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is my understanding the Senate will pass H.R. 1568 soon, perhaps yet
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I would like to ask the chairman if once we have an authorization, he would be willing to work with me and the Senate conferees to see if we can obtain funding for this important program.
Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. TALENT. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I am aware of the corporation a nd the gentleman's efforts on the committee on small business to aid veterans through this program. However, because we were uncertain of the final form of the authorization, we did refrain from providing funding. It is my understanding that the bill is not being significantly changed. Therefore, I would be happy to work with the chairman of the Subcommittee on Small Business to see what might be accomplished in the conference.
Mr. TALENT. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I want to thank the chairman for his time. I appreciate his offer to work with me on this, and, more importantly, I thank him on behalf of the veterans and the small business community who will be helped by the bill and the funding.
The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:
No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appropriation Act.
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, $265,000, as authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99-83.
Commission on Civil Rights
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $8,900,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may be used to employ consultants: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess of 4 full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of 1 special assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable days.
Commission on Security and Cooperation In Europe
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, $1,170,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99-7.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d) and 621-634), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services a s authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-monetary awards to private citizens; not to exceed $29,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for services t o the Commission pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, sections 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991; $279,000,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available funds.
Federal Communications Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-02; not to exceed $600,000 for land and structure; not to exceed $500,000 for improvement and care of grounds and repair to buildings; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase (not to exceed 16) and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services a s authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $192,000,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2001, for research and policy studies: Provided, That $185,754,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2000 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000 appropriation estimated at $6,246,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collections received in excess of $185,754,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall remain available until expended, but shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 2000.
Federal Maritime Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including services a s authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-02, $14,150,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.
Federal Trade Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services a s authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $77,207,000: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to contract with a person or persons for collection services i n accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $77,207,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2000, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not more than $0, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade Commission shall be available for obligation for expenses authorized by section 151 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation I mprovement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-242, 105 Stat. 2282-2285).
Legal S
ervices C orporation <
p> PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL S ERVICES C ORPORATION administrative provision--legal s ervices c orporation < p>
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal S ervices C orporation s hall be expended for any
purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions of,
sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105-119, and all funds
appropriated in this Act to the Legal
S ervices C orporation s hall be subject to the same
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all references in
sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 1999
and 2000, respectively.
Marine Mammal Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as
authorized by title II of Public Law 92-522, as amended, $1,240,000.
Securities and Exchange Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including services a s
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year
leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,000 for
official reception and representation expenses, $193,200,000 from fees collected
in fiscal year 2000 to remain available until expended, and from fees collected
in fiscal year 1998, $130,800,000, to remain available until expended; of which
not to exceed $10,000 may be used toward funding a permanent secretariat for the
International Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not to exceed
$100,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted
by the Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials,
members of their delegations, appropriate representatives and staff to exchange
views concerning developments relating to securities matters, development and
implementation of cooperation agreements concerning securities matters and
provision of technical assistance for the development of foreign securities
markets, such expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses
and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance at such
consultations and meetings including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals
taken in the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and transportation to or
from such meetings; and (3) any other related lodging or subsistence:
Provided, That fees and charges authorized by
Small Business Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the
Small Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 105-135, including
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses,
$245,500,000: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge
fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small Business
Administration, and certain loan servicing activities: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all
such activities shall be credited to this account, to be available for carrying
out these purposes without further appropriations.
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
(5 U.S.C. App.), $10,800,000.
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $762,000, to be available
until expended; and for the cost of guaranteed loans, $128,030,000, as
authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of which $45,000,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2001: 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 2000, commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not exceed the amount of
financings authorized under section 20(e)(1)(B)(ii) of the Small Business Act,
as amended: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2000, commitments
for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business
Act, as amended, shall not exceed $10,000,000,000 without prior notification of
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate in
accordance with section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That during
fiscal year 2000, commitments to guarantee loans under section 303(b) of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not exceed the amount
of guarantees of debentures authorized under section 20(e)(1)(C)(ii) of the
Small Business Act, as amended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $94,000,000, which may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses.
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of
the Small Business Act, as amended, $139,400,000 to remain available until
expended: 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.
In addition, for direct administrative expenses of loan
making and servicing to carry out the direct loan program, $116,000,000, of
which $500,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of the Small Business
Administration for audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan
program and shall be transferred to and merged with appropriations for the
Office of Inspector General.
administrative provision--small business administration
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business Administration in
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such
appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated
as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures
set forth in that section.
Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the
remainder of title IV be considered as read, printed in the RECORD and
open to amendment at any point.
The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Kentucky?
There was no objection.
The CHAIRMAN. Are there any amendments to this section?
If not, the Clerk will read.
The Clerk read as follows:
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by
the Congress.
SEC. 602. 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. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures
are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued
pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the
application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held
invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to
persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall
not be affected thereby.
SEC. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year
2000, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds which:
(1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3)
increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5)
reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes
any functions, or activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless
the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection
of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for
obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through a
reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less,
that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10
percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of
personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing
programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the construction, repair (other than emergency repair),
overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration in shipyards located outside of the United States.
SEC. 607. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.--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) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.--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.
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