H.R. 5605 — Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5605 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 460
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5605

                          [Report No. 107-740]

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
  boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 10, 2002

Mr. Walsh, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
 bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
  boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Departments of Veteran Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized 
by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); 
pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 
U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial 
benefits, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, adjusted-
service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial 
life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of article IV 
of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (50 U.S.C. App. 
540 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 
107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. 
App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198), 
$28,949,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not 
to exceed $17,138,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be reimbursed to General operating expenses and Medical care for 
necessary expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans' 
Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding 
source for which is specifically provided as the Compensation and 
pensions appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as may be 
earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to 
the Medical facilities revolving fund to augment the funding of 
individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to 
pensioners as authorized.

                         readjustment benefits

    For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or 
on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 
31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61), $2,264,808,000 to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation 
program services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized to 
provide under section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, other 
than under subsection (a)(1), (2), (5), and (11) of that section, shall 
be charged to this account.

                   veterans insurance and indemnities

    For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and 
veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 
70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $27,530,000 to remain available until 
expended.

         veterans housing benefit program fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 2003, within the resources available, not to exceed 
$300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for 
specially adapted housing loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $168,207,000, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for General operating expenses.

                  education loan fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,400.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $70,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for General operating expenses.

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $55,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
exceed $3,626,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $289,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for General operating expenses.

          native american veteran housing loan program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as amended, $558,000, 
which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
General operating expenses: Provided, That no new loans in excess of 
$5,000,000 may be made in fiscal year 2003.

  guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program 
                                account

    For the administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
transitional housing loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, 
subchapter VI, not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by 
this Act for General operating expenses and Medical care may be 
expended.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                              medical care

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, 
as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including care and 
treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the department; 
and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; 
funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the department; administrative expenses 
in support of planning, design, project management, real property 
acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any 
facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the department; 
oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged to 
project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in 
the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the 
department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the 
hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; aid to State 
homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal 
expenses of the department for collecting and recovering amounts owed 
the department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the 
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq., 
$23,889,304,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $250,000,000 is for the equipment and 
land and structures object classifications only, which amount shall not 
become available for obligation until August 1, 2003, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $900,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct by contract a program of 
recovery audits for the fee basis and other medical services contracts 
with respect to payments for hospital care; and, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise, as the 
result of such audits shall be available, without fiscal year 
limitation, for the purposes for which funds are appropriated under 
this heading and the purposes of paying a contractor a percent of the 
amount collected as a result of an audit carried out by the contractor: 
Provided further, That all amounts so collected under the preceding 
proviso with respect to a designated health care region (as that term 
is defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be allocated, net of 
payments to the contractor, to that region.

                     medical care collections fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Amounts deposited during the current fiscal year in the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund under section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, shall be transferred to Medical care, 
to remain available until expended.

                    medical and prosthetic research

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
73, to remain available until September 30, 2004, $405,000,000, plus 
reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds available under this 
heading $5,000,000 shall be transferred to Medical care for research 
oversight activities.

      medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses

    For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research 
activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of 
capital policy activities, $74,716,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, 
That technical and consulting services offered by the Facilities 
Management Field Service, including project management and real 
property administration (including leases, site acquisition and 
disposal activities directly supporting projects), shall be provided to 
Department of Veterans Affairs components only on a reimbursable basis, 
and such amounts will remain available until September 30, 2003.

                      Departmental Administration

                       general operating expenses

    For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses 
in support of department-wide capital planning, management and policy 
activities, uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security guard services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of 
overseas employee mail, $1,251,418,000: Provided, That expenses for 
services and assistance authorized under 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(1), (2), 
(5), and (11) that the Secretary determines are necessary to enable 
entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become 
employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to 
achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this 
account: Provided further, That the Veterans Benefits Administration 
shall be funded at not less than $992,100,000: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$60,000,000 shall be available for obligation until September 30, 2004: 
Provided further, That from the funds made available under this 
heading, the Veterans Benefits Administration may purchase up to two 
passenger motor vehicles for use in operations of that Administration 
in Manila, Philippines: Provided further, That travel expenses for this 
account shall not exceed $17,082,000.

                    national cemetery administration

    For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administration for 
operations and maintenance, not otherwise provided for, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by 
law; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial 
operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $133,149,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$61,000,000.

                      construction, major projects

    For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, 
United States Code, including planning, architectural and engineering 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated 
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction 
costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is 
$4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were made available in 
a previous major project appropriation, $193,740,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be for Capital 
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities; and of 
which $10,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as provided in 41 
U.S.C. 612 for claims paid for contract disputes: Provided, That except 
for advance planning activities, including needs assessments which may 
or may not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset 
management related activities, such as portfolio development and 
management activities, and investment strategy studies funded through 
the advance planning fund and the planning and design activities funded 
through the design fund and CARES funds, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be used for any project which has 
not been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided 
further, That funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 
2003, for each approved project (except those for CARES activities 
referenced above) shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a 
construction documents contract by September 30, 2003; and (2) by the 
awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2004: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly report 
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any approved major 
construction project in which obligations are not incurred within the 
time limitations established above: Provided further, That no funds 
from any other account except the Parking revolving fund, may be 
obligated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project 
which was approved in the budget process and funded in this account 
until one year after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof 
with respect to that part only.

                      construction, minor projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which may 
lead to capital investments, architectural and engineering services, 
maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with 
equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, 
and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 
316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of 
title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is 
less than $4,000,000, $240,700,000, to remain available until expended, 
along with unobligated balances of previous ``Construction, minor 
projects'' appropriations which are hereby made available for any 
project where the estimated cost is less than $4,000,000, of which 
$35,000,000 shall be for Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced 
Services (CARES) activities: Provided, That from amounts appropriated 
under this heading, additional amounts may be used for CARES activities 
upon notification of and approval by the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That funds in this account shall be available for: 
(1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction 
or for the use of the department which are necessary because of loss or 
damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 
measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such 
causes.

                         parking revolving fund

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

       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

    For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify or alter 
existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-
8137, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.

        grants for the construction of state veterans cemeteries

    For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or improving 
State veterans cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2408, $32,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2003 for ``Compensation 
and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and 
indemnities'' may be transferred to any other of the mentioned 
appropriations.
    Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2003 for salaries and expenses shall be 
available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for ``Construction, major 
projects'', ``Construction, minor projects'', and the ``Parking 
revolving fund'') shall be available for the purchase of any site for 
or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.
    Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or examination 
of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing 
such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 5 
U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost 
is made to the ``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2003 for ``Compensation and pensions'', 
``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' 
shall be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations 
required to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2002.
    Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2003 shall be available to pay prior 
year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts 
resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public 
Law 100-86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 
accounts they shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
    Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal 
year 2003, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the National 
Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans' Special 
Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government 
Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating 
expenses'' account for the cost of administration of the insurance 
programs financed through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement 
shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in an 
insurance program in fiscal year 2003 that are available for dividends 
in that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined 
reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 
administration of an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus 
earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only 
to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2003 which is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance 
program and to the provision of any total disability income insurance 
included in such insurance program.
    Sec. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs shall continue the Franchise Fund pilot 
program authorized to be established by section 403 of Public Law 103-
356 until October 1, 2003: Provided, That the Franchise Fund, 
established by title I of Public Law 104-204 to finance the operations 
of the Franchise Fund pilot program, shall continue until October 1, 
2003.
    Sec. 109. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds to 
reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account during a 
prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, may be 
obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received.
    Sec. 110. Funds available in any Department of Veterans Affairs 
appropriation for fiscal year 2003 or funds for salaries and other 
administrative expenses shall also be available to reimburse the Office 
of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination 
Complaint Adjudication for all services provided at rates which will 
recover actual costs but not exceed $29,318,000 for the Office of 
Resolution Management and $3,010,000 for the Office of Employment and 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That payments may be 
made in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated costs: 
Provided further, That amounts received shall be credited to ``General 
operating expenses'' for use by the office that provided the service.
    Sec. 111. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall be available to enter into any new lease of real 
property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless 
the Secretary submits a report which the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Congress approve within 30 days following the date on which the 
report is received.
    Sec. 112. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or treatment of 
any person by reason of eligibility under section 1710(a)(3) of title 
38, United States Code, unless that person has disclosed to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may 
require--
            (1) current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 
        for purposes of section 1729 of such title; and
            (2) annual income information for purposes of section 1722 
        of such title.
    Sec. 113. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall be available for the implementation of the 
amendments made by section 202 of Public Law 107-135 (115 Stat. 2457).
    Sec. 114. (a) No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall be available for the adjudication of any claim 
for disability compensation filed after the date of the enactment of a 
new concurrent receipt law by a veteran who is entitled to retired or 
retainer pay based upon service in the uniformed services if the 
Secretary determines that, if compensation under the claim is awarded 
to the claimant, the veteran will, by reason of the new concurrent 
receipt law, be entitled to payment of both compensation under the 
claim and some amount of such retired pay determined without regard to 
the provisions of sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38, United States 
Code.
    (b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ``new concurrent 
receipt law'' means a provision of law enacted after October 1, 2002, 
that provides that certain veterans are entitled to be paid both 
veterans' disability compensation and military retired pay (in whole or 
in part) without regard to sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38, United 
States Code.
    Sec. 115. (a)(1) Section 1729B of title 38, United States Code, is 
repealed. Any balance as of the date of the enactment of this Act in 
the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement Fund 
established under such section shall be transferred to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund established under 
section 1729A of title 38, United States Code.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such 
title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1729B.
    (b) Section 1729A(b) of such title is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (10); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new 
        paragraphs:
            ``(8) Section 8165(a) of this title.
            ``(9) Section 113 of the Veterans Millennium Health Care 
        and Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117; 38 U.S.C. 8111 note).''.
    (c) Section 1722A of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``under 
                subsection (a)'' and inserting ``under this section''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence; and
            (2) by striking subsection (d).
    (d)(1) Section 8165 of such title is amended by striking 
``Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement Fund 
established under section 1729B of this title'' and inserting 
``Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund 
established under section 1729A of this title''.
    (2) Section 113(b) of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and 
Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117; 38 U.S.C. 8111 note) is amended by 
striking ``Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement 
Fund established under section 1729B of title 38, United States Code, 
as added by section 202'' and inserting ``Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund established under section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code''.
    Sec. 116. Of the amounts provided in this Act, $19,900,000 shall be 
for information technology initiatives to support the enterprise 
architecture of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 117. None of the funds in this Act may be used to implement 
the provisions of H.R. 3253 as passed by the House of Representatives 
on September 18, 2002.
    Sec. 118. Of the funds made available in Medical care and the 
Medical care collections fund, not more than $110,000,000 may be used 
for security training and equipment.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                        housing certificate fund

              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

    For activities and assistance under the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act'' herein), not 
otherwise provided for, $16,586,987,000, and amounts that are 
recaptured in this account, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$12,386,987,000 and the aforementioned recaptures shall be available on 
October 1, 2002, and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 
2003: Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading 
are provided as follows:
            (1) $14,614,970,000 for expiring or terminating section 8 
        project-based subsidy contracts, for amendments to section 8 
        project-based subsidy contracts, for contracts entered into 
        pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
        Assistance Act, for the 1-year renewal of section 8 contracts 
        for units in projects that are subject to approved plans of 
        action under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act 
        of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
        Homeownership Act of 1990, and for renewals of expiring section 
        8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts (including 
        amendments and renewals of enhanced vouchers under any 
        provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
        of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided, That notwithstanding 
        any other provision of law, the Secretary shall renew expiring 
        section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts for each 
        public housing agency (including agencies participating in the 
        Moving to Work Demonstration) based on the total number of unit 
        months which were under lease as reported on the most recent 
        end-of-year financial statement submitted by the public housing 
        agency to the Department, and by applying an inflation factor 
        based on local or regional factors to the actual per unit cost 
        as reported on such statement.
            (2) $280,000,000 for a central fund to be allocated by the 
        Secretary for amendments to section 8 tenant-based annual 
        contributions contracts for purposes set forth in this 
        paragraph: Provided, That the Secretary may use amounts made 
        available in such fund, as necessary, for contract amendments 
        resulting from any change in the total number of unit months 
        under lease as compared to the most recent end-of-year 
        financial statement submitted by the public housing agency: 
        Provided further, That to the extent that amounts made 
        available in such fund are not required for purposes set forth 
        in the previous proviso, the Secretary may use such amounts to 
        make available additional assistance to a public housing agency 
        that has 97 percent of its total number of reserved units under 
        lease, if such agency can demonstrate to the satisfaction of 
        the Secretary that such assistance will be placed under a 
        section 8 housing assistance payment contract within 90 days of 
        such funds being provided to the agency: Provided further, That 
        the Secretary shall recapture amounts made available in the 
        previous proviso from any public housing agency if such funds 
        have not been placed under a section 8 housing assistance 
        payment contract within 180 days from the date such funds were 
        provided to the agency: Provided further, That in allocating 
        additional assistance pursuant to the previous two provisos, 
        not more than 10 percent of the total amount available for 
        allocation pursuant to the second proviso under this paragraph 
        may be provided to an individual public housing agency: 
        Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide quarterly 
        reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
        the Senate on the obligation of funds provided in this 
        paragraph in accordance with the directions specified in the 
        report accompanying this Act.
            (3) $234,017,000 for section 8 rental assistance for 
        relocation and replacement of housing units that are demolished 
        or disposed of pursuant to the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions 
        and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134), conversion 
        of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the 
        family unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
        relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat 
        crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from 
        a law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers 
        under any provision of law authorizing such assistance under 
        section 8(t) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), and tenant 
        protection assistance, including replacement and relocation 
        assistance.
            (4) $36,000,000 for incremental vouchers under section 8 of 
        the Act to be made available to nonelderly disabled families 
        affected by the designation of a public housing development 
        under section 7 of the Act, the establishment of preferences in 
        accordance with section 651 of the Housing and Community 
        Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13611), or the restriction 
        of occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section 658 
        of such Act (42 U.S.C. 13618), and to the extent the Secretary 
        determines that such amount is not needed to fund applications 
        for such families, to other nonelderly disabled families.
            (5) $46,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coordinators 
        under section 23 of the Act.
            (6) not to exceed $1,177,000,000 for administrative and 
        other expenses of public housing agencies in administering the 
        section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which 
        $50,000,000 is for such expenses associated with section 8 
        tenant-based assistance provided under this heading in 
        paragraphs (2), (3), and (4): Provided, That, notwithstanding 
        any other provision of law, administrative fees shall be paid 
        only for dwelling units covered by a section 8 housing 
        assistance payments contract and such fees shall be paid on a 
        per-unit basis at a rate that shall not exceed 10 percent of 
        the total monthly rental subsidy payment of such unit: Provided 
        further, That all amounts provided under this Act, and all 
        amounts previously provided, to a public housing authority 
        which remain available in an administrative fee reserve account 
        shall be only for activities related to the provision of rental 
        assistance under section 8: Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall provide a report to the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
        no later than February 1, 2003, on administrative costs and 
        other expenses associated with the section 8 tenant-based 
        rental assistance program in accordance with the directions 
        included in the report accompanying this Act.
            (7) $196,000,000 for contract administrators for section 8 
        project-based assistance.
            (8) Not less than $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
        Working Capital Fund for the development of and modifications 
        to information technology systems which serve activities under 
        ``Public and Indian Housing'':
Provided further, That, hereafter, the Secretary shall require public 
housing agencies to submit accounting data for funds disbursed under 
this heading by source of funds: Provided further, That $1,300,000,000 
is rescinded from unobligated balances remaining from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under 
this heading or the heading ``Annual contributions for assisted 
housing'' or any other heading for fiscal year 2002 and prior years, to 
be effected by the Secretary no later than September 30, 2003: Provided 
further, That any obligated balances of contract authority that have 
been terminated shall be cancelled.

                      public housing capital fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out capital 
and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized 
under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g), $2,843,400,000 (the ``Act''), to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise allocated under 
this heading, $550,000,000 shall be allocated for such capital and 
management activities only among public housing agencies that have 
obligated all assistance for the agency for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 
2000, and 2001 made available under this same heading in accordance 
with the requirements under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 9(j) of 
such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or regulation, during fiscal year 2003, the Secretary may not 
delegate to any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary any 
authority under paragraph (2) of such section 9(j) regarding the 
extension of the time periods under such section for obligation of 
amounts made available for fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 
2003: Provided further, That notwithstanding the first proviso and 
paragraphs (3) and (5)(B) of such section 9(j), if at any time before 
the effectiveness of final regulations issued by the Secretary under 
section 6(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d(j)) providing for assessment of public housing agencies and 
designation of high-performing agencies, any amounts made available 
under the public housing Capital Fund for fiscal year 1999, 2000, 2001, 
2002, or 2003 remain unobligated in violation of paragraph (1) of such 
section 9(j) or unexpended in violation of paragraph (5)(A) of such 
section 9(j), the Secretary shall recapture any such amounts and 
reallocate such amounts among public housing agencies that, at the time 
of such reallocation, are not in violation of any requirement under 
paragraph (1) or (5)(A) of such section: Provided further, That for 
purposes of this heading, the term ``obligate'' means, with respect to 
amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will 
result in outlays immediately or in the future: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall issue final regulations to carry out section 9(j) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(j)), not 
later than May 1, 2003: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, up to $51,000,000 shall be for carrying 
out activities under section 9(h) of such Act, of which up to 
$11,000,000 shall be for the provision of remediation services to 
public housing agencies identified as ``troubled'' under the Section 8 
Management Assessment Program and for surveys used to calculate local 
Fair Market Rents and assess housing conditions in connection with 
rental assistance under section 8 of the Act: Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided under this heading, up to $500,000 shall be 
for lease adjustments to section 23 projects, and no less than 
$18,600,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
development of and modifications to information technology systems 
which serve programs or activities under ``Public and Indian housing'': 
Provided further, That no funds may be used under this heading for the 
purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, up to $75,000,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to public 
housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting from emergencies 
and natural disasters in fiscal year 2003: Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for 
Neighborhood Networks grants for activities authorized in section 
9(d)(1)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts made available in the previous proviso shall be awarded to 
public housing agencies on a competitive basis as provided in section 
102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
1989: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $55,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 
coordinators and congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the 
Act and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996.

                     public housing operating fund

    For fiscal year 2003 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as authorized by section 
9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(e)), $3,600,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for programs, as determined 
appropriate by the Attorney General, which assist in the investigation, 
prosecution, and prevention of violent crimes and drug offenses in 
public and federally-assisted low-income housing, including Indian 
housing, which shall be administered by the Department of Justice 
through a reimbursable agreement with the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development: Provided further, That no funds may be used under 
this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended.

     revitalization of severely distressed public housing (hope vi)

    For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site 
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants 
to projects as authorized by section 24 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, as amended, $574,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004, of which the Secretary may use up to $6,250,000 for 
technical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly or 
indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, including 
training and cost of necessary travel for participants in such 
training, by or to officials and employees of the department and of 
public housing agencies and to residents: Provided, That none of such 
funds shall be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive 
advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless 
expressly permitted herein: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for a Neighborhood 
Networks initiative for activities authorized in section 24(d)(1)(G) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made available 
in the previous proviso shall be awarded to public housing agencies on 
a competitive basis as provided in section 102 of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.

                  native american housing block grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 
$649,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $2,200,000 
shall be contracted through the Secretary as technical assistance and 
capacity building to be used by the National American Indian Housing 
Council in support of the implementation of NAHASDA; of which 
$3,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing units, 
contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the training, 
oversight, and management of Indian housing and tenant-based 
assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel; and of which 
no less than $600,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
for development of and modifications to information technology systems 
which serve programs or activities under ``Public and Indian housing'': 
Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 
shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, 
That such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and other 
obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 
other obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$16,658,000: Provided further, That for administrative expenses to 
carry out the guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in 
the first proviso, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used only for the 
administrative costs of these guarantees.

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13a), $5,300,000, to remain available until expended, of which $100,000 
shall be for necessary expenses of the Land Title Report Commission 
pursuant to section 501(a) of Public Law 106-569: Provided, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$197,243,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000 from amounts in the first 
paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used only for the 
administrative costs of these guarantees.

      native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184A of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13b), $1,035,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
exceed $39,712,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from amounts in the first 
paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used only for the 
administrative costs of these guarantees.

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

    For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901 et seq.), $292,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2004: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts 
for permanent supportive housing that were funded under section 
854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all program requirements before 
awarding funds for new contracts and activities authorized under this 
section: Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to $2,000,000 
of the funds under this heading for training, oversight, and technical 
assistance activities.

                 rural housing and economic development

    For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development in the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, $25,000,000 to remain 
available until expended, which amount shall be awarded by June 1, 
2003, to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, State community 
and/or economic development agencies, local rural nonprofits and 
community development corporations to support innovative housing and 
economic development activities in rural areas: Provided, That all 
grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis as specified in section 
102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
1989.

                empowerment zones/enterprise communities

    For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment zones 
and enterprise communities, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2005, for ``Urban Empowerment Zones'', as authorized in 
section 1391(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
1391(g)), including $2,000,000 for each empowerment zone for use in 
conjunction with economic development activities consistent with the 
strategic plan of each empowerment zone.

                       community development fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For assistance to units of State and local government, and to other 
entities, for economic and community development activities, and for 
other purposes, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2005: Provided, That of the amount provided, $4,577,000,000 is for 
carrying out the community development block grant program under title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the 
``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, That unless 
explicitly provided for under this heading (except for planning grants 
provided for in the third paragraph under this heading and amounts made 
available in the second paragraph), not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended 
for planning and management development or administration (other than 
grants made available to the Housing Assistance Council or the National 
American Indian Housing Council, or a grant using funds under section 
107(b)(3) of the Act): Provided further, That $70,000,000 shall be for 
grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act; 
$3,300,000 shall be for a grant to the Housing Assistance Council; 
$2,200,000 shall be for a grant to the National American Indian Housing 
Council; $5,000,000 shall be available as a grant to the National 
Housing Development Corporation, for operating expenses not to exceed 
$2,000,000 and for a program of affordable housing acquisition and 
rehabilitation; $5,000,000 shall be available as a grant to the 
National Council of La Raza for the HOPE Fund, of which $500,000 is for 
technical assistance and fund management, and $4,500,000 is for 
investments in the HOPE Fund and financing to affiliated organizations; 
$33,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act; 
$9,600,000 shall be made available to the Department of Hawaiian 
Homelands to provide assistance as authorized under title VIII of the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(22 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), with no more than 5 percent of such funds 
being available for administrative costs; no less than $3,400,000 shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development of and 
modification to information technology systems which serve programs or 
activities under ``Community planning and development''; $28,500,000 
shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity 
Program; $29,500,000 shall be for capacity building, of which 
$25,000,000 shall be for Capacity Building for Community Development 
and Affordable Housing for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for 
activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in effect immediately before June 12, 
1997, with not less than $5,000,000 of the funding to be used in rural 
areas, including tribal areas, and of which $4,500,000 shall be for 
capacity building activities administered by Habitat for Humanity 
International; $65,000,000 shall be available for YouthBuild program 
activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such 
activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made 
available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild programs 
that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and nonprofit funding 
shall be given a priority for YouthBuild funding: Provided further, 
That no more than 10 percent of any grant award under the YouthBuild 
program may be used for administrative costs: Provided further, That of 
the amount made available for YouthBuild not less than $10,000,000 is 
for grants to establish YouthBuild programs in underserved and rural 
areas and $2,000,000 is to be made available for a grant to YouthBuild 
USA for capacity building for community development and affordable 
housing activities as specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration 
Act of 1993, as amended.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $23,400,000 shall 
be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized to improve 
the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to 
stimulate investment, economic diversification, and community 
revitalization in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or 
declining economic base, or to determine whether housing benefits can 
be integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives: 
Provided, That these grants shall be provided in accordance with the 
terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying this Act.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $144,600,000 shall 
be available for grants for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) 
to finance a variety of targeted economic investments in accordance 
with the terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying this 
Act.
    The referenced statement of the managers under this heading in 
Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended with respect to the amount 
made available to the City of Rome, New York, by striking ``related to 
the South Rome Industrial Park'' and inserting ``and building 
renovations at the Rome business and tech park''.
    The referenced statement of the managers under this heading in 
Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended with respect to a grant made 
available to the Community Medical Centers of Fresno, California by 
striking all after ``$300,000'' and inserting ``to the City of Fresno, 
California for rehabilitation of the Fresno Community Regional Medical 
Center neighborhood.''.
    The referenced statement of the managers under this heading in 
Public Law 106-377 and 107-73 is deemed to be amended with respect to 
grants made to the City of Mt. Clemens, Michigan by striking ``City of 
Mt. Clemens, Michigan'' and inserting ``Mt. Clemens Community Schools 
in Mt. Clemens, Michigan''.

         community development loan guarantees program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,325,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2004, as authorized by section 108 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$275,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding 
obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''.

                       brownfields redevelopment

    For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 108(q) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, for 
Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2004: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall make these grants available on a competitive 
basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.

                  home investment partnerships program

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under 
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as 
amended, $2,021,040,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided in this paragraph, up to 
$25,000,000 shall be available for housing counseling under section 106 
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968; and no less than 
$1,100,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
development of, maintenance of, and modification to information 
technology systems which serve programs or activities under ``Community 
planning and development''.
    In addition to amounts otherwise made available under this heading, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005, for 
assistance to homebuyers as authorized under title II of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall provide such assistance in accordance with a 
formula to be established by the Secretary that considers a 
participating jurisdiction's need for, and prior commitment to, 
assistance to homebuyers.

                       homeless assistance grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the emergency shelter grants program as authorized under 
subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
as amended; the supportive housing program as authorized under subtitle 
C of title IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single 
room occupancy program as authorized under the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, as amended, to assist homeless individuals pursuant to 
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the 
shelter plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of 
such Act, $1,250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005: 
Provided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made available, 
excluding amounts provided for renewals under the shelter plus care 
program, shall be used for permanent housing: Provided further, That 
all funds awarded for services shall be matched by 25 percent in 
funding by each grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
renew on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to contracts 
funded under the shelter plus care program if the program is determined 
to be needed under the applicable continuum of care and meets 
appropriate program requirements and financial standards, as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance under 
this heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless 
programs with other mainstream health, social services, and employment 
programs for which homeless populations may be eligible, including 
Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding 
through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce 
Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: Provided 
further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for the national homeless data analysis project: 
Provided further, That $6,600,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further, 
That no less than $1,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
development of and modifications to information technology systems 
which serve activities under ``Community planning and development'': 
Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be made available to the 
Interagency Council on the Homeless for administrative needs: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be made available for a two-year demonstration 
program to be conducted in consultation with the Interagency Council on 
the Homeless to review and document the best practices of homeless 
programs.

                            Housing Programs

                    housing for special populations

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, or 
development of additional public and subsidized housing units for low 
income families not otherwise provided for, $1,100,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That $790,903,000, plus 
recaptures or cancelled commitments, shall be for capital advances, 
including amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the 
elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly under 
section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for 
such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 
for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associated with 
the housing, of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for service 
coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate service grants 
for residents of assisted housing projects, and of which amount 
$30,000,000 shall be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q-2) for conversion of eligible projects under 
such section to assisted living or related use: Provided further, That 
of the amount under this heading, $259,097,000 shall be for capital 
advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by 
section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 
for project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, including amendments 
to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services 
associated with the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized 
by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant-based rental 
assistance contracts entered into pursuant to section 811 of such Act: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$50,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development only for making grants to private nonprofit organizations 
and consumer cooperatives for covering costs of architectural and 
engineering work, site control, and other planning relating to the 
development of supportive housing for the elderly that is eligible for 
assistance under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q): Provided further, That amounts made available in the previous 
proviso shall be awarded on a competitive basis as provided in section 
102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
1989: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate not later than 
March 1, 2003, in accordance with the direction included in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That no less than $500,000, to 
be divided evenly between the appropriations for the section 202 and 
section 811 programs, shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
for the development of and modifications to information technology 
systems which serve activities under ``Housing programs'' or ``Federal 
housing administration'': Provided further, That, in addition to 
amounts made available for renewal of tenant-based rental assistance 
contracts pursuant to the second proviso of this paragraph, the 
Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of the amounts earmarked under 
this paragraph for section 811 of such Act for tenant-based assistance, 
as authorized under that section, including such authority as may be 
waived under the next proviso, which assistance is 5 years in duration: 
Provided further, That all balances and recaptures, as of October 1, 
2002, remaining in the ``Congregate housing services'' account as 
authorized by the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, 
as amended, shall be transferred to and merged with the amounts for 
those purposes under this heading.

                         flexible subsidy fund

                          (transfer of funds)

    From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted balances 
of excess rental charges as of September 30, 2002, and any collections 
made during fiscal year 2003, shall be transferred to the Flexible 
Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National Housing 
Act, as amended.

                       rental housing assistance

                              (rescission)

    Up to $100,000,000 of recaptured section 236 budget authority 
resulting from prepayment of mortgages subsidized under section 236 of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) shall be rescinded in 
fiscal year 2003: Provided, That the limitation otherwise applicable to 
the maximum payments that may be required in any fiscal year by all 
contracts entered into under section 236 is reduced in fiscal year 2003 
by not more than $100,000,000 in uncommitted balances of authorizations 
of contract authority provided for this purpose in appropriations Acts.

                  manufactured housing fees trust fund

    For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), $13,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, 
That not to exceed the total amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be available from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent 
necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the 
receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under this heading 
from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during fiscal year 2003 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0 and 
fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary to 
ensure such a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               mutual mortgage insurance program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    During fiscal year 2003, commitments to guarantee loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act, as 
amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of $165,000,000,000.
    During fiscal year 2003, obligations to make direct loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as 
amended, shall not exceed $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing 
amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in 
connection with sales of single family real properties owned by the 
Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
Fund.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed 
and direct loan program, $347,829,000, of which not to exceed 
$343,807,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for ``Salaries 
and expenses''; and not to exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to 
the appropriation for ``Office of Inspector General''. In addition, for 
administrative contract expenses, $85,720,000, of which no less than 
$21,360,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
development of and modifications to information technology systems 
which serve programs or activities under ``Housing programs'' or 
``Federal housing administration'': Provided, That to the extent 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 
1, 2003, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses 
shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 
commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this proviso 
exceed $16,000,000.

                general and special risk program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 238 and 
519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), 
including the cost of loan guarantee modifications, as that term is 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, of up to $23,000,000,000.
    Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as 
authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National 
Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing in connection with the sale 
of multifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be 
for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the 
sale of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under such Act.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed and direct loan programs, $223,716,000, of which 
$204,395,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation for ``Salaries 
and expenses''; and of which $19,321,000 shall be transferred to the 
appropriation for ``Office of Inspector General''.
    In addition, for administrative contract expenses necessary to 
carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $93,780,000, of 
which no less than $14,240,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund for the development of and modifications to information 
technology systems which serve activities under ``Housing programs'' or 
``Federal housing administration'': Provided, That to the extent 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2003, an additional $1,980 for administrative contract expenses shall 
be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 
commitments over $8,426,000,000 (including a pro rata amount for any 
increment below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available 
by this proviso exceed $14,400,000.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of 
section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1721(g)), shall not exceed $200,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed 
mortgage-backed securities program, $10,343,000, to be derived from the 
GNMA guarantees of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt 
account, of which not to exceed $10,343,000, shall be transferred to 
the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

    For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), 
including carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section 
1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $47,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be for the Partnership 
for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as 
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$45,899,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, of which 
$20,250,000 shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section 
561: Provided, That no funds made available under this heading shall be 
used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 
Government in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control

                         lead hazard reduction

    For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by section 
1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, 
$126,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to 
sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 
that shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration 
efforts, including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint 
poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards.

                     Management and Administration

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided 
for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $1,090,229,000, of 
which $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004, for 
funds control improvements; and of which $548,202,000 shall be provided 
from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration, 
$10,343,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government National 
Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided from the ``Community 
development loan guarantees program'' account, $150,000 shall be 
provided by transfer from the ``Native American housing block grants'' 
account, $200,000 shall be provided by transfer from the ``Indian 
housing loan guarantee fund program'' account and $35,000 shall be 
transferred from the ``Native Hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund'' 
account: Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall 
only be allocated in the manner specified in the report accompanying 
this Act unless the Committees on Appropriations of both the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified of any changes in an 
operating plan or reprogramming: Provided further, That no less than 
$10,500,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
development of and modifications to information technology systems: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, not less than $21,000,000 is to be made available to the Chief 
Financial Officer exclusively for activities to implement appropriate 
funds control systems, including improvements in automated financial 
management systems, additional training of departmental employees in 
proper fund control procedures, and establishment of a division of 
appropriations law within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer: 
Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer shall submit a 
revised departmental funds control handbook to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate no later than 30 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That no official or employee 
of the Department shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) has determined that such 
allotment holder has implemented an adequate system of funds control 
and has received training in funds control procedures and directives: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, within 30 days of enactment 
of this Act, permanently transfer no fewer than four appropriations law 
attorneys from the Legislative Division of the Office of Legislation 
and Regulations, Office of General Counsel to the OCFO: Provided 
further, That personnel transferred pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall report directly to the Chief Financial Officer: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter, the Chief 
Financial Officer of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
shall, in consultation with the Budget Officer, have sole authority to 
investigate potential or actual violations under the Anti-Deficiency 
Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.) and all other statutes and regulations 
related to the obligation and expenditure of funds made available in 
this, or any other Act; shall determine whether violations exist; and 
shall submit final reports on violations to the Secretary, the 
President, the Office of Management and Budget and the Congress in 
accordance with applicable statutes and Office of Management and Budget 
circulars: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer shall 
establish positive control of and maintain adequate systems of 
accounting for appropriations and other available funds as required by 
31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided further, That for the purpose of determining 
whether a violation exists under the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 
1341 et seq.), the point of obligation shall be the executed agreement 
or contract: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer shall: 
(a) appoint qualified personnel to conduct investigations of potential 
or actual violations; (b) establish minimum training requirements and 
other qualifications for personnel that may be appointed to conduct 
investigations; (c) establish guidelines and timeframes for the conduct 
and completion of investigations; (d) prescribe the content, format and 
other requirements for the submission of final reports on violations; 
and (e) prescribe such additional policies and procedures as may be 
required for conducting investigations of, and administering, 
processing, and reporting on, potential and actual violations of the 
Anti-Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regulations governing 
the obligation and expenditure of funds made available in this or any 
other Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall fill 7 out of 10 
vacancies at the GS-14 and GS-15 levels until the total number of GS-14 
and GS-15 positions in the Department has been reduced from the number 
of GS-14 and GS-15 positions on the date of enactment of Public Law 
106-377 by 2\1/2\ percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
submit a staffing plan for the Department by January 15, 2003.

                          working capital fund

    For additional capital for the Working Capitol Fund (42 U.S.C. 
3535) for the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure for 
Department-wide information technology systems, and for the continuing 
operation of both Department-wide and program-specific information 
systems, $276,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004: 
Provided, That any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available to the Department in this Act, or any other 
Act, may be used to award a new contract for the HUD Information 
Technology Services (HITS) project until 90 days after the Department 
has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive five-year information 
technology plan in accordance with the direction included in the report 
accompanying this Act.

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$96,684,000, of which $23,343,000 shall be provided from the various 
funds of the Federal Housing Administration: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have independent authority over all personnel 
issues within: Provided further, That no less than $300,000 shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development of and 
modifications to information technology systems for the Office of 
Inspector General.

                         consolidated fee fund

                              (rescission)

    All unobligated balances remaining available from fees and charges 
under section 7(j) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Act on October 1, 2002 are rescinded.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety 
and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Oversight Fund: Provided, That not to exceed such amount shall be 
available from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary 
to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 
collections to the Fund: Provided further, That the general fund amount 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $0: Provided further, That this Office shall submit a 
staffing plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no 
later than January 30, 2003.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in 
lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget 
authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section 
1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act 
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the 
Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local 
governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement 
occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. 
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 
percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to 
refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
    Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act may be 
used during fiscal year 2003 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 
Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more 
persons, including the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal 
action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a court of 
competent jurisdiction.
    Sec. 203. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts 
made available under this title for fiscal year 2003 that are allocated 
under such section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined under 
subsection (b), for any State that--
            (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year under 
        clause (ii) of such section; and
            (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for fiscal 
        year 2003 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the State 
        outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that qualify 
        under clause (i) in fiscal year 2003 do not have the number of 
        cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required 
        under such clause.
    (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any State described 
in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on the cumulative number of 
AIDS cases in the areas of that State that are outside of metropolitan 
statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 
854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2003, in proportion to AIDS cases among 
cities and States that qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of such 
section and States deemed eligible under subsection (a).
    Sec. 204. (a) Section 225(a) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000, Public Law 106-74 (113 Stat. 1076), is 
amended by striking ``year 2000, and the amounts that would otherwise 
be allocated for fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2002'', and inserting 
``years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003''.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall allocate to Wake County, North 
Carolina, the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 
2003 under section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of 
the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical 
Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall be used to carry out 
eligible activities under section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) 
within such metropolitan statistical area.
    Sec. 205. (a) During fiscal year 2003, in the provision of rental 
assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection with a program to demonstrate the 
economy and effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in 
assisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties of the 
State of Michigan specified in subsection (b) of this section, 
notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a 
family residing in an assisted living facility in any such county, on 
behalf of which a public housing agency provides assistance pursuant to 
section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, at the time the family 
initially receives such assistance, to pay rent in an amount exceeding 
40 percent of the monthly adjusted income of the family by such a 
percentage or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
determines to be appropriate.
    (b) The counties specified in this subsection are Oakland County, 
Macomb County, Wayne County, and Washtenaw County, in the State of 
Michigan.
    Sec. 206. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant or 
assistance made pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a 
competitive basis in accordance with section 102 of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
    Sec. 207. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the 
Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the 
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a 
contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, 
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any 
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
    Sec. 208. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a 
reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any program, 
project or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress.
    Sec. 209. Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act, as amended, are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accordance with 
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such Act as may 
be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 
2003 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: 
Provided, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be 
used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent 
expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in support of 
other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 
Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage 
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or where loans 
or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest 
of the United States Government.
    Sec. 210. None of the funds provided in this title for technical 
assistance, training, or management improvements may be obligated or 
expended unless HUD provides to the Committees on Appropriations a 
description of each proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of 
the costs associated with each program, project or activity as part of 
the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2003, HUD shall transmit 
this information to the Committees by January 15, 2003 for 30 days of 
review.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or 
interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and repair of uniforms 
for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the 
United States and its territories and possessions; rent of office and 
garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$35,246,000, to remain available until expended.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, including hire of 
passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$6,500,000, $4,000,000 of which is to remain available until September 
30, 2003 and $2,500,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2004: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board 
shall have not more than three career Senior Executive Service 
positions.

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions

   community development financial institutions fund program account

    To carry out the Community Development Banking and Financial 
Institutions Act of 1994, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for ES-3, $80,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004, of which $2,000,000 shall be for financial 
assistance, technical assistance, and training programs designed to 
benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native 
communities, up to $11,005,000 may be used for administrative expenses, 
including administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, up to 
$6,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to $250,000 
may be used for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $11,000,000.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials' 
contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $57,117,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

       national and community service programs operating expenses

    Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 107-73, 
the Corporation for National and Community Service shall use such 
amounts of such funds as may be necessary to carry out the orderly 
termination of the programs, activities, and initiatives under the 
National Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 103-82) and the 
Corporation: Provided, That such sums shall be utilized to resolve all 
responsibilities and obligations in connection with said Corporation.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $5,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2004.

                        administrative provision

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term ``qualified 
student loan'' with respect to national service education awards shall 
mean any loan determined by an institution of higher education to be 
necessary to cover a student's cost of attendance at such institution 
and made directly to a student by a State agency, in addition to other 
meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service 
Act.

               U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court 
of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7251-7298, 
$14,326,000 of which $1,045,000 shall be available for the purpose of 
providing financial assistance as described, and in accordance with the 
process and reporting procedures set forth, under this heading in 
Public Law 102-229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance, 
operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' 
and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, including the purchase of two 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, $32,445,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                Department of Health and Human Services

                     National Institutes of Health

          national institute of environmental health sciences

    For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $84,074,000.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

            toxic substances and environmental public health

    For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in 
sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and section 3019 of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $88,688,000, to be derived from 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund pursuant to section 517(a) 
of SARA (26 U.S.C. 9507): Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment under 
section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 
other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 
including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health care 
providers: Provided further, That in performing any such health 
assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator 
of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 
toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during 
fiscal year 2003, and existing profiles may be updated as necessary.

                    Environmental Protection Agency

                         science and technology

    For science and technology, including research and development 
activities, which shall include research and development activities 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory equipment and 
supplies; other operating expenses in support of research and 
development; construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$714,578,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2004: 
Provided, That the Office of Research and Development of the 
Environmental Protection Agency may hereafter contract directly with 
individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, 
without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent 
services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered 
employees for the purposes of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be 
Federal employees for any other purposes.

                 environmental programs and management

    For environmental programs and management, including necessary 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 
5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in 
societies or associations which issue publications to members only or 
at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; 
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed 
$19,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$2,111,677,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2004, 
including administrative costs of the brownfields program under the 
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 
2002: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall certify 
grant amendments for grant numbers C-340461-02 and C-340461-03.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$35,325,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, 
That the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate an audit management plan and the 
personnel requirements which will enhance the expertise and maximize 
the efficiencies of the Office of the Inspector General.

                        buildings and facilities

    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, $42,918,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                     Hazardous Substance Superfund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 
including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 
9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; 
$1,422,888,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of 
$711,444,000, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public 
Law 101-508, and $711,444,000 as a payment from general revenues to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 
517(b) of SARA, as amended: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance 
with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $12,742,000 shall be transferred to 
the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to remain available 
until September 30, 2004, and $86,168,000 shall be transferred to the 
``Science and technology'' appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2004.

                leaking underground storage tank program

    For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage 
tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not 
to exceed $75,000 per project, $72,313,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                           oil spill response

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection 
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$15,581,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to 
remain available until expended.

                   state and tribal assistance grants

    For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including 
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance 
partnership grants, $3,789,185,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $1,300,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (the ``Act''), of which 
$75,000,000 shall only be available for interest free loans as 
authorized by 33 U.S.C. 1383 (d)(1)(A) to municipal, inter-municipal, 
interstate, or State agencies or nonprofit entities for projects that 
provide treatment for or that minimize sewage or stormwater discharges 
using one or more approaches which include, but are not limited to, 
decentralized or distributed stormwater controls, decentralized 
wastewater treatment, low-impact development practices, conservation 
easements, stream buffers, or wetlands restoration; $850,000,000 shall 
be for capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, 
except that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, as amended, none of the funds made available under this heading in 
this Act, or in previous appropriations Acts, shall be reserved by the 
Administrator for health effects studies on drinking water 
contaminants; $75,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, 
planning, design, construction and related activities in connection 
with the construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities 
in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with 
the appropriate border commission; $35,000,000 shall be for grants to 
the State of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; $227,578,000 
shall be for making grants for the construction of drinking water, 
wastewater and storm water infrastructure and for water quality 
protection in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for 
such grants in the report accompanying this Act; $8,225,000 for grants 
for construction of alternative decentralized wastewater facilities 
under the National Decentralized Wastewater Demonstration program, in 
accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the report 
accompanying this legislation; $120,500,000 shall be to carry out 
section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including 
grants, interagency agreements, and associated program support costs; 
and $1,172,882,000 shall be for grants, including associated program 
support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, interstate 
agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement 
and related activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions 
set forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making 
grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter 
monitoring and data collection activities subject to terms and 
conditions specified by the Administrator, of which $50,000,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, and $24,999,900 
shall be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, 
including associated program support costs: Provided, That for fiscal 
year 2003, State authority under section 302(a) of Public Law 104-182 
shall remain in effect: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
603(d)(7) of the Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 
pollution control revolving fund that may be used by a State to 
administer the fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in 
loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2003 and prior years where such 
amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the extent that 
such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, 
accounted for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
eligible purposes of the fund, including administration: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2003, and notwithstanding section 518(f) 
of the Act, the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make 
grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that 
Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2003, notwithstanding the 
limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Act, up to a total of 
1\1/2\ percent of the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds 
under title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Administrator for 
grants under section 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That no 
funds provided by this legislation to address the water, wastewater and 
other critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United 
States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made available to 
a county or municipal government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 
that jurisdiction the development or construction of any additional 
colonia areas, or the development within an existing colonia the 
construction of any new home, business, or other structure which lacks 
water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the referenced statements of the managers under this heading in 
Public Laws 105-276, 106-74, and 106-377 are deemed to be amended by 
striking everything after ``Creek'' in reference to item numbers 27, 
38, and 59, respectively, and inserting, ``and the Upper Ocmulgee River 
Watersheds, Georgia'': Provided further, That the referenced statement 
of the managers under this heading in Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be 
amended by striking the word ``wastewater'' in reference to item number 
205 and inserting the word ``water''.

                       administrative provisions

    For fiscal year 2003, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
carrying out the Agency's function to implement directly Federal 
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of 
an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to 
federally-recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal consortia, if 
authorized by their member Tribes, to assist the Administrator in 
implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian Tribes required 
or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be 
awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements.
    Section 136a-1 of title 7, U.S.C. is amended--
            (1) in subsection (i)(5)(C)(i) by striking ``$17,000,000'' 
        and inserting ``$20,000,000''; and, by striking ``each'' and 
        inserting ``2003'' after ``fiscal year'';
            (2) in subsection (i)(5)(H) by striking ``2002'' and 
        inserting ``2003'';
            (3) in subsection (i)(6) by striking ``2002'' and inserting 
        ``2003''; and
            (4) in subsection (k)(3)(A) by striking ``2002'' and 
        inserting ``2003''; and, by striking ``\1/7\'' and inserting 
        ``\1/10\''.
    None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act shall be used to promulgate a final regulation to implement changes 
in the payment of pesticide tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 
Fed. Reg. 31040, or any similar proposals. The Environmental Protection 
Agency may proceed with the development of such a rule.
    The Environmental Protection Agency may not use any of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to implement the 
Registration Fee system codified at 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
Subpart U (sections 152.400 et seq.) if its authority to collect 
maintenance fees pursuant to FIFRA section 4(i)(5) is extended for at 
least 1 year beyond September 30, 2002.

                   Executive Office of the President

                office of science and technology policy

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 
6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia, $5,750,000.

  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

    For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 
Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan 
No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $3,031,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the 
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $30,848,000, to be derived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the 
Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            disaster relief

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$1,820,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $2,900,000 may be 
transferred to ``Emergency management planning and assistance'' for the 
consolidated emergency management performance grant program; and not to 
exceed $21,577,000 may be transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General for audits and investigations: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for disaster declaration FEMA-1379-DR and 
hereafter, the Texas Medical Center is to be considered for FEMA Public 
Assistance and Hazard Mitigation grants as if it were an eligible 
applicant.

                 national pre-disaster mitigation fund

    For a pre-disaster mitigation grant program pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
5131 et seq., $250,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis subject 
to the criteria in 42 U.S.C. 5133(g): Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5133(f), grant awards shall be made without 
reference to State allocations, quotas, or other formula-based 
allocations of funds.

            disaster assistance direct loan program account

    For direct loans, as authorized by section 319 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program, $557,000.

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire 
and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343; 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of attendance 
of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the 
work of emergency preparedness; transportation in connection with the 
continuity of Government programs to the same extent and in the same 
manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under 10 
U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $250,690,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$11,549,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Inspector General of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
hereafter also serve as the Inspector General of the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board.

              emergency management planning and assistance

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out 
activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 
and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et 
seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 
2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 
1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 
1978, $367,040,000.

                     firefighter assistance grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for programs as 
authorized by section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $450,000,000 to remain 
available through September 30, 2004: Provided, That up to 5 percent of 
this amount shall be transferred to ``Salaries and expenses'' for 
program administration.

                radiological emergency preparedness fund

    The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2003, as 
authorized by Public Law 106-377, shall not be less than 100 percent of 
the amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary for its radiological 
emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal year. The 
methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and 
equitable; and shall reflect costs of providing such services, 
including administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received 
pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting 
collections and will become available for authorized purposes on 
October 1, 2003, and remain available until expended.

                   emergency food and shelter program

    To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant to 
title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $153,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That total administrative costs 
shall not exceed 3\1/2\ percent of the total appropriation.

                      flood map modernization fund

    For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $200,000,000, and such additional sums as 
may be provided by State and local governments or other political 
subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under section 
1360(f)(2), to remain available until expended.

                     national flood insurance fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(``Act'') and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, 
not to exceed $32,393,000 for salaries and expenses associated with 
flood mitigation and flood insurance operations, and not to exceed 
$77,666,000 for flood mitigation, to remain available until September 
30, 2004, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 
of the Act, which amount shall be available for transfer to the 
National Flood Mitigation Fund until September 30, 2004, and which 
amounts shall be derived from offsetting collections assessed and 
collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4014, and shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses under this heading: Provided, That beginning in 
fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, fees authorized in 42 U.S.C. 
4014(a)(1)(B)(iii) shall be collected only if provided in advance in 
appropriations acts. In fiscal year 2003, no funds in excess of: (1) 
$55,000,000 for operating expenses; (2) $529,380,000 for agents' 
commissions and taxes; and (3) $40,000,000 for interest on Treasury 
borrowings shall be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund 
without prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations.
    Section 1309(a)(2) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended, 
is further amended by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2004''.
    Section 1319 of the Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4026), is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 2004''.
    Section 1336(a) of the Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4056), is amended 
by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 2004''.
    Section 1376(c) of the Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 
2004''.

                     national flood mitigation fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Notwithstanding sections 1366(b)(3)(B)-(C) and 1366(f) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, $20,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2004, for activities designed to 
reduce the risk of flood damage to structures pursuant to such Act, of 
which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the National Flood Insurance 
Fund.

                        administrative provision

    FEMA is hereby directed to recognize that a hospital building has 
met the ``immediate occupancy'' requirements of the Seismic Hazard 
Mitigation Program for Hospitals (SHMPH) if such building is approved 
by California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development 
(OSHPD) for occupancy until 2030 or beyond under the Alfred E. Alquist 
Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 now in effect.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated to 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief for the 
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in Public Law 107-117 shall be 
used to provide funds to the City of New York and State of New York for 
costs unreimbursable under the Stafford Act: Provided, That this 
assistance shall not exceed $650,000,000 for the City of New York and 
$330,000,000 for the State of New York.

                    General Services Administration

                federal citizen information center fund

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Consumer Information Center, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,541,000, to be 
deposited into the Federal Consumer Information Center Fund: Provided, 
That the appropriations, revenues, and collections deposited into the 
Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal Consumer 
Information Center activities in the aggregate amount of $18,000,000. 
Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this Fund during 
fiscal year 2003 in excess of $18,000,000 shall remain in the Fund and 
shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized in 
appropriations Acts.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                           human space flight

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of human space flight research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support and services; 
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, 
rehabilitation, revitalization and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, environmental compliance and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities 
including operations, production, and services; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $24,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$6,130,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, of which 
amounts as determined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits; 
training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; information 
technology services; science, engineering, fabricating and testing 
services; and other administrative services may be transferred to 
``Science, aeronautics and technology'' in accordance with section 
312(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by 
Public Law 106-377.

                  science, aeronautics and technology

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of science, aeronautics and technology research and 
development activities, including research, development, operations, 
support and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, environmental compliance and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities 
including operations, production, and services; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $24,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$9,144,500,000 to remain available until September 30, 2004, of which 
amounts as determined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits; 
training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; information 
technology services; science, engineering, fabricating and testing 
services; and other administrative services may be transferred to 
``Human space flight'' in accordance with section 312(b) of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 
106-377.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$24,600,000.

                       administrative provisions

    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', or ``Science, aeronautics and 
technology'' by this appropriations Act, when any activity has been 
initiated by the incurrence of obligations for construction of 
facilities as authorized by law, such amount available for such 
activity shall remain available until expended. This provision does not 
apply to the amounts appropriated for institutional minor 
revitalization and construction of facilities, and institutional 
facility planning and design.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', or ``Science, aeronautics and 
technology'' by this appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for 
construction of facilities shall remain available until September 30, 
2005.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Office of Inspector General'', amounts made 
available by this Act for personnel and related costs and travel 
expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall 
remain available until September 30, 2003 and may be used to enter into 
contracts for training, investigations, costs associated with personnel 
relocation, and for other services, to be provided during the next 
fiscal year. Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall 
remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is 
claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
    No funds in this Act or any other appropriations Act may be used to 
finalize an agreement prior to December 1, 2003 between NASA and a 
nongovernment organization to conduct research utilization and 
commercialization management activities of the International Space 
Station.

                  National Credit Union Administration

                       central liquidity facility

    During fiscal year 2003, gross obligations of the Central Liquidity 
Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans to member credit 
unions, as authorized by 12 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed 
$1,500,000,000: Provided, That administrative expenses of the Central 
Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 2003 shall not exceed $309,000.

               community development revolving loan fund

    For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $1,000,000 shall be 
available: Provided, That of this amount $700,000, together with 
amounts of principal and interest on loans repaid, is available until 
expended for loans to community development credit unions, and $300,000 
is available until September 30, 2004 for technical assistance to low-
income and community development credit unions.

                      National Science Foundation

                    research and related activities

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and the Act 
to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880-1881); 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of 
aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; 
acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $4,150,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $325,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for Polar research and operations support, and for reimbursement to 
other Federal agencies for operational and science support and 
logistical and other related activities for the United States Antarctic 
program; the balance to remain available until September 30, 2004: 
Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and materials 
furnished by the National Research Centers and other National Science 
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited to this 
appropriation: Provided further, That to the extent that the amount 
appropriated is less than the total amount authorized to be 
appropriated for included program activities, all amounts, including 
floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those program 
activities or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.

          major research equipment and facilities construction

    For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities, 
and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, including authorized travel, 
$159,510,000, to remain available until expended.

                     education and human resources

    For necessary expenses in carrying out science and engineering 
education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-
1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized 
travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
$910,580,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, 
That to the extent that the amount of this appropriation is less than 
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program 
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in 
the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities 
shall be reduced proportionally.

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875); 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services; $193,852,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into 
under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 2003 for maintenance and 
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during 
the next fiscal year.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$9,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in 
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $105,000,000, of 
which $10,000,000 shall be for a homeownership program that is used in 
conjunction with section 8 assistance under the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, as amended.

                        Selective Service System

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including 
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed 
personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian employees; purchase of uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$26,480,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the 
President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 
U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to be necessary 
in the interest of national defense: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection 
with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the United 
States.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 402. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended--
            (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee 
        of the United States unless--
                    (A) such certification is accompanied by, or is 
                part of, a voucher or abstract which describes the 
                payee or payees and the items or services for which 
                such expenditure is being made; or
                    (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such 
                certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, 
                is specifically authorized by law; and
            (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the 
        General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from 
        such audit.
    Sec. 403. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency may be obligated or expended for: (1) the transportation of 
any officer or employee of such department or agency between the 
domicile and the place of employment of the officer or employee, with 
the exception of an officer or employee authorized such transportation 
under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905 or (2) to provide a cook, 
chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or employee of 
such department or agency.
    Sec. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for 
payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that do not share 
in the cost of conducting research resulting from proposals not 
specifically solicited by the Government: Provided, That the extent of 
cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest 
of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
    Sec. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used, 
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for 
payment of the salary of a consultant (whether retained by the Federal 
Government or a grantee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate 
paid for level IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically 
authorized by law.
    Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to pay 
the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein 
affects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2056 et seq.).
    Sec. 407. Except as otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an existing law, the 
obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to contracts 
which are: (1) a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of 
all contracts entered into within 24 months prior to the date on which 
the list is made available to the public and of all contracts on which 
performance has not been completed by such date. The list required by 
the preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall include a 
narrative description of the work to be performed under each such 
contract.
    Sec. 408. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of any 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or expended by 
any executive agency, as referred to in the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for 
services unless such executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into 
such contract in full compliance with such Act and the regulations 
promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report prepared pursuant 
to such contract, including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses and 
manuals, and any report prepared by the agency which is substantially 
derived from or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to 
such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the contract 
pursuant to which the report was prepared; and (B) the contractor who 
prepared the report pursuant to such contract.
    Sec. 409. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
made available in this Act should be American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the 
head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.
    Sec. 410. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for indirect costs, 
except as published in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21.
    Sec. 411. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act.
    Sec. 412. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for any program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the 
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that 
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
rights, or unfunded mandates.
    Sec. 413. Except in the case of entities that are funded solely 
with Federal funds or any natural persons that are funded under this 
Act, none of the funds in this Act shall be used for the planning or 
execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise 
compensate, non-Federal parties to lobby or litigate in respect to 
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. A chief executive officer 
of any entity receiving funds under this Act shall certify that none of 
these funds have been used to engage in the lobbying of the Federal 
Government or in litigation against the United States unless authorized 
under existing law.
    Sec. 414. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for normal and 
recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film 
presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
    Sec. 415. All Departments and agencies funded under this Act are 
encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory authorities and 
funding, to expand their use of ``E-Commerce'' technologies and 
procedures in the conduct of their business practices and public 
service activities.
    Sec. 416. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government that is established after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 417. Section 404(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is amended by striking 
``15 percent'' and inserting ``7.5 percent''.
    Sec. 418. (a) The Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

        ``low-speed electric personal assistive mobility devices

    ``Sec. 38. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, low-
speed electric personal assistive mobility devices, other than those 
excluded by 15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(1)(A), are consumer products within the 
meaning of section 3(a)(1) of this Act.
    ``(b) For the purpose of this section, the term `low-speed electric 
personal assistive mobility device' means a self-balancing two 
nontandem wheeled device with an electric propulsion system whose 
maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a 
propulsion system while ridden by an operator who weighs 170 pounds, is 
less than 20 mph: Provided, however, That this term shall exclude 
devices that are subject to jurisdiction of the Food and Drug 
Administration pursuant to section 321 (h) of title 21, United States 
Code.
    ``(c) To further protect the safety of consumers who ride low-speed 
electric personal assistive mobility devices, the Commission may 
promulgate new or amended requirements applicable to such devices as 
necessary and appropriate.''.
    (b) The table of contents in section 1 of such Act is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 38. Low-speed electric personal assistive mobility devices.''.
    Sec. 419. The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 2451, et seq.), is amended by adding at the end of 
title III the following new section 314:

                         ``working capital fund

    ``Sec. 314. There is hereby established in the United States 
Treasury a National Aeronautics and Space Administration working 
capital fund. Amounts in the fund are available for financing 
activities, services, equipment, information, and facilities as 
authorized by law to be provided within the Administration; to other 
agencies or instrumentalities of the United States; to any State, 
Territory, or possession or political subdivision thereof; to other 
public or private agencies; or to any person, firm, association, 
corporation, or educational institution on a reimbursable basis. The 
fund shall also be available for the purpose of funding capital 
repairs, renovations, rehabilitation, sustainment, demolition, or 
replacement of NASA real property, on a reimbursable basis within the 
Administration. Amounts in the fund are available without regard to 
fiscal year limitation. The capital of the fund consists of amounts 
appropriated to the fund; the reasonable value of stocks of supplies, 
equipment, and other assets and inventories on order that the 
Administrator transfers to the fund, less the related liabilities and 
unpaid obligations; amounts received from the sale of exchange of 
property; and payments received for loss or damage to property of the 
fund. The fund shall be reimbursed, in advance, for supplies and 
services at rates that will approximate the expenses of operation, such 
as the accrual of annual leave, depreciation of plant, property and 
equipment, and overhead.''.
    Sec. 420. The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 2451, et seq.), is amended by adding at the end of 
title III a new section 315 as follows:

                 ``enhanced-use lease of real property

    ``Sec. 315. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Administration may enter into a lease under this section with 
any person or entity (including another department or agency of the 
Federal Government or an entity of a State or local government) with 
regard to any real property under the jurisdiction of the 
Administration.
    ``(b) Consideration.--
            ``(1) A person or entity entering into a lease under this 
        section shall provide consideration for the lease at fair 
        market value as determined by the Administrator, except that in 
        the case of a lease to another department or agency of the 
        Federal Government, that department or agency shall provide 
        consideration for the lease equal to the full costs of the 
        Administration in connection with the lease.
            ``(2) Consideration under this subsection may take one or a 
        combination of the following forms:
                    ``(A) The payment of cash.
                    ``(B) The maintenance, construction, modification, 
                or improvement of facilities on real property under the 
                jurisdiction of the Administration.
                    ``(C) The provision of services to the 
                Administration, including launch services and payload 
                processing services.
                    ``(D) Use by the Administration of facilities on 
                the property.
            ``(3)(A) The Administrator may utilize amounts of cash 
        consideration received under this subsection for a lease 
        entered into under this section to cover the full costs of the 
        Administration in connection with the lease. These funds shall 
        remain available to the Administration until expended.
            ``(B) Any amounts of cash consideration received under this 
        subsection that are not utilized in accordance with 
        subparagraph (A) shall be deposited in a capital asset account 
        to be established by the Administrator, shall be available for 
        maintenance, capital revitalization, and improvements of the 
        real property assets of the Administration, and shall remain 
        available to the Administration until expended.
    ``(c) Lease Term.--The term of any lease entered into under this 
section shall not exceed 75 years.
    ``(d) Scoring.--For the sole purpose of scoring leaseback 
agreements for purposes of the Federal budget, if the non-Federal 
entity shall exercise management control of the business of the public-
private entity and holds a majority interest in ownership in the 
public-private venture, then the project shall not be considered to be 
constructed on Government-owned land for the purposes of the 
application of scoring rules.
    ``(e) Authority for Disposition of Leased Property.--If, during the 
term of a lease entered into under this section, or within 90 days 
after the end of the term of the lease, the Administrator determines 
that the leased property is no longer needed by the Administration, the 
Administrator may initiate action for the transfer to the lessee of all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in the property by:
            ``(1) requesting the Administrator of the General Services 
        Administration to dispose of the property for such 
        consideration as the NASA Administrator and the Administrator 
        of General Services jointly determine is in the best interests 
        of the United States and upon such other terms and conditions 
        as the Administrators consider appropriate; or
            ``(2) taking such other disposal action authorized by 
        statute for the transfer of property under the jurisdiction of 
        the Administration.
    ``(f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Administrator may 
require such terms and conditions in connection with a lease under this 
section as the Administrator considers appropriate to protect the 
interests of the United States.
    ``(g) Relationship to Other Lease Authority.--The authority under 
this section to lease property of the Administration is in addition to 
any other authority to lease property of the Administration under 
law.''.
    Sec. 421. The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 2451, et seq.), is amended by adding at the end of 
title III a new section 316 as follows:

                    ``conveyance of utility systems

    ``Sec. 316. (a) Conveyance Authority.--The Administrator may convey 
a utility system or part of a utility system under the jurisdiction of 
the Administrator to a municipal, private, regional, district, or 
cooperative utility company or other qualified entity. The conveyance 
may consist of all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
the utility system or such lesser estate as the Administrator considers 
appropriate to serve the interests of the United States.
    ``(b) Selection of Conveyee.--The Administrator shall carry out the 
conveyance through the use of competitive procedures if more than one 
of the entities and utilities referred to in subsection (a)--
            ``(1) are eligible to operate and maintain the conveyed 
        utility system under applicable law regulating utilities; and
            ``(2) notify the Administrator of an interest in the 
        conveyance under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Consideration.--The Administrator shall require as 
consideration for a conveyance under subsection (a) an amount equal to 
the fair market value (as determined by the Administrator) of the 
right, title, or interest of the United States conveyed. The 
consideration may take the form of--
            ``(1) a lump-sum payment; or
            ``(2) a reduction in charges for utility services provided 
        by the utility or entity concerned to the facility at which the 
        utility system is located for a period of time that is 
        sufficient to amortize the value of the utility system 
        (including any real property or interest in real property) 
        conveyed.
    ``(d) Treatment of Payments.--Subject to appropriations, a lump-sum 
payment received under subsection (c) shall be merged with and made 
available for the same purposes as amounts available for construction 
of facilities in the `Human space flight' and the `Science, 
aeronautics, and technology' accounts.
    ``(e) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Administrator may 
require such additional terms and conditions in connection with a 
conveyance under subsection (a) as the Administrator considers 
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
    ``(f) Utility System Defined.--In this section, the term `utility 
system' means any of the following:
            ``(1) A system for the generation or distribution of 
        electric power.
            (2) A system for the treatment or supply of water.
            (3) A system for the collection or treatment of wastewater.
            (4) A system for the generation or supply of steam, hot 
        water, or chilled water.
            (5) A system for the supply of natural gas.
            (6) A system for the transmission of telecommunications.
            (7) Any other utility system that the Administrator 
        considers to be appropriate.''.
    Sec. 422. Section 432 of Public Law 104-204 is amended in 
subsection (j) by striking ``September 30, 2002,'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``September 30, 2005.''.
    Sec. 423. Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5196c, amounts provided in 
Public Law 107-117 and subsequent appropriations Acts for the 
construction of emergency operations centers (or similar facilities) 
shall only require a 25 percent non-Federal cost share.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2003''.


                                                       Calendar No. 460

107th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5605

                          [Report No. 107-740]

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                                 A BILL

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
  boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

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                            October 10, 2002

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003

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