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107 th Congress
Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session
107 102
MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER
30, 2001, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
June 19, 2001.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. Young of Florida, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted
the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING AND ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2216]
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in
explanation of the accompanying bill making supplemental appropriations
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
BILL HIGHLIGHTS
The bill recommended by the Committee provides a net discretionary
supplemental appropriation of $6,544,580,000 for fiscal year 2001, and
is consistent with the provisions for fiscal year 2001 supplemental
appropriations of H. Con. Res. 83, the fiscal year 2002 budget
resolution. Total spending provided in the bill is $7,481,283,000
including $6,750,352,000 for national security requirements,
$2,168,931,000 for nondefense requirements, and $1,438,000,000 in
offsetting reductions. The bill includes $6,455,380,000 for the
Department of Defense to cover increased operating costs, as well as to
cover requirements for pay, support, training and quality of life for
military personnel. It also includes $288,472,000 for defense-related
requirements at the Department of Energy. The bill includes $389,200,000
for disaster-related needs for the Corps of Engineers, Department of the
Interior, and the Forest Service. Additionally, the Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Program would be supplemented by $300,000,000; the
Education for the Disadvantaged account would be supplemented by
$161,000,000, and the Coast Guard would receive $92,000,000 for
operating expenses. The bill also includes $115,776,000 million for the
implementation of the recently enacted tax rebate. Additional mandatory
appropriations totalling $936,413,000 are included for veterans'
benefits.
TITLE I
NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY
MILITARY PERSONNEL
The supplemental request included $515,000,000 for functions funded
in title I, Military Personnel, of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act. The Committee recommends $515,000,000. The following
table summarizes the requested amounts and the Committee
recommendations.
[In thousands of dollars]
Program Request Committee recommendation
Legislated Pay Entitlements $116,000 $116,000
Basic Allowance for Housing Survey 210,000 210,000
Subsistence 28,000 28,000
Reserve Training 42,000 48,500
Officer Pay Table Reform 28,000 28,000
Permanent Change of Station Moves 58,000 58,000
Recruiting and Retention 33,000 26,500
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
The supplemental request included $2,885,700,000 for functions funded
in title II, Operation and Maintenance, of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act. The Committee recommends $2,936,200,000. The
following table summarizes the requested amounts and the Committee
recommendations.
[In thousands of dollars]
Program Request Committee recommendation
Flying Hours $970,000 $970,000
Focused Relief 36,000 36,000
Base Operations 414,000 407,000
Second Destination Transportation 62,000 50,000
Force Protection 33,000 33,000
Contractor Logistics Support 63,000 63,000
Joint Exercises 11,000 11,000
EHIME MARU 36,000 36,000
Utilities 465,000 463,100
California Electrical Demand Reduction 24,500 41,500
Real Property Maintenance 186,000 144,300
Aircraft Depot Maintenance 276,000 276,000
Ship Depot Maintenance 200,000 200,000
Classified Programs 65,200 96,400
Recruiting and Advertising 0 25,000
U.S.S. COLE (funded in General Provisions) 44,000 44,000
Natural Disaster Damages (funded in General Provisions) 0 39,900
California Energy Demand Reduction
The Committee recommends $45,700,000 for implementation of the
Department of Defense's plan to reduce electricity demand in California
and the Western United States, an increase of $17,000,000 above the
request. These initiatives are intended to reduce electricity demand by
ten percent this year and a total of fifteen percent by summer 2002. The
Committee believes strongly that the Department must place greater
emphasis on utilizing available service resources and technologies that
can ultimately eliminate service dependence on the public power grids in
this region. The Committee encourages the Department of Defense to
allocate a significant portion of this funding increase to focus on this
area.
The additional funds, to remain available through fiscal year 2002,
are allocated as follows:
Operation and Maintenance, Army $6,800,000
Operation and Maintenance, Navy 7,200,000
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force 3,000,000
The Committee directs that in distributing funds for the Energy
Demand Reduction program, the Department should prioritize projects
based upon available data to include increases in installation utility
costs, the rate of savings in energy demand the project will produce,
and the availability of service resources to complete the project. The
Committee further directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to
the congressional defense committees within 45 days of enactment of this
Act that describes the complete criteria to be used and the proposed
projects for distribution of these funds.
Recruiting and Advertising
The Committee recommends a total of $25,000,000 to fund the Army's
advertising campaign sufficiently through the end of the fiscal year.
The Committee is aware of the Army's advertising efforts to focus on
certain audiences, including Hispanics, and directs that no less than
$5,000,000 of the funds provided be used to further increase existing
production efforts directed toward Hispanic recruits.
Natural Disaster Damages
The supplemental request includes $12,500,000 to repair damages
caused by natural disasters. Responding to Committee requests for
information, the military services provided details on the full extent
of natural disaster damages, including severe wind damage in the
northwestern United States in December 2000 and January 2001, the
February 2001 earthquake in the northwestern United States, and numerous
other occurrences of severe damage throughout the United States. In
order to meet these needs, the Committee has provided $27,400,000 in
additional funding, for a total of $39,900,000. The Committee has
realigned those funds in the request and these additional amounts, and
consolidated funding for these activities in a general provision in the
Committee bill.
Other Adjustments
Base Operations. --The Committee recommends a total of $407,000,000
for Base Operations. Within the amount recommended the Committee
recommends $300,000,000 for Army; $83,000,000 for Navy; $7,000,000 for
Army Reserve; $7,000,000 for Navy Reserve; and $10,000,000 for Army
National Guard. Funding for MH 47E unit beddown is deferred based on
consideration of other high priority requirements. The Department is
encouraged to seek restoration of Host Nation Support.
Real Property Maintenance. --The Committee recommends a total of
$144,300,000 for Real Property Maintenance. Within the amount
recommended, the Committee recommends $91,000,000 for Army; $31,500,000
for Navy; $6,800,000 for Air Force; and $15,000,000 for Army National
Guard. Funding for F 22 beddown is deferred.
Second Destination Transportation. --After review of the many high
priority requirements presented by the Department, the Committee
recommends a total of $50,000,000 for Second Destination Transportation,
a reduction of $12,000,000 to the supplemental request.
USE OF BIOFUELS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The Committee commends the Department of Defense for its efforts to
maximize the use of ethanol, biodiesel and other agricultural-based
fuels and lubricants, and urges the Department to continue the effort.
PROCUREMENT
The supplemental request included $550,700,000 for functions funded
in title III, Procurement, of the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act. The Committee recommends $488,700,000. The following table
summarizes the requested amounts and the Committee recommendations.
[In thousands of dollars]
Program Request Committee recommendation
Training Munitions $73,000 $73,000
C 17 Overhead Costs 49,000 49,000
Ship Cost Growth 222,000 222,000
California Electrical Demand Reduction 4,200 4,200
Classified Programs 202,500 125,000
Global Positioning System NUDET 0 15,500
Training Munitions
The supplemental request includes $73,000,000 for various training
munitions. The Committee recommendation includes this amount. The Air
Force has informed the Committee that there is a near term shortfall of
$452,000,000 in training munitions and a $2,000,000,000 shortfall over
the Future Years Defense Plan. The Committee is dismayed to learn that
these shortfalls are a result of a decade of neglect in Air Force
budgets. The Committee further notes that the munitions procured with
the supplemental funds will not be available for two years. This is
clearly a requirement that must be addressed in an ongoing and
deliberate manner as part of the regular annual appropriation process
rather than supplemental appropriations. Accordingly, the Committee
directs the Air Force to budget adequately for training munitions in
future budget submissions.
Global Positioning System (Space)
The supplemental request includes $15,500,000 in a classified line
for acquisition of a nuclear detonation detection (NUDET) sensor for
installation on the GPS satellite. The Air Force has informed the
Committee that installation of this sensor on the GPS satellite is an
unclassified fact. The Committee believes that funding this sensor in a
classified line separately from the host GPS satellite unnecessarily
complicates budget formulation, justification, and execution.
Accordingly, the Committee recommendation includes a transfer of funding
for this effort to the GPS satellite procurement line-item. The
Committee directs that future budget requests for GPS NUDET be included
as part of the GPS satellite procurement line-item. The Committee
believes that this direction is not only preferable from a budgetary
standpoint, but also fully consistent with DoD's intent to expand the
Air Force's role and responsibilities in space.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION
The supplemental request included $440,500,000 for functions funded
in title IV, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act. The Committee recommends
$525,600,000. The following table summarizes the requested amounts and
the Committee recommendations.
[In thousands of dollars]
Program Request Committee recommendation
ISR Enhancements 0 $5,000
Airborne Laser $153,000 153,000
Launch Vehicle Demonstration 48,000 48,000
Global Hawk 25,000 17,000
Miniature Munitions 20,000 13,000
ISR Battle Management 0 5,000
Joint Experimentation 15,000 15,000
V 22 Aircraft 80,000 120,000
Naval Fires Network 0 5,000
Classified Programs 99,500 144,600
v 22
The supplemental request proposes a series of funding adjustments to
the V 22 program, intended to begin implementation of recommendations
made by the Panel to Review the V 22 Program (the so-called ``Blue
Ribbon Panel'') to hold V 22 production rates to minimum levels while
the program is restructured and restored to operation. To support
initial redesign and testing efforts, the supplemental request proposes
to increase the fiscal year 2001 budget request for V 22 research and
development by $80,000,000. The request also proposes rescissions of
fiscal year 2001 V 22 production funding totaling $475,000,000
($235,000,000 from ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', and $240,000,000 from
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force''), in keeping with the Department's
revised procurement profile.
The Committee agrees with the thrust of the proposed changes
contained in the supplemental budget request. However, in order to
enable the Marine Corps to accelerate activities associated with risk
reduction, part redesign, and continued operational testing necessary
for the V 22 to return to flight status, the Committee recommends
$120,000,000 for V 22 research and development, an increase of
$40,000,000 over the supplemental request. The Committee has also
carefully scrutinized the funding requirements associated with the V 22
production program, and has determined that the supplemental request
uses overly conservative pricing assumptions by the Defense Department
on the remaining V 22 aircraft to be procured with fiscal year 2001
funds. Accordingly, the Committee believes the current planned fiscal
year 2001 procurement program can be executed at a lower cost, yielding
funding which is available to help finance a more accelerated and robust
V 22 testing and development effort, as well as other urgent needs in
this legislation. Therefore, while approving the rescissions of prior
year funds proposed in the request, the Committee recommends additional
rescissions of $95,000,000 to the ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy''
appropriation account and $20,000,000 to the ``Aircraft Procurement, Air
Force'' account.
AIRBORNE LASER
The supplemental request includes $153,000,000 for the Airborne Laser
to address program cost growth and to reduce schedule risk for a lethal
demonstration against a theater missile planned in 2003. The Committee
recommendation includes this amount.
SMALL DIAMETER BOMB
The supplemental request includes $20,000,000 for a new program to
develop a 250 pound Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). The Committee notes that
$12,000,000 was appropriated to initiate this effort in fiscal year
2001. The Committee also notes that contract award will likely not occur
until late fiscal year 2001 or early fiscal year 2002. Given the
availability of funds, and the delay in contract award, the Committee
recommendation includes $13,000,000 subject to the direction below. Any
additional fiscal year 2002 requirements should be addressed as part of
the DoD's fiscal year 2002 request.
Over the past several years, the Committee has supported an advanced
technology demonstration of a low cost seeker technology called Direct
Attack Munitions Affordable Seeker (DAMASK). DAMASK, developed at Naval
Air Warfare Center China Lake, uses a low cost commercial imaging
infrared sensor produced for the automobile industry. DAMASK provides a
passive, GPS independent, through the weather, lock-on after launch,
precision strike capability. In actual flight tests, the seeker has
demonstrated accuracy within one meter in a GPS denied environment.
DAMASK is estimated to cost $20,000 per seeker, less than half of the
amount allocated in the Air Force's SDB seeker estimates.
The Committee strongly encourages the Air Force to adopt the DAMASK
technology for use in the SDB program. At a minimum, the Committee
directs that evaluation of DAMASK technology be included in the SDB
Request for Proposal (RFP) and that DAMASK be the standard of comparison
in terms of cost and performance for all potential SDB seeker
candidates.
The Committee directs that prior to contract award for SDB, the
Secretary of the Air Force submit a report to the congressional defense
committees that includes: 1) a determination of whether the DAMASK
technology (using an articulated design if required) can be adapted to
accommodate the size requirements of the SDB; 2) an evaluation of DAMASK
as a viable solution to the anti-jam requirements for the SDB; 3) an
evaluation of DAMASK for use as an automatic target recognition seeker
for mobile targets (assuming a logical technology growth path); 4) a
cost and performance comparison between DAMASK and competing seeker
proposals; and 5) a comparison of the competing seeker proposals in
terms of technology readiness.
Joint Experimentation
The supplemental request included $15,000,000 for ``Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', which the Department
of Defense then intended to transfer to Joint Experimentation efforts
funded in the ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy''
appropriation. The Committee recommends appropriating the $15,000,000
directly to ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'', to
avoid the delay.
Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Programs
The supplemental request included $25,000,000 for Intelligence,
Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) programs, specifically an effort to
accelerate the development of the Global Hawk High Altitude Endurance
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The Committee recommends $32,000,000 for
overall ISR efforts, an increase of $7,000,000, as outlined below.
Global Hawk .--The Department requested $25,000,000 to accelerate
the development of the Global Hawk High Altitude Endurance Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle. The Committee recommends $17,000,000 for initiation of
the plan presented by the Air Force to accelerate development of the
Global Hawk.
The Committee is concerned that the Air Force plan reflects a highly
ambitious schedule, relying heavily on the rapid development and
delivery of a myriad of sensor systems. The Committee believes the Air
Force should use up to $5,000,000 of the funds provided to conduct a
competitive fly-off demonstration to evaluate existing sensor systems,
particularly electro-optical and infrared sensors and synthetic aperture
radars, that demonstrate potential for achieving the requirement without
the need for a significant investment in development cost and schedule.
This effort could significantly reduce the risk inherent in the current
schedule.
ISR Networking Enhancements.-- The Army, Navy, and Air Force are
initiating programs and conducting joint and service-specific exercises
that highlight networking and command and control of ISR assets, time
critical strike, and other network centric operations. These efforts,
although developed separately, are by necessity joint due to their
reliance on a common set of goals, assets, databases, and communication
links.
It is clear that central to the ability of each of the Services to
identify, track, attack, and assess damage, is the development of
methods to link available sensors into a network of shared data to
support decision makers at all levels. The Committee notes that funding
for many of the fiscal year 2001 networking efforts have been cobbled
together from a variety of projects that support related programs, but
specific funds for certain requirements have not been fully funded in a
budget request. Therefore, the Committee has provided a total of
$15,000,000 for the services to enhance and accelerate high priority
networking projects. The Committee directs the $15,000,000 be used as
follows:
For the Army, $5,000,000 for Intelligence, Surveillance,
Reconnaissance Enhancements.--$3,000,000 for UAV Radio Network Upgrades
to allow radios to be networked beyond the line of sight and $2,000,000
for the continued development of the Joint Common Data Base.
For the Navy, $5,000,000 for Naval Fires Network (NFN) testing,
evaluation, and deployment, an analysis of the requirement to upgrade
the tactical dissemination module, and training and long lead
requirements for a potential NFN prototype deployment with a CVBG.
For the Air Force, $5,000,000 for Intelligence, Surveillance,
Reconnaissance Battle Management to initiate a new start program to
develop a capability to dynamically command, control and visualize ISR
assets and information in the Air Operations Center (AOC).
The Committee agrees with the approach that each service is taking.
Nevertheless, it is essential that each service Chief monitor their
programs to ensure that service solutions are joint in application.
Architectures must be built in such a way that interoperability and
exchange of information is encouraged and not hindered.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (C3I)
Recent actions within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (ASD/C3I)
indicate that this office has failed in its responsibility to adhere to
congressional directives with respect to execution of funding for
particular programs, projects, and activities. The Committee believes
that these instances show a lack of judgment, questionable management
practices, and what appears to be at best an indifference for Congress'
role in the establishment of defense spending priorities. Such practices
not only undermine the appropriations process, but also weaken the
confidence given to ASD/C3I with respect to conducting its overall
responsibilities within the Department of Defense.
The Committee recognizes that ASD/C3I is an important organization
with far reaching oversight and management of important Department of
Defense programs. The Committee believes that such authority must be
combined with a more responsive management structure that is capable not
only of effectively managing its programs, but also ensuring that the
intent of Congress is implemented in a timely manner. The Committee
expects that the Secretary of Defense will ensure that any future
Assistant Secretary of Defense for ASD/C3I will take steps to correct
these types of actions and will address the issues identified by the
Committee.
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS
The supplemental request included $178,400,000 for functions funded
in title V, Revolving and Management Funds, of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act. The Committee recommends $178,400,000. The following
table summarizes the requested amounts and the Committee
recommendations.
[In thousands of dollars]
Program Request Committee recommendation
Utilities $178,400 $178,400
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
The supplemental request included $1,453,400,000 for functions funded
in title VI, Other Department of Defense Programs, of the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act. The Committee recommends $1,655,300,000. The
following table summarizes the requested amounts and the Committee
recommendations.
[In thousands of dollars]
Program Request Committee recommendation
Defense Health Program $1,453,400 $1,653,400
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense (for utilities) 0 1,900
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM COST GROWTH
The Committee notes that in 12 of the past 16 years, the Congress has
been compelled to act either by providing new appropriations or prior
approval reprogrammings to ensure sufficient funding for the Defense
Health Program. Including the amount recommended in this bill, the
Congress has provided a total of over $6,500,000,000 above amounts
requested by the Department of Defense for this program since fiscal
year 1986.
One reason for these shortfalls is the need to fully fund the cost of
contractually provided health care. To fund such shortfalls, the
Committee recommends $786,300,000, as requested by the administration,
for costs associated with the TRICARE global settlement, for price
adjustments in execution of fiscal year 2001, for requirements that
could not be met by the Department of Defense medical treatment
facilities, and for certain pharmacy costs. With respect to global
settlement, the Committee harbors concerns that this amount does not
reflect all valid contractor claims since July 2000. The Committee is
aware that numerous valid claims have yet to be adjudicated and that new
claims have been filed by TRICARE contractors since the beginning of
calendar year 2001. The Committee therefore directs the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense committees,
prior to conference on the fiscal year 2001 Supplemental Appropriations
bill, that provides estimates of the outstanding liability for global
settlement and other change order requirements not previously identified
or estimated that exceed the funding provided in this bill.
In addition, the Committee is aware that the Department of Defense
suffers from chronic funding shortfalls due to the inaccuracy of current
DoD budgeting methods. Current practices have clearly failed to keep
pace with increases in medical care costs brought about by advances in
the technology of providing medical care, and by substantial increases
in pharmacy costs. An example of the discrepancy between budgeting
methods and reality is reflected in pharmacy costs, for which the
Department regularly budgets for cost growth of 4 5 percent per year
while actual cost growth since 1996 has averaged nearly 12 percent
annually. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the congressional defense committees, concurrent with
submission of the fiscal year 2002 budget request, which details
measures included in the fiscal year 2002 budget request to improve
budgeting methods for medical care in the fiscal year 2002 request and
for subsequent budget requests.
Military Treatment Facility Optimization and Advance Medical Practices
The Committee has provided an additional $200,000,000 above the
budget request as an initial increment to begin the process of reversing
the erosion in the ability of the direct military health care system to
provide the highest standards of care to service personnel, their
families, and to Medicare-eligible military retirees. The inability of
the Department to accurately forecast its TRICARE contractor costs,
combined with high cost growth in the commercial medical sector,
congressional action to expand health benefits to military retirees, and
a poorly structured base contract for TRICARE service providers has
resulted in an explosion in TRICARE costs that has exceeded forecast
levels by tens of billions of dollars over the past several years.
Besides putting strains on the DoD budget as a whole, the direct care
system of the military medical departments has been especially hard hit
as their budgets have been consistently raided to pay for TRICARE cost
overruns. For instance, this year the fourth quarter operating budgets
for the Army, Navy and Air Force direct care systems have all been used
to pay legitimate but unbudgeted TRICARE contractor claims. Without the
replenishment of over $1.4 billion in this bill, all three of the
services' direct care systems would be forced to shut down in July or
August.
This severe and persistent funding instability for the direct care
system has been highly disruptive to orderly administration and has had
an insidious ``penny-wise, pound-foolish'' effect on the entire system
over time. It has prevented military managers from making sound
investments to increase the longer-term efficiency of their system and
to maintain the highest quality standards of care. The Surgeons General
have repeatedly testified that this continued neglect of the direct care
system soon will lead to a decrease in quality of patient care, a
significant disruption in the normal delivery of health care services,
declining morale among the medical workforce, and more difficulty in
recruiting top medical talent.
The Committee also notes that sound investments in the direct care
system can save significant amounts of money. For instance, the Air
Force Surgeon General testified that the lack of funding for MTF
operating room supplies has caused his staff to transfer in-house
appendectomy patients to TRICARE contractors at a total cost of $6,000
to $7,000 per procedure instead of $300 at an MTF. The Committee is
aware that the Surgeons General have documented hundreds of individual
MTF investments that will not only improve the quality of care, but
allow them to provide care cheaper than if it were outsourced to TRICARE
contractors. These ``optimization'' projects make good business sense.
In addition, the Committee is concerned that the TRICARE financial
crisis has sapped the ability of the military direct care system to keep
abreast of and implement the latest advances in medical practices. Every
year, it is estimated that the military health system needs around $100
million a year to implement newly developed practices/procedures such as
laser refractive eye surgery, liquid based cytology, positron emission
tomography, or non-invasive colonoscopy. It is these same funds that are
held in reserve by the Department until the very end of the fiscal year
to cover TRICARE shortfalls, and are often reduced or eliminated. The
Committee believes this is a counter-productive budgetary practice.
The Committee has therefore provided $200,000,000 to begin the
process of reversing the disinvestments in the military's direct care
system. Of this amount, $150,000,000 is provided to expand the services'
MTF optimization efforts and $50,000,000 is provided to finance
necessary advances in medical practices that have been deferred to date.
Optimization projects may include increased staffing, minor facility
repairs and maintenance, expansion of services, equipment modernization,
pharmacy upgrades, or other activities that will improve health care
service and/or reduce overall cost to the government. The Committee bill
carries language requiring that business case models be prepared for
these projects to show that they will be ``self-financing'' within at
least three years of project initiation, in the sense that they save
more overall cost to the government (to include TRICARE contractor cost)
than is invested under this account. The bill language also gives the
ability to the Surgeons General to undertake other activities that may
not technically meet the cost savings criteria if they deem it necessary
to meet a critical health care deficiency that threatens health care
outcomes.
The Committee directs each Surgeon General to report to the
congressional defense committees by September 15, 2001 on what projects
or activities are to be funded with these funds (including the cost and
location of each), the expected overall return on investment of each
project, and a description of the need/benefits for each project. The
Committee also expects and has included language requiring that each
project or activity funded under this section be continued and
adequately financed in out year budget plans (the so-called POM
process). The bill requires the Secretary of Defense to so certify
before funds can be released.
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE
The Congress identified $5,000,000 in the fiscal year 2000 Department
of Defense Appropriations Act to provide logistical and demilitarization
support for the transfer of three excess A 10 aircraft to the Department
of State in support of its Latin American drug eradication efforts. This
action has yet to be finalized. In view of the increased threat
environment, the Committee recommends that the Secretary of Defense
renew consultations with the Department of State on this matter and
proceed with the transfer of these aircraft.
RELATED AGENCIES
NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER
The Congress funded the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) at a
fiscal year 2001 baseline level of $34,100,000 to implement changes in
operations and responsibilities specified by the General Counterdrug
Intelligence Plan (GCIP). The GCIP established the NDIC as the principal
center for domestic strategic counterdrug analysis in support of
policymakers and resource planners, and mandated the establishment or
expansion of key technological and analytical assets. The Committee
expects the intelligence community to ensure that this new baseline is
fully reflected in the fiscal year 2002 and out year budgets.
CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS
The Committee's recommendations regarding classified programs are
summarized in a classified annex accompanying this report.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
The Committee bill amends a general provision requested in the
supplemental request concerning the availability of funds provided in
this chapter.
The Committee bill includes a general provision requested in the
supplemental request concerning funds for intelligence related programs.
The Committee bill amends a general provision requested in the
supplemental request which provides $44,000,000 of additional funds for
the repair of the U.S.S. COLE.
The Committee bill includes a general provision which rescinds
$834,000,000 from funds provided in previously enacted Defense
Appropriations Acts. The accounts and specific programs recommended for
rescission are as follows:
Rescissions
2000 Appropriations:
$3,000,000
2001 Appropriations:
81,000,000
330,000,000
5,000,000
260,000,000
65,000,000
85,000,000
5,000,000
The Committee bill includes a general provision which provides
funding to repair facilities damaged by natural disasters.
The Committee bill includes a general provision extending the
authorities provided in section 816 of the National Defense
Authorization Act of 1995, as amended, through January 31, 2002.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES
The Committee recommendation includes $140,000,000 for Weapons
Activities as proposed by the Administration. However, the Committee
recommendation modifies the distribution of the program funding.
Directed stockpile work .--An additional $54,000,000 has been
provided for directed stockpile work to be allocated as follows:
$18,900,000 for stockpile maintenance; $4,000,000 for stockpile
evaluation; and $31,100,000 for stockpile research and development,
including $24,000,000 for W 88 pit certification activities.
Campaigns .--An additional $9,000,000 has been provided for
campaigns to be allocated as follows: $1,800,000 for secondary
readiness; $1,600,000 for non-nuclear readiness; $1,600,000 for high
explosives manufacturing and weapons assembly/disassembly readiness; and
$4,000,000 for pit manufacturing readiness.
Readiness in technical base and facilities .--An additional
$47,000,000 has been provided for readiness in technical base and
facilities to be allocated as follows: $23,000,000 for operations of
facilities; $9,500,000 for program readiness; $4,500,000 for material
recycle and recovery; $8,800,000 for containers; and $1,200,000 for
storage.
The recommendation also adjusts funding for construction projects
provided in the fiscal year 2001 appropriations bill to more accurately
reflect the use of the funds. Funding of $9,500,000 provided in Project
01 D 103, Project Engineering and Design (PE&D), has been transferred to
Project 01 D 108, Microsystems and Engineering Science Applications
(MESA) Complex, at Sandia National Laboratories. Funding provided in
fiscal year 2001 for this project was for infrastructure upgrades which
should have been provided in the MESA construction line item, not PE&D.
Funding of $3,689,000 is provided for Project 01 D 107, Atlas
Relocation and Operations, at the Nevada Test Site. This reflects the
transfer of $3,689,000 from Project 01 D 103, PE&D, to relocate the
Atlas pulsed power facility to the Nevada Test Site by the end of fiscal
year 2003.
Facilities and infrastructure .--The Committee has provided
$30,000,000 to establish a new program, Facilities and Infrastructure,
to address the serious shortfall in maintenance and repairs throughout
the nuclear weapons complex. This funding should be used to reduce the
backlog of maintenance and repairs and dispose of excess facilities.
OTHER DEFENSE RELATED ACTIVITIES
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
The Committee recommendation includes $100,000,000 for Defense
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management as proposed by the
Administration. Additional funding of $31,700,000 is provided for the
Savannah River Site for high-level waste activities and work in the F&H
areas. Additional funding of $18,300,000 is provided for the Hanford
site in Richland, Washington, for spent nuclear fuel activities, work on
the Plutonium Finishing Plant, and F-reactor interim storage activities.
For the Office of River Protection in Richland, an additional
$10,000,000 is provided for tank farm operations and $25,000,000 to
support the Hanford vitrification plant. Additional funding of
$7,000,000 has been provided to purchase TRUPACTS shipping containers in
support of operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico;
$5,000,000 to restore funding for high level waste disposal activities
at Idaho; and $3,000,000 for groundwater contamination activities at the
Pantex plant in Texas.
DEFENSE FACILITIES CLOSURE PROJECTS
The Committee recommendation includes $21,000,000 for Defense
Facilities Closure Projects as proposed by the Administration.
Additional funding of $20,000,000 has been provided for the Fernald,
Ohio, project, and $1,000,000 for the Miamisburg, Ohio, project.
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRIVATIZATION
The Committee recommendation includes $27,472,000 for Defense
Environmental Management Privatization, a reduction of $2,128,000 from
the Administration's request of $29,600,000. These additional funds will
be used to meet funding commitments for the Advanced Mixed Waste
Treatment Facility in support of legally enforceable deadlines for
shipping waste out of Idaho.
CHAPTER 3
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY
The Committee recommends appropriating $67,400,000 above the
President's request. Of this amount, $55,100,000 is to upgrade utility
systems in Korea that are in serious states of disrepair, and $6,900,000
is to renovate and upgrade substandard and environmentally unsafe
vehicle maintenance facilities in Germany. The following projects are
included:
Location/account/installation Project title Cost
Korea:
Army:
Camp Humphreys Electrical Upgrade $10,200,000
Camp Humphreys Sewer Upgrade 12,000,000
Camp Hovey Sewer Upgrade 13,400,000
Camp Casey Sewer Upgrade Phase 2 8,000,000
Camp Casey Electrical Upgrade 4,000,000
Camp Stanley Electrical Upgrade 7,500,000
Yongsan Army Garrison Underground Fuel Tanks 1,600,000
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Subtotal, Korea 56,700,000
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Japan:
Army:
Camp Schwab Special Forces Training Range 3,800,00
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Subtotal, Japan 3,800,000
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Germany:
Army:
Darmstadt Vehicle Maintenance Shop 2,500,000
Kaiserslautern Vehicle Maintenance Shop 2,900,000
Bamberg Vehicle Maintenance Facility 1,500,000
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Subtotal, Germany 6,900,000
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Total 67,400,000
In 1999 and 2000, the Command of United States Forces in Korea (USFK)
suffered 295 electrical power and 467 water supply outages from a
decaying infrastructure no longer capable of standing up to daily use
and severe weather, much less hostile action. Magnifying the problem is
the increasing need for sophisticated information technology systems
that are incompatible with existing infrastructure. To begin managing
these problems, the Committee has included funds to replace the
infrastructure with upgraded systems. Not only will this improve the
lives and working conditions of troops stationed in Korea, it will
strengthen the position of the Command to negotiate a land partnership
agreement with the government of the Republic of Korea.
As a result, of the deteriorating infrastructive, troops do not have
internet access readily available. Nevertheless, a recent survey cited
phone and internet access as the top concern of service people stationed
in Korea. The Committee encourages the Commander of United States Forces
in Korea (USFK) to explore this matter and to make recommendations to
the Committee for improving its phone and internet services.
The Committee is also concerned that being stationed in Korea is
considered to be an assignment where soldiers suffer the greatest loss
of pay. For example, a Korea assignment is a 1-year unaccompanied
hardship tour similar to a 6-month unaccompanied hardship tour in the
Balkans. Yet soldiers serving in the Balkans are provided tax relief (no
federal taxes) and a Basic Allowance Subsistence (separate rations) of
approximately $237 per month. Soldiers serving in Korea, however, do not
receive similar benefits. Given the equally hazardous conditions in
Korea and the Balkans, this disparity seems unfair.
Additionally, $3,800,000 is provided for the Special Forces Special
Operations Training Facility at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan. A new
training facility is needed to replace the existing facility that has
been condemned. $1,600,000 is provided for the replacement of
underground fuel storage tanks in Korea.
Finally, vehicle maintenance facilities in Germany are in need of
substantial renovation in order to ensure safe working conditions for
troops and to meet stringent environmental regulations. Consequently,
the Committee recommends $6,900,000 to renovate and upgrade three such
facilities.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY
The Committee recommends providing $10,500,000, above the President's
request, of which $9,400,000 is for the construction of an Emergent
Repair Facility in Guam for submarines and ships in transit in the South
Pacific. Additionally, $1,100,000 is provided for a 3rd Marine
Expeditionary Force Training Facility at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan.
The existing training facility is incapable of containing ammunition
rounds and does not meet environment standards.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE
The Committee recommends $8,000,000 for Military Construction, Air
Force, instead of $18,000,000 as proposed by the President. The
appropriation is for heat, ventilation, and fire protection systems in
hardened aircraft shelters at the Kunsan Air Base in Kunsan, Korea.
FAMILY HOUSING, ARMY
The Committee recommends $29,480,000 for the Family Housing, Army,
instead of $27,200,000 as requested by the President. Of the amount
provided, $2,280,000 is to convert and renovate 102 substandard low-rise
apartments in Hannam Village, Seoul, Korea. The remaining amounts are
necessary to pay for the increased cost of utilities due to rate
increases for natural gas and electricity.
FAMILY HOUSING, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
The Committee recommends providing $20,300,000 for the Family
Housing, Navy and Marine Corps, as requested by the President. This
amount is necessary to pay for the increased cost of utilities due to
rate increases for natural gas and electricity.
FAMILY HOUSING, AIR FORCE
The Committee recommends providing $18,000,000 for the Family
Housing, Air Force, as requested by the President. This amount is
necessary to pay for the increased cost of utilities due to rate
increases for natural gas and electricity.
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, PART IV
The Committee recommends $9,000,000 for the Base Realignment and
Closure, Part IV, as requested by the President. This appropriation
enables the Air Force to fulfill contractual obligations incurred for
the environmental clean-up of McClellan Air Force Base.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
The bill contains three provisions:
Section 1301 modifies the existing $77,500,000 cap to allow for
unanticipated increases in construction costs and related contingency
allowances at the Arvin Cadet Physical Development Center at the United
States Military Academy in New York. These increases, however, cannot
exceed the authorized amount of the project of $85,000,000. The
Secretary of the Army is directed to submit a report to the
congressional defense committees on the current cost estimates for the
project 15 days prior to expending funds on the final phase of
construction.
Section 1302 clarifies that amounts provided to the Department of
Defense under each of the headings in this Chapter are available for the
same time period as the amounts appropriated under each such heading in
Public Law 106 246.
Section 1303 rescinds $64,000,000 from funds provided in previous
Military Construction Appropriations Acts.
TITLE II
OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISION--THIS CHAPTER
Section 2101. The Committee recommends a technical correction related
to the Rural Community Advancement Program. The Committee does not
recommend additional appropriations for the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service and for the Klamath Basin, as requested. It is the
view of the Committee that these funding requirements can be met by
administrative action through existing powers and authorities of the
Commodity Credit Corporation. The Committee urges and directs the
Department to take such action promptly in order to meet these needs
more expeditiously than would be possible by waiting for enacted
supplemental appropriations.
With regard to the budget request for $20,000,000 for financial
assistance to eligible producers in the Klamath Basin, the Committee
directs the Department of Agriculture to submit an apportionment request
forthwith to the Office of Management and Budget. This request shall
cover the release of not less than $20,000,000 from available funds of
the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of providing assistance
to producers, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. A copy of
this appointment request shall be submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and the Senate within three days of its
submission to the Office of Management and Budget. Further, the
Secretary of Agriculture is directed to keep the Committees fully
advised to the status and disposition of this apportionment request.
CHAPTER 2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Committee recommends an additional $95,677,000 for District of
Columbia activities during fiscal year 2001 consisting of $250,000 by
transfer from Federal funds previously appropriated, $93,276,000 from
local funds and $2,151,000 from enterprise funds. The District
government's request totals $94,677,000 to be financed completely from
local funds and was transmitted to the President by the Mayor on May 22,
2001. This supplemental request is necessitated by budget pressures of
$190,000,000 which District officials are addressing and at this time
have been able to resolve over 51 percent through internal adjustments
and the use of reserves. The balance is due primarily to increased
enrollment in the Medicaid program, the need to invest in support
services for children, youth, and their families, anticipated costs of
collective bargaining agreements, and unforeseen increases in natural
gas prices.
The supplemental recommended by the Committee is funded entirely with
local funds and a transfer of previously appropriated Federal funds.
There is no new Federal money included. District officials and the
control board certified $109,500,000 in additional local revenues above
the original projections of $3,263,000,000 that were developed in
December 1999 to support the fiscal year 2001 budget. The major areas of
revenue increases are taxes and licenses and permits.
GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT
(including rescission)
The Committee recommends a net increase of $5,140,000 within this
appropriation title consisting of $5,400,000 to cover the 84 percent
increase in the price of natural gas experienced by the District
government and a rescission of $250,000 that was appropriated as a
Federal payment in Public Law 106 522 on the condition that the
Comptroller General assist the District in developing a solicitation for
the study and design of a system to simplify the administration of
personnel policies, including pay policies, for employees of the
District government. District officials have stated that they are
further along in their procurement effort and would be delayed if they
were to comply with the conditions placed on the use of the $250,000. As
a result the District's Chief Financial Officer requested that the funds
be rescinded and the District's Personnel Officer has assured the
Committee in a letter dated May 2, 2001 that ``they expect to have the
deliverables required by the Congress by the end of * * *'' fiscal year
2001.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION
The Committee recommends an additional $1,625,000 for two programs
under this appropriation title. A total of $1,000,000 is recommended for
the Office of Business Services and Economic Development for the
implementation of the District government's New E-Conomy Transformation
Act of 2000 to attract and foster the growth of businesses involved in
the development, production, distribution, and sale of Internet-based
and other communications technologies. The amount of $625,000 is
recommended to fund the city's abatement and condemnation efforts of
nuisance properties as required under section 5 513 of the D.C. Code.
The Committee has not approved language concerning the transfer of
savings resulting from personnel vacancies or language that requires the
deposit of funds into revolving accounts or the request that funds for
the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs not be available until
certain actions are completed by June 1, 2001. That requirement would
have been unenforceable since the date of June 1, 2001 has since passed.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE
(including rescission)
The Committee recommends a net increase of $8,770,000 for several
activities within this appropriation account. A total of $2,800,000 is
recommended for the Metropolitan Police Department consisting $800,000
to implement the photo radar contract program to photograph the license
plates of speeders and $2,000,000 to pay an arbitration award made to
the members of the Fraternal Order of Police involving a grievance
concerning the curtailing of overtime pay to certain employees. The
Committee recommends $5,940,000 for the Fire and Emergency Medical
Services Department consisting of $5,540,000 for back payments and
accrued interest resulting from delays in implementing programs allowing
fire fighters to make pre-tax payments for pension and health and life
insurance benefits, and $400,000 to cover the remaining costs of placing
a fifth fire fighter on fire trucks. The Committee also recommends
$161,000 for the Child Fatality Review Committee to examine the past
events and circumstances leading to or causing the death of a child or
youth, a committed ward of child welfare, or person with mental
retardation and developmental disabilities. The Committee will operate
as a distinct entity within the Chief Medical Examiner's office. The
Committee also recommends the rescission of $131,000 for taxicab
inspectors. This program is funded under the Public Works appropriation
at the same level.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
(Including transfer of funds)
The Committee recommends an additional $2,000,000 for the Public
Education System consisting of $1,750,000 in local funds and $250,000 by
transfer of previously appropriated Federal funds. A total of $1,000,000
is recommended for independent audits of public school enrollment counts
and residency verification in the D.C. Public Schools and the D.C.
Public Charter Schools as required by District statute. The Committee
questions why these funds were not included in the regular annual
budget, especially since the audit is required by law. The Committee
also recommends an additional $1,000,000 for the operation of the Excel
Institute Adult Education Program consisting of a transfer of $250,000
in Federal funds appropriated in Public Law 106 522 that are matched
with $750,000 in local funds. A total of $2,000,000 in local funds was
supposedly included by District officials in the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2001 but upon closer examination
there was only $1,000,000 that was included for construction and the
acquisition of construction services from the General Services
Administration on a reimbursable basis. Rather than rescind the $250,000
in Federal funds for the pay simplification system as requested by
District officials, the Committee has transferred those funds to this
appropriation title for the Excel Institute and recommends that those
funds be matched with $750,000 in local funds. The Excel Institute is an
Academic/Auto Technical Training School located in Northwest Washington.
The Institute offers young men and women in the District the opportunity
to train for a career, earn a high school equivalency diploma, and
obtain an unsubsidized job in the automotive industry. The Committee has
also approved language that requires any proceeds and interest accruing
from the sale of the University of the District of Columbia's radio
station WDCU held by the control board in an escrow account be used for
the University's Endowment Fund and invested in equity based securities
if approved by the District's Chief Financial Officer.
HUMAN SUPPORT SERVICES
The Committee recommends an additional $28,000,000 for activities
within the Human Support Services appropriation. The Committee
recommends $15,000,000 to cover the local share of Medicaid costs due to
an increase in the number of clients receiving inpatient and specialty
hospital services and an increase in enrollments in the managed care
program. A total of $4,000,000 is recommended to cover modifications in
the funding formula that has resulted in higher Disproportionate Share
to Hospitals (DSH) payments for uncompensated care provided to District
residents by local hospitals. The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for
the District's Disability Compensation Fund to cover medical and
compensation costs for an increased caseload, $1,000,000 for the Office
of Latino Affairs to provide Latino Community Education grants to 6,000
families in the Latino community, and $5,000,000 for the Children
Investment Trust to support a non-profit entity referred to as the
Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation. This corporation will
coordinate the services provided to youth at the community level and
disburse funds to community-based organizations that serve children,
youth and their families with services that include early childhood
development opportunities, safe and enriching centers for learning in
and out of school, and other training, recreational, and educational
services. The board of the corporation consists of members appointed by
the Mayor and Council as well as four government officials who serve as
advisory members of the board.
PUBLIC WORKS
The Committee recommends $131,000 from local funds for the Taxicab
Commission for taxicab inspectors. This function was previously
performed by the Metropolitan Police Department which had reduced the
number of hack inspectors from six to three. The Taxicab Commission is
expected to place a higher priority on taxicab enforcement and reducing
the number of complaints.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $40,500,000 from local
funds to fund anticipated compensation increases from current labor
negotiations. The District's major bargaining units are renegotiating
contracts that expired on September 30, 2000.
WILSON BUILDING
The Committee recommends an additional $7,100,000 from local funds to
make up a shortfall in budgeting by District officials for funds needed
for the relocation of various District agencies to the John A. Wilson
Building.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
The Committee recommends approval of the reallocation of $4,850,000
from five existing projects that have had no implementation activity
since fiscal year 1999 to six projects involving buildings of historical
significance in the District and the funding of a program manager. The
six government buildings selected will be renovated. The dormant
projects are: Electrical Modernization-Old Juvenile Court, $2,650,000;
Asbestos Abatement-Oak Hill Juvenile Court, $525,000; Condition
Assessments, $159,080; Electrical Modernization-Various DC Facilities,
$1,000,000; Building Renovations--Old Juvenile Court, $525,000. These
dormant projects total $4,859,080. The properties to be renovated are:
Recorder of Deeds at 5th and D Street, N.W., $2,000,000; Old Navy
Hospital at 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., $400,000; Tivoli Theater at
14th Street and Park Road, N.W., $1,000,000; 10th Precinct Building at
750 Park Road, N.W., $450,000; Lamond Recreation Center, $400,000;
Riggs-Lasalle Recreation Center at 501 Riggs Road, N.E., $400,000. The
reallocation also includes $200,000 for the program manager.
ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AND THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT
The Committee recommends an additional $2,151,000 from local funds
for the Water and Sewer Authority to cover the costs of the Public Space
Occupancy Permit Rental Fee (``right-of-way'' fee) imposed by the
District on WASA and increased costs for compliance activities related
to the District's stormwater permit.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS,
KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE
The Committee has provided $18,000,000 for the Mississippi River and
Tributaries project for the Corps of Engineers to address emergency
needs resulting from severe localized spring flooding and other natural
disasters. The funds would be used to address the damages caused by
flooding by placing more revetment squares; repairing scours that
threaten a pumping station, a public road and tributary levees; and
replacing relief wells that threaten the stability of a pumping station.
Funds would also be used to dredge silted channels, remove drift and
repair levee slides. The entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
The Committee has provided $115,500,000 for the Corps of Engineers to
address emergency needs resulting from recent Midwestern and other
floods, ice storms, an earthquake, and other natural disasters. The
funds would be used to dredge commercial navigation channels, remove
debris, repair damaged revetments and dam embankments, and repair
damaged buildings and equipment at Corps of Engineers projects. The
Committee has also included language which directs the Corps of
Engineers to undertake the project authorized by section 518 of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1999. The entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
Corps of Engineers projects in the Tulsa, Little Rock, and Vicksburg
Districts were particularly hard hit by winter ice storms and the funds
provided will enable the Corps to make necessary repairs to damaged
facilities.
Areas of Louisiana, Alabama and Texas received over 30 inches of rain
over a eight day period as a result of Tropical Storm Allison. The funds
provided will enable the Corps to address flooding problems, restore
appropriate depths of navigable waterways and other damages in the New
Orleans, Galveston and Mobile districts.
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES
The Committee has provided $50,000,000, the same as the amount
requested by the Administration, for Flood Control and Coastal
Emergencies for the repair of eligible Federal and non-Federal
facilities damaged by natural disasters. The entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY PROGRAMS
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
The Committee recommendation includes $11,950,000 for Non-Defense
Environmental Management, an increase of $550,000 over the request of
$11,400,000. Additional funding of $10,000,000 is provided to continue
cleanup at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, and
$1,950,000 is provided to study remediation options at the former Atlas
Corporation's uranium mill tailings site near Moab, Utah.
URANIUM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND REMEDIATION
The Committee recommendation includes $18,000,000 for Uranium
Facilities Maintenance and Remediation, to be derived from the Uranium
Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, as proposed by the
Administration. Additional funding of $9,000,000 has been provided to
support cleanup activities at Paducah, Kentucky, and $9,000,000 has been
provided to continue decontamination and decommissioning activities at
the former gaseous diffusion plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA
POWER ADMINISTRATION
The Committee recommendation for the Western Area Power
Administration (Western) is $1,578,000 to complete the planning and
environmental studies to support the proposed 84-mile, 500-kilovolt
transmission line between Los Ban AE6os and Gates (also known as ``Path
15'') in California. Path 15 is presently a bottleneck in the
transmission of electricity between northern and southern California.
The additional funds will allow Western to complete the planning for the
proposed transmission project, including coordination with potential
nonfederal sponsors for the project. Funds are also provided for Western
to update the environmental impact documentation originally completed in
1986. These funds are non-reimbursable so that existing Western
customers do not have to repay these costs to the Federal government.
GENERAL PROVISION--THIS CHAPTER
The Committee has included bill language to direct the Corps of
Engineers to use $500,000 of the funds provided in Public Law 106-377 to
complete work on the Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee feasibility study.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
The Committee recommends $50,000,000 for operation of Indian
programs, as requested by the Administration, to allow for the repayment
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the land acquisition accounts of the
Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
and the National Park Service. The entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
In May 2001, the Secretary of the Interior used her transfer
authority in Section 102 of the FY 2001 Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, Public Law 106 291, to provide a total of
$41,000,000 to prevent the shutdown of the San Carlos Irrigation Project
(SCIP) electric power operations in Arizona. The transfers are expected
to cover the cost of power purchases for May through the end of August.
The additional funds above the amount required for reimbursement are to
ensure that there are sufficient funds to cover the cost of summer power
requirements. The need for this funding is due to: (1) SCIP's regional
linkage to the California power market and low western reservoirs, which
contribute to high electricity prices; (2) the lack of alternative power
providers in SCIP's service area, which leaves certain residents, such
as diabetics on dialysis, vulnerable to illness or death should power be
cut off; (3) and the inability of SCIP to obtain sufficient funding to
purchase power by other means. The potential loss of power would have a
disastrous effect on the economy and human population of south-central
Arizona. The Department of the Interior is drafting legislation to
authorize the divestiture of SCIP assets and the Administration hopes to
proceed expeditiously.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
The Committee recommends $17,700,000 for construction, to remain
available until expended, to repair damages to U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service facilities caused by floods, ice storms, and earthquakes in the
States of Washington, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
UNITED STATES PARK POLICE
The Committee recommends $1,700,000 for United States park police for
unbudgeted increases in pension costs for retired United States park
police officers. These funds will allow for reinstatement of the recruit
training class that has been delayed to pay the increased retirement
costs.
RELATED AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
The Committee recommends $22,000,000 for State and private forestry
for emergency activities associated with ice storm damage in the States
of Arkansas and Oklahoma, and for emergency pest suppression in several
areas of the country. The recommendation includes $10,000,000 for ice
storm damage and $12,000,000 for pest suppression and prevention
activities on Federal, State, Tribal, and private lands. The funds to
address ice storm damage are for technical forestry and community
assistance, development of recovery plans, forest regeneration on
non-Federal lands, and community fire assistance including community
fire presuppression, suppression and prevention activities. The funds
for pest suppression and prevention activities should be focused on
emergency needs such as suppression of southern pine beetles in the
South, addressing the increasing sudden oak death needs in California
and Oregon, suppression of bark beetles in the West, restoration of
forests destroyed by spruce and mountain pine beetles, and emergency
development, production, and release of beetles for the purpose of
Hemlock woolly adelgid biocontrol. The entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
The Committee recommends $12,000,000 for the national forest system
for emergency activities associated with ice storm damage in the States
of Arkansas and Oklahoma, and for emergency response to the emerging
problem of illegal marijuana cultivation and trafficking in California
and Kentucky. Within the amount recommended, $10,000,000 is to address
ice storm damage for activities associated with forest restoration
including the preparation and sale of forest products, re-establishment
of forested areas, restoration of wildlife habitat, and recreation site
cleanup; and $2,000,000 is to address the emerging illegal cultivation
and trafficking of marijuana in California and Kentucky. Such funds
shall be available for increased agency law enforcement activity and
increased cooperative support to State and local agencies. The entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
The Committee recommends $100,000,000 for wildland fire management to
address additional requirements for the 2001 fire season. Current
indications are that the agency's fire fighting capability and available
resources are likely to be insufficient to meet demand. The Committee
reminds the Administration, that a significant debt of over $300,000,000
exists, due to borrowing from the Knutson-Vandenburg funds for past fire
suppression activities. It is important that repayment of such borrowing
be a high priority, should year-end Wildland Fire Management balances
afford such an opportunity. The entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE
The Committee recommends $4,000,000 for capital improvement and
maintenance to repair damages caused by ice storms in Arkansas and
Oklahoma. Such funds are available for activities including maintenance
and reconstruction of roads accessing national forest and research sites
and facilities, maintenance and restoration of trails, and maintenance
and minor reconstruction of administrative and recreation facilities.
The entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
The Committee recommends bill language to permit completion of a
wilderness study at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, WI by the
National Park Service. An amount of $200,000 was provided in fiscal year
2001 to complete this study. Because the study will not be completed
until fiscal year 2003, the Committee recommends extending the
availability of these funds.
The Committee recommends bill language extending the availability of
funds provided in fiscal year 2001 for maintenance, protection and
preservation of land in the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site,
South Dakota. The projects for which $5,000,000 was made available to
the National Park Service, through the Air Force operations and
maintenance account, cannot be completed this fiscal year.
The Committee recommends bill language to correct a Public Law
reference in section 338 of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2001.
The Committee recommends bill language modifying a provision in
Public Law 106 558 in order to authorize the payment of full overtime
rates for fire fighters in fiscal year 2001.
The Committee recommends bill language to permit the Forest Service
to receive reimbursement for expenditures for projects that otherwise
qualify for the use of Federal-aid highways funds. Emergency relief for
Federally-owned roads is routinely made available to the Forest Service
in the form of Federal-aid highways funds (Department of the Treasury
account 12 69X8083). These monies provide critical funding for the
repair of forest roads made necessary by storms, floods, and other
natural occurrences. However, timely repair work is often needed prior
to Federal-aid highways funds being made available to the Forest Service
by the Federal Highway Administration. This time lag in the provision of
Federal-aid highways funds necessitates the interim use of agency funds,
which were budgeted specifically for other projects, to complete such
repairs. The ability to reimburse accounts that were used to fund
projects, which would otherwise qualify for the use of Federal-Aid
Highways funds, is necessary to assure that both needed emergency repair
work and regularly planned, budgeted, and approved projects are
completed.
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
(Rescission)
The bill includes a rescission of $359,000,000 from funds provided in
P.L. 106 554 to support the activities of the Workforce Investment Act
(WIA). The rescission is from amounts provided on an advance basis for
fiscal year 2002 to support WIA activities in program year 2001. No
rescission was requested by the Administration.
The Department of Labor estimates that States will carry-in balances
of $1,778,000,000 on July 1, 2001, the beginning of program year 2001.
The Committee understands from the Department that historically States
have carried-in approximately $1,000,000,000 annually among the three
WIA block grants.
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 provided advance
appropriations for the adult and dislocated worker employment and
training activities totaling $1,772,000,000. At the time the Committee
provided these advance appropriations, it did not anticipate such high
levels of unexpended balances in WIA block grant programs.
In view of the large carry-in balances, the Committee recommendation
rescinds $359,000,000 from these advanced amounts, of which $100,000,000
is from adult employment and training activities and $259,000,000 is
from dislocated worker employment and training activities. Even with the
rescission, States will have available an estimated $5,107,000,000 to
support WIA activities in program year 2001, $455,000,000 over amounts
available in program year 2000.
The President's fiscal year 2002 budget recommends reducing WIA
funding by $359,000,000 for program year 2002 in order to reduce the
high level of carry-in balances in each of the three WIA block grants.
The Committee believes that rescinding a portion of the advance
appropriations for these activities now will provide more time for the
States, the Administration, and the Congress to examine program
expenditure patterns and assess future WIA training and employment
service needs.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
It has come to the Committee's attention that a number of communities
are experiencing delays in the Department of Labor's processing of
petitions for Trade Adjustment Assistance. For localities whose workers
have been adversely affected by imports and trade agreements these job
training and reemployment benefits are crucial. The Committee urges the
Department of Labor to expedite the investigation and certification
processes for these benefits.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
The funding available for construction and renovation of Scripps
Memorial East County Hospital in El Cajon, California shall be divided
equally between Sharps Grossmont Hospital, located in San Diego County
and El Centro Regional Medical Center, located in Imperial County.
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
The bill includes $300,000,000 to serve as a reserve to provide home
energy assistance to low-income households, including the needs of
low-income households arising from extreme summer heat or other
emergencies, as defined in section 2603 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981. This is $150,000,000 above the
Administration's supplemental request. The Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2001 (P.L. 106 554) provided $300,000,000 in contingent emergency
funds for LIHEAP. These funds were released in their entirety on
December 30, 2000, to address high heating fuel prices.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION REFORM
The bill includes a provision to make a technical correction relating
to a project specified in the statement of the managers on the
conference report accompanying the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001.
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
The bill includes a provision to make a technical correction relating
to the amount of funding available for Basic Grants in school year 2001
2002.
The bill also includes an additional $161,000,000 for the Title I
Grants to States program. It is the intent of the Committee that, when
taken together with the technical correction to the basic grants amount,
these additional resources will result in a final fiscal year 2001
appropriation of $7,397,971,000 for basic grants and $1,364,750,000 for
concentration grants. The Committee further intends that these
additional resources will be used to provide each state and local
educational agency the greater of either the amount it would receive at
levels specified in the conference report to accompany H.R. 4577 under
the 100-percent hold harmless or what it would receive using the
statutory formulas. The additional funds are necessary to fully
implement this agreement using updated poverty and expenditure data that
became available in January 2001.
IMPACT AID
The bill includes a provision requiring Impact Aid construction funds
to be distributed in accordance with the formula provisions outlined in
section 8007 of the Impact Aid program as that section existed in fiscal
year 2000.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
The bill includes a provision to make a technical correction relating
to a project specified in the statement of the managers on the
conference report accompanying the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
The bill includes a provision to make technical corrections relating
to the amount of funding available for projects specified in the
statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001.
CHAPTER 6
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
The bill provides the traditional death gratuity for the widow of
Norman Sisisky, late a Representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia,
and the heir of John Joseph Moakley, late a Representative from the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES, STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND
SELECT, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
The bill includes an additional $44,214,000 for Members'
Representational Allowances (MRA's), standing committees, special and
select, the Committee on Appropriations and allowances and expenses.
Funds for MRA's and committees have been requested by the House in the
Administration's supplemental submission to support the increased
authorizations recently approved by the House of Representatives. Funds
are also provided for increased benefit costs associated with the
related staff increases.
Since the Committee on House Administration Committee funding
resolution spans the biennial period of the 107th Congress, the bill
provides $9,776,000 within the above amount to remain available until
December 31, 2002, for committee salaries and expenses.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
The bill provides an additional amount for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Clerk and the Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer totaling $17,448,000. The Clerk is provided $3,150,000 including
$2,500,000 for the continuation of the project to replace the current
Legislative Information Management Systems (LIMS) and $650,000 to fund
anticipated expenses of the Office of the House Employment Counsel.
The Chief Administrative Officer is provided $14,298,000. This
funding will allow upgrades to hardware and infrastructure for improved
and higher speed network connectivity between Member Washington and
district offices and within the House campus.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The bill provides $35,000 to the Office of Compliance for unexpected
requests for counseling and mediation services.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
The bill provides $11,900,000 to fund a shortfall based on the
increased volume of printing of publications and associated information
products and services ordered by Congress during fiscal years 2000 and
2001.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
The Committee recognizes the need to replace the air conditioning
system at the Government Printing Office. The chillers, which date back
to the 1970's, are in critical need of replacement. They have outlived
their useful life and are obsolete, energy inefficient, and pose a
threat to the environment through the use of chlorofluorocarbons. In
order to avoid the potential failure of the entire system and provide
for energy efficient lighting, the bill provides the necessary funding
of $6,000,000.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Library of Congress and the United States Military Academy
initiated a collaborative telecommunications project during fiscal year
2001 to ensure that the undergraduate cadet population has effective
access to digitized primary source material which is available through
the Library's Internet site. To further the project, the Committee has
provided an additional $600,000 to upgrade the current network
infrastructure within the cadet barracks.
The Committee acknowledges that the Library of Congress is
endeavoring to acquire the 1507 world map by Waldseemueller and is
seeking private funding to support the acquisition. The committee fully
supports the initiative to acquire this major treasure for its library.
The 1507 World Map by Martin Waldseemueller, the first work of any kind
to designate as America the newly discovered Western Hemisphere, is
often called ``America's birth certificate.'' As such this nearly
500-year old map is a significant historical document that should be
held by the people of the United States and exhibited in Congress'
library. The Committee urges the librarian to seek an extension from the
German Ministry of Culture to its June 30, 2001, deadline for the
expiration of the export license to allow the Library of Congress every
opportunity to acquire for America this most important historical
document.
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(Airport and Airway Trust Fund)
(Rescission of Contract Authorization)
The bill rescinds $30,000,000 in contract authority for the
``Grants-in-aid for airports'' program. This funding is above annual
obligation limitations on this program, and is therefore not available
for use in the program. As such, the rescission will have no effect on
current operations.
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
The recommendation includes an additional $92,000,000, as requested,
for Coast Guard operating expenses. Funding has been made available
until September 30, 2002. These funds are needed to address: increased
fuel costs ($37,000,000); additional pay and benefits mandated or
authorized under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2001 ($31,000,000); shortages in aviation spare parts ($20,000,000); and
costs of deploying port security units to the Middle East ($4,000,000).
CHAPTER 8
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The Committee has not provided the President's request for an
additional $60,601,000 to fund operational and perimeter security
support for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. The
Committee supports this funding, which would cover both increased
Treasury Department workload as well as travel, overtime and related
costs of agencies providing security support. The Committee expects to
include such funding in the fiscal year 2002 appropriation.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Salaries and Expenses
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $49,576,000 for the
Financial Management Service to implement a tax rate reduction credit as
specified in section 101 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001. The funding supports the purchase of check
stock and other related paper supplies, as well as postage and other
costs associated with processing and mailing tax rate reduction credit
checks to taxpayers. The Committee directs the Financial Management
Service to provide a detailed report on the expenditures made pursuant
to this appropriation 120 days after the enactment of this Act.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
Processing, Assistance, and Management
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $66,200,000 for the
Internal Revenue Service to implement a tax rate reduction credit as
specified in section 101 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001. The funding supports advance mailings to
taxpayers of the tax rate reduction credit schedule as well as related
customer service and account reconciliation activities. The Committee
directs the Internal Revenue Service to provide a detailed report on the
expenditures made pursuant to this appropriation 120 days after the
enactment of this Act.
CHAPTER 9
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
Compensation and Pensions
The Committee recommends an additional $589,413,000 for compensation
and pension payments to eligible veterans. Supplemental funds are needed
in fiscal year 2001 in order to meet cost of living adjustments, and
program enhancements and benefits contained in legislation enacted after
passage of the fiscal year 2001 appropriations bill.
Readjustment Benefits
The Committee recommends an additional $347,000,000 to meet
Montgomery GI Bill benefit enhancements contained in legislation enacted
after passage of the fiscal year 2001 appropriations bill.
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Medical and Prosthetic Research
The Committee recognizes that the VA research program must undertake
a certain level of travel to properly optimize the function and
oversight of this worthwhile program and includes language increasing
the current fiscal year 2001 travel limitation from $2,500,000 to
$3,500,000.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
General Operating Expenses
(including transfer of funds)
The Committee recommends $19,000,000 be transferred from the Medical
Care account to General Operating Expenses exclusively for the Veterans
Benefits Administration (VBA). VBA is aggressively pursuing a proactive
approach to solving the mounting claims problem by hiring and training
additional claims adjudicators immediately. The additional $19,000,000
from Medical Care, plus $7,000,000 of reprogrammed GOE funds, will allow
VBA to hire and train approximately 400 new personnel.
As a result of the hiring plan, VBA will need an increased travel
limitation in FY 2001 over the originally requested level to support
this training effort. The new fiscal year 2001 GOE travel limitation is
$17,500,000.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(Rescission)
The Committee recommendation includes a rescission of $114,300,000 of
unobligated appropriations to the Housing Certificate Fund and its
predecessor programs.
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Community Development Fund
The Committee has included language which clarifies Congressional
intent with respect to appropriations made for construction at a New
Jersey university medical center, to improve cyber-districts in
Massachusetts, and for wastewater and combined sewer overflow
infrastructure improvements in Massachusetts.
HOUSING PROGRAMS
Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund
The recommendation includes language to provide authority for the
expenditure of fees collected and deposited into the Manufactured
Housing Fees Trust Fund for fiscal year 2001. The Manufactured Housing
Improvement Act of 2000, enacted on December 27, 2000, created this new
fund and made expenditures from the fund subject to annual
appropriations. Technical drafting errors in the statute have resulted
in HUD being unable to spend fees collected in fiscal year 2001,
threatening a shutdown of the program. Therefore, language is included
to rectify this situation.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA--Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account
The recommendation includes language giving the Department authority
to use existing fiscal year 2001 appropriations to take corrective
action in response to a probable fiscal year 2000 violation of the
Anti-Deficiency Act. In fiscal year 2000, FHA funded a $33,000,000
advertising campaign promoting HUD programs. A portion of this program's
funding was derived from a non-appropriated account, the authorized use
of which is limited to disposition of FHA properties. According to HUD
officials, the use of this fund has resulted in a likely violation of
the Anti-Deficiency Act that is estimated by HUD to total $6,900,000
plus interest. The Committee's recommendation includes language to allow
HUD flexibility to pay the obligation and accrued interest from within
existing fiscal year 2001 appropriations for FHA administrative expenses
and for HUD's salaries and expenses.
FHA--General and Special Risk Program Account
The recommendation includes an additional $40,000,000 in credit
subsidy appropriations for the General Insurance and Special Risk
Insurance (GI/SRI) program account. The Committee notes that for the
second consecutive year, FHA has sought a supplemental appropriation
because of the inability of the programs to operate within the resources
provided. This additional appropriation, when combined with a premium
increase for apartment development programs as assumed in the
Administration's supplemental funding request, will provide FHA
sufficient resources to guarantee all multi-family loans meeting FHA
underwriting criteria through the remainder of this fiscal year. Changes
in the premium structure will ensure that most FHA apartment development
programs operate in a self-sustaining manner like most other FHA
programs, including the single-family insurance program, thereby
averting further shutdowns in the program. Therefore, language is also
included to condition the release of this additional amount upon
implementation of an interim final rule revising premium structure for
programs provided for under this heading.
The Committee is also concerned that insufficient FHA management and
oversight has contributed to the inability of the programs to operate
within the funding provided. Increased FHA management and oversight of
these programs, coupled with reduced reliance on direct appropriations,
will enable FHA programs to operate in an uninterrupted manner. The
Committee expects FHA to take all actions necessary to strengthen its
management and financial oversight of these programs, and to provide a
report to the Committee no later than August 15, 2001, identifying the
corrective actions taken to address these issues.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY
Salaries and Expenses
The Committee recommends an additional $243,059 for Arlington
National Cemetery to pay a disputed water bill consistent with statutory
requirements in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law
106 554).
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Environmental Programs and Management
The Committee has included language in the bill which clarifies
Congressional intent with respect to an appropriation made in fiscal
year 2001 for work on New York watersheds.
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
The Committee has included language in the bill which clarifies
Congressional intent with respect to appropriations made for four
specific projects. The Committee has also included a technical amendment
which states the correct appropriations level provided in Public Law 106
377 for state and tribal assistance grants.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
(rescission)
The Committee has included a provision rescinding $389,200,000 from
the disaster relief fund. These funds are not required by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency at this time.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Human Space Flight
The Committee has included language in the bill which would remove a
restriction placed on $40,000,000 of the funding provided in the fiscal
year 2000 appropriation for Human Space Flight. The fiscal year 2000
language restricted the use of the funding for a shuttle research
mission to be accomplished after STS 107 and December of 2001. With
delays in the overhaul of the space shuttle Columbia, and other delays
caused by changes to the shuttle manifest, NASA's STS 107 research
mission has been rescheduled for May of 2002 and the follow-on mission
is not currently manifested. NASA has already used $8,000,000 of the
$40,000,000 set-aside to prepare for the follow-on mission. With this
language change, NASA will be able to use $17,000,000 to cover the costs
associated with the delay of STS 107 mission and $15,000,000 will be
used for research to be carried out on the International Space Station.
The Committee remains concerned about the level of research conducted on
the International Space Station and wishes to stress the importance of
utilizing the laboratory facilities for scientific research.
The Committee is concerned to learn that the follow-on research
mission is not even scheduled until 2004. This mission was intended as a
gap-filler to support the scientific community during construction of
the International Space Station. Pushing this mission back another three
years will only further exacerbate existing strains on the underfunded
life and microgravity science community.
The supplemental request