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1998 Education Budget:
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 13, 1997
Now I ask you -- and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents, teachers, and citizens all
across America -- for a new nonpartisan commitment to education -- because education is a critical
national security issue for our future, and politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4, 1997
HIGHLIGHTS: The President's signature on the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill today,
along with the education tax cuts enacted in August, take us an historic step closer to reaching the
President's goal of making sure that every 8-year old can read, every 12-year old can log on to Internet,
every 18-year old can go to college, and all Americans can keep on learning throughout their lifetimes.
This represents the largest increase in our education investment in a generation, including the biggest
increase in college aid since the GI Bill 50 years ago. The bill signed today:
promotes high standards and continued development of voluntary national tests;
increases Pell Grants to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades;
expands Head Start;
funds America Reads to help all children read well and independently by age 8;
brings technology to the classroom; and
expands choice and accountability through public charter schools.
RAISING STANDARDS: HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND
ADVANCED SKILLS
Continues Development of Voluntary National Tests. The bill provides full funding to proceed
with immediate development of the first-ever voluntary national tests in 4th grade reading and
8th grade math, based on widely accepted national standards used in the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP). It puts the independent, bipartisan National Assessment
Governing Board (NAGB) in charge of test policies and development, as the Administration had
proposed. The bill provides the Administration's full request of $16 million to support the
testing plan. The bill also provides for a feasibility study to determine if existing state tests can
be linked to both the NAEP standards and each other. Pilot testing can begin in Fall 1998.
Provides Funding for the America Reads Challenge. The bill provides nearly $300 million in
new funding towards the President's comprehensive strategy for involving teachers, families and
communities in ensuring that all children learn to read well and independently by the end of third
grade. These resources will be used to build on current AmeriCorps and college work-study
tutoring efforts (more than 800 colleges have already committed to use Federal work-study slots
for reading tutors).
AmeriCorps and the senior volunteer programs won an increase of $64 million in
the two bills that fund the National Service program ($39 million in the bill signed
today). This will fund 3000 new AmeriCorps members and thousands of new
senior volunteers who will recruit more than 100,000 volunteer tutors.
State teacher training and family literacy efforts are increased a total of $41
million, and $5 million is provided to help provide training for tutors.
Provides an advance appropriation of $210 million for pending legislation based
on the President's America Reads initiative. The House version of that legislation
-- promoting tutoring, family literacy, and teacher training -- passed the House
with the Administration's support on November 8.
Brings Technology to the Classroom. Funding for the President's two education technology
programs, started from scratch three years ago, is more than doubled, to $531 million:
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund. The bill provides $425 million, more
than twice as much as the $200 million appropriated last year, to help States,
communities, and schools acquire hardware, software, and connectivity linkages;
provide professional development in the integration of technology into the
curriculum; and apply technology to support school reform efforts and
opportunities for all students.
Technology Innovation Challenge Grants. The bill includes $106 million--an
86 percent increase over last year's level of $57 million--to support up to 30 new
projects, including 15 focused specifically on delivering the most effective
training for teachers in using educational technologies, as well as 62 existing
projects involving a wide range of innovative strategies for improving teaching
and learning and increasing student access to technology.
Expands Choice and Accountability in Public Schools. President Clinton's Public Charter
Schools Program received a 57 percent increase, from $51 million to $80 million. This program
provides start-up funding for public schools that parents, teachers, and communities create -- and
that States free from most rules and regulations while holding them accountable for raising
student achievement. By the end of next year, the Department of Education will be funding
nearly 1,000 locally-designed charter schools, accelerating progress toward the President's goal
of developing 3,000 new charter schools by early in the next century -- a goal adopted by
bipartisan charter school legislation passed by the House last week.
Supports Certification of Master Teachers. The bill includes $18.5 million in support of the
President's plan to help 100,000 teachers nationwide seek certification as Master Teachers by the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Provides After-School Opportunities for Children. The bill dramatically expands support for
the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, providing $40 million to support
hundreds of after-school centers in rural and urban schools across the country that will provide
academic enrichment, tutoring, and other learning opportunities while giving students a safe
haven during the often-dangerous after-school hours.
Supports Strategies for Transforming Failing Schools. The bill includes $150 million in new
funds for an initiative, supported by the President, to help low-achieving, low-income schools
transform themselves through proven reforms, addressing failing schools without abandoning
public education. These funds will help almost 3,000 schools implement successful reforms.
Helps Children Learn English. The bill includes a 35% increase in bilingual and immigrant
education secured by the President in the Balanced Budget Agreement. The bilingual education
funding will help school districts teach English to more than a million limited English proficient
children, as well as provide some 4,000 teachers with the training they need to do their jobs
better. The Immigrant Education program will help more than a thousand school districts
provide supplemental instructional services to 875,000 recent immigrant students.
Helps Children with Special Needs. This bill appropriates $3.8 billion for Special Education
Grants to States, an increase of $700 million that will raise the Federal share of serving about 6
million children with disabilities by 19 percent. This increase will help States and school
districts improve educational results for children with disabilities and help these children meet
high standards, as called for by the Individuals with Disabilities Act Amendments of 1997,
recently signed by the President.
Promotes High Standards for All Children. The bill provides $491 million for the President's
Goals 2000 school reform program. Communities in every state are using Goals 2000 funds to
upgrade curriculum, improve teaching, increase parental involvement in schools, and make greater
use of computers in the classroom. Since 1994, over $1.3 billion has been invested in this vital
initiative.
Funds Extra Assistance for Low-Income Schools and Students. The bill provides nearly $7.4
billion in Title I to support extra help in basic and advanced skills for more than ten million
disadvantaged students in elementary and secondary schools. Under the Clinton Administration,
investment in Title I has grown by over $ 1 billion.
PROVIDING JOB TRAINING FOR ADULTS AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH
Expands Job Corps and Other Job Training Programs. The bill provides an increase of $497
million -- or 8 percent -- for employment and training programs. This means more opportunities
for adult training, youth training, and Job Corps.
Creates new Youth Opportunities Areas. For Out-of-School Youth, the bill provides an advance
appropriation of $250 million for employment programs in selected high-poverty urban and rural
areas, including designated empowerment zones and enterprise communities.
Serves More Than 600,000 Dislocated Workers. The bill provides an increase of $65 million
for dislocated workers -- bringing the total clients served to more than double what it was the
year President Clinton took office.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Expands Head Start toward 1 Million Children. The bill provides nearly $4.4 billion for Head
Start, keeping on track to meet the President's goal of serving one million children. With this
$374 million increase, Head Start funding will have increased 57% since 1993. The program will
serve an estimated 836,000 children in 1998.
HELPING AMERICANS AFFORD A COLLEGE EDUCATION
Increases Pell Grant Award to $3,000 Maximum. Congress adopted President Clinton's
proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades.
Approximately 3.7 million students will receive this year's $300 increase, and an additional
220,000 low- and moderate-income families that were not previously eligible will receive Pell
Grants.
Protects Families' Financial Aid Eligibility. The bill includes the President's proposal to
ensure that families' eligibility for Federal financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax cuts
for higher education. This was a part of the Administration's original HOPE Scholarship
proposal, but was not included in the recent tax legislation.
Reduces Student Loan Interest Rate. A one-year provision will reduce the interest rate on
consolidation loans in the guaranteed student loan program to match the lower rate which has
been offered under direct lending, and will allow old loans to be consolidated into either
program.
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Fully Funds Office for Civil Rights. The bill fully funds the Department of Education's Office
for Civil Rights, meeting the President's request for a 12% increase in order to protect America's
students from illegal discrimination in education.
Increases Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving
Institutions. The bill meets the President's request for increases for both Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions, providing greater support for these
vital postsecondary institutions.
OTHER VICTORIES
The bill also maintains our investments in Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities,
School-to-Work Opportunities, College Work-Study, and other education and training priorities.
Final
1998 Education Budget: An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 13, 1997
Now I ask you - and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents, teachers, and citizens all across America -- for
a new nonpartisan commitment to education -- because education is a critical national security issue for our future,
and politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4,1997
The President's signature on the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill today, along with the education tax cuts
enacted in August, take us an historic step closer to reaching the President's goal of making sure that every 8-year old
can read, every 12-year old can log on to Internet, every 18-year old can go to college, and all Americans can keep on
learning throughout their lifetimes. This represents the largest increase in our education investment in a generation,
including the biggest increase in college aid since the GI Bill 50 years ago. The bill signed today:
Continues Development of Voluntary National Tests. The bill provides full funding to proceed with immediate
development of the first-ever voluntary national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, based on widely accepted
national standards used in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). It puts the independent,
bipartisan National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) in charge of test policies and development, as the
Administration had proposed. The bill provides the Administration's full request of $16 million to support the testing
plan, and allows for pilot testing to begin in Fall 1998. The legislation also provides for a feasibility study to determine
if existing state tests can be linked to both the NAEP standards and each other.
Provides Funding for the America Reads Challenge. The bill provides nearly $300 million in new funding towards
the President's comprehensive strategy for involving teachers, families and communities in ensuring that all children
learn to read well and independently by the end of third grade. These resources will be used to build on current
AmeriCorps and college work-study tutoring efforts (more than 800 colleges have already committed to use Federal
work-study slots for reading tutors).
Brings Technology to the Classroom. Funding for the President's two education technology programs, started from
scratch three years ago, is more than doubled, to $531 million. The Technology Literacy Challenge Fund helps States,
communities, and schools acquire hardware, software, and connectivity linkages; provide professional development
in the integration of technology into the curriculum; and apply technology to support school reform efforts and
opportunities for all students. The Technology Innovation Challenge Grants support a wide range of innovative
strategies for improving teaching and learning and increasing student access to technology.
Expands Choice and Accountability in Public Schools. President Clinton's Public Charter Schools Program received
a 57 percent increase, from $51 million to $80 million. By the end of next year, the Department of Education will be
funding nearly 1,000 locally-designed charter schools, accelerating progress toward the President's goal of developing
3,000 new charter schools by early in the next century -- a goal adopted by bipartisan charter school legislation passed
by the House last week.
Expands Head Start toward 1 Million Children. The bill provides nearly $4.4 billion for Head Start, keeping on
track to meet the President's goal of serving one million children. With this $374 million increase, Head Start funding
will have increased 57% since 1993. The program will serve an estimated 836,000 children in 1998.
Increases Pell Grant Award to $3,000 Maximum. Congress adopted President Clinton's proposal to increase the
maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will receive
this year's $300 increase, and an additional 220,000 low- and moderate-income families that were not previously
eligible will receive Pell Grants.
1998 Education Budget:
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 13, 1997
Now I ask you -- and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents, teachers, and citizens all
across America -- for a new nonpartisan commitment to education -- because education is a critical
national security issue for our future, and politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4,1997
HIGHLIGHTS: The President's signature on the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill today, along
with the education tax cuts enacted in August, take us an historic step closer to reaching the President's goal
of making sure that every 8-year old can read, every 12-year old can log on to Internet, every 18-year old can
go to college, and all Americans can keep on learning throughout their lifetimes. This represents the largest
increase in our education investment in a generation, including the biggest increase in college aid since the GI
Bill 50 years ago. The bill signed today:
promotes high standards and continued development of voluntary national tests;
increases Pell Grants to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades;
expands Head Start;
funds America Reads to help all children read well and independently by age 8;
brings technology to the classroom; and
expands choice and accountability through public charter schools.
RAISING STANDARDS: HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND
ADVANCED SKILLS
Continues Development of Voluntary National Tests. The bill provides full funding to proceed
with immediate development of the first-ever voluntary national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th
grade math, based on widely accepted national standards used in the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP). It puts the independent, bipartisan National Assessment
Governing Board (NAGB) in charge of test policies and development, as the Administration had
proposed. The bill provides the Administration's full request of $16 million to support the testing
plan, and allows for pilot testing to begin in Fall 1998. The bill also provides for a feasibility
study to determine if existing state tests can be linked to both the NAEP standards and each other.
Provides Funding for the America Reads Challenge. The bill provides nearly $300 million in
new funding towards the President's comprehensive strategy for involving teachers, families and
communities in ensuring that all children learn to read well and independently by the end of third
grade. These resources will be used to build on current AmeriCorps and college work-study
tutoring efforts (more than 800 colleges have already committed to use Federal work-study slots
for reading tutors).
AmeriCorps and the senior volunteer programs won an increase of $64 million in
the two bills that fund the National Service program ($39 million in the bill signed
today). This will fund 3000 new AmeriCorps members and thousands of new
senior volunteers who will recruit more than 100,000 volunteer tutors.
State teacher training and family literacy efforts are increased a total of $41
million, and $5 million is provided to help provide training for tutors.
Provides an advance appropriation of $210 million for pending legislation based on
the President's America Reads initiative. The House version of that legislation --
promoting tutoring, family literacy, and teacher training -- passed the House with
the Administration's support on November 8.
Brings Technology to the Classroom. Funding for the President's two education technology programs,
started from scratch three years ago, is more than doubled, to $531 million:
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund. The bill provides $425 million, more than
twice as much as the $200 million appropriated last year, to help States,
communities, and schools acquire hardware, software, and connectivity linkages;
provide professional development in the integration of technology into the
curriculum; and apply technology to support school reform efforts and
opportunities for all students.
Technology Innovation Challenge Grants. The bill includes $106 million--an 86
percent increase over last year's level of $57 million--to support up to 30 new
projects, including 15 focused specifically on delivering the most effective training
for teachers in using educational technologies, as well as 62 existing projects
involving a wide range of innovative strategies for improving teaching and learning
and increasing student access to technology.
Expands Choice and Accountability in Public Schools. President Clinton's Public Charter
Schools Program received a 57 percent increase, from $51 million to $80 million. This program
provides start-up funding for public schools that parents, teachers, and communities create -- and
that States free from most rules and regulations while holding them accountable for raising
student achievement. By the end of next year, the Department of Education will be funding nearly
1,000 locally-designed charter schools, accelerating progress toward the President's goal of
developing 3,000 new charter schools by early in the next century -- a goal adopted by bipartisan
charter school legislation passed by the House last week.
Supports Certification of Master Teachers. The bill includes $18.5 million in support of the
President's plan to help 100,000 teachers nationwide seek certification as Master Teachers by the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Provides After-School Opportunities for Children. The bill dramatically expands support for
the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, providing $40 million to support
hundreds of after-school centers in rural and urban schools across the country that will provide
academic enrichment, tutoring, and other learning opportunities while giving students a safe haven
during the often-dangerous after-school hours.
Supports Strategies for Transforming Failing Schools. The bill includes $150 million in new
funds for an initiative, supported by the President, to help low-achieving, low-income schools
transform themselves through proven reforms, addressing failing schools without abandoning
public education. These funds will help almost 3,000 schools implement successful reforms.
Helps Children Learn English. The bill includes a 35% increase in bilingual and immigrant
education secured by the President in the Balanced Budget Agreement. The bilingual education
funding will help school districts teach English to more than a million limited English proficient
children, as well as provide some 4,000 teachers with the training they need to do their jobs
better. The Immigrant Education program will help more than a thousand school districts provide
supplemental instructional services to 875,000 recent immigrant students.
Helps Children with Special Needs. This bill appropriates $3.8 billion for Special Education
Grants to States, an increase of $700 million that will raise the Federal share of serving about 6
million children with disabilities by 19 percent. This increase will help States and school districts
improve educational results for children with disabilities and help these children meet high
standards, as called for by the Individuals with Disabilities Act Amendments of 1997, recently
signed by the President.
Promotes High Standards for All Children. The bill provides $491 million for the President's
Goals 2000 school reform program. Communities in every state are using Goals 2000 funds to
upgrade curriculum, improve teaching, increase parental involvement in schools, and make greater
use of computers in the classroom. Since 1994, over $1.3 billion has been invested in this vital
initiative.
Funds Extra Assistance for Low-Income Schools and Students. The bill provides nearly $7.4
billion in Title I to support extra help in basic and advanced skills for more than ten million
disadvantaged students in elementary and secondary schools. Under the Clinton Administration,
investment in Title I has grown by over $ 1 billion.
PROVIDING JOB TRAINING FOR ADULTS AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH
Expands Job Corps and Other Job Training Programs. The bill provides an increase of $497
million -- or 8 percent -- for employment and training programs. This means more opportunities
for adult training, youth training, and Job Corps.
Creates new Youth Opportunities Areas. For Out-of-School Youth, the bill provides an advance
appropriation of $250 million for employment programs in selected high-poverty urban and rural
areas, including designated empowerment zones and enterprise communities.
Serves More Than 600,000 Dislocated Workers. The bill provides an increase of $65 million for
dislocated workers -- bringing the total clients served to more than double what it was the year
President Clinton took office.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Expands Head Start toward 1 Million Children. The bill provides nearly $4.4 billion for Head
Start, keeping on track to meet the President's goal of serving one million children. With this
$374 million increase, Head Start funding will have increased 57% since 1993. The program will
serve an estimated 836,000 children in 1998.
HELPING AMERICANS AFFORD A COLLEGE EDUCATION
Increases Pell Grant Award to $3,000 Maximum. Congress adopted President Clinton's
proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades.
Approximately 3.7 million students will receive this year's $300 increase, and an additional
220,000 low- and moderate-income families that were not previously eligible will receive Pell
Grants.
Protects Families' Financial Aid Eligibility. The bill includes the President's proposal to ensure
that families' eligibility for Federal financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax cuts for higher
education. This was a part of the Administration's original HOPE Scholarship proposal, but was
not included in the recent tax legislation.
Reduces Student Loan Interest Rate. A one-year provision will reduce the interest rate on
consolidation loans in the guaranteed student loan program to match the lower rate which has
been offered under direct lending, and will allow old loans to be consolidated into either program.
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Fully Funds Office for Civil Rights. The bill fully funds the Department of Education's Office
for Civil Rights, meeting the President's request for a 12% increase in order to protect America's
students from illegal discrimination in education.
Increases Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving
Institutions. The bill meets the President's request for increases for both Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions, providing greater support for these
vital postsecondary institutions.
OTHER VICTORIES
The bill also maintains our investments in Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities, School-
to-Work Opportunities, College Work-Study, and other education and training priorities.
H.R.2264
Related Agencies
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
An Act
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the
H.R. 2264- /HHS/ LAbor/HHS/ EducA tion
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Appropriatic Act, FY 1998
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Job Training Partnership Act,
as amended, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and
other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training cen-
ters as authorized by the Job Training Partnership Act; the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; the Women in Apprentice-
ship and Nontraditional Occupations Act; the National Skill Stand-
ards Act of 1994; and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act;
$4,988,226,000 plus reimbursements, of which $3,794,735,000 is
available for obligation for the period July 1, 1998 through June
30, 1999; of which $118,491,000 is available for the period July
1, 1998 through June 30, 2001 for necessary expenses of construc-
tion, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers; and of
which $200,000,000 shall be available from July 1, 1998 through
September 30, 1999, for carrying out activities of the School-to-
Work Opportunities Act: Provided, That $53,815,000 shall be for
carrying out section 401 of the Job Training Partnership Act,
$71,017,000 shall be for carrying out section 402 of such Act,
$7,300,000 shall be for carrying out section 441 of such Act,
$9,000,000 shall be for all activities conducted by and through
the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
under such Act, $955,000,000 shall be for carrying out title II,
part A of such Act, and $129,965,000 shall be for carrying out
title II, part C of such Act: Provided further, That the National
Occupational Information Coordinating Committee is authorized,
effective upon enactment, to charge fees for publications, training
and technical assistance developed by the National Occupational
H. 2264-2
Information Coordinating Committee: Provided further, That reve-
nues received from publications and delivery of technical assistance
and training, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, shall be credited
to the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
program account and shall be available to the National Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee without further appropria-
tions, so long as such revenues are used for authorized activities
of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee:
Provided further, That no funds from any other appropriation shall
be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers:
Provided further, That funds provided for title III of the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act shall not be subject to the limitation contained
in subsection (b) of section 315 of such Act; that the waiver described
in section 315(a)(2) may be granted if a substate grantee dem-
onstrates to the Governor that such waiver is appropriate due
to the availability of low-cost retraining services, is necessary to
facilitate the provision of needs-related payments to accompany
long-term training, or is necessary to facilitate the provision of
appropriate basic readjustment services; and that funds provided
for discretionary grants under part B of such title III may be
used to provide needs-related payments to participants who, in
lieu of meeting the enrollment requirements under section 314(e)
of such Act, are enrolled in training by the end of the sixth week
after grant funds have been awarded: Provided further, That funds
provided to carry out section 324 of such Act may be used for
demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants
in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further, That
service delivery areas may transfer funding provided herein under
authority of title II, parts B and C of the Job Training Partnership
Act between the programs authorized by those titles of the Act,
if the transfer is approved by the Governor: Provided further, That
service delivery areas and substate areas may transfer up to 20
percent of the funding provided herein under authority of title
II, part A and title III of the Job Training Partnership Act between
the programs authorized by those titles of the Act, if such transfer
is approved by the Governor: Provided further, That, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, any proceeds from the sale of
Job Corps center facilities shall be retained by the Secretary of
Labor to carry out the Job Corps program: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Labor
may waive any of the statutory or regulatory requirements of titles
I-III of the Job Training Partnership Act (except for requirements
relating to wage and labor standards, worker rights, participation
and protection, grievance procedures and judicial review, non-
discrimination, allocation of funds to local areas, eligibility, review
and approval of plans, the establishment and functions of service
delivery areas and private industry councils, and the basic purposes
of the Act), and any of the statutory or regulatory requirements
of sections 8-10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (except for requirements
relating to the provision of services to unemployment insurance
claimants and veterans, and to universal access to basic labor
exchange services without cost to job seekers), only for funds avail-
able for expenditure in program year 1998, pursuant to a request
submitted by a State which identifies the statutory or regulatory
requirements that are requested to be waived and the goals which
the State or local service delivery areas intend to achieve, describes
the actions that the State or local service delivery areas have
H. 2264-3
undertaken to remove State or local statutory or regulatory barriers,
describes the goals of the waiver and the expected programmatic
outcomes if the request is granted, describes the individuals
impacted by the waiver, and describes the process used to monitor
the progress in implementing a waiver, and for which notice and
an opportunity to comment on such request has been provided
to the organizations identified in section 105(a)(1) of the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act, if and only to the extent that the Secretary
determines that such requirements impede the ability of the State
to implement a plan to improve the workforce development system
and the State has executed a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Secretary requiring such State to meet agreed upon outcomes
and implement other appropriate measures to ensure accountability:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor shall establish a
workforce flexibility (work-flex) partnership demonstration program
under which the Secretary shall authorize not more than six States,
of which at least three States shall each have populations not
in excess of 3,500,000, with a preference given to those States
that have been designated Ed-Flex Partnership States under section
311(e) of Public Law 103-227, to waive any statutory or regulatory
requirement applicable to service delivery areas or substate areas
within the State under titles I-III of the Job Training Partnership
Act (except for requirements relating to wage and labor standards,
grievance procedures and judicial review, nondiscrimination, allot-
ment of funds, and eligibility), and any of the statutory or regulatory
requirements of sections 8-10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (except
for requirements relating to the provision of services to unemploy-
ment insurance claimants and veterans, and to universal access
to basic labor exchange services without cost to job seekers), for
a duration not to exceed the waiver period authorized under section
311(e) of Public Law 103-227, pursuant to a plan submitted by
such States and approved by the Secretary for the provision of
workforce employment and training activities in the States, which
includes a description of the process by which service delivery
areas and substate areas may apply for and have waivers approved
by the State, the requirements of the Wagner-Peyser Act to be
waived, the outcomes to be achieved and other measures to be
taken to ensure appropriate accountability for Federal funds.
For necessary expenses of Opportunity Areas of Out-of-School
Youth, in addition to amounts otherwise provided herein,
$250,000,000, to be available for obligation for the period October
1, 1998 through September 30, 1999, if job training reform legisla-
tion authorizing this or similar at-risk youth projects is enacted
by July 1, 1998.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To carry out the activities for national grants or contracts
with public agencies and public or private nonprofit organizations
under paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older
Americans Act of 1965, as amended, or to carry out older worker
activities as subsequently authorized, $343,356,000.
To carry out the activities for grants to States under paragraph
(3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans Act of
1965, as amended, or to carry out older worker activities as subse-
quently authorized, $96,844,000.
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The funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred
to and merged with the Department of Health and Human Services,
"Aging Services Programs", for the same purposes and the same
period as the account to which transferred, following the enactment
of legislation authorizing the administration of the program by
that Department.
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade adjustment
benefit payments and allowances under part I; and for training,
allowances for job search and relocation, and related State adminis-
trative expenses under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2,
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $349,000,000, together
with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the
subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent
to September 15 of the current year.
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
OPERATIONS
For authorized administrative expenses, $173,452,000, together
with not to exceed $3,322,476,000 (including not to exceed
$1,228,000 which may be used for amortization payments to States
which had independent retirement plans in their State employment
service agencies prior to 1980, and including not to exceed
$2,000,000 which may be obligated in contracts with non-State
entities for activities such as occupational and test research activi-
ties which benefit the Federal-State Employment Service System),
which may be expended from the Employment Security Administra-
tion account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the cost
of administering section 1201 of the Small Business Job Protection
Act of 1996, section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended,
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Immigration Act of 1990,
and the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and of
which the sums available in the allocation for activities authorized
by title III of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
502-504), and the sums available in the allocation for necessary
administrative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, shall
be available for obligation by the States through December 31,
1998, except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall
be available for obligation by States through September 30, 2000;
and of which $40,000,000 of the amount which may be expended
from said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the period
October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999, for the purpose of
assisting States to convert their automated State employment secu-
rity agency systems to be year 2000 compliant; and of which
$173,452,000, together with not to exceed $738,283,000 of the
amount which may be expended from said trust fund, shall be
available for obligation for the period July 1, 1998 through June
30, 1999, to fund activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as
amended, including the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39
U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of allotments
for such purpose, and of which $200,000,000 shall be available
solely for the purpose of assisting States to convert their automated
State employment security agency systems to be year 2000 compli-
ant, and of which $196,333,000 shall be available only to the extent
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necessary for additional State allocations to administer unemploy-
ment compensation laws to finance increases in the number of
unemployment insurance claims filed and claims paid or changes
in a State law: Provided, That to the extent that the Average
Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 1998 is pro-
jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,789,000 an additional
$28,600,000 shall be available for obligation for every 100,000
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any
increment less than 100,000) from the Employment Security
Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided
further, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to
establish a national one-stop career center network may be obligated
in contracts, grants or agreements with non-State entities: Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities
authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and title
III of the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to fund
integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance auto-
mation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed
under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87.
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as
authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act,
as amended, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as
authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954, as amended; and for nonrepayable advances to the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United
States Code, section 104(d) of Public Law 102-164, and section
5 of Public Law 103-6, and to the "Federal unemployment benefits
and allowances" account, to remain available until September 30,
1999, $392,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September
15, 1998, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund in the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For expenses of administering employment and training pro-
grams, $90,308,000, including $6,000,000 to support up to 75 full-
time equivalent staff, the majority of which will be term Federal
appointments lasting no more than three years, to administer wel-
fare-to-work grants, together with not to exceed $41,285,000, which
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration, $82,000,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain
available through September 30, 1999 for expenses of completing
the revision of the processing of employee benefit plan returns.
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to
make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized
by section 104 of Public Law 96-364, within limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of
the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program through
September 30, 1998, for such Corporation: Provided, That not to
exceed $10,433,000 shall be available for administrative expenses
of the Corporation: Provided further, That expenses of such Corpora-
tion in connection with the termination of pension plans, for the
acquisition, protection or management, and investment of trust
assets, and for benefits administration services shall be considered
as non-administrative expenses for the purposes hereof, and
excluded from the above limitation.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards
Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and
local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered,
$299,660,000, together with $993,000 which may be expended from
the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c) and 44(j) of
the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Provided,
That $500,000 shall be for the development of an alternative system
for the electronic submission of reports as required to be filed
under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959,
as amended, and for a computer database of the information for
each submission by whatever means, that is indexed and easily
searchable by the public via the Internet: Provided further, That
the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept, retain, and spend,
until expended, in the name of the Department of Labor, all sums
of money ordered to be paid to the Secretary of Labor, in accordance
with the terms of the Consent Judgment in Civil Action No. 91-
0027 of the United States District Court for the District of the
Northern Mariana Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided further, That
the Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish and, in accordance
with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for
processing applications and issuing certificates under sections 11(d)
and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended
(29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for processing applications and
issuing registrations under title I of the Migrant and Seasonal
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
SPECIAL BENEFITS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses
(except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or
any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5, chapter 81 of the United
States Code; continuation of benefits as provided for under the
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head "Civilian War Benefits" in the Federal Security Agency Appro-
priation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation Commission
Appropriation Act, 1944; and sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War
Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the
additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of
the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended,
$201,000,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary
to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment
of compensation and other benefits for any perfod subsequent to
August 15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts appropriated
may be used under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code,
by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer
at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed,
disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimburse-
ments unobligated on September 30, 1997, shall remain available
until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and
expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be trans-
ferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any
other corporation or instrumentality required under section 8147(c)
of title 5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share
of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary of Labor
determines to be the cost of administration for employees of such
fair share entities through September 30, 1998: Provided further,
That of those funds transferred to this account from the fair share
entities to pay the cost of administration, $7,269,000 shall be made
available to the Secretary of Labor for expenditures relating to
capital improvements in support of Federal Employees' Compensa-
tion Act administration, and the balance of such funds shall be
paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That the Secretary may require that any person filing a notice
of injury or a claim for benefits under chapter 81 of title 5, United
States Code, or 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such
notice and claim, such identifying information (including Social
Security account number) as such regulations may prescribe.
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund,
$1,007,000,000, of which $960,650,000 shall be available until
September 30, 1999, for payment of all benefits as authorized
by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, as amended, and interest on advances as authorized
by section 9501(c)(2) of that Act, and of which $26,147,000 shall
be available for transfer to Employment Standards Administration,
Salaries and Expenses, $19,551,000 for transfer to Departmental
Management, Salaries and Expenses, $296,000 for transfer to
Departmental Management, Office of Inspector General, and
$356,000 for payment into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses
of the Department of Treasury, for expenses of operation and
administration of the Black Lung Benefits program as authorized
by section 9501(d)(5) of that Act: Provided, That, in addition, such
amounts as may be necessary may be charged to the subsequent
year appropriation for the payment of compensation, interest, or
other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current
year.
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, $336,480,000, including not to exceed $77,941,000
which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States
under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act,
which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of
State occupational safety and health programs required to be
incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; and, in addition,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year
of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by
law to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational
safety and health training and education grants: Provided, That,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor is author-
ized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, to collect
and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized Test-
ing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with
the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and inter-
national laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety
of equipment and products used by workers in the workplace:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, admin-
ister, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which is applicable
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does
not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs ten or fewer
employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or
enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to any employer
of ten or fewer employees who is included within a category having
an occupational injury lost workday case rate, at the most precise
Standard Industrial Classification Code for which such data are
published, less than the national average rate as such rates are
most recently published by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of that Act (29
U.S.C. 673), except-
(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation,
technical assistance, educational and training services, and to
conduct surveys and studies;
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response
to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations
found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for viola-
tions which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement
period and for any willful violations found;
(3) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect
to imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect
to health hazards;
(5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect
to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one
or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two
or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such
investigation authorized by such Act; and
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(6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect
to complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising
rights under such Act: Provided further, That the foregoing
proviso shall not apply to any person who is engaged in a
farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor
camp and employs ten or fewer employees.
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health
Administration, $203,334,000, including purchase and bestowal of
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-
aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles; the Secretary
is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other con-
tributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects
in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; the
Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote
health and safety education and training in the mining community
through cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety
associations; and any funds available to the Department may be
used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs
of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a major
disaster: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to carry out section 115
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 or to carry
out that portion of section 104(g)(1) of such Act relating to the
enforcement of any training requirements, with respect to shell
dredging, or with respect to any sand, gravel, surface stone, surface
clay, colloidal phosphate, or surface limestone mine.
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $327,609,000,
of which $15,430,000 shall be for expenses of revising the Consumer
Price Index and shall remain available until September 30, 1999,
together with not to exceed $52,848,000, which may be expended
from the Employment Security Administration account in the
Unemployment Trust Fund.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, includ-
ing the hire of three sedans, and including up to $4,421,000 for
the President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabil-
ities, $152,253,000; together with not to exceed $282,000, which
may be expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That no funds
made available by this Act may be used by the Solicitor of Labor
to participate in a review in any United States court of appeals
of any decision made by the Benefits Review Board under section
21 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33
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U.S.C. 921) where such participation is precluded by the decision
of the United States Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs V. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S.
Ct. 1278 (1995): Provided further, That no funds made available
by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Labor to review
a decision under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been appealed and that has
been pending before the Benefits Review Board for more than
12 months: Provided further, That any such décision pending a
review by the Benefits Review Board for more than one year shall
be considered affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on that date,
and shall be considered the final order of the Board for purposes
of obtaining a review in the United States courts of appeals: Pro-
vided further, That these provisions shall not be applicable to the
review of any decision issued under the Black Lung Benefits Act
(30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.).
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
The paragraph under this heading in Public Law 85-67 (29
U.S.C. 563) is amended by striking the last period and inserting
after "appropriation action" the following: ": Provided further, That
the Secretary of Labor may transfer annually an amount not to
exceed $3,000,000 from unobligated balances in the Department's
salaries and expenses accounts, to the unobligated balance of the
Working Capital Fund, to be merged with such Fund and used
for the acquisition of capital equipment and the improvement of
financial management, information technology and other support
systems, and to remain available until expended: Provided further,
That the unobligated balance of the Fund shall not exceed
$20,000,000.".
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
Not to exceed $181,955,000 may be derived from the Employ-
ment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust
Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100-4110A and
4321-4327, and Public Law 103-353, and which shall be available
for obligation by the States through December 31, 1998.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $42,605,000, together with not to exceed
$3,645,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title for
the Job Corps shall be used to pay the compensation of an individ-
ual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost,
at a rate in excess of $125,000.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
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Act, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal
year for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided,
That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress
are notified at least fifteen days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 103. Funds shall be available for carrying out title IV-
B of the Job Training Partnership Act, notwithstanding section
427(c) of that Act, if a Job Corps center fails "to meet national
performance standards established by the Secretary.
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
to promulgate or issue any proposed or final standard regarding
ergonomic protection before September 30, 1998: Provided, That
nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration from issuing voluntary guidelines
on ergonomic protection or from developing a proposed standard
regarding ergonomic protection: Provided further, That no funds
made available in this Act may be used by the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration to enforce voluntary ergonomics guide-
lines through section 5 (the general duty clause) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 654).
SEC. 105. Section 13(b)(12) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(b)(12)) is amended by striking "water for
agricultural purposes" and inserting in lieu thereof "water, at least
90 percent of which was ultimately delivered for agricultural pur-
poses during the preceding calendar year".
This title may be cited as the "Department of Labor Appropria-
tions Act, 1998".
TITLE II-DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX, and
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a) of the Federal
Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V of the Social Security
Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended,
and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as amended,
$3,618,137,000, of which $225,000 shall remain available until
expended for interest subsidies on loan guarantees made prior
to fiscal year 1981 under part B of title VII of the Public Health
Service Act and of which $28,000,000 shall be available for the
construction and renovation of health care and other facilities:
Provided, That the Division of Federal Occupational Health may
utilize personal services contracting to employ professional manage-
ment/administrative and occupational health professionals: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$2,500,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renova-
tions at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: Provided
further, That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of
the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be
collected for the full disclosure of information under the Act suffi-
cient to recover the full costs of operating the National Practitioner
Data Bank, and shall remain available until expended to carry
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out that Act: Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 is
available for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 104-73:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading, $203,452,000 shall be for the program under title X of
the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family plan-
ning projects: Provided further, That amounts provided to said
projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that
all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such
amounts shall not be expended for any activity (including the
publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends
to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal
or candidate for public office: Provided further, That $285,500,000
shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized by
section 2616 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made avail-
able under this heading may be used to continue operating the
Council on Graduate Medical Education established by section 301
of Public Law 102-408: Provided further, That, of the funds made
available under this heading, not more than $6,000,000 shall be
made available and shall remain available until expended for loan
guarantees for loans funded under part A of title XVI of the Public
Health Service Act as amended, made by non-Federal lenders for
the construction, renovation, and modernization of medical facilities
that are owned and operated by health centers, and for loans
made to health centers under section 330(d) of the Public Health
Service Act as amended by Public Law 104-299, and that such
funds be available to subsidize guarantees of total loan principal
in an amount not to exceed $80,000,000: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, not
to exceed $103,863,000 is available for carrying out special projects
of regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2)
of such Act.
MEDICAL FACILITIES GUARANTEE AND LOAN FUND
FEDERAL INTEREST SUBSIDIES FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1602 of
the Public Health Service Act, $6,000,000, together with any
amounts received by the Secretary in connection with loans and
loan guarantees under title VI of the Public Health Service Act,
to be available without fiscal year limitation for the payment of
interest subsidies. During the fiscal year, no commitments for direct
loans or loan guarantees shall be made.
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out the purpose of the program, as authorized
by title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended: 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: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
gross obligations for the total loan principal any part of which
is to be guaranteed at not to exceed $85,000,000: Provided further,
That the Secretary may use up to $1,000,000 derived by transfer
from insurance premiums collected from guaranteed loans made
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under title VII of the Public Health Service Act for the purpose
of carrying out section 709 of that Act. In addition, for administra-
tive expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $2,688,000.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for claims associated
with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to vaccines
administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of
title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That for necessary administrative
expenses, not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available from the
Trust Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING
To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the
Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203,
301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977,
and sections 20, 21 and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; includ-
ing insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $2,327,552,000, of
which $21,504,000 shall remain available until expended for equip-
ment and construction and renovation of facilities, and in addition,
such sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which
shall be credited to this account: Provided, That in addition to
amounts provided herein, up to $59,232,000 shall be available from
amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service
Act, to carry out the National Center for Health Statistics surveys:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for injury
prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control: Pro-
vided further, That the Director may redirect the total amount
made available under authority of Public Law 101-502, section
3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Director may so des-
ignate: Provided further, That the Congress is to be notified
promptly of any such transfer.
In addition, $51,000,000, to be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out sections 40151 and 40261
of Public Law 103-322.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to cancer, $2,547,314,000.
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases,
and blood and blood products, $1,531,061,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to dental disease, $209,415,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY
DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-
ease, $873,860,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke,
$780,713,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases,
$1,351,655,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, $1,065,947,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to child health and human development,
$674,766,000.
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders,
$355,691,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV of the
Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health
sciences, $330,108,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to aging, $519,279,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN
DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin
diseases, $274,760,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION
DISORDERS
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-
orders, $200,695,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to nursing research, $63,597,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism,
$227,175,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $527,175,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to mental health, $750,241,000.
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to human genome research, $217,704,000.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to research resources and general research
support grants, $453,883,000: Provided, That none of these funds
shall be used to pay recipients of the general research support
grants program any amount for indirect expenses in connection
with such grants: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be for
extramural facilities construction grants.
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty Inter-
national Center, $28,289,000.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to health information communications,
$161,185,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until expended
for improvement of information systems: Provided, That in fiscal
year 1998, the Library may enter into personal services contracts
for the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or con-
structed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health.
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director,
National Institutes of Health, $296,373,000, of which $40,536,000
shall be for the Office of AIDS Research: Provided, That funding
shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed five passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That the
Director may direct up to 1 percent of the total amount made
available in this or any other Act to all National Institutes of
Health appropriations to activities the Director may so designate:
Provided further, That no such appropriation shall be decreased
by more than 1 percent by any such transfers and that the Congress
is promptly notified of the transfer: Provided further, That NIH
is authorized to collect third party payments for the cost of clinical
services that are incurred in National Institutes of Health research
facilities and that such payments shall be credited to the National
Institutes of Health Management Fund: Provided further, That
all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund shall remain
available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they
are deposited: Provided further, That up to $500,000 shall be avail-
able to carry out section 499 of the Public Health Service Act:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 499(k)(10) of the
Public Health Service Act, funds from the National Foundation
for Biomedical Research may be transferred to the National
Institutes of Health: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be
available to carry out section 404E of the Public Health Service
Act: Provided further, That of the funds available to carry out
section 404E of the Public Health Service Act, not less than
$7,000,000 shall be for peer reviewed complementary and alter-
native medicine research grants and contracts that respond to pro-
gram announcements and requests for proposals issued by the
Office of Alternative Medicine.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For the study of, construction of, and acquisition of equipment
for, facilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health, includ-
ing the acquisition of real property, $206,957,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $90,000,000 shall be for the clinical
research center and $16,957,000 for the Vaccine Facility: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single contract
or related contracts for the development and construction of the
clinical research center may be employed which collectively include
the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation
and contract shall contain the clause "availability of funds" found
at 48 CFR 52.232-18: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for
the development and construction of the Vaccine Facility may be
employed which collectively include the full scope of the project:
Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain
the clause "availability of funds" found in 48 CFR 52.232-18.
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health Service
Act with respect to substance abuse and mental health services,
the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of
1986, and section 301 of the Public Health Service Act with respect
to program management, $2,146,743,000, of which $10,000,000 shall
be for grants to rural and Native American projects: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, each State's allot-
ment for fiscal year 1998 for each of the programs under subparts
I and II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act
shall be equal to such State's allotment for such programs for
fiscal year 1997.
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Serv-
ice Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, and for payments
under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survi-
vor Benefit Plan and for medical care of dependents and retired
personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch.
55), and for payments pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be required
during the current fiscal year.
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service
Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, $90,229,000;
in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act
fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of
data tapes shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That the amount made available
pursuant to section 926(b) of the Public Health Service Act shall
not exceed $56,206,000.
HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and
XIX of the Social Security Act, $71,602,429,000, to remain available
until expended.
For making, after May 31, 1998, payments to States under
title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal
year 1998 for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making payments to States under title XIX of the Social
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 1999,
$27,800,689,000, to remain available until expended.
Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with
respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such
quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved
in that or any subsequent quarter.
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PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as provided under
sections 217(g) and 1844 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c)
and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section
278(d) of Public Law 97-248, and for administrative expenses
incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act,
$60,904,000,000.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII,
XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII
of the Public Health Service Act, and the Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments of 1988, not to exceed $1,743,066,000
to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as author-
ized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with
all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the Public
Health Service Act and such sums as may be collected from author-
ized user fees and the sale of data, which shall remain available
until expended, and together with administrative fees collected
relative to Medicare overpayment recovery activities, which shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That all funds derived
in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established
under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act shall be credited
to and available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation:
Provided further, That $900,000 shall be for carrying out section
4021 of Public Law 105-33: Provided further, That in carrying
out its legislative mandate, the National Bipartisan Commission
on the Future of Medicare shall examine the impact of increased
investments in health research on future Medicare costs, and the
potential for coordinating Medicare with cost-effective long-term
care services: Provided further, That $40,000,000 appropriated
under this heading for the transition to a single Part A and Part
B processing system shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be obli-
gated to increase Medicare provider audits and implement the
Department's corrective action plan to the Chief Financial Officer's
audit of the Health Care Financing Administration's oversight of
Medicare: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and
Human Services is directed to collect, in aggregate, $95,000,000
in fees in fiscal year 1998 from Medicare + Choice organizations
pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from
eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876
of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE
FUND
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1308 of
the Public Health Service Act, any amounts received by the Sec-
retary in connection with loans and loan guarantees under title
XIII of the Public Health Service Act, to be available without
fiscal year limitation for the payment of outstanding obligations.
During fiscal year 1998, no commitments for direct loans or loan
guarantees shall be made.
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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
FAMILY SUPPORT PAYMENTS TO STATES
For making payments to each State for carrying out the pro-
gram of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under title IV-
A of the Social Security Act before the effective date of the program
of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) with respect
to such State, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That
the sum of the amounts available to a State with respect to expendi-
tures under such title IV-A in fiscal year 1997 under this appropria-
tion and under such title IV-A as amended by the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall
not exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such Act: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding section 418(a) of the Social Security
Act, for fiscal year 1997 only, the amount of payment under section
418(a)(1) to which each State is entitled shall equal the amount
specified as mandatory funds with respect to such State for such
fiscal year in the table transmitted by the Administration for Chil-
dren and Families to State Child Care and Development Block
Grant Lead Agencies on August 27, 1996, and the amount of State
expenditures in fiscal year 1994 or 1995 (whichever is greater)
that equals the non-Federal share for the programs described in
section 418(a)(1)(A) shall be deemed to equal the amount specified
as maintenance of effort with respect to such State for fiscal year
1997 in such table.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments
to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV-D, X,
XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July
5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the last three months of the current
year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year,
such sums as may be necessary.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities
under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security
Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the first
quarter of fiscal year 1999, $660,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,100,000,000, to be available for obliga-
tion in the period October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999.
For making payments under title XXVI of such Act,
$300,000,000: Provided, That these funds are hereby designated
by Congress to be emergency requirements pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985: Provided further, That these funds shall be made
available only after submission to Congress of a formal budget
request by the President that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
For making payments for refugee and entrant assistance activi-
ties authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality
Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of
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1980 (Public Law 96-422), $415,000,000: Provided, That funds
appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act under Public Law 104-134 for fiscal year 1996
shall be available for the costs of assistance provided and other
activities conducted in such year and in fiscal years 1997 and
1998.
CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990), in addition to amounts already appro-
priated for fiscal year 1998, $65,672,000; and to become available
on October 1, 1998 and remain available through September 30,
1999, $1,000,000,000: Provided, That of funds appropriated for each
of fiscal years 1998 and 1999, $19,120,000 shall be available for
child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities,
of which for fiscal year 1998 $3,000,000 shall be derived from
an amount that shall be transferred from the amount appropriated
under section 452(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(j))
for fiscal year 1997 and remaining available for expenditure: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided for fiscal year 1998,
$50,000,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized
under section 658G of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1981 (The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990),
such funds to be in addition to the amounts required to be reserved
by States under such section 658G.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the
Social Security Act, $2,299,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 2003(c) of such Act, as amended, the amount specified
for allocation under such section for fiscal year 1998 shall be
$2,299,000,000.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance
and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Preven-
tion and Treatment Act (including section 105(a)(2) of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act), the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974,
title II of Public Law 95-266 (adoption opportunities), the Aban-
doned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, part B(1) of title IV and
sections 413, 429A and 1110 of the Social Security Act; for making
payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and
for necessary administrative expenses to carry out said Acts and
titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act,
the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and National-
ity Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of
1980, and section 126 and titles IV and V of Public Law 100-
485, $5,682,916,000, of which $542,165,000 shall be for making
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payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act, and
of which $4,355,000,000 shall be for making payments under the
Head Start Act: Provided, That of the funds made available for
the Head Start Act, $279,250,000 shall be set aside for the Head
Start Program for Families with Infants and Toddlers (Early Head
Start): Provided further, That to the extent Community Services
Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to
an eligible entity as provided under the Act, and have not been
expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for
carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity
consistent with program purposes.
In addition, $93,000,000, to be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out sections 40155, 40211 and
40241 of Public Law 103-322.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1998 under section 429A(e),
part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall be reduced
by $6,000,000.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1998 under section 413(h)(1)
of the Social Security Act shall be reduced by $15,000,000.
FAMILY PRESERVATION AND SUPPORT
For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security Act,
$255,000,000.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities,
under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $3,200,000,000.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities,
under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter
of fiscal year 1999, $1,157,500,000.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, $865,050,000: Provided,
That notwithstanding section 308(b)(1) of such Act, the amounts
available to each State for administration of the State plan under
title III of such Act shall be reduced not more than 5 percent
below the amount that was available to such State for such purpose
for fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
to carry out section 303(a)(1) of such Act, $4,449,000 shall be
available for carrying out section 702(a) of such Act and $4,732,000
shall be available for carrying out section 702(b) of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That in considering grant applications for nutrition
services for elder Indian recipients, the Assistant Secretary shall
provide maximum flexibility to applicants who seek to take into
account subsistence, local customs, and other characteristics that
are appropriate to the unique cultural, regional, and geographic
needs of the American Indian, Alaska and Hawaiian Native commu-
nities to be served.
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general
departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and for
carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of the Public Health Service
Act, and the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act,
$171,631,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until
expended, together with $5,851,000, to be transferred and expended
as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from
the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical
Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading for carrying out title XVII of the Public Health
Service Act, $1,500,000 shall be available until expended for extra-
mural construction.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $31,921,000.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
$16,345,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000, to be trans-
ferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the
Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, research
studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $14,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available
for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception and representation
expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary.
SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through assign-
ment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service
to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs
through and with funds provided by the Agency for International
Development, the United Nations International Children's Emer-
gency Fund or the World Health Organization.
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may
be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Public Health Service
Act or section 1503 of the National Institutes of Health Revitaliza-
tion Act of 1993, Public Law 103-43.
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the
National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration shall be used to pay the salary
of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism,
at a rate in excess of $125,000 per year.
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service
Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for
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other taps and assessments made by any office located in the
Department of Health and Human Services, prior to the Secretary's
preparation and submission of a report to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned
uses of such funds.
SEC. 206. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be obligated or expended for the Federal Council on Aging under
the Older Americans Act or the Advisory Board on Child Abuse
and Neglect under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 207. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal
year for the Department of Health and Human Services in this
Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such
transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of Congress are notified at least fifteen days in advance
of any transfer.
SEC. 208. The Director of the National Institutes of Health,
jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may
transfer up to 3 percent among institutes, centers, and divisions
from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding
for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: Pro-
vided, That the Congress is promptly notified of the transfer.
SEC. 209. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the
National Institutes of Health, the amount for research related to
the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the
Director of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research,
shall be made available to the "Office of AIDS Research" account.
The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from
such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3)
of the Public Health Service Act.
SEC. 210. Funds appropriated in this Act for the National
Institutes of Health may be used to provide transit subsidies in
amounts consistent with the transportation subsidy programs
authorized under section 629 of Public Law 101-509 to non-FTE
bearing positions including trainees, visiting fellows and volunteers.
SEC. 211. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services
may in accordance with this section provide for the relocation
of the Federal facility known as the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease
Center (located in the vicinity of Carville, in the State of Louisiana),
including the relocation of the patients of the Center.
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in relocating the Center the
Secretary may on behalf of the United States transfer to the State
of Louisiana, without charge, title to the real property and improve-
ments that as of the date of the enactment of this Act constitute
the Center. Such real property is a parcel consisting of approxi-
mately 330 acres. The exact acreage and legal description used
for purposes of the transfer shall be in accordance with a survey
satisfactory to the Secretary.
(2) Any conveyance under paragraph (1) is not effective unless
the deed or other instrument of conveyance contains the conditions
specified in subsection (d); the instrument specifies that the United
States and the State of Louisiana agree to such conditions; and
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the instrument specifies that, if the State engages in a material
breach of the conditions, title to the real property and improvements
involved reverts to the United States at the election of the Secretary.
(c)(1) With respect to Federal equipment and other items of
Federal personal property that are in use at the Center as of
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary may, subject
to paragraph (2), transfer to the State such items as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate, if the Secretary makes the transfer
under subsection (b).
(2) A transfer of equipment or other items may be made under
paragraph (1) only if the State agrees that, during the 30-year
period beginning on the date on which the transfer under subsection
(b) is made, the items will be used exclusively for purposes that
promote the health or education of the public, except that the
Secretary may authorize such exceptions as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate.
(d) For purposes of subsection (b)(2), the conditions specified
in this subsection with respect to a transfer of title are the following:
(1) During the 30-year period beginning on the date on
which the transfer is made, the real property and improvements
referred to in subsection (b)(1) (referred to in this subsection
as the "transferred property") will be used exclusively for pur-
poses that promote the health or education of the public, with
such incidental exceptions as the Secretary may approve.
(2) For purposes of monitoring the extent to which the
transferred property is being used in accordance with paragraph
(1), the Secretary will have access to such documents as the
Secretary determines to be necessary, and the Secretary may
require the advance approval of the Secretary for such con-
tracts, conveyances of real or personal property, or other trans-
actions as the Secretary determines to be necessary.
(3) The relocation of patients from the transferred property
will be completed not later than 3 years after the date on
which the transfer is made, except to the extent the Secretary
determines that relocating particular patients is not feasible.
During the period of relocation, the Secretary will have unre-
stricted access to the transferred property, and after such period
will have such access as may be necessary with respect to
the patients who pursuant to the preceding sentence are not
relocated.
(4)(A) With respect to projects to make repairs and energy-
related improvements at the transferred property, the Secretary
will provide for the completion of all such projects for which
contracts have been awarded and appropriations have been
made as of the date on which the transfer is made.
(B) If upon completion of the projects referred to in subpara-
graph (A) there are any unobligated balances of amounts appro-
priated for the projects, and the sum of such balances is in
excess of $100,000-
(i) the Secretary will transfer the amount of such excess
to the State; and
(ii) the State will expend such amount for the purposes
referred to in paragraph (1), which may include the renova-
tion of facilities at the transferred property.
(5)(A) The State will maintain the cemetery located on
the transferred property, will permit individuals who were long-
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term-care patients of the Center to be buried at the cemetery,
and will permit members of the public to visit the cemetery.
(B) The State will permit the Center to maintain a museum
on the transferred property, and will permit members of the
public to visit the museum.
(C) In the case of any waste products stored at the trans-
ferred property as of the date of the transfer, the Federal
Government will after the transfer retain title to and respon-
sibility for the products, and the State will not require that
the Federal Government remove the products from the trans-
ferred property.
(6) In the case of each individual who as of the date
of the enactment of this Act is a Federal employee at the
transferred property with facilities management or dietary
duties:
(A) The State will offer the individual an employment
position with the State, the position with the State will
have duties similar to the duties the individual performed
in his or her most recent position at the transferred prop-
erty, and the position with the State will provide compensa-
tion and benefits that are similar to the compensation
and benefits provided for such most recent position, subject
to the concurrence of the Governor of the State.
(B) If the individual becomes an employee of the State
pursuant to subparagraph (A), the State will make pay-
ments in accordance with subsection (e)(2)(B) (relating to
disability), as applicable with respect to the individual.
(7) The Federal Government may, consistent with the
intended uses by the State of the transferred property, carry
out at such property activities regarding at-risk youth.
(8) Such additional conditions as the Secretary determines
to be necessary to protect the interests of the United States.
(e)(1) This subsection applies if the transfer under subsection
(b) is made.
(2) In the case of each individual who as of the date of the
enactment of this Act is a Federal employee at the Center with
facilities management or dietary duties, and who becomes an
employee of the State pursuant to subsection (d)(6)(A):
(A) The provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 of title
5, United States Code, or of chapter 84 of such title, whichever
are applicable, that relate to disability shall be considered
to remain in effect with respect to the individual (subject to
subparagraph (C)) until the earlier of—
(i) the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on
the date on which the transfer under subsection (b) is
made; or
(ii) the date on which the individual first meets all
conditions for coverage under a State program for payments
during retirement by reason of disability.
(B) The payments to be made by the State pursuant to
subsection (d)(6)(B) with respect to the individual are payments
to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, if the
individual is receiving Federal disability coverage pursuant
to subparagraph (A). Such payments are to be made in a
total amount equal to that portion of the normal-cost percentage
(determined through the use of dynamic assumptions) of the
basic pay of the individual that is allocable to such coverage
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and is paid for service performed during the period for which
such coverage is in effect. Such amount is to be determined
in accordance with chapter 84 of such title 5, is to be paid
at such time and in such manner as mutually agreed by the
State and the Office of Personnel Management, and is in lieu
of individual or agency contributions otherwise required.
(C) In the determination pursuant to subparagraph (A)
of whether the individual is eligible for Federal disability cov-
erage (during the applicable period of time under such subpara-
graph), service as an employee of the State after the date
of the transfer under subsection (b) shall be counted toward
the service requirement specified in the first sentence of section
8337(a) or 8451(a)(1)(A) of such title 5 (whichever is applicable).
(3) In the case of each individual who as of the date of the
enactment of this Act is a Federal employee with a position at
the Center and is, for duty at the Center, receiving the pay differen-
tial under section 208(e) of the Public Health Service Act or under
section 5545(d) of title 5, United States Code:
(A) If as of the date of the transfer under subsection (b)
the individual is eligible for an annuity under section 8336
or 8412 of title 5, United States Code, then once the individual
separates from the service and thereby becomes entitled to
receive the annuity, the pay differential shall be included in
the computation of the annuity if the individual separated
from the service not later than the expiration of the 90-day
period beginning on the date of the transfer.
(B) If the individual is not eligible for such an annuity
as of the date of the transfer under subsection (b) but subse-
quently does become eligible, then once the individual separates
from the service and thereby becomes entitled to receive the
annuity, the pay differential shall be included in the computa-
tion of the annuity if the individual separated from the service
not later than the expiration of the 90-day period beginning
on the date on which the individual first became eligible for
the annuity.
(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the individual is eligible
for the annuity if the individual meets all conditions under
such section 8336 or 8412 to be entitled to the annuity, except
the condition that the individual be separated from the service.
(4) With respect to individuals who as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act are Federal employees with positions at the Center
and are not, for duty at the center, receiving the pay differential
under section 208(e) of the Public Health Service Act or under
section 5545(d) of title 5, United States Code:
(A) During the calendar years 1997 and 1998, the Secretary
may in accordance with this paragraph provide to any such
individual a voluntary separation incentive payment. The pur-
pose of such payments is to avoid or minimize the need for
involuntary separations under a reduction in force with respect
to the Center.
(B) During calendar year 1997, any payment under
subparagraph (A) shall be made under section 663 of the Treas-
ury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations
Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(f) of division A of Public
Law 104-208), except that, for purposes of this subparagraph,
subsection (b) of such section 663 does not apply.
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(C) During calendar year 1998, such section 663 applies
with respect to payments under subparagraph (A) to the same
extent and in the same manner as such section applied with
respect to the payments during fiscal year 1997, and for pur-
poses of this subparagraph, the reference in subsection (c)(2)(D)
of such section 663 to December 31, 1997, is deemed to be
a reference to December 31, 1998.
(f) The following provisions apply if under subsection (a) the
Secretary makes the decision to relocate the Center:
(1) The site to which the Center is relocated shall be
in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana.
(2) The facility involved shall continue to be designated
as the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center.
(3) The Secretary shall make reasonable efforts to inform
the patients of the Center with respect to the planning and
carrying out of the relocation.
(4) In the case of each individual who as of October 1,
1996, was a patient of the Center and is considered by the
Director of the Center to be a long-term-care patient (referred
to in this subsection as an "eligible patient"), the Secretary
shall continue to provide for the long-term care of the eligible
patient, without charge, for the remainder of the life of the
patient.
(5)(A) For purposes of paragraph (4), an eligible patient
who is legally competent has the following options with respect
to support and maintenance and other nonmedical expenses:
(i) For the remainder of his or her life, the patient
may reside at the Center.
(ii) For the remainder of his or her life, the patient
may receive payments each year at an annual rate of
$33,000 (adjusted in accordance with subparagraphs (C)
and (D)), and may not reside at the Center. Payments
under this clause are in complete discharge of the obligation
of the Federal Government under paragraph (4) for support
and maintenance and other nonmedical expenses of the
patient.
(B) The choice by an eligible patient of the option under
clause (i) of subparagraph (A) may at any time be revoked
by the patient, and the patient may instead choose the option
under clause (ii) of such subparagraph. The choice by an eligible
patient of the option under such clause (ii) is irrevocable.
(C) Payments under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be made
on a monthly basis, and shall be pro rated as applicable. In
1999 and each subsequent year, the monthly amount of such
payments shall be increased by a percentage equal to any
percentage increase taking effect under section 215(i) of the
Social Security Act (relating to a cost-of-living increase) for
benefits under title II of such Act (relating to Federal old-
age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits). Any such
percentage increase in monthly payments under subparagraph
(A)(ii) shall take effect in the same month as the percentage
increase under such section 215(i) takes effect.
(D) With respect to the provision of outpatient and
inpatient medical care for Hansen's disease and related com-
plications to an eligible patient:
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(i) The choice the patient makes under subparagraph
(A) does not affect the responsibility of the Secretary for
providing to the patient such care at or through the Center.
(ii) If the patient chooses the option under subpara-
graph (A)(ii) and receives inpatient care at or through
the Center, the Secretary may reduce the amount of pay-
ments under such subparagraph, except to the extent that
reimbursement for the expenses of such care is available
to the provider of the care through the program under
title XVIII of the Social Security Act or the program under
title XIX of such Act. Any such reduction shall be made
on the basis of the number of days for which the patient
received the inpatient care.
(6) The Secretary shall provide to each eligible patient
such information and time as may be necessary for the patient
to make an informed decision regarding the options under
paragraph (5)(A).
(7) After the date of the enactment of this Act, the Center
may not provide long-term care for any individual who as
of such date was not receiving such care as a patient of the
Center.
(8) If upon completion of the projects referred to in sub-
section (d)(4)(A) there are unobligated balances of amounts
appropriated for the projects, such balances are available to
the Secretary for expenses relating to the relocation of the
Center, except that, if the sum of such balances is in excess
of $100,000, such excess is available to the State in accordance
with subsection (d)(4)(B). The amounts available to the Sec-
retary pursuant to the preceding sentence are available until
expended.
(g) For purposes of this section:
(1) The term "Center" means the Gillis W. Long Hansen's
Disease Center.
(2) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health
and Human Services.
(3) The term "State" means the State of Louisiana.
(h) Section 320 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
247e) is amended by striking the section designation and all that
follows and inserting the following:
"SEC. 320. (a)(1) At or through the Gillis W. Long Hansen's
Disease Center (located in the State of Louisiana), the Secretary
shall without charge provide short-term care and treatment, includ-
ing outpatient care, for Hansen's disease and related complications
to any person determined by the Secretary to be in need of such
care and treatment. The Secretary may not at or through such
Center provide long-term care for any such disease or complication.
"(2) The Center referred to in paragraph (1) shall conduct
training in the diagnosis and management of Hansen's disease
and related complications, and shall conduct and promote the
coordination of research (including clinical research), investigations,
demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treat-
ment, control, and prevention of Hansen's disease and other
mycobacterial diseases and complications related to such diseases.
"(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to section 211 of the Department
of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1998.
"(b) In addition to the Center referred to in subsection (a),
the Secretary may establish sites regarding persons with Hansen's
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disease. Each such site shall provide for the outpatient care and
treatment for Hansen's disease and related complications to any
person determined by the Secretary to be in need of such care
and treatment.
"(c) The Secretary shall carry out subsections (a) and (b) acting
through an agency of the Service. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the agency designated by the Secretary shall carry out
both activities relating to the provision of health services and activi-
ties relating to the conduct of research.
"(d) The Secretary shall make payments to the Board of Health
of the State of Hawaii for the care and treatment (including out-
patient care) in its facilities of persons suffering from Hansen's
disease at a rate determined by the Secretary. The rate shall
be approximately equal to the operating cost per patient of such
facilities, except that the rate may not exceed the comparable
costs per patient with Hansen's disease for care and treatment
provided by the Center referred to in subsection (a). Payments
under this subsection are subject to the availability of appropria-
tions for such purpose.".
SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated in the Act may
be made available to any entity under title X of the Public Health
Service Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the
Secretary that it encourages family participation in the decision
of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides
counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors
into engaging in sexual activities.
COMPREHENSIVE INDEPENDENT STUDY OF NIH RESEARCH PRIORITY
SETTING
SEC. 213. (a) STUDY BY THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE.-Not
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into a contract
with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a comprehensive study
of the policies and process used by the National Institutes of Health
to determine funding allocations for biomedical research.
(b) MATTERS To BE ASSESSED.-The study under subsection
(a) shall assess-
(1) the factors or criteria used by the National Institutes
of Health to determine funding allocations for disease research;
(2) the process by which research funding decisions are
made;
(3) the mechanisms for public input into the priority setting
process; and
(4) the impact of statutory directives on research funding
decisions.
(c) REPORT.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 6 months after the date
on which the Secretary of Health and Human Services enters
into the contract under subsection (a), the Institute of Medicine
shall submit a report concerning the study to the Committee
on Labor and Human Resources and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, and the Committee on Commerce and
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives.
(2) REQUIREMENT.-The report under paragraph (1) shall
set forth the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of
the Institute of Medicine for improvements in the National
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Institutes of Health research funding policies and processes
and for any necessary congressional action.
This title may be cited as the "Department of Health and
Human Services Appropriations Act, 1998".
TITLE III-DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION REFORM
For carrying out activities authorized by titles III and IV of
the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the School-to-Work
Opportunities Act, and sections 3132, 3136, and 3141 and parts
B, C, and D of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, $1,275,035,000, of which $464,500,000 for the Goals
2000: Educate America Act and $200,000,000 for the School-to-
Work Opportunities Act shall become available on July 1, 1998,
and remain available through September 30, 1999: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated
or expended to carry out section 304(a)(2)(A) of the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act, except that no more than $1,500,000 may
be used to carry out activities under section 314(a)(2) of that Act:
Provided further, That section 315(a)(2) of the Goals 2000 Act
shall not apply: Provided further, That up to one-half of 1 percent
of the amount available under section 3132 shall be set aside
for the outlying areas, to be distributed on the basis of their relative
need as determined by the Secretary in accordance with the pur-
poses of the program: Provided further, That if any State edu-
cational agency does not apply for a grant under section 3132,
that State's allotment under section 3131 shall be reserved by
the Secretary for grants to local educational agencies in that State
that apply directly to the Secretary according to the terms and
conditions published by the Secretary in the Federal Register: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under section
3136, $5,000,000 shall be provided to the Hospitals, Universities,
Businesses, and Schools program to develop a regional information
infrastructure in the mid-Atlantic region, $7,300,000 shall be for
the "I Can Learn" project to integrate technology into eighth grade
algebra classrooms and $800,000 shall be provided for a distance
education network involving a consortium of nine school districts
and Nicolet Area Technical College: Provided further, That of the
amount available for title III, part B of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $8,000,000 shall be awarded
to continue and expand the Iowa Communication Network statewide
fiber optic demonstration project.
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, and section 418A of the Higher Education
Act, $8,021,827,000, of which $6,553,249,000 shall become available
on July 1, 1998, and shall remain available through September
30, 1999, and of which $1,448,386,000 shall become available on
October 1, 1998 and shall remain available through September
30, 1999, for academic year 1998-1999: Provided, That
$6,273,212,000 shall be available for basic grants under section
1124: Provided further, That up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall
be available to the Secretary on October 1, 1997, to obtain updated
local-educational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau
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of the Census: Provided further, That $1,102,020,000 shall be avail-
able for concentration grants under section 1124A, $6,977,000 shall
be available for evaluations under section 1501 and not more than
$7,500,000 shall be reserved for section 1308, of which not more
than $3,000,000 shall be reserved for section 1308(d): Provided
further, That grant awards under section 1124 and 1124A of title
I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act shall be made
to each State or local educational agency at no less than 100
percent of the amount such State or local educational agency
received under this authority for fiscal year 1997 under Public
Laws 104-208 and 105-18: Provided further, That in determining
State allocations under any other program administered by the
Secretary, amounts provided under Public Law 105-18, or equiva-
lent amounts provided for in this Act, will not be taken into account
in determining State allocations: Provided further, That
$120,000,000 shall be available under section 1002(g)(2) to dem-
onstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform to
be allocated and expended in accordance with the instructions relat-
ing to this proviso in the statement of the managers on the con-
ference report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That in
carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall
support only approaches that show the most promise of enabling
children served by title I to meet challenging State content stand-
ards and challenging State student performance standards based
on reliable research and effective practices, and include an emphasis
on basic academics and parental involvement: Provided further,
That such funds shall not be available for section 1503.
IMPACT AID
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally
affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, $808,000,000, of which
$662,000,000 shall be for basic support payments under section
8003(b), $50,000,000 shall be for payments for children with disabil-
ities under section 8003(d), $62,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for payments under section 8003(f), $7,000,000
shall be for construction under section 8007, and $24,000,000 shall
be for Federal property payments under section 8002 of which
such sums as may be necessary shall be for section 8002(j) and
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities
maintenance under section 8008: Provided, That section 8003(f)(2)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7709(f)(2)) is amended in clause (ii) in subclause (I) by striking
"35 percent" and all that follows through the semicolon, and insert-
ing the following: "25 percent of the total student enrollment of
such agency. For purposes of this subclause, all students described
in section 8003(a)(1) are used to determine eligibility, regardless
of whether or not a local educational agency receives funds for
these children from section 8003(b) of the Act;".
The amendment made by this proviso shall apply with respect
to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1996: Provided, That
the Secretary of Education shall treat as timely filed, and shall
process for payment, an application for a fiscal year 1998 payment
from the local educational agency for Boston, Massachusetts, under
section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 if the Secretary has received that application not later than
30 days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
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the Secretary of Education shall forgive any overpayments estab-
lished for fiscal year 1994 under section 3(d)(2)(B) of the Act of
September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874-81st Congress), for any local
educational agency in the State of Texas receiving funds appro-
priated for fiscal year 1994 under the authority of this section:
Provided further, That section 8002 of the Elementary and Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702) is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
"(j) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES IMPACTED BY FEDERAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION.-
"(1) RESERVATION.-From amounts appropriated under sec-
tion 8014(g) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide addi-
tional assistance to meet special circumstances relating to the
provision of education in local educational agencies eligible
to receive assistance under this section.
"(2) ELIGIBILITY.-(A) A local educational agency is eligible
to receive additional assistance under this subsection only if
such agency-
"(i) received a payment under both this section and
section 8003(b) for fiscal year 1996 and is eligible to receive
payments under those sections for the year of application;
"(ii) provided a free public education to children
described under sections 8003(a)(1)(A), (B), or (D);
"(iii) had a military installation located within the
geographic boundaries of the local educational agency that
was closed as a result of base closure or realignment;
"(iv) remains responsible for the free public education
of children residing in housing located on Federal property
within the boundaries of the closed military installation
but whose parents are on active duty in the uniformed
services and assigned to a military activity located within
the boundaries of an adjoining local educational agency;
and
"(v) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary
that such agency's per-pupil revenue derived from local
sources for current expenditures is not less than that reve-
nue for the preceding fiscal year.
"(3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.-(A) The maximum amount that
a local educational agency is eligible to receive under this
subsection for any fiscal year, when combined with its payment
under subsection (b), shall not be more than 50 percent of
the maximum amount determined under subsection (b);
"(B) If funds appropriated under section 8014(g) are insuffi-
cient to pay the amount determined under subparagraph (A),
the Secretary shall ratably reduce the payment to each local
education agency eligible under this subsection;
"(C) If funds appropriated under section 8014(g) are in
excess of the amount determined under subparagraph (A) the
Secretary shall ratably distribute any excess funds to all local
educational agencies eligible for payment under subsection (b)
of this section.'
Provided further, That section 8014 of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7714) is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
"(g) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL PROPERTY
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.-For the purpose of carrying out
section 8002(j) there are authorized to be appropriated such sums
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as are necessary beginning in fiscal year 1998 and for each succeed-
ing fiscal year.": Provided further, That of the funds available
for section 8007, the Secretary shall, under such terms and condi-
tions he determines appropriate, first provide $1,500,000 to
applicant number 11-2815 and $1,500,000 to applicant number
36-4403 for the construction of public elementary or secondary
schools where the current structures are unsafe and pose serious
health threats to the students, if requests for funding and construc-
tion project descriptions are submitted to the Secretary within
30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any deadline established by the Secretary of Education
under subsection (c) of section 8005 of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7705), and without regard
to paragraphs (1)(A), (2), and (3) of subsection (d) of that section,
the Secretary shall accept, as if timely received, an application
from the Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, Indiana,
under section 8003 of that Act for fiscal year 1996 if the Secretary
has received that application not later than 30 days after the
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense shall treat any
data included in an application described in the preceding proviso,
and that is approved by the Secretary of Education, as data to
be used in determining the eligibility of the Maconaquah School
Corporation, Bunker Hill, Indiana, for, and the amount of, a pay-
ment for any of the fiscal years 1998 through 2000 under section
386 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1993: Provided further, That section 8 of Public Law 104-195 is
amended by striking the period after "year" and adding the follow-
ing: "or, for fiscal year 1995 or fiscal year 1996, the amount of
any payment under section 8003(f) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965": Provided further, That the Secretary of
Education shall deem the local educational agency serving the
Clinton County School District in Albany, Kentucky, to meet the
eligibility requirements of section 8002(a)(1)(C) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702(a)(1)(C)).
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by
titles II, IV-A-1 and 2, V-A and B, VI, IX, X, and XIII of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the Civil Rights Act
of 1964; $1,538,188,000, of which $1,246,300,000 shall become avail-
able on July 1, 1998, and remain available through September
30, 1999: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, $335,000,000
shall be for Eisenhower professional development State grants
under title II-B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 of which $25,000,000 shall be for professional development
in reading, $350,000,000 shall be for innovative education program
strategies State grants under title VI-A of said Act and $750,000
shall be for an evaluation of comprehensive regional assistance
centers under title XIII of said Act: Provided further, That of the
amount made available for title IV-A-2, $350,000 shall be for
the Yonkers Public Schools for innovative anti-drug and anti-
violence activities.
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CHILD LITERACY INITIATIVE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out a literacy initiative, $210,000,000, which shall
become available on October 1, 1998 and shall remain available
through September 30, 1999 only if specifically authorized by subse-
quent legislation enacted by July 1, 1998: Provided, That, if the
initiative is not authorized by such date, the funds shall be trans-
ferred to "Special Education" to be merged with that account and
to be available for the same purposes for which that account is
available: Provided further, That the transferred funds shall become
available for obligation on July 1, 1999, and shall remain available
through September 30, 2000 for academic year 1999-2000.
INDIAN EDUCATION
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise
provided, title IX, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, as amended, and section 215 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $62,600,000.
BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, bilingual,
foreign language and immigrant education activities authorized
by parts A and C and section 7203 of title VII of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, without regard to section
7103(b), $354,000,000: Provided, That State educational agencies
may use all, or any part of, their part C allocation for competitive
grants to local educational agencies: Provided further, That the
Department of Education should only support instructional pro-
grams which ensure that students completely master English in
a timely fashion (a period of three to five years) while meeting
rigorous achievement standards in the academic content areas.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act, $4,810,646,000, of which $4,565,185,000 shall become available
for obligation on July 1, 1998, and shall remain available through
September 30, 1999: Provided, That $1,500,000 of the funds pro-
vided shall be for section 687(b)(2)(G), and shall remain available
until expended.
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Technology-Related Assistance for
Individuals with Disabilities Act, and the Helen Keller National
Center Act, as amended, $2,591,195,000.
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20
U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $8,186,000.
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles
I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C.
4301 et seq.), $44,141,000: Provided, That from the amount avail-
able, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment
program as authorized under section 207.
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet
University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf
Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $81,000,000: Provided, That
from the amount available, the University may at its discretion
use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section
207.
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act,
the Adult Education Act, and the National Literacy Act of 1991,
$1,507,698,000, of which $1,504,598,000 shall become available on
July 1, 1998 and shall remain available through September 30,
1999; and of which $5,491,000 from amounts available under the
Adult Education Act shall be for the National Institute for Literacy
under section 384(c): Provided, That, of the amounts made available
for title II of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology
Education Act, $13,497,000 shall be used by the Secretary for
national programs under title IV, without regard to section 451:
Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to $4,998,000
under section 313(d) of the Adult Education Act for activities carried
out under section 383 of that Act: Provided further, That no funds
shall be awarded to a State Council under section 112(f) of the
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act,
and no State shall be required to operate such a Council.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part C and
part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$8,978,934,000, which shall remain available through September
30, 1999.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible
during award year 1998-1999 shall be $3,000: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 401(g) of the Act, if the Secretary determines,
prior to publication of the payment schedule for such award year,
that the amount included within this appropriation for Pell Grant
awards in such award year, and any funds available from the
fiscal year 1997 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are insufficient
to satisfy fully all such awards for which students are eligible,
as calculated under section 401(b) of the Act, the amount paid
for each such award shall be reduced by either a fixed or variable
percentage, or by a fixed dollar amount, as determined in accordance
with a schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for
this purpose: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines
that the funds available to fund Pell Grants for award year 1998-
1999 exceed the amount needed to fund Pell Grants at a maximum
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award of $3,000 for that award year, the Secretary may increase
the income protection allowances in sections 475(g)(2)(D), and
476(b)(1)(A)(iv)(I), (II), and (III) up to the amounts at which Pell
Grant awards calculated using the increased income protection
allowances equal the funds available to make Pell Grants in award
year 1998-1999 with a $3,000 maximum award, except that the
income protection allowance in section 475(g)(2)(D) may not exceed
$2,200, the income protection allowance in sections
476(b)(1)(A)(iv)(I) and (II) may not exceed $4,250, and the income
protection allowance in section 476(b)(1)(A)(iv)(III) may not exceed
$7,250.
FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed
student loans authorized by title IV, part B, of the Higher Education
Act, as amended, $46,482,000.
HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, parts
A and B of title III, without regard to section 360(a)(1)(B)(ii),
titles IV, V, VI, VII, and IX, and part A, subpart 1 of part B,
and part E of title X and title XI of the Higher Education Act
of 1965, as amended, part G of title XV of Public Law 102-325,
the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and
Public Law 102-423; $946,738,000, of which $13,700,000 for interest
subsidies under title VII of the Higher Education Act shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That funds available for part
D of title IX of the Higher Education Act shall be available to
fund new and noncompeting continuation awards for academic year
1998-1999 for fellowships awarded under part C of title IX of
said Act, under the terms and conditions of part C: Provided further,
That from the funds made available under Part A of title X of
the Higher Education Act, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the
Advanced Technical Center at Mexico, Missouri for the delivery
of technical education in cooperation with community colleges and
State technical schools and $3,000,000 shall be for the delivery
of technical education and distance learning at Empire State College
in New York.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et
seq.), $210,000,000: Provided, That from the amount available, the
University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment
program as authorized under the Howard University Endowment
Act (Public Law 98-480).
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities
related to facility loans entered into under title VII, part C and
section 702 of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $698,000.
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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING,
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to section 724
of title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act shall not exceed
$357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not exceed zero.
For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black
College and University Capital Financing Program entered into
pursuant to title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act, as
amended, $104,000.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational
Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of
1994, including part E; the National Education Statistics Act of
1994; section 2102 of title II, and parts A, B, I, and K and section
10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI of
Public Law 103-227, $431,438,000: Provided, That of the amount
provided for section 10101 of part A of title X of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,000,000 shall be awarded
to the National Museum of Women in the Arts; $500,000 shall
be for enhanced teacher training in reading in the District of
Columbia; $5,000,000 shall be for innovative learning opportunities
for at-risk children at children's museums in Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Boston and museums in Chicago; $8,000,000 shall be for
a demonstration of public school facilities repair and construction
to the Iowa Department of Education; $350,000 shall be awarded
to the White Plains City School District to expand an after school
program; $100,000 shall be for the Montgomery County, Pennsylva-
nia library network; $55,000 shall be awarded to the St. Stephen
Life Center in Louisville, Kentucky; and $25,000,000 shall be avail-
able to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school
reform to be allocated and expended in accordance with the instruc-
tions relating to this proviso in the statement of managers on
the conference report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That
the funds made available for comprehensive school reform shall
become available on July 1, 1998, and remain available through
September 30, 1999, and in carrying out this initiative, the Sec-
retary and the States shall support only approaches that show
the most promise of enabling children to meet challenging State
content standards and challenging State student performance
standards based on reliable research and effective practices, and
include an emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement:
Provided further, That (1) of the amount appropriated under this
heading and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Education may award $1,000,000 to a State educational
agency (as defined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)) to pay for appraisals,
resource studies, and other expenses associated with the exchange
of State school trust lands within the boundaries of a national
monument for Federal lands outside the boundaries of the monu-
ment; and (2) the State educational agency is eligible to receive
a grant under paragraph (1) only if the agency serves a State
that-
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(A) has a national monument declared within the State
under the authority of the Act entitled "An Act for the preserva-
tion of American antiquities", approved June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C.
431 et seq.) (commonly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906)
that incorporates more than 100,000 acres of State school trust
lands within the boundaries of the national monument; and
(B) ranks in the lowest 25 percent of all States when
comparing the average per pupil expenditure (as defined in
section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)) in the State to the average per
pupil expenditure for each State in the United States.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Library Services
Act, $146,340,000.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of two passenger
motor vehicles, $341,064,000.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as author-
ized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization
Act, $61,500,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General,
as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education
Organization Act, $30,242,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used
for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase
of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial
imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation
of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such
transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation
of any school or school system.
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be
used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any
student to a school other than the school which is nearest the
student's home, except for a student requiring special education,
to the school offering such special education, in order to comply
with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose
of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students
includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving
the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing
of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade
restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in
this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.
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SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used
to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer
and meditation in the public schools.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act, as amended) which are appropriated for the Department of
Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations,
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent
by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees
of both Houses of Congress are notified at least fifteen days in
advance of any transfer.
SEC. 305. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal
law, no funds provided to the Department of Education or to an
applicable program (as defined in section 400(c)(1) of the General
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)(1))), in this Act or
in any other Act in fiscal year 1998, may be used to field test,
pilot test, implement, administer or distribute in any way, any
national tests.
(b) EXCEPTION.-Subsection (a) shall not apply to the Third
International Math and Science Study or the National Assessment
of Educational Progress.
SEC. 306. (a) STUDY.-The National Academy of Sciences, in
consultation with the National Governors Association, the National
Conference of State Legislatures, the White House, the National
Assessment Governing Board, and the Congress, shall conduct a
feasibility study to determine if an equivalency scale can be devel-
oped that would allow test scores from commercially available
standardized tests and State assessments to be compared with
each other and the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
(b) REPORT OF FINDINGS TO CONGRESS.-(1) The National Acad-
emy of Sciences shall submit a written report to the White House,
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Labor and Human Resources
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate not later than September 1,
1998.
(2) The National Academy of Sciences shall submit an interim
report no later than June 15, 1998.
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GOVERNING BOARD
SEC. 307 (a). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
exclusive authority over all policies, direction, and guidelines for
developing voluntary national tests pursuant to contract
RJ97153001 previously entered into between the Department of
Education and the American Institutes for Research and executed
on August 15, 1997, shall be vested in the National Assessment
Governing Board established under section 412 of the National
Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9011); Provided, That
within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board
shall review the national test development contract in effect on
the date of enactment of this Act, and modify the contract as
the Board determines necessary and not inconsistent with this
Act or applicable laws: Provided further, That if the contract cannot
be modified to the extent determined necessary by the Board, the
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contract shall be terminated and the Board shall negotiate a new
contract, under the Board's exclusive control, for the tests, not
inconsistent with this Act or applicable laws.
(b) In carrying out its exclusive authority for developing vol-
untary national tests pursuant to contract RJ97153001, any subse-
quent contract related thereto, or any contract modification pursu-
ant to subsection (a), the National Assessment Governing Board
shall determine-
(1) the extent to which test items selected for use on
the tests are free from racial, cultural or gender bias;
(2) whether the test development process and test items
adequately assess student reading and mathematics com-
prehension in the form most likely to yield accurate information
regarding student achievement in reading and mathematics;
(3) whether the test development process and test items
take into account the needs of disadvantaged, limited English
proficient and disabled students; and
(4) whether the test development process takes into account
how parents, guardians, and students will appropriately be
informed about testing content, purpose and uses.
SEC. 308. STUDY.-The National Academy of Sciences shall,
not later than September 1, 1998, submit a written report to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate that evaluates all test items developed or funded by
the Department of Education or any other agency of the Federal
Government pursuant to contract RJ97153001, any subsequent con-
tract related thereto, or any contract modification by the National
Assessment Governing Board pursuant to section 307 of this Act,
for-
(1) the technical quality of any test items for 4th grade
reading and 8th grade mathematics;
(2) the validity, reliability, and adequacy of developed test
items;
(3) the validity of any developed design which links test
results to student performance;
(4) the degree to which any developed test items provide
valid and useful information to the public;
(5) whether the test items are free from racial, cultural,
or gender bias;
(6) whether the test items address the needs of disadvan-
taged, limited English proficient and disabled students; and
(7) whether the test items can be used for tracking, gradua-
tion or promotion of students.
SEC. 309. (a) STUDY.-The National Academy of Sciences shall
conduct a study and make written recommendations on appropriate
methods, practices, and safeguards to ensure that-
(1) existing and new tests that are used to assess student
performance are not used in a discriminatory manner or
inappropriately for student promotion, tracking or graduation;
and
(2) existing and new tests adequately assess student read-
ing and mathematics comprehension in the form most likely
to yield accurate information regarding student achievement
of reading and mathematics skills.
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(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-The National Academy of Sciences
shall submit a written report to the White House, the National
Assessment Governing Board, the Committee on Education and
the Workforce of the House of Representatives, the Committee
on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate not later than Septem-
ber 1, 1998.
SEC. 310. (a) The Federal Government shall not require any
State or local educational agency or school to administer or imple-
ment any pilot or field test in any subject or grade, nor shall
the Federal Government require any student to take any national
test in any subject or grade.
(b) Nothing in section 309(a) shall be construed as affecting
the National Assessment of Educational Progress or the Third Inter-
national Math and Science Study.
SEC. 311. No Federal, State or local educational agency may
require any private or parochial school student, or home-schooled
individual, to take any pilot or field test developed under this
Act, contract RJ97153001, or any contract related thereto, without
the written consent of the parents or legal guardians of the student
or individual.
SEC. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
institution of higher education which receives funds under title
III of the Higher Education Act, except for grants made under
section 326, may use up to 20 percent of its award under part
A or part B of the Act for endowment building purposes authorized
under section 331. Any institution seeking to use part A or part
B funds for endowment building purposes shall indicate such
intention in its application to the Secretary and shall abide by
departmental regulations governing the endowment challenge grant
program.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Higher
Education Act, $280,000,000 of the balances of returned reserves,
formerly held by the Higher Education Assistance Foundation, that
are currently held in Higher Education Assistance Claims Reserves,
Treasury account number 91X6192, shall be transferred to Mis-
cellaneous Receipts of the Treasury, within 60 days of enactment
of this Act.
IMPACT AID
SEC. 314. (a) IN GENERAL.-From funds made available to
carry out section 3(d)(2)(B) of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public
Law 874, 81st Congress) for fiscal year 1994 that remain after
making 100 percent of the payments local educational agencies
are eligible to receive under such section for such fiscal year,
the Secretary of Education shall make payments to applicants for
fiscal year 1996 pursuant to subsection (b).
(b) AWARD BASIS.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Secretary of Education shall make a payment to each applicant
in an amount that bears the same relation to the total amount
of remaining funds described in subsection (a) as the number
of children who were in average daily attendance in the schools
served by the applicant for fiscal year 1996 bears to the total
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number of all such children in the schools served by all
applicants for such year.
(2) SPECIAL RULE.-Any applicant that had less than 200
children in average daily attendance in the schools served
by the applicant for fiscal year 1996 shall receive a payment
under this section for fiscal year 1996 in an amount equal
to not less than $175,000.
(3) DATA.-For purposes of computing payments under this
section, the Secretary of Education shall use data that-
(A) was included in each applicant's application for
assistance under section 8003 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703) for fiscal
year 1996; and
(B) is verified by the Secretary.
(c) DEFINITION OF APPLICANT.-For purposes of this section,
the term "applicant" means an applicant for assistance under sec-
tion 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
for fiscal year 1996 having 1 of the following applicant numbers
for such year:
(1) 51-0904.
(2) 51-4203.
(3) 51-1903.
(4) 51-0010.
(5) 51-0811.
(6) 51-2101.
SEC. 315. Section 10304 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(g) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED SCHOOLS.-Each State that receives
a grant under this part and designates a tribally controlled school
as a charter school shall not consider payments to a school under
the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2507) in
determining-
"(1) the eligibility of the school to receive any other Federal,
State, or local aid; or
"(2) the amount of such aid.".
This title may be cited as the "Department of Education Appro-
priations Act, 1998".
TITLE IV-RELATED AGENCIES
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME.
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home
to operate and maintain the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's
Home and the United States Naval Home, to be paid from funds
available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund,
$68,669,000, of which $13,217,000 shall remain available until
expended for construction and renovation of the physical plants
at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the United
States Naval Home: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for the
development and construction at the United States Soldiers' and
Airmen's Home, to include renovation of the Sheridan building,
may be employed which collectively include the full scope of the
project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall
contain the clause "availability of funds" found at 48 CFR 52.232-
18 and 252.232-7007 Limitation of Government Obligation.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and
Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, $256,604,000.
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as
authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which
shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, for the
fiscal year 2000, $300,000,000: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertain-
ment for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That
none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available
or used to aid or support any program or activity from which
any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated
against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or
sex.
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor
Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171-180, 182-183),
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and for expenses nec-
essary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29
U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry
out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act,
Public Law 95-454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71), $33,481,000, including
$1,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 1999, for
activities authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act
of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training
activities and for arbitration services shall be credited to and
merged with this account, and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration services shall
be available only for education, training, and professional develop-
ment of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director
of the Service is authorized to accept on behalf of the United
States gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in
the aid of any projects or functions within the Director's jurisdiction.
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health
Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $6,060,000.
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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the National Commission on Librar-
ies and Information Science, established by the Act of July 20,
1970 (Public Law 91-345, as amended by Public Law 102-95),
$1,000,000.
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability
as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended, $1,793,000.
NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL
For expenses necessary for the National Education Goals Panel,
as authorized by title II, part A of the Goals 2000: Educate America
Act, $2,000,000.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management
Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167), and other
laws, $174,661,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation
shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural
laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc-
tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural
laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935
(29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Rela-
tions Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of
the Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said
definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation
of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or
operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent
of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this
Act shall be used in any way to promulgate a final rule (altering
29 CFR part 103) regarding single location bargaining units in
representation cases.
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Rail-
way Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including emer-
gency boards appointed by the President, $8,600,000: Provided,
That unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 1998 not needed
for emergency boards shall remain available for other statutory
purposes through September 30, 1999.
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health
Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $7,900,000.
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social
Security Act, $7,015,000, to be transferred to this appropriation
from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, author-
ized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974,
$205,500,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in
fiscal year 1998 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law
98-76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of
the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the
amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit
received exceeds $205,500,000: Provided, That the total amount
provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts
on the first day of each month in the fiscal year.
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $50,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 1999, which shall be the maximum
amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public
Law 98-76.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board for
administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act, $87,228,000, to be derived in such
amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement
accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment
insurance administration fund.
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General
for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, not more than
$5,794,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts
and railroad unemployment insurance account: Provided, That none
of the funds made available in any other paragraph of this Act
may be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such transfer;
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used to provide any office space, equipment, office supplies, commu-
nications facilities or services, maintenance services, or administra-
tive services for the Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or
award for any personnel of the Office; used to pay any other
operating expense of the Office; or used to reimburse the Office
for any service provided, or expense incurred, by the Office: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available in this paragraph
may be used for any audit, investigation, or review of the Medicare
Program.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
and the Federal Disability Insurance trust funds, as provided under
sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act,
$20,308,000.
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health
Act of 1977, $426,090,000, to remain available until expended.
For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit
payments to individuals under title IV of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977, for costs incurred in the current fiscal
year, such amounts as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title IV of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 for the first quarter of fiscal
year 1999, $160,000,000, to remain available until expended.
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act,
section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public Law 93-
66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, including
payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, $16,160,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the
current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that
year shall be returned to the Treasury.
From funds provided under the previous paragraph, not less
than $100,000,000 shall be available for payment to the Social
Security trust funds for administrative expenses for conducting
continuing disability reviews.
In addition, $175,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 1999, for payment to the Social Security trust funds for adminis-
trative expenses for continuing disability reviews as authorized
by section 103 of Public Law 104-121 and Supplemental Security
Income administrative work as authorized by Public Law 104-
193. The term "continuing disability reviews" means reviews and
redeterminations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social
Security Act, as amended, and reviews and redeterminations
authorized under section 211 of Public Law 104-193.
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security
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Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year,
such sums as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 1999, $8,680,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger
motor vehicles, and not to exceed $10,000 for official reception
and representation expenses, not more than $5,894,040,000 may
be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein:
Provided, That not less than $1,600,000 shall be for the Social
Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances at the end of fiscal year 1998 not needed for fiscal year
1998 shall remain available until expended for a state-of-the-art
computing network, including related equipment and non-payroll
administrative expenses associated solely with this network: Pro-
vided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this
heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the
Social Security Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title
5, United States Code, and for facilities or support services for
labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures
referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the
Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the
general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after
such expenditures are made.
From funds provided under the previous paragraph, notwith-
standing the provision under this heading in Public Law 104-
208 regarding unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 1997
not needed for such fiscal year, an amount not to exceed $50,000,000
from such unobligated balances shall, in addition to funding already
available under this heading for fiscal year 1998, be available
for necessary expenses.
From funds provided under the first paragraph, not less than
$200,000,000 shall be available for conducting continuing disability
reviews.
In addition to funding already available under this heading,
and subject to the same terms and conditions, $290,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 1999, for continuing disability
reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law 104-121, section
10203 of Public Law 105-33 and Supplemental Security Income
administrative work as authorized by Public Law 104-193. The
term "continuing disability reviews" means reviews and redeter-
minations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Secu-
rity Act as amended, and reviews and redeterminations authorized
under section 211 of Public Law 104-193.
In addition to funding already available under this heading,
and subject to the same terms and conditions, $190,000,000, which
shall remain available until expended, to invest in a state-of-the-
art computing network, including related equipment and non-pay-
roll administrative expenses associated solely with this network,
for the Social Security Administration and the State Disability
Determination Services, may be expended from any or all of the
trust funds as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security
Act.
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In addition, $35,000,000 to be derived from administration fees
in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant
to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3)
of Public Law 93-66, which shall remain available until expended.
To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such section
1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 1998 exceed $35,000,000, the
amounts shall be available in fiscal year 1999 only to the extent
provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $10,164,000, together with not to exceed
$38,260,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund.
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the "Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses", Social Security Administration,
to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and
purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice
of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace
as authorized in the United States Institute of Peace Act,
$11,160,000.
TITLE V-GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances
of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appro-
priations provided in this Act: Provided, That such transferred
balances are used for the same purpose, and for the same periods
of time, for which they were originally appropriated.
SEC. 502. 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. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet,
publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to sup-
port or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State
legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State
legislature itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract
recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity
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designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before
the Congress or any State legislature.
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are each
authorized to make available not to exceed $15,000 from funds
available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respec-
tively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-
tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized
to make available for official reception and representation expenses
not to exceed $2,500 from the funds available for "Salaries and
expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service"; and the
Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make
available for official reception and representation expenses not to
exceed $2,500 from funds available for "Salaries and expenses,
National Mediation Board".
SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
no funds appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry out
any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the
hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
SEC. 506. Section 505 is subject to the condition that after
March 31, 1998, a program for exchanging such needles and
syringes for used hypodermic needles and syringes (referred to
in this section as an "exchange project") may be carried out in
a community if-
(1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines
that exchange projects are effective in preventing the spread
of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs; and
(2) the project is operated in accordance with criteria estab-
lished by such Secretary for preventing the spread of HIV
and for ensuring that the project does not encourage the use
of illegal drugs.
SEC. 507. (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.
(c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS FALSELY LABEL-
ING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.-If it has been finally deter-
mined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally
affixed a label bearing a "Made in America" inscription, or any
inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United States, the
person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract
made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debar-
ment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 508. When issuing statements, press releases, requests
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act,
including but not limited to State and local governments and recipi-
ents of Federal research grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percent-
age of the total costs of the program or project which will be
financed with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal
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funds for the project or program; and (3) percentage and dollar
amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be
financed by nongovernmental sources.
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this Act
shall be expended for any abortion.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be
expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of
abortion.
(c) The term "health benefits coverage" means the package
of services covered by a managed care provider or organization
pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
SEC. 510. (a) The limitations established in the preceding sec-
tion shall not apply to an abortion-
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or
incest; or
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical
disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-
endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the
pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place
the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or
locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds
(other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching
funds).
SEC. 511. Notwithstanding any other provision of law-
(1) no amount may be transferred from an appropriation
account for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education except as authorized in this or any
subsequent appropriation Act, or in the Act establishing the
program or activity for which funds are contained in this Act;
(2) no department, agency, or other entity, other than the
one responsible for administering the program or activity for
which an appropriation is made in this Act, may exercise
authority for the timing of the obligation and expenditure of
such appropriation, or for the purpose for which it is obligated
and expended, except to the extent and in the manner otherwise
provided in sections 1512 and 1513 of title 31, United States
Code; and
(3) no funds provided under this Act shall be available
for the salary (or any part thereof) of an employee who is
reassigned on a temporary detail basis to another position
in the employing agency or department or in any other agency
or department, unless the detail is independently approved
by the head of the employing department or agency.
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to enforce the requirements of section 428(b)(1)(U)(iii) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to any lender when
it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate
or expend such funds that the lender has a loan portfolio under
part B of title IV of such Act that is equal to or less than $5,000,000.
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SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used for-
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research
purposes; or
(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are
destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury
or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses
in utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
(b) For purposes of this section, the term "human embryo
or embryos" include any organism, not protected as a human subject
under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act,
that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any
other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid
cells.
SEC. 514. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROMOTION
OF LEGALIZATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.-None of the funds
made available in this Act may be used for any activity when
it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate
or expend such funds that the activity promotes the legalization
of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the sched-
ules of controlled substances established by section 202 of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
(b) EXCEPTIONS.-The limitation in subsection (a) shall not
apply when it is made known to the Federal official having authority
to obligate or expend such funds that there is significant medical
evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or
other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being
conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with
an entity when it is made known to the Federal official having
authority to obligate or expend such funds that-
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United
States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d)
of title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an
annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment
of certain veterans; and
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required
by that section for the most recent year for which such require-
ment was applicable to such entity.
SEC. 516. (a) FEES FOR FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF STATE
SUPPLEMENTARY SSI PAYMENTS.-
(1) OPTIONAL STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS.-
(A) IN GENERAL.-Section 1616(d)(2)(B) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382e(d)(2)(B)) is amended—
(i) by striking "and" at the end of clause (iii);
and
(ii) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the
following:
"(iv) for fiscal year 1997, $5.00;
"(v) for fiscal year 1998, $6.20;
"(vi) for fiscal year 1999, $7.60;
"(vii) for fiscal year 2000, $7.80;
"(viii) for fiscal year 2001, $8.10;
"(ix) for fiscal year 2002, $8.50; and
"(x) for fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year-
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"(I) the applicable rate in the preceding fiscal year,
increased by the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer
Price Index for the month of June of the calendar year
of the increase exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the
month of June of the calendar year preceding the calendar
year of the increase, and rounded to the nearest whole
cent; or
"(II) such different rate as the Commissioner deter-
mines is appropriate for the State.".
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT-Section 1616(d)(2)(C)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382e(d)(2)(C)) is amended by strik-
ing "(B)(iv)" and inserting "(B)(x)(II)".
(2) MANDATORY STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS.-
(A) IN GENERAL.-Section 212(b)(3)(B)(ii) of Public Law
93-66 (42 U.S.C. 1382 note) is amended—
(i) by striking "and" at the end of subclause (III);
and
(ii) by striking subclause (IV) and inserting the
following:
"(IV) for fiscal year 1997, $5.00;
"(V) for fiscal year 1998, $6.20;
"(VI) for fiscal year 1999, $7.60;
"(VII) for fiscal year 2000, $7.80;
"(VIII) for fiscal year 2001, $8.10;
"(IX) for fiscal year 2002, $8.50; and
"(X) for fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year-
"(aa) the applicable rate in the preceding fiscal year,
increased by the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer
Price Index for the month of June of the calendar year
of the increase exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the
month of June of the calendar year preceding the calendar
year of the increase, and rounded to the nearest whole
cent; or
"(bb) such different rate as the Commissioner deter-
mines is appropriate for the State.".
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT-Section 212(b)(3)(B)(iii)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382 note) is amended by striking
"(ii)(IV)" and inserting "(ii)(X)(bb)".
(b) USE OF NEW FEES To DEFRAY THE SOCIAL SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION'S ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.-
(1) CREDIT TO SPECIAL FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 AND
SUBSEQUENT YEARS.-
(A) OPTIONAL STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT FEES.-
Section 1616(d)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382e(d)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
"(4)(A) The first $5 of each administration fee assessed pursuant
to paragraph (2), upon collection, shall be deposited in the general
fund of the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
"(B) That portion of each administration fee in excess of $5,
and 100 percent of each additional services fee charged pursuant
to paragraph (3), upon collection for fiscal year 1998 and each
subsequent fiscal year, shall be credited to a special fund established
in the Treasury of the United States for State supplementary pay-
ment fees. The amounts so credited, to the extent and in the
amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, shall be avail-
able to defray expenses incurred in carrying out this title and
related laws.".
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(B) MANDATORY STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT
FEES.-Section 212(b)(3)(D) of Public Law 93-66 (42 U.S.C.
1382 note) is amended to read as follows:
"(D)(i) The first $5 of each administration fee assessed pursuant
to subparagraph (B), upon collection, shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous
receipts.
"(ii) The portion of each administration fee in excess of $5,
and 100 percent of each additional services fee charged pursuant
to subparagraph (C), upon collection for fiscal year 1998 and each
subsequent fiscal year, shall be credited to a special fund established
in the Treasury of the United States for State supplementary pay-
ment fees. The amounts so credited, to the extent and in the
amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, shall be avail-
able to defray expenses incurred in carrying out this section and
title XVI of the Social Security Act and related laws.".
(2) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-
From amounts credited pursuant to section 1616(d)(4)(B) of
the Social Security Act and section 212(b)(3)(D)(ii) of Public
Law 93-66 to the special fund established in the Treasury
of the United States for State supplementary payment fees,
there is authorized to be appropriated an amount not to exceed
$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may be
necessary for each fiscal year thereafter, for administrative
expenses in carrying out the supplemental security income
program under title XVI of the Social Security Act and related
laws.
SEC. 517. Section 520(c)(2)(D) of the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997, is amended by striking "September 30,
1997" and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31, 1997".
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to pay the expenses of an election officer appointed by
a court to oversee an election of any officer or trustee for the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
SEC. 519. Subsection (k) of section 9302 of the Balanced Budget
Act of 1997, as added by section 1604(f)(3) of the Taxpayer Relief
of Act of 1997, is repealed.
TITLE VI-OTHER PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. The amount of the DSH allotment for the State
of Minnesota for fiscal year 1998, specified in the table under
section 1923(f)(2) of the Social Security Act (as amended by section
4721(a)(1) of Public Law 105-33) is deemed to be $33,000,000.
SEC. 602. Notwithstanding section 1923(f)(2) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)(2)) (as amended by section 4721(a)(1)
of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat.
511)), the amount of the DSH allotment for Wyoming for fiscal
year 1998 is deemed to be $67,000.
PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH
SEC. 603. (a) SHORT TITLE.-This section may be cited as the
"Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act of 1997".
(b) FINDING AND PURPOSE.-
(1) FINDING.-Congress finds that to take full advantage
of the tremendous potential for finding a cure or effective
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treatment, the Federal investment in Parkinson's disease must
be expanded, as well as the coordination strengthened among
the National Institutes of Health research institutes.
(2) PURPOSE.-It is the purpose of this section to provide
for the expansion and coordination of research regarding
Parkinson's disease, and to improve care and assistance for
afflicted individuals and their family caregivers.
(c) PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH.-Part B of title IV of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
"PARKINSON'S DISEASE
"SEC. 409B. (a) IN GENERAL.-The Director of NIH shall estab-
lish a program for the conduct and support of research and training
with respect to Parkinson's disease (subject to the extent of amounts
appropriated under subsection (e)).
"(b) INTER-INSTITUTE COORDINATION.-
"(1) IN GENERAL.-The Director of NIH shall provide for
the coordination of the program established under subsection
(a) among all of the national research institutes conducting
Parkinson's disease research.
"(2) CONFERENCE.-Coordination under paragraph (1) shall
include the convening of a research planning conference not
less frequently than once every 2 years. Each such conference
shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Appropriations
and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Commit-
tee on Commerce of the House of Representatives a report
concerning the conference.
"(c) MORRIS K. UDALL RESEARCH CENTERS.-
"(1) IN GENERAL.-The Director of NIH is authorized to
award Core Center Grants to encourage the development of
innovative multidisciplinary research and provide training
concerning Parkinson's disease. The Director is authorized to
award not more than 10 Core Center Grants and designate
each center funded under such grants as a Morris K. Udall
Center for Research on Parkinson's Disease.
"(2) REQUIREMENTS.-
"(A) IN GENERAL-With respect to Parkinson's disease,
each center assisted under this subsection shall-
"(i) use the facilities of a single institution or a
consortium of cooperating institutions, and meet such
qualifications as may be prescribed by the Director
of the NIH; and
"(ii) conduct basic and clinical research.
"(B) DISCRETIONARY REQUIREMENTS.-With respect to
Parkinson's disease, each center assisted under this sub-
section may-
"(i) conduct training programs for scientists and
health professionals;
"(ii) conduct programs to provide information and
continuing education to health professionals;
"(iii) conduct programs for the dissemination of
information to the public;
"(iv) separately or in collaboration with other cen-
ters, establish a nationwide data system derived from
patient populations with Parkinson's disease, and
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where possible, comparing relevant data involving gen-
eral populations;
"(v) separately or in collaboration with other cen-
ters, establish a Parkinson's Disease Information
Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance knowledge and
understanding of Parkinson's disease; and
"(vi) separately or in collaboration with other cen-
ters, establish a national education program that fos-
ters a national focus on Parkinson's disease and the
care of those with Parkinson's disease.
"(3) STIPENDS REGARDING TRAINING PROGRAMS.-A center
may use funds provided under paragraph (1) to provide stipends
for scientists and health professionals enrolled in training pro-
grams under paragraph (2)(B).
"(4) DURATION OF SUPPORT.-Support of a center under
this subsection may be for a period not exceeding five years.
Such period may be extended by the Director of NIH for one
or more additional periods of not more than five years if the
operations of such center have been reviewed by an appropriate
technical and scientific peer review group established by the
Director and if such group has recommended to the Director
that such period should be extended.
"(d) MORRIS K. UDALL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PARKIN-
SON'S DISEASE RESEARCH.-The Director of NIH is authorized to
establish a grant program to support investigators with a proven
record of excellence and innovation in Parkinson's disease research
and who demonstrate potential for significant future breakthroughs
in the understanding of the pathogensis, diagnosis, and treatment
of Parkinson's disease. Grants under this subsection shall be avail-
able for a period of not to exceed 5 years.
"(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS-For the purpose of
carrying out this section and section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to research focused on Parkinson's
disease, there are authorized to be appropriated up to $100,000,000
for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may be necessary for each
of the fiscal years 1999 and 2000."
SEC. 604. (a) Section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1524(a)) is amended by striking "fiscal year 1995,
fiscal year 1996, and fiscal year 1997" and inserting "each of fiscal
years 1998 and 1999".
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect
October 1, 1997.
SEC. 605. Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 1143(a)(2) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-13(a)(2)(B), (C)) are each
amended by striking "employee" and inserting "employer,
employee,"
SEC. 606. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
payments described in subsection (b) shall not be considered income
or resources in determining eligibility for, or the amount of benefits
under, a program or State plan under title XVI or XIX of the
Social Security Act.
(b) The payments described in this subsection are payments
made by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 657 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public
Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2584).
SEC. 607. In addition to amounts otherwise made available
for payment of obligations in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5338(a),
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$50,000,000 shall remain available until expended and to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $50,000,000 shall
be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust
Fund to the Federal Transit Administration's formula grants
account: Provided further, That subsection (c) of section 337 of
the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1998 is amended by inserting after "House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations", the following: "and the Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation".
SEC. 608. Clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(II) of section 403(a)(5)(A) of
the Social Security Act are amended by striking "during the fiscal
year" in each place it appears and inserting "during the period
permitted under subparagraph (C)(vii) of this paragraph for the
expenditure of funds under the grant".
EMERGENCY STUDENT LOAN CONSOLIDATION
SEC. 609. (a) SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.-This section may
be cited as the "Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of
1997". Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this
section an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amend-
ment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
(b) DEFINITION OF LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSOLIDATION.-Sec-
tion 428C(a)(4) (20 U.S.C. 1078-3(a)(4)) is amended-
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subpara-
graphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph:
"(C) made under part D of this title, except that loans
made under such part shall be eligible student loans only
for consolidation loans for which the application is received
by an eligible lender during the period beginning on the
date of enactment of the Emergency Student Loan Consoli-
dation Act of 1997 and ending on October 1, 1998;".
(c) TERMS OF CONSOLIDATION LOANS.-Section 428C(b)(4)(C)(ii)
is amended—
(1) in subclause (I), by inserting after "consolidation loan"
the following: "for which the application is received by an
eligible lender before the date of enactment of the Emergency
Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997, or on or after October
1, 1998,";
(2) by striking "or" at the end of subclause (I);
(3) by inserting "or (II)" before the semicolon at the end
of subclause (II);
(4) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III); and
(5) by inserting after subclause (I) the following new sub-
clause:
"(II) by the Secretary, in the case of a consolidation
loan for which the application is received by an eligible
lender on or after the date of enactment of the Emer-
gency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997 and
before October 1, 1998, except that the Secretary shall
pay such interest only on that portion of the loan
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that repays Federal Stafford Loans for which the stu-
dent borrower received an interest subsidy under sec-
tion 428 or Federal Direct Stafford Loans for which
the borrower received an interest subsidy under section
455; or".
(d) NONDISCRIMINATION IN LOAN CONSOLIDATION-Section
428C(b) is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
"(6) NONDISCRIMINATION IN LOAN CONSOLIDATION-An
eligible lender that makes consolidation loans under this section
shall not discriminate against any borrower seeking such a
loan-
"(A) based on the number or type of eligible student
loans the borrower seeks to consolidate;
"(B) based on the type or category of institution of
higher education that the borrower attended;
"(C) based on the interest rate to be charged to the
borrower with respect to the consolidation loan; or
"(D) with respect to the types of repayment schedules
offered to such borrower.".
(e) INTEREST RATE.-Section 428C(c)(1) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), by striking
"(B) or (C)" and inserting "(B), (C), or (D)"; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(D) A consolidation loan for which the application is
received by an eligible lender on or after the date of enactment
of the Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997
and before October 1, 1998, shall bear interest at an annual
rate on the unpaid principal balance of the loan that is equal
to the rate specified in section 427A(f), except that the eligible
lender may continue to calculate interest on such a loan at
the rate previously in effect and defer, until not later than
April 1, 1998, the recalculation of the interest on such a loan
at the rate required by this subparagraph if the recalculation
is applied retroactively to the date on which the loan is made.".
(f) AMENDMENTS EFFECTIVE FOR PENDING APPLICANTS.-The
consolidation loans authorized by the amendments made by this
section shall be available notwithstanding any pending application
by a student for a consolidation loan under part D of title IV
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.),
upon withdrawal of such application by the student at any time
prior to receipt of such a consolidation loan.
(g) FAMILY CONTRIBUTION FOR DEPENDENT STUDENTS.-
(1) PARENTS' AVAILABLE INCOME.-Section 475(c)(1) (20
U.S.C. 1087oo(c)(1)) is amended—
(A) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (D);
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(E) and inserting and"; and
(C) by adding at the end of the following new subpara-
graph:
"(F) the amount of any tax credit taken by the parents
under section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.".
(2) STUDENT CONTRIBUTION FROM AVAILABLE INCOME.-Sec-
tion 475(g)(2) is amended—
(A) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (C);
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(D) and inserting and"; and
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(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following
new subparagraph:
"(E) the amount of any tax credit taken by the student
under section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.".
(h) FAMILY CONTRIBUTION FOR INDEPENDENT STUDENTS WITH-
OUT DEPENDENTS OTHER THAN A SPOUSE.-Section 476(b)(1)(A) (20
U.S.C. 1087pp(b)(1)(A)) is amended-
(1) by striking "and" at the end of clause (iv); and
(2) by inserting after clause (v) the following new clause:
"(vi) the amount of any tax credit taken under
section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
and".
(i) FAMILY CONTRIBUTION FOR INDEPENDENT STUDENTS WITH
DEPENDENTS OTHER THAN A SPOUSE.-Section 477(b)(1) (20 U.S.C.
1087qq(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (D);
(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E)
and inserting"; and"; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
"(F) the amount of any tax credit taken under section
25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.".
(j) TOTAL INCOME.-Section 480(a)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(a)(2))
is amended—
(1) by striking "individual, and" and inserting "individual,";
and
(2) by inserting "and no portion of any tax credit taken
under section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,"
before "shall be included".
(k) OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.-Section 480(j) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a tax credit taken under
section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not be
treated as estimated financial assistance for purposes of section
471(3).".
(1) IN GENERAL.-Section 458(a)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1087(a)(1)) is
amended by striking "$532,000,000" and inserting "$507,000,000".
(m) CONSTRUCTION.-Nothing in this Act or an amendment
made by this Act shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary
of Education from using funds that are returned or otherwise recov-
ered by the Secretary under section 422(g) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1072(g)) including the balances of returned
reserve funds, formerly held by the Higher Education Assistance
Foundation, that are currently held in Higher Education Assistance
Foundation Claims Reserves, Treasury account number 91X6192,
for expenditure for expenses pursuant to section 458 of such Act
(20 U.S.C. 1087h).
TITLE VII-NATIONAL HEALTH MUSEUM
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the "National Health Museum Devel-
opment Act".
SEC. 702. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995.
Section 1067 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1995 (10 U.S.C. 176 note) is amended-
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(1) in subsection (a)-
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding "and" at the end;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking "; and" and inserting
a period; and
(C) by striking paragraph (3);
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking "AND SITE
OF FACILITY";
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking "; and" and inserting
a period;
(C) by striking paragraph (2); and
(D) by striking "Pathology-" and all that follows
through "shall" in paragraph (1) and inserting "Pathology
shall"; and
(3) by striking subsections (c) through (e).
SEC. 703. NATIONAL HEALTH MUSEUM SITE.
(a) SITE.-The facility known as the National Health Museum
shall be located on or near the Mall on land owned by the Federal
Government or the District of Columbia (or both) in the District
of Columbia.
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.-Nothing in this section shall be
construed as limiting the authority or responsibilities of the
National Capital Planning Commission or the Commission of Fine
Arts.
(c) DEFINITION.-In this section, the term "the Mall" means—
(1) the land designated as "Union Square", United States
Reservation 6A; and
(2) the land designated as the "Mall", United States Res-
ervations 3, 4, 5, and 6.
SEC. 704. NATIONAL HEALTH MUSEUM COMMISSION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION-There is established a
commission to be known as the National Health Museum Commis-
sion (hereafter referred to in this title as the "Commission") that
shall be comprised of eight members.
(b) MEMBERSHIP.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-The members of the Commission shall
be appointed for the life of the Commission as follows:
(A) Two members shall be appointed by the President.
(B) Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
(C) One member shall be appointed by the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives.
(D) Two members shall be appointed by the Majority
Leader of the Senate.
(E) One member shall be appointed by the Minority
Leader of the Senate.
(2) PERSONS ELIGIBLE.-The members of the Commission
shall be individuals who have knowledge or expertise in matters
to be studied by the Commission.
(3) CHAIRPERSON.-The President shall designate one mem-
ber as the Chairperson of the Commission.
SEC. 705. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.
(a) STUDY.-It shall be the duty of the Commission to conduct
a comprehensive study of the appropriate Federal role in the plan-
ning and operation of the National Health Museum, as well as
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any other issues deemed appropriate to the development of the
National Health Museum.
(b) REPORT.-Not later than 1 year after the date on which
the Commission first meets, the Commission shall submit to the
President and Congress a comprehensive report of the Commission's
findings and conclusions, together with any recommendations of
the Commission.
SEC. 706. COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION MATTERS.
(a) APPLICATION OF FACA.-The National Health Museum, Inc.
shall be responsible for administering all Commission activities
in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.).
(b) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.-Each member of the Commis-
sion who is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government
shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of
the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion, $500,000 for fiscal year 1998, to remain available until
expended.
SEC. 708. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.
The Commission shall terminate 60 days after the Commission
submits the report required under section 705(b).
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1998".
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used
to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer
and meditation in the public schools.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act, as amended) which are appropriated for the Department of
Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations,
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 8 percent
by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees
of both Houses of Congress are notified at least fifteen days in
advance of any transfer.
SEC. 305. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal
law, no funds provided to the Department of Education or to an
applicable program (as defined in section 400(c)(1) of the General
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)(1))), in this Act or
in any other Act in fiscal year 1998, may be used to field test,
pilot test, implement, administer or distribute in any way, any
national tests.
(b) EXCEPTION-Subaaction (a) shall not apply to the Third
International Math and Science Study or the National Assessment
of Educational Progress.
SEC. 306. (a) STUDY.-The National Academy of Sciences, in
consultation with the National Governors Association, the National
Conference of State Legislatures, the White House, the National
Assessment Governing Board, and the Congress, shall conduct a
feasibility study to determine if an equivalency scale can be devel-
oped that would allow test scores from commercially available
standardized tests and State assessments to be compared with
each other and the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
(b) REPORT OF FINDINGS TO CONGRESS.-(1) The National Acad-
emy of Sciences shall submit a written report to the White House,
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Labor and Human Resources
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate not later than September 1,
1998.
(2) The National Academy of Sciences shall submit an interim
report no later than June 15, 1998.
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GOVERNING BOARD
SEC. 307 (a). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
exclusive authority over all policies, direction, and guidelines for
developing voluntary national tests pursuant to contract
RJ97153001 previously entered into between the Department of
Education and the American Institutes for Research and executed
on August 15, 1997, shall be vested in the National Assessment
Governing Board established under section 412 of the National
Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9011); Provided, That
within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board
shall review the national test development contract in effect on
the date of enactment of this Act, and modify the contract as
the Board determines necessary and not inconsistent with this
Act or applicable laws: Provided further, That if the contract cannot
be modified to the extent determined necessary by the Board, the
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contract shall be terminated and the Board shall negotiate a new
contract, under the Board's exclusive control, for the tests, not
inconsistant with this Act or applicable laws.
(b) In carrying out its exclusive authority for developing vol-
untary national tests pursuant to contract RJ97153001, any subse-
quent contract related thereto, or any contract modification pursu-
ant to subsection (a), the National Assessment Governing Board
shall determine-
(1) the extent to which test items selected for use on
the tests are free from racial, cultural or gender bias;
(2) whether the test development process and test items
adequately assess student reading and mathematics com-
prehension in the form most likely to yield accurate information
regarding student achievement in reading and mathematics;
(3) whether the test development process and test items
take into account the needs of disadvantaged. limited English
proficient and disabled students; and
(4) whether the test development process takes into account
how parents, guardians, and students will appropriately be
informed about testing content, purpose and uses.
SEC. 308. STUDY.-The National Academy of Sciences shall,
not later than September 1, 1998, submit a written report to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate that evaluates all test items developed or funded by
the Department of Education or any other agency of the Federal
Government pursuant to contract RJ97153001, any subsequent con-
tract related thereto, or any contract modification by the National
Assessment Governing Board pursuant to section 307 of this Act,
for-
(1) the technical quality of any test items for 4th grade
reading and 8th grade mathematics;
(2) the validity, reliability, and adequacy of developed test
items;
(3) the validity of any developed design which links test
results to student performance;
(4) the degree to which any developed test items provide
valid and useful information to the public;
(5) whether the test items are free from racial, cultural,
or gender bias;
(6) whether the test items address the needs of disadvan-
taged, limited English proficient and disabled students; and
(7) whether the test items can be used for tracking, gradus-
tion or promotion of students.
SEC. 309. (a) STUDY.-The National Academy of Sciences shall
conduct a study and make written recommendations on appropriate
methods, practices, and safeguards to ensure that-
(1) existing and new tests that are used to assess student
performance are not used in a discriminatory manner or
inappropriately for student promotion, tracking or graduation;
and
(2) existing and new tests adequately assess student read-
ing and mathematics comprehension in the form most likely
to yield accurate information regarding student achievement
of reading and mathematics skills.
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(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-The National Academy of Sciences
shall submit a written report to the White House, the National
Assessment Governing Board, the Committee on Education and
the Workforce of the House of Representatives, the Committee
on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate. and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate not later than Septem-
ber 1. 1998.
SEC. 310. (a) The Federal Government shall not require any
State or local educational agency or school to administer or imple-
ment any pilot or field test in any subject or grade, nor shall
the Federal Government require any student to take any national
test in any subject or grade.
(b) Nothing in section 309(a) shall be construed as affecting
the National Assessment of Educational Progress or the Third Inter-
national Math and Science Study.
SEC. 311. No Federal, State or local educational agency may
require any private or parochial school student, or home-schooled
individual, to take any pilot or field test developed under this
Act, contract RJ97153001, or any contract related thereto, without
the written consent of the parents or legal guardians of the student
or individual.
SEC. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
institution of higher education which receives funds under title
III of the Higher Education Act, except for grants made under
section 326, may use up to 20 percent of its award under part
A or part B of the Act for endowment building purposes authorized
under section 331. Any institution seeking to use part A or part
B funds for endowment building purposes shall indicate such
intention in its application to the Secretary and shall abide by
departmental regulations governing the endowment challenge grant
program.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Higher
Education Act, $280,000,000 of the balances of returned reserves,
formerly held by the Higher Education Assistance Foundation, that
are currently held in Higher Education Assistance Claims Reserves,
Treasury account number 91X6102, shall be transferred to Mis-
cellaneous Receipts of the Treasury, within 60 days of enactment
of this Act.
IMPACT AID
SEC. 314. (a) IN GENERAL-From funds made available to
carry out section 3(d)(2)(B) of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public
Law 874, 81st Congress) for fiscal year 1994 that remain after
making 100 percent of the payments local educational agencies
are eligible to receive under such section for such fiscal year,
the Secretary of Education shall make payments to applicants for
fiscal year 1996 pursuant to subsection (b).
(b) AWARD BASIS.-
(1) IN GENERAL-Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Secretary of Education shall make a payment to each applicant
in an amount that bears the same relation to the total amount
of remaining funds described in subsection (a) as the number
of children who were in average daily attendance in the schools
served by the applicant for fiscal year 1996 bears to the total
Bruce N. Reed
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Subject: Re: DRAFT PRESS PAPER FOR TOMORROW
This looks pretty good. I would make a few small changes in the standards section:
1. Put Standards first, not Head Start.
2. Change test graph to read, "The bill provides full funding to proceed with immediate development of
the first-ever voluntary national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, based on widely accepted
national standards used in NAEP. It puts the independent, bipartisan, National Assessment Governing
Board (NAGB) in charge of test policies and development, as the Administration had proposed. The bill
provides the Administration's full request of $16 million to support the testing plan, and allows for pilot
testing to begin in Fall 1998. The bill also provides for a feasibility study etc."
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
From the Office of:
The Domestic Policy Council
Elena Kagan
Deputy Assistant to the President
for Domestic Policy
TO:
Bill Kincaid
FAX:
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PHONE:
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MESSAGE: * Urgent
Please call (202) 456-5584 if there are any problems with the transmission.
DRAF I
1998 Education Budget:
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 13, 1997
Now I ask you and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents, teachers, and citizens all
across America for a new nonpartisan commitment to education because education is a critical
national security issue for our future, and politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4,1997
HIGHLIGHTS: The President's signature on the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill today,
along with the education tax cuts enacted in August, take us an historic step closer to reaching the
President's goal of making sure that every 8-year old can read, every 12-year old can log on to
Internet, every 18-year old can to college, and all Americans can keep on learning throughout their
lifetimes. These investments represent the largest increase in our education investment in a
generation, including the biggest increase in college aid since the GI Bill 50 years ago. The bill being
signed today:
promotes high standards and continued development of voluntary national tests;
increases Pell Grants to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades;
expands Head Start;
funds America Reads to help all children read well and independently by age 8;
brings technology to the classroom; and
expands choice and accountability through public Charter Schools.
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Expands Head Keeping Start toward 1 Million Children. The bill provides nearly $4.4 billion for K-12 stuff
Head Start, continuing on tracklwith the President's commitment to the goal of serving one
million children. With this $374 million increase, Head Start funding will have increased
57% since 1993. The program will serve an estimated 836,000 children in 1998.
RAISING STANDARDS: HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND
ADVANCED SKILLS
force
Continues Development of Voluntary National Tests. The bill allows continued
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development of national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, based on widely
accepted national standards used in the National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP). It shifts control over test policies and development to the independent, bipartisan,
National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), as the Administration had proposed. The
bill provides $16 million to support the testing plan, and allows for pilot testing of test itcms
to begin next Fall. The bill also provides for a feasibility study to determine if existing state
tests can be linked to the NAEP standards) and to each other.
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Provides Funding for the America Reads Challenge. The bill provides $301 million in new
America Reads funding. This builds on current AmeriCorps tutoring efforts, and more than
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800 colleges that have committed to using Federal work-study slots tutoring children who
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AmeriCorps and the senior volunteer programs won an increase of $64
million in the two bills that fund(National Service program ($39 million in the
bill being signed today). This will fund more than 3000 AmeriCorps
members and senior volunteers who will recruit more than 100,000 volunteer
tutors.
State teacher training and family literacy efforts are increased a total of $47
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million, and $5 million is provided to help provide training for tutors.
($210 million for pending legislation based on the President's America Reads
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initiative.] The House version of that legislation promoting tutoring, family
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literacy, and teacher training passed the House with the Administration's
support on November 8.
Brings Technology to the Classroom. Technology education programs received a 91
percent increase, from $305 million to $545 million, including:
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund. The bill provides $425 million, more
than twice as much as the $200 million appropriated last year, to help States,
communities, and schools acquire hardware, software, and connectivity
linkages; provide professional development in the integration of technology
into the curriculum; and apply technology 10 support school reform efforts and
opportunities for all students.
Technology Innovation Challenge Grants. The bill includes $106 million--
a 41 percent increase over last year's level of $75 million--to support 15 new
projects focused on delivering the most effective training for teachers in using
educational technologies, as well as 62 existing projects involving a wide
range of innovative strategies for improving teaching and learning and
increasing student access to technology.
Expands Choice and Accountability in Public Schools. President Clinton's Public Charter
Schools Program received a 57 percent increase, from $51 million to $80 million. This
program provides start-up funding for public schools that parents, teachers, and communities
create and that States free from most rules and regulations and instead holds them
while
accountable for raising student achievement. By the end of next year, the Department of
Education will be funding nearly 1,000 locally-designed charter schools, accelerating
progress toward the President's goal of developing 3,000 new charter schools by early in the
next century.
Supports Certification of Master Teachers. The bill includes $18.5 million in support of the
President's plan to help 100,000 teachers nationwide seek certification as Master Teachers by
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the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Provides After-School Opportunities for Children. The bill dramatically expands support
for the 21 Century Community Learning Centers program, providing $40 million to support
hundreds of after-school centers in rural and urban schools across the country that will
provide academic enrichment, tutoring, and other learning opportunities while giving
students a safe haven during the often-dangerous after-school hours.
Supports Strategies for Transforming Failing Schools. The bill includes $150 million in
new funds for an initiative, supported by the President, to help low-achieving, low-income
schools transform themselves through proven reforms, addressing failing schools without
abandoning public education. The Will help almost 3,000 schools implement successful reforms.
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Helps Children Learn English. The bill includes a 35% increase in bilingual and immigrant
education secured by the President in the Balanced Budget Agreement. The bilingual
education funding will help school districts teach English to more than a million limited
English proficient children, as well as provide some 4,000 teachers with the training they
need to do their jobs better. The Immigrant Education program will help more than a
thousand school districts provide supplemental instructional services to 875,000 recent
immigrant students.
Helps Children with Special Needs. This bill appropriates $3.8 billion for Special
Education Grants to States, an increase of $700 million that will raise the Federal share of
serving about 6 million children with disabilities by 19 percent. This increase will help
States and school districts improve educational results for children with disabilities and help
these children meet high standards, as called for by the recently enacted Individuals with
Disabilities Act Amendments of 1997.
Promotes High Standards for All Children. The bill provides $491 million for the
President's Goals 2000 school reform program. Communities in every state are using Goals
2000 funds to upgrade curriculum, improve teaching, increase parental involvement in schools,
and make greater use of computers in the classroom. Since 1994, over $1.3 billion has been
invested in this vital initiative.
Funds Extra Assistance for Low-Income Schools and Students. The bill provides nearly
$7.4 billion in Title I to support extra help in basic and advanced skills for more than ten
million disadvantaged students in elementary and secondary schools. Under the Clinton
Administration, investment in Title I has grown by over $ 1 billion.
HELPING STUDENTS GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND CONTINUE
LEARNING FOR A LIFETIME
Increases Pell Grant Award to $3,000 Maximum. Congress adopted President Clinton's
proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 the largest increase in two
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decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will receive the $300 increase, and an
additional 214,000 low- and moderate-income families that were not previously eligible will
receive Pell Grants.
Protects Families' Financial Aid Eligibility. The bill includes the President's proposal to
ensure that families' eligibility for Federal financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax
cuts for higher education. This was a part of the Administration's original HOPE
Scholarship proposal. but was not included in the recent tax legislation.
Reduces Student Loan Interest Rate. A one-year provision will reduce the interest rate on
consolidation loans in the guaranteed student loan program to match the lower rate which has
been offered under direct lending, and will allow old loans to be consolidated into either
program.
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN
EDUCATION
Fully Funds Office for Civil Rights. The bill fully funds the Department of Education's
Office for Civil Rights, meeting the President's request for a 12% increase in order to protect
America's students from illegal discrimination in education.
Increases Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving
Institutions. The bill meets the President's request for increases for both Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions, providing greater support for
these vital postsecondary institutions.
OTHER VICTORIES
The bill also maintains our investments in Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities,
School-to-Work Opportunities, College Work-Study, and other education priorities.
Robert M. Shireman
11/12/97 03:33:23 PM
Record Type:
Record
To:
William R. Kincaid/OPD/EOP
CC:
Jonathan Orszag/OPD/EOP, Jake Siewert/OPD/EOP
Subject: The latest version
is attached. Jon Orszag is working on the training numbers to be added at the end. There is also some
new info from Education in the note below, which I haven't tried to incorporate (I'll take a look at it now). I
WILL BE GONE 4:30-6:30, so GO FORWARD WITHOUT ME. JAKE IS THE MAIN MAN HERE AT
NEC.
edvict.wpd
Forwarded by Robert M. Shireman/OPD/EOP on 11/12/97 03:31 PM
Bill_Cordes @ ed.gov
11/13/97 02:35:00 AM
Record Type:
Record
To:
Robert M. Shireman
CC:
Subject: Re: ED Impact Data
Bob,
Here's what I got from our analysts on the programs with major
increases. I did not include anything on America Reads because it
looked from the email traffic that you were pulling that one together
yourself (and because it's a multiagency effort). Larry Cohen did
remind me that it might be good to mention the $25 million increase
for Eisenhower Professional Development State Grants in the context of
the reading initiative since the conference agreement earmarked the
entire increase for professional development in reading. And in
case you didn't hear from anyone else, the 94,000 new Pell grants due
to the IPA change are part of the 214,000 total new recipients.
If you need anything else, let me know (401-1193).
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
The bill provides $425 million, more than twice as much as the $200
million appropriated last year, to help States, communities, and
schools acquire hardware, software, and connectivity linkages; provide
professional development in the integration of technology into the
curriculum; and apply technology to support school reform efforts and
oppurtunities for all students.
Technology Innovative Challenge Grants
The bill includes $106 million--a 41 percent increase over last year's
level of $75 million--to support 15 new projects focused on delivering
the most effective training for teachers in using educational
technologies, as well as 62 existing projects involving a wide range
of innovative strategies for improving teaching and learning and
increasing student access to technology.
Charter Schools
The $80 million appropriation for the Charter Schools program will
help expand public school choice by supporting an additional 500 new
schools this year. By the end of year we will be funding nearly
1,000 charter schools as part of our goal of creating 3,000 new
schools that will improve public education by offering greater
accountability, excellence, and choice to parents and students.
Comprehensive School Reform
This new $150 million program will provide competitive awards of
$50,000 that will help almost 3,000 schools implement successful whole
school reform approaches or develop their own research-based reforms
aimed at helping all children meet challenging State standards.
Special Education Grants to States
This bill appropriates $3.8 billion for Special Education Grants to
States, an increase of $700 million that will raise the Federal share
of serving about 6 million children with disabilities by 19 percent.
This increase will help States and school districts improve
educational results for children with disabilities and help these
children meet high standards, as called for by the recently enacted
Individuals with Disabilities Act Amendments of 1997.
21st Century Learning Centers
The bill dramatically expands support for the 21st Century Community
Learning Centers program, providing $40 million to support hundreds of
after-school centers in rural and urban schools across the country
that will provide academic enrichment, tutoring, and other learning
opportunities while giving students a safe haven during the
often-dangerous after-school hours.
Bilingual and Immigrant Education
The $199 million appropriated for bilingual education will help school
districts teach English to more than a million limited English
proficient children, as well as provide some 4,000 teachers with the
training they need to do their jobs better.
The bill also includes $150 million--a 50-percent increase-for the
Immigrant Education program to help more than a thousand school
districts provide supplemental instructional services to 875,000
recent immigrant students.
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OFFICE OF SECRETARY
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OF ENGINED
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY
MEMORANDUM
DATE
:
November 10,1997
TO
: Mike Smith
FROM
:
Tom Skelly Tom
SUBJECT
: Final Passage of the 1998 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill
The House and Senate passed the 1998 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill on
Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8, respectively. The President is
expected to sign the legislation later this week. Until he signs the bill, a Continuing
Resolution will provide funding.
The final bill provides $29.4 billion in discretionary funds for the Department of
Education which is $3.1 billion more than the 1997 level. Another $1.7 billion becomes
available October 1, 1998 for fiscal year 1999 (almost $0.4 billion more than the
comparable 1997 amount).
The bill includes a compromise on the voluntary national testing issue. The
independent National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) will help develop the
reading and math tests but administration of the tests, even on a trial basis, will not
occur in fiscal year 1998. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will study and
report to Congress on existing tests and the tests being developed by NAGB.
The appropriations bill includes authorizing legislation that amends the Higher
Education Act in three ways: (1) increasing the income protection allowance used in
student aid need analysis; (2) allowing consolidation of the student loans at lower
interest rates; and (3) ensuring that HOPE tax credits will not reduce Pell Grant
eligibility. The Department worked with Congress to enact these changes.
Significant Increases:
- Technology Literacy Challenge Fund: $425 million, an increase of $225 million over
1997.
-- Technology Innovative Challenge Grants: $116 million, an increase of $49 million
over 1997.
DE Comprehensive School Reform: $145 million for the new research-based program
and $5 million for related studies and dissemination.
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Our mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the Nation.
NOV. 10. 1997 7:28PM
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
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-- Child Literacy Initiative: $210 million will become available on October 1, 1998. If
authorizing language is not enacted by July 1, 1998, the $210 million becomes
available for Special Education State Grants.
-- Bilingual and Immigrant Education: $354 million, an increase of $92.3 million over
1997.
- Special Education: $4.4 billion, an increase of $775 million over 1997.
- Eisenhower Professional Development State Grants: $335 million, an increase of
$25 million over 1997.
-- Charter Schools: $80 million, an increase of $29 million over 1997.
-- Pell Grants: A $1.4 billion increase in 1997 and a $300 increase to $3,000 for the
maximum award in school year 1998-1999.
-- 21st Century Community Learning Centers: $40 million, which is $39 million more
than last year.
Attachment
cc: Senior Officers
Senior Staff
November 10, 1997 at 2:30 PM
PUBLIC
INFORMATION
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 1998 CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
(in thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
NOV. 10. 1997 7:28PM
Office
Appro.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Education Reform
$890,973
$1,245,000
$1,022,165
$1,271,000
$1,271,000
$1,275,035
Elementary and Secondary Education
10,016,184
15,357,088
10,570,205
10,206,742
10,206,742
10,280,615
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
261,700
354,000
354,000
354,000
354,000
354,000
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
6,674,310
6,922,279
7,150,532
7,682,406
7,682,406
7,535,168
Vocational and Adult Education
1,493,665
1,565,966
1,506,975
1,487,698
1,487,698
1,507,698
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
Postsecondary Education
12,704,222
14,653,293
14,324,523
13,780,410
13,780,410
14,545,689
Educational Research and Improvement
398,126
510,693
508,252
362,225
362,225
431,438
Program Administration
325,955
341,039
329,579
340,064
340,064
341,064
Office for Civil Rights
54,900
61,500
55,449
57,522
57,522
61,500
Office of the Inspector General
29,943
32,000
30,242
32,000
32,000
30,242
Headquarters Renovation
0
0
0
0
0
0
Contributions
0
0
0
0
0
0
Receipts
(61,581)
(61,180)
(61,180)
(61,180)
(61,180)
(61,180)
TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
32,788,397
40,981,678
35,790,742
35,512,887
35,512,887
36,301,269
Total, Discretionary Funds
26,311,919
29,349,749
29,158,813
28,880,958
28,880,958
29,408,521
Total, Mandatory
6,476,478
11,631,929
6,631,929
6,631,929
6,631,929
6,892,748
NOTE: Section 523 of H.R. 2264, as proposed by Senator Slade Gorton and as passed by the Senate, provides that
all or a portion of the initial funds appropriated to support most programs or activities for K-12 students
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shall be included in two block grants to local educational agencies. This table reflects the initial Senate
appropriation for activities and the allocation of funds pursuant to the Gorton provision.
November 10, 1997 at 2:30 PM
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION, FISCAL YEAR 1997--PUBLIC INFORMATION
Page 1
(in thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
D
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
\
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
Office. Account. Program and Activity
M Appro.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Education Reform
1. Goals 2000 (Goals 2000 EAA) :
NOV. 10. 1997 7:28PM
(a) State and local education systemic improvement
(Title III)
D
476,000
605,000
372,165
500,000
0
466,000
(b) Parental assistance (Title IV)
D
15,000
15,000
15,000
30,000
o
25,000
Subtotal, Goals 2000
491,000
620,000
387,165
530,000
0
491,000
2 = School-to-work opportunities (STW Opportunities Act
Titles II, III and IV)
D
199,973
I
200,000
,
200,000 2
200,000 2
0 ,
200,000 2
3. Technology literacy challenge fund (ESEA section 3132)
D
200,000
.
425,000
435,000
425,000
o
425,000
4. Education technology (ESEA III):
(a) Technology for education (Part A):
(1) Technology Innovative challenge grants
(section 3136)
D
o
0
o
106,000
0
106,000
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
(2) Regional technology in education consortia
(section 3141)
D
0
o
0
10,000
0
10,000
Subtotal
o 5
0 3
0 ,
116,000
0
116,000
(b) Star schools (Part B)
D
0 ,
0 9
0 ,
0 ,
0 s
34,000
(c) Ready to learn television (Part C)
D
0 ,
0 ,
o 3
0 ,
0 ,
7,000
(d) Telecommunications demonstration project for
mathematics (Part DI
D
0 ,
0 ,
0 ,
0 ,
0 ,
2,035
Subtotal
0
0
0
116,000
0
159,035
3. Portion applied to local educational agency block grant. D
0
0
0
0
1,271,000 .
o
Total
890,973
1,245,000
1,022,165
1,271,000
1,271,000
1,275,035
Outlays
586,078
722,043
710,901
723,343
0
723,545
1
$200,000 thousand Mas provided to each of the Departments of Education and Labor. The Department of Education amount reflects a subsequent reduction
of $27 thousand for this account's share of a $1,381 thousand cancellation of funds available to the Department for salaries and expanses.
, An identical amount j9 included in the budget for the Department of Labor.
, $200,000 thousand is included in the budget for the Department of Labor.
. Adjusted for comparability. Funds were provided in the Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement account.
J Funds were provided under the Education, Research, Statistics, and Improvement account.
$
Reflects this account's share of a local educational agency (LEA) block grant, which totals $5,638,570 thousand: $5,378,570 thousand in fiscal
year 1998 and $260,000 thousand in fiscal year 1999. In addition, the Senate provided that all ESEA Title I funds be included in a separate
block grant to LEAs, totalling $7,797,634 thousand, of which $1,298,386 thousand becomes available on October 1 of fiscal year 1999. The two
block grants total $13,436,204 thousand.
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NOTE: Category Codes are as follows: - discretionary program; M - mandatory program. The designation of programs
as discretionary or mandatory 19 set forth In the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.
November 10, 1997 at 2:30 PM
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Page 2
(in thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
D
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
\
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
Office. Account. Program and Activity
M
Appea.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appca.
OFFICE or ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (OESE)
Education: for the Disadvantaged
NOV. 10. 1997 7:28PM
1. Grants to local educational agencies (ESEA I-A):
(a) Basic grants:
(1) Basic grants (section 1124(e))
D
6,269,712
6,187,350
6,187,850
6,269,712
0
6,269,712
(2) LEA Census poverty data
D
3,500
4,000
3,500
4,000
0
3,500
Subtotal, Basic grants
6,273,212
6,191,350
6,191,350
6,273,712
0
6,273,212
(b) Concentration grants (section 1124A)
D
1,022,020
999,249
949,249
1,022,020
0
1,102,020
(c) Targeted grants (section 1125)
D
0
350,000
400,000
o
0
o
Subtotal
7,295,232
,
7,540,599 ,
7,540,599 I
7,295,732 &
0
7,375,232 1
2. Capital expenses for private school children (ESEA X
section 1120(e))
D
41,119
41,119
41,119
41,119
o
41,119
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3. Even start (ESEA 1-B)
D
101,992
108,000
108,000
108,000
o
124,000
4. State agency programs:
(a) Migrant (ESEA I-C)
D
305,473
319,500
305,473
305,473
0
305,473
(b) Neglected and delinquent (ESBA I-D)
D
39,311
40,333
39,311
40,333
0
39,311
Subtotal
344,784
359,833
344,784
345,006
0
344,784
5. State school improvement (ESEA I-A sections 1116 and
1117)
D
0
8,000
0
0
0
o
6_ Evaluation (ESEA I-8 section 1501)
D
6,977
10,000
10,000
6,977
0
6,977
7. Comprehensive school reform:
(a) Demonstrations of innovative practices
(section 1502)
D
0
0
140,000
0
D
120,000
(b) Innovative transition projects (section 1503)
D
0
0
10,000
0
0
0
Subtotal
0
0
150,000
o
0
120,000
Subtotal, ESSA I
7,790,104
8,067,551
8,194,502
7,797,634
0
8,012,112
X
Includes on advance appropriation of $1,298,386 thousand in 1997 and in the 1990 House and Senate amounts, and
$1,448,386 thousand in the 1998 Appropriation that becomes available on October 1 of the following fiscal year. The
amount shown reflects the program level rather than the total new budget authority ovailable in that fiscal year.
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(in thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate floor
D
1997
1998
1990
Amount after
\
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
office. Account. Program and Activity
M Appro.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Education for the Disadvantaged (continued)
8. Migrant education (HEA IV-A-5):
NOV. 10. 1997 7:29PM
(a) Migh school equivalency program
D
7,441
7,634
7,634
7,634
7,634
7,634
(b) College assistance migrent program
D
2,028
2,081
2,081
2,081
2,081
2,001
Subtotal
9,469
9,715
9,715
9,715
9,715
9,715
9. ESEA Title I local educational agency block grant
D
0
0
0
0
7,797,634 2
o
Total, Program level (non-add)
7,799,573 2
8,077,266
,
8,204,217 a
7,807,349 .
7,807,349
#
8,021,027 a
Total Budget authority
7,799,573
8,077,266
8,204,217
7,807,349
7,871,627
Current authority
6,501,187
6,778,880
6,905,831
6,508,963
6,508,963
6,573,441
Permanent authority
1,298,386 ,
1,298,386
9
1,298,386
9
1,298,386
,
1,298,386
B
1,290,306
,
Outlays, current
5,186,180
6,165,997
6,168,085
6,148,241
o
6,158,965
Outlays, permanent
903,249
1,231,460
1,231,460
1,231,460
o
1,231,460
I
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
or this amount, $1,298,386 thousand becomes available October 1 of fiscal year 1999. In addition to the ESEA Title I block grant, the Senate
provided that all or a portion of the funds initially appropriated under other accounts to support programs for K-12 students be included in e
single block grant, which totals $5,638,570 thousand. The two block grants total $13,436,204 thousand.
.
Includes an advance appropriation of $1,298,386 thousand in 1997 and in the 1998 House and Senate amounts, and
$1,440,386 thousand in the 1990 Appropriation that becomes available on October 1 of the following fiscal year. The
amount shown reflects the program level rather that the total new budget authority available in that fiscal year.
,
Reflects 4D advance appropriation that was included in the prior year's appropriations act and which becomes available on October 1 of the
fiscal year shown. The advance appropriation is scored as permanent budget authority in the year of availability.
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(in thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
D
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
1
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
Office. Account. Program and Activity
M Appro.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Impact Ald LESSA
1. Payments for federally connected children (section
NOV. 10. 1997 7:29PM
8003):
(a) Basic support payments (section 8003(b))
D
615,500
584,000
667,000
623,500
623,500
662,000
(b) Payments for children with disabilities (section
8003(d))
D
40,000
40,000
40,000
80,000
80,000
50,000
(c) Payments for heavily impacted districts (section
8003(f))
D
52,000
20,000
62,000
52,000
52,000
62,000
Subtotal
707,500
644,000
769,000
755,500
755,500
774,000
2. Facilities maintenance (section 8008)
D
0
10,000
0
10,000
10,000
3,000
3. Construction (section 8007)
D
5,000
4,000
7,000
5,000
5,000
7,000
4. Payments for Federal property (section 0002)
D
17,500
o
20,000
24,000
24,000
24,000
Total
730,000
658,000
796,000
794,500
794,500
806,000
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
Outlays
900,957
700,995
791,924
783,494
0
799,604
School Construction
1. School construction (proposed legislation
M
0
5,000,000
0
0
0
o
Total
0
5,000,000
a
D
D
D
Outlays
0
1,250,000
0
0
0
o
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(in thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
D
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
\
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
office. Account. Program and Activity
M
Appre.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Sahool Improvement Programs
1. Professional development and program innovation:
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(a) Eisenhower professional development State grants
(ESEA II-B)
D
310,000
360,000
310,000
310,000
0
335,000
(b) Innovative education program strategies State
grants (BSEA VI-A)
D
310,000
0
350,000
310,000
0
350,000
Subtotal
620,000
360,000
660,000
620,000
0
685,000
2. Safe and druq-free schools and communities:
(a) State grants (ESEA IV-A Subpart 1)
D
530,978 I
590,000
531,000
555,978
0
531,000
(b) National programs (BSEA IV-A Subpart 2)
D
25,000 1
30,000
25,000
o
0
25,000
Subtotal
555,978
620,000
556,000
555,978
0
556,000
3. Inexpensive book distribution (ESEA X-E)
0
10,265
12,000
12,000
12,000
o
12,000
4. Arts in education (CSBA X-D-1)
D
9,000
9,500
9,500
10,500
0
10,500
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5. Magnet schools assistance (ESEA V-A)
D
95,000
95,000
105,000
95,000
0
101,000
6. Education for homeless children and youth (SBMHAA
Title VII-BI
D
25,000
27,000
27,000
28,800
o
28,800
7. Women's educational equity (ESEA V-BI
D
2,000
4,000
2,000
4,000
0
3,000
8. Training and advisory services (CRA IV)
D
7,334
14,334
7,334
7,334
0
7,334
9. Ellender fellowships [ESEA X-G)
D
1,500
0
1,500
1,500
o
1,500
10. Education for Native Hawaiians (ESEA IX-B)
D
15,000
15,000
0
20,000
0
18,000
11. Alaska Native education equity (ESEA IX-C)
D
8,000
8,000
0
10,640
0
8,000
12. Charter schools (BSEA X-C)
D
50,907
100,000
100,000
50,987
0
00,000
13. Comprehensive regional assistance centers (ESEA XIII-A)
D
25,554
34,388
27,054
25,554
0
27,054
14- Education infrastructuce (ESEA XII)
D
0
0
0
100,000
,
0
o
15- Portion applied to local educational agency block grant D
0
0
0
0
1,542,293 ,
0
Total
1,425,618
1,299,222
1,507,388
1,542,293
1,542,293
1,536,188
Outlays
1,335,705
1,363,972
1,374,381
1,376,127
0
1,375,921
I Reflects a reprogramming of $25,000 thousand from State Grants to National Programs.
#
OF this amount, $60,000 thousand is to be derived from unobligated balances from the Pell Grants program under the Student Financial Assistance
account.
9
Reflects this account's share of a local educational egency (LEA) block grant, which totals $5,638,570 thousand: $5,378,570 thousand in fiscal
year 1998 and $260,000 thousand in fiscal year 1999. In addition, the Senate provided that all ESEA Title I funds be included in a separate
block grant to LEAs, totalling $7,797,634 thousand, of which $1,298,386 thousand becomes available on October 1 of fiscal year 1999. The two
block grants total $13,436,204 thousand.
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1998 Senate Floor
D
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
\
Enacted.
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
office. Account. Program and Activity
M
Appre.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Child Licensey interative
1. Child Literacy Initiative (proposed legislation)
D
0
260,000
260,000
260,000
0
210,000
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2. Portion applied to local educational agency block grant D
0
0
0
0
260,000
O
Total
0
260,000
260,000
260,000
260,000
210,000
Outlays
0
13,000
13,000
13,000
0
10,500
I
Funds are provided on an advance basis to become available on October I of fiscal year 1999, if specifically authorized by
April 1, 1998.
#
If the reading initiative is not authorized by April 1, 1998, the funds shall be transferred to the Special Education account to be available
on July 1, 1999, for the same purposes 09 that account.
,
Reflects this account's share of a local educational agency (LEA) block grent, which totals $5,638,570 thousand: $5,378,570 thousand in fiscal
year 1998 and $260,000 thousand in fiscal year 1999. In addition, the Senate provided that all ESEA Title I funds be included in a separate
block grant to LEAs, totalling $7,797,634 thousand, of which $1,298,386 thousand becomes available on October 1 of fiscal year 1999. The two
block grants total $13,436,204 thousand.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
.
Funds are provided on an advance basis to become available on October 1 of fiscal year 1999, if specifically authorised by
July 2, 1998. The advance appropriation is scored as permanent budget authority in fiscel year 1999 and is not reflected
in the totals for the Department.
NOTE: Tunds were initially requested in 1998 for the proposed America Reads Challenge initiative and were classified as mandatory;
however, the 1998-2002 budget agreement between the President and Congress reclassified those funds as discretionary.
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1998
1990
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Gorton
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M
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Amount
Provision
Appro.
Indian Education
1. Grants to local educational agencies (ESEA IX-A-1)
D
50,050
59,750
59,750
59,750
0
59,750
NOV. 10. 1997 7:30PM
2. Federal administration:
(a) office of Indian Education IDEOA section 2151
D
2,943
2,800
2,800
2,800
2,800
2,800
(b) National advisory council (ESEA IX-A-51
D
0
50
50
50
50
50
Subtotal
2,943
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,850
3. Portion applied to local educational agency block grant. D
0
0
0
0
59,750 9
o
total
60,993
62,600
62,600
62,600
62,600
$2,600
Outlays
67,471
60,709
60,709
60,709
0
60,709
TOTAL, OSSE
10,016,184
15,357,088
10,570,205
10,206,742
10,206,742
10,280,615
Total, discretionary
D
10,016,104
10,357,088
10,570,205
10,206,742
10,206,742
10,280,615
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
Total, mandatory
M
0
5,000,000
0
o
o
o
a
Reflects this account's share of a local educational agency (LEA) block grant, which totals $5,638,570 thousand: $5,378,570 thousand in fiscal
year 1998 and $260,000 thousand in fiscal year 1999. In addition, the Senate provided that all ESEA Title I funds be included In a separate
block grant to LEAS, totalling $7,797,634 thousand, of which $1,298,386 thousand becomes available on October 1 of fiscal year 1999. The (wo
block grants total $13,436,204 thousand.
NOTE: Prior to fiscal year 1998, funds for Indian Education were provided in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts.
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ADDER
OFFICE OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND MINORITY
LANGUAGES AFFAIRS (OBEMLA)
BElinqual and Emitorant Education
NOV. 10. 1997 7:30PM
1. Bilingual education (ESEA VII-A):
(a) Instructional services (subpert 1)
D
141,700
2
160,000
160,000
160,000
0
160,000
(b) Support services (subpart 2)
D
10,000
14,000
14,000
14,000
0
14,000
(c) Professional development (subpart "
D
5,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
0
25,000
Subtotal
156,700
199,000
199,000
199,000
0
199,000
2. Foreign language assistance (ESEA VII-B)
D
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
0
5,000
3. Immigrent education (ESEA VII-C)
D
100,000
150,000
150,000
150,000
o
150,000
4. Portion applied to local educational agency block grant. D
0
0
0
0
354,000 2
0
Total
261,700
354,000
354,000
354.000
354,000
354,000
Outlays
225,430
276,822
276,822
276,822
0
276,822
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
TOTAL, OBEMLA
261,700
354,000
354,000
354,000
354,000
354,000
,
Reflects a reprogramming of $15,000 thousand from funds provided for Instructional Services: $10,000 thousand to Support Services and
$5,000 thousand to Professional Development.
a
Reflects this account's share of a local educational agency (LEA) block grant, which totals $5,638,570 thousand: $5,378,570 thousand in fiscal
year 1998 and $260,000 thousand in fiscal year 1999. In addition, the Senate provided that all ESEA Title 1 funds be included in 4 separate
block grant to LEAS, totalling $7,797,634 thousand, of which $1,298,386 thousand becomes available on October 1 of fiscal year 1999. The two
block grants total $13,436,204 thousand.
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1998
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President's
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office. Account. Program and Activity
M
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Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND
REHABILITATIVE SERVICES (OSERS)
Special Education ENDRAI
NOV. 10. 1997 7:30PM
1. State grants:
(a) Grants to States (Part B-611)
D
3,107,522
3,240,750
3,425,911
3,941,837
3,941,837
3,801,000
(b) Preschool grants (Part B-619)
D
360,409
374,825
388,985
370,985
378,985
373,985
(c) Grants for infants and families (Part C)
D
315,754
323,964
340,790
350,790
350,790
350,000
(d) Evaluation (section 6741
D
1,873
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
6,700
Subtotal, State grants
3,785,558
3,947,539
4,163,686
4,679,612
4,679,612
4,531,685
2. National activities (Part D):
(a) State improvement (Subpart 11
D
26,988
35,200
35,200
35,200
35,200
35,200
(b) Research and innovation (section 672)
D
62,803
64,500
64,508
64,508
64,508
64,508
(c) Technical assistance and dissemination (section 685) D
34,337
35,056
35,056
44,556
44,556
44,956
(d) Personnel preparation (section 673)
D
80,735
82,139
82,139
82,139
82,139
02,139
(o) Parent information centers (sections 682-684)
D
15,535
15,535
15,535
18,535
18,535
18,535
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
(f) Technology and media services (section 687)
D
30,023
30,023
32,523
33,523
33,523
34,023
Subtotal
250,421
262,461
264,961
278,461
270,461
278,961
Total
4,035,979
4,210,000
4,428,647
4,958,073
4,958,073
4,810,506
Outlays
3,347,657
3,764,330
3,777,266
3,803,738
0
3,796,366
NOTE: Activities and amounts for 1997 and the 1998 President's Budget have been adjusted to reflect the reauthorized Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (Public Law 105-17) enacted June 4, 1997.
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1998
1998
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1998
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M
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Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Services and Disabi LICY Research
1. Vocational rehabilitation State grants:
NOV 10. 1997 7:30PM
(a) Grants to States IRA I-A and sections 110 and 111
M
2,164,038
2,234,528
2,234,520
2,234,528
946,489
2,234,520
(b) Grante for Indians (RA I-D)
M
12,000
12,360
12,360
12,360
1,756
12,360
Subtotal
2,176,038
2,246,888
2,246,808
2,246,088
951,245
2,246,000
2- Client assistance State grants (RA section 112)
M
10,392
10,714
10,714
10,714
10,714
10,714
3. Training (RA sections 302 and 8031
M
39,629
39,629
39,629
39,629
39,629
39,629
4. Special demonstration programs (RA sections 311 and
802)
M
10,942
16,942
15,942
20,836
20,836
15,942
5. Migratory workers (RA section 3121
M
1,850
2,350
2,350
2,350
2,350
2,350
6. Recreational programs (RA section 316)
M
2,596
2,596
2,596
2,595
2,596
2,596
7. Protection and advocacy of individual rights (RA
section 509)
M
7,657
7,894
9,894
7,094
7,894
9,094
8. Projects with industry (RA VI-B)
M
22,071
22,071
22,071
22,071
22,071
22,071
9. Supported employment State grants (RA VI-CI
M
38,152
38,152
38,152
38,152
30,152
38,152
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
10. Independent living (RA VII):
(e) State grants (Chapter 1, Part B)
M
21,859
21,859
21,859
21,859
21,859
21,059
(b) Centers (Chapter 1. Part C)
N
42,876
44,205
44,205
46,205
46,205
45,205
(c) Services for older blind individuals (Chapter 2)
M
9,952
9,952
9,952
11,947
11,947
10,950
11. Program improvement (RA section 12)
M
2,391
3,900
2,900
3,900
3,900
2,900
12. Evaluation (RA section 14)
M
1,587
1,587
1,587
1,587
1,587
1,587
13. Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and
Adults (HKNCA)
M
7,337
7,528
7,528
7,549
7,549
7,549
14. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research (RA II)
M
69,990
71,000
76,800
71,000
71,000
76,800
15. Assistive technology (TRAIDA)
M
36,109
36,109
36,109
36,109
36,109
36,109
16. Portion applied to local educational agency block grant
D
0
0
0
0
1,295,643 &
0
Total
M
2,509,428
2,583,376
2,589,176
2,591,286
2,591,286
2,591,195
Total, discretionary
D
0
0
5,800
7,910
7,910
0
Total, mandatory baseline
M
2,509,420
2,583,376
2,583,376
2,503,376
2,503,376
2,591,195
Outlays, discretionary
0
0
4,060
5,537
o
0
Outlays, mandatory baseline
2,663,097
2,514,102
2,514,102
2,514,102
0
2,519,577
#
Reflects this account's share of 0 local educational agency (LEA) block grant, which totals $5,638,570 thousand: $5,370,570 thousand in fiscal
year 1998 and $260,000 thousand In fiscal year 1999. In addition, the Senate provided that all BSEA Title I funds be included In a separate
block grant to LEAS, totalling $7,797,634 thousand, of which $1,298,386 thousand becomes available on October 1 of fiscal year 1999. The two
block grants total $13,436,204 thousand.
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account is different from the mandatory baseline total, the difference 18 scored as discretionary and 19 applied to the Department's discretionary
total.
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Floor
Amount
Provision
Appre.
American Printing Rouse for the Blind
120 0.5 C. 101 et seq.1
D
6,690
6,680
8.186
7,906
7,906
8,186
NOV. 10. 1997 7:31PM
Outlays
8,771
6,680
8,096
7,832
0
7,795
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
PEDA LB and sections 112 and 2071
R
43,041
43,041
43,841
44,141
44,141
44,141
Outlays
40,459
43,045
43,797
44,079
o
44,075
Gallandet University LEDA I-A and section 2071
D
79,182
79,182
80,682
81,000
81,000
81,000
Outlays
75,879
79,256
80,666
80,965
0
81,391
TOTAL, OSERS
6,674,310
6,922,279
7,150,532
7,682,406
7,682,406
7,535,168
Total, discretionary
D
4,164,802
4,338,903
4,567,156
5,099,030
5,099,030
4,943,973
Total, mandatory
M
2,509,428
2,583,376
2,583,376
2,503,376
2,503,376
2,591,195
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
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1998
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Provision
Appro.
OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION (OVAE)
Vocational and Adult Education
NOV. 10. 1997 7:31PM
1. Vocational education State grants:
(a) Basic grants (Carl D. Perkins VATEA):
(1) Basic State grents (Title II)
D
998,056
1,025,461
1,017,716
998,056
340,500
1,009,852
(2) ferritorial set-aside (section 101A)
D
2,058
2,128
2,098
2,058
702
2,082
(3) Indian and Hewaiian natives set-aside
(section 103)
D
15,436
15,961
15,736
15,436
5,266
15,616
Subtotal
1,015,550
1,043,550
1,035,550
1,015,550
346,476
1,027,550
(b) Tech-prep education (VATEA III-E)
D
100,000
105,000
105,000
100,000
34,117
103,000
Subtotal, State grents
1,115,550
1,148,550
1,140,550
1,115,550
380,593
1,130,550
2. Vocational education national programs (VATEA IV-A)
D
13,497
20,497
13,497
13,497
4,605
13,497
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
3. Tribally controlled postsecondary vocational
institutions (VATEA III-M)
D
2,919
2,919
3,100
3,100
3,100
3,100
4. Portion applied to local educational agency block grant. D
0
0
0
0
743,849
a
0
Subtotal, annual
1,131,966
1,171,966
1,157,147
1,132,147
1,132,147
1,147,107
5. Permanent appropriation [Smith-Hughes Act):
(a) Basic grants
M
6,848
0
0
0
o
o
(b) Territorial set-aside
M
14
0
0
0
0
0
(c) Indian and Hawaiian natives set-aside
M
107
0
0
0
0
o
(d) Research
M
179
0
0
0
0
0
Subtotal, permanent
7,148
0
0
0
o
o
Subtotal, vocational education.
1,139,114
1,171,966
1,157,147
1,132,147
1,132,147
1,147,747
D
Reflects this account's share of a local educational agency (LEA) block grant, which totals $5,638,570 thousand: $5,378,570 thousand In fiscal
year 1998 and $260,000 thousand in fiscel year 1999. In addition, the Senate provided that all ESEA Title I funds be included in a separate
block grant to LEAs, totalling $7,797,634 thousand, of which $1,298,386 thousand becomes available on October 1 of fiscal year 1999. The two
block grants total $13,436,204 thousand.
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1998
1998
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\
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Gorton
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M
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Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Vocational and Adult Education (continued)
6. Adult education State grants (ABA BI
D
340,339
382,000
340,339
340,339
340,339
345,339
NOV. 10. 1997 7:31PM
7. Eveluation and technical assistance (AEA section 383)
D
4,990
6,000
4,998
4,998
4,998
4,998
8. National Institute for Literacy (ARA section 384 (c))
D
4,491
6,000
4,491
5,491 #
5,491 1
5,491
9. Literacy programs for prisoners (National Literacy Act
section 6011
D
4,723
0
0
4,723
4,723
4,723
Subtotal, Adult education
354,551
394,000
349,028
355,551
355,551
360,551
Subtotal, annual
1,486,517
1,565,966
1,506,975
1,407,698
1,407,698
1,507,698
Subtotal. permanent
7,140
0
0
0
O
0
Total
1,493,665
1,565,966
1,506,975
1,487,698
1,487,698
1,507,698
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
TOTAL, OVAE
1,493,665
1,565,966
1,506,975
1,487,698
1,407,698
1,507,698
Total, discretionary
D
1,486,517
1,565,966
1,506,975
1,487,698
1,487,698
1,507,698
Total, mandatory
M
7,148
o
0
0
o
0
Outlays, discretionary
1,201,091
1,448,551
1,445,601
1,444,637
0
1,445,878
Outlays, mandatory
6,978
6,790
6,790
6,790
0
6,790
&
of this amount, $1,000 thousand is to be derived from unobilgated balances from the Pell Grants program under the Student Financial Assistance
account.
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1998
1998
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Provision
Appro.
OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (OPE)
Student Ethancial Assistance
NOV. 10. 1997 7:31PM
1. Federal Pell grants (HEA IV-A-1)
D
5,919,000
7,635,000
7,438,000
6,910,334
6,910,334
7,344,934
Prior-year surplus used for Pell Grants (non-add)
D
394,000
1
96,250
A
0 ,
250
250
96,250
Subtotal, resources available (non-add)
6,313,000
7,731,250
7,430,000
6,910,584
6,910,584
7,441,104
Maximum award (in whole dollars)
2,700
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
Program costs (non-add)
6,313,000
7,889,000
7,154,000
7,154,000
7,154,000
7,441,104
Funding shortfall/eacess (non-add)
0
(157,750)
204,000
(243,416)
(243,416)
o
Prior-year surplus used for other programs
0
0
0
(96,000)
(96,000)
o
Subtotal, new budget authority
5,919,000
7,635,000
7,438,000
6,814,334
,
5,814,334 9
7,344,934
2. Campus-based programs:
(a) Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
(HEA IV-A-3)
D
583,407
583,407
583,407
634,407
634,407
614,000
(b) Federal work-study (HEA IV-CI
D
830,000
057,000
860,000
830,000
830,000
830,000
[c] Federal Perkins loans (HEA IV-E):
(1) Capital contributions
D
158,000
158,000
135,000
158,000
158,000
135,000
(2) Loan cancellations
D
20,000
30,000
30,000
23,900
23,900
30,000
Subtotal
178,000
108,000
165,000
161,900
181,900
165,000
Subtotal, campus-based programs
1,591,407
1,628,407
1,608,407
1,646,307
1,646,307
1,609,000
3. State student incentive grants (HEA IV-A-4)
D
50,000
0
0
35,000
.
35,000
.
25,000
Total
7,560,407
9,263,407
9,046,407
0,495,641
8,495,641
0,978,934
Outleys
7,698,923
8,250,116
8,227,426
8,232,726
0
8,163,670
2
The amount shown reflects the estimate prepared for Mid-Session Review of the Budget (September 1997); the original estimated surplus used was
$171,304 thousand.
, An additional $96,250 thousand in prior-year surplus is available.
,
The Senate-passed bill requires that $96,000 thousand in Pell Grants unoblgated balances be used for State Student Incentive Grants
($35,000 thousand); Education Infrastructure ($60,000 thousand), under the School Improvement Programs account/ and the National
Institute for Literacy ($1,000 thousand), under the Vocational and Adult Education account. This use of prior-year balances for
purposes other than Pell Grents is counted as a reduction in new budget authority in the year of enactment.
.
This amount is to be derived from unobligated balances.
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1998
1998
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Gorton
1998
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Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Federa & Family Education Loans (Iiquidating)
1. Family education loans (HEA IV-B) (permanent authority). M
0
0
0
0
o
0
NOV. 10. 1997 7:32PM
Total, FIEL (liquidating)
(permanent authority]
0
0
0
D
p
a
Outleys
71,956
(435,101)
(435,101)
(435,101)
o
(435,101)
Federal Family SQUIRE Liven Program Account
1. New loan subsidies (HBA IV-B) (permanent authority)
M
3,171,260
3,136,317
3,136,317
3,136,317
3,136,317
3,136,317
2. Reestimate of existing loans
M
98,058
0
0
o
o
o
Subtotal
3,269,318
3,136,317
3,136,317
3,136,317
3,136,317
3,136,317
3. Federal edministration (FCRA section 505(e))
D
46,482
47,688
47,688
46,482
46,482
46,482
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
Total, FFEL Program.
3,315,800
3,184,005
3,184,005
3,182,799
3,102,799
3,182,799
Outlays, discretionary
41,264
45,812
46,069
45,491
0
45,491
Outlays, mandatory
2,883,558
2,832,142
2,832,142
2,832,142
0
2,832,142
Total, FFEL
3,315,800
3,184,005
3,184,005
3,182,799
3,182,799
3,182,799
Total, discretionary
D
46,482
47,688
47,688
46,482
46,482
46,482
Total, mandatory
M
3,269,310
3,136,317
3,136,317
3,136,317
3,136,317
3,136,317
Federal Direct Student Loan Program Account (NEA IV-D)
1. New loan subsidies (section 451) (permanent authority)
M
372,694
473,416
473,416
473,416
473,416
508,416
2. Reestimate of existing loans
M
(81,029)
0
0
o
o
o
Subtotal
291,665
473,416
473,416
473,416
473,416
508,416
3. Federal administration (section 458):
(a) Federal administration (permanent authority)
M
491,000
532,000
532,000
532,000
532,000
750,000
(b) Payments for services to guaranty agencies (non-add) M
150,419
170,000
170,000
170,000
170,000
170,000
Total
182,665
1,005,416
,005,416
1,005,416
1,005,416
1,258,416
Outlays, Total
623,310
910,236
910,236
910,236
0
910,236
Outlays, loan subsidies
205,946
411,025
411,025
411,025
0
411,025
Outlays, Federal administration
417,364
499,211
499,211
499,211
0
499,211
NOTE: Mandatory amounts for 1997 and the 1998 President's Budget reflect policy estimates prepared for Mid-Session Review of the Budget
(September 1997).
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(in thousands of dollars)
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0
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
1
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1990
Office. Account. Program and Activity
M
Appro.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Higher Education
1. Aid for institutional development (HEA III):
NOV. 10. 1997 7:32PM
(a) Strengthening institutions (Part A)
D
55,450
55,450
55,450
55,450
55,450
55,450
(b) Hispanic-serving institutions (Pact A section 316)
D
10,800
12,000
12,000
12,000
12,000
12,000
(c) Strengthening HBCUs (Part a section 3231
D
108,990
113,000
120,000
108,990
108,990
118,495
(d) Strengthening historically black graduate
institutions (Part B section 3261
D
19,606
19,606
25,000
19,606
19,606
25,000
(e) Endowment challenge grants MBCU set-aside
(Part C section 3311
D
0
2,015
0
0
o
0
Subtotal, Title III
194,846
202,071
212,450
196,046
196,046
210,945
2. Program development:
(a) Fund (or the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
[HEA X-A)
D
18,000
18,000
18,000
30,000
30,000
25,200
(b) Minority teacher recruitment (HBA V-E-2)
D
2,212
3,727
2,500
2,212
2,212
2,212
(c) Minority science improvement (HEA X-8-1)
D
5,255
5,255
5,255
5,255
5,255
5,255
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
(d) International education and foreign
language studies:
(1) Domestic programs (HEA VI-A and B)
D
53,481
53,481
54,481
53,481
53,481
53,581
(2) Overseas programs (Fulbright-Hays Act [section
102(b) (6))
D
5,270
5,770
5,770
5,870
5,870
5,770
(3) Institute for International Public Policy (HEA
VT-C)
0
1,000
1,000
0
1,000
1,000
1,000
Subtotal
59,751
60,251
60,251
60,351
60,351
60,351
(e) Urban community service (HEA KI-A)
D
9,200
0
0
4,900
4,900
4,900
3. Interest subsidy grants (HEA VII section 7021
D
15,673
13,700
13,700
13,700
13,700
13,700
4. Mary McLeod Bethune Memocial Fine Arts Center
(Pub.L. 102-423)
D
1,400
0
6,620
1,400
1,400
6,620
5. Edmund S. Muskie Foundation (Human Rights, Refugee, end
Other For. Rel. Prov. Act, section 501)
D
3,000
0
0
0
0
0
6. Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation (Human Rights,
Refugee and Other For. Rel. Prov. Act, section 5021. D
1,000
0
0
0
0
0
7. Claiborne Pell Institute for International Relations and
Public Policy (Claiborne Pell 1IRPP Act)
D
3,000
0
0
0
0
0
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(in thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
D
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
\
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
Office, Account. Program and Activity
M
Appro.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Higher Education (continued)
0. Ald to students:
NOV. 10. 1997 7:32PM
(a) Federal TRIO programs (HEA IV-A-2, Chapter 1)
D
499,994
525,000
532,000
325,000
525,000
529,667
(b) Advanced placement fees (P.L. 102-325, XV-G)
D
0
6,000
0
3,000
3,000
3,000
(c) National early intervention scholarships and
partnerships (HEA IV-A-2, Chapter 2)
D
3,600
0
0
3,600
3,600
3,600
(d) Byrd honors scholarships (HEA IV-A-6)
D
29,117
39,280
29,117
39,280
39,289
39,288
(9) Presidential honors scholarships (proposed
legislation)
D
0
132,000
0
0
0
0
(f) George Bush fellowships (George Bush School of
Government and Public Services Act)
D
3,000
0
0
0
0
o
(g) Javits fellowships (HEA IX-C)
D
5,931
0
0
0
o
0
(h) Graduate assistance in areas of national need
(HEA IX-D)
D
24,069
,
30,000
,
30,000
2
30,000 D
30,000
,
30,000
9
9- State grants for incarcerated youth offenders (HEA X-E)
D
0
o
0
15,000
15,000
12,000
Total
879,048
1,035,292
909,893
929,752
9291752
946,738
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
Outlays
880,188
896,569
881,520
883,903
0
085,942
a
Funds provided for Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need also are available for Harris Fellowships noncompeting
continuation awards for academic year 1997-98. $4,118 thousand was used for Harri9 Fellowships.
#
Funds provided for Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need also are available for Javits Fellowships noncompeting
continuation awards for academic year 1998-99. $4,284 thousand will be used for Javits Fellowships.
,
Includes $5,931 thousand provided for Javits Fellowships noncompeting continuation awards and new awards.
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(In thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
D
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
1
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
office Account, Program and Activity
M
Appro.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Boward University
1. Moward University Hospital 120 U.S.C. 120)
D
29,489
29,489
29,409
29,409
29,489
29,489
NOV. 10. 1997 7:33PM
2. General support (20 U.S.C. 121 et seq. and PL 98-480)
...
0
166,511
166,511 4
180,511
160,511
.
168,511
1
180,511
Total
196,000
196,000
210,000
198,000
198,000
210,000
Outlays
192,997
196,000
209,160
197,880
0
209,160
Righer Education Escilities Loans THEA VII-CI (Liquidating)
M
(3,500)
(3,000)
(3,000)
(3,000)
(3,000)
(3,000)
Outleys
(4,300)
(4,164)
(4,164)
(4,164)
0
(4,164)
College Bonsing and Academic Loans fliquidation
1. Interest subsidy payments (HEA VII-C) (permanent
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
authority)
M
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
Total CHAFL (Liquidating)
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
Outlays
6,831
3,995
3,995
3,995
0
3,995
College Housing and Academic Pacilities Loans Program
1. federal administration (FCRA section 505(e))
D
698
1,069
698
698
698
698
Total CHAFL program
698
1,069
698
698
698
698
Outlays, Total
1,738
1,372
1,148
1,148
0
1,193
Outlays, loan subsidies
1,034
444
444
444
0
444
Outlays, Federal administration
704
928
704
704
0
749
Total, CHAFL
3,698
4,069
3,698
3,698
3,698
3,698
College Bousing Loans (HEA VII-CI (Liquidating)
M
(30,000)
2
(32,000)
(32,000)
(32,000)
2
(32,000)
(32,000)
2.
Outlays
(31,906)
(32,028)
(32,028)
(32,028)
o
(32,028)
A
At least $3,530 thousand must be allocated for the Howard University endowment program.
.
No loan authority-
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(in thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
D
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
\
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
Office. Account. Program and Activity
H
Appro.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Ristorically Black College and University Capital Financing
Program Account CHEA VALID
NOV. 10. 1997 7:33PM
1. Federal administration (FCRA section 505(e))
D
104
104
104
104
104
104
Total
104
104
104
104
104
104
Outlays
162
110
110
110
0
110
TOTAL, OPE
12,704,222
14,653,293
14,324,523
13,780,410
13,780,410
14,545,689
Total, discretionary
D
8,682,739
10,543,560
10,214,790
9,670,677
9,670,677
10,102,956
Total, mandatory
M
4,021,483
4,109,733
4,109,733
4,109,733
4,109,733
4,362,733
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
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(in thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
D
1997
1990
1998
Amount after
\
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
office. Account, Program and Activity
M
Appro.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appra.
OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT (OERI)
Education Research Statistics and Improvement
NOV. 10. 1997 7:33PM
1. Research, development and dissemination (ERDDIA):
(a) National education research institutes (Part c)
D
54,000
62,250
62,250
54,000
54,000
53,782
(b) Regional educational laboratories (Section 941(h)). D
51,000
53,500
57,000
53,500
53,500
56,000
(c) National dissemination activities
(Section 941(a)-(g) and Part E)
D
18,567
18,785
10,785
18,567
18,567
18,785
Subtotal
123,567
134,535
138,035
126,067
126,067
128,567
2. Statistics (NESA)
D
50,000
66,250
66,250
52,000
52,000
59,000
3. Assessment:
(a) National assessment (NESA section 411)
D
29,752
35,502
1
35,502
29,752
29,752
32,000
(b) National Assessment Governing Board
[NCSA section 412)
D
2,865
2,871
2,865
2,871
2,071
3,471
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
Subtotal
32,617
30,373
38,367
32,623
32,623
35,471
4. Eisenhower professional development Federal
activities (BSEA 11-A)
D
13,342
30,000
21,000
25,000
25,000
23,300
5. Educational technology (ESEA III):
(a) Technology for education (Part A):
(2) Technology innovation challenge grants
(section 3136)
D
56,965
75,000
75,000
0
0
0
(2) Regional technology in education consortia
(section 3141)
D
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
o
0
Subtotal
66,965 2
85,000
85,000
0 ,
0 ,
0 ,
(b) Star schools (Part B)
D
30,000
26,000
0
30,000
0
o ,
(c) Ready to learn television (Part C)
D
7,000
7,000
0
7,000
0
o ,
(d) Telecommunications demonstration project for
mathematics (Part DI
D
1,035
2,035
0
2,035
0
0 ,
Subtotal
105,000
120,035
85,000
39,035
0
0
X
Includes $5,000 thousand for the assessment and reporting of reading performance, as part of the President's proposed America Reads Challenge
initiative.
2 Adjusted for comperability. Excludes $200,000 thousand in 1997 for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund, requested in 1998 in the Education Reform
account.
,
Funds were provided under the Education Reform account.
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(In thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
0
1997
1990
1998
Amount after
\
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
office. Account. Program and Activity
M
Appea.
Budget
floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
Education Research. Statistics. and Improvement (continued)
6. Fund for the Improvement of Education (ESEA X-A)
I
D
40,000
40,000
80,000
50,000
0
108,100
NOV 10. 1997 7:33PM
7. Javits gifted and talented education (ESEA X-9)
D
5,000
7,000
6,000
7,000
O
6,500
8. Bisenhower regional mathematics and science education
consortie (ESEA XIII-C)
D
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
0
15,000
9. Learning centers (ESEA X-I):
(a) 21st Century community learning centers
0
1,000
0
50,000
1,000
0
40,000
(b) After-school learning centers
D
0
50,000
0
0
0
o
Subtotal
1,000
50,000
50,000
1,000
0
40,000
10. National writing project (ESCA X-XI
D
3,100
0
3,100
5,000
5,000
5,000
11. Civic education (ESEA section 10601)
D
4,500
4,500
5,500
4,500
4,500
5,500
12. International education exchange (Goals 2000 BAA title
VI)
D
5,000
5,000
0
5,000
5,000
5,000
13. Portion applied to local educational agency block grant D
0
0
0
o
112,035
#
o
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
Total
398,126
510,693
508,252
362,225
362,225
431,438
Outlays, Research
412,858
551,147
551,670
525,198
o
537,172
TOTAL, OERI
398,126
510,693
508,252
362,225
362,225
431,438
,
Reflects this account's share of a local educational agency (LEA) block grant, which totals $5,638,570 thousand: $5,378,570 thousand in fiscel
year 1998 and $260,000 thousand in fiscal year 1999. In addition, the Senate provided that all ESEA Title X Funds be included in a separate
block grent to LEAS, totalling $7,797,634 thousand, of which $1,298,386 thousand becomes available on October 1 of fiscal year 1999. The two
block grants total $13,436,204 thousand.
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(In thousands of dollars)
1998 Senate Floor
D
1997
1998
1998
Amount after
\
Enacted
President's
House
Initial
Gorton
1998
office. Account, Program and Activity
M
Appro.
Budget
Floor
Amount
Provision
Appro.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Program Administration (DEOA, section 202)
D
325,955
I
341,039
329,579
340,064
340,064
341,064
Outlays
321,503
339,806
331,596
336,629
0
343,586
NOV. 10. 1997 7:34PM
Office for Civil Rights (DEOA, section 203)
D
54,900
61,500
55,449
57,522
57,522
61,500
Outlays
56,972
59,386
56,681
57,676
0
59,917
Office of the Inspector General (DEOA, section 212)
D
29,943
32,000
30,242
32,000
32,000
30,242
Outleys
30,881
31,358
30,515
31,358
0
30,438
Headquarters Renovation (DEOA, section 2021
D
0
0
0
0
0
0
Outleys
4,900
2,006
2,006
2,006
0
2,006
Total Departmental Management
410,798
434,539
415,270
429,586
429,586
432,806
Contributions
H
0
0
0
0
O
0
Outleys
85
23
23
23
0
23
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
Receipts:
1. Proprietary receipts
M
(61,581)
(61,180)
(61,100)
(61,180)
(61,180)
(61,180)
Total
(61,581)
(61,180)
(61,180)
(61,180)
(61,180)
(61,180)
Outlays
(61,581)
(61,180)
(61,180)
(61,180)
0
(61,180)
Chicago litigation outlays
4,443
8,034
8,034
8,034
0
8,034
BUDGET AUTHORITY TOTAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
32,788,397
40,981,678
35,790,742
35,512,887
35,512,887
36,301,269
Budget Authority, Discretionary Funds
D
26,311,919
29,349,749
29,158,013
9,
28,880,958
20,880,959
29,408,521
Budget Authority, Mandatory
M
6,476,42B
11,631,929
6,631,929
6,631,929
6,631,929
6,892,748
OUTLAYS TOTAL, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
29,763,784
33,230,593
32,054,518
32,043,958
0
32,029,540
Outlays, Discretionary funds
D
23,605,756
26,245,778
26,319,703
26,309,143
0
26,289,250
Outlays, Mandatory
M
6,158,028
6,984,815
5,734,015
5,734,815
0
5,740,290
,
Excludes $262 thousand transferred to the Institute of Museum and Library Services on July 20, 1997, for administrative costs of Librery programs.
8
Excludes a total of $136,631 thousand for Library programs, which were transferred to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on
July 20, 1997, pursuant to section 214 of the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996: $262 thousand in the Program Administration account and
$136,369 thousand in the Libraries account.
,
Excludes an advance appropriation of $1,298,386 thousand under the Education for the Disadvantaged account that becomes available on October 4 of
fiscal year 1999.
,
Excludes an advence appropriation of $260,000 thousand for the Child Literacy Initiative that becomes available on October 1 of fiscal year 1999.
,
Excludes an advance appropriation of $210,000 thousand for the Child Literacy Initiative that becomes available on October I of fiscal year 1999.
0
Excludes an advance appropriation of $1,448,386 thousand under the Education for the Disadvantaged account that becomes available on October 1 of
fiscal year 1999.
NOTE: Amounts for receipts reflect current estimate.
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Chart
1998 Education Budget:
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 13, 1997
Now I ask you -- and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents, teachers, and citizens all
across America -- for a new nonpartisan commitment to education -- because education is a critical
national security issue for our future, and politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4,1997
The President's signature on the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill today completes an
historie mar investment in education. Along with the education tax cuts enacted in August, this bill takes
us an historic step closer toward the President's goal of making sure that every 8-year old can read,
every 12-year old can log on to Internet, every 18-year old can to college, and all Americans can
keep on learning throughout their lifetimes. These investments represent the largest increase in
Americant only
education investments in a generation, including the biggest increase in college aid since the GI Bill
50 years ago. The bill being signed today:
Volun
He
promotes high standards and continued development of national tests;
increases Pell Grants to$3,000 the largest increase in two decades;
funds America Reads to help all children read well by age 8;
brings technology to the classroom;
charle
expands choice and accoutability HI That public schools.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Expansion of Head Start toward 1 Million Children. The bill provides nearly $4.4 billion
for Head Start, continuing on track with the President's commitment to the goal of serving
one million children. With this $374 million increase, Head Start funding will have
increased 57% since 1993. The program will serve an estimated 836,000 children in 1998.
RAISING STANDARDS: HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND
ADVANCED SKILLS
4
Continue Development of Voluntary National Tests. The bill allows continued
development of national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, based on widely
accepted national standards used in the National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP). It shifts control over test policies and development to the independent, bipartisan,
National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), as the Administration had proposed. The
bill provides $16 million to support the testing plan, and allows for pilot testing of test items
to begin next Fall. The bill also provides for a feasibility study to determine if existing state
tests can be linked to the NAEP standards, and to each other.
s
Provide Funding for the America Reads Challenge. The bill provides $301 million in new
America Reads funding. This builds on current AmeriCorps tutoring efforts, and more than
800 colleges that have committed to using Federal work-study slots tutoring children who
need help in reading.
AmeriCorps and the senior volunteer programs won an increase of $64 million in
the two bills that fund National Service program ($39 million in the bill being signed
today). This will fund more than 3000 AmeriCorps members and senior volunteers
who will recruit more than 100,000 volunteer tutors.
State teacher training and family literacy efforts are increased a total of $47
million, and $5 million is provided to help provide training for tutors.
$210 million for pending legislation based on the President's America Reads
initiative. The House version of that legislation -- promoting tutoring, family
literacy, and teacher training-- passed the House with the Administration's support on
November 8
E.E.sah
5
Bring Technology to the Classroom. The technology education programs -- which were
protected in the Balanced Budget Agreement -- received a 91 percent increase, from $305
million to $545 million. These programs are designed to facilitate school access to the
Internet and equip teachers with skills needed to integrate computers into their classroom
instruction.
Provide
Expo
More Choice and Accountability in Public Schools. President Clinton's public charter
schools program received a 57 percent increase, from $51 million to $80 million. This
program provides start-up funding for public schools that parents, teachers, and communities
create and that States free from most rules and regulations and instead holds them
accountable for raising student achievement. The increase will help accelerate progress
towards the President's goal of developing 3,000 new charter schools by early in the next
Suppure century. Cutitut of
100,000 Master Teachers. The bill includes $18.5 million in support of the President's plan
to help 100,000 teachers nationwide seek certification as Master Teachers by the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Provide
After-School Opportunities for Children. This new investment of $40 million will help
extend learning opportunities for children and their families at schools across the country,
keeping schools open late, on weekends, and in the summer so young people will stay off the
streets and out of trouble.
Suppul stage R
Transform Failing Schools. The bill includes $150 million in new funds for an initiative,
supported by the President, to help low-achieving, low-income schools transform themselves
through proven reforms, addressing failing schools without abandoning public education.
Help Children Learn English. The bill includes a 35% increase in bilingual and immigrant
education secured by the President in the Balanced Budget Agreement. This victory,
increasing total funding to $354 million, will help more children master English and prepare
to meet the same challenging academic standards as all other students.
Help Children with Special Needs. The bill strengthens our nation's 20-year
commitment to children with disabilities and their parents, providing $4.4 billion dollars for
special education an increase of $775 million over FY 1997.
Promater
High Standards for All Children. The bill provides $491 million for the President's Goals
2000 school reform program. Communities in every state are using Goals 2000 funds to
upgrade curriculum, improve teaching, increase parental involvement in schools, and make
greater use of computers in the classroom. Since 1994, over $1.3 billion has been invested in
this vital initiative.
Fund>
Extra Assistance for Low-Income Schools and Students. The bill provides nearly $7.4
billion in Title I to support extra help in basic and advanced skills for more than ten million
disadvantaged students in elementary and secondary schools. Under the Clinton
Administration, investment in Title I has grown by over $ 1 billion.
HELPING STUDENTS GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND CONTINUE
LEARNING FOR A LIFETIME
4
Increase Pell Grant Award to $3,000 Maximum. Congress adopted President Clinton's
proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 the largest increase in two
decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will receive the $300 increase, and an
additional 214,000 low- and moderate-income families that were not previously eligible will
receive Pell Grants.
Protect Families' Financial Aid Eligibility. The bill includes the President's proposal to
ensure that families' eligibility for Federal financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax
cuts for higher education. This was a part of the Administration's original HOPE
Scholarship proposal, but was not included in the recent tax legislation.
Reduce Student Loan Interest Rate. A one-year provision will reduce the interest rate on
consolidation loans in the guaranteed student loan program to match the lower rate which has
been offered under direct lending, and will allow old loans to be consolidated into either
program.
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN
EDUCATION
Fully Fund'Office for Civil Rights. The bill fully funds the Department of Education's
Office for Civil Rights, meeting the President's request for a 12% increase in order to protect
America's students from illegal discrimination in education.
Increase Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving
Institutions. The bill meets the President's request for increases for both Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions, providing greater support for
hese vital instrutious.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions
The bill meets the President's request for increases for both Historically Black Colleges
and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions, providing greater support for these
vital postsecondary institutions.
OTHER VICTORIES
The bill also increases funding for teacher training in the Eisenhower Professional
Development program and maintains our investments in Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities, School-to-Work, College Work-Study, and other education priorities. The
bill also includes [increased support for Opportunity Areas for Out-of-School
Youth][?].
DRAFT
1998 Education Budget:
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 13, 1997
Now I ask you -- and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents, teachers, and citizens all
across America -- for a new nonpartisan commitment to education -- because education is a
critical national security issue for our future, and politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4,1997
The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill which the President signed today meets
our national commitment to expand educational opportunities for all students. In addition
to an 8% increase in Head Start, the bill increases discretionary funding for Education
Department programs by more than $3.2 billion over FY 1997 -- in line with commitments
won by the President in the Balanced Budget Agreement. Overall, the bill represents the
largest increase in America's national education investment in thirty years. The bill also
contains an important agreement allowing continued progress toward high national
standards and voluntary national tests in the basics of reading and math.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Head Start
The bill provides nearly $4.4 billion for Head Start, continuing on track with the
President's commitment to the goal of serving one million children. With this $374 million
increase, Head Start funding will have increased 57% since 1993. The program will serve
an estimated 836,000 children in 1998.
RAISING STANDARDS: HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND
ADVANCED SKILLS
Voluntary National Tests
The bill allows continued development of national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade
math, based on widely accepted national standards used in the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP). It shifts control over test policies and development to the
independent, bipartisan, National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), as the
Administration had proposed. The bill provides $16 million to support the testing plan,
and allows for pilot testing of test items to begin next Fall. The bill also provides for a
feasibility study to determine if existing state tests can be linked to the NAEP standards,
and to each other.
America Reads Challenge
The bill provides [$301 million] in new America Reads funding. This builds on current
AmeriCorps tutoring efforts, and more than 800 colleges that have committed to using
Federal work-study slots tutoring children who need help in reading.
AmeriCorps and the senior volunteer programs won an increase of $64 million in the
two bills that fund National Service program ($39 million in the bill being signed today).
This will fund more than 3000 AmeriCorps members and senior volunteers who will
recruit more than 100,000 volunteer tutors.
State teacher training and family literacy efforts are increased a total of $47 million,
[and $5 million is provided to help provide training for tutors.]
$210 million for pending legislation based on the President's America Reads initiative.
The House version of that legislation -- promoting tutoring, family literacy, and teacher
training-- passed the House with the Administration's support on Saturday.
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund and Technology Innovation Challenge Grants
The technology education programs -- which were protected in the Balanced Budget
Agreement -- received a 91 percent increase, from $305 million to $545 million. These
programs are designed to facilitate school access to the Internet and equip teachers with
skills needed to integrate computers into their classroom instruction.
Charter Schools
President Clinton's public charter schools program received a 57 percent increase, from
$51 million to $80 million. This program provides start-up funding for public schools that
parents, teachers, and communities create -- and that States free from most rules and
regulations and instead holds them accountable for raising student achievement. The
increase will help accelerate progress towards the President's goal of developing 3,000
new charter schools by early in the next century.
Master Teachers
The bill includes $18.5 million in support of the President's plan to help 100,000 teachers
nationwide seek certification as Master Teachers by the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards.
After-School Learning Centers
This new investment of $40 million will help extend learning opportunities for children and
their families at schools across the country, keeping schools open late, on weekends, and in
the summer so young people will stay off the streets and out of trouble.
Comprehensive School Reform
The bill includes $150 million in new funds for an initiative, supported by the President, to
help low-achieving, low-income schools transform themselves through proven reforms,
addressing failing schools without abandoning public education.
Bilingual and Immigrant Education
The bill includes a 35% increase in bilingual and immigrant education secured by the
President in the Balanced Budget Agreement. This victory, increasing total funding to
$354 million, will help more children master English and prepare to meet the same
challenging academic standards as all other students.
IDEA
The bill strengthens our nation's 20-year commitment to disabled children and their
parents, providing $4.4 billion dollars for special education -- an increase of $775 million
over FY 1997.
Goals 2000
The bill provides $491 million for the President's Goals 2000 school reform program.
Communities in every state are using Goals 2000 funds to upgrade curriculum, improve
teaching, increase parental involvement in schools, and make greater use of computers in
the classroom. Since 1994, over $1.3 billion has been invested in this vital initiative.
Title I
The bill provides nearly $7.4 billion to support extra help in basic and advanced skills for
more than ten million disadvantaged students in elementary and secondary schools. Under
the Clinton Administration, investment in Title I has grown by over $ 1 billion.
HELPING STUDENTS GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND CONTINUE
LEARNING FOR A LIFETIME
Pell Grants
Congress adopted President Clinton's proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant to
$3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will
receive the $300 increase, and an additional 214,000 low- and moderate-income families
that were not previously eligible will receive Pell Grants.
Protecting Families' Financial Aid Eligibility
The bill includes the President's proposal to ensure that families' eligibility for Federal
financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax cuts for higher education. This was a part
of the Administration's original HOPE Scholarship proposal, but was not included in the
recent tax legislation.
Student Loan Interest Rate
A one-year provision will reduce the interest rate on consolidation loans in the guaranteed
student loan program to match the lower rate which has been offered under direct lending,
and will allow consolidations into either program.
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN
EDUCATION
Office for Civil Rights
The bill fully funds the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, meeting the
President's request for a 12% increase in order to protect America's students from illegal
discrimination in education.
NOV. 10. 1997 8:29PM OFFICE OF SECRETARY
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PATIENT STATES of AMOUNT
FAX TRANSMISSION
Office of the Secretary
600 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202
Office: (202) 401-3058
Fax: (202) 401-0596
TO: Bob Shirman
DATE: 11/10/97
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FROM:
Susan Frost
Dan Bernal
Elizabeth Gregory
Office of the Secretary
SUBJECT:
COMMENTS:
updated
OF
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
NO. 4965 F. 3/0
UNITED STATES of AMERICA
THE PRESIDENT'S CALL TO ACTION
AND THE
FY 1998 LABOR HHS AND EDUCATION BILL
To prepare America for the 21st century, we need strong, safe schools with clear standards of achievement and discipline, and talented and
dedicated teachers in every classroom. Every 8-year-old must be able to read, every 12-year-old must be able to log onto the Internet, every 18-
year-old must be able to go to college, and all adults must be able to keep on learning.
- Excerpt from President Clinton's "A Call To Action for American Education in the 21st Century"
COMPARISON OF SELECTED DISCRETIONARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
($ in Millions)
President's
FY 1998
Impact
1997
1998 President's
FY 1998
Change from
Appropriation
PROGRAM
Appropriation
Budget
Appropriation
1997
Change from
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
1997
America Reads
-
260.0
+260.0
Unresolved
Challenge
(FY98)
(FY98)
(FY98)
210.0
+210.0
(FY99)
(FY99)
Goals 2000
491.0
620.0
491.0
+129.0
---
Charter Schools
51.0
100.0
80.0
+49.0
+29.0
200.0
425.0
425.0
+225.0
+225.0
NOV. 10. 1997 8:30PM
Technology
Literacy Challenge
Fund
Technology
57.0
75.0
106.0
+18.0
+49.0
Innovation
Challenge Grants
DRAFT
President's
FY 1998
Impact
1997
1998 President's
FY 1998
Change from
Appropriation
NO. 4905 r. 4/0
PROGRAM
Appropriation
Budget
Appropriation
1997
Change from
1997
Eisenhower
310.0
360.0
335.0
+50.0
+25.0
Professional
Development
Education for the
7,799.6
8,077.3
7,871.8
+277.7
+222.2
Disadvantaged
(Title 1)
Basic Grants
6,269.7
6,187.9
6,269.7
-81.8
---
Concentration
Grants
1,022.0
999.2
1,102.0
-104.6
+80.0
Comprehensive
School Reform
---
---
120.0
---
+120.0
Safe and Drug-Free
556.0
620.0
556.0
+64.0
---
Schools and
Communities
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
Impact Aid
730.0
658.0
808.0
-72.0
+78.0
After-School
1.0
50.0
40.0
+49:0
+39.0
Learning Centers
Special Education
4,036.0
4,210.0
4,811.0
+174.0
+772.9
Bilingual
156.7
199.0
199.0
+42.3
+42.3
Education
NOV. 10. 1997 8:30PM
Immigrant
100.0
150.0
150.0
+50.0
+50.0
Education
DRAFT
COMPARISON OF HIGHER EDUCATION TAX CREDITS
Helps Families and Students Afford College, Finish a College Degree and Continue Learning Over a Lifetime
NU. 4965 r. 0/0
1998 President's Plan
1998 House Passed Bill
1998 Senate Passed Bill
HOPE Tax Credit
$1,500 tax credit: 100% credit on first
50% tax credit on up to $3,000 of
For community colleges and technical
$1,000 of tuition and fees, and 50%
tuition, fees and books for the first two
schools: 75% tax credit on up to
credit on the next $1,000, beginning in
years of college, beginning in 1998.
$2,000 of tuition, fees and books. For
1998. After 2002, a 100% credit on
other colleges: 50% tax credit on up to
first $1,500 and 50% credit on next
$3,000. Both begin in 1998.
$1,000.
Life-Long Learning
Phases in a 20% credit on up to
None
None
Tax Credit
$10,000 of tuition (maximum value of
$2,000) for life long learning.
Total for HOPE and Life-
$35 billion
$22 billion
$20 billion
Long Learning Tax Credits
(over 5 years)
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
NOV. 10. 1997 8:30PM
DRAFT
President's
FY 1998
Impact
1997
1998 President's
FY 1998
NO. 4965 P. b/b
Change from
Appropriation
PROGRAM
Appropriation
Budget
Appropriation
1997
Change from
1997
School-to-Work
200.0
200.0
200.0
-
---
(Identical amount
in DOL budget)
Vocational
1,139.1
1,172.0
1,147.1
+32.9
+8.0
Education
Adult Education
354.6
394.0
360.6
+39.4
+6.0
Pell Grants
5,919.0
7,635.0'
7,344.9
+1,716.0
+1431.9
($2,700
($3,000
max grant)
max grant)
Federal Work-
830.0
857.0
830,000
+27.0
---
Study
Advanced
---
6.0
3.0
+6.0
+3.0
Placement Fee
NOV. 10. 1997 8:30PM OFFICE OF SECRETARY
TRIO
500.0
525.0
529.7
+25.0
+29.7
SSIG
50.0
---
25.0
-50.0
-25.0
SEOG
583.4
583.4
614.0
---
+30.6
Perkins Loans
178.0
188.0
165.0
+10.0
-13.0
HEA Title III
194.8
202.1
210.9
+7.3
+16.1
-
Includes $725.0 million to expand independent student eligibility.
DRAFT
Labor-HHS-Education Budget Victories
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 12, 1997
Now I ask you -- and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents, teachers, and citizens all
across America -- for a new nonpartisan commitment to education -- because education is a
critical national security issue for our future, and politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4,1997
The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill which the President signed today meets
our national commitment to expand educational opportunities for all students. In addition
to an 8% increase in Head Start, the bill increases discretionary funding for Education
Department programs by more than $3.2 billion over FY 1997 -- $200 million more than
the President won in the Balanced Budget Agreement. Overall, the bill represents the
largest increase in America's national education investment in thirty years. The bill also
contains an important agreement allowing continued progress toward high national
standards and voluntary national tests in the basics of reading and math.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Head Start
The legislation includes the President's $324 million (8%) [Barry had $374 million over
the FY 1997 level] increase in Head Start, allowing 836,000 children to be served. With
this increase, Head Start funding will have increased 55% since 1993, continuing progress
toward the President's goal of serving one million children.
HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND ADVANCED SKILLS
Voluntary National Tests
The bill allows continued development of the 4th and 8th grade national tests, and shifts
control over test policies and development to the independent, bipartisan, National
Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), as the Administration had proposed. The bill
provides $16 million dollars to support the testing plan, and allows for pilot testing of test
items to begin next fall. The bill also provides for a study of ways to link state tests to
each other and to NAEP, an existing national sample test, that reflects high national
standards.
America Reads
The Corporation for National and Community Service -- AmeriCorps -- won an increase
of $64 million in the two bills that fund the program. This is more than a 10 percent
increase, a stark contrast to the 31 percent cut in the House versions of the bills, and more
than the increases provided by the Senate. The new funds will be used to expand the
America Reads program, connecting AmeriCorps members with schools to recruit and
coordinate trained volunteers to provide children with the extra practice they need to learn
to read well and independently by the end of third grade.
The bill also provides for $210 million in FY 1999 for the America Reads Challenge
legislation that is currently moving through Congress. In addition, funds are provided in
FY 1998 to help train college work-study tutors.
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund and Technology Innovation Challenge Grants
The technology education programs -- which were protected in the Balanced Budget
Agreement -- received a 91 percent increase, from $305 million to $545 million. That is
$39 million more than the President proposed. These programs are designed to facilitate
school access to the Internet and equip teachers with skills needed to integrate computers
into their classroom instruction.
Charter Schools
President Clinton's public charter schools program received a 57 percent increase, from
$51 million to $80 million. This program provides start-up funding for public schools that
parents, teachers, and communities create -- and that States free from most rules and
regulations and instead holds them accountable for raising student achievement. The
increase will help accelerate progress towards the President's goal of developing 3,000
new charter schools by early in the next century.
After-School Learning Centers
This new investment of $40 million will help extend learning opportunities for children and
their families at schools across the country, keeping schools open late, on weekends, and in
the summer so young people will stay off the streets and out of trouble.
Comprehensive School Reform
The bill includes $150 million in new funds for an initiative, supported by the President, to
help low-achieving, low-income schools transform themselves through proven reforms,
addressing failing schools without abandoning public education.
Bilingual and Immigrant Education
The bill includes a 35% increase in bilingual and immigrant education secured by the
President in the Balanced Budget Agreement. This victory, increasing total funding to
$354 million, will help more children master learn English and prepare to meet the same
challenging academic standards as all other students.
IDEA
The bill strengthens our nation's 20-year commitment to disabled children and their
parents, providing $4.4 billion dollars for special education -- an increase of $775 million
over FY 1997.
Goals 2000
The bill provides $491 million for the President's Goals 2000 school reform program.
Communities in every state are using Goals 2000 funds to upgrade curriculum, improve
teaching, increase parental involvement in schools, and make greater use of computers in
the classroom. Since 1994, over $1.3 billion has been invested in this vital initiative.
Title I
The bill provides nearly $7.4 billion to support extra help in basic and advanced skills for
more than ten million disadvantaged students in elementary and secondary schools. Under
the Clinton Administration, investment in Title I has grown by over $ 1 billion.
HELPING STUDENTS GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND CONTINUE
LEARNING FOR A LIFETIME
Pell Grants
Congress adopted President Clinton's proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant by
$300 to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades. In addition, the program was
expanded to serve an additional 210,000 low-income students who have been denied Pell
Grants because of anomalies in the design of the program.
HOPE Modification to Enhance Eligibility for Financial Aid
At the last minute, appropriators added the President's proposal to ensure that families'
eligibility for Federal financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax cuts for higher
education. This was a part of the Administration's original HOPE Scholarship proposal,
but was not included in the recent tax legislation. In addition, a provision was added to
reduce the interest rate on consolidation loans in the guaranteed student loan program to
match the lower rate which has been offered under direct lending, and to allow
consolidations into either program.
OTHER VICTORIES
The bill fully funds the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights; meets the
President's request for increases for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Hispanic-Serving Institutions; increases funding for teacher training in the Eisenhower
Professional Development program; and maintains our investments in School-to-Work,
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities, College Work-Study, and other education
programs. The bill also includes [increased support for Opportunity Areas for
Out-of-School Youth][?].
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DRAFT
Labor-HHS-Education Budget Victories
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 12, 1997
Now I ask you- and 1 ask all our nation's governors. I ask parents. teachers. and citizens all
across America - for a now nonpartisan commitment to education- because education is a
critical national security issue for our future, and polities must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union Address. February 1997
The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill which the President signed today meets
our national commitment to expand educational opportunities for all students. In addition
to an 8% increase in Head Start, the bill increases discretionary runding for Education
Department programs by more than $3 2 billion over FY 1997 -- $200 million mure than
the President won in the Balanced Budget Agreement. Overall. the bill represents the
largest increase in America's national education investment in thirty years. The bill also
contains an important agreement allowing continued progress toward high national
standards and voluntary national tests in the basics of reading and math
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Head Start
The legislation includes the President's $324 million (8%) [Barry had $374 million over
the FY 1997 level] increase in Head Start, allowing 836,000 children to be served. With
this increase, Head Start funding will have increased 55% since 1993, continuing progress
toward the President's goal of serving one million children.
RAMING NIANADRAS:
HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND ADVANCED SKILLS
Voluntary National Tests
The bill allows continued development of the 4th and 8th grade national tests and shifts
see
control over test policles and development to the independent, bipartisan, National
insert
Assessment Governing Board (NAGB). as the Administration had proposed. The bill
provides $16 million dollars to support the testing plan. and allows for pilot testing of test
items to begin next fall. The bill also provides for a study of ways to link state tests to
each other and to NAEP, an existing national sample test, that reflects high national
standards.
America Reads
The Corporation for National and Community Service -- AmeriCorps - won an increase
of $64 million in the two bills that fund the program. This is more than a 10 percent
increase, a stark contrast to the 31 percent 6711 in the House versions of the bills, and more
than the increases provided by the Senate The new funds will be used to expand the
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Voluntary National Standards and National Tests
The bill allows continued development of national tests in 4th
grade reading and 8th grade math, based on widely accepted
national standards used in the National Assessment of Education
Progress (NAEP). It shifts control over test policies to and
development to the independent, bipartisan National Assessment
Governing Board (NAGB), as the Administration had proposed. The
bill provides $16 million to support the testing plan, and allows
for pilot testing of test items to begin next Fall. The bill
also provides for a feasibility study to determine if existing
state tests can be linked to the NAEP standards, and to each
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Labor-HHS-Education Budget Victories
Overall, discretionary funding for Education Department programs increased by more than
$3 2 billion over FY 1997, $200 million more than the President won in the Balanced
Budget Agreement.
America Reads
The Corporation for National and Community Service -- AmeriCorps -- won an increase
of $64 million in the two bills that fund the program. This is more than a 10 percent
increase, a stark contrast to the 31 percent cut in the House versions of the bills, and more
than the increases provided by the Senate. The new funds will be used to expand the
America Reads program, connecting AmeriCorps members with schools to recruit and
coordinate trained volunteers to provide children with the extra practice they need to learn
to read well and independently by the end of third grade.
The bill also provides for $210 million in FY 1999 for the America Reads Challenge
legislation that is currently moving through Congress. In addition, funds are provided in
FY 1998 to help train college work-study tutors.
Pell Grants
Congress adopted President Clinton's proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant by
$300 to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades. In addition. the program was
expanded to serve low-income students who have been denied Pell Grants because of
anomalies in the design of the program.
Head Start
The legisslation includes the President's $324 million (8%) increase in Head Start. With
this increase, Head Start funding will have increased 55% since 1993, continuing toward
the goal of serving one million children.
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
The technology education programs which were protected in the Balanced Budget
Agreement -- received a 91 percent increase, from $305 million to $545 million. That is
$39 million more than the President proposed. These programs are designed to facilitate
school access to the Internet and equip teachers with skills needed to integrate computers
into their classroom instruction.
Charter Schools
This Presidential priority received an increase of 57 percent, from $51 million to $80
million. This program provides start-up funding for public schools that parents, teachers,
and communities create and that States free from most rules and regulations and instead
hold accountable for raising student achievement.
After-School Learning Centers
This new investment of $40 million will help keep schools open to provide youth with
extended learning opportunities and a safe haven.
Bilingual and Immigrant Education
Both House and Senate bills include the President's major increase in bilingual and
immigrant education funding -- each includes the $354 million of funding which is a 35%
increase. This is a victory that will help more children who speak another language to
learn English and prepare them meet the same challenging academic standards as all other
students.
Opportunity Areas for Out-of-School Youth
JON - DO YOU HAVE THE FINAL FIGURES FOR THIS, AND A GOOD
DESCRIPTION?
HOPE fix for financial aid
At the last minute, appropriators added the President's proposal to ensure that families'
eligibility for Federal financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax cuts for higher
education. This was a part of the Administration's original HOPE Scholarship proposal,
but was not included in the recent tax legislation. In addition, a provision was added to
reduce the interest rate on consolidation loans in the guaranteed student loan program to
match the lower rate which has been offered under direct lending, and to allow
consolidations into either program.
Other victories
The bill fully funds the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights; meets the
President's request for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving
Institutions: increases funding for teacher training (in the Eisenhower Professional
Development program, which neither the House nor Senate versions had increased); and
maintains our investments in Goals 2000, School-to-Work, Safe and Drug-Free Schools
and Communities, Work-Study, and other programs.