SUMMARY AS OF:
12/14/2000--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: Assets for Independence
- Title VII: Physical Education for Progress Act
- Title VIII: Early Learning Opportunities
- Title IX: Rural Education Achievement Program
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related
agencies.
Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2001 -
Makes appropriations for FY 2001 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) veterans employment and training; and (16) the
Office of Inspector General.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under
this title.
(Sec. 103) Amends part A (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) (TANF) of
title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require entities receiving
welfare-to-work grant funds to remit to the Secretary of Labor any funds not
expended within five (currently, three) years after the date such funds are
provided; and (2) eliminate set-aside welfare-to-work grants for successful
performance States.
(Sec. 104) Prohibits the use of funds provided in any Act making
appropriations for FY 2001 to implement regulations regarding temporary alien
labor certification applications and petitions for admission of nonimmigrant
workers or any similar or successor rule with an effective date prior to October
1, 2001.
(Sec. 106) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make funds available
from the H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account for decreasing processing time for
permanent labor certification applications.
Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and
Human Services Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 to
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources
and Services Administration; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention; (5) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including
amounts for the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of
Medicine, the Office of the Director, and buildings and facilities; (6) the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (7) the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality; (8) the Health Care Financing Administration
for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and
program management; (9) the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan
Guarantee Fund; (10) the Administration for Children and Families for child
support enforcement and family support programs; (11) low income home energy
assistance; (12) refugee and entrant assistance; (13) the child care and
development block grant; (14) the social services block grant; (15) children and
families services programs; (16) promoting safe and stable families pursuant to
a specified provision of the Social Security Act; (17) payments to States for
foster care and adoption assistance; (18) the Administration on Aging; (19) the
Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (20) the Office of
Inspector General; (21) the Office for Civil Rights; (22) policy research; (23)
retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned
officers; and (24) the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.
Rescinds FY 2001 funds for a sample study of child welfare.
Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under
this title.
(Sec. 209) 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. 212) Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 to extend through FY 2001 the authorization of
admission into the United States of a specified number of refugees from the
independent states of the former Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
based on religious persecution owing to participation in the Ukrainian Catholic
or Orthodox churches.
Makes September 30, 2001, the latest allowable entry date for specified
aliens from the former Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Vietnam, Laos,
and Cambodia for purposes of qualifying for adjustment of status.
(Sec. 213) Prohibits the use of funds provided in any Act making FY 2001
appropriations for the implementation in Arizona or in Kansas City, Missouri or
Kansas, of the Medicare Competitive Pricing Demonstration Project operated by
the Secretary of HHS.
(Sec. 214) Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being used to
withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to Public Health Service
Act provisions for withholding funds from States that are not in compliance with
specified requirements prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to minors if a
State certifies to the Secretary of HHS by March 1, 2001, that it will commit
additional State funds to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting such
sales. Requires States to maintain expenditures in FY 2001 for tobacco
prevention programs and compliance activities at a level not less than that
maintained for FY 2000 and adding to that level the additional funds for such
compliance activities required by this section. Bars the use of funds
appropriated by this Act to withhold such substance abuse funding from a
territory that receives less than $1 million.
(Sec. 216) Prohibits funds appropriated under this Act from being expended by
NIH on a contract for the care of the 288 chimpanzees acquired by NIH from the
Coulston Foundation unless the contractor is accredited by the Association for
the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International or has
a Public Health Service assurance and has not been charged multiple times with
egregious violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
(Sec. 218) Extends the authority for Federal agencies to offer physicians
comparability allowances until September 30, 2005 (currently, September 30,
2000).
(Sec. 219) Amends the Public Health Service Act to add to the list of
requirements to be met by qualified organ procurement organizations that an
organization has been certified or recertified by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services within the previous four-year period as meeting performance
standards. Requires certification or recertification to be made through a
process that either granted certification or recertification with such
certification or recertification in effect as of January 1, 2000, and remaining
in effect through the earlier of January 1, 2002, or the completion of
recertification under regulations promulgated by the Secretary, or that is
defined through regulations promulgated by January 1, 2002, that: (1) require
recertifications of such organizations no more frequently than once every four
years; (2) rely on outcome and process performance measures that are based on
empirical evidence of organ donor potential and other related factors in each
service area of such organizations; (3) use multiple outcome measures as part of
the certification process; and (4) provide for a qualified organization to
appeal a decertification to the Secretary on substantive and procedural grounds.
(Sec. 220) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to use certain authorities under
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 and enter into reimbursable
agreements with the Department of State in order for the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention to carry out international HIV/AIDS, other infectious,
chronic, and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during FY
2001.
(Sec. 225) Names the National Neuroscience Research Center to be constructed
on the NIH Bethesda campus the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center.
Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations
Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 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) Sets forth general provisions, including prohibitions on use of
funds for: (1) transportation to carry out racial desegregation plans, (2)
requiring transporting of students for grade restructuring, school pairing, or
school clustering, except for special education students and magnet schools; (3)
preventing implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in
public schools; and (4) transfers of funds beyond specified limits.
(Sec. 305) Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate specified aspects of
the allocation of funds for programs to help disadvantaged schoolchildren, under
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) title I part A.
(Sec. 306) Requires that specified funds for ESEA title VI programs for
promoting equity be allocated through States to local educational agencies
(LEAs) for programs to reduce class size with fully qualified teachers.
(Sec. 307) Amends the National Educational Statistics Act of 1994 with
respect to membership of the National Assessment Governing Board.
(Sec. 308) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise student
loan program provisions with respect to: (1) restoration of institutional
eligibility to participate; and (2) compensation of auditors and examiners.
(Sec. 310) Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act
of 1998 to authorize appropriations in necessary amounts through FY 2003 for
tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions.
(Sec. 311) Provides for perfection of security interests in specified student
loans under HEA.
(Sec. 312) Revises deadlines for institutions to lower student loan default
rates.
(Sec. 313) Directs the Secretary of Education to transfer a specified amount
from the Fund for the Improvement of Education to the Secretary of the Interior
for an award to the National Constitution Center for certain construction
activities.
(Sec. 314) Revises ESEA with respect to certain character education and
programs.
(Sec. 315) Directs the Secretary of Education to review the nursing program
operated by Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, with discretion to waive
certain HEA requirements.
(Sec. 316) Revises authorized activities for which States may use incentive
grants under the special leveraging educational assistance partnership program
under HEA. Prohibits use of such grant funds for administrative costs.
(Sec. 317) Allows grant recipients for student support services projects
under HEA to use such funds to provide grant aid to students.
(Sec. 318) Revises HEA provisions relating to the availability of variable
rates of interest under student loan programs.
(Sec. 319) Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 to designate
certain scholarships for Olympic trainees as B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships.
(Sec. 320) Directs the Secretary of Education to release without
consideration the reversionary interests retained by the United States as part
of the conveyance of certain real property in Marin County, California.
(Sec. 321) Directs the Secretary of Education to allocate specified funds for
school repair and renovation and technology activities under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act to certain entities for specified purposes with
certain criteria and conditions.
(Sec. 322) Establishes and authorizes appropriations for a new ESEA program
under which the Secretary of Education is to make at least three demonstration
grants for innovative methods of assisting charter school facility acquisition,
construction, and renovation by enhancing the availability of loans or bond
financing.
(Sec. 323) Revises certain formulas under ESEA impact aid programs with
respect to: (1) numbers of eligible federally connected children for whom LEAs
may receive payments; and (2) determination of average tax rates for general
fund purposes for LEAs.
Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 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)
Office of 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. 515) Amends the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act to
apply a certain schedule for the delivery of SSI supplementation payments to
months after September 2001 (currently, 2009).
(Sec. 516) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of
Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements with States and other
entities to conduct sentinel surveillance or other special studies to determine
the prevalence in various age groups and populations of specific types of human
papillomavirus (HPV) in different sites in various U.S. regions through
collection of special specimens for HPV using a variety of laboratory-based
testing and diagnostic tools; and (2) develop and analyze data from the HPV
sentinel surveillance system.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Centers, to conduct prevention
research on HPV.
Directs the Secretary to prepare and distribute educational materials that
include information on HPV.
Requires the Secretary to reexamine existing condom labels authorized
pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to determine whether the
labels are medically accurate regarding their effectiveness in preventing
sexually transmitted diseases.
(Sec. 517) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to remove the
warning label requirement for foods containing saccharin.
Amends the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act to repeal requirements for
statements on vending machines regarding saccharin health risks and for the
distribution of information on saccharin.
(Sec. 518) Amends title VIII (Special Benefits for Certain World War II
Veterans) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Commissioner of Social
Security to enter into an agreement with any State that provides cash payments
on a regular basis to individuals entitled to benefits under such title under
which the Commissioner makes such payments on behalf of the State.
(Sec. 520) Reduces amounts made available under this Act for departmental
management for the Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education on a pro rata basis.
Title VI: Assets for Independence - Assets for Independence Act Amendments of
2000 - Amends the Assets for Independence Act (AIA) (which is title IV of the
Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and Educational Services
Act of 1998) to revise various provisions relating to program administration and
flexibility in the AIA demonstration program (which is to determine the effects
that certain savings accounts called individual development accounts (IDAs) can
have on low-income individuals and their families).
Excludes funds attributable to matching contributions by qualified entities
from IDA emergency withdrawals.
Includes among eligible grantees low-income credit unions and community
development financial institutions.
Revises requirements for withdrawals from IDA accounts for the purchase of a
home.
Increases the amount of funds set aside for economic literacy training and
administrative costs.
Includes a Federal poverty measure among alternative eligibility criteria.
Declares that funds in an IDA shall be disregarded entirely for purposes of
determining eligibility for Federal programs based on need.
Title VII: Physical Education for Progress Act - Physical Education for
Progress Act - Amends title X (Programs of National Significance) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the Secretary
of Education to award grants to, and enter into contracts with, local
educational agencies (LEAs) to initiate, expand, and improve physical education
programs for all kindergarten through 12th grade students.
(Sec. 701) Requires such grants and contracts to be used for providing: (1)
equipment and support to enable students to actively participate in physical
education activities; and (2) funds for staff and teacher training and
education. Requires LEA assistance applications for such assistance to contain
plans for helping school physical education programs make progress toward
meeting State standards for physical education. Prohibits extracurricular
activities such as team sports and Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
program activities from consideration as part of the curriculum of a physical
education program assisted under this title. Authorizes appropriations.
Title VIII: Early Learning Opportunities - Early Learning Opportunities Act -
Provides funds for increasing: (1) availability of early learning programs; and
(2) compensation for child care providers.
(Sec. 804) Declares that: (1) no person, including a parent, shall be
required to participate in any program of early childhood education, early
learning, parent education, or developmental screening under this title; (2)
nothing in this title shall be construed to affect the rights of parents
otherwise established in Federal, State, or local law; and (3) no entity
receiving funds under this title shall be required to provide services under
this title through a particular instructional method or in a particular
instructional setting.
(Sec. 805) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
(Sec. 806) Directs the Secretary of HHS and the Secretary of Education to
develop mechanisms to resolve administrative and programmatic conflicts between
Federal programs that would be a barrier to parents, caregivers, service
providers, or children related to the coordination of services and funding for
early learning programs.
Requires nonrestrictive use of equipment and supplies for collaborative
activities funded under this title and other law providing for Federal child
care or early learning programs.
(Sec. 807) Directs the Secretary of HHS to award grants to States to award
subgrants to Local Councils to pay the Federal share of the cost of carrying out
early learning programs in the locality served by the Local Council.
Sets forth requirements for: (1) uses of funds; (2) duties of Lead State
Agencies and of Local Councils; (3) reservations of funds for Indian tribes,
Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians; (4) State allotments based on numbers of
children age four and younger and of such children in families below the poverty
line; (5) Federal and State grant administration; (6) State eligibility and
preferences for Local Councils, and Local Council preferences for projects; (7)
performance goals; and (8) local allocations, applications, and administration.
Title IX: Rural Education Achievement Program - Rural Education Achievement
Program - Revises ESEA title X part J subpart 2 to set forth the Rural Education
Initiative.
(Sec. 901) Authorizes appropriations for formula grants and competitive
grants programs for rural LEAs with small enrollments (less than 600).
Sets forth program requirements for academic achievement assessments and
accountability.