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C.
612c), $145,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request for $145,000,000, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
Congress: Provided
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further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may waive the limitation
established under the second sentence of the second paragraph of section
32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), on the amount of funds
that may be devoted during fiscal year 1999 to any one agricultural
commodity or product thereof.
Farm Service Agency
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', $42,753,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
agricultural credit insurance fund program account
(including transfers of funds)
For additional gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, to be
available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as
follows: farm ownership loans, $550,000,000, of which $350,000,000 shall
be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $370,000,000, of which
$185,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; and for emergency
insured loans, $175,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural
disasters.
For the additional cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to remain available until September
30, 2000, as follows: farm ownership loans, $35,505,000, of which
$5,565,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $28,804,000,
of which $16,169,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; and for
emergency insured loans, $41,300,000 to meet the needs resulting from
natural disasters; and for additional administrative expenses to carry
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $4,000,000: Provided, That
of the total amount appropriated, up to $29,998,000 may be transferred
to the ``Farm Service Agency Salaries and Expenses'' account with prior
notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That the entire amounts are designated by the Congress
as emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Funds appropriated by this Act or by the Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277) to the Agricultural Credit
Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and operating direct loans
and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs with the
prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
emergency conservation program
For an additional amount for the ``Emergency Conservation Program''
for expenses resulting from natural disasters,
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$28,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
made available under this heading by Public Law 105-174 to provide cost-
sharing assistance to maple producers to replace taps and tubing that
were damaged by ice storms in northeastern States in 1998 may be used to
carry out any activity authorized under the Emergency Conservation
Program: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading
may be used for restoration of streambanks in the Northeast in non-flood
prone areas as determined by the county committees: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for $28,000,000, that includes designation of
the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
livestock indemnity program
An amount of $3,000,000 is appropriated to the Secretary to
implement a livestock indemnity program. <<NOTE: Effective date.>> Such
program shall be effective only for losses beginning on May 2, 1998,
through the date of the enactment of this Act from natural disasters
declared pursuant to a Presidential or Secretarial declaration requested
prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall, to
the extent practicable, provide benefits at a level and in a manner
similar to the Livestock Indemnity Programs carried out during 1997 and
1998: Provided, That in administering the program, the Secretary shall,
to the extent practicable, utilize gross income and payment limitations
conditions established for the Disaster Reserve Assistance Program for
the 1996 crop year: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for $3,000,000,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President
to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
watershed and flood prevention operations
For an additional amount for ``Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations'' to repair damages to the waterways and watersheds resulting
from natural disasters, $95,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $95,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
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Rural Economic and Community Development Programs
rural community advancement program
For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans and grants of
the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f ), as
provided in 7 U.S.C. 1926(a) and 7 U.S.C. 1926C for distribution through
the national reserve, $30,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be for
grants under such program: Provided, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for $30,000,000,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President
to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Rural Housing Service
rural housing insurance fund program account
For additional 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 to
meet needs resulting from natural disasters, as follows: $10,000,000 for
loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary; and
$1,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans.
For the additional cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to remain available until expended,
$1,534,000, as follows: section 502 loans, $1,182,000; and section 504
housing repair loans, $352,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent that an official budget request for
$1,534,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
rural housing assistance grants
For an additional amount for grants for very low-income housing
repair, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, to meet needs resulting from
natural disasters, $1,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request for
$1,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 101. <<NOTE: 7 USC 1421 note.>> (a) Crop Loss Assistance for
Certain Multiyear Losses.--From funds remaining in a reserve held under
subsection (c) of section 1102 of the Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-43), for
errors, omissions, and appeals, the Secretary of Agriculture may use not
more than 15 percent of the reserve funds to provide assistance to a
producer described in subsection (b) who incurred losses to a commodity
due to disasters in two crop years during the five-crop year period
beginning with the 1994 crop year.
(b) Eligibility Criteria.--A producer on a farm is eligible for
assistance under subsection (a) only if--
(1) the producer received a federally insured indemnity
payment for crop losses in two crop years of such five-crop year
period;
(2) the producer acquired federally insured crop insurance
in one additional crop year during such period, but did not
receive a federally insured indemnity payment;
(3) the producer received a non-federally insured indemnity
payment for crop losses in the crop year referred to in
paragraph (2); and
(4) the producer does not receive a payment under subsection
(b) or (c) of such section 1102.
(c) Crop Years Covered; Payment Rate.--Any payment to a producer
under subsection (a) may be paid only for losses incurred during the
crop years described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b). The payment
rate may not exceed the payment rate used under subsection (c) of such
section 1102.
(d) Effect on Existing Authority.--Nothing in this section
authorizes the Secretary to delay the provision of crop loss assistance
under such section 1102, and the Secretary shall complete the payment of
multiyear assistance under subsection (c) of such section 1102 before
making any payment under the authority of this section.
(e) Designation as Emergency Requirement.--Such sums as are
necessary to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a): Provided,
That such amount shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement under section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 102. Notwithstanding section 11 of the Commodity Credit
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), an additional $28,000,000
shall be provided through the Commodity Credit Corporation in fiscal
year 1999 for technical assistance activities performed by any agency of
the Department of Agriculture in carrying out the Conservation Reserve
Program or the Wetlands Reserve Program funded by the Commodity Credit
Corporation: Provided, <<NOTE: Effective date.>> That an additional
$35,000,000 shall be provided through the Commodity Credit Corporation
on October 1, 1999, for technical assistance activities performed by any
agency of the Department of Agriculture
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in carrying out the Conservation Reserve Program or the Wetlands Reserve
Program funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided further,
That the entire amounts shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request, that includes designation of the entire amounts
of the request as emergency requirements as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the
entire amounts are designated by the Congress as emergency requirements
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 103. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, monies
available under section 763 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999
(Public Law 105-277), shall be provided by the Secretary of Agriculture
directly to any State determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to have
been materially affected by the commercial fishery failure or failures
declared by the Secretary of Commerce in September, 1998 under section
312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Such State shall disburse the funds to individuals with family incomes
below the Federal poverty level who have been adversely affected by the
commercial fishery failure or failures: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for
such amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 104. For an additional amount for the Livestock Assistance
Program under Public Law 105-277, $70,000,000: Provided, <<NOTE: 7 USC
1421 note.>> That for the purposes of section 1103 of the Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), notwithstanding any other
provision of law or regulation, the definition of ``livestock'' shall
include ``reindeer'': Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for $70,000,000,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President
to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 105. Denali Commission. (a) The Denali Commission Act of 1998
(title III of division C of Public Law 105-277) is amended--
(1) in section 303(b)(1)(D) <<NOTE: 42 USC 3121 note.>> by
striking in two instances ``Alaska Federation or Natives'' and
inserting ``Alaska Federation of Natives'';
(2) in section 303(c) by striking ``Members'' and inserting
``The Federal Cochairperson shall serve for a term of four years
and may be reappointed. All other members'';
(3) in section 306(a) <<NOTE: 42 USC 3121 note.>> by
inserting after the first sentence the following: ``The Federal
Cochairperson shall be compensated
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at the annual rate prescribed for level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.'';
(4) in section 306(c)(2) <<NOTE: 42 USC 3121 note.>> by
striking ``Chairman'' and inserting ``Federal Cochairperson'';
(5) by inserting at the end of section 306 the following new
subsections:
``(g) Administrative Expenses and Records.--The Commission is hereby
prohibited from using more than 5 percent of the amounts appropriated
under the authority of this Act or transferred pursuant to section 329
of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1999 (section 101(g) of division A of this Act) for administrative
expenses. The Commission and its grantees shall maintain accurate and
complete records which shall be available for audit and examination by
the Comptroller General or his or her designee.
``(h) Inspector General.--Section 8G(a)(2) of the Inspector General
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3, section 8G(a)(2)) is amended by inserting
`the Denali Commission,' after `the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting,'.''; and
(6) in section 307(b) <<NOTE: 42 USC 3121 note.>> by
inserting immediately before ``The Commission'' the following:
``Funds transferred to the Commission pursuant to section 329 of
the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(g) of division A of this
Act) shall be available without further appropriation and until
expended.''.
(7) in section 305 <<NOTE: 42 USC 3121 note.>> by inserting
at the end a new section (d) as follows:
``(d) The Commission, acting through the Federal Cochairperson, is
authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, award
grants, and make payments necessary to carry out the purposes of the
Commission. With respect to funds appropriated to the Commission for
fiscal year 1999, the Commission, acting through the Federal
Cochairperson, is authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative
agreements, award grants, and make payments to implement an interim work
plan for fiscal year 1999 approved by the Commission.''.
(b) Amounts made available by this section are designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided, That such amounts shall be available only to the
extent that an official budget request that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
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CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
salaries and expenses
enforcement and border affairs
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses, Enforcement
and Border Affairs'' to support increased detention requirements for
Central American criminal aliens and to address the expected influx of
illegal immigrants from Central America as a result of Hurricane Mitch,
$80,000,000, which shall remain available until expended and which shall
be administered by the Attorney General: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Reserve Personnel, Army
For an additional amount for ``Reserve Personnel, Army'',
$8,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for $5,100,000, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
National Guard Personnel, Army
For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel, Army'',
$7,300,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for $1,300,000, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
National Guard Personnel, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``National Guard Personnel, Air
Force'', $1,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Operation and Maintenance, Army
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'',
$50,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
Operation and Maintenance, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'',
$13,900,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine
Corps'', $2,400,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request for
$2,100,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air
Force'', $8,800,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide'', $21,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is available only for the CINC
initiative fund: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard
For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Army
National Guard'', $20,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
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That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for $20,000,000, that includes designation of
the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid
For an additional amount for ``Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and
Civic Aid'', $37,500,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
New Horizons Exercise Transfer Fund
(including transfer of funds)
For emergency expenses incurred by United States military forces to
participate in the New Horizons Exercise programs to undertake relief,
rehabilitation, and restoration operations and training activities in
response to disasters within the United States Southern Command area of
responsibility, $46,000,000, to remain available for transfer until
September 30, 1999: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer
these funds to operation and maintenance accounts: Provided further,
That the funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be available
for the same purposes and for the same time period, as the appropriation
to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided in this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer
authority contained in Public Law 105-262: Provided further, That the
entire amount made available under this heading is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for $46,000,000, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 301. (a) The Secretary of each military department may
designate not to exceed five eligible academy students from foreign
countries for the purposes of this section. Each student so designated
shall be considered, for purposes of a waiver of the foreign student
reimbursement requirement, to be in addition to the number of persons
for whom an unlimited waiver may otherwise be in effect at any one time.
(b) <<NOTE: Effective date. Termination date.>> A person is an
eligible academy student from a foreign country if the person is
admitted from a foreign country during the period beginning on May 1,
1999, and ending on September 30, 1999, for instruction at a service
academy under section 4344, 6957, or 9344 of title 10, United States
Code (relating to selection of persons from foreign countries).
(c) For purposes of this section--
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(1) The foreign student reimbursement requirement is the
requirement under paragraph (2) of the applicable foreign
student reimbursement statute that a foreign country from which
a person is permitted to enroll for instruction under section
4434, 6957, or 9344 of title 10, United States Code, reimburse
the United States for the cost of providing such instruction.
(2) An unlimited waiver is a waiver of the foreign student
reimbursement requirement by the Secretary of Defense (as
authorized by such paragraph (2)) without regard to the
percentage limitation on such a waiver specified in paragraph
(3) of the applicable foreign student reimbursement statute, and
the number of persons for whom such a waiver may otherwise be in
effect at any one time is the number of persons specified in
such paragraph (3).
(3) The foreign student reimbursement statute is--
(A) section 4434(b) of title 10, United States Code,
in the case of the United States Military Academy;
(B) section 6957(b) of such title, in the case of
the United States Naval Academy; and
(C) section 9344(b) of such title, in the case of
the United States Air Force Academy.
(4) The service academies are the United States Military
Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States
Air Force Academy.
Sec. 302. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a military
technician (dual status) (as defined in section 10216 of title 10,
United States Code) performing active duty without pay while on leave
from technician employment under section 6323(d) of title 5, United
States Code, may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be
authorized a per diem allowance under this title, in lieu of commutation
for subsistence and quarters as described in section 1002(b) of title
37, United States Code.
Sec. 303. <<NOTE: 50 USC 98d note.>> (a) Disposal Authorized.--
Subject to subsection (c), the President may dispose of the material in
the National Defense Stockpile specified in the table in subsection (b).
(b) Table.--The total quantity of the material authorized for
disposal by the President under subsection (a) is as follows:
Authorized Stockpile Disposal
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Material for disposal Quantity
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zirconium ore............................. 17,383 short dry tons
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c) Minimization of Disruption and Loss.--The President may not
dispose of material under subsection (a) to the extent that the disposal
will result in--
(1) undue disruption of the usual markets of producers,
processors, and consumers of the material proposed for disposal;
or
(2) avoidable loss to the United States.
(d) Relationship to Other Disposal Authority.--The disposal
authority provided in subsection (a) is new disposal authority and is in
addition to, and shall not affect, any other disposal authority provided
by law regarding the material specified in such subsection.
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(e) National Defense Stockpile Defined.--In this section, the term
``National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund'' means the fund in the
Treasury of the United States established under section 9(a) of the
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(a)).
Sec. 304. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from funds
appropriated by Public Law 105-262, Public Law 105-56, and Public Law
104-208, under the heading ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'',
$50,700,000 is available for recording, adjusting, and liquidating
obligations incurred as of the date of this Act for the fiscal years
1995 and 1996 production quantities of Joint Surveillance Target Attack
Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft: <<NOTE: Notification.>> Provided, That
the Secretary of the Air Force shall notify the congressional defense
committees of all of the specific sources of funds to be used for the
JSTARS obligations and follow normal reprogramming procedures.
CHAPTER 4
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Funds Appropriated to the President
agency for international development
international disaster assistance
For an additional amount for ``International Disaster Assistance'',
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Other Bilateral Economic Assistance
economic support fund
For an additional amount for ``Economic Support Fund'', in addition
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, to provide assistance
to Jordan, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.
central america and the caribbean emergency
disaster recovery fund
Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672, for necessary
expenses to address the effects of hurricanes in Central America and the
Caribbean and the earthquake in Colombia, $621,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the provisions of
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
and, except for section 558, the provisions of title V of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(d) of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105-277)): Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other proviso
under this
heading, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to ``Export-Import Bank of
the United States, Subsidy Appropriation'' for the cost of direct loans,
loan guarantees, and insurance, subject to the terms and conditions
applicable to funds made available under
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that heading in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section
101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)): Provided further, That
up to $5,500,000 of the funds appropriated by this paragraph may be
transferred to ``Operating Expenses of the Agency for International
Development'', to remain available until September 30, 2000, to be used
for administrative costs of USAID in addressing the effects of those
hurricanes, of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to contract directly
for the personal services of individuals in the United States: Provided
further, That up to $1,500,000 of the funds appropriated by this
paragraph may be transferred to ``Operating Expenses of the Agency for
International Development Office of Inspector General'', to remain
available until expended, to be used for costs of audits, inspections,
and other activities associated with the expenditure of the funds
appropriated by this paragraph: Provided further, That up to $500,000 of
the funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be made available to the
Comptroller General for purposes of monitoring the provision of
assistance using funds appropriated by this paragraph: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated and
expended subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading, not less than $2,000,000 should be made
available to support the clearance of landmines and other unexploded
ordnance in Nicaragua and Honduras: Provided further, That the funds
appropriated under this heading, and the supplemental funds appropriated
in this Act that are in addition to the funds made available under title
II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(d) of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105-277)), shall be subject to the funding ceiling
contained in section 580 of that Act, notwithstanding section 545 of
that Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading
may be charged to finance obligations for which appropriations available
for other accounts under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended, were charged after April 30, 1999, to finance obligations to
address the effects of the hurricanes in Central America and the
Caribbean and the earthquake in Colombia: Provided further, That the
provisions of section 110 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, shall not be applicable to any assistance furnished to address
the effects of the hurricanes in Central America and the Caribbean and
the earthquake in Colombia: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available for nonproject
assistance: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar
amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President
to the Congress.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement
For an additional amount for ``International Narcotics Control and
Law Enforcement'', $23,000,000, for additional counterdrug research and
development activities: Provided, That such amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
debt restructuring
For an additional amount for ``Debt Restructuring'', $41,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That up to $25,000,000 may be
used for a contribution to the Central America Emergency Trust Fund,
administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Funds Appropriated to the President
foreign military financing program
For an additional amount for ``Foreign Military Financing Program'',
for grants to enable the President to carry out section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
purposes, for grants only for Jordan, $50,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2001: Provided, That funds appropriated under this
heading shall be nonrepayable, notwithstanding section 23(b) and section
23(c) of the Arms Export Control Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 401. The funds appropriated in this chapter are designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
Sec. 402. The value of articles, services, and military education
and training authorized as of November 15, 1998, to be drawn down by the
President under the authority of section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, shall not be counted against the
ceiling limitation of that section.
Sec. 403. <<NOTE: Termination date. East Timor.>> For an additional
amount for ``Economic Support Fund'', $6,500,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2000, for assistance for election monitoring and
related activities for East Timor: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
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Sec. 404. Section 832(a) of the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination
Act (Public Law 105-277) <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-701.>> is amended--
(1) in the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``Secretary of Agriculture'' and
inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
(B) by striking ``the Agricultural Research Service
of the Department of Agriculture'' and inserting ``the
Department of State''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``Any <<NOTE: Records.>> record related to a contract entered into,
or to an activity funded, under this subsection shall be exempted from
disclosure as described in section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States
Code.''.
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
construction
For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $12,612,000, to
remain available until expended, to repair damage due to rain, winds,
ice, snow, and other acts of nature, and to replace and repair power
generation equipment: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended: Provided further, That the amount provided shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request that
includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President
to the Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
reconstruction and construction
For an additional amount for ``Reconstruction and Construction'',
$5,611,000, to remain available until expended, to address damages from
Hurricane Georges and other natural disasters in Puerto Rico: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the amount provided shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request that includes designation of the entire amount
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That
funds in this account may be transferred to and merged with the ``Forest
and Rangeland Research'' account and the ``National Forest System''
account as needed to address emergency requirements in Puerto Rico.
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OTHER RELATED AGENCY
United States Holocaust Memorial Council
holocaust memorial council
For an additional amount for ``Holocaust Memorial Council'',
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Holocaust Museum
to address security needs: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the amount
provided shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request that includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress.
GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 501. <<NOTE: Alaska.>> Glacier Bay. (a) Dungeness Crab
Fishermen.--Section 123(b) of the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(e) of division A of
Public Law 105-277) <<NOTE: 16 USC 410hh-4 note.>> is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``February 1, 1999'' and inserting
``August 1, 1999''; and
(B) by striking ``1996'' and inserting ``1998''; and
(2)(A) by striking ``of any Dungeness crab pots or other
Dungeness crab gear, and of not more than one Dungeness crab
fishing vessel,''; and
(B) by striking ``the period January 1, 1999, through
December 31, 2004, based on the individual's net earnings from
the Dungeness crab fishery during the period January 1, 1991,
through December 31, 1996.'' and inserting ``for the period
beginning January 1, 1999 that is equivalent in length to the
period established by such individual under paragraph (1), based
on the individual's net earnings from the Dungeness crab fishery
during such established period. In addition, such individual
shall be eligible to receive from the United States fair market
value for any Dungeness crab pots, related gear, and not more
than one Dungeness crab fishing vessel if such individual
chooses to relinquish to the United States such pots, related
gear, or vessel.''.
(b) Others Affected by Fishery Closures and Restrictions.--Section
123 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(e) of division A of Public Law
105-277), as amended, is amended further by redesignating subsection (c)
as subsection (d) and inserting immediately after subsection (b) the
following new subsection:
``(c) Others Affected by Fishery Closures and Restrictions.--The
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to provide $23,000,000 for a
program developed with the concurrence of the State of Alaska to fairly
compensate United States fish processors, fishing vessel crew members,
communities, and others negatively affected by restrictions on fishing
in Glacier Bay National Park. For the purpose of receiving compensation
under the program
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required by this subsection, a potential recipient shall provide a sworn
and notarized affidavit to establish the extent of such negative
effect.''.
(c) Implementation.--Section 123 of the Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(e) of
division A of Public Law 105-277), <<NOTE: 16 USC 410hh-4 note.>> as
amended, is amended further by inserting at the end the following new
subsection:
``(e) <<NOTE: Publication.>> Implementation and Effective Date.--
The Secretary of the Interior shall publish an interim final rule for
the Federal implementation of paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection
(a) and shall provide an opportunity for public comment of no less than
45 days on such interim final rule. <<NOTE: Federal Register,
publication.>> The final rule for the Federal implementation of
paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (a) shall be published in the
Federal Register no later than September 30, 1999 and shall take effect
on September 30, 1999, except that the limitations in paragraphs (3)
through (5) of such subsection shall not apply with respect to halibut
fishing until November 15, 1999 or salmon troll fishing until December
31, 1999. In the event that any individual eligible for compensation
under subsection (b) has not received full compensation by June 15,
1999, the Secretary shall provide partial compensation on such date to
such individual and shall expeditiously provide full compensation
thereafter.''.
(d) For the purposes of making the payments authorized in section
123 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999, as amended by this section, an additional
$26,000,000 is hereby appropriated to ``Departmental Management,
Department of the Interior'', to remain available until expended, of
which $3,000,000 shall be an additional amount for compensation
authorized by section 123(b) of such Act, as amended, and of which
$23,000,000 shall be for compensation authorized by section 123(c) of
such Act, as amended. The entire amount made available in this
subsection is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)), and
shall be available only if the President transmits to the Congress an
official budget request that includes designation of the entire amount
as an emergency requirement as defined in such Act.
CHAPTER 6
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
disaster relief
For an additional amount for ``Disaster relief'' for tornado-related
damage in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Tennessee, and for other
disasters, $900,000,000 to remain available until expended, which shall
be available only to the extent that the President designates an amount
as an emergency requirement as defined in section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to such Act.
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disaster assistance for unmet needs
For ``Disaster assistance for unmet needs'', $230,000,000, which
shall remain available until September 30, 2001, for use by the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Director) only for disaster
relief, buyout assistance, long-term recovery, and mitigation in
communities affected by Presidentially-declared natural disasters
designated during fiscal years 1998 and 1999, only to the extent funds
are not made available for those activities by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (under its ``Disaster relief'' program), the Small
Business Administration, or the Army Corps of Engineers: Provided, That
in administering these funds the Director shall allocate these funds to
States to be administered by each State in conjunction with its Federal
Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief program: Provided further,
That each State shall provide not less than 25 percent in non-Federal
public matching funds or its equivalent value (other than administrative
costs) for any funds allocated to the State under this heading: Provided
further, That the Director shall allocate these funds based on the unmet
needs arising from a Presidentially-declared disaster as identified by
the Director as those which have not or will not be addressed by other
Federal disaster assistance programs and for which it is deemed
appropriate to supplement the efforts and available resources of States,
local governments and disaster relief organizations: Provided
further, <<NOTE: Establishment.>> That the Director shall establish
review groups within FEMA to review each request by a State of its unmet
needs and certify as to the actual costs associated with the unmet needs
as well as the commitment and ability of each State to provide its match
requirement: Provided further, That the Director shall implement all
mitigation and buyout efforts in a manner consistent with the intent of
the hazard mitigation grant program as authorized by section 404 of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as
amended: Provided further, <<NOTE: Federal Register, publication.>>
That the Director shall publish a notice in the Federal Register
governing the allocation and use of the funds under this heading,
including provisions for ensuring the compliance of the States with the
requirements of this program: Provided further, <<NOTE: Records.>> That
10 days prior to distribution of funds, the Director shall submit a list
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, setting forth the
proposed uses of funds and the most recent estimates of unmet needs:
Provided further, <<NOTE: Reports.>> That the Director shall submit
quarterly reports to said Committees regarding the actual projects and
needs for which funds have been provided under this heading: Provided
further, That to the extent any funds under this heading are used in a
manner inconsistent with the requirements of the program established
under this heading and any rules issued pursuant thereto, the Director
shall recapture an equivalent amount of funds from the State from any
existing funds or future funds awarded to the State under this heading
or any other program administered by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only
to the extent an official budget request, that includes designation of
the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined
by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That the entire amount
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is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
TITLE II--EMERGENCY NATIONAL SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
public law 480 program and grant accounts
For an additional amount for ``Public Law 480 Program and Grant
Accounts'' for assistance under title II of Public Law 480,
$149,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget
request for $149,200,000, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Administration of Foreign Affairs
diplomatic and consular programs
Notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956, an additional amount for ``Diplomatic and Consular
Programs'', $17,071,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
security and maintenance of united states missions
Notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956, an additional amount for ``Security and Maintenance of
United States Missions'', $50,500,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $45,500,000 shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that
includes the designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President
to the Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
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emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service
Notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956, an additional amount for ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic
and Consular Service'', $2,929,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $500,000 shall be transferred to the Peace Corps and $450,000
shall be transferred to the United States Information Agency, for
evacuation and related costs: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Military Personnel, Army
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Army'',
$2,920,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Military Personnel, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Navy'',
$7,660,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Military Personnel, Marine Corps
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'',
$1,586,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Military Personnel, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Air Force'',
$4,303,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund
(including transfer of funds)
For an additional amount for ``Overseas Contingency Operations
Transfer Fund'', $5,007,300,000, to remain available until expended:
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Provided, That the entire amount made available under this
heading is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That of such
amount, $1,100,000,000 shall be available only to the extent that the
President transmits to the Congress an official budget request for a
specific dollar amount that: (1) specifies items which meet a critical
readiness or sustainability need, to include replacement of expended
munitions to maintain adequate inventories for future operations; and
(2) includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the
Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds only to military personnel
accounts; operation and maintenance accounts, including Overseas
Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid; procurement accounts; research,
development, test and evaluation accounts; the Defense Health Program
appropriation; the National Defense Sealift Fund; and working capital
fund accounts: Provided further, That the funds transferred shall be
merged with and shall be available for the same purposes and for the
same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided
further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in
addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of
Defense: Provided further, That such funds may be used to execute
projects or programs that were deferred in order to carry out military
operations in and around Kosovo and in Southwest Asia, including efforts
associated with the displaced Kosovar population: Provided further, That
upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this
appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation.
PROCUREMENT
Weapons Procurement, Navy
For an additional amount for ``Weapons Procurement, Navy'',
$431,100,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $431,100,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
Aircraft Procurement, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'',
$40,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $40,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the
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request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
Missile Procurement, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Missile Procurement, Air Force'',
$178,200,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30,
2000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $178,200,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force
For an additional amount for ``Procurement of Ammunition, Air
Force'', $35,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September
30, 2000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for $35,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
Operational Rapid Response Transfer Fund
(including transfer of funds)
In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available
in this Act and the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999
(Public Law 105-262), $300,000,000, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2000, is hereby made available only for the
accelerated acquisition and deployment of military technologies and
systems needed for the conduct of Operation Allied Force, or to provide
accelerated acquisition and deployment of military technologies and
systems as substitute or replacement systems for other United States
regional commands which have had assets diverted as a result of
Operation Allied Force: Provided, That funds under this heading may only
be obligated after recommendations are made by the Joint Requirements
Oversight Council to the Secretary of Defense and after the approval of
the Secretary of Defense, or his designee: Provided
further, <<NOTE: Notification.>> That the Secretary of Defense shall
provide written notification to the congressional defense committees
prior to the transfer of any amount in excess of $10,000,000 to a
specific program or project: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense may transfer funds made available under this heading only to
operation and maintenance accounts, procurement accounts, and research,
development, test and evaluation accounts: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided under this section shall be in addition to
the transfer authority
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provided to the Department of Defense in this Act or any other Act:
Provided further, That the entire amount made available in this section
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for $300,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 2001. Section 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-262), <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2297.>> is amended by
striking ``$1,650,000,000'' and inserting ``$2,000,000,000''.
Sec. 2002. Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in section 1006
of Public Law 105-261, not to exceed $10,000,000 of funds appropriated
by this Act may be available for contributions to the common funded
budgets of NATO (as defined in section 1006(c)(1) of Public Law 105-261)
for costs related to NATO operations in and around Kosovo.
Sec. 2003. Funds appropriated by this Act and in Public Law 105-277,
or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act and in Public Law
105-277, 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. 2004. Notwithstanding section 5064(d) of the Federal
Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-355), the special
authorities provided under section 5064(c) of such Act shall apply with
respect to all contracts awarded or modifications executed for the Joint
Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) program from October 1, 1998 through
September 30, 2000: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may award
JDAM contracts and modifications on the same terms and conditions as
contained in the JDAM contract F08626-94-C-0003.
Sec. 2005. <<NOTE: President. NATO.>> (a) Efforts to Increase
Burdensharing.--The President shall seek equitable reimbursement from
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), member nations of NATO,
and other appropriate organizations and nations for the costs incurred
by the United States Government in connection with Operation Allied
Force.
(b) Report.--Not later than September 30, 1999, the President shall
prepare and submit to the Congress a report on--
(1) all measures taken by the President pursuant to
subsection (a);
(2) the amount of reimbursement received to date from each
organization and nation pursuant to subsection (a), including a
description of any commitments made by such organization or
nation to provide reimbursement; and
(3) in the case of an organization or nation that has
refused to provide, or to commit to provide, reimbursement
pursuant to subsection (a), an explanation of the reasons
therefor.
(c) Operation Allied Force.--In this section, the term ``Operation
Allied Force'' means operations of the North Atlantic Treaty
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Organization (NATO) conducted against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Serbia and Montenegro) during the period beginning on March 24, 1999,
and ending on such date as NATO may designate, to resolve the conflict
with respect to Kosovo.
Sec. 2006. (a) <<NOTE: President. Reports.>> Not more than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall
transmit to Congress a report, in both classified and unclassified form,
on current United States participation in Operation Allied Force. The
report should include information on the following matters:
(1) a statement of the national security objectives involved
in United States participation in Operation Allied Force;
(2) an accounting of all current active duty personnel
assigned to support Operation Allied Force and related
humanitarian operations around Kosovo to include total number,
service component and area of deployment (such accounting should
also include total numbers of personnel from other NATO
countries participating in the action);
(3) additional planned deployment of active duty units in
the European Command area of operations to support Operation
Allied Force, between the date of the enactment of this Act and
the end of fiscal year 1999;
(4) additional planned Reserve component mobilization,
including specific units to be called up between the date of the
enactment of this Act and the end of fiscal year 1999, to
support Operation Allied Force;
(5) an accounting by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the
transfer of personnel and materiel from other regional commands
to the United States European Command to support Operation
Allied Force and related humanitarian operations around Kosovo,
and an assessment by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the impact any
such loss of assets has had on the war-fighting capabilities and
deterrence value of these other commands;
(6) levels of humanitarian aid provided to the displaced
Kosovar community from the United States, NATO member nations,
and other nations (figures should be provided by country and the
type of assistance provided whether financial or in-kind); and
(7) any significant revisions to the total cost estimate for
the deployment of United States forces involved in Operation
Allied Force through the end of fiscal year 1999.
(b) Operation Allied Force.--In this section, the term ``Operation
Allied Force'' means operations of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) conducted against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Serbia and Montenegro) during the period beginning on March 24, 1999,
and ending on such date as NATO may designate, to resolve the conflict
with respect to Kosovo.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 2007. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available elsewhere in this Act for the Department of Defense or in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999, $1,124,900,000, to
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000, is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Defense only for spare and repair
parts and associated logistical support necessary for the maintenance of
weapons systems and equipment: Provided, <<NOTE: Notification.>> That
the Secretary of Defense shall provide written notification to the
congressional defense committees prior to the
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transfer of any funds: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense
may transfer funds made available in this section only to operation and
maintenance accounts and procurement accounts: Provided further, That
the transfer authority provided in this section shall be in addition to
the transfer authority provided to the Department of Defense in this Act
or any other Act: Provided further, That the entire amount made
available in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for $1,124,900,000, that includes designation of
the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 2008. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available elsewhere in this Act for the Department of Defense or in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999, $742,500,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2000, is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Defense only for depot level
maintenance and repair: Provided, <<NOTE: Notification.>> That the
Secretary of Defense shall provide written notification to the
congressional defense committees prior to the transfer of any funds:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer funds made
available in this section only to operation and maintenance accounts:
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in this section
shall be in addition to the transfer authority provided to the
Department of Defense in this Act or any other Act: Provided further,
That the entire amount made available in this section is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request for
$742,500,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
Sec. 2009. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available elsewhere in this Act for the Department of Defense or in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999, $100,000,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2000, is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Defense only for military recruiting
and advertising initiatives, as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $31,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $12,700,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $23,600,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve'', $19,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve'', $1,000,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard'',
$12,700,000:
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Provided, That the entire amount made available in this section is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for $100,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 2010. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available elsewhere in this Act for the Department of Defense or in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999, $200,200,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2000, is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Defense only for military training,
equipment maintenance, and associated support costs required to meet
assigned readiness levels of United States military forces:
Provided, <<NOTE: Notification.>> That the Secretary of Defense shall
provide written notification to the congressional defense committees
prior to the transfer of any funds: Provided further, That the Secretary
of Defense may transfer funds made available in this section only to
operation and maintenance accounts: Provided further, That the transfer
authority provided in this section shall be in addition to the transfer
authority provided to the Department of Defense in this Act or any other
Act: Provided further, That the entire amount made available in this
section is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $200,200,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
Sec. 2011. In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available elsewhere in this Act for the Department of Defense or in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999, $182,400,000, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2000, is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Defense only for base operations
support costs at Department of Defense facilities, as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $60,300,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $23,800,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $27,500,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $47,700,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve'', $9,700,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve'', $7,200,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve'',
$100,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard'',
$6,100,000:
Provided, That the entire amount made available in this section is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That
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the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $182,400,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
Sec. 2012. (a) In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Defense in other provisions of this Act,
there is appropriated to the Department of Defense, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2000, and to be used only for
increases during fiscal year 2000 in rates of military basic pay and for
increased payments during fiscal year 2000 to the Department of Defense
Military Retirement Fund, $1,838,426,000, to be available as follows:
``Military Personnel, Army'', $559,533,000;
``Military Personnel, Navy'', $436,773,000;
``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', $177,980,000;
``Military Personnel, Air Force'', $471,892,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Army'', $40,574,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Navy'', $29,833,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps'', $7,820,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Air Force'', $13,143,000;
``National Guard Personnel, Army'', $70,416,000; and
``National Guard Personnel, Air Force'', $30,462,000.
(b) The entire amount made available in this section--
(1) is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended (2
U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)); and
(2) shall be available only if the President transmits to
the Congress an official budget request for $1,838,426,000, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
(c) The amounts provided in this section may be obligated only to
the extent required for increases in rates of military basic pay, and
for increased payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement
Fund, that become effective during fiscal year 2000 pursuant to
provisions of law subsequently enacted in authorizing legislation.
CHAPTER 4
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Funds Appropriated to the President
Agency for International Development
international disaster assistance
For an additional amount for ``International Disaster Assistance'',
$163,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President
to the Congress.
other bilateral economic assistance
economic support fund
For an additional amount for ``Economic Support Fund'',
$105,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000, for
assistance for Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Montenegro, and Romania, and for investigations and related activities
in Kosovo and in adjacent entities and countries regarding war crimes:
Provided, That these funds shall be available notwithstanding any other
provision of law except section 533 of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained
in division A, section 101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)): Provided
further, That the requirement for a notification through the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations contained in
subsection (b)(3) of section 533 shall be deemed to be satisfied if the
Committees on Appropriations are notified at least 10 days prior to the
obligation of such funds.
assistance for eastern europe and the baltic states
For an additional amount for ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the
Baltic States'', $120,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2000, of which up to $1,000,000 may be used for administrative costs of
the United States Agency for International Development: Provided, That
funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated and expended
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
Department of State
migration and refugee assistance
For an additional amount for ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'',
$266,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000, of which not
more than $500,000 is for administrative expenses: Provided, That funds
appropriated under this heading that are made available for the Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees shall be obligated
and expended subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the requirement for
a notification through the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations contained in the preceding proviso shall be
deemed to be satisfied if the Committees are notified at least 10 days
prior to the obligation of such funds: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request
for a specific dollar amount that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
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united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund
For an additional amount for the ``United States Emergency Refugee
and Migration Assistance Fund'', and subject to the terms and conditions
under that heading, $165,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 2013. The funds appropriated in this chapter are designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
Sec. 2014. The value of commodities and services authorized by the
President through March 31, 1999, to be drawn down under the authority
of section 552(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
to support international relief efforts relating to the Kosovo conflict
shall not be counted against the ceiling limitation of that section:
Provided, That such assistance relating to the Kosovo conflict provided
pursuant to section 552(a)(2) may be made available notwithstanding any
other provision of law.
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
refugee and entrant assistance
For an additional amount for ``Refugee and Entrant Assistance'',
such sums as necessary to assist in the temporary resettlement of
displaced Kosovar Albanians, not to exceed $100,000,000, which shall
remain available through September 30, 2001: Provided, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request
for a specific dollar amount that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That
Congress designates the entire amount as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
CHAPTER 6
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION TRANSFER FUND
(including transfer of funds)
For emergency expenses incurred by United States military forces in
support of overseas operations; $475,000,000, to remain available for
transfer until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Secretary of
Defense may transfer these funds only to military
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construction accounts: Provided further, That the transfer authority
provided in this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer
authority contained in this or any other Act: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated
or expended to carry out military construction projects not otherwise
authorized by law: Provided further, That the entire amount made
available under this heading is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That this amount shall be available only to the extent that the
President transmits to the Congress an official budget request that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
operating expenses
For an additional amount for ``Operating expenses'', $200,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $200,000,000, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
TITLE III--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES
RELATED AGENCIES
Office of the United States Trade Representative
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', $1,300,000.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
periodic censuses and programs
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to conduct the
decennial census, $44,900,000, to remain available until
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expended: Provided, That of this amount $10,900,000 is for costs
associated with establishing 520 Local Census Offices; $4,200,000 is for
preparation of training and field deployment kits for census
enumerators; $2,000,000 is for costs associated with the Telephone
Questionnaire Assistance program infrastructure; $9,100,000 is for
automated data processing and telecommunications to support increased
field enumeration activities; $3,700,000 is for administrative systems
to support increased field enumeration activities; and $15,000,000 is
for advertising and
promotion <<NOTE: Deadline. President. Budget.>> programs: Provided
further, That not later than June 1, 1999, the President shall submit to
the Congress a revised budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the
decennial census.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
operations, research, and facilities
For the necessary expenses of additional research, management, and
enforcement activities in the Northeast Multispecies fishery,
$1,880,000, to remain available until expended.
THE JUDICIARY
Supreme Court of the United States
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', $921,000, to
remain available until expended.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
water and related resources
For an additional amount for ``Water and Related Resources'',
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, under authority of the
Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2201
et seq.) to purchase water in accordance with such Act from the Central
Arizona Project (or if no water is available for purchase from the
Central Arizona Project from any other appropriate source) to maintain
an appropriate pool of stored water for fish and wildlife purposes at
the San Carlos Lake in Arizona.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
National Commission on Terrorism
For necessary expenses for the National Commission on Terrorism, as
authorized by section 591 of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as
contained in division A, section 101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999
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(Public Law 105-277)), $839,500, to remain available until expended.
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
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),
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
International Affairs Technical Assistance
For an additional amount for ``Department of the Treasury,
International affairs technical assistance'', $1,500,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2000, for the operation and expenses of
the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission and the
International Monetary Fund Advisory Committee as authorized by sections
603 and 610(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section
101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)).
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
management of lands and resources
Of the funds provided under this heading in prior appropriations
Acts for the Automated Land and Mineral Record System, $1,000,000 shall
be available until expended to meet increased workload requirements
stemming from the anticipated higher volume of coalbed methane
Applications for Permits to Drill in the Powder River Basin: Provided,
That unless there is a written agreement in place between the coal
mining operator and the gas producer, the funds made available herein
shall not be used to process or approve coalbed methane Applications for
Permits to Drill for well sites that are located within an area, which
as of the date of the coalbed methane Application for Permit to Drill,
are covered by: (1) a coal lease; (2) a coal mining permit; or (3) an
application for a coal mining lease. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed or operate as a restriction on current resources appropriated
to the Department of the Interior.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
operation of indian programs
(transfer of funds)
For an additional amount for ``Operation of Indian Programs'',
$1,136,000, to remain available until expended for suppression of
western spruce budworm: Provided, That such funds shall be
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derived by transfer of funds provided in previous appropriations Acts
under the heading ``Forest Service, National Forest System''.
Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians
federal trust programs
For an additional amount for ``Federal Trust Programs'',
$21,800,000, to remain available until expended, of which $6,800,000 is
for activities pursuant to the Trust Management Improvement Project High
Level Implementation Plan and $15,000,000 is to support litigation
involving individual Indian trust accounts: Provided, That litigation
support funds may, as needed, be transferred to and merged with the
``Operation of Indian Programs'' account in the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the ``Salaries and Expenses'' account in the Office of the
Solicitor, the ``Salaries and Expenses'' account in Departmental
Management, the ``Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management'' account in
the Minerals Management Service and the ``Management of Lands and
Resources'' account in the Bureau of Land Management.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
wildland fire management
Of the funds made available under this heading for fire operations
in previous Acts of appropriation (exclusive of amounts for hazardous
fuels reduction), $100,000,000 shall be transferred to the Knutson-
Vandenberg fund established pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71-319
(16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.) within 10 days of the enactment of this Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 3001. The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(e) of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is amended under the heading ``Forest
Service, Reconstruction and Construction'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-
270.>> by inserting before the final period the <<NOTE: Auburn
University. Alabama.>> following: ``: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for
Forest Service construction of a new forestry research facility at
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, shall be available for a direct
payment to Auburn University for this purpose: Provided further, That if
within the life of the facility the USDA Forest Service needs additional
space for collaborative laboratory activities on the Auburn University
campus, Auburn University shall provide such laboratory space within the
new facility constructed with these funds, free of any charge for
rent''.
Sec. 3002. None of the funds made available under this or any other
Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to issue and finalize
the rule to revise 43 CFR Part 3809, published on February 9, 1999 at 64
Fed. Reg. 6421 or the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Surface
Management Regulations for Locatable Mineral Operations, published in
February, 1999, unless the Secretary has provided a period of not less
than 120 days
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for accepting public comment on the proposed rule after the report of
the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Hardrock Mining on
Federal Lands, authorized and required by the Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division
A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is submitted to the
appropriate Federal agencies, the Congress, and the Governors of the
affected States in accordance with the requirements of that Act.
Sec. 3003. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be used
to issue a notice of final rulemaking with respect to the valuation of
crude oil for royalty purposes, including a rulemaking derived from
proposed rules published in 63 Federal Register 6113 (1998), 62 Federal
Register 36030, and 62 Federal Register 3742 (1997) until October 1,
1999, or until there is a negotiated agreement on the rule.
Sec. 3004. Section 328 of the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277, division A,
section 1(e), title III) <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-291.>> is amended by
striking ``none of the funds in this Act'' and inserting ``none of the
funds provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service or Bureau of
Indian Affairs''.
Sec. 3005. <<NOTE: Alaska.>> A payment of $800,000 from the total
amount of $1,000,000 for construction of the Pike's Peak Summit House,
as specified in Conference Report 105-337, accompanying the Department
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year
1998, Public Law 105-83, and payments of $2,000,000 for the Borough of
Ketchikan to participate in a study of the feasibility and dynamics of
manufacturing veneer products in Southeast Alaska and $200,000 for
construction of the Pike's Peak Summit House, as specified in Conference
Report 105-825 accompanying the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999 (as contained in
division A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)), shall be
paid in lump sum and shall be considered direct payments, for the
purposes of all applicable law except that these direct grants may not
be used for lobbying activities.
Sec. 3006. <<NOTE: Washington.>> Millsites Opinion. (a) Prohibition
on Millsite Limitations.--Notwithstanding the opinion dated November 7,
1997, by the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior concerning
millsites under the general mining law (referred to in this section as
the ``opinion''), in accordance with the millsite provisions of the
Bureau of Land Management Handbook for Mineral Examiners H-3890-1, page
III-8 (dated 1989), and section 2811.33 of the Forest Service Manual
(dated 1990), the Department of the Interior and the Department of
Agriculture shall not limit the number or acreage of millsites based on
the ratio between the number or acreage of millsites and the number or
acreage of associated lode or placer claims with respect to the Crown
Jewel project, Okanogan County, Washington for any fiscal year.
(b) Effect on Prior Approvals and Records of Decision.--As soon as
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Departments
of the Interior and Agriculture shall approve the plan of operations and
reinstate the record of decision for the Crown Jewel project.
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(c) No patent application or plan of operations submitted prior to
the date of the enactment of this Act shall be denied pursuant to the
opinion of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior dated
November 7, 1997.
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
general departmental management
For an additional amount for ``General departmental management'',
$1,000,000, to reduce the backlog of pending nursing home appeals before
the Departmental Appeals Board.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
education for the disadvantaged
For additional amounts to carry out subpart 2 of part A of title I
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $56,377,000,
which shall be allocated, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
only to those local educational agencies that received a Concentration
Grant under the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1998, but
are not eligible to receive such a grant for fiscal year 1999: Provided,
That the Secretary of Education shall use the funds appropriated under
this paragraph to provide each such local educational agency an amount
equal to the Concentration Grant the agency received in fiscal year
1998, ratably reduced, if necessary, to ensure that local educational
agencies receiving funds under this supplemental appropriation receive
no greater share of their hold-harmless amounts than is received by
other local educational agencies: Provided further, That the funds
appropriated under this paragraph shall become available on October 1,
1999 and shall remain available through September 30, 2000, for the
academic year 1999-2000: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not
take into account the funds appropriated under this paragraph in
determining State allocations under any other program administered by
the Secretary in any fiscal year.
higher education
(transfer of funds)
Of the funds made available for the Education Research, Statistics,
and Improvement account in section 101(f ) of Public Law 105-277,
$1,500,000 are transferred to the Higher Education account to provide
additional funds to carry out part B of title III of the Higher
Education Act.
RELATED AGENCY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
For an additional amount for the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, to remain available until expended, $30,700,000 to be
available for fiscal year 1999, and $17,300,000 to be available for
fiscal
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year 2000: Provided, That such funds be made available to National
Public Radio, as the designated manager of the Public Radio Satellite
System, for acquisition of satellite capacity.
GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 3007. <<NOTE: South Dakota.>> White River School District #47-
1. From any unobligated funds that are available to the Secretary of
Education to carry out section 306(a)(1) of the Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 1996, the Secretary shall provide not more than
$239,000, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines
appropriate, to the White River School District #47-1, White River,
South Dakota, to be used to repair damage caused by water infiltration
at the White River High School, which shall remain available until
expended.
CHAPTER 6
CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
salaries, officers and employees
(rescission)
Immediately upon the enactment of this Act, $3,521,000, appropriated
under this heading in Public Law 105-275, are rescinded: Provided, That
for replacement of the existing House of Representatives payroll system,
$3,521,000 for the Chief Administrative Officer, to remain available
until expended.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
house office buildings
house page dormitory
For necessary expenses for a House Page Dormitory, $3,760,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Architect of the
Capitol shall transfer to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House
of Representatives such portion of the funds made available under this
paragraph as may be required for expenses incurred by the Chief
Administrative Officer, subject to the approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives: Provided further, That
section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)
shall not apply to the funds made available under this paragraph.
o'neill house office building
For necessary expenses for life safety renovations to the O'Neill
House Office Building, $1,800,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States
(41 U.S.C. 5) shall not apply to the funds made available under this
paragraph.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 3008. <<NOTE: 2 USC 74a-10.>> (a) The aggregate amount
otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-
sum allowance for the Office of the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives and the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be
appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the Office
of the Majority Whip of the House of Representatives shall each be
increased by $333,000.
(b) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> This section shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2000 and each succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 3009. <<NOTE: 2 USC 74a-11.>> (a) Each office described under
the heading ``HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES'' in the Act making
appropriations for the legislative branch for a fiscal year may transfer
any amounts appropriated for the office under such heading among the
various categories of allowances and expenses for the office under such
heading.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any amounts
appropriated for official expenses.
(c) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> This section shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 3010. <<NOTE: Effective date.>> Effective on the date of the
enactment of this Act, the lump sum allowance authorization amount for
certain offices shall be adjusted as follows:
(1) The allowance for the Chief Deputy Majority Whips is
increased by $25,000.
(2) The allowance for the Chief Deputy Minority Whips is
increased by $25,000.
Sec. 3011. <<NOTE: 22 USC 2452a note.>> Russian Leadership Program.
(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to establish, in
accordance with the provisions of this section--
(1) a pilot program within the Library of Congress for
fiscal year 1999; and
(2) a permanent program within the Executive agency
designated by the President of the United States for fiscal
years 2000 and thereafter,
to enable emerging political leaders of Russia at all levels of
government to gain significant, firsthand exposure to the American free
market economic system and the operation of American democratic
institutions through visits to governments and communities at comparable
levels in the United States.
(b) Grants.--
(1) In general.--The head of the administering agency shall
annually award grants to government or community organizations
in the United States that seek to establish programs under which
those organizations will host eligible Russians for the purpose
described in subsection (a).
(2) Duration.--The period of stay in the United States for
any eligible Russian supported with grant funds under this
section shall not exceed 30 days.
(3) Limitation.--The number of eligible Russians supported
with grant funds under this section shall not exceed 3,000 in
any fiscal year.
(4) Administration.--
(A) In general.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the head of the administering agency--
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(i) may contract with nongovernmental
organizations having expertise in carrying out the
activities described in subsection (a) for the
purpose of carrying out the administrative
functions of the program (other than the awarding
of grants); and
(ii) may, without regard to the civil service
laws and regulations (or, in the case of the
Librarian of Congress, any requirement for
competition in hiring), appoint and terminate an
executive director and such other additional
personnel as may be necessary to enable the
administering agency to perform its duties under
this section.
(B) Waiver of competitive bidding.--The Librarian of
Congress, after consultation with the Joint Committee on
the Library of Congress, may enter into contracts under
subparagraph (A)(i) to carry out the pilot program
during fiscal year 1999 without regard to section 3709
of the Revised Statutes or any other requirement for
competitive contracting or the providing of notice of
contracting opportunities.
(c) Use of Funds.--Grants awarded under subsection (b) shall be used
to pay--
(1) the costs and expenses incurred by each program
participant in traveling between Russia and the United States
and in traveling within the United States;
(2) the costs of providing lodging in the United States to
each program participant, whether in public accommodations or in
private homes; and
(3) such additional administrative expenses incurred by
organizations in carrying out the program as the head of the
administering agency may prescribe.
(d) Application.--
(1) In general.--Each organization in the United States
desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application
to the head of the administering agency at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information as such head may
reasonably require.
(2) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall--
(A) describe the activities for which assistance
under this section is sought;
(B) include the number of program participants to be
supported;
(C) describe the qualifications of the individuals
who will be participating in the program; and
(D) provide such additional assurances as the head
of the administering agency determines to be essential
to ensure compliance with the requirements of this
section.
(3) Waiver.--The Librarian of Congress may waive the
requirement of this subsection in carrying out the pilot program
during fiscal year 1999.
(e) <<NOTE: Establishment.>> Advisory Board.--
(1) In general.--There is established a Russian Leadership
Program Advisory Board which shall advise the head of the
administering agency as to the carrying out of the permanent
program during fiscal years 2000 and thereafter.
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(2) Membership.--The Advisory Board under paragraph (1)
shall consist of--
(A) two members appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, of whom one shall be
designated by the Majority Leader of the House of
Representatives and one shall be designated by the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;
(B) two members appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate, of whom one shall be designated
by the Majority Leader of the Senate and one shall be
designated by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
(C) the Librarian of Congress;
(D) a private individual with expertise in
international exchange programs, designated by the
Librarian of Congress; and
(E) an officer or employee of the administering
agency, designated by the head of the administering
agency.
(3) Terms.--Each member appointed under paragraph (2) shall
serve for a term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be filled in the
same manner as the original appointment and the individual so
appointed shall serve for the remainder of the term.
(f ) Reporting.--The head of the administering agency shall, not
later than 3 months following the close of each fiscal year for which
such agency administered the program, report to Congress with respect to
the conduct of such program during such fiscal year. Such report shall
include information with respect to the number of participants in the
program and the cost of the program, and any recommendations on
improvements necessary to enable the program to carry out the purposes
of this section.
(g) Funding.--
(1) Fiscal year 1999.--
(A) In general.--Of funds made available under the
heading ``SENATE'' under title I of the Legislative
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-275; 112 Stat.
2430 et seq.), $10,000,000 shall be made available,
subject to the approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, to the administering
agency to carry out the program.
(B) Use of funds at close of fiscal year.--Funds
made available under this paragraph which are unexpended
and unobligated as of the close of fiscal year 1999
shall no longer be available for such purpose and shall
be available for the purpose originally appropriated.
(2) Fiscal year 2000 and subsequent fiscal years.--
(A) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the administering
agency for fiscal years 2000 and thereafter such sums as
may be necessary to carry out the program.
(B) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated
pursuant to subparagraph (A) are authorized to remain
available until expended.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administering agency.--The term ``administering agency''
means--
(A) for fiscal year 1999, the Library of Congress;
and
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(B) for fiscal year 2000, and subsequent fiscal
years, the Executive agency designated by the President
of the United States under subsection (a)(2).
(2) Eligible russian.--The term ``eligible Russian'' means a
Russian national who is an emerging political leader at any
level of government.
(3) Program.--The term ``program'' means the grant program
established under this section.
(4) Program participant.--The term ``program participant''
means an eligible Russian selected for participation in the
program.
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Military Construction, Army National Guard
For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Army National
Guard'' to cover the incremental costs arising from the consequences of
Hurricane Georges, $6,400,000, as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2854, to
remain available until September 30, 2003.
Family Housing, Army
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an additional amount
for ``Family Housing, Army'', to provide for the construction and
renovation of family housing units at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico,
$25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used
for family housing initiatives at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico pursuant to
10 U.S.C. 2883.
CHAPTER 8
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
National Transportation Safety Board
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and expenses'' for necessary
expenses resulting from the crash of TWA Flight 800, $2,300,000:
Provided, That the entire amount is available only for costs associated
with rental of the facility in Calverton, New York.
CHAPTER 9
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, $4,500,000 is appropriated for the expansion of the National
Tracing Center, to remain available until expended.
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POSTAL SERVICE
Payments to the Postal Service Fund
For an additional amount for ``Payments to the Postal Service Fund''
for revenue forgone reimbursement pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2401(d),
$29,000,000.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
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, an additional
$2,500,000 is appropriated for drug control activities: of which
$750,000 shall be used specifically to expand the Southwest Border High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for the State of New Mexico to include
Rio Arriba County, Santa Fe County, and San Juan County, New Mexico,
which are hereby designated as part of the Southwest Border High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for the State of New Mexico; of which
$500,000 shall be used for national efforts related to methamphetamine
reduction efforts; of which $750,000 shall be used for the Southwest
Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for the State of Arizona,
specifically to fund United States Border Patrol anti-drug assistance to
border communities in Cochise County, Arizona; and of which $500,000
shall be for the Washington-Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Area for support of the Cross-Border Initiative: Provided, That no funds
may be obligated or expended for the Southwest Border High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area for the State of Arizona without prior approval of
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate.
CHAPTER 10
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Community Planning and Development
community development block grants
Of any excess amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under this
heading, $3,446,000 shall be made available for grants for service
coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and disabled:
Provided, That in distributing such amount, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall give priority to public housing agencies that
submitted eligible applications for renewal of fiscal year 1995 elderly
service coordinator grants pursuant to the Notice of Funding
Availability for Service Coordinator Funds for fiscal year 1998, as
published in the Federal Register on June 1, 1998.
[[Page 113 STAT. 98]]
Federal Housing Administration
fha-mutual mortgage insurance program account
The limitation on commitments to guarantee loans to carry out the
purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act, as amended, is
increased by an additional $30,000,000,000.
Government National Mortgage Association
guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account
The limitation on commitments to guarantee loans to carry out the
purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended, is
increased by an additional $50,000,000,000.
Management and Administration
office of inspector general
Under this heading in Public Law 105-276, add the words, ``to remain
available until September 30, 2000,'' after ``$81,910,000,''.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
National Credit Union Administration
central liquidity facility
During fiscal year 2000, gross obligations of the Central Liquidity
Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans to member credit
unions shall not exceed the amount authorized by title III of the
National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12 U.S.C. 1795).
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 3012. <<NOTE: California.>> Notwithstanding the sixth
undesignated paragraph under the heading ``Community planning and
development--Community development block grants'' in title II of Public
Law 105-276 and the related provisions of the joint explanatory
statement of the committee of conference to accompany such Act (House
Report 105-769) for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) grants for
targeted economic investments for Project Restore of Los Angeles,
California and for the Southeast Rio Vista Family YMCA shall,
notwithstanding such provision, be made available as follows:
(1) $250,000 shall be for a grant to the Los Angeles Civic
Center Public Partnership, to revitalize and redevelop the Civic
Center neighborhood; and
(2) $100,000 shall be for a grant to the Southeast Rio Vista
Family YMCA, for development of a child care center in the City
of Huntington Park, California.
Sec. 3013. <<NOTE: Maryland.>> Notwithstanding section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959, of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1999
under the Housing for Special Populations heading in title II of Public
Law 105-276, $1,000,000 shall be made available to the Maryland
Department of Housing and Community Development for work
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associated with the building of Caritas House and for expansion of the
St. Ann Adult Medical Day Care facility as directed by the Senate Report
and Conference Report for such Act.
Sec. 3014. <<NOTE: Pennsylvania.>> Notwithstanding any other
provision of law or other requirement, the Township of North Union,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, is authorized to retain any land
disposition proceeds or urban renewal grant funds remaining from the
Industrial Park Number 1 Urban Renewal Project (PA-R-325 and B-78-UR-42-
0204) and to use such funds in accordance with the requirements of the
community development block grant program as provided in title I of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, with respect
to eligibility and national objectives of section 105 of such Act. The
Township of North Union shall retain such funds in a lump sum and shall
be entitled to retain and use past and future earnings from such funds,
including any interest.
Sec. 3015. <<NOTE: Utah.>> The $2,200,000 appropriated in Public
Law 105-276 to meet sewer infrastructure needs associated with the 2002
Winter Olympic Games in accordance with House Report 105-769 shall be
awarded to Wasatch County, Utah, for both water and sewer.
Sec. 3016. <<NOTE: Idaho.>> Of the amount appropriated under the
heading ``Environmental programs and management'' in Public Law 105-276,
$1,300,000 shall be transferred to the ``State and tribal assistance
grants'' account for a grant for water and wastewater infrastructure
projects in the State of Idaho.
Sec. 3017. <<NOTE: Louisiana.>> The $3,045,000 appropriated in
Public Law 105-276 for wastewater infrastructure needs for Grand Isle,
Louisiana, in accordance with House Report 105-769, may also be used for
drinking water supply needs for Grand Isle, Louisiana.
CHAPTER 11
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS TITLE
Sec. 3018. Division A, section 101(a), title XI, section 1122(c) of
Public Law 105-277 <<NOTE: 7 USC 1421 note.>> is amended by inserting
after ``basis'' the following: ``: Provided, That no administrative
costs shall be charged against this program which would have been
incurred otherwise''.
Sec. 3019. (a) Section 339(b)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1989(b)(3)) is amended--
(1) by striking the comma and the remainder of paragraph (3)
following the comma; and
(2) by inserting a period after ``(1)''.
(b) Section 353(c)(3)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2001(c)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ``100
percent'' and inserting ``110 percent''.
Sec. 3020. (a) Loan Deficiency Payments for Club Wheat Producers.--
In making loan deficiency payments available under section 135 of the
Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) to producers of club
wheat, the Secretary of Agriculture may not assess a premium adjustment
on the amount that would otherwise be computed for club wheat under the
section to reflect the premium that is paid for club wheat to ensure its
availability to create a blended specialty product known as western
white wheat.
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(b) Retroactive Application.--As soon as practicable after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a
payment to each producer of club wheat who received a discounted loan
deficiency payment under section 135 of the Agricultural Market
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) before that date as a result of the
assessment of a premium adjustment against club wheat. The amount of the
payment for a producer shall be equal to the difference between--
(1) the loan deficiency payment that would have been made to
the producer in the absence of the premium adjustment; and
(2) the loan deficiency payment actually received by the
producer.
(c) Funding Source.--The Secretary shall use funds available to
provide marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments under
subtitle C of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231 et
seq.) to make the payments required by subsection (b).
Sec. 3021. Notwithstanding 50 U.S.C. App. 1989b et seq. and in
addition to any funds previously appropriated for this purpose, the
Attorney General may make available from any funds available to the
Department of Justice not more than $4,300,000 for the purpose of paying
restitution to individuals: (1) who are eligible for restitution under
the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (50 U.S.C. App. 1989b et seq.) and who
have filed timely claims for restitution; or (2) who are found eligible
under the settlement agreement in the case of Carmen Mochizuki et al. v.
United States (Case No. 97-294C, United States Court of Federal Claims)
and filed timely claims covered by the agreement.
Sec. 3022. <<NOTE: Alaska. Whales.>> Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the taking of a Cook Inlet beluga whale under the
exemption provided in section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
(16 U.S.C. 1371(a)) between the date of the enactment of this Act and
October 1, 2000, shall be considered a violation of such Act unless such
taking occurs pursuant to a cooperative agreement between the National
Marine Fisheries Service and affected Alaska Native organizations.
Sec. 3023. Section 626 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as
contained in section 101(b) of division A of Public Law 105-
277) <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-117.>> is repealed.
Sec. 3024. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director
of the Office of Crime Victims of the Office of Justice Programs,
Department of Justice, may make grants, as provided in the Victims of
Crime Act of 1984, as amended, to victim service organizations and
public agencies (including Federal, State, and local governments and
non-profit organizations) that will provide emergency or on-going
assistance to the victims of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103. These
grants shall be used only to provide emergency relief (including
compensation, assistance, and crisis response) and other related victim
services.
Sec. 3025. Section 617 of the Department of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as
added by section 101(b) of division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-
277)) <<NOTE: 16 USC 1851 note.>> is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
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``(a) None of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act
hereafter enacted may be used to issue or renew a fishing permit or
authorization for any fishing vessel of the United States greater than
165 feet in registered length, of more than 750 gross registered tons,
or that has an engine or engines capable of producing a total of more
than 3,000 shaft horsepower as specified in the permit application
required under part 648.4(a)(5) of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations, part 648.12 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, and
the authorization required under part 648.80(d)(2) of title 50, Code of
Federal Regulations, to engage in fishing for Atlantic mackerel or
herring (or both) under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), unless the regional fishery
management council of jurisdiction recommends after October 21, 1998,
and the Secretary of Commerce approves, conservation and management
measures in accordance with such Act to allow such vessel to engage in
fishing for Atlantic mackerel or herring (or both).''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``subsection (a)(1)'' and
inserting ``subsection (a)''.
Sec. 3026. The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained
in division A, section 101(b) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is amended--
(a) in title I, under the heading ``Legal Activities,
Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities'', <<NOTE: 112
Stat. 2681-52.>> by inserting ``and shall remain available
until September 30, 2000'' after ``Holocaust Assets in the
United States''; and
(b) in title IV, under the heading ``Department of State,
Administration of Foreign Affairs, Salaries and
Expenses'', <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-93.>> by inserting ``and
shall remain available until September 30, 2000'' after
``Holocaust Assets in the United States''.
Sec. 3027. (a) The American Fisheries Act (title II of division C of
Public Law 105-277) is amended--
(1) in section 202(b) <<NOTE: 46 USC 31322.>> by inserting
a comma after ``United States Code'';
(2) in section 207(d)(1)(A) <<NOTE: 16 USC 1851 note.>> by
striking ``Fishery Conservation and Management'';
(3) in section 208(b)(1) <<NOTE: 16 USC 1851 note.>> by
striking ``615085'' and inserting ``633219'';
(4) in section 209(4) <<NOTE: 16 USC 1851 note.>> by
striking ``Uoited'' and inserting ``United'';
(5) in section 210(g), <<NOTE: 16 USC 1851 note.>> by
striking the first sentence and inserting ``The violation of any
of the requirements of this subtitle or any regulation or permit
issued pursuant to this subtitle shall be considered the
commission of an act prohibited by section 307 of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1857), and sections 308, 309, 310, and
311 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861) shall
apply to any such violation in the same manner as to the
commission of an act prohibited by section 307 of such Act (16
U.S.C. 1857).'';
(6) in section 213(c)(1) <<NOTE: 16 USC 1851 note.>> by
striking ``title'' and inserting ``subtitle''; and
(7) in section 213(c)(2) by striking ``title'' and inserting
``subtitle''.
(b) Section 12122(c) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by
inserting a comma after ``statement or representations''.
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(c) <<NOTE: 36 USC 12102 note.>> The limitation on registered
length contained in section 12102(c)(6) of title 46, United States Code,
shall not apply to a vessel used solely in any menhaden fishery which is
located in the Gulf of Mexico or along the Atlantic coast south of the
area under the authority of the New England Fishery Management Council
for so long as such vessel is used in such fishery.
Sec. 3028. Section 113 of the Department of Justice Appropriations
Act, 1999 (section 101(b) of division A of Public Law 105-
277) <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-67.>> is amended by striking all after the
second comma and inserting ``the terms `tribe', `Indian tribe' or
`tribal' mean of or relating to an Indian tribe as that term is defined
in section 4(e) of the Indian Self Determination and Education
Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, as amended; 25 U.S.C. 450b(e)
(1998)).''.
Sec. 3029. (a) <<NOTE: Hunt Building Corporation. Ellsworth Housing
Limited Partnership. South Dakota.>> Availability of Settlement
Amount.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount received
by the United States in settlement of the claims described in subsection
(b) shall be available as specified in subsection (c).
(b) Covered Claims.--The claims referred to in this subsection are
the claims of the United States against Hunt Building Corporation and
Ellsworth Housing Limited Partnership relating to the design and
construction of an 828-unit family housing project at Ellsworth Air
Force Base, South Dakota.
(c) Specified Uses.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amount
referred to in subsection (a) shall be available as follows:
(A) Of the portion of such amount received in fiscal
year 1999--
(i) an amount equal to 3 percent of such
portion shall be credited to the Department of
Justice Working Capital Fund for the civil debt
collection litigation activities of the Department
with respect to the claims referred to in
subsection (b), as provided for in section 108 of
Public Law 103-121 (107 Stat. 1164; 28 U.S.C. 527
note); and
(ii) of the balance of such portion--
(I) an amount equal to \7/8\ of such
balance shall be available to the
Secretary of Transportation for purposes
of construction of an access road on
Interstate Route 90 at Box Elder, South
Dakota (item 1741 of the table contained
in section 1602 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public
Law 105-178; 112 Stat. 320)); and
(II) an amount equal to \1/8\ of
such balance shall be available to the
Secretary of the Air Force for purposes
of real property and facility
maintenance projects at Ellsworth Air
Force Base.
(B) Of the portion of such amount received in fiscal
year 2000--
(i) an amount equal to 3 percent of such
portion shall be credited to the Department of
Justice Working Capital Fund in accordance with
subparagraph (A)(i); and
(ii) an amount equal to the balance of such
portion shall be available to the Secretary of
Transportation for purposes of construction of the
access road described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I).
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(C) Of any portion of such amount received in a
fiscal year after fiscal year 2000--
(i) an amount equal to 3 percent of such
portion shall be credited to the Department of
Justice Working Capital Fund in accordance with
subparagraph (A)(i); and
(ii) an amount equal to the balance of such
portion shall be available to the Secretary of the
Air Force for purposes of real property and
facility maintenance projects at Ellsworth Air
Force Base.
(2) Limitation on availability of funds for access road.--
(A) Limitation.--The amounts referred to in
subparagraphs (A)(ii)(I) and (B)(ii) of paragraph (1)
shall be available as specified in such subparagraphs
only if, not later than September 30, 2000, the South
Dakota Department of Transportation enters into an
agreement with the Federal Highway Administration
providing for the construction of an interchange on
Interstate Route 90 at Box Elder, South Dakota.
(B) Alternative availability of funds.--If the
agreement described in subparagraph (A) is not entered
into by the date referred to in that subparagraph, the
amounts described in that subparagraph shall be
available to the Secretary of the Air Force as of that
date for purposes of real property and facility
maintenance projects at Ellsworth Air Force Base.
(3) Availability of amounts.--
(A) Access road.--Amounts available under this
section for construction of the access road described in
paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(I) are in addition to amounts
available for the construction of that access road under
any other provision of law.
(B) Property and facility maintenance projects.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts
available under this section for property and facility
maintenance projects at Ellsworth Air Force Base shall
remain available for expenditure without fiscal year
limitation.
Sec. 3030. The Corps of Engineers is directed to reprogram $800,000
of the funds made available to that agency in fiscal year 1999 for the
operation of the Pick-Sloan project to perform the preliminary work
needed to transfer Federal lands to certain tribes and the State of
South Dakota, and to protect invaluable Indian cultural sites, under the
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and State of South
Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Act.
Sec. 3031. Prohibition on Treating Any Funds Recovered From Tobacco
Companies as an Overpayment for Purposes of Medicaid. (a) Amendment to
Social Security Act.--Section 1903(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396b(d)(3)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B)(i) Subparagraph (A) and paragraph (2)(B) shall not
apply to any amount recovered or paid to a State as part of the
comprehensive settlement of November 1998 between manufacturers
of tobacco products, as defined in section 5702(d)
[[Page 113 STAT. 104]]
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and State Attorneys
General, or as part of any individual State settlement or
judgment reached in litigation initiated or pursued by a State
against one or more such manufacturers.
``(ii) Except as provided in subsection (i)(19), a State may
use amounts recovered or paid to the State as part of a
comprehensive or individual settlement, or a judgment, described
in clause (i) for any expenditures determined appropriate by the
State.''.
(b) Prohibition on Payment for Administrative Expenses Incurred in
Pursuing Tobacco Litigation.--Section 1903(i) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396b(i)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (18), by striking the period and inserting
``; or''; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new
paragraph:
``(19) with respect to any amount expended on administrative
costs to initiate or pursue litigation described in subsection
(d)(3)(B).''.
(c) <<NOTE: 42 USC 1396b note.>> Effective Date.--This section and
the amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts paid to a
State prior to, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 3032. <<NOTE: 5 USC 5545b note.>> (a) The treatment provided
to firefighters under section 628(f ) of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (as included in section 101(h) of
division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) shall be provided to any
firefighter who--
(1) on the effective date of section 5545b of title 5,
United States Code--
(A) was subject to such section; and
(B) had a regular tour of duty that averaged more
than 60 hours per week; and
(2) before December 31, 1999, is involuntarily moved without
a break in service from the regular tour of duty under paragraph
(1) to a regular tour of duty that--
(A) averages 60 hours or less per week; and
(B) does not include a basic 40-hour workweek.
(b) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> Subsection (a) shall apply to
firefighters described under that subsection as of the effective date of
section 5545b of title 5, United States Code.
(c) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations
necessary to implement this section.
Sec. 3033. Howell T. Heflin <<NOTE: Alabama.>> Post Office Building.
(a)
Designation.--The facility of the United States Postal Service under
construction at Tuscumbia, Alabama is designated as the ``Howell T.
Heflin Post Office Building''.
(b) Legal References.--Any reference in a law, regulation, document,
record, map, or other paper of the United States to the facility
referred to in subsection (a) is deemed to be a reference to the
``Howell T. Heflin Post Office Building''.
Sec. 3034. (a) Consideration for Land Conveyance, San Joaquin
County, California.--Subsection (c) of section 140 of division C of
Public Law 105-277 <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-599.>> is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The purpose''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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``(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the conveyance of the
approximately 150-acre parcel described in paragraph (1) shall be
without consideration. As consideration for the approximately 50-acre
parcel intended for economic development, which shall be selected by the
City, the City shall pay to the United States an amount equal to the
fair market value of the parcel, as determined by an appraisal
satisfactory to the Attorney General and the City.''.
(b) Conditions on Use.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
(c) Reversion.--Subsection (e) of such section is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
(d) Time for Conveyance.--Subsection (a) of such section is amended
by striking ``120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act'' and
inserting ``August 21, 1999''.
Sec. 3035. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Administrator of General Services is directed to utilize resources in
the Federal Buildings Fund to purchase, at fair market value, not to
exceed $700,000, the United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse
Building located on Mill Street in Fergus Falls, Minnesota: Provided,
That such sums necessary to effect this provision are appropriated from
the Federal Buildings Fund.
TITLE IV--RESCISSIONS AND OFFSETS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
food stamp program
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in division A,
section 101(a), title IV of Public Law 105-277, $1,250,000,000 are
rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES
RELATED AGENCIES
United States Information Agency
buying power maintenance
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading,
$20,000,000 are rescinded.
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MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Funds Appropriated to the President
International Financial Institutions
Contribution to the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
Global Environment Facility
(rescission)
Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-277,
$25,000,000 are rescinded.
Other Bilateral Economic Assistance
economic support fund
(rescission)
Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-277
and in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export
financing, and related programs, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
management of lands and resources
(rescission)
Of the amounts appropriated under this heading in previous
appropriations Acts, $6,800,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
state unemployment insurance and employment service operations
Under this heading in section 101(f ) of Public Law 105-277, strike
``$3,132,076,000'' and insert ``$3,109,676,000'' and strike
``$180,933,000'' and insert ``$163,533,000''.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
federal capital loan program for nursing
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under the Federal Capital Loan Program
for Nursing appropriation account, $2,800,000 are rescinded.
[[Page 113 STAT. 107]]
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
education research, statistics, and improvement
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in section 101(f ) of
Public Law 105-277, $6,500,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
(rescissions)
Of the funds provided in the Military Construction Appropriations
Act, 1999, the following funds are hereby rescinded as of the date of
the enactment of this Act from the following accounts in the specified
amounts:
``Military Construction, Army'', $3,000,000;
``Military Construction, Navy'', $2,000,000;
``Military Construction, Air Force'', $3,000,000;
``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', $2,000,000;
``Family Housing, Army'' for Construction, $1,000,000; for
Operations and Maintenance, $7,000,000;
``Family Housing, Navy'' for Construction, $1,000,000; for
Operations and Maintenance, $2,000,000;
``Family Housing, Air Force'' for Construction, $1,000,000;
for Operations and Maintenance, $3,000,000; and
``Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part IV'',
$6,400,000.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Payments to Air Carriers
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission of contract authorization)
Of the budgetary resources provided for ``Small Community Air
Service'' by Public Law 101-508 for fiscal years prior to fiscal year
1998, $815,000 are rescinded.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
State Infrastructure Banks
(rescission)
Of the available balances under this heading, $6,500,000 are
rescinded.
[[Page 113 STAT. 108]]
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Trust Fund Share of Transit Programs
(highway trust fund)
(rescission of contract authorization)
Of the budgetary resources provided for ``Trust fund share of
transit programs'' in Public Law 102-240 under 49 U.S.C. 5338(a)(1),
$665,000 are rescinded.
Interstate Transfer Grants--Transit
Of the available balances under this heading, $600,000 are
rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Salaries and Expenses
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in division A of the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 1999
(Public Law 105-277) $4,500,000 for the expansion of the National
Tracing Center are rescinded.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
Unanticipated Needs
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 101-
130, the Fiscal Year 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental to Meet the Needs
of Natural Disasters of National Significance, $10,000,000 are
rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Public and Indian Housing
annual contributions for assisted housing
(rescission)
Of the amounts recaptured from funds appropriated under this heading
during fiscal year 1999 and prior years, $350,000,000 are rescinded.
[[Page 113 STAT. 109]]
Community Planning and Development
community development block grants
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading in division
B, of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), $230,000,000 are rescinded.
GENERAL PROVISION, THIS TITLE
Sec. 4001. Of the amount made available under division B, title V,
chapter 1 of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277) $22,466,000 are rescinded.
TITLE V--TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Sec. 5001. The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as
contained in division A, section 101(a) of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is
amended:
(a) in title III, under the heading ``Rural Community
Advancement Program (Including Transfer of Funds)'', <<NOTE: 112
Stat. 2681-15.>> by inserting ``1926d,'' after ``1926c,''; by
inserting ``, 306C(a)(2), and 306D'' after ``381E(d)(2)'' the
first time it appears in the paragraph; and by striking ``, as
provided in 7 U.S.C. 1926(a) and 7 U.S.C. 1926C'';
(b) in title VII, in section 718 <<NOTE: 7 USC 5623 note.>>
by striking ``this Act'' and inserting ``annual appropriations
Acts'';
(c) in title VII, in section 747 <<NOTE: 7 USC 1622 note.>>
by striking ``302'' and inserting ``203''; and
(d) in title VII, in section 763(b)(3) <<NOTE: 112
Stat. 2681-36.>> by striking ``section 402(d) of Public Law 94-
265'' and inserting ``section 116(a) of Public Law 104-297''.
Sec. 5002. The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section
101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is amended--
(a) <<NOTE: 112 Stat 2681-156.>> in title II under the
heading ``Burma'' by striking
``headings `Economic Support Fund' and'' and inserting
``headings `Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund', `Economic
Support Fund' and'';
(b) in title V in section 587 <<NOTE: 22 USC 2381 note.>>
by striking ``199-339'' and inserting ``99-399'';
(c) in title V in subsection 594(a) <<NOTE: 22 USC 2753
note.>> by striking ``subparagraph (C)'' and inserting
``subsection (c)'';
(d) in title V in subsection 594(b) by striking
``subparagraph (a)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)''; and
(e) in title V in subsection 594(c) by striking ``521 of the
annual appropriations Act for Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs'' and inserting ``520 of this
Act''.
[[Page 113 STAT. 110]]
Sec. 5003. Subsection 1706(b) of title XVII of the International
Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r-262r-2), <<NOTE: 22 USC 262r-
5.>> as added by section 614 of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999, is amended by
striking ``June 30'' and inserting ``September 30''.
Sec. 5004. The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(e) of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is amended:
(1) in the last proviso under the heading ``United States
Fish and Wildlife Service, Administrative
Provisions'' <<NOTE: 16 USC 1374.>> by striking ``section
104(c)(50)(B) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1361-1407)'' and inserting ``section 104(c)(5)(B) of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407)''.
(2) under the heading ``Bureau of Indian Affairs, Operation
of Indian Programs'', <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-245.>> by striking
``$94,010,000'' and inserting ``$94,046,000'', by striking
``$114,871,000'' and inserting ``$114,891,000'', by striking
``$387,365,000'' and inserting ``$389,307,000'', and by striking
``$52,889,000'' and inserting ``$53,039,000''.
(3) in section 354(a) <<NOTE: 16 USC 544b.>> by striking
``16 U.S.C. 544(a)(2))'' and inserting ``16 U.S.C.
544b(a)(2))''.
(4) <<NOTE: Effective date. 16 USC 544b note.>> The
amendments made by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this section
shall take effect as if included in Public Law 105-277 on the
date of its enactment.
Sec. 5005. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained
in division A, section 101(f ) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is amended--
(a) in title I, under the heading ``Federal Unemployment
Benefits and Allowances'', <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-339.>> by
striking ``during the current fiscal year'' and inserting ``from
October 1, 1998, through September 30, 1999'';
(b) in title II under the heading ``Office of the Secretary,
General Departmental Management'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-357.>>
by striking ``$180,051,000'' and inserting ``$188,051,000'';
(c) in title II under the heading ``Children and Families
Services Programs, (Including Rescissions)'' <<NOTE: 112
Stat. 2681-355.>> by striking ``notwithstanding section
640(a)(6), of the funds made available for the Head Start Act,
$337,500,000 shall be set aside for the Head Start Program for
Families with Infants and Toddlers (Early Head Start): Provided
further, That'';
(d) in title II under the heading ``Office of the Secretary,
General Departmental Management'' by inserting after the first
proviso the following: ``Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading for carrying out title XX of
the Public Health Service Act, $10,831,000 shall be for
activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), of which
$9,131,000 shall be for prevention service demonstration grants
under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act,
as amended, without application of the limitation of section
2010(c) of said title XX:'';
(e) in title III under the heading ``Special
Education'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-368.>> by inserting before
the period at the end of the paragraph the following: ``:
Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be for
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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'';
(f ) in title II under the heading ``Public Health and
Social Services Emergency Fund'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-358.>>
by striking ``$322,000'' and inserting ``$180,000'';
(g) in title III under the heading ``Education
Reform'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-363.>> by striking
``$491,000,000'' and inserting ``$459,500,000'';
(h) in title III under the heading ``Vocational and Adult
Education'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-369.>> by striking
``$6,000,000'' the first time that it appears and inserting
``$14,000,000'', and by inserting before the period at the end
of the paragraph the following: ``: Provided further, That of
the amounts made available for the Perkins Act, $4,100,000 shall
be for tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions
under section 117'';
(i) in title III under the heading ``Higher
Education'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-370.>> by inserting after
the first proviso the following: ``Provided further, That funds
available for part A, subpart 2 of title VII of the Higher
Education Act shall be available to fund awards for academic
year 1999-2000 for fellowships under part A, subpart 1 of title
VII of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A,
subpart 1:'';
( j) in title III under the heading ``Education Research,
Statistics, and Improvement'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-372.>> by
inserting after the third proviso the following: ``Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under section 10601 of
title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
as amended, $1,000,000 shall be used to conduct a violence
prevention demonstration program:'';
(k) in title III under the heading <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-
368.>> ``Reading Excellence'' by inserting before the period at
the end of the paragraph the following: ``: Provided, That up to
1 percent of the amount appropriated shall be available October
1, 1998 for peer review of applications'';
(l) in title V in section 510(3) <<NOTE: 31 USC 1301
note.>> by inserting after ``Act'' the following: ``or
subsequent Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts''; and
(m)(1) in title VIII in section 405 <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-
428.>> by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
``(e) Other References to Title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act.--The table of contents of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) is amended--
``(1) by striking the items relating to title VII of such
Act, except the item relating to the title heading and the items
relating to subtitles B and C of such title; and
``(2) by striking the item relating to the title heading for
title VII and inserting the following:
`` `TITLE VII--EDUCATION AND TRAINING'.''.
(2) <<NOTE: Effective date.>> The amendments made by
subsection (m)(1) of this section shall take effect as if
included in Public Law 105-277 on the date of its enactment.
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Sec. 5006. The last sentence of section 5595(b) of title 5, United
States Code (as added by section 309(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-275), is amended by striking
``(a)(1)(G)'' and inserting ``(a)(1)(C)''.
Sec. 5007. Division B, title II, chapter 5 of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105-277) is amended under the heading ``Capitol Police Board,
Security Enhancements'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-570.>> by inserting
before the period at the end of the paragraph ``: Provided further, That
for purposes of carrying out the plan or plans described under this
heading and consistent with the approval of such plan or plans pursuant
to this heading, the Capitol Police Board shall transfer the portion of
the funds made available under this heading which are to be used for
personnel and overtime increases for the United States Capitol Police to
the heading ``Capitol Police Board, Capitol Police, Salaries'' under the
Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year
involved, and shall allocate such portion between the Sergeant at Arms
of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
of the Senate in such amounts as may be approved by the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate''.
Sec. 5008. Division B, title 1, chapter 3 of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public
Law 105-277) is amended under the heading ``Family Housing, Navy and
Marine Corps'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-562.>> by striking the word
``Hurricane'' and inserting ``Hurricanes Georges and''.
Sec. 5009. The Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in division A, section 101(g) of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105-277), is amended in title I under the heading
``Capital Investment Grants (Including Transfer of Funds)'' <<NOTE: 112
Stat. 2681-453.>> within the project description of project number 127,
by inserting the words ``and bus facilities'' after the word
``replacements'', and within the project description of project number
261 by striking the words ``Multimodal Center'' and inserting ``buses
and bus related facilities''.
Sec. 5010. The Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in division A, section 101(g) of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105-277), is amended in title I under the heading
``Federal-Aid Highways (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust
Fund)'' <<NOTE: 112 Stat. 2681-446.>> by striking ``not more than
$38,000,000 shall be available for the implementation and execution of
the Ferry Boat and Ferry Terminal Facility Program'', and inserting
``not more than $59,290,000 shall be available for the implementation
and execution of the Ferry Boat and Ferry Terminal Facility Program''.
Sec. 5011. Section 3347(b) of title 5, United States Code, as added
by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, is amended by striking
``provision to which subsection (a)(2) applies'' and inserting
``provision to which subsection (a)(1) applies''.
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS ACT
Sec. 6001. <<NOTE: Effective date.>> Effective October 1, 1999,
section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2194) is
amended by--
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(1) striking the paragraph within subsection 234(g) that is
currently designated as 234(c);
(2) in paragraph (g)(2), changing the title to read ``Equity
Authority Limited to Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and
Caribbean Basin and Marine Transportation Projects Globally''
and inserting after the words ``Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act'' the following: ``and in marine transportation
projects in countries and areas eligible for OPIC support
worldwide using United States commercial maritime expertise'';
and
(3) inserting a new paragraph (g)(5) to read:
``Implementation.--To the extent provided in advance in
appropriations Acts, the Corporation is authorized to create such legal
vehicles as may be necessary for implementation of its authorities,
which legal vehicles may be deemed non-Federal borrowers for purposes of
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. Income and proceeds of
investments made pursuant to this section 234(g) may be used to purchase
equity or quasi-equity securities in accordance with the provisions of
this section: Provided, however, That such purchases shall not be
limited to the 4-year period of the pilot program: Provided further,
That the limitations contained in section 234(g)(2) shall not apply to
such purchases.''.
Sec. 6002. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 48103 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ``$1,607,000,000
for the 8-month period beginning October 1, 1998.'' and inserting
``$2,050,000,000 for the period beginning October 1, 1998 and ending
August 6, 1999.''.
(b) Obligational Authority.--Section 47104(c) of such title is
amended by striking ``May 31, 1999,'' and inserting ``August 6, 1999,''.
(c) Liquidation of Contract Authorization.--The Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as
amended, is further amended as follows: Strike the last proviso under
the heading ``Grants-in-Aid for Airports, (Liquidation of Contract
Authorization), (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)'' <<NOTE: 112
Stat. 2681-445.>> and insert ``Provided further, That not more than
$1,660,000,000 of funds limited under this heading may be obligated
before the enactment of a law extending contract authorization for the
Grants-in-Aid for Airports Program beyond August 6, 1999.''.
(d) Military Airport Program.--Section 47117(e)(1)(B) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``for each of fiscal years
1997 and 1998''.
(e) Release of MWAA Funding.--Section 9(a) of the Interim Federal
Aviation Administration Authorization Act (Public Law 106-
6) <<NOTE: Ante, p. 11.>> is amended by striking ``(an application that
is pending at the Department of Transportation on March 17, 1999) for
expenditure or obligation of up to $30,000,000'' and inserting ``for
expenditure or obligation of up to $60,000,000''.
(f ) Extension of Aviation Insurance Program.--Section 44310 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ``May 31, 1999''
and inserting ``August 6, 1999''.
Sec. 6003. <<NOTE: Effective date.>> Title 49 Recodification
Correction.--Effective December 31, 1998, section 4(k) of the Act of
July 5, 1994 (Public Law 103-272; 108 Stat. 1370), as amended by section
7(a)(3)(D) of the Act of October 31, 1994 (Public Law 103-429; 108 Stat.
4329), <<NOTE: 49 USC 41107 and note, 41901-41903.>> is repealed.
Sec. 6004. Section 3027(d)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112 Stat. 366) as added
[[Page 113 STAT. 114]]
by section 360 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(g) of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is redesignated as section 3027(c)(3).
Sec. 6005. It is the sense of the Congress that there should
continue to 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``1999 Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act''.
Approved May 21, 1999.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1141 (S. 544):
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HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 106-64 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 106-143 (Comm.
of Conference).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-8 accompanying S. 544 (Comm. on Appropriations).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999):
Mar. 24, considered and passed House.
Mar. 25, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of
S. 544.
May 18, House agreed to conference report.
May 20, Senate agreed to conference report.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 35 (1999):
May 21, Presidential statement.
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