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H.R.4577

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Print)

[Struck out->] `SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS` [<-Struck out]

 For carrying out school improvement activities 
  authorized by titles IV, V-A and B, VI, IX, X, and XIII of the Elementary and 
  Secondary Education Act of 1965 (`ESEA' ); the Stewart B. McKinney 
  Homeless Assistance Act; the Civil Rights Act of 1964; and part B of title 
  VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $3,165,334,000, of which 
  $1,073,500,000 shall become available on July 1, 2001, and remain available 
  through September 30, 2002, and of which $1,515,000,000 shall become available 
  on October 1, 2001 and shall remain available through September 30, 2002 for 
  academic year 2001-2002: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, 
  $1,750,000,000 shall be for the Teacher Empowerment Act, if such legislation 
  is enacted.

[Struck out->] `READING EXCELLENCE` [<-Struck out]

 For necessary expenses to carry out the Reading 
  Excellence Act, $65,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2001 and 
  shall remain available through September 30, 2002 and $195,000,000 which shall 
  become available on October 1, 2001 and remain available through September 30, 
  2002.

[Struck out->] `INDIAN EDUCATION` [<-Struck out]

 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 
  not otherwise provided, title IX, part A of the Elementary and Secondary 
  Education Act of 1965, as amended, $107,765,000.

[Struck out->]`BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION`[<-Struck out]

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise 
  provided, bilingual, foreign language and immigrant education activities 
  authorized by parts A and C and section 7203 of title VII of the Elementary 
  and Secondary Education Act of 1965, without regard to section 7103(b), 
  $406,000,000: Provided, That State educational agencies may use all, 
  or any part of, their part C allocation for competitive grants to local 
  educational agencies.

[Struck out->] `SPECIAL EDUCATION` [<-Struck out]

 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
  Education Act, $6,550,161,000, of which $2,557,885,000 shall become available 
  for obligation on July 1, 2001, and shall remain available through September 
  30, 2002, and of which $3,742,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 
  2001 and shall remain available through September 30, 2002, for academic year 
  2001-2002: Provided, That $9,500,000 shall be for Recording for the 
  Blind and Dyslexic to support the development, production, and circulation of 
  recorded educational materials.

[Struck out->]`REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH`[<-Struck out]

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise 
  provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 
  1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $2,776,803,000: 
  Provided, That notwithstanding section 105(b)(1) of the Assistive 
  Technology Act of 1998 (`the AT Act'), each State shall be provided $50,000 
  for activities under section 102 of the AT Act.

[Struck out->]`Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities`[<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]`AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND`[<-Struck out]

 For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as 
  amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $11,000,000.

[Struck out->]`NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF`[<-Struck out]

 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
  under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 
  et seq.), $54,000,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be for construction and shall 
  remain available until expended: Provided, That from the total amount 
  available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment 
  program as authorized under section 207.

[Struck out->] `GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY` [<-Struck out]

 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
  the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet 
  University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 
  U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $89,400,000: Provided, That from the total 
  amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the 
  endowment program as authorized under section 207.

[Struck out->] `VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION` [<-Struck out]

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise 
  provided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act and the 
  Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, $1,718,600,000, of which $1,000,000 
  shall remain available until expended, and of which $923,000,000 shall become 
  available on July 1, 2001 and shall remain available through September 30, 
  2002 and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2001 and 
  shall remain available through September 30, 2002: Provided, That of 
  the amounts made available for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
  Education Act, $4,600,000 shall be for tribally controlled vocational 
  institutions under section 117: Provided further, That of the amount 
  provided for Adult Education State Grants, $25,500,000 shall be made available 
  for integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants 
  and other limited English proficient populations: Provided further, 
  That of the amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics 
  education, half shall be allocated to the States with the largest absolute 
  need for such services and half shall be allocated to the States with the 
  largest recent growth in need for such services, based on the best available 
  data, notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy 
  Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the 
  Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, $14,000,000 shall be for national 
  leadership activities under section 243 and $6,500,000 shall be for the 
  National Institute for Literacy under section 242.

[Struck out->] `STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE` [<-Struck out]

 For carrying out subparts 1 and 3 of part A, part 
  C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
  $10,198,000,000 (reduced by $48,000,000), which shall remain available through 
  September 30, 2002.

 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
  be eligible during award year 2001-2002 shall be $3,500: Provided, 
  That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act, if the Secretary determines, 
  prior to publication of the payment schedule for such award year, that the 
  amount included within this appropriation for Pell Grant awards in such award 
  year, and any funds available from the fiscal year 2000 appropriation for Pell 
  Grant awards, are insufficient to satisfy fully all such awards for which 
  students are eligible, as calculated under section 401(b) of the Act, the 
  amount paid for each such award shall be reduced by either a fixed or variable 
  percentage, or by a fixed dollar amount, as determined in accordance with a 
  schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for this purpose.

[Struck out->]`FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT`[<-Struck out]

 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out 
  guaranteed student loans authorized by title IV, part B, of the Higher 
  Education Act of 1965, as amended, $48,000,000.

[Struck out->] `HIGHER EDUCATION` [<-Struck out]

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise 
  provided, section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the 
  Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Mutual Educational and 
  Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, $1,688,081,000, of which $10,000,000 for 
  interest subsidies authorized by section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 
  1965, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
  $10,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2002, shall be 
  available to fund fellowships for academic year 2002-2003 under part A, 
  subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A, 
  subpart 1: Provided further, That $3,000,000 is for data collection 
  and evaluation activities for programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
  including such activities needed to comply with the Government Performance and 
  Results Act of 1993.

[Struck out->] `HOWARD UNIVERSITY` [<-Struck out]

 For partial support of Howard University (20 
  U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $226,474,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be 
  for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act 
  (Public Law 98-480) and shall remain available until expended.

[Struck out->]`COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM`[<-Struck out]

 For Federal administrative expenses authorized 
  under section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $737,000 to carry out 
  activities related to existing facility loans entered into under the Higher 
  Education Act of 1965.

[Struck out->]`HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT`[<-Struck out]

 The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to 
  section 344 of title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall not 
  exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
  Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not exceed zero.

 For administrative expenses to carry out the 
  Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered 
  into pursuant to title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
  amended, $207,000.

[Struck out->]`EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT`[<-Struck out]

 For carrying out activities authorized by the 
  Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994, 
  including part E; the National Education Statistics Act of 1994, including 
  sections 411 and 412; section 2102 of title II, and parts A, B, and K and 
  sections 10105 and 10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII of the 
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI of 
  Public Law 103-227, $494,367,000: Provided, That $50,000,000 shall be 
  available to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform, 
  to be allocated and expended in accordance with the instructions relating to 
  this activity in the statement of managers on the conference report 
  accompanying Public Law 105-78 and in the statement of the managers on the 
  conference report accompanying Public Law 105-277: Provided further, 
  That the funds made available for comprehensive school reform shall become 
  available on July 1, 2001, and remain available through September 30, 2002, 
  and in carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall 
  support only approaches that show the most promise of enabling children to 
  meet challenging State content standards and challenging State student 
  performance standards based on reliable research and effective practices, and 
  include an emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement: Provided 
  further, That $30,000,000 of the funds provided for the national 
  education research institutes shall be allocated notwithstanding section 
  912(m)(1)(B-F) and subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 931(c)(2) of Public 
  Law 103-227: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall be available to 
  support activities under section 10105 of part A of title X of the Elementary 
  and Secondary Education Act of 1965, of which up to $2,250,000 may be 
  available for evaluation, technical assistance, and school networking 
  activities: Provided further, That funds made available to local 
  educational agencies under this section shall be used only for activities 
  related to establishing smaller learning communities in high schools: 
  Provided further, That funds made available for section 10105 of part 
  A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall 
  become available on July 1, 2001, and remain available through September 30, 
  2002.

[Struck out->] `Departmental Management` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION` [<-Struck out]

 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise 
  provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of 
  conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of two passenger motor 
  vehicles, $382,934,000.

[Struck out->] `OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS` [<-Struck out]

 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
  Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education 
  Organization Act, $71,200,000.

[Struck out->] `OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL` [<-Struck out]

 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
  General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education 
  Organization Act, $34,000,000.

[Struck out->] `GENERAL PROVISIONS` [<-Struck out]

 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
  used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of 
  equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in 
  any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers 
  (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry 
  out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system.

 SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act 
  shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any 
  student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, 
  except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such 
  special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 
  1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of 
  transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry 
  out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the 
  pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade 
  restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this 
  section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.

 SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may 
  be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and 
  meditation in the public schools.

 SEC. 304. (a) INTERNET FILTERING- No funds made 
  available under title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
  1965 to a local educational agency or elementary or secondary school may be 
  used to purchase computers used to access the Internet, or to pay for direct 
  costs associated with accessing the Internet, unless such agency or school has 
  in place, on computers that are accessible to minors, and during use by such 
  minors, technology which filters or blocks--

 (1) material that is obscene;

(2) child pornography; and

 (3) material harmful to minors.

 (b) DISABLING DURING ADULT USE- An administrator, 
  supervisor, or other authority may disable the technology described in 
  subsection (a) during use by an adult, to enable unfiltered access for bona 
  fide research or other lawful purposes.

 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION- Nothing in this section 
  shall be construed to prohibit a local educational agency or elementary or 
  secondary school from filtering or blocking materials other than those 
  referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a).

(d) DEFINITIONS-

 (1) MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS- The term 
    `material harmful to minors' has the meaning given such term in section 
    231(e)(6) of the Communications Act of 1934.

 (2) CHILD PORNOGRAPHY- The term `child 
    pornography' has the meaning given such term in section 2256(8) of title 18, 
    United States Code.

 (3) MINOR- The term `minor' has the meaning 
    given such term in section 2256(1) of title 18, United States Code.

 (e) SEVERABILITY- If any provision of this section 
  is held invalid, the remainder of such section and this Act shall not be 
  affected thereby.

 SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this 
  Act may be used to carry out any activities related to any federally sponsored 
  national test in reading, mathematics, or any other subject that is not 
  specifically and explicitly provided for in authorizing legislation enacted 
  into law, except that such limitation shall not apply to the Third 
  International Mathematics and Science Study or other international comparative 
  assessments developed under the authority of section 404(a)(6) of the National 
  Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9003(a)(6) et seq.) and 
  administered to only a representative sample of pupils in the United States 
  and in foreign nations.

 This title may be cited as the `Department of 
  Education Appropriations Act, 2001'.

[Struck out->] `TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME` [<-Struck out]

 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces 
  Retirement Home to operate and maintain the United States Soldiers' and 
  Airmen's Home and the United States Naval Home, to be paid from funds 
  available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $69,832,000, of 
  which $9,832,000 shall remain available until expended for construction and 
  renovation of the physical plants at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's 
  Home and the United States Naval Home: Provided, That, 
  notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single contract or related 
  contracts for development and construction, to include construction of a 
  long-term care facility at the United States Naval Home, may be employed which 
  collectively include the full scope of the project: Provided further, 
  That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause `availability of 
  funds' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18 and 252.232-7007, Limitation of Government 
  Obligations.

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H.R.4577

[Struck out->] SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] READING EXCELLENCE [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] INDIAN EDUCATION [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] SPECIAL EDUCATION [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] HIGHER EDUCATION [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] HOWARD UNIVERSITY [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] Departmental Management [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] GENERAL PROVISIONS [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `READING EXCELLENCE` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `INDIAN EDUCATION` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]`BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION`[<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `SPECIAL EDUCATION` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]`REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH`[<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]`Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities`[<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]`AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND`[<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]`NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF`[<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]`FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT`[<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `HIGHER EDUCATION` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `HOWARD UNIVERSITY` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]`COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM`[<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]`HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT`[<-Struck out]

[Struck out->]`EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT`[<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `Departmental Management` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `GENERAL PROVISIONS` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES` [<-Struck out]

[Struck out->] `ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME` [<-Struck out]