SUMMARY AS OF:
10/7/1999--Introduced.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Title I: Department of Labor
- Title II: Department of Health and Human Services
- Title III: Department of Education
- Title IV: Related Agencies
- Title V: General Provisions
- Title VI: Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Interventions for Newborns and
Infants With Hearing Loss
- Title VII: Child Protection Act of 1999
- Title VIII: Inflation Adjustments to Mandatory Jurisdiction Thresholds of
National Labor Relations Board
- Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions
- Title X: Disaster Relief for Farmers
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 - Makes appropriations for FY 2000 for the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related
agencies.
Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act,
2000 - Makes appropriations for FY 2000 to the Department of Labor for: (1)
training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older
Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State
unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the
Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) employment and training
program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration and
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (8) the Employment Standards
Administration; (9) certain special benefits; (10) the Black Lung Disability
Trust Fund; (11) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (12) the
Mine Safety and Health Administration; (13) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (14)
departmental management; (15) the Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment
and Training; and (16) the Office of Inspector General.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under
this title.
Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of
Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2000 - Makes appropriations for FY
2000 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health
Resources and Services Administration; (2) the Medical Facilities Guarantee and
Loan Fund for Federal interest subsidies for medical facilities; (3) health
education assistance loans; (4) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust
Fund; (5) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (6) the National
Institutes of Health, including amounts for the John E. Fogarty International
Center, the National Library of Medicine, the Office of the Director, and
buildings and facilities; (7) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration; (8) the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; (9) the
Health Care Financing Administration for grants to States for Medicaid, payments
to health care trust funds, program management, and the Health Maintenance
Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (10) the Administration for Children
and Families for family support payments to States; (11) low income home energy
assistance; (12) refugee and entrant assistance; (13) the social services block
grant; (14) children and families services programs; (15) family preservation
and support pursuant to a specified provision of the Social Security Act; (16)
payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (17) the
Administration on Aging; (18) the Office of the Secretary for general
departmental management; (19) the Office of Inspector General; (20) the Office
for Civil Rights; (21) policy research; (22) retirement pay and medical benefits
for Public Health Service commissioned officers; and (23) activities related to
countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian
populations.
Rescinds FY 2000 funds for a sample study of child welfare.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under
this title.
(Sec. 208) Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act from being made available
under title X (population research and voluntary family planning) of the Public
Health Service Act unless the award applicant certifies to the Secretary of HHS
that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family
planning services and provides counseling to minors on resisting attempts to
coerce them into engaging in sexual activities.
(Sec. 210) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to carry out
the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary of HHS denies participation in such
program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored
Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide,
pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions.
(Sec. 211) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require State allotments
under block grants for: (1) community health services for FY 2000 to be at least
the amount the State received for FY 1998; and (2) substance abuse prevention
and treatment for FY 2000 to be equal to allotments for FY 1999.
Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 2000 - Makes appropriations for FY 2000 to the Department of
Education for: (1) education reform; (2) education for the disadvantaged; (3)
impact aid; (4) school improvement activities; (5) reading excellence; (6)
Indian education; (7) bilingual and immigrant education; (8) special education;
(9) rehabilitation services and disability research; (10) special institutions
for persons with disabilities, including the American Printing House for the
Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration
Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet
University; (11) vocational and adult education; (12) student financial
assistance; (13) the Federal Family Education Loan program account; (14) higher
education; (15) Howard University; (16) the college housing and academic
facilities loans program; (17) the historically Black college and university
capital financing program account; (18) education research, statistics, and
improvement; (19) departmental management; (20) the Office for Civil Rights; and
(21) the Office of the Inspector General.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under
this title.
(Sec. 301) Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act from being used to: (1)
transport teachers or students in order to overcome racial imbalance in any
school or to carry out a racial desegregation plan; or (2) prevent the
implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in public schools.
(Sec. 306) Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to
reduce to 35 percent the Federal share available for Even Start family literacy
programs in any year after the eighth year of receiving assistance. Removes a
provision which limits the receipt of such assistance to a period of eight
years.
Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2000 to the:
(1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community
Service; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6)
Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9)
National Council on Disability; (10) National Education Goals Panel; (11)
National Labor Relations Board; (12) National Mediation Board; (13) Occupational
Safety and Health Review Commission; (14) Railroad Retirement Board for the dual
benefits payments account, Federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts,
administration, and the Office of Inspector General; (15) Social Security
Administration for payments to the social security trust funds, special benefits
for disabled coal miners, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program,
administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General; and (16) U.S.
Institute of Peace.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under
this title.
Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized uses of, and
limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act.
(Sec. 505) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for
programs to distribute sterile needles or syringes for the injection of illegal
drugs.
(Sec. 506) Sets forth Buy American requirements.
(Sec. 508) Prohibits funds appropriated under this Act from being expended
for abortions or for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of
abortion, except in cases where the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest or
where a woman suffers from a physical condition that would, as certified by a
physician, place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
(Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for: (1) the
creation of a human embryo for research purposes; or (2) research in which a
human embryo is destroyed or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death
greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under Federal
regulations and the Public Health Service Act.
(Sec. 511) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for
activities to promote the legalization of a controlled substance unless there is
significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such
substance or that federally-sponsored trials are being conducted to determine
such advantage.
(Sec. 514) Bars the use of funds made available in this Act to promulgate a
final standard under the Social Security Act providing for a unique health
identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer
or health care provider) until legislation is enacted specifically approving the
standard.
Title VI: Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Interventions For Newborns and
Infants With Hearing Loss - Mandates grants or cooperative agreements to:
(1) develop statewide newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation, and
intervention programs and systems; and (2) provide technical assistance to State
agencies to complement an intramural program and to conduct applied research
related to newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation, and intervention
programs and systems. Requires the National Institutes of Health to continue a
program of research and development on the efficacy of new screening techniques
and technology. Mandates Federal coordination and collaboration with State and
local agencies, consumer groups, national medical, health, and education
specialty organizations, deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals and their families,
qualified professional personnel, and related commercial industries. Authorizes
appropriations.
Title VII: Child Protection Act of 1999 - Child Protection Act of 1999
- Requires any elementary or secondary school or public library that has
received Federal funds for the acquisition or operation of any computer that is
accessible to minors and that has access to the Internet to: (1) install
software on that computer adequately designed to prevent minors from obtaining
access to any obscene information or child pornography; and (2) ensure that such
software is operational whenever that computer is used by minors.
Allows temporary interruption of software operation to permit a minor, under
the direct supervision of an adult designated by the school or library, to have
access to information that is not obscene, is not child pornography, or is
otherwise unprotected by the Constitution.
Requires determinations of adequate design to be made by an agency or
official designated by the chief executive officer of the State.
Authorizes Federal agency heads to respond to violations of this Act by
seeking remedies, in the same manner as under the General Education Provisions
Act, including withholding of further payments, issuing a complaint to compel
compliance through a cease and desist order, or entering into a compliance
agreement with the recipient of funds. Prohibits seeking recovery of funds from
the recipient.
Title VIII: Inflation Adjustments to Mandatory Jurisdiction Thresholds of
National Labor Relations Board - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to
provide for inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds of
the National Labor Relations Board.
Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code
to require earned income credit refunds to be paid in 12 substantially equal
installments. Makes such requirement inapplicable to refunds under $600.
Terminates provisions regarding advanced payment of earned income credit
after September 30, 1999. Makes such termination inapplicable to earned income
eligibility certificates in effect on such date and to renewals of such
certificates which are so in effect.
Applies the preceding amendments to taxable years beginning after December
31, 1998.
(Sec. 902) Directs the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of the
impact on earned income tax credit recipients with respect to a disbursement
over 12 months versus the current one-time, lump-sum payment.
Title X: Disaster Relief for Farmers - Makes a specified amount of
Commodity Credit Corporation funds available to the Secretary of Agriculture to
provide assistance to producers for crop and livestock losses incurred as a
result of the hurricanes and flooding that struck the eastern United States in
August and September 1999.