76-719

1st Session

107-342

	December 19 (legislative day, DECEMBER 8), 2001- Ordered to be printed
	Mr. REGULA, from the committee of conferenceconference, submitted the following
	CONFERENCE REPORT
	[To accompany H.R. 3061]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3061) `making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes', having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows:

In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment, insert:

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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act, 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 centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment Act; the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act; and the National Skill Standards Act of 1994; $3,167,282,000 plus reimbursements, of which $1,779,342,000 is available for obligation for the period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003; of which $1,353,065,000 is available for obligation for the period April 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003, including $1,127,965,000 to carry out chapter 4 of the Workforce Investment Act and $225,100,000 to carry out section 169 of such Act; and of which $3,500,000 is available for obligation October 1, 2001 until expended for carrying out the National Skills Standards Act of 1994; and of which $30,375,000 is available for the period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2005 for necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers: Provided, That $9,098,000 shall be for carrying out section 172 of the Workforce Investment Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regulation, $80,770,000 shall be for carrying out section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act, including $74,965,000 for formula grants, $4,786,000 for migrant and seasonal housing, and $1,019,000 for other discretionary purposes: Provided further, That funding provided herein under section 166 of the Workforce Investment Act shall include $1,711,000 for use under section 166(j)(1) of the Act: Provided further, That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of the Workforce Investment Act may be used for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further, That funding provided to carry out projects under section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act that are identified in the Conference Agreement, shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D) of such Act, or the joint funding requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers.

For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act, 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 centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment Act; $2,463,000,000 plus reimbursements, of which $2,363,000,000 is available for obligation for the period October 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003, and of which $100,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 2002 through June 30, 2005, for necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers.

COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS

To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, $445,100,000.

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 administrative expenses under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $415,650,000, 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, $163,452,000, together with not to exceed $3,237,886,000 (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), which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the cost of administering section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 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, 2002, except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by the States through September 30, 2004; and of which $163,452,000, together with not to exceed $773,283,000 of the amount which may be expended from said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003, 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: Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2002 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,622,000, 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 system, or which are used to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance programs, 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 automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the portion of the funds received by the State of Mississippi in the settlement of litigation with a contractor relating to the acquisition of an automated system for benefit payments under the unemployment compensation program that is attributable to the expenditure of Federal grant funds awarded to the State shall be transferred to the account under this heading and shall be made available by the Department of Labor to the State of Mississippi for obligation by the State through fiscal year 2004 to carry out automation and related activities under the unemployment compensation program.

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 Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, and to the `Federal unemployment benefits and allowances' account, to remain available until September 30, 2003, $464,000,000.

In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15, 2002, 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 programs, $113,356,000, including $5,934,000 to administer welfare-to-work grants, together with not to exceed $48,507,000, 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, $109,866,000.

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, 2002, for such Corporation: Provided, That not to exceed $11,690,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided further, That expenses of such Corporation 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, $369,220,000, together with $1,981,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be for the development of an alternative system for the electronic submission of reports 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 heading `Civilian War Benefits' in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; 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, $121,000,000 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 period 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 of Labor 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 reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2001, shall remain available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 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 determines to be the cost of administration for employees of such fair share entities through September 30, 2002: Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, $36,696,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as follows: (1) for the operation of and enhancement to the automated data processing systems, including document imaging and conversion to a paperless office, $24,522,000; (2) for medical bill review and periodic roll management, $11,474,000; (3) for communications redesign, $700,000; and (4) the remaining 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.

ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, $136,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to transfer to any Executive agency with authority under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, including within the Department of Labor, such sums as may be necessary in fiscal year 2002 to carry out those authorities: Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as may be prescribed.

BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, $1,036,115,000, of which $981,283,000 shall be available until September 30, 2003, 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 $31,558,000 shall be available for transfer to Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses, $22,590,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses, $328,000 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.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, $443,651,000, including not to exceed $89,747,000 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 authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and international 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, administer, 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 10 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 Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to any employer of 10 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 violations 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

(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 10 or fewer employees.

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $254,768,000, including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles; including up to $1,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities, which shall be available only to the extent that fiscal year 2002 obligations for these activities exceed $1,000,000; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health education and training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions 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.

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, $397,142,000, together with not to exceed $69,132,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund; and $10,280,000 which shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003, for Occupational Employment Statistics.

OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people with disabilities, $38,158,000, of which $2,640,000 shall be for the President's Task Force on the Employment of Adults with Disabilities.

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of three sedans, and including the management or operation, through contracts, grants or other arrangements of Departmental activities conducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other international labor activities, of which the funds designated to carry out bilateral assistance under the international child labor initiative shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2003, and $50,000,000, for the acquisition of Departmental information technology, architecture, infrastructure, equipment, software and related needs which will be allocated by the Department's Chief Information Officer in accordance with the Department's capital investment management process to assure a sound investment strategy; $378,778,000; together with not to exceed $310,000, 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 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), notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure: 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 decision pending a review by the Benefits Review Board for more than 1 year shall be considered affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on the 1-year anniversary of the filing of the appeal, and shall be considered the final order of the Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United States courts of appeals: Provided further, That these provisions shall not be applicable to the review or appeal of any decision issued under the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.).

VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Not to exceed $186,903,000 may be derived from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100-4110A, 4212, 4214, and 4321-4327, and Public Law 103-353, and which shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2002. To carry out the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, $25,800,000, of which $7,550,000 shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.

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, $52,182,000, together with not to exceed $4,951,000, 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 individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 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 15 days in advance of any transfer.

This title may be cited as the `Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2002'.

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 and sections 1128E and 1820 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as amended, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, and the Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, $6,081,237,000, of which $311,978,000 shall be available for construction and renovation of health care and other facilities, and of which $40,000,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under section 1820 of such Act: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $250,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations 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 sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the full disclosure of information under the `Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program', authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the program, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That no more than $15,000,000 is available for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 104-73: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $265,085,000 shall be for the program under title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family planning 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 $639,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $80,000 shall be for the Wausau Health Foundation in Wausau, Wisconsin, for a survey and analysis of local health professionals' career paths to better understand entry into and exit from health professions, $100,000 shall be for the University of San Diego Institute for the Advancement of Health Policy to assess through teaching, research and delivery of services the impact of public policy on families from vulnerable populations, $200,000 shall be for the Luna County, New Mexico and the Columbus Volunteer Fire Department to provide emergency medical services to immigrants, $350,000 shall be for the Clinical Pharmacy Training Program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, $475,000 shall be for the American Federation of Negro Affairs, $500,000 shall be for the University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies in Seattle, Washington, for a demonstration project to collect and analyze health workforce data, $800,000 shall be for the University of Iowa for the training of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, $1,000,000 shall be for the Washington Health Foundation for a comprehensive demonstration project on improving nurse retention, and $1,100,000 shall be for the Iowa Department of Public Health to create a Center for Health Care Workforce Shortage: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed $115,236,000 is available for carrying out special projects of regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act, of which $50,000 is for the Center for Great Expectations, Somerville, New Jersey to provide prenatal health care, education and counseling for pregnant teens, $565,000 is for the Milwaukee Health Department for a pilot program providing health care services to at-risk children in day care, and $4,000,000 is for the Columbia Hospital for Women Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to support community outreach programs for women: Provided further, That $10,000,000 is available for special projects of regional and national significance under section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act, which shall not be counted toward compliance with the allocation required in section 502(a)(1) of such Act, and which shall be used only for making competitive grants to provide abstinence education (as defined in section 510(b)(2) of such Act) to adolescents and for evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of activities under the grants and for Federal costs of administering the grants: Provided further, That grants under the immediately preceding proviso shall be made only to public and private entities which agree that, with respect to an adolescent to whom the entities provide abstinence education under such grant, the entities will not provide to that adolescent any other education regarding sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an entity expressly required by law to provide health information or services the adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking health information or services from the entity in a different setting than the setting in which the abstinence education was provided: Provided further, That the funds expended for such evaluations may not exceed 3.5 percent of such amount.

HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM

Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, including section 709 of the Public Health Service Act, $3,792,000.

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 $2,992,000 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, XIX, and XXVI 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, 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; including insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $4,293,151,000, of which $250,000,000 shall remain available until expended for equipment and construction and renovation of facilities, and of which $143,763,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain available until September 30, 2003, 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 $23,286,000 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: Provided 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 designate: Provided further, That the Congress is to be notified promptly of any such transfer: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 may be available for making grants under section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act to not more than 15 States: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for development and construction of facilities 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.

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, $4,190,405,000.

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, $2,576,125,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, $343,327,000.

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 disease, $1,466,833,000.

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, $1,328,188,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $2,372,278,000: Provided, That the Director may transfer up to $25,000,000 to International Assistance Programs, `Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis', to remain available until expended.

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, $1,725,263,000.

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, $1,113,605,000.

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, $581,366,000.

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, $566,639,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to aging, $893,443,000.

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, $448,865,000.

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 disorders, $342,072,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to nursing research, $120,451,000.

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, $384,238,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $888,105,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health, $1,248,626,000.

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, $429,515,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, $111,984,000.

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, $1,011,594,000: 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 $110,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities construction grants, of which $5,000,000 shall be for beginning construction of facilities for a Chimp Sanctuary system as authorized in Public Law 106-551.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to complementary and alternative medicine, $104,644,000.

NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to minority health and health disparities research, $157,812,000.

JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty International Center, $56,940,000.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to health information communications, $277,658,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for improvement of information systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2002, the Library may enter into personal services contracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, $235,540,000, of which $53,540,000 shall be for the Office of AIDS Research: Provided, That funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 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 the National Institutes of Health 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 National Institutes of Health Management Fund shall remain available for 1 fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the study of, construction of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of real property, $309,600,000, to remain available until expended, of which $26,000,000 shall be for the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, single contracts or related contracts, which collectively include the full scope of the project, may be employed for the development and construction of the first and second phases of the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center: Provided further, That the solicitations and contracts shall contain the clause `availability of funds' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18: Provided further, That the Director may transfer up to $75,000,000 to International Assistance Programs, `Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis', to remain available until expended.

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, $3,138,279,000, of which $28,721,000 shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act.

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, $2,600,000; in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data 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 $296,145,000.

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $106,821,882,000, to remain available until expended.

For making, after May 31, 2002, payments to States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2002 for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2003, $46,601,937,000, 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.

PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as provided under section 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, $81,979,200,000.

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 $2,440,798,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized 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 section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may be collected from authorized 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 $18,200,000 appropriated under this heading for the managed care system redesign shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That $100,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Regional Nursing Centers Consortium in Philadelphia to initiate a demonstration project to evaluate 15 nurse-managed health centers in urban and rural areas across Pennsylvania: Provided further, That $200,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Madonna Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska to create a new standard of rehabilitation practice and program design for children and adults with disabilities: Provided further, That $250,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Cook County, Illinois Bureau of Health for the Asthma Champion Initiative to reduce morbidity and mortality from asthma in high prevalence areas: Provided further, That $250,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Illinois Primary Health Care Association to implement the Shared Integrated Management Information System providing centralized case management, reimbursement and administrative support services: Provided further, That $500,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to Project Access in Muskegon, Michigan to offer affordable insurance to uninsured workers, primarily in small business, and low-income individuals: Provided further, That $590,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to Santa Clara County, California, for the outreach and application assistance aspects of its Children's Health Initiative, to demonstrate means of expanding enrollment of eligible children in Medicaid, SCHIP and other available health care programs: Provided further, That $800,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Fishing Partnership Health Plan, based in Boston, Massachusetts, for a demonstration project on the efficacy of using a community-based health benefit program to provide health care coverage for lower-income independently employed workers and their families: Provided further, That $800,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Mind-Body Institute of Boston, Massachusetts to continue and expand a demonstration project: Provided further, That $900,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Children's Hospice International demonstration program to provide a continuum of care for children with life-threatening conditions and their families: Provided further, That $1,500,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Iowa Department of Public Health for the continuation of a prescription drug cooperative demonstration: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles for a demonstration of residential and outpatient treatment facilities: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2002 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 Secretary 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 2002, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees shall be made.

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

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), $2,447,800,000, to remain available until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2003, $1,100,000,000, to remain available until expended.

For making payments to each State for carrying out the program 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 expenditures under such title IV-A in fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation and under such title IV-A as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such Act.

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 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,700,000,000.

For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $300,000,000: Provided, That these funds are for the unanticipated home energy assistance needs of one or more States, as authorized by section 2604(e) of the Act: Provided further, That these funds are hereby designated by Congress to be emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 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 an official 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 of 1985.

REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

For making payments for refugee and entrant assistance activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422), $450,203,000: Provided, That funds appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for fiscal year 2002 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided and other activities through September 30, 2004: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 is available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

For carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), $10,000,000.

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

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), $2,099,994,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant state general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: Provided, That $19,120,000 shall be available for child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll free hotline: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, $272,672,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which $100,000,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities.

SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX of such Act shall be 10 percent.

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 Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, as amended, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95-266 (adoption opportunities), the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89), sections 1201 and 1211 of the Children's Health Act of 2000, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, the Early Learning Opportunities Act, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 429A, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, and sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322; for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act, section 473A of the Social Security Act, and title IV of Public Law 105-285, 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 Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322, sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, as amended, and section 126 and titles IV and V of Public Law 100-485, $8,429,183,000, of which $43,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670-679) and may be made for adoptions completed in fiscal years 2000 and 2001; of which $738,821,000 shall be for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and of which $6,537,906,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act, of which $1,400,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2002 and remain available through September 30, 2003: Provided, 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: Provided further, That all eligible entities currently in good standing in the Community Services Block Grant program shall receive an increase in funding proportionate to the increase provided in this Act for the Community Services Block Grant: Provided further, That $88,133,000 shall be for activities authorized by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, notwithstanding the allocation requirements of section 388(a) of such Act, of which $39,739,900 is for the transitional living program: Provided further, That $30,000,000 is for a compassion capital fund to provide grants to charitable organizations to emulate model social service programs and to encourage research on the best practices of social service organizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of intangible property which permits grant funds, or intangible assets acquired with funds authorized under section 680 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended, to become the sole property of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant for purposes and uses consistent with the original grant: Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended, shall be available for financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private business enterprises owned by community development corporations.

Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2002 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 2002 under section 413(h)(1) of the Social Security Act shall be reduced by $15,000,000.

PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

For carrying out subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act, $305,000,000. In addition, for such purposes, $70,000,000 to carry out such subpart.

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, $4,885,600,000.

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 2003, $1,754,000,000.

ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of the Public Health Service Act, $1,199,814,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available for activities regarding medication management, screening, and education to prevent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions.

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, $341,703,000, 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 XX of the Public Health Service Act, $11,885,000 shall be for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), of which $10,157,000 shall be for prevention service demonstration grants under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title XX: Provided further, That of this amount, $50,000,000 is for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities; and $21,998,000 shall be for an Information Technology Security and Innovation Fund for Department-wide activities involving cybersecurity, information technology security, and related innovation projects.

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, $35,786,000: Provided, That, of such amount, necessary sums are available for providing protective services to the Secretary and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. section 228.

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, $28,691,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000, 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.

POLICY RESEARCH

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act and title III of the Public Health Service Act, $2,500,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, funds from amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act may be used to carry out national health or human services research and evaluation activities: Provided further, That the expenditure of any funds available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act are subject to the requirements of section 205 of this Act.

RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, 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.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, disease and chemical threats to civilian populations, $242,949,000: Provided, That this amount is distributed as follows: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $181,919,000, of which $52,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile; and Office of Emergency Preparedness, $61,030,000.

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 assignment 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 Emergency 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 Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 103-43.

SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 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 Executive Level I.

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 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 Appropriations of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned uses of such funds.

SEC. 206. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 1.25 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized under said Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) of the implementation and effectiveness of such programs.

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 207. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 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 appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That an appropriation may be increased by up to an additional 2 percent subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 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: Provided, 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 the National Institutes of Health 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. None of the funds appropriated in this 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.

SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity's enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare program's coverage for such services and a Medicare+Choice organization described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services.

SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.

SEC. 213. The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167) is amended--

(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--

(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking `1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001' and inserting `1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002'; and

(B) in subsection (e), by striking `October 1, 2001' each place it appears and inserting `October 1, 2002'; and

(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection (b)(2), by striking `September 30, 2001' and inserting `September 30, 2002'.

SEC. 214. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26) if such State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by May 1, 2002 that the State will commit additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age.

(b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such State's substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 1926 of such Act.

(c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in fiscal year 2002 for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at a level that is not less than the level of such expenditures maintained by the State for fiscal year 2001, and adding to that level the additional funds for tobacco compliance activities required under subsection (a). The State is to submit a report to the Secretary on all fiscal year 2001 State expenditures and all fiscal year 2002 obligations for tobacco prevention and compliance activities by program activity by July 31, 2002.

(d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing the timing of the State obligation of the additional funds required by the certification described in subsection (a) as late as July 31, 2002.

(e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to section 1926 from a territory that receives less than $1,000,000.

SEC. 215. In order for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out international health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2002, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to--

(1) utilize the authorities contained in subsection 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended, and

(2) utilize the authorities contained in 22 U.S.C. sections 291 and 292 and directly or through contract or cooperative agreement to lease, alter or renovate facilities in foreign countries, to carry out programs supported by this appropriation notwithstanding PHS Act section 307.

In exercising the authority set forth in (1) and (2), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consult with the Department of State to assure that planned activities are within the legal strictures of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended, and other applicable parts of U.S.C. Title 22.

SEC. 216. The Division of Federal Occupational Health may utilize personal services contracting to employ professional management/administrative and occupational health professionals.

SEC. 217. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to vacancies in offices for which appointments must be made by the President, including any time limitation on serving in an acting capacity, the Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health as of January 12, 2000, may serve in that position until a new Director of the National Institutes of Health is confirmed by the Senate.

SEC. 218. Section 582 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290hh-1(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(g) SHORT TITLE- This section may be cited as the `Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative'.'.

This title may be cited as the `Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2002'.

TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (`ESEA') and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $12,346,900,000, of which $4,777,199,000 shall become available on July 1, 2002, and shall remain available through September 30, 2003, and of which $7,383,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 2002, and shall remain available through September 30, 2003, for academic year 2002-2003: Provided, That $235,000,000 shall be available for comprehensive school reform grants under part F of the ESEA: Provided further, That $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated for title I, part B, subpart 1 shall become available October 1, 2001, and shall remain available through September 30, 2003, for evaluation and technical assistance: Provided further, That the funds provided for title I, part B, subpart 2 shall become available October 1, 2001, and shall remain available through September 30, 2003: Provided further, That $7,172,971,000 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 of Education on October 1, 2001, to obtain updated educational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That $1,365,031,000 shall be available for concentration grants under section 1124A: Provided further, That $1,018,499,000 shall be available for targeted grants under section 1125: Provided further, That $793,499,000 shall be available for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A.

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, $1,143,500,000, of which $982,500,000 shall be for basic support payments under section 8003(b), $50,000,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under section 8003(d), $48,000,000 shall be for construction under section 8007 and shall remain available through September 30, 2003, $55,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments under section 8002, and $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 8008: Provided, That $3,000,000 of the funds for section 8007 shall be available for the local educational agencies and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by titles II, IV, V, VI, and parts B and C of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; part B of title II of the Higher Education Act; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $7,827,473,000, of which $1,717,609,000 shall become available October 1, 2001, and shall remain available through September 30, 2003, of which $2,801,597,000 shall become available on July 1, 2002, and remain available through September 30, 2003, and of which $1,765,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2002, and shall remain available through September 30, 2003, for academic year 2002-2003: Provided, That $75,000,000 for continuing and new grants to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform shall be allocated and expended in the same manner as the funds provided under the Fund for the Improvement of Education for this purpose were allocated and expended in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That $142,189,000 shall be available to support the activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the ESEA, of which up to 5 percent shall become available on October 1, 2001, for evaluation, technical assistance, school networking, peer review of applications, and program outreach activities and of which not less than 95 percent shall become available on July 1, 2002, and remain available through September 30, 2003, for grants to local educational agencies: Provided further, That funds made available to local educational agencies under this subpart shall be used only for activities related to establishing smaller learning communities in high schools: Provided further, That of the amount made available for subpart 3, part C, of title II of the ESEA, $2,000,000 shall be used by the Center for Civic Education to implement a comprehensive program to improve public knowledge, understanding, and support of the Congress and the state legislatures: Provided further, That $269,906,000 of the funds for subpart 1, part D of title V of the ESEA shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act.

INDIAN EDUCATION

For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $120,368,000.

BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION

For carrying out title III, part A of the ESEA, $665,000,000, of which $415,000,000 shall become available on July 1, 2002, and shall remain available through September 30, 2003.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $8,672,804,000, of which $3,315,233,000 shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2002, and shall remain available through September 30, 2003, and of which $5,072,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2002, and shall remain available through September 30, 2003, for academic year 2002-2003: Provided, That $9,500,000 shall be for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic to support the development, production, and circulation of recorded educational materials: Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be for the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105-78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide information on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for children with disabilities: Provided further, That the amount for section 611(c) of the Act shall be equal to the amount available for that section under Public Law 106-554, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 611(f)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act: Provided further, That $8,380,000 of the funds for section 672 of the Act shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act.

REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $2,945,813,000, of which $56,552,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2003: Provided, That the funds provided for title I of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (`the AT Act') shall be allocated notwithstanding section 105(b)(1) of the AT Act: Provided further, That in the case of a State that was in the third year of a 3-year extension grant made pursuant to section 101(f) of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 for fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Education shall award under such section an additional 1-year extension of the grant to such State for fiscal year 2002 in an amount equal to the amount the State received under such section for fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That each State shall be provided $50,000 for activities under section 102 of the AT Act: Provided further, That $36,552,000 shall be used to support grants for up to 3 years to States under title III of the AT Act, of which the Federal share shall not exceed 75 percent in the first year, 50 percent in the second year, and 25 percent in the third year, and that the requirements in section 301(c)(2) and section 302 of that Act shall not apply to such grants: Provided further, That $3,746,000 of the funds for section 303 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act.

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.), $14,000,000.

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.), $55,376,000, of which $5,376,000 shall be for construction and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207.

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.), $96,938,000: Provided, That from the total amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207.

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 and Family Literacy Act, and title VIII-D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and Public Law 102-73, $1,934,060,000, of which $1,136,560,000 shall become available on July 1, 2002 and shall remain available through September 30, 2003 and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2002 and shall remain available through September 30, 2003: Provided, That of the amounts made available for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, $6,500,000 shall be for tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions under section 117: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation, the Secretary of Education shall not require the use of a restricted indirect cost rate for grants issued pursuant to section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act: Provided further, That $9,500,000 shall be for carrying out section 118 of such Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, $5,000,000 shall be for demonstration activities authorized by section 207: Provided further, That of the amount provided for Adult Education State Grants, $70,000,000 shall be made available for integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations: Provided further, That of the amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics education, notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to States based on a State's absolute need as determined by calculating each State's share of a 10-year average of the Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent years for which Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence are available, except that no State shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, $9,500,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 243 and $6,560,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided further, That $22,000,000 shall be for Youth Offender Grants, of which $5,000,000 shall be used in accordance with section 601 of Public Law 102-73 as that section was in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law 105-220.

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, section 428K, part C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $12,285,500,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2003.

The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2002-2003 shall be $4,000.

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 of 1965, as amended, $49,636,000.

HIGHER EDUCATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, $2,031,048,000, of which $5,000,000 for interest subsidies authorized by section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2003, shall be available to fund fellowships for academic year 2003-2004 under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided further, That $1,000,000 is for data collection and evaluation activities for programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, including such activities needed to comply with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That $17,500,000 shall be available for tribally controlled colleges and universities under section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating in advanced foreign language training and international studies in areas that are vital to United States national security and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the professions, or international development: Provided further, That up to one percent of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso may be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activities: Provided further, That $149,722,000 of the funds for part B of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $237,474,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public Law 98-480) and shall remain available until expended.

COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM

For Federal administrative expenses authorized under section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $762,000 to carry out activities related to existing facility loans entered into under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $208,000.

EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND ASSESSMENT

For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994, including part E; the National Education Statistics Act of 1994, including sections 411 and 412; section 4 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; and title VI, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, $443,870,000: Provided, That $58,000,000 of the amount available for the national education research institutes shall be allocated notwithstanding section 912(m)(1)(B-F) and subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 931(c)(2) of Public Law 103-227.

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of two passenger motor vehicles, $424,212,000.

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $79,934,000.

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, $38,720,000.

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.

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 of 1985, 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 15 days in advance of any transfer.

SEC. 305. (a) Section 1543(a) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 1070 note) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

`(2) AWARD DETERMINATION- The amount of the financial assistance provided to an athlete described in paragraph (1) shall be determined in accordance with criteria, and in amounts, specified in the application of the center under subsection (c). Such assistance shall not exceed the athlete's cost of attendance as determined under section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll).

`(3) INFORMATION ON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE- Each center providing such assistance shall annually report to the Secretary such information as the Secretary may reasonably require on the distribution of such assistance among athletes and institutions of higher education. The Secretary shall compile such reports and submit them to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Appropriations of the Senate.'.

(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any funds appropriated pursuant to section 1543(d) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, including funds appropriated pursuant to that section in fiscal years 2000 and 2001, that are available for financial assistance under section 1543 on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 306. (a) Notwithstanding sections 413D, 442, and 488 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Secretary of Education may reallocate, from funds made available under the heading `Student Financial Assistance' to carry out part C of title IV of that Act, excess allocations for fiscal year 2002 in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate to institutions of higher education described in subsection (b) for the purposes described in subsection (c). The reallocation to each such institution shall be made in accordance with subsection (d). Such excess allocations shall remain available for obligation until March 31, 2004.

(b) An institution of higher education may receive a reallocation under subsection (a) if the institution--

(1) is, on the date of enactment of this Act, participating in the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant and Federal Work Study programs under subpart 3 of part A, and part C of title IV of that Act, respectively;

(2) initially began participating in both such programs during or after 1989, but not later than 1999;

(3) has a current enrollment of not less than 2,000 students;

(4) provides educational programs for which the institution awards baccalaureate and graduate degrees;

(5) has experienced an actual enrollment increase of 75 percent or more since the institution began participating in such programs; and

(6) charged, for academic year 2000-2001, in-State tuition and fees for a full-time undergraduate student that were less than such tuition and fees charged by the institution for academic year 1998-1999.

(c) An institution of higher education that receives a reallocation under subsection (a) may use that reallocation for Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants or Federal Work Study awards.

(d)(1) A reallocation made under subsection (a) to an institution described in subsection (b) shall be determined by calculating the difference between--

(A) the amount (commonly referred to as the `base guarantee') that the institution received under section 413D(a) or 442(a) of that Act, as the case may be; and

(B) the amount that the institution would receive pursuant to section 413D(a)(2)(B)(ii) or 442(a)(2)(B)(ii) of that Act, as the case may be, if the institution were beginning its program participation in the 2002-2003 academic year.

(2) If the amounts available for reallocation under subsection (a) are insufficient to fully fund the amounts determined under paragraph (1) of this subsection to each institution described in subsection (b), then the amount to be reallocated to each such institution shall be ratably reduced.

(e) The Secretary may use such data as he determines appropriate in order to carry out this section.

Sec. 307. If this Act is enacted before H.R. 1, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, is enacted, then references to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or to any other Acts that would be amended by H.R. 1 shall be read to be references to those Acts as they would be amended by H.R. 1 (including amendments made by H. Con. Res. 289, as passed by the House and the Senate).

This title may be cited as the `Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2002'.

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, $71,440,000, of which $9,812,000 shall remain available until expended for construction and renovation of the physical plants at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the United States Naval Home: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for development and construction, to include construction of a long-term care facility at the United States Naval Home, may be employed which collectively include the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause `availability of funds' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18 and 252.232-7007, Limitation of Government Obligations.

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, $328,895,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available to the Corporation for National and Community Service in this Act for activities authorized by part E of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to provide stipends or other monetary incentives to volunteers or volunteer leaders whose incomes exceed 125 percent of the national poverty level.

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 2004, $380,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment 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: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts provided above, $25,000,000, for costs related to digital program production, development, and distribution, associated with the transition of public broadcasting to digital broadcasting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation in consultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees, or their designated representatives.

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 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; for expenses necessary 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), $39,982,000, including $1,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2003, 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 other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and international organizations, 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 development of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use 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.), $6,939,000.

INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

OFFICE OF LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Library Services Act, $197,602,000: Provided, That of the amount provided, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the National Museum of African American History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission, $250,000 shall be awarded to American Village Project in Montevallo, Alabama, $20,000 shall be awarded to Evergreen-Conecuh Public Library, Alabama, $50,000 shall be awarded to Gordo Public Library, Pickens County Commission, Alabama, $300,000 shall be awarded to Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to National Museum for Women in the Arts, $300,000 shall be awarded to Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center, $50,000 shall be awarded to Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, $800,000 shall be awarded to Children's Museum of Los Angeles, California, $150,000 shall be awarded to Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles, California, $750,000 shall be awarded to Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, $290,000 Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, $25,000 Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, California, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, $150,000 shall be awarded to Bethel Public Library, Connecticut, $500,000 shall be awarded to Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut, $250,000 shall be awarded to Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Georgia, $700,000 shall be awarded to Bishops Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, $500,000 shall be awarded to Grout Museum in Waterloo, Iowa, $61,000 shall be awarded to Iowa State Historical Society, $389,000 shall be awarded to The National Audobon Society's ARK Museum in Dubuque, Iowa, $750,000 shall be awarded to University of Idaho Performance and Education Facility, $50,000 shall be awarded to Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, $100,000 shall be awarded to Johnson County Museum of History, Franklin, Indiana, $125,000 shall be awarded to Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Shakespeare Rose Theater, $150,000 shall be awarded to Springfield-Greene County Library, Springfield, Missouri, $1,160,000 shall be awarded to Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, $850,000 shall be awarded to University of Mississippi Foundation, Oxford, Mississippi, $350,000 shall be awarded to University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, $132,000 shall be awarded to Lois Morgan Edward Memorial Library, Nashville, North Carolina, $100,000 shall be awarded to Rocky Mount Children's Museum, $100,000 shall be awarded to Confluence Visitor Center in Williston, North Dakota and the North Dakota State Historical Society, $100,000 shall be awarded to Fort Mandan Visitor's Center, $100,000 shall be awarded to Mandan-on-a-Slant Museum, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Franklin Pierce College, $160,000 shall be awarded to Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, $100,000 shall be awarded to Princeton Public Library, Mercer County, New Jersey, $125,000 shall be awarded to Albany Institute for History and Art, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Brooklyn Historical Society, New York, $22,500 shall be awarded to Buffalo and Erie County Library System, Buffalo, New York, $250,000 shall be awarded to Center for Jewish History, New York, New York, $150,000 shall be awarded to Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, $105,000 shall be awarded to Four County Library System, Vestal, New York, $500,000 shall be awarded to Hunter College, New York, $200,000 shall be awarded to Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville, New York, $750,000 shall be awarded to Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to New York Hall of Science, $22,500 shall be awarded to NIOGA Library System of Niagara and Orleans County, New York, $100,000 shall be awarded to The Woodstock Guild of Craftsmen, Inc., Woodstock, New York, $100,000 shall be awarded to Clark County Historical Museum, $40,000 shall be awarded to Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, Ohio, $500,000 shall be awarded to Crawford Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, $42,000 shall be awarded to Farmer's Castle Museum in Belpre, $500,000 shall be awarded to MAPS Air Museum, Canton Ohio, $44,000 shall be awarded to McKinley Museum, Canton, Ohio, $50,000 shall be awarded to University of Oregon Museum of Natural History in Eugene, Oregon, $150,000 shall be awarded to Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia County, $100,000 shall be awarded to Beaver Area Memorial Library, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, $300,000 shall be awarded to Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association, $100,000 shall be awarded to Discovery Square, Inc. in Erie, Pennsylvania, $200,000 shall be awarded to Everhart Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania, $300,000 shall be awarded to National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $126,000 shall be awarded to Northland Public Library Authority, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, $235,000 shall be awarded to Penn Hills Public Library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, $250,000 shall be awarded to Philadelphia Zoo, $100,000 shall be awarded to Pittsburgh Children's Museum, $700,000 shall be awarded to Please Touch Museum at the Children's Museum of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $50,000 shall be awarded to Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania, $50,000 shall be awarded to Bamberg County Library in Bamberg, South Carolina, $50,000 shall be awarded to Clarendon County Library in Manning, South Carolina, $500,000 shall be awarded to Marion Wright Edelman Public Library, Bennettsville, South Carolina, $600,000 shall be awarded to The Children's Discovery House, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, $150,000 shall be awarded to The International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee, $500,000 shall be awarded to El Progreso Library, Uvalde, Texas, $500,000 shall be awarded to Vietnam Archive Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, $800,000 shall be awarded to Children's Museum of Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, $325,000 shall be awarded to Virginia Living Museum, $100,000 shall be awarded to Burlington City Arts in Burlington, Vermont, $125,000 shall be awarded to Lake Champlain Science Center in Burlington, Vermont, $175,000 shall be awarded to Vermont Historical Society in Montpelier, Vermont, $100,000 shall be awarded to Beaver Creek Reserve Education Center, Fall Creek, Wisconsin, $500,000 shall be awarded to The Kenosha Civil War Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin, $75,000 shall be awarded to Village of Hawkins, Wisconsin, and $500,000 shall be awarded to Weis Earth Science Museum in Menasha, Wisconsin.

MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social Security Act, $8,250,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91-345, as amended), $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, $2,830,000.

NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL

For expenses necessary for costs associated with the termination of the National Education Goals Panel, $400,000.

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, $226,438,000: 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, directives, 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 Relations 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.

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including emergency boards appointed by the President, $10,635,000.

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), $8,964,000.

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $146,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2002 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 $146,000,000: 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, $150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2003, 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, $97,700,000, 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 $6,261,000, 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; used to provide any office space, equipment, office supplies, communications facilities or services, maintenance services, or administrative 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.

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), 217(g), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $434,400,000.

SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, $332,840,000, 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 2003, $108,000,000, 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 Security Act, $21,277,412,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 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.

In addition, $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003, for payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses for continuing disability reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law 104-121 and section 10203 of Public Law 105-33. The term `continuing disability reviews' means reviews and redeterminations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act, as amended.

For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security 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 2003, $10,790,000,000, to remain available until expended.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation expenses, not more than $7,035,000,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That not less than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 2002 not needed for fiscal year 2002 shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided 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 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, $433,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003, for continuing disability reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law 104-121 and section 10203 of Public Law 105-33. The term `continuing disability reviews' means reviews and redeterminations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act, as amended.

In addition, $100,000,000 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 2002 exceed $100,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2003 only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.

From funds previously appropriated for this purpose, any unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 2001 shall be available to continue Federal-State partnerships which will evaluate means to promote Medicare buy-in programs targeted to elderly and disabled individuals under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.

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, $19,000,000, together with not to exceed $56,000,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 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 `Limitation 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, $15,104,000.

TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations 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 support 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 designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or any State legislature.

SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $23,000 and $15,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Director 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. (a) 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) 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) If it has been finally determined 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 debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 507. 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 recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal 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 non-governmental sources.

SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.

(b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 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. 509. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section 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. 510. (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' includes 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. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established by section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).

(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when 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. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if--

(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 requirement was applicable to such entity.

SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b)) providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard.

SEC. 514. (a) Section 10 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (42 U.S.C. 11709) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking `Kamehameha School/Bishop Estate' and inserting `Papa Ola Lokahi'; and

(2) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking `Kamehameha School/Bishop Estate' and inserting `Papa Ola Lokahi'.

(b) Section 338K(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254s(a)) is amended by striking `Kamehameha School/Bishop Estate' and inserting `Papa Ola Lokahi'.

SEC. 515. (a) In this section the term `qualified magistrate judge' means any person who--

(1) retired as a magistrate judge before November 15, 1988; and

(2) on the date of filing an election under subsection (b)--

(A) is serving as a recalled magistrate judge on a full-time basis under section 636(h) of title 28, United States Code; and

(B) has completed at least 5 years of full-time recall service.

(b) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may accept the election of a qualified magistrate judge to--

(1) receive an annuity under section 377 of title 28, United States Code; and

(2) come within the purview of section 376 of such title.

(c) Full-time recall service performed by a qualified magistrate judge shall be credited for service in calculating an annuity elected under this section.

(d) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may promulgate regulations to carry out this section.

SEC. 516. Amounts made available under this Act for the administrative and related expenses for departmental management for the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education, shall be reduced on a pro rata basis by $25,000,000: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to the Food and Drug Administration and the Indian Health Service: Provided further, That not later than 15 days after the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the accounts subject to the pro rata reductions and the amount to be reduced in each account.

TITLE VI--EXTENSION OF MARK-TO-MARKET PROGRAM FOR MULTIFAMILY ASSISTED HOUSING

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE- This title may be cited as the `Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001'.

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this title is as follows:

TITLE VI--EXTENSION OF MARK-TO-MARKET PROGRAM FOR MULTIFAMILY ASSISTED HOUSING

Sec. 601. Short title and table of contents.

Sec. 602. Purposes.

Sec. 603. Effective date.

Subtitle A--Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Assistance Restructuring and Section 8 Contract Renewal

Sec. 611. Definitions.

Sec. 612. Mark-to-market program amendments.

Sec. 613. Consistency of rent levels under enhanced voucher assistance and rent restructurings.

Sec. 614. Eligible inclusions for renewal rents of partially assisted buildings.

Sec. 615. Eligibility of restructuring projects for miscellaneous housing insurance.

Sec. 616. Technical corrections.

Subtitle B--Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring

Sec. 621. Reauthorization of Office and extension of program.

Sec. 622. Appointment of Director.

Sec. 623. Vacancy in position of Director.

Sec. 624. Oversight by Federal Housing Commissioner.

Sec. 625. Limitation on subsequent employment.

Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Housing Program Amendments

Sec. 631. Extension of CDBG public services cap exception.

Sec. 632. Use of section 8 enhanced vouchers for prepayments.

Sec. 633. Prepayment and refinancing of loans for section 202 supportive housing.

Sec. 634. Technical correction.

SEC. 602. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this title are--

(1) to continue the progress of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (referred to in this section as `that Act');

(2) to ensure that properties that undergo mortgage restructurings pursuant to that Act are rehabilitated to a standard that allows the properties to meet their long-term affordability requirements;

(3) to ensure that, for properties that undergo mortgage restructurings pursuant to that Act, reserves are set at adequate levels to allow the properties to meet their long-term affordability requirements;

(4) to ensure that properties that undergo mortgage restructurings pursuant to that Act are operated efficiently, and that operating expenses are sufficient to ensure the long-term financial and physical integrity of the properties;

(5) to ensure that properties that undergo rent restructurings have adequate resources to maintain the properties in good condition;

(6) to ensure that the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring of the Department of Housing and Urban Development continues to focus on the portfolio of properties eligible for restructuring under that Act;

(7) to ensure that the Department of Housing and Urban Development carefully tracks the condition of those properties on an ongoing basis;

(8) to ensure that tenant groups, nonprofit organizations, and public entities continue to have the resources for building the capacity of tenant organizations in furtherance of the purposes of subtitle A of that Act; and

(9) to encourage the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring to continue to provide participating administrative entities, including public participating administrative entities, with the flexibility to respond to specific problems that individual cases may present, while ensuring consistent outcomes around the country.

SEC. 603. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Except as provided in sections 616(a)(2), 633(b), and 634(b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect or are deemed to have taken effect, as appropriate, on the earlier of--

(1) the date of the enactment of this title; or

(2) September 30, 2001.

Subtitle A--Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Assistance Restructuring and Section 8 Contract Renewal

SEC. 611. DEFINITIONS.

Section 512 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

`(19) OFFICE- The term `Office' means the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring established under section 571.'.

SEC. 612. MARK-TO-MARKET PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.

(a) FUNDING FOR TENANT AND NONPROFIT PARTICIPATION- Section 514(f)(3)(A) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended--

(1) by striking `Secretary may provide not more than $10,000,000 annually in funding' and inserting `Secretary shall make available not more than $10,000,000 annually in funding, which amount shall be in addition to any amounts made available under this subparagraph and carried over from previous years,'; and

(2) by striking `entities), and for tenant services,' and inserting `entities), for tenant services, and for tenant groups, nonprofit organizations, and public entities described in section 517(a)(5),'.

(b) EXCEPTION RENTS- Section 514(g)(2)(A) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking `restructured mortgages in any fiscal year' and inserting `portfolio restructuring agreements'.

(c) NOTICE TO DISPLACED TENANTS- Section 516(d) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking `Subject to' and inserting the following:

`(1) NOTICE TO CERTAIN RESIDENTS- The Office shall notify any tenant that is residing in a project or receiving assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) at the time of rejection under this section, of such rejection, except that the Office may delegate the responsibility to provide notice under this paragraph to the participating administrative entity.

`(2) ASSISTANCE AND MOVING EXPENSES- Subject to'.

(d) RESTRUCTURING PLANS FOR TRANSFERS OF PREPAYMENT PROJECTS- The Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended--

(1) in section 524(e), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

`(3) MORTGAGE RESTRUCTURING AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE SUFFICIENCY PLANS- Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the owner of the project may request, and the Secretary may consider, mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plans to facilitate sales or transfers of properties under this subtitle, subject to an approved plan of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. 1715l note) or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.), which plans shall result in a sale or transfer of those properties.'; and

(2) in the last sentence of section 512(2), by inserting `, but does include a project described in section 524(e)(3)' after `section 524(e)'.

(e) ADDITION OF SIGNIFICANT FEATURES- Section 517 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended--

(1) by striking subsection (c) (except that the striking of such subsection may not be construed to have any effect on the provisions of law amended by such subsection, as such subsection was in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act);

(2) in subsection (b)--

(A) in paragraph (7), by striking `(7)' and inserting `(1)'; and

(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

`(2) ADDITION OF SIGNIFICANT FEATURES-

`(A) AUTHORITY- An approved mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan may require the improvement of the project by the addition of significant features that are not necessary for rehabilitation to the standard provided under paragraph (1), such as air conditioning, an elevator, and additional community space. The Secretary shall establish guidelines regarding the inclusion of requirements regarding such additional significant features under such plans.

`(B) FUNDING- Significant features added pursuant to an approved mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan may be paid from the funding sources specified in the first sentence of paragraph (1)(A).

`(C) LIMITATION ON OWNER CONTRIBUTION- An owner of a project may not be required to contribute from non-project resources, toward the cost of any additional significant features required pursuant to this paragraph, more than 25 percent of the amount of any assistance received for the inclusion of such features.

`(D) APPLICABILITY- This paragraph shall apply to all eligible multifamily housing projects, except projects for which the Secretary and the project owner executed a mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan on or before the date of the enactment of the Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001.'; and

(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) of subsection (b) the following:

`(c) REHABILITATION NEEDS AND ADDITION OF SIGNIFICANT FEATURES- '.

(f) LOOK-BACK PROJECTS- Section 512(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by adding after the period at the end of the last sentence the following: `Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary may treat a project as an eligible multifamily housing project for purposes of this title if (I) the project is assisted pursuant to a contract for project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 renewed under section 524 of this Act, (II) the owner consents to such treatment, and (III) the project met the requirements of the first sentence of this paragraph for eligibility as an eligible multifamily housing project before the initial renewal of the contract under section 524.'.

(g) SECOND MORTGAGES- Section 517(a) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking `no more than the' and inserting the following: `not more than the greater of--

`(i) the full or partial payment of claim made under this subtitle; or

`(ii) the'; and

(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting `of the second mortgage, assign the second mortgage to the acquiring organization or agency,' after `terms'.

(h) EXEMPTIONS FROM RESTRUCTURING- Section 514(h)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: `, or refinanced pursuant to section 811 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note)'.

SEC. 613. CONSISTENCY OF RENT LEVELS UNDER ENHANCED VOUCHER ASSISTANCE AND RENT RESTRUCTURINGS.

Subtitle A of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

`SEC. 525. CONSISTENCY OF RENT LEVELS UNDER ENHANCED VOUCHER ASSISTANCE AND RENT RESTRUCTURINGS.

`(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall examine the standards and procedures for determining and establishing the rent standards described under subsection (b). Pursuant to such examination, the Secretary shall establish procedures and guidelines that are designed to ensure that the amounts determined by the various rent standards for the same dwelling units are reasonably consistent and reflect rents for comparable unassisted units in the same area as such dwelling units.

`(b) RENT STANDARDS- The rent standards described in this subsection are as follows:

`(1) ENHANCED VOUCHERS- The payment standard for enhanced voucher assistance under section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).

`(2) MARK-TO-MARKET- The rents derived from comparable properties, for purposes of section 514(g) of this Act.

`(3) CONTRACT RENEWAL- The comparable market rents for the market area, for purposes of section 524(a)(4) of this Act.'.

SEC. 614. ELIGIBLE INCLUSIONS FOR RENEWAL RENTS OF PARTIALLY ASSISTED BUILDINGS.

Section 524(a)(4)(C) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by adding after the period at the end the following: `Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall include in such budget-based cost increases costs relating to the project as a whole (including costs incurred with respect to units not covered by the contract for assistance), but only (I) if inclusion of such costs is requested by the owner or purchaser of the project, (II) if inclusion of such costs will permit capital repairs to the project or acquisition of the project by a nonprofit organization, and (III) to the extent that inclusion of such costs (or a portion thereof) complies with the requirement under clause (ii).'.

SEC. 615. ELIGIBILITY OF RESTRUCTURING PROJECTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS HOUSING INSURANCE.

Section 223(a)(7) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715n(a)(7)) is amended--

(1) by striking `under this Act: Provided, That the principal' and inserting the following: `under this Act, or an existing mortgage held by the Secretary that is subject to a mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan pursuant to the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), provided that--

`(A) the principal';

(2) by striking `except that (A)' and inserting `except that (i)';

(3) by striking `(B)' and inserting `(ii)';

(4) by striking `(C)' and inserting `(iii)';

(5) by striking `(D)' and inserting `(iv)';

(6) by striking `: Provided further, That a mortgage' and inserting the following `; and

`(B) a mortgage';

(7) by striking `or' at the end; and

(8) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

`(C) a mortgage that is subject to a mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan pursuant to the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) and is refinanced under this paragraph may have a term of not more than 30 years; or'.

SEC. 616. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

(a) EXEMPTIONS FROM RESTRUCTURING-

(1) IN GENERAL- Section 514(h) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended to read as if the amendment made by section 531(c) of Public Law 106-74 (113 Stat. 1116) were made to `Section 514(h)(1)' instead of `Section 514(h)'.

(2) RETROACTIVE EFFECT- The amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection is deemed to have taken effect on the date of the enactment of Public Law 106-74 (113 Stat. 1109).

(b) OTHER- The Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended--

(1) in section 511(a)(12), by striking `this Act' and inserting `this title';

(2) in section 513, by striking `this Act' each place such term appears in subsections (a)(2)(I) and (b)(3) and inserting `this title';

(3) in section 514(f)(3)(B), by inserting `Housing' after `Multifamily';

(4) in section 515(c)(1)(B), by inserting `or' after the semicolon;

(5) in section 517(b)--

(A) in each of paragraphs (1) through (6), by capitalizing the first letter of the first word that follows the paragraph heading;

(B) in each of paragraphs (1) through (5), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and

(C) in paragraph (6), by striking `; and' at the end and inserting a period;

(6) in section 520(b), by striking `Banking and'; and

(7) in section 573(d)(2), by striking `Banking and'.

Subtitle B--Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring

SEC. 621. REAUTHORIZATION OF OFFICE AND EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.

Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended--

(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection:

`(a) REPEALS-

`(1) MARK-TO-MARKET PROGRAM- Subtitle A (except for section 524) is repealed effective October 1, 2006.

`(2) OMHAR- Subtitle D (except for this section) is repealed effective October 1, 2004.';

(2) in subsection (b), by striking `October 1, 2001' and inserting `October 1, 2006';

(3) in subsection (c), by striking `upon September 30, 2001' and inserting `at the end of September 30, 2004'; and

(4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following new subsection:

`(d) TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY- Effective upon the repeal of subtitle D under subsection (a)(2) of this section, all authority and responsibilities to administer the program under subtitle A are transferred to the Secretary.'.

SEC. 622. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 572 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection:

`(a) APPOINTMENT- The Office shall be under the management of a Director, who shall be appointed by the President from among individuals who are citizens of the United States and have a demonstrated understanding of financing and mortgage restructuring for affordable multifamily housing.'.

(b) APPLICABILITY- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to the first Director of the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring of the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed after the date of the enactment of this Act, and any such Director appointed thereafter.

SEC. 623. VACANCY IN POSITION OF DIRECTOR.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 572 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsection:

`(b) VACANCY- A vacancy in the position of Director shall be filled by appointment in the manner provided under subsection (a). The President shall make such an appointment not later than 60 days after such position first becomes vacant.'.

(b) APPLICABILITY- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any vacancy in the position of Director of the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring of the Department of Housing and Urban Development which occurs or exists after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 624. OVERSIGHT BY FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 578 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended to read as follows:

`SEC. 578. OVERSIGHT BY FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER.

`All authority and responsibilities assigned under this subtitle to the Secretary shall be carried out through the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development who is the Federal Housing Commissioner.'.

(b) REPORT- The second sentence of section 573(b) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking `Secretary' and inserting `Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development who is the Federal Housing Commissioner'.

SEC. 625. LIMITATION ON SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT.

Section 576 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking `2-year period' and inserting `1-year period'.

Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Housing Program Amendments

SEC. 631. EXTENSION OF CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CAP EXCEPTION.

Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is amended by striking `through 2001' and inserting `through 2003'.

SEC. 632. USE OF SECTION 8 ENHANCED VOUCHERS FOR PREPAYMENTS.

Section 8(t)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)(2)) is amended by inserting after `insurance contract for the mortgage for such housing project' the following: `(including any such mortgage prepayment during fiscal year 1996 or a fiscal year thereafter or any insurance contract voluntary termination during fiscal year 1996 or a fiscal year thereafter)'.

SEC. 633. PREPAYMENT AND REFINANCING OF LOANS FOR SECTION 202 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 811 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note) is amended by striking subsection (e).

(b) EFFECTIVENESS UPON DATE OF ENACTMENT- The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall take effect upon the date of the enactment of this Act and the provisions of section 811 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, shall apply as so amended upon such date of enactment, notwithstanding--

(1) any authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue regulations to implement or carry out the amendments made by subsection (a) of this section or the provisions of section 811 of the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note); or

(2) any failure of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue any such regulations authorized.

SEC. 634. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 101(a) of Public Law 100-77 (42 U.S.C. 11301 note) is amended to read as if the amendment made by section 1 of Public Law 106-400 (114 Stat. 1675) were made to `Section 101' instead of `Section 1'.

(b) RETROACTIVE EFFECT- The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section is deemed to have taken effect immediately after the enactment of Public Law 106-400 (114 Stat. 1675).

TITLE VII--MENTAL HEALTH PARITY

SEC. 701. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS

(a) ERISA- Section 712(f) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185a(f)) is amended by striking `September 30, 2001' and inserting `December 31, 2002'.

(b) PHSA- Section 2705(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-5(f)) is amended by striking `September 30, 2001' and inserting `December 31, 2002'.

(c) Internal Revenue Code of 1986- Section 9812(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking `September 30, 2001' and inserting `December 31, 2002'.

SEC. 702. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT.

Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217, the provisions of this title that would have been estimated by the Office of Management and Budget as changing direct spending or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 were it included in an Act other than an appropriations Act shall be treated as direct spending or receipts legislation, as appropriate, under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees, as appropriate, under the Congressional Budget Act.

This Act may be cited as the `Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002'.

And the Senate agree to the same.
Ralph Regula,
C.W. Bill Young,
Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
Dan Miller,
Roger F. Wicker,
Anne M. Northup,
Randy `Duke' Cunningham,
Kay Granger,
John E. Peterson,
Don Sherwood,
David Obey,
Steny Hoyer,
Nancy Pelosi,
Nita M. Lowey,
Rosa DeLauro,
Jesse Jackson, Jr.,
Patrick J. Kennedy,

Managers on the Part of the House.
Tom Harkin,
Ernest Hollings,
Daniel Inouye,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Patty Murray,
Mary Landrieu,
Robert C. Byrd,
Arlen Specter,
Thad Cochran,
Judd Gregg,
Larry E. Craig,
Ted Stevens,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Mike DeWine,

Managers on the Part of the Senate.

JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

The managers on the part of the House and Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3061) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, submit the following joint statement of the House and Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report.

In implementing this agreement, the Departments and agencies should comply with the language and instructions set forth in House Report 107-229 and Senate Report 107-84.

In the case where the language and instructions in either report specifically address the allocation of funds, the Departments and agencies are to follow the funding levels specified in the Congressional budget justifications accompanying the fiscal year 2002 budget or the underlying authorizing statute and should give full consideration to all items, including items allocating specific funding included in the House and Senate reports. With respect to the provisions in the House and Senate reports that specifically allocate funds, each has been reviewed and those that are jointly concurred in have been included in this joint statement.

The conferees specifically endorse the provisions of the House Report 105-205 directing `. . . the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and the Social Security Administration and the Railroad Retirement Board to submit operating plans with respect to discretionary appropriations to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. These plans, which are to be submitted within 30 days of the final passage of the bill, must be signed by the respective Departmental Secretaries, the Social Security Commissioner and the Chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board.'

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 incorporates the following agreements of the managers:

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

The conference agreement includes $5,630,282,000 for training and employment services instead of $5,583,147,000 as proposed by the House and $5,533,281,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the amount appropriated, $2,463,000,000 is an advance appropriation for fiscal year 2003, as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $1,127,965,000 for Youth Training, which is the Senate level. Funding for the Youth Opportunity Grants, $225,100,000, provided within the total for this activity in the House bill, is provided separately in the conference agreement as proposed by the Senate. These grants are aimed at increasing the long-term employment of youth who live in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and other high-poverty areas.

The conference agreement includes $1,549,000,000 for the Dislocated Worker program, which is the same as the Senate level. The conferees intend that 80 percent of the funds provided will be used for State formula grants and 20 percent for National Emergency Grants as authorized under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and provided in the House bill.

The conferees have been informed that the Department plans to cut dislocated worker funding in program year 2001 for community-based organizations and, therefore, strongly urge the Administration to continue, at least at current services levels, job training activities for these organizations.

The conference agreement includes $57,000,000 for Native Americans instead of $55,000,000 as proposed by the House and $57,800,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $80,770,000 for activities authorized under Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act, reflected in two separate line items on the table accompanying the conference agreement: `Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers' and `National Activities/Other'. Under the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers line item, the conference agreement provides $79,751,000. The agreement includes bill language directing that $4,786,000 of this amount be used for migrant and seasonal farmworker housing grants. The conferees agree that the remaining amount should be used for State service area grants, including funding grantees in those States impacted by formula changes at their comparable 1998 levels. Within the National Activities/Other line item, the conference agreement includes $1,019,000 to be used for Section 167 training, technical assistance and related activities, including funds for migrant rest center activities. The agreement anticipates that the Department will continue valuable technical assistance services provided by the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs.

The conference agreement includes $1,459,200,000 for Job Corps. Within the total, $1,328,825,000 is provided for continuing operations of the program and $130,375,000 is for renovation and construction of Job Corps centers. The additional $10,000,000 above the request in construction and renovation is for the first year costs for a minimum of two new Job Corps centers. The Secretary is urged to initiate the process of selecting and designing these new centers in the 2002 fiscal year and to include additional required funding in subsequent budget requests, beginning with fiscal year 2003.

The conference agreement includes a citation to the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not cite this Act.

The conference agreement provides that funds for the National Skill Standards Board shall become available October 1, 2001 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not contain this provision.

The conferees urge the Secretary to target funds to fill vacancies in caring for our nation's elderly and disabled with those workers recently unemployed. Training for long-term care workers should be a high priority for the use of Workforce Investment Act funds both at the federal level and in the States.

The conferees urge the Department of Labor, in cooperation with the Health Resources and Services Administration, to assess the shortage of frontline caregivers in long-term care settings (certified nurse aids, licensed practical nurses) and make comprehensive recommendations to address the increasing demand of an aging baby-boomer generation, and report findings and recommendations to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by June 2002.

With respect to the projects listed below for pilots and demonstrations, the conferees encourage the Department to ensure that these projects are coordinated with local Workforce Investment Boards. The conferees also encourage the Department to ensure that project performance is adequately documented and evaluated. The conference agreement includes the following amounts for the following projects and activities:

Bristol Bay Native Association vocational job training program	$500,000
Recruitment and retention of Alaska Natives in nursing at University of Alaska in Anchorage	500,000
Center for Textile Training and Apparel Technology at Central Alabama Community College	750,000
Arkansas Enterprise Group's Good Faith Fund to focus on employment training and career path development for low-income residents of the Delta Region in Arkansas	150,000
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences BioVentures Incubator for equipment needed for wetlabs used in training	200,000
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, to develop technology training programs	250,000
City of Compton to support the Compton Youth Succeed Initiative	250,000
Greater Sacramento Urban League, Sacramento, CA, for job training activities	270,000
Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA, for the Brentwood Outreach Center to develop model program to serve low-income minorities	440,000
Pride Industries, Roseville, CA, to create long-term jobs for persons with disabilities and other barriers to employment	1,000,000
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency for the Sacramento Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Job Training Program	800,000
Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, CO, for Project Connect Technical Training Program	100,000
Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT, to develop skills sets for the manufacturing sector	500,000
Hispanic Center of Greater Danbury, Danbury, CT, to provide career services to minority populations	$150,000
National Student Partnerships continuation project for expansion to 10 new sites	550,000
Waterbury Adult Education Technical Center to provide occupational training to workers at small firms.	400,000
Jobs for America's Grads (JAG) program $1,000,000	1,000,000
Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, Tallahassee, FL, for a pilot program to recruit and train health care workers	2,000,000
American Indian Science and Engineering Society for the Rural Computer Utilization Training Program	500,000
Bishops Museum	800,000
High Tech Training--Maui, HI	500,000
Maui Economic Development Board for the Rural Computer Utilization Training Program	1,000,000
Remote Rural Hawaii Job Training Project	5,000,000
Samoan/Asian Pacific Job Training--Hawaii	3,500,000
Training & Education Opportunities at the University of Hawaii at Maui	5,000,000
Iowa Policy Project for a study on temporary and contingent workers	500,000
The Joblinks program	1,000,000
University of Northern Iowa's Program for Integrating Immigrants and Refugees into the Workforce	250,000
Harvey Community Center, Harvey, IL, for a demonstration project to provide job training for low income individuals/families	200,000
Lakeside Community Committee, Chicago, IL, for a job training program targeting the hard core unemployed	440,000
Opportunity, Inc. in Highland Park, IL to implement a model job training program to integrate workers with disabilities into a manufacturing workplace	125,000
Policy Research Action Group in Chicago to train inner-city residents for careers in the automotive industry	125,000
Safer Foundation, Chicago, IL to continue the Workplace Acclimation Program for Ex-Offenders	400,000
Labor Institute for Training, Indianapolis, IN, to expand and improve services to newly dislocated and incumbent workers	152,000
Career Resources, Inc., Louisville, KY, to establish a workforce computer training program	100,000
Career Vision Inc., Louisville, KY, to establish a distance learning pilot program for computer-based employment skills for youths and adults with disabilities	100,000
Center for Women and Families, Louisville, KY, to expand technology training and professional education for women affected by domestic violence	700,000
Clifty Heights Community Development Organization, Inc, Science Hill, KY, for program development, operation and equipment	200,000
Custom Quality Services, Louisville, KY, for training for their disabled employees	30,000
New Vision Enterprises, Louisville, KY, for an employment program for people with disabilities	100,000
University of Louisville Center for Supply Chain Workforce Development	800,000
Louisiana National Guard for the Louisiana Job Challenge Program to fund a trade/skill training program for at-risk teenagers	200,000
Military Educational Training Enhancement Fund, Carville, LA, for a job challenge program for at risk youth	500,000
Kennebec Valley Technical College to develop a Precision Machining Technology Program to address the critical workforce shortage in Maine's metal products industry	400,000
United Technologies Center to develop a Photonics Training Pilot Project, to regional technical high school students in the field of photonics	400,000
Focus: HOPE in Detroit, MI to provide training programs to women and minorities through their Information Tech Center	500,000
Michigan Technology Commercialization, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, for planning activities	350,000
Mott Community College, Flint, MI to develop simulation curriculum in virtual machining	1,000,000
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans to support their workforce readiness program for homeless veterans	500,000
Northeast Higher Education District (NHED) in Minnesota to design a Rural Telework Center which will provide workforce programs and employment opportunities in IT jobs	1,000,000
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, for economic and workforce development	900,000
Alcorn Biotechnology Center, Lorman, MS for entrepreneurial training	150,000
Mississippi Delta Community College Business Services Center	300,000
Mississippi State Board for Community and Junior Colleges for an automotive workforce training program in Madison County, MS	5,000,000
Mississippi State University Nursery Assistance	800,000
Mississippi State University, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State, MS, for automotive engineering training	200,000
Mississippi Valley Biometric Technology, Itta Bena, MS	150,000
Minot State University, Minot, ND, for the Minot Job Corps Fellowship Training Program	385,000
Traill County Technology Center at Mayville State University to retain graduates in business in Traill County, ND	175,000
New Hampshire Motor Transport Association to recruit, train, and retrain truck drivers in Concord, NH	375,000
Youth Opportunities in Retailing, Inc., to work in cooperation with schools and community organizations to teach sales and service skills to develop a future workforce	200,000
City of Las Vegas for worker initiatives in response to post-terrorist attack layoffs	1,750,000
NevadaWorks to create a job skills training program to help residents meet the employment needs of new businesses in the area	250,000
Reno/Sparks Chamber of Commerce--Workforce Learning Academy Summit	150,000
Audrey Cohen College, New York City, for Welfare to Careers Program	475,000
Healthcare Association of New York State to develop the Center for Health Care Workforce Innovations	150,000
Westchester-Putnam Counties Consortium for Worker Education and Training, Inc., Yonkers, NY, for outreach and training for construction workers	500,000
Eastern Ohio Training Center, Cambridge, OH, for instructional software, training materials, computer hardware and accessories	300,000
Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network to expand metalworking training programs	500,000
State Board of Career and Technology Education, Stillwater, OK, to develop and update training modules	300,000
Altoona Blair County Development Corporation Workforce Initiative	200,000
College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development to expand training programs in Philadelphia	300,000
Community Empowerment Association, Inc. for community re-entry of offenders job training in Allegheny County	100,000
Community Loan Fund of Southwestern Pennsylvania to expand its `Family-Wage Job Initiative'	200,000
Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland, PA, to establish a training network consortium	250,000
Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board for the implementation of a training and curriculum program	100,000
National Student Partnerships for the opening of drop-in centers at Temple University, establishing staffed centers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh, and 18 current sites	150,000
Northwest Pennsylvania Industrial Resources Center, Inc., Erie, PA, for development and distribution of Foundation Skills Curriculum for Wood/Forest Industry	100,000
Nueva Esperanza for the administration of the Nueva Esparanza Telework Center in Philadelphia.	200,000
Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation to provide support services in the community for workers seeking technology training in Philadelphia.	100,000
Olde Kensington Redevelopment Corporation in Philadelphia for the establishment of the North Philadelphia Senior Development Project--to maximize seniors' self-sufficiency and independent community residence through technology training.	100,000
Pennsylvania Association of Individuals with Disabilities to develop programs to help disabled individuals to move into the workforce	500,000
Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board to train workforce in technology occupations in Alleghany County	200,000
UMWA Career Centers, Inc. to provide training and placement services to dislocated coalminers	2,000,000
University Technology Park/Westchester University to establish a Computer and Internet Training Center	200,000
Venango Economic Development Corporation, Oil City, PA, to quantify the need for technology training in rural areas	200,000
Intertribal Bison Cooperative in Rapid City, SD to provide employment training	300,000
Midland College, Midland, TX, for training and safety programs for students desiring to work in the oil and gas industry	1,600,000
Permian Basin Energy Education Project, Midland Community College and Odessa College	250,000
Project Quest for innovations to improve program performance in the delivery of training to the unemployed and the underemployed	440,000
Alexandria /Arlington Workforce Investment Board to increase employment of the disabled	300,000
Chantilly Mews Preservation Program, Springfield, VA, to purchase educational equipment and software	100,000
Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, Martinsville, VA, for Workforce Learning Academies	50,000
SERVE, Inc., Manassas, VA, for job training and employment services	400,000
Southwest Virginia Community College for Work Keys	70,000
Champlain College in Burlington, VT, for the Vermont Telecommunications Application Center (VTAC) to understand, plan and leverage the opportunities of advanced technology	250,000
Cyberskills Vermont Workforce Development Initiative in Burlington, VT, to provide community-based job training programs for low and medium income residents	200,000
Lake Champlain Life-Long Learning Fund in Burlington, VT, to plan development of a fully integrated academic and technical curriculum for secondary and adult technical education	50,000
Vermont Department of Employment and Training in Montpelier to develop a Registered Apprenticeship Program designed to provide opportunities to a wider range of individuals who are not bound for college but require instruction in new occupational areas	200,000
Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center to work in collaboration with the Vermont State College System to develop a Vermont Workforce and Training Initiative which will be a regional system for technological and skills development	300,000
Seattle King County Workforce Development Council, Seattle, WA, for the purpose of retraining displaced Boeing employees	800,000
Green Bay Area Workforce Development Board in Green Bay, WI, to create a public-private partnership providing training for specific employer needs in the area	1,200,000
The Superior-Douglas County Senior Computer Training in Superior, WI, to expand a computer lab used to train the senior workforce for new technologies	32,000
University of Wisconsin-Extension Service for the Northern Economic Development Initiative for baseline analysis, strategic planning and workforce training in northern Wisconsin	175,000
Workforce Development Board of South Central WI, located in Madison, WI, to create an industry partnership that develops workers for targeted applications	1,140,000
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation to expand IT training and establish a pilot curriculum	700,000

COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS

The conference agreement appropriates $445,100,000 for Community Service Employment for Older Americans, instead of $440,200,000 as proposed by the House and $450,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

The conference agreement provides $415,650,000 for Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances as proposed by the House and the Senate. The conferees did not provide these funds contingent upon enactment of authorizing legislation as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not include this provision.

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS

The conference agreement provides $3,401,338,000 for State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations instead of $3,400,338,000 as proposed by the House and $3,430,338,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees include $50,680,000 instead of the $49,680,000 proposed by the House and $51,680,000 proposed by the Senate for employment service national activities.

The conferees include $120,000,000 for One-Stop/America's Labor Market Information system as proposed by the House, instead of $148,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees include a provision directing that funds recovered in the settlement of litigation between the State of Mississippi and a contractor relating to the acquisition of an automated system for benefit payments be transferred from the Treasury to the State of Mississippi.

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

The conference agreement appropriates $161,863,000 for Program Administration, the same as the House level. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees.

The conferees also include funding, as listed in the Senate report, for management and oversight of pilot and demonstration projects.

PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement appropriates $109,866,000 for the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, salaries and expenses, as proposed by the House instead of $112,418,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total, $85,525,000 is provided for enforcement and compliance, $20,205,000 is provided for policy, regulation, and public service, and $4,136,000 is included for program oversight.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement appropriates $371,201,000 for the Employment Standards Administration, salaries and expenses, instead of the $369,631,000 as proposed by the House and $377,145,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total, $156,092,000 is provided for enforcement of wage and hour standards, $30,632,000 is provided for the office of labor-management standards, $77,914,000 for federal contractor EEO standards enforcement, $91,356,000 for federal programs for worker compensation, and $13,226,000 for program direction and support.

The Senate conferees do not concur with the House report language regarding Davis-Bacon wage determination process reforms. The conferees request the Department of Labor to submit a report not later than June 30, 2002, outlining specific changes, which are proposed to modernize the Davis-Bacon wage determination process under the reengineering approach.

ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

The conference agreement includes $136,000,000 for the administrative expenses related to the processing of claims for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, the same as both the House and Senate.

The conferees are aware that a significant number of possible beneficiaries reside in West Texas near the Pantex facility. The conferees encourage the Secretary to establish a full-time resource center in West Texas in order to provide sufficient services to those who may qualify for benefits under the law.

BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

The conference agreement includes a definite annual appropriation of $1,035,759,000 for black lung benefit payments and interest payments on advances made to the Trust Fund as proposed by the House instead of an indefinite permanent appropriation as proposed by the Senate.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $443,651,000 for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration instead of $435,307,000 as proposed by the House and $450,262,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees.

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $254,768,000 for the Mine Safety and Health Administration instead of $251,725,000 as proposed by the House and $256,093,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees.

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $476,554,000 for the Bureau of Labor Statistics rather than $477,108,000 as provided by the House and $476,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees.

OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $38,158,000 for the Office of Disability Employment Policy instead of $33,053,000 as proposed by the House and $43,263,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total, $2,640,000 is specifically for the President's Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, the same as in the House bill.

The conference agreement includes $1,000,000, as provided by the Senate, for three pilot programs for Federal employment for individuals with significant disabilities from home-based workstations. The conferees intend that Federal agencies include in these pilots all appropriate positions, whether the work is performed in-house, contracted, or outsourced in the types of jobs which can be performed from home, such as customer service/call contact centers, and claims, loan or financial transaction processing operations.

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $379,088,000 for Departmental Management, salaries and expenses, instead of $383,878,000 as proposed by the House and $361,834,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees.

Within the total provided for this account, the conference agreement appropriates $50,000,000 for the Department-wide information technology crosscut.

The conference agreement includes $148,282,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), instead of $147,982,000 as provided in both the House and Senate bills. The conference agreement also includes language authorizing the expenditure of funds for bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other international labor activities, and general grant authority for the agency. Within the total provided, $82,000,000 is to assist developing countries with the elimination of child labor. Of this amount, $45,000,000 is for the International Labor Organization's International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labor. In addition, $37,000,000 is provided for bilateral assistance, made available through September 30, 2003, to improve access to basic education in international areas with a high rate of abusive and exploitative child labor. The conference agreement further includes $20,000,000 for multilateral technical assistance and $17,000,000 for bilateral technical assistance. These funds help developing countries implement core labor standards, strengthen the capacities of Ministries of Labor to enforce national labor laws, and protect internationally-recognized worker rights. The conference agreement further includes $5,000,000 for ILAB to build its own permanent capacity to monitor and report regularly and in-depth to the Congress on the extent to which foreign countries with trade and investment agreements with the United States respect internationally-recognized worker rights and effectively promote core labor standards. The conference agreement also includes $10,000,000 for global workplace-based HIV-AIDS education and prevention programs. The conferees agree that the Secretary may transfer up to 5 percent of ILAB funding, exempting child labor protection and monitoring amounts, for other unspecified ILAB activities. The conferees also agree that no funds shall be transferred from amounts included for child labor protection and monitoring activities.

The conferees also include funding for the following activity:

--$300,000 to the University of Iowa for work on child labor.

Within the total amount provided for ILAB, the conferees expect the Department to work with the U.S. Department of State to post additional labor attaches overseas. The conferees expect the Department to submit a plan detailing the countries with which the U.S. has bilateral or regional trade and investment agreements and to which it would propose to send labor attaches, as well as the entire cost attendant to such overseas assignments. The conferees also strongly encourage the Secretary to continue the Labor Exchange Program with the State Department through which employees throughout the Labor Department have the opportunity to serve as labor attaches abroad in countries that ILAB and State determine to have significant problems with respect to child labor and other core labor standards. The conferees expect the Department to submit a draft of the plan, developed in collaboration with the Department of State, to the Committees on Appropriations no later than March 31, 2002.

The conferees urge ILAB to submit a report by September 1, 2002 to the Committees on Appropriations on the nature and scope of technical assistance funds already appropriated in prior fiscal years. Similar language was included in the Senate report. In addition, the conferees urge ILAB to report by June 30, 2002 on the study that was undertaken by the Department with regard to regular reporting of working conditions in the production of apparel imported into the U.S. The Senate report contained similar language.

The conferees note that the Department had a significant lapse in full-time equivalent usage at the end of fiscal year 2001, particularly in the worker protection programs. The conferees recognize that this was partly due to the transition from the previous Administration to the current one, as well as to some uncertainty regarding the final 2001 budget level. It is the conferees' intention that the Department should make every effort to ensure that the programs are appropriately staffed to perform their mandated responsibilities and meet performance goals. The conferees are pleased to note, from the data most recently available, that the Department has been able to achieve wholly, in part, or exceed over 90 percent of its performance objectives. The conference agreement directs the Department to prepare a report detailing its hiring plans for fiscal year 2002 and to submit the report no later than January 15, 2002.

The conferees are aware of the important work the Department is doing to encourage small businesses to develop alcohol and drug-free workplace programs. Therefore, the conferees recommend continuation of the Working Partners Program within the Department's Office of Policy.

VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

The conferees appropriate $212,703,000 for veterans employment and training, instead of the $211,703,000 as proposed by the House and $213,703,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the funds provided, $18,250,000 is included for the homeless veterans program and $7,550,000 is included for the veterans workforce investment programs.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

DISLOCATED WORKER ASSISTANCE TO AIRPORT CAREER CENTERS

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding appropriations to enable airport career centers in New York and New Jersey to provide dislocated worker employment and training assistance to workers in the airline and related industries who have been dislocated as a result of the September 11, 2001 attack. The House bill contains no similar provision.

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATIVE SERVICES

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding assistance to individuals with disabilities from New York and New Jersey who require vocational rehabilitative services as a result of September 11. The House bill contains no similar provision.

TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

The conference agreement includes $6,081,237,000 for health resources and services instead of $5,691,480,000 as proposed by the House and $5,501,343,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes bill language identifying $311,978,000 for the construction and renovation of health care and other facilities instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision. These funds are to be used for the following projects: Prince George's Hospital Center, Cheverly, Maryland; Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., Washington, D.C.; ARCH (Adolescent Residential Center for Help) Facility, Anchorage, Alaska; Southcentral Foundation's Pathways Home Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, Anchorage, Alaska; Baptist Health Foundation, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama; Pickens County Medical Center, Carrollton, Alabama; Thomas Hospital, Fairhope, Alabama; University of South Alabama Gulf Coast Cancer Center and Research Institute; University of Alabama School of Medicine, Huntsville Primary Care Center; Cooper Green Hospital in Alabama; Hospice of West Alabama; University of Alabama, Birmingham, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Institute; Arkansas Children's Hospital; Children's Health Fund in Arkansas; Advance Care Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas; College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Community Healthcare of Douglas, Douglas, Arizona; Copper Queen Community Hospital, Bisbee, Arizona; Sierra Vista Health Center, Sierra Vista, Arizona; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; Cochise County Department of Health, Arizona; Pima County Department of Health, Arizona; Santa Cruz County Department of Health, Arizona; Yuma County Department of Health, Arizona; Maricopa Integrated Health System, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona; University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann Institute and Biomedical Engineering Center; California School of Professional Psychology, Center for Innovation in Behavioral Health, San Diego; Children's Regional Emergency Care Center at Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, California; Sharp Coronado Hospital, Coronado, California; Placer County Children's Emergency Shelter, Auburn, California; Psychiatric Emergency Services Center, San Mateo County, California Health Center; Hartnell College, Regional Health Occupations Resource Center, Salinas, California; The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles; University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine; Paradise Valley Hospital, Complementary Medicine Center, National City, California; Grossmont College, El Cajon, California; Riverside-San Bernardino South Clinic, Temecula, California; La Clinica de la Raza, Oakland, California; Loma Linda University Medical Center, Trauma/Emergency Medical Services Center, Loma Linda, California; Los Angeles Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California; Touro University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Mare Island, California; San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, San Francisco, California; Community Medical Centers, Fresno, California; AltaMed Health Services Corporation, Los Angeles, California; Pediatric and Family Medical Center, Los Angeles, California; East Los Angeles Health Task Force, Los Angeles, California; Alliance Medical Center, Healdsburg, California; Center Point, Inc., San Rafael, California; Colorado State University Bioenvironmental Hazards Level-3 Facility; University of Northern Colorado Low-Incidence Disabilities Center; The Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center at Denver Health; National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado; Boys Village Youth and Family Services, Milford, Connecticut; John D. Thompson Hospice Institute for Education, Training and Research, Branford, Connecticut; Southern Connecticut State University, School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut; Jefferson Senior Citizens Center, Monticello, Florida; Northwest Florida Community Hospital; Camillus House, Inc., Miami, Florida; Ambulatory Care Center at Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida; Economic Opportunity Family Health Center, Miami, Florida; Florida Association of Community Health Centers; University of Florida College of Dentistry; University of Miami School of Medicine, Batchelor Children's Health Center; Columbia County Senior Services, Lake City Florida; Enrichment Center, Brooksville, Florida; Bridges of America, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida; Community Health Centers of Pinellas, Inc., Johnnie Ruth Clark Health Center, St. Petersburg, Florida; University of South Florida Health Sciences Center and College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida; Paul D. Coverdell Building at the Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia; Marcus Institute, Atlanta, Georgia; West End Medical Centers, Atlanta, Georgia; J.P. Carr Human Services Complex in Rockdale County, Georgia; Oakhurst Medical Centers, Decatur and Stone Mountain, Georgia; Maui Community Health Center; Molokai General Hospital; Community Health Care Inc., Davenport, Iowa; Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center; Grandview Health Center, Des Moines, Iowa; Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa; Neumann College, Aston, Pennsylvania; Palmer Chiropractic College, Davenport, Iowa; Peoples Community Health Clinic, Waterloo, Iowa; Primary Health Care Inc., Des Moines, Iowa; River Hills Community Health Center, Ottumwa, Iowa; Siouxland Community Health Center, Sioux City, Iowa; South East Iowa Community Health Centers, Burlington, Iowa; University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Children's Memorial Hospital, Children's Memorial Institute for Education and Research, Chicago, Illinois; Loretto Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Prentice Women's Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Edward Health Services Women's & Children's Pavilion, Naperville, Illinois; La Rabida Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Community Health Care, Inc., Rock Island, Illinois; Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, Illinois; Access Community Health Center, Chicago, Illinois; Marklund Children's Home, West Chicago, Illinois; Rush-Copley Medical Center, Aurora, Illinois; Valley West Community Hospital, Sandwich, Illinois; Marklund Children's Home, Bloomingdale, Illinois; Chicago Family Health Center, Chicago, Illinois; The Clinic in Altgeld, Chicago, Illinois; Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, Illinois; Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center, Waukegan, Illinois; Edward Hospital, Naperville, Illinois; Northwestern University Center for Genomics and Molecular Medicine, Evanston, Illinois; Women's Health Center at Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Illinois; Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois; Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee, Illinois; Union Hospital, Midwest Center for Rural Health, Terre Haute, Indiana; Indiana University Midwest Proton Radiation Institute, Bloomingdale, Indiana; Indiana Genomics Initiative, Indiana University School of Medicine; Bethany Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas; Kansas University Imaging Facilities; Harrison Memorial Hospital Dialysis Center, Cynthiana, Kentucky; Jane Todd Crawford Hospital, Greensburg, Kentucky; St. Catharine's College, St. Catharine, Kentucky; University of Louisville Cardiac Assist Device Center; James Taylor Memorial Nursing Home, Louisville, Kentucky; Park DuValle Community Health Center, Louisville, Kentucky; Kentucky Communities Economic Opportunity Council, Inc., Appalachian Regional Wellness Center, Barbourville, Kentucky; Martin County Community Center, Inc., Health and Wellness Resource Center, Inez, Kentucky; University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky; Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Lake Charles, Louisiana; Allied Health Sciences Building at the University of Louisiana, Monroe; East Jefferson Community Health Center, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; Innis, Louisiana Community Health Center; Louisiana Memorial Hospital, Lake Charles, Louisiana; Louisiana State University Pennington Biomedical Center; Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, Louisiana; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana; Manet Community Health Center, Massachusetts; Jaharis Family Center on Biomedical Research and Nutrition; Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories at the University of Massachusetts; Northeastern University Bouve College of Health Sciences; Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, Massachusetts; J. Joseph Moakley Medical Services Building, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Brandeis University National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Waltham, Massachusetts; City of Malden, Massachusetts, Urgent Care Clinic and Family Health Center at Malden Hospital; University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, University Campus, Worcester, Massachusetts; Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell, Massachusetts; Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Joint Venture between the University of Massachusetts and Baystate Medical Center; Holyoke Hospital, Holyoke, Massachusetts; Jackson Laboratory in Maine; Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Saginaw, Michigan; Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan; Community Health and Social Services, Detroit, Michigan; Samaritan Center, Detroit, Michigan; Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan; Charlevoix Area Hospital in Traverse City, Michigan; Marquette General Health System; Wayne State University and the University of Detroit Mercy; Ele's Place Healing Center, Lansing, Michigan; Hillsdale Community Health Center, Hillsdale, Michigan; American Lung Association of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota; Model Cities Health Center, St. Paul, Minnesota; North End Health Center, St. Paul, Minnesota; West Side Community Health Services Dental Clinic, St. Paul, Minnesota; Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; West Side Community Health Services Minneapolis Clinic, St. Paul, Minnesota; Ozark Tri-County Health Care Consortium Inc., Anderson, Missouri; University of Missouri Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering Research, Kansas City; Cross Trails Medical Center, Bollinger County, Missouri; Douglas County Public Health Services Group; Northeast Missouri Health Council, Kirksville, Missouri; Samuel U. Rodgers Community Health Center, Kansas City, Missouri; Christian Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri; Logan College of Chiropractic, Chesterfield, Missouri; Operation Breakthrough, Kansas City, Missouri; University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute for Biomedical Research; Family Care Health Centers, St. Louis, Missouri; Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, Kansas City, Missouri; Center for Delta Health, Stoneville, Mississippi; Guyton Building, University of Mississippi Medical Center; Mississippi State School of Agriculture/Agromedicine; Mississippi State University Social Science Research Center; Neshoba County General Hospital, Philadelphia, Mississippi; Health and Wellness Center at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi; Gilmore Hospital, Amory, Mississippi; McLaughlin Animal Facility and Research Laboratories, Great Falls, Montana; University of Montana National Center for Health Care Informatics; Greene County Health Care, Inc., North Carolina; Northeast Medical Center and the Carrabus College of Health Sciences, Concord, North Carolina; Ruth and Billy Graham Children's Center, Asheville, North Carolina; Durham County Hospital Corporation, Durham, North Carolina; McDowell Hospital, McDowell County, North Carolina; Education and Research Consortium of Western North Carolina, Inc., Asheville, North Carolina; University of North Carolina Biomedical Research and Teaching Facility; University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota; Ai Ki Ruti Substance Abuse Treatment Center in Winnebago, Nebraska; Boys Town National Research Hospital National Learning and Technology Center for Childhood Deafness and Vision Disorders, Omaha, Nebraska; Nebraska Health Systems, Omaha, Nebraska; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Cancer Institute, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington, New Jersey; Child Health Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Leon G. Smith Infectious Disease Institute, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey; Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Advanced Breast Care Center, Englewood, New Jersey; Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey; Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, New Jersey; Cooper Hospital, Camden New Jersey; Kessler Rehabilitation Research Institute in West Orange, New Jersey; First Choice Community Clinic, Albuquerque, New Mexico; New Mexico State University, College of Health and Social Services, Las Cruces, New Mexico; University of Nevada, Reno Biotechnology and Genomics Center; Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah; University Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Las Vegas, Nevada; University of Nevada, Las Vegas Cancer Institute; North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, Hillside Hospital; Little Falls Hospital and Residential Health Care Facility, Little Falls, New York; University of Buffalo Bioinformatics Center; New York University School of Medicine; The National Center for Muskuloskeletal Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York; Dominican College Center for Health Sciences, Orangeburg, New York; Village of Kiryas Joel, Maternal and Infant Health Care Convalescence Center, Monroe, New York; Ellenville Regional Hospital, Ellenville, New York; Kingston Hospital, Kingston, New York; Putnam Hospital, Camel, New York; Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York; Open Door Family Medical Center, Edison School Clinic, Port Chester, New York; Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York; Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville, New York; Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York; Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, New York, New York; New York University Downtown Hospital, New York, New York; State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Advanced Biotechnology Incubator, Brooklyn, New York; Children's Hospital, Buffalo, New York; North General Hospital, New York, New York; University of Rochester Medical Center, Children's Hospital at Strong Clinical Genetics Center; Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, New York; Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, New York; Mary McClellan Hospital, Inc., Cambridge, New York; Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York; Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York; Hospice of Finger Lakes, Auburn, New York; National Kidney Foundation of Central New York; State University of New York Upstate Medical University; St. Joseph Community Center, Lorain, Ohio; Akron Children's Hospital; Cincinnati's Children's Hospitals; Columbus Children's Hospital; Huron Hospital Emergency Department; Mercy Hospital, Hamilton, Ohio; Rainbow Babies' and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio; Stella Maris Detoxification Center, Cleveland, Ohio; Hopeland Health Center, Grandview Hospital and Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio; Hospice and Health Services of Fairfield County, Lancaster, Ohio; Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Regional Outpatient Cancer Center, Springfield, Ohio; Tecumseh YMCA Health and Wellness Center, New Carlisle, Ohio; University Hospitals of Cleveland, Department of Psychiatry, Center of Excellence for the Care of Adolescents and Adults with Bipolar Illness and Other Severe Mental Disorders, Cleveland, Ohio; Barnesville Hospital, Barnesville, Ohio; Beallsville E-Squad, Beallsville, Ohio; Belmont Community Hospital, Bellaire, Ohio; University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio; University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Medical Sciences Building; Joel Pomerene Hospital, Millersburg, Ohio; Knox Community Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Ohio State University Biomedical Research and Education Center, Columbus, Ohio; Red Center, Massillon, Ohio; Stark State College of Technology, Canton, Ohio; Walsh University Bioinformatics Laboratory, Medical Sciences Building, North Canton, Ohio; Malone College Health and Wellness Center, Canton, Ohio; Mercy Hospital, Scranton, Pennsylvania; NorthEast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services, Cleveland, Ohio; Family and Children's Services, Tulsa, Oklahoma; St Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Virginia Garcia Collaborative Health Center in Hillsboro, Oregon; Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, Eugene, Oregon; Community Outreach, Corvallis, Oregon; Salud Medical Center, Woodburn, Oregon; Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc., Maria de los Santos Community Health Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pennsylvania; United Cerebral Palsy of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Washington, Pennsylvania; Brookville Hospital, Brookville, Pennsylvania; Bucktail Medical Center, Renova, Pennsylvania; Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, Pennsylvania; Clarion Hospital, Clarion, Pennsylvania; Jersey Shore Hospital, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania; Kane Community Hospital, Kane, Pennsylvania; Punxsutawney Area Hospital, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania; Soldier and Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania; Warren General Hospital, Warren, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Clinical Learning and Assessment Center; Endless Mountains Health Systems, Montrose, Pennsylvania; Memorial Hospital Inc., Towanda, Pennsylvania; Moses Taylor Health Care System, Scranton, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine's Sullivan County Medical Clinic, LaPorte, Pennsylvania; Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsberg, Pennsylvania; Albert Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia; Carnegie Mellon University; Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Crozer-Keystone Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Fox Chase Cancer Center and Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University; Inner Harmony Wellness Center, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania; Kidspeace National Outpatient Health Center; Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Shamokin Area Community Hospital, Coal Township, Pennsylvania; Susquehanna School for the Blind and Vision Impaired; Temple University Health System, Episcopal Hospital campus; University of Pennsylvania, Comprehensive Cancer Treatment and Research Center; Wills Eye Hospital, National Center for Clinical Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Wistar Institute; Children's Health Fund; Caribbean Primate Research Center, University of Puerto Rico; Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, East Providence, Rhode Island; Thundermist Health Associates, Woonsocket, Rhode Island; Cancer Prevention Research Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston; Newport Hospital, Newport, Rhode Island; Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island; Williamsburg Regional Hospital, Kingstree, South Carolina; Medical University of South Carolina Oncology Center, Charleston, South Carolina; Voorhees College, Center of Excellence in Rural and Minority Health; University of South Carolina School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina; Community Memorial Hospital, Redfield, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Fort Thompson, South Dakota; Ellen Stephen Hospice, Kyle, South Dakota; Wakanyeja Pawicayapi, Inc., Porcupine, South Carolina; St. Bernard's Hospital, Milbank, South Dakota; University of South Dakota, School of Medicine; Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee; Tennessee Tech, School of Nursing, Chattanooga, Tennessee; University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Institute for Research and Rehabilitation, Houston, Texas; Val Verde Regional Medical Center, Del Rio, Texas; Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, The Woodlands, Texas; Fort Bend Hospital, Missouri City, Texas; Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas; University of North Texas Health Science Center; Driscoll Children's Hospital, Pediatric Clinic, McAllen, Texas; Baylor College of Medicine and Texas A&M; University, Michael E. DeBakey Institute; University of Texas, Southwestern Comprehensive Stroke Center; Houston County Hospital, Crockett, Texas; University of Texas Health Science Center, Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia; Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; Medical Clinic, Haysi, Virginia; Northwest Community Services, Front Royal, Virginia; Our Health, Inc., Winchester, Virginia; Rutland Regional Medical Center, Rutland, Vermont; Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Burlington, Vermont; Vermont Department of Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, Primary Care Facility; University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care; Northeast Washington County Community Health Center, Plainfield, Vermont; University of Washington, Life Sciences Facility, Seattle, Washington; Lourdes Health Network, Pasco, Washington; Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Washington; Memorial Hospital of Iowa County, Dodgeville, Wisconsin; Northcentral Technical College, Wausau, Wisconsin; Chippewa Valley Technical College Health Education Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin; Marshall University Biotechnology Science Center; University of Charleston, Riggleman Hall; West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Ambulatory Care Facility; and Friends-R-Fun, Summersville, West Virginia.

The conferees urge HRSA to give full and fair consideration to a proposal from Yeshiva University, Einstein Medical College.

The conference agreement includes bill language to limit the amount available for Federal tort claims within community health centers funding to not more than $15,000,000 as proposed by the House instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes bill language identifying $265,085,000 for family planning instead of $264,170,000 as proposed by the House and $266,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement does not include bill language to provide $30,000,000 for abstinence education in fiscal year 2003 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision. The conferees agree with the President's request to fund this program on a current year basis.

The conference agreement includes $1,343,723,000 for community health centers as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,318,559,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees concur with language contained in the Senate report that not less than $7,000,000 be provided for Native Hawaiian health care activities.

The conferees urge HRSA to give full and fair consideration to proposals to support expanded services to reach priority populations in under-served communities in Kane, Marion, Saline, and Will, Illinois counties on the southwest side of Chicago and in the AAPI community on the north side of Chicago.

The conferees urge HRSA to give full and fair consideration to proposals to support expanded services to reach priority populations in under-served communities in Greene, Howell, Washington, Benton, Sullivan, Vernon, and Ozark counties, Missouri.

The conference agreement includes $46,511,000 for the national health service corps, field placements instead of $42,511,000 as proposed by the House and $49,511,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $107,000,000 for national health service corps, recruitment instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by the House and $104,916,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $8,000,000 is for State offices of rural health.

The conference agreement includes $662,768,000 for health professions instead of $669,992,000 as proposed by the House and $596,369,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $285,000,000 is for children's hospitals graduate medical education.

The conferees provide $2,000,000 to establish a graduate psychology education program. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report.

The conferees provide $8,000,000 to expand graduate medical education curriculum in geriatrics. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report.

In convening the panel to examine the education and training requirements for all nursing occupations, as directed in the Senate report, the Secretaries of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor shall also collaborate with the American Association of Community Colleges, the American Organization of Nurse Executives, and the National League for Nursing, and ensure that a representative spectrum of views on relevant issues is considered.

The conferees note the value of the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence in Nursing in addressing the nursing shortage in Hawaii.

The conference agreement includes $17,841,000 for Hansen's disease services instead of $17,491,000 as proposed by the House and $18,391,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $350,000 is for the Diabetes Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention program at the University of South Alabama.

The conference agreement includes $731,615,000 for the maternal and child health block grant instead of $740,000,000 as proposed by the House and $719,087,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes bill language designating $115,236,000 of the funds provided for the block grant for special projects of regional and national significance (SPRANS) instead of $116,145,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not earmark funds for this purpose. It is intended that $4,000,000 of the SPRANS amount will be used to enhance the sickle cell newborn screening program and its locally based outreach and counseling efforts. The conferees urge HRSA to give full and fair consideration to a proposal by the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. It is also intended that $4,000,000 of the SPRANS amount will be used for Columbia Hospital for Women Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to support community outreach programs for women, $565,000 will be used for the Milwaukee Health Department for a pilot program providing health care services to at-risk children in day care, and $50,000 will be used for the Center for Great Expectations, Somerville, New Jersey to provide prenatal health care, education, and counseling for pregnant teens.

Funding for the continuation of the traumatic brain injury State demonstration projects is provided as a separate line item in the table as proposed by the Senate. The House provided funding for this purpose within the SPRANS amount.

The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for abstinence education as proposed by the House instead of $15,000 as proposed by the Senate. This additional funding brings the total discretionary amount available for abstinence education in fiscal year 2002 to $40,000,000.

The conference agreement includes $99,000,000 for healthy start instead of $102,000,000 as proposed by the House and $89,996,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees urge HRSA to give preference to current and former grantees with expiring or recently expired project periods, including grantees that did not receive renewed funding but whose grant applications were approved but not funded during fiscal year 2001.

The conference agreement includes $51,928,000 for rural health outreach grants instead of $51,863,000 as proposed by the House and $52,921,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees continue to be concerned about the health care needs of those in the Mississippi River Delta region. The conferees concur with the budget request and provide $6,800,000 to continue HRSA's ongoing initiative which is providing funding and technical assistance to help underserved rural communities identify and better address their health care needs and to help small rural hospitals improve their financial and operational performance. The conferees recommend that HRSA consult with the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), given DRA's ongoing relationship with communities in the Delta.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$75,000 is for Ellen Stephen Hospice in Kyle, South Dakota to provide end-of-life care for Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation;

--$100,000 is for the Mississippi Disease State Management program at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, which focuses on providing information and medications to the underserved, particularly those with diabetes and asthma;

--$100,000 is for the Northwest Health Center in Pascoag, Rhode Island to support health care services for low-income individuals;

--$100,000 is for the People of Color AIDS Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico for education, prevention, and HIV testing services in northern New Mexico;

--$200,000 is for the Louisiana Public Health Institute, Center for Community Capacity Enhancement to promote community partnerships in order to address health improvement priorities;

--$200,000 is for Health Centers of Northern New Mexico in Espanola, San Miguel and Truchas, New Mexico to improve service delivery and access to care for low-income families in Northern New Mexico;

--$200,000 is for the Geisinger Health Systems Rural Stroke Care Partnership in Danville, Pennsylvania;

--$200,000 is for the Eastside Neighborhood Center, Inc. in Pierre, South Dakota for the Frontier School Health Initiative to provide health care services to children in rural areas who do not receive regular health care services;

--$215,000 is for Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City, Missouri for its rural health outreach activities;

--$250,000 is for the St. Nicholas Free Clinic in Paducah, Kentucky to establish health education and wellness promotion programs for the working-poor of Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hiuskman, Livingston, McCracken, and Marshall Counties;

--$250,000 is for the Buncombe County Medical Society in North Carolina for Project Access;

--$300,000 is for the Western Kentucky University Healthy Farm Families Initiative;

--$300,000 is for the Carolina's Health Care Systems;

--$300,000 is for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, 500 mile medical center;

--$330,000 is for Mercy Housing health care technical support, to provide health care in coordination with affordable housing to low income families, seniors, and individuals with disabilities;

--$370,000 is for the Clackamas County, Oregon, Public Health Division, for rural outreach activities;

--$400,000 is for the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior in Bayfield, Wisconsin for dental services;

--$425,000 is for the Southern University Nurse Managed Family Health Center in Baton Rouge for a health clinic on campus and a mobile health clinic;

--$500,000 is for the State of Alaska: `A Counselor in Every Village' program to train behavioral health counselors and provide their services in Alaskan villages; and Alaska Native Health Board to expand the Alaska Community Health Aide program in rural Alaska and to update training materials;

--$500,000 is for the Western Kentucky University Emergency Medical Services Academy;

--$500,000 is for the Western Kentucky University Mobile Health Screening program;

--$500,000 is for the Louisiana State University Health Science Center in New Orleans to reduce diabetes-related foot amputations in a high-risk population;

--$500,000 is for the Penn State Hershey Medical Center to expand access to healthcare in rural areas of central Pennsylvania;

--$500,000 is for the Huntsman Cancer Institute to develop a pilot project involving mobile clinics equipped with Positron Emission Tomography to educate Native Americans on cancer risk, early detection, prevention and treatment;

--$550,000 is for the Center for Sustainable Health Outreach at the University of Southern Mississippi;

--$800,000 is for the Tennessee Hospital Education Research Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee for the Center for Health Workforce Planning;

--$500,000 is for the Cooperative Education Service Agency #11 in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin for dental services;

--$1,000,000 is for the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairman's Health Board in Aberdeen, South Dakota to support the Northern Plains Healthy Start project;

--$1,000,000 is for the Center for Acadiana Genetics and Hereditary Health Care at Louisiana State University Medical Center to continue and expand the development of the center;

--$1,200,000 is for Creighton University's Accelerated Nursing Program in Omaha, Nebraska; and

--$1,250,000 is for the Montana Comprehensive Health Association in Helena, Montana to develop a demonstration program to bring insurance coverage to high-risk individuals.

The conference agreement includes $16,810,000 for rural health research instead of $12,099,000 as proposed by the House and $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$200,000 is for the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Center for Rural Health Practices;

--$250,000 is for the Healthcare Association of New York State for a Center for Health Care Workforce Innovations

--$300,000 is for Bassett Healthcare to develop and initiate a comprehensive cardiovascular research initiative to demonstrate the effectiveness of an integrated cardiac care program in rural New York;

--$360,000 is for the University of South Dakota to establish a cooperative academic Rural Primary Care and Health Service Research Center to help define the status of health care delivery in South Dakota;

--$400,000 is for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso and the University of Texas at El Paso for joint research and education on the health problems of migrant workers;

--$400,000 is for the University of Vermont, School of Nursing in Burlington, Vermont to create a nursing center of excellence that will assist policy formulation regarding the severe shortage of nurses, especially in rural areas;

--$1,400,000 is for Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to develop and apply computerized radiography within multiple rural and tertiary level medical care settings;

--$1,500,000 is for the University of North Dakota School of Medicine to support its rural health program in preventative medicine and behavioral sciences; and

--$2,000,000 is for the Raleigh County Commission in Beckley, West Virginia for an Educational Mall to serve as a coordinating and research location for rural health initiatives, especially in preventative medicine.

The conference agreement includes $39,197,000 for telehealth instead of $27,609,000 as proposed by the House and $5,609,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$45,000 is for the Oregon Community Health Information Network for technology upgrades;

--$75,000 is for the University of South Alabama for the Southwest Alabama Network for Education and Telemedicine;

--$100,000 is for the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City for planning and development of a rural telemedicine system;

--$100,000 is for the Coalition for Ultrasound Education and Training to develop a comprehensive multi-institution model distance learning network for the training of ultrasound technologists and medical sonographers;

--$100,000 is for the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Nurse Anesthesia Program and LaRoche College for the Nurse Anesthesia Rural and Elderly Expansion project;

--$200,000 is for the Primary Care Association of Hawaii;

--$200,000 is for Logan College of Chiropractic in Chesterfield, Missouri for a distance learning project;

--$200,000 is for Clarion University and the Primary Care Council of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education;

--$250,000 is for Molokai General Hospital to use the latest technology advances to provide health care in rural areas;

--$250,000 is for Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia, Ohio for a Medical Safety Modernization project;

--$250,000 is for the Pennsylvania School of Optometry in Philadelphia to establish a network of urban community-based satellite centers to provide access to inner city, underserved persons who need vision care;

--$250,000 is for the Pennsylvania Association of Home Health Agencies to conduct a multi-facility examination of telehomecare and concurrent development and analysis of the Telenursing role as a solution to the nursing shortage, working with Penn State University Health Policy and Administration;

--$300,000 is for the University of Virginia for telemedicine projects in southwest Virginia;

--$350,000 is for Fairview Ridges Hospital for a demonstration to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity using technology and communications methodologies;

--$400,000 is for Deaconess Billings Clinic Northwest Area Center for Studies on Aging in Billings, Montana to address healthcare problems associated with rural aging, and expand access to specialty health care via telemedicine;

--$400,000 is for the Rocky Mountain Technology Foundation in Billings, Montana through Rocky Mountain College and Deaconess Billings College to provide telemedicine links to rural areas;

--$400,000 is for the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care to support its use of two-way interactive video telemedicine systems to reduce disparities in the clinical care and medical education of trauma;

--$440,000 is for the Telehealth Resource Center at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas for a telehealth initiative;

--$450,000 is for St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, Montana to establish a regional video telecommunications network for healthcare providers;

--$500,000 is for Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant for the rural telehealth and community education network to improve access and quality of health care to migrants and underserved in rural populations;

--$500,000 is for the Alaska Telemedicine Advisory Council for an Alaska telemedicine project;

--$500,000 is for Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Illinois for an automated clinical information system;

--$500,000 is for the University of Montana, ImProving Health Among Rural Montanans project for expansion of existing capabilities of the campus-based Drug Information Service;

--$500,000 is for the New Mexico-Hawaii Telehealth Outreach for Unified Community Health (TOUCH) project in remote and rural areas;

--$500,000 is for the Penn State Cancer Institute at Hershey Medical Center to develop a digital informatics and communications system to provide a virtual work environment offering patient services across central and northeastern Pennsylvania;

--$550,000 is for the North Idaho Rural Telehealth program to help provide for the logical extension of more complete telehealth services to additional, high-priority participants and rural areas;

--$600,000 is for the Institute for Urban Family Health in New York, New York for an information technology initiative;

--$600,000 is for North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy to conduct a pilot study testing the safety, cost-effectiveness and access to health care provided by new telepharmacy technology in rural communities;

--$750,000 is for Susquehanna Health Systems in Williamsport, Pennsylvania for an Electronic Medical Information and Physician Access project;

--$750,000 is for the Morehouse School of Medicine to develop networking capability at the National Center of Primary Care;

--$800,000 is for the Fairview Lakes Regional Medical Center in Wyoming, Minnesota for its telemedicine program;

--$800,000 is for the University of South Dakota in Vermillion to implement a distance learning project to train entry-level nursing home workers to become nurses;

--$850,000 is for the New York Presbyterian Hospital telehealth initiative;

--$900,000 is for South Dakota State University to develop and evaluate on-line health tracking to help manage chronic conditions in tribal communities;

--$982,000 is for the Maricopa County, Arizona Correctional Health Telemedicine Initiative;

--$1,000,000 is for Baycare Health Systems in Clearwater, Florida for a Medical Information Systems Initiative;

--$1,000,000 is for Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio for a Netwellness Internet health program;

--$1,000,000 is for Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services for Phase II of a telemedicine system to link its patients with the research capabilities of the American Health Foundation;

--$1,100,000 is for Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio for implementation of the Medical Education Network Teaching Ohio Region III;

--$1,500,000 is for the Idaho State University Telehealth Integrated Care Center to improve the quality and quantity of access to healthcare for people living in Idaho's rural and frontier areas by providing consultation and diagnosis over long distance;

--$1,500,000 is for the Northeast Ohio Health Outreach Network in Massillon, Ohio for a patient safety pilot program;

--$1,721,000 is for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for its e-Health program to improve access to specialized and high quality health care in rural Nevada;

--$1,940,000 is for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for support of the development and deployment of its state of the art health care information technology system;

--$2,000,000 is for the University of South Dakota School of Medicine;

--$2,085,000 is for the Education and Research Consortium of Western North Carolina, Inc., Western North Carolina Health Care Regional Center to provide computer hardware/software acquisition, upgrade and installation as well as training and consultation services for medical staff and administrators; and

--$2,900,000 is for West Virginia University to provide medical care to rural communities through the Mountaineer Doctor Television (MDTV) program.

The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 for authorized health-related activities of the Denali Commission as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.

The conference agreement includes $18,993,000 for emergency medical services for children instead of $19,000,000 as proposed by the House and $18,986,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $21,210,000 for poison control instead of $16,421,000 as proposed by the House and $24,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $7,500,000 for traumatic brain injury instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill provided $5,000,000 for this purpose within the maternal and child health block grant SPRANS funding. Within the total provided, $1,500,000 is for protection and advocacy services. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the Senate report.

The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 for black lung clinics as proposed by the House instead of $7,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $3,500,000 for trauma care instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the House and $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $10,240,000 for nursing loan repayment for shortage area service instead of $2,279,000 as proposed by the House and $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes a total of $1,910,806,000 for Ryan White programs instead of $1,919,609,000 as proposed by the House and $1,883,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $619,585,000 for emergency assistance, $977,485,000 for comprehensive care, $193,939,000 for early intervention, $70,998,000 for women, infants, children, and youth, $13,500,000 for dental services, and $35,299,000 for education and training centers.

The conference agreement includes bill language identifying $639,000,000 for the Ryan White Title II State AIDS drug assistance programs instead of $649,000,000 as proposed by the House and $610,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $123,200,000 is for the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report.

The conferees concur with House report language under title IV regarding the distribution of title IV funds.

The conferees are concerned about the increasing incidence of HIV/AIDS infection in rural regions of the United States, and are aware that HIV/AIDS disproportionately impacts minority communities in underserved rural areas, particularly in the Southeast. Therefore, States should utilize funds provided under the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative to fund outreach strategies that assist in linking underserved minority populations with State ADAPs, primary care, and other HIV/AIDS treatment services.

The conferees are concerned about the formula-based distribution of discretionary supplemental ADAP grant awards to States with demonstrated need. The conferees encourage HRSA to distribute these grant awards to eligible States based on needs identified by the States, rather than a formula based solely on living AIDS cases. The conferees also encourage HRSA to consider capped program enrollment and client waiting lists, in conjunction with the eligibility, formulary, and medical criteria as among the ADAP access restrictions that may qualify a State or territory for these grant awards. The conferees also urge HRSA to provide supplemental awards to States with an ADAP eligibility limit in excess of 200 percent of the Federal poverty level when those States meet any of the statutorily defined criteria.

The conference agreement includes $40,000,000 for rural hospital flexibility grants instead of $35,000,000 as proposed by the House and $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $15,000,000 is for a rural hospital performance improvement program. These funds would be used for the small rural hospital prospective payment systems grant program as created in section 409 of the Balanced Budget Relief Act of 1999 and authorized in section 1820(g)(3) of the Social Security Act. These funds would also be used to help rural hospitals comply with provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and to reduce medical errors and support quality improvement. The funds would be geared toward small rural hospitals that are essential access points for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.

The conference agreement includes $120,041,000 for the community access program as proposed by the House instead of $15,041,000 as proposed by the Senate. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report.

The conference agreement includes $149,154,000 for program management instead of $147,049,000 as proposed by the House and $135,991,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the increase provided, $2,500,000 is for information technology.

The conferees are concerned by the recently announced plan to abolish the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth and reassign these functions to the HIV/AIDS Bureau. The conferees have provided sufficient funds to continue the operations of this Office as a component of the Office of the Administrator.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$80,000 is for the Wausau Health Foundation in Wausau, Wisconsin for a survey and analysis of local health professionals' career paths to better understand entry into and exit from health professions;

--$100,000 is for the University of San Diego Institute for the Advancement of Health Policy to assess through teaching, research and delivery of services the impact of public policy on families from vulnerable populations;

--$200,000 is for Luna County, New Mexico and the Columbus Volunteer Fire Department to provide emergency medical services to immigrants;

--$350,000 is for the Clinical Pharmacy Training program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo;

--$475,000 is to support the efforts of the American Federation of Negro Affairs Education and Research Fund of Philadelphia;

--$500,000 is for the University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies in Seattle, Washington for a demonstration project to collect and analyze health workforce data;

--$800,000 is for the University of Iowa for the training of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists;

--$1,000,000 is for the Washington Health Foundation for a comprehensive demonstration project on improving nurse retention; and

--$1,100,000 is for the Iowa Department of Public Health to create a Center for Health Care Workforce Shortage.

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

The conference agreement includes $4,293,151,000 for disease control, research, and training instead of $4,077,060,000 as proposed by the House and $4,418,910,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes bill language to earmark $250,000,000 for equipment, construction, and renovation of facilities as proposed by the Senate instead of $175,000,000 as proposed by the House. Within the total provided, $6,000,000 is for data storage infrastructure hardware and software upgrades to provide for the remote mirroring of information between CDC data centers, and provide heterogeneous connectivity to existing systems used at CDC, to ensure protection, recovery, and availability of critical data resources.

The conference agreement includes bill language to allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enter into a single contract or related contracts for the full scope of development and construction of facilities as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.

The conference agreement includes bill language to earmark $143,763,000 for international HIV/AIDS instead of $137,527,000 as proposed by the House and $154,527,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement does not include bill language to earmark funds for the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile within CDC. The agreement includes bill language for this purpose within the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.

The conference agreement includes a total of $126,978,000 for the National Center for Health Statistics as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The agreement also includes bill language designating $23,286,000 of the total to be available to the Center from the Public Health Service Act evaluation set-aside as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

The conferees urge CDC to review the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Survey to explore the feasibility of establishing a uniform State and national reporting system of pregnancy related complications for women, to provide technical assistance to States in examining pregnancy related health data, to track interventions and patterns of care received, and to conduct research into the causes of and interventions for pregnancy complications, especially for complications relating to disparities in mother and infant outcomes for different racial and ethnic populations.

The conference agreement includes $90,078,000 for birth defects, developmental disabilities, disability and health instead of $80,280,000 as proposed by the House and $88,748,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $12,000,000 is for fetal alcohol syndrome, $3,000,000 is to support the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, and $2,000,000 is to expand surveillance and epidemiological efforts of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy in the United States.

Within the total provided, $2,800,000 is for a Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Initiative to help train health professionals and sensitize health care systems and institutions to the special needs of individuals with mental retardation; expand systems to make them accessible for special needs individuals; help identify the nature and scope of health challenges and health access barriers to persons with mental retardation; and create and test models for athlete health promotion at the local level.

Within the total provided, $2,500,000 above the budget request is to expand autism and developmental disability surveillance activities in additional States and $1,250,000 above the budget request is to establish an attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder resource center.

The conferees support CDC's prevention activities for folic acid and urge the agency to expand efforts to enhance State and local activities to educate women about this effective prevention strategy.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$100,000 for the Birth Defects Monitoring and Prevention Center at the University of South Alabama;

--$150,000 for the California Teratogen Information Center at the University of California, San Diego;

--$300,000 for the Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD); and

--$750,000 for the University of Louisville Craniofacial Birth Defects Research Center.

The conference agreement includes $747,823,000 for chronic disease prevention and health promotion instead of $722,495,000 as proposed by the House and $701,654,000 as proposed by the Senate. Programs within this account are funded at the following levels:

Arthritis	$13,896,000
Breast and Cervical Cancer	192,598,000
Cancer Prevention and Control	76,662,000
Cancer Registries	(40,000,000)
Colorectal Cancer	(12,000,000)
Other Cancers	(4,357,000)
Ovarian Cancer	(4,596,000)
Prostate Cancer	(14,062,000)
Skin Cancer	(1,647,000)
Community Health Promotion	15,243,000
Diabetes	61,754,000
Epilepsy	6,527,000
Heart Disease and Stroke	37,384,000
Iron Overload	477,000
National Campaign to Change Children's Health Behaviors	68,400,000
Nutrition/Physical Activity	27,505,000
Oral Health	10,839,000
Prevention Centers	26,182,000
Safe Motherhood/Infant Health	50,790,000
School Health	58,495,000
Tobacco	101,071,000

Within the total provided, $68,400,000 is for the National Campaign to Change Children's Health Behaviors. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report. The conferees do not provide funds to continue the Health Resources and Services Administration and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development activities.

The conferees concur with the Senate report language encouraging CDC to continue public and professional awareness activities with respect to pulmonary hypertension.

With the additional funding provided for oral health, the conferees understand that priority will be given to completing the funding of cooperative agreements to strengthen State oral disease prevention programs. These programs may include projects that will include dental sealant programs for children and community fluoridation projects.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

Within the total for breast and cervical cancer, $50,000 is for SHAREing & CAREing, Inc., Astoria, New York for an outreach, education and breast cancer screening program; $150,000 is for a breast cancer demonstration project at the Healthcare Association of New York State; and $250,000 is for the Swope Parkway Health Center Breast and Cervical Cancers Demonstration and Outreach project in Kansas City, Missouri.

Within the total for comprehensive cancer control, $250,000 is for the Rhode Island Cancer Council in Pawtucket, Rhode Island for public education and professional outreach; $440,000 is for the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas for a comprehensive cancer control program to address minority and medically underserved populations; and $500,000 is for the St. Mary's Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Care Center in Long Beach, California.

Within the total provided for prostate cancer, $290,000 is for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas for satellite prostate cancer testing centers to carry out programs of prevention, education and testing related to prostate cancer.

Within the total provided for community health promotion, $2,800,000 is to develop a model project to test the efficacy of glaucoma screening using mobile units. The conferees further suggest the program establish protocols to conduct outreach, identify staffing needs, provide patient education regarding glaucoma management, address other eye conditions, and make appropriate referrals to eye care professionals.

Within the total provided for community health promotion, $1,200,000 is for the Mind-Body Medical Institute in Boston, Massachusetts to continue practice-based assessments, identification, and study of promising and heavily used mind/body practices.

Within the total provided for community health promotion, $225,000 is for the Roger Williams Medical Center Healthlink in Providence, Rhode Island for a disease prevention initiative for senior retirees; $250,000 is for Valley Children's Hospital in California for a mobile asthma care program to reduce the incidence of asthma in the region and reduce the related costs of hospital-based treatment; $300,000 is for Pikeville College, School of Osteopathic Medicine to conduct epidemiological studies in the Appalachian Region of Southeastern Kentucky; $500,000 is for Community Health Centers in Hawaii for a childhood rural asthma project; $500,000 is for the State of Alaska for a program to reduce high anemia rates of children in the Yukon Delta and the Bristol Bay region; and $1,000,000 is for the University of Texas, Dallas for the Southwestern Medical Center, National Multiple Sclerosis Training Center.

Within the total for diabetes prevention, $100,000 is a diabetes care program at the Clinica Monsenor Oscar A. Romero in Los Angeles, California; $250,000 is for a diabetes and diabetic retinopathy demonstration at the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; $440,000 is for the University of Arizona in Tucson for a Border Health Initiative; $500,000 is for the Texas Tech University Center for Diabetes Prevention and Control; and $1,600,000 is for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne Sioux Tribe for the Dakota Plains Diabetes Center.

Within the total provided for heart disease and stroke, $4,500,000 is for the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry.

Within the total for heart disease and stroke, $130,000 is for the Wausau Health Foundation in Wausau, Wisconsin, for a school-based program to increase awareness of cardiovascular disease and the importance of prevention and to document prevalence of cardiovascular disease in youth; $200,000 is for a Cardiac Outreach program at HealthReach NY in Flushing, New York; and $440,000 is for the Stroke Belt Research and Intervention Network at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Within the total provided for nutrition and physical activity, $5,000,000 is for efforts to eliminate micronutrient malnutrition and $475,000 is for a study by the Institute of Medicine on childhood obesity as described in the Senate report.

Within the total for nutrition and physical activity, $125,000 is for the Village of Park Forest, Illinois Health Department, for preventive health education and screening projects in fields such as nutrition, chronic illness, food safety, health screening, and hygiene, and nutrition education for school children; $200,000 is for the Great South Bay YMCA in Bay Shore, New York, for its Fit Kids education and health promotion program; $500,000 is for the State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services for an Obesity Prevention and Control program; and $2,000,000 is for West Virginia University to establish the Center on Obesity.

Within the total for prevention centers, $250,000 is for the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute to support infectious disease, cancer and cardiovascular disease, and prevention research at the Kansas City Proteomics Consortium.

Within the total for safe motherhood, $2,650,000 is for the Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies in Tampa, Florida, of which $1,500,000 is for training paraprofessionals in the health-care field.

Within the total for school health, $225,000 is for the School of Optometry at the University of Missouri, St. Louis for a program of mobile vision screenings for school children.

The conference agreement includes $153,753,000 for environmental health instead of $146,683,000 as proposed by the House and $171,863,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $37,149,000 is for the environmental health laboratory, $33,201,000 is for environmental health activities, $35,193,000 is for asthma, and $42,140,000 is for lead poisoning.

Within the total provided, $2,200,000 is to expand the physician education and public awareness program for primary immune deficiency disease.

The conferees have included funds for a CDC assessment, in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Public Health, on the effect of environmental factors on rural health.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$130,000 is for Environment and Human Health, Inc. in North Haven, Connecticut to research and track asthma among the school-age population in Connecticut;

--$300,000 is for the Sustainable Resource Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota to focus on lead poisoning remediation and education;

--$300,000 is for Citizens Against Toxic Exposure in Pensacola, Florida to locate and screen individuals for health problems associated with local toxic pollution and to assist those who have been exposed to these environmental toxins;

--$350,000 is for the Community Lead Education and Reduction Corps (CLEARCorps) in St. Louis, Missouri to fight childhood lead poisoning;

--$440,000 is for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District to expand an assessment of human exposure to environmental contaminants near Kelly Air Force Base, Texas;

--$700,000 is for the University of Montana at Missoula, Center for Environmental Health Sciences to support research on the impact of environmental factors in causing or exacerbating human diseases; and

--$850,000 is for the University of West Florida for an environmental health study in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties.

The conference agreement includes $80,303,000 for epidemic services and response as proposed by the House instead of $85,303,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $1,135,532,000 for HIV/AIDS, STD and TB prevention instead of $1,148,452,000 as proposed by the House and $1,121,612,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $835,293,000 for HIV/AIDS activities, of which $143,763,000 is for global HIV/AIDS activities; $167,450,000 for STD activities; and $132,789,000 for TB activities.

Within the total provided for HIV/AIDS, $96,000,000 is for the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report.

The conferees are concerned about the increasing incidence of HIV/AIDS infection in rural regions of the United States, and are aware that HIV/AIDS disproportionately impacts minority communities in underserved rural areas, particularly in the Southeast. Therefore, CDC should develop strategies with States to implement interventions targeted to these communities.

Within the total provided for tuberculosis, $500,000 is for the State of Alaska for a tuberculosis control and prevention program.

The conference agreement includes $627,895,000 for childhood immunization instead of $599,645,000 as proposed by the House and $637,145,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $223,527,000 for vaccine purchase, $200,697,000 for operation/infrastructure activities, $107,400,000 for global polio eradication activities, $26,388,000 for measles eradication activities, and $69,883,000 for prevention activities. In addition, the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program funded through the Medicaid program is expected to provide $795,553,000 in vaccine purchases and distribution support in fiscal year 2002, for a total program level of $1,423,448,000.

The conference agreement includes $344,858,000 for infectious diseases instead of $343,018,000 as proposed by the House and $331,518,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $4,000,000 above the budget request is for a prevention program to control and reduce the incidents of hepatitis C. This funding is to develop State-based programs and demonstrations to learn the most feasible approach to integrating hepatitis C and B screening, counseling, and referral programs into existing HIV and STD State programs. The conferees also urge CDC to more aggressively undertake the implementation of the National Hepatitis C Prevention Strategy with greater emphasis on communication of information about hepatitis C to health care professionals, and educate the general public and groups at increased risk for infection.

Within the total provided, $4,000,000 above the budget request is to continue planned activities and expand efforts to control the West Nile virus.

Within the total provided, $2,200,000 is to establish a comprehensive thalassemia-based blood safety and surveillance program.

Within the total provided, $1,500,000 is for the establishment of a national autopsy network for prion disease surveillance. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report. The conferees urge CDC to give full and fair consideration to a proposal from the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center at Case Western Reserve University.

The conferees encourage CDC to consider funding the Pediatric Prevention Network (PPN) and its efforts to improve infection control for children. The PPN works to decrease health-care acquired infections in hospitalized children, with special emphasis on blood stream infections and the transmission of resistant organisms.

It is estimated that 30 million people reside in, or are adjacent to, areas considered endemic for the soil organism that causes Valley Fever. The conferees encourage CDC to support ongoing efforts in the development of a vaccine, including appropriate epidemiological and surveillance activities.

The conferees support the implementation of the demonstration project developed through the enhancing the monitoring of pharmaceutical services and patient safety through connectivity project.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$200,000 for the Border Health Institute in El Paso, Texas for research related to infectious diseases and other public health problems affecting the U.S.-Mexico border region;

--$440,000 for the Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Center for Infectious Diseases, Advanced Diagnostics, and Emerging Pathogens for efforts to improve the early detection, prevention and control of meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia and myocarditis and for research on the immune responses of at-risk populations;

--$500,000 is for the University of Idaho, Post Falls for biomedical sensor electronics development; and

--$500,000 for the State of Utah Health Department to assist local health authorities in ensuring the safety of food and to protect against communicable disease outbreaks during the 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City.

The conference agreement includes $149,767,000 for injury control instead of $143,655,000 as proposed by the House and $146,655,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $2,000,000 above the budget request is to expand current activities to better understand the scope of child abuse and neglect and its consequences. These activities could include examining child fatality review systems, supporting States in their collection of surveillance data, improving data collection on the incidence of child maltreatment through the development of consensus definitions, and supporting the implementation and evaluation of interventions aimed at the prevention of child maltreatment.

Within the total provided, $1,500,000 above the budget request is for the National Violent Death Reporting System to gather information on the circumstances of violent deaths and develop effective methods of prevention and intervention.

Within the total provided, $125,000 is for the trauma information and exchange program.

The conferees have included funds for the continuation of the Iowa Injury Control Center.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$37,000 for the Save A Life Foundation, Inc. in Schiller Park, Illinois to expand the training of its basic life supporting first aid program;

--$100,000 for the Westchester County, New York, Department of Emergency Services to develop and implement a training program in pediatric trauma for pre-hospital providers; and

--$450,000 for the National SAFE KIDS Campaign, Washington DC for its SAFE KIDS AT HOME project to improve child health through outreach to public housing and other at-risk communities.

The conference agreement includes $276,460,000 for occupational safety and health instead of $270,135,000 as proposed by the House and $276,135,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $2,000,000 is for the Education and Research Centers to expand research activities in support of implementation of NORA and $2,000,000 is to develop an intramural and extramural prevention research program that will target all aspects of workplace violence and to coordinate its efforts with the Departments of Justice and Labor.

The conferees have provided sufficient funds for NIOSH to carry out research and related activities aimed at protecting workers who respond to public health needs in the event of a terrorist incident.

The conferees are aware of the research on construction worker safety and health being done by the Center to Protect Worker Rights.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$125,000 for the University of Buffalo, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine for a joint educational program with Millard Fillmore Hospital's Sleep Disorder Center in Buffalo, New York and Mount St. Mary's Hospital Sleep Disorder Center in Lewiston, New York to increase knowledge of sleep disorders; and

--$200,000 is for the Occupational and Environmental Health Center of Rhode Island for research, tracking and investigation of employment-related disease.

The conference agreement includes $148,520,000 for public health improvement instead of $149,910,000 as proposed by the House and $114,910,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $17,500,000 is for development and implementation of a nationwide environmental health tracking network and capacity development in environmental health at State and local health Departments.

Within the total provided, $2,500,000 above the budget request is for prevention research. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the Senate report.

The conferees urge CDC to give full and fair consideration to a proposal from the CNA Corporation.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$60,000 is for the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department in Lawrence, Kansas for assessment, training and equipment related to public health information systems infrastructure;

--$150,000 is for the Interstitial Cystitis (IC) Association CURE program in Rockville, Maryland for activities to broaden the understanding of IC;

--$350,000 is for the New England Medical Center to develop predictive instrument research in technology to reduce medical errors;

--$400,000 is for the University of Vermont College of Medicine to support the Vermont Oxford Network and its efforts to improve the quality of health care available to children born prematurely through the reduction of medical errors;

--$400,000 is for the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute Cancer Epidemiology Research Program in Northeastern Pennsylvania;

--$500,000 is for the Institute for Clinical Evaluation for the reduction of medical errors through the development and demonstration of virtual reality medical technology simulation training for training health care workers in medical procedures;

--$500,000 is for the University of Louisville and Kosair Children's Hospital Sleep Medicine Center;

--$500,000 is for the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center's Integrated Health and Medical Weapons of Mass Destruction Training Program in College Station, Texas;

--$650,000 is for the University of Georgia to establish a Center for Leadership in Education and Applied Research in Mass Destruction Defense to train health professionals to respond to chemical and biological attacks;

--$700,000 is for the Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the National Mass Fatalities Institute;

--$800,000 is to continue the development of the Delaware Electronic Reporting Systems (DEERS) to track diseases;

--$900,000 is for the Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections at the St. Louis University School of Public Health;

--$1,000,000 is for Westchester County, New York to conduct readiness assessments of all response systems, including emergency response and management systems, hospitals, the county health department, equipment needs and communications systems, in the development of a comprehensive bioterrorism response plan;

--$1,000,000 is for the University of Kentucky Center for Improving Medication-Related Outcomes;

--$1,000,000 is for the Delta Health and Prevention Research Initiative at Delta State University;

--$1,000,000 is for the Public Health Service Noble Training Center for the development of a comprehensive bioterrorism curriculum and the conduct of on-site training for health care professionals to be done in conjunction with appropriate Federal agencies, Auburn University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham;

--$1,000,000 is for Iowa State University for the creation of a Center for Food Security and Public Health;

--$1,000,000 is for the University of Iowa for the planning of a Hygienic Lab;

--$1,000,000 is for the Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies at Johns Hopkins University to improve the nation's medical and public health preparedness and response to bioterrorism;

--$1,000,000 is for the University of Texas Medical Branch, National Rapid Response Bioterrorism Defense Center;

--$1,200,000 is for the Oral Vaccine Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada for the development of innovative oral vaccine delivery alternatives;

--$1,500,000 is for the University of Louisville Center for the Deterrence of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism; and

--$2,000,000 is for West Virginia University for continued development of the virtual medical campus.

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $4,190,405,000 for the National Cancer Institute instead of $4,146,291,000 as proposed by the House and $4,258,516,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees urge NCI to continue supporting cancer genomics projects with the goal of identifying potential cancer therapies.

NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $2,576,125,000 for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute instead of $2,547,675,000 as proposed by the House and $2,618,966,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $343,327,000 for the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research instead of $339,268,000 as proposed by the House and $348,767,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES

The conference agreement includes $1,466,833,000 for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases instead of $1,446,705,000 as proposed by the House and $1,501,476,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

The conference agreement includes $1,328,188,000 for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke instead of $1,306,321,000 as proposed by the House and $1,352,055,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees understand that over two million Americans suffer from epilepsy, with one million suffering from uncontrolled seizures. The conferees are interested in the acceleration of epilepsy research and encourage NINDS to take steps to jumpstart promising epilepsy research areas. In particular, the conferees urge NINDS to establish an annual lectureship in the epilepsy research field to provide the intellectual stimulation to prompt new findings in both the NINDS intramural program and the extramural community. The conferees request that NINDS consider naming the lectureship in memory of Judith Hoyer. Mrs. Hoyer had epilepsy; she spent her life helping families dealing with the condition and promoting research into a cure and a better quality of life for those with epilepsy. Such a lectureship would continue her legacy of stimulating important epilepsy research.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The conference agreement includes $2,372,278,000 for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases instead of $2,337,204,000 as proposed by the House and $2,375,836,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes bill language to give the Director discretion to transfer up to $25,000,000 to International Assistance Programs, Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis as proposed by the House. The Senate bill included a general provision to transfer this amount to the Global Fund.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

The conference agreement includes $1,725,263,000 for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences instead of $1,706,968,000 as proposed by the House and $1,753,465,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The conference agreement includes $1,113,605,000 for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development instead of $1,088,208,000 as proposed by the House and $1,123,692,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees note the achievements of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development and urge its continuation, including its program of data collection and dissemination of findings.

The conferees are pleased to hear that over the past year, NICHD has begun to plan a major initiative on stillbirth. In March, the Institute convened scientific and medical experts from around the country to explore the available information about the incidence of stillbirth, its varying causes, and the opportunities for research. The conferees urge NICHD to build upon this knowledge by planning for a prospective investigation of the scope and causes of stillbirth nationally and internationally. The conferees also encourage NICHD to work with professional organizations on this issue to assess current knowledge and develop research opportunities in the management of stillbirth.

NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $581,366,000 for the National Eye Institute instead of $566,725,000 as proposed by the House and $614,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

The conference agreement includes $566,639,000 for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences instead of $557,435,000 as proposed by the House and $585,946,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

The conference agreement includes $893,443,000 for the National Institute on Aging instead of $873,186,000 as proposed by the House and $909,174,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

The conference agreement includes $448,865,000 for the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases instead of $440,144,000 as proposed by the House and $460,202,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome is a multi-systemic disorder that was first recognized in 1989. The conferees encourage NIAMS to enhance research efforts to identify the cause of this disease and develop a better understanding of the characterization of pathophysiological events leading to the chronic phase of the disease.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

The conference agreement includes $342,072,000 for the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders instead of $334,161,000 as proposed by the House and $349,983,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees continue to support the expansion of NIDCD's research on the efficacy of new hearing screening technologies through all available mechanisms, as appropriate, including clinical studies on screening methodologies and studies on the efficacy of intervention and follow-up, and related research.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $120,451,000 for the National Institute of Nursing Research instead of $116,773,000 as proposed by the House and $125,659,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

The conference agreement includes $384,238,000 for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism instead of $379,026,000 as proposed by the House and $390,761,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

The conference agreement includes $888,105,000 for the National Institute on Drug Abuse instead of $900,389,000 as proposed by the House and $902,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

The conference agreement includes $1,248,626,000 for the National Institute of Mental Health instead of $1,228,780,000 as proposed by the House and $1,279,383,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $429,515,000 for the National Human Genome Research Institute instead of $423,454,000 as proposed by the House and $440,448,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING

The conference agreement includes $111,984,000 for the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering instead of $39,896,000 as proposed by the House and $140,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees commend NIH for agreeing to establish a task force comprising both NIH staff and representatives of the extramural research community to review all current imaging and bioengineering grants and identify those that are appropriate for transfer to the newly-established National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). Toward that end, the conferees support the agreement to create a nine-member task force that includes representatives of NIH (three members), the extramural imaging community (three members), and the bioengineering community (three members), with representatives of the outside groups to be appointed by the appropriate professional organizations in those fields. The conferees direct the task force to establish criteria to be applied consistently to all grants under consideration. The conferees urge that these criteria ensure that research projects with applications to multiple disease processes or organ systems should generally reside in NIBIB in accordance with the intent of Congress in creating the new Institute. The Director of the NIH shall submit a report on the findings of the task force to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by March 31, 2002.

While the conferees are pleased that progress has been achieved in implementing the legislation that created NIBIB, they have been concerned that the amount of research grants proposed by the NIH for transfer to the new Institute falls short of previous assessments of NIH support for basic biomedical imaging and bioengineering as expressed in NIH statements to the Congress. Creation of the joint NIH-extramural task force should help to ensure that all parties have confidence in the process.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

The conference agreement includes $1,011,594,000 for the National Center for Research Resources instead of $966,541,000 as proposed by the House and $1,014,044,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes bill language to earmark $110,000,000 for extramural facilities construction grants instead of $97,000,000 as proposed by the House and $125,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes bill language to earmark $5,000,000 of these funds to begin construction of facilities for a Chimp Sanctuary as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

Within the total provided, $160,000,000 is for the Institutional Development Awards program and $271,580,000 is for the General Clinical Research Centers.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

The conference agreement includes $104,644,000 for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine instead of $99,288,000 as proposed by the House and $110,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

The conference agreement includes $157,812,000 for the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities instead of $157,204,000 as proposed by the House and $158,421,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees concur with language contained in the House report regarding the newly established National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities. The conferees encourage the Center to move forward in implementing the Research Endowment and Centers of Excellence programs as ongoing initiatives.

JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

The conference agreement includes $56,940,000 for the John E. Fogarty International Center instead of $56,021,000 as proposed by the House and $57,874,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

The conference agreement includes $277,658,000 for the National Library of Medicine instead of $273,610,000 as proposed by the House and $281,584,000 as proposed by the Senate.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes $235,540,000 for the Office of the Director instead of $232,098,000 as proposed by the House and $236,408,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes a designation in bill language of $53,540,000 for the operations of the Office of AIDS Research.

Within the total provided, $10,341,000 is for the Office of Rare Diseases and $17,000,000 is for the Office of Dietary Supplements.

The conferees are agreed that NIH should continue to allocate funds for biomedical research on the basis of scientific opportunity, taking into consideration the many other factors identified by NIH as being relevant to funding decisions, such as the infectious nature of a disease, the number of cases and deaths associated with a disease, the costs of disease treatment, and/or other costs associated with a disease. The conferees also expect NIH to carefully consider the language in the House and Senate reports and give it appropriate weight when determining funding allocations across disease areas. Regarding the cases in which the House or Senate reports reference funding levels for a specific disease, the conferees are agreed that these are intended only to express relative priority and are not funding earmarks.

The conferees concur with language contained in the Senate report regarding the pediatric research initiative.

The conferees recognize the significance of child abuse and neglect as a serious public health problem. The conferees commend the efforts of NIH, under the leadership of NIMH, for convening a working group of organizations and relevant Federal agencies to facilitate collaborative and cooperative efforts on child abuse and neglect research. The conferees encourage NIH to continue to address this public health problem and request that the Director of NIH be prepared to report on the progress of this research at the fiscal year 2003 appropriations hearing.

The conferees are concerned about the impact of Tropical Storm Allison on the research programs and institutions located in Houston, Texas, in particular Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas at Houston Health Sciences Center. The conferees recognize the efforts of NIH to extend application deadlines and provide administrative supplements to affected grantees. The conferees strongly encourage NIH to continue this practice and, to the extent practicable, provide one-year extensions for those investigators who need them.

The conferees recognize the association between religion and positive health outcomes. This may be the result of the emphasis of some religions on healthy behaviors. For example, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known as the Mormon religion, encourages members to adopt health-promoting behaviors and proscribes behaviors associated with poor health outcomes, such as smoking or substance abuse. The conferees encourage NIH to examine further the association between religion and health outcomes and how some religious organizations effectively promote healthy behaviors among their members.

The conferees continue to be very interested in matching the increased needs of researchers, particularly NIH grantees, as well as intramural and university-based researchers, who rely upon human tissues and organs to study human diseases and to search for cures. The conferees are aware that NIH is in the process of encouraging the Institutes and Centers to expand support for NDRI and urge NIH to submit a written progress report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than February 1, 2002.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

The conference agreement includes $309,600,000 for buildings and facilities instead of $311,600,000 as proposed by the House and $306,600,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes bill language to give the Director discretion to transfer up to $75,000,000 to International Assistance Programs, Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis as proposed by the House. The Senate bill included a general provision to transfer $70,000,000 to the Global Fund.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

The conference agreement includes $3,138,279,000 for substance abuse and mental health services instead of $3,131,558,000 as proposed by the House and $3,088,456,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement does not include bill language as proposed by the Senate to earmark funds to carry out subtitle C of title XXXVI of the Children's Health Act of 2000. The House bill contained no similar provision. The conferees provide funding for this purpose within the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.

The conference agreement does not include bill language to earmark funds for mental health providers serving public safety workers affected by disasters of national significance. The House bill contained no similar provision. The conferees provide funding for this purpose within the Center for Mental Health Services.

Center for Mental Health Services

The conference agreement includes $433,000,000 for the mental health block grant instead of $440,000,000 as proposed by the House and $420,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $96,694,000 for children's mental health instead of $97,694,000 as proposed by the House and $91,694,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $32,500,000 for protection and advocacy instead of $33,000,000 as proposed by the House and $32,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $230,067,000 for programs of regional and national significance instead of $223,499,000 as proposed by the House and $208,599,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $95,000,000 is for continuation and expansion of youth violence prevention programs.

Within the total provided, $20,000,000 is provided under section 582 of the Public Health Service Act to support grants to local mental health providers for the purposes of developing knowledge of best practices and providing mental health services to children and youth suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of having witnessed or experienced a traumatic event.

Within the total provided, $7,000,000 is for the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report.

Within the total provided, $5,000,000 is to provide mental health outreach and treatment to the elderly.

Within the total provided, $4,000,000 is for grants to develop and implement programs to divert individuals with a mental health illness from the criminal justice system to community-based services and for related training and technical assistance as authorized by section 520G of the Public Health Service Act.

Within the total provided, $3,000,000 is to establish a National Suicide Prevention Resource Center to provide technical assistance in developing, implementing, and evaluating effective suicide prevention programs. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the Senate report.

Within the total provided, $2,500,000 is for mental health providers serving public safety workers affected by disasters of national significance.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$46,000 for Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital Association, Hot Springs, Arkansas for a school-based student/family psychotherapy program;

--$50,000 is for the Wisconsin Primary Healthcare Association in Madison, Wisconsin to provide mental health services to farm families affected by economic problems related to agriculture;

--$100,000 is for American Trauma Society's 2nd Trauma Program;

--$150,000 is for the Weingart Center in Los Angeles, California to develop and expand mental health support and long-term case management within transitional housing and clinical programs;

--$160,000 is for the Hispanic Counseling Center in Hempstead, New York for mental health, alcoholism, and substance abuse treatment services;

--$172,000 is for Family Communications Inc. in Pittsburgh for an antiviolence program entitled the National Preschool Anger Management Project;

--$200,000 is for the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center in Lawrence, Kansas to provide mental health services in schools and other settings to prevent juvenile crime and substance abuse among high-risk youth;

--$200,000 is for the Concord-Assabet Family Services Center for a model transitional living program for troubled youth;

--$250,000 is for the further development, testing, and implementation of the computerization of the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (T-MAP) in Tarrent County, Texas;

--$250,000 is for the Texas Department of Mental Health and Retardation for further development of Texas Medication Algorithm Project (T-MAP)

--$350,000 is for Casa Myrna Vazquez in Boston to support domestic violence services and related services;

--$350,000 is for Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital in East Providence, Rhode Island for a school-based adolescent mental health initiative;

--$400,000 is for the Corporation for Supportive Housing, New York, New York to advise and assist supportive housing organizations in providing mental health and substance abuse services;

--$490,000 is for Pacific Clinics in Arcadia, California to support a school-based mental health demonstration program for Latina adolescents;

--$500,000 is for the Life Quest Community Mental Health Center for its program for treatment of co-occurring disorders among the population of Mat-Su Valley;

--$500,000 is for the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for the Geriatric Mental Health Research Center;

--$650,000 is for the University of Connecticut for an urban health initiative, jointly with Yale University, to improve mental health services to underserved, high-risk urban residents;

--$700,000 is for the Providence Center for Counseling and Psychiatric Services in Providence, Rhode Island for an early intervention preschool and parent training program;

--$800,000 is for the Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction demonstration in Ventura County, California;

--$800,000 is for the Yale University, Child Study Center to support collaborative programs aimed at addressing the needs of children exposed to violence and based on the Child Development-Community Policing program model;

--$850,000 is for the Iowa State University extension for the training of rural mental health providers; and

--$1,000,000 is for the Ch'eghutsen comprehensive mental health services program for children in Interior Alaska.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

The conference agreement includes $291,572,000 for programs of regional and national significance instead of $305,122,000 as proposed by the House and $276,122,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $57,000,000 is for the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report.

Within the total provided, $9,000,000 above last year's level is for grants to develop and expand mental health and substance abuse treatment services for homeless individuals as authorized by section 506 of the Public Health Service Act. The intent of this section was to permit grants to be made to projects which provide either mental health services, substance abuse services, or services in both fields. This allows communities greater flexibility to provide the services they believe to be the most urgent. While the resources have been included within the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), the conferees believe that the most effective outcomes will be achieved in addressing the multiple needs of homeless individuals if CSAT and the Center for Mental Health Services work cooperatively. The conferees further intend that these funds could be used in conjunction with permanent supportive housing programs for homeless people in support of the Secretary's initiative to reduce chronic homelessness.

Within the total provided, $10,000,000 is to expand support of clinically based treatment and related services for adult, juvenile, and family drug courts and individuals returning to the community who are on probation, parole, or unsupervised release.

Within the total provided, $3,000,000 is for the Addiction and Technology Transfer Center program. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report.

The conferees urge SAMHSA to give full and fair consideration to a proposal by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$50,000 is for Recovery House in Wallingford, Vermont to develop a day treatment program for substance abuse counseling and other support services for pregnant women and women with dependent children;

--$100,000 is for Haymarket West in Schaumburg, Illinois to expand its comprehensive substance abuse treatment and related services;

--$100,000 is for Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities in Chicago, Illinois for a substance abuse treatment program;

--$100,000 is for ThedaCare Behavioral Health in Menasha, Wisconsin to establish pilot models for expanded regional substance abuse prevention and treatment services for youth and families;

--$200,000 is for the Dimock Community Health Center to support inpatient detoxification and behavioral health programs;

--$200,000 is for the Vinland Center in Loretto, Minnesota to offer specialized residential treatment programs for adults with cognitive and functional impairments;

--$200,000 is for the Vermont Department of Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs for long-term residential treatment services for adolescents with significant substance abuse problems in Bradford, Vermont;

--$200,000 is for Lutheran Social Services in Appleton, Wisconsin to expand alcohol abuse prevention programs for older adults in northern Wisconsin;

--$250,000 is for the Pennington County Detention Center in South Dakota for mental health and substance abuse treatment services;

--$400,000 is for the WestCare Foundation, Inc. in Las Vegas, Nevada to demonstrate and evaluate the Batterers Intervention Demonstration project;

--$500,000 is for the Cook Inlet Tribal Council to treat women and children with substance abuse problems in Kenai;

--$500,000 is for the Vermont Department of Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs to establish pilot projects in Rutland and Burlington that will develop prevention and treatment strategies for combating substance abuse problems in urban and rural settings;

--$500,000 is for the United Community Center/Centro de la Comunidad to establish a demonstration project integrating substance abuse treatment programs into domestic violence intervention and outreach programs geared toward Hispanic women;

--$750,000 is for the Cook Inlet Tribal Council's Ernie Turner Center to provide outpatient substance abuse treatment;

--$750,000 is for the Fairbanks Native Association's Lifegivers program;

--$750,000 is for the Southcentral Foundation's Pathways Home Residential Treatment Center for Adolescent Substance Abusers;

--$800,000 is for Diversion Alternatives, Inc. in Ft. Worth, Texas for a comprehensive outpatient substance abuse treatment program;

--$1,000,000 is for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, for its model substance abuse treatment on demand initiative; and

--$2,500,000 is for the City of Baltimore, Maryland to expand its drug treatment services.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

The conference agreement includes $198,140,000 for programs of regional and national significance instead of $187,215,000 as proposed by the House and $199,013,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $38,100,000 is for the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the House report.

Within the total provided, $12,500,000 is to expand efforts to identify, disseminate, and implement effective fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and treatment programs.

Within the total provided, $5,000,000 is to carry out the Ecstasy Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000.

Within the total provided, $5,000,000 is for grants to public and nonprofit entities to carry out school-based and community-based programs concerning the dangers of methamphetamine abuse and addiction.

The conferees urge SAMHSA to give full and fair consideration to a proposal by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002:

--$75,000 is for the Start S.M.A.R.T. Foundation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for the development of a pilot project to examine the optimal ways of distributing `QED,' a new saliva alcohol test;

--$100,000 is for the Syracuse University for the Twelve Point for Substance Abuse Prevention program;

--$100,000 is for the Rock Island County Council on Addictions in East Moline, Illinois for its Healthy Youth Prevention Program;

--$150,000 is for the Palm Beach County Community Services Department for the Free to Grow Program that provides drug prevention services to families of pre-schoolers;

--$150,000 is for the State University of New York Upstate Medical University for the Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center;

--$250,000 is for the Northwestern Community Services Board in Front Royal, Virginia for a Warren County Drug Initiative;

--$300,000 is for the Orleans Parish, SE Louisiana Drug Prevention Education program for student drug testing assessment, counseling, treatment, drug education, outreach services and program evaluation;

--$400,000 is for the Institute for Research, Education, and Training in Addictions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at St. Francis Health System to facilitate the coordination of approaches to research, treatment and health policy development;

--$500,000 is for Coalition for Safe and Drug Free St. Petersburg, Inc. in St. Petersburg, Florida for a demonstration project;

--$600,000 is for Chrysalis House, Inc. in Fayette County, Kentucky for substance abuse prevention programs;

--$750,000 is for the Anchorage Department of Health for drug and alcohol prevention programs to reach 50 percent of Alaska's population;

--$800,000 is for Fenway Community Health in Boston, Massachusetts to expand its HIV prevention, mental health, and substance abuse programs;

--$1,200,000 is for the Ohio Prevention in Education Resource Center in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Bridgebuilders project; and

--$1,250,000 is for Community Health Centers in the Big Island of Hawaii for a youth anti-drug program.

Program Management

The conference agreement includes $91,451,000 for program management instead of $80,173,000 as proposed by the House and $96,173,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $3,278,000 is to continue testing the effectiveness of Community Assessment and Intervention Centers in providing integrated mental health and substance abuse services to troubled and at-risk children and youth, and their families in four Florida communities. Building upon successful juvenile programs, this effort responds directly to nationwide concerns about youth violence, substance abuse, declining levels of service availability and the inability of certain communities to respond to the needs of their youth in a coordinated manner.

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

The conference agreement includes $2,600,000 in appropriated funds instead of $168,435,000 as proposed by the House and $291,245,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement designates $296,145,000 to be available to the agency under the Public Health Service Act one percent evaluation set-aside instead of $137,810,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

Within the total provided, $55,000,000 is to determine ways to reduce medical errors.

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $2,440,798,000 for program management instead of $2,361,158,000 as proposed by the House and $2,464,658,000 as proposed by the Senate. An additional appropriation of $700,000,000 has been provided for the Medicare Integrity Program through the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation

The conference agreement includes $118,201,000 for research, demonstration, and evaluation instead of $55,311,000 as proposed by the House and $125,311,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $40,000,000 is for Real Choice Systems Change Grants to States. These funds are to be used consistent with language contained in the Senate report.

Within the total provided, $15,000,000 is to continue the Nursing Home Transition Initiative.

The conferees do not concur with the Senate report language regarding the extension of Disease State Management Programs to Medicare demonstration projects.

The conferees have included sufficient funds to continue a Medicare demonstration project to test the effectiveness of using lifestyle changes to treat heart disease.

The agreement includes bill language for the following projects and activities for fiscal year 2002:

--$100,000 is for the Regional Nursing Centers Consortium in Philadelphia to initiate a demonstration project to evaluate 15 nurse-managed health centers in urban and rural areas across Pennsylvania;

--$200,000 is for the Madonna Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska to create a new standard of rehabilitation practice and program design for children and adults with disabilities;

--$250,000 is for the Cook County, Illinois Bureau of Health for the Asthma Champion Initiative to reduce morbidity and mortality from asthma in high prevalence areas;

--$250,000 is for the Illinois Primary Health Care Association to implement the Shared Integrated Management Information System providing centralized case management, reimbursement and administrative support services;

--$500,000 is for Project Access in Muskegon, Michigan to offer affordable insurance to uninsured workers, primarily in small business, and low-income individuals;

--$590,000 is for Santa Clara County, California for the outreach and application assistance aspects of its Children's Health Initiative, to demonstrate means of expanding enrollment of eligible children in Medicaid, SCHIP and other available health care programs;

--$800,000 is for the Fishing Partnership Health Plan, based in Boston, Massachusetts for a demonstration project on the efficacy of using a community-based health benefit program to provide health care coverage for lower-income independently employed workers and their families;

--$800,000 is to continue a demonstration project being conducted at the Mind-Body Institute of Boston, Massachusetts, and expand the demonstration so that eligible patients shall also include those who have undergone coronary bypass surgery or angioplasty and do not have reduced blood flow to the heart, and/or angina;

--$900,000 is for the Children's Hospice International demonstration program to provide a continuum of care for children with life-threatening conditions and their families;

--$1,500,000 is for the Iowa Department of Public Health for the continuation of a prescription drug cooperative demonstration; and

--$2,000,000 is for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles for a demonstration of residential and outpatient treatment facilities.

Medicare Contractors

The conference agreement includes $1,534,500,000 for Medicare contractors instead of $1,522,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,547,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $52,000,000 is for the Medicare+Choice information campaign and $12,500,000 is to support grants for State Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance programs.

State Survey and Certification

The conference agreement includes $256,397,000 for State survey and certification instead of $252,147,000 as proposed by the House and $260,647,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Federal Administration

The conference agreement includes $531,700,000 for Federal administration as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

The conferees understand that CMS is developing a comprehensive regulation establishing a new fee schedule for ambulance payments as required by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. The conferees believe it is equally important to implement condition codes and urge CMS to do so simultaneously with the new fee schedule.

The conferees are aware of underpayment to certain hospitals that treat newborns with life threatening respiratory diseases and encourage CMS to implement a methodology to reimburse hospitals for inhaled nitric oxide treatment for neonatal hypoxic respiratory failure.

The conferees strongly concur with Senate report language regarding the Medicaid upper payment limit agreement that was included in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001.

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement specifies that the contingency funds are for the unanticipated home energy assistance needs of one or more States, consistent with language contained in the House bill. The Senate bill did not include such a provision.

The conference agreement specifies that the contingency funds shall be made available only after submission to the Congress of an official budget request as proposed by the Senate, instead of a formal budget request as proposed by the House.

The conferees note that the amount provided by the Congress in the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2001 was $150,000,000 more than requested by the Administration because of serious concerns about low-income households which had experienced significant increases in their home heating costs during the harsh winter of the past year. In addition, many States exhausted their LIHEAP allocations as the program served one million households more than it had in the previous year. The conferees are concerned that the combination of circumstances, according to objective data sources, has left many low income households with utility debts at levels considerably higher than the previous year, while applications for this coming heating season are coming in at rates significantly higher than last year. Therefore, the conferees encourage the Administration to release funds to reduce the energy burden on low income households throughout the nation. The conferees recognize that the contingency fund was authorized to meet the additional home energy assistance needs of one or more States arising from a natural disaster or other emergency, which includes a significant increase in the cost of home energy, a significant increase in home energy disconnections or a significant increase in unemployment, layoffs, or the number of households applying for unemployment benefits. The conferees understand that the latest Department of Labor employment data indicate the unemployment rate has risen almost one full percentage point in the last two months, while payroll employment has fallen by almost 800,000.

REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement appropriates $460,203,000, instead of $460,224,000 as proposed by the House and $445,224,000 proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, for Social Services, the agreement provides $158,600,000 instead of $156,621,000 as proposed by the House and $143,621,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees specify that funds for section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be available for three fiscal years, as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 that is to be used under social services to increase educational support to schools with a significant proportion of refugee children, consistent with language contained in the House report.

The agreement also includes $19,000,000 for increased support to communities with large concentrations of refugees whose cultural differences make assimilation especially difficult justifying a more intense level and longer duration of Federal assistance, consistent with language contained in the House report.

CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

The conference agreement includes $2,099,994,000 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant, instead of $2,199,987,000 as proposed by the House and $2,000,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the funds provided for child care resources and referrals, the agreement also includes $1,000,000 for the Child-Care Aware toll-free hotline operated by the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

The conference agreement provides that States may transfer up to 10 percent of TANF funds to SSBG as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed a transfer amount of 5.7 percent.

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

The conference agreement includes $8,429,183,000 for children and families services programs instead of $8,275,442,000 as proposed by the House and $8,592,496,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, the agreement rescinds $21,000,000 from permanent appropriations as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

Head Start

The conference agreement includes $6,537,906,000 for Head Start instead of $6,475,812,000 as proposed by the House and $6,600,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes an advance appropriation of $1,400,000,000 for Head Start for fiscal year 2003 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

Runaway Youth

The conference agreement includes $88,133,000 for runaway youth instead of $105,133,000 as proposed by the Senate and $71,133,000 as proposed by the House. Within the funds provided, $39,739,900 is available for the transitional living program (TLP). The conference agreement includes these additional resources to meet the needs of young people in need of services.

The Administration proposed $33,000,000 for a separate transitional living program designed to serve pregnant and parenting youth. The conferees are aware of the need for and share the Administration's interest in funding residential services for young mothers and their children who are unable to live with their own families because of abuse, neglect, or other circumstances. The conferees also recognize the need for and value of expanding transitional living opportunities for all homeless youth. Therefore, the conferees seek to preserve the flexibility afforded in current law to respond to the needs of the young people who are most at-risk and in greatest need of transitional living opportunities in their communities by providing additional resources to consolidated runaway and homeless youth act programs.

It is the conferees' expectation that current and future TLP grantees will continue to provide transitional living opportunities and supports to pregnant and parenting homeless youth, as is their current practice. To further ensure that pregnant and parenting homeless youth are able to access transitional living opportunities and supports in their communities, the conferees encourage the Secretary, acting through the network of federally-funded runaway and homeless youth training and technical assistance providers, to offer guidance to grantees and others on the programmatic modifications required to address the unique needs of pregnant and parenting youth and on the various sources of funding available for residential services to this population.

Child abuse

The conference agreement includes $22,013,000 for child abuse state grants, instead of $23,000,000 as proposed by the House and $21,026,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $26,178,000 for child abuse discretionary programs instead of $19,978,000 as proposed by the House and $33,717,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the funds provided for child abuse prevention programs, the agreement includes the following items:

Agape of Central Alabama, Inc., Montgomery, AL, for their work with the children in need	$45,000
Alameda County Social Services Agency for the Alternative Response System	440,000
Alaska Native Health Board and the State of Alaska to develop and implement statewide child abuse prevention and treatment plan for Alaska Native children and parents	450,000
Center for Women and Families, Louisville, KY, for child abuse prevention	300,000
Child Advocacy Center of the Ozarks, Inc., Monett, MO, for equipment	50,000
Cornerstone Advocacy Service in Bloomington, MN, to provide prevention and education services to children and adults who are survivors of domestic violence	300,000
Family and Children's Services for a child abuse prevention program	400,000
Family social service provider in Yellowstone County, MT, to deliver early intervention services to at-risk families including the provision of family social services	400,000
Farm Resource Center, Mound City, IL, for mental health and substance abuse outreach to farm families	600,000
Healthy Families/Better Beginnings home visiting program for State of AK and regional Native non-profit organizations	2,000,000
Little Flower Children Services facility, Wading, NY, for a comprehensive child abuse prevention and remediation program	800,000
Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start to implement community-based education interventions	500,000
Ohel Family Services in Brooklyn, NY, to provide intensive treatment, crisis intervention, in-home support and rehabilitation services to abused and neglected children in foster care	275,000
Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana to train teachers in the Greater New Orleans area on how to recognize and report child abuse cases among their students	200,000
Project SafePlace in Louisville to conduct a demonstration project serving at-risk youth in Kentucky	150,000
Safe Harbor Crisis Nursery, Kennewick, WA, for child abuse prevention	200,000
University of Notre Dame to develop model intervention effort to help prevent child neglect and abuse	220,000

The conference agreement includes $7,498,000 for child welfare training, instead of $6,998,000 as proposed by the House and $7,998,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Adoption Awareness

The conference agreement includes $12,906,000 for adoption awareness as proposed by the Senate instead of $9,906,000 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 above the budget request to implement the Special Needs Awareness Campaign in fiscal year 2002.

Compassion Capital Fund

The conference agreement includes $30,000,000 for the compassion capital fund as proposed by the House instead of $89,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. This new program is part of the Administration's Faith Based Initiative. Funds available for this program will be used for grants to public/private partnerships that help small faith-based and community-based organizations replicate or expand model social services programs. The conferees also intend that funding be used to support and promote rigorous evaluations on the `best practices' among charitable organizations so that successful models can be emulated and expanded by other entities. The conferees expect funds made available through this program to supplement and not supplant private resources and encourage the Secretary to require private resources to match grant funding provided to public/private partnerships.

Social Services and Income Maintenance Research

The conference agreement includes $31,250,000 for social services and income maintenance research instead of $27,000,000 as proposed by the House and $27,426,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees continue to support the agency's efforts to assist States in meeting the complex information and systems reporting requirements of TANF and have provided $1,000,000 to continue this initiative. The State Information Technology Consortium is coordinating this effort. Given the success of this effort, the conferees believe that there can be better coordination of child support enforcement activities. The flow of information between Federal and State agencies and the court system continues to be a critical factor in the success of the Child Support Enforcement program. While some States have succeeded in implementing seamless, cost-effective processes for information-sharing among their human service agencies and the courts, others have not. The conferees have included $2,000,000 to expand this ongoing initiative so that the State Information Technology Consortium can identify and widely disseminate methods for improving the flow of information between agencies and the court system. The conferees also provide sufficient funding for the following:

Metropolitan Family Services for a demonstration project encouraging more involved fathers	$400,000
Montana Child Care Financing Demonstration	200,000
National Center for Appropriate Technology in Butte, MT	150,000
University of Georgia to evaluate the feasibility of creating a commission to carry out a comprehensive program of economic and human resource development in the Southern Black Belt	250,000
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., for a National Center on Child Welfare Training Evaluation	250,000

Community Services

The conference agreement includes $33,417,000 for community based resource centers, instead of $34,000,000 as proposed by the House and $32,834,000 as proposed by the Senate.

For Developmental Disabilities, the conference agreement includes $35,000,000 for protection and advocacy services as proposed by the Senate instead of $34,000,000 as proposed by the House. It also includes $11,734,000 for special projects as proposed by the Senate instead of $10,734,000 as proposed by the House. For university affiliated programs, the agreement includes $24,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $21,800,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $45,946,000 for Native Americans, instead of $44,396,000 as proposed by the House and $45,996,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees recommend that the Administration on Native Americans increase support for Native Hawaiian educational programs which enhance their ability to participate effectively in the governmental process. Within the total the conferees provide funding for the following:

Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.	$350,000
Kawerak, Inc.	150,000
Tanana Chiefs Conference in interior Alaska	250,000

The conference agreement includes $650,000,000 for the community services block grant instead of $620,000,000 as proposed by the House and $675,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes bill language stipulating that all local entities that are in good standing in the community services block grant program shall receive an increase in funding for the next program year that is proportionate to the overall increase in the appropriation provided for the block grant. The conference agreement also includes bill language proposed by the Senate that clarifies that the community economic development grant funds may be used to finance construction and rehabilitation.

The conference agreement also includes $32,517,000 for economic development, instead of $30,034,000 as proposed by the House and $35,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees also set aside $5,500,000 within the community economic development program for the job creation demonstration authorized under the Family Support Act. The conference agreement also includes $7,000,000 for the rural community facilities program described in the House and Senate reports, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $5,321,000 as proposed by the House.

For National Youth Sports, the agreement includes $17,000,000 as proposed by the House instead of $16,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. For the community food program, the agreement includes $7,314,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement also includes $124,459,000 for Battered Women's Shelters instead of $126,918,000 as proposed by the House and $122,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. For the Early Learning Fund, the agreement includes $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include funding for this program. The agreement also includes $1,500,000 for the Faith Based Center instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not include funding for this program.

PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

The conference agreement appropriates funds for promoting safe and stable families under subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act, as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed providing funds under section 430 of the Social Security Act.

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement includes $6,621,500,000 as proposed by the House instead of $6,621,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.

ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

The conference agreement includes $1,199,814,000 for aging services programs instead of $1,144,832,000 as proposed by the House and $1,209,756,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $357,000,000 for supportive centers, instead of $327,075,000 as proposed by the House and $366,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $21,123,000 for preventive health services as proposed by the House instead of $22,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees intend that $5,000,000 be made available from preventive health services for activities regarding medication management, screening, and education to prevent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions.

The conference agreement also includes $17,681,000 for ombusdsman/elder abuse prevention activities, instead of $14,181,000 as proposed by the House and $18,181,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $141,500,000 for family caregivers, instead of $137,000,000 as proposed by the House and $146,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the funds provided for family caregivers, the agreement includes $5,500,000 for Native American caregivers. The Senate bill provided $6,000,000 for this purpose.

The conference agreement includes $390,000,000 for congregate meals, instead of $396,000,000 as proposed by the House and $384,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes $176,500,000 for home delivered meals, instead of $176,000,000 as proposed by the House and $177,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $25,729,000 for grants to Indians instead of $25,457,000 as proposed by the House and $26,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The agreement includes $38,280,000 for aging research and demonstrations instead of $19,100,000 as proposed by the House and $36,574,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the funds, the conferees have included sufficient funding for an osteoporosis prevention education program aimed at post-menopausal women. The conferees also include the following amounts under aging research and training:

Adult Day Care of Winchester, Winchester, VA, to provide adult day care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease	$150,000
Allegheny County Homestead Apartments LIFE Center	300,000
Alzheimer's Family Day Center, Falls Church, VA, to provide adult day care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease	250,000
Area Agency on Aging of Southeast Arkansas, Inc., for demonstration project for non-Medicaid eligible elderly	500,000
Area Agency on Aging of Southwest Arkansas for family care-giving research project	231,000
Champlain Senior Center in Burlington, VT, to support its efforts to help low-income seniors remain independent and active for as long as possible through the use of technology	100,000
Civic Ventures for Experience Corps initiative for older adults to mentor young people	800,000
Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups in Madison, WI, to provide assistance and education to the legal community and the public about elder financial abuse	136,000
Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc., Baltimore, MD, for demonstration project on Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities to the Baltimore Jewish Naturally Occurring Retirement Community	1,000,000
Council of Senior Centers and Services of NYC for ACCESS to BENE*FITS Demonstration Project	75,000
DuPage County Human Services Department, Wheaton, IL, `Elder Abuse and Neglect Program'	100,000
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, for Anne and Louis Green Alzheimer's Care and Research Center	1,000,000
Florida International University, Miami, FL, National Policy and Research Center on Nutrition and Aging `Nutrition 2030 program'	500,000
Garrett County Area Agency on Aging to increase access to nutrition services for rural seniors	25,000
Guadelupe Community Center, Los Angeles, CA, for a demonstration project on delivery of outreach services to the elderly, including non-English speaking seniors	440,000
Hmong Mutual Assistance Association in La Crosse, WI, to provide employment, social, economic and educational assistance to elder Hmong refugees	127,000
Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, Bronx, NY, for research involving the use of music to assist individuals suffering from stroke, dementia, Alzheimer's	500,000
INTEGRIS health system in Oklahoma for technology centers that seniors could utilize for health education and community interaction	100,000
Iowa Department of Elder Affairs Seamless System to integrate senior programs. In administering this award, the AoA and CMS should provide the technical assistance and related support necessary to develop and implement program changes	1,500,000
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, for the universal kitchen design project to develop technologies for independent living for individuals with disabilities	200,000
Jewish Association on Aging, Pittsburgh, for a demonstration project on Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities	200,000
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia for a demonstration project on Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities	200,000
Jewish Federation of St. Louis to establish a Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) demonstration project providing supportive services to seniors.	1,280,000
Mecklenburg County, NC, Nutrition 2000 program to help provide nutritional care for homebound frail senior citizens	1,000,000
National Center for Seniors' Housing Research to enable the elderly to live independently	475,000
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, Cleveland, OH, for a demonstration program	1,000,000
Oregon Health Sciences University for Healthy Aging Project	450,000
Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April to rehabilitate the homes of the low income elderly	500,000
Senior Community Centers of San Diego for the Health Promotion/Harm Reduction Demonstration Project	90,000
Senior Specialists Agency on Aging of West Central Arkansas for research on services to the aging	455,000
Social Research into Alzheimer's disease care options, best practices and other Alzheimer's research priorities as specified in the House Report	3,685,000
SPRY Foundation to develop web-based resources and training programs to help seniors access high-quality information and caregiver support services	367,000
Texas Tech Institute University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, for the Institute for Healthy Aging	1,000,000
The Motion Picture and Television Fund, in partnership with the University of Southern California's Andrus School of Gerontology, for the Eden Alternative demonstration project that seeks to improve quality of care and life for seniors residing in nursing homes and assisted living facilities	100,000
Tri-County Community Action Program, Berlin, NH, for demonstration project	50,000
Wayne County, MI, demonstration project to enhance services to the elderly, including dementia patients, and to serve ethnic groups	800,000
Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services for a Senior Outreach to Senior program	20,000

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $347,554,000 for general departmental management instead of $338,887,000 as proposed by the House and $422,212,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, the agreement provides $21,552,000 in program evaluation funds as proposed by the House. The Senate did not provide for evaluation funds in this account.

Within the total provided, $4,000,000 is for the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission as proposed by the Senate. The House did not specify an amount for the Commission.

The conference agreement includes $500,000 for the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine (NAS/IOM) to develop a cost-effective strategy for reducing and preventing underage drinking. The House had included funds for a similar purpose within the appropriation for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, while the Senate bill included funds for this purpose in this account.

To help develop a cost-effective strategy for reducing and preventing underage drinking, the NAS/IOM shall review existing Federal, State and non-governmental programs, including media-based programs, designed to change the attitudes and health behaviors of youth. Based on its review, the NAS/IOM shall produce a strategy designed to prevent and reduce underage drinking including: an outline and implementation strategy, message points that will be effective in changing the attitudes and health behaviors of youth concerning underage drinking, target audience identification, goals and objectives of the campaign, and the estimated costs of development and implementation. The review and recommendations of the NAS/IOM shall be reported to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, and the U.S. Attorney General no later than nine months after the date of enactment of this Act.

The conferees have heard concerns from state and local health departments and community-based organizations about the lack of availability of rapid HIV tests to identify individuals with HIV disease. Rapid HIV tests are needed for increasing the number of HIV-infected individuals who know they are infected; for screening pregnant women in labor to prevent transmission to their infants; for screening potential recipients of smallpox or other live-virus vaccines against potential agents of bioterrorism; and for emergency screening of blood transfusions in the event of large-scale terrorist attack. The conferees strongly encourage the Secretary to expedite approval and make available simple, rapid HIV diagnostic tests for use by a variety of health and community-based personnel.

The conferees concur with language in the House report regarding the coordination of men's health activities.

The conferees concur with language in the Senate report regarding the ongoing research supported by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health concerning ephedra and the corresponding language relating to FDA rulemaking. The conferees urge the Secretary to work with FDA and ODS to resolve this rulemaking matter expeditiously so that the millions of Americans who use these weight loss products can continue to do so responsibly. Several states, such as Ohio in 1997 and Nebraska as recently as 2001, have already taken action to put in place clear and science-based regulatory parameters in an effort to preserve consumer access and safeguard public health by precluding the sale of ephedrine products marketed as street drug alternatives. The conferees urge the Secretary to work with industry and to take an active role in this regulatory process and to ensure that any interim actions as well as the final rule establish appropriate rules based on science. The conferees also urge industry to share with the Department all data from clinical studies with ephedra.

The conferees are concerned about the growing shortages of qualified healthcare workers, particularly in underserved rural and urban areas. The problem is at once an educational issue, a labor issue, and a healthcare issue. The conferees urge the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education, to convene a high level task force to develop both immediate and longer-term solutions to these shortages. The conferees expect the Secretary to be prepared to discuss this issue and the status of the task force during the fiscal year 2003 budget hearings.

The conferees are aware that patients who suffer terminal illnesses face severe and excruciating pain. For such patients, palliative care is essential. The conferees are concerned that, although palliative care is well-established in many other countries, most of the American public and many health care professionals still know little about it. The conferees urge the Secretary to work with organizations like the American Medical Association and the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, to disseminate appropriate information to health care professionals and the public.

The conferees note that it has been seven years since enactment of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act and the Department has yet to promulgate good manufacturing practices regulations as called for under the Act. These regulations are crucial for consumer protection. The conferees strongly urge the Secretary to publish these regulations within 15 days of enactment of this Act.

The conference agreement includes $500,000 to augment the resources of the Office of General Counsel for enforcement of violations of DSHEA's labeling and content requirements as recommended by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.

The conferees understand the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine will release its final report early in 2002. The conferees urge the Secretary to form a coordinating unit to review the Commission's report and implement ways to better coordinate the Department's many CAM-related activities.

Within the total, the agreement includes funds above the request for the Department's Information Collection Review and Analysis System as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 to launch a public awareness campaign to inform Americans about the existence of spare embryos and options for couples to adopt an embryo or embryos in order to bear children, as proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision. The conferees further direct that the Secretary prepare and submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations by April 1, 2002, outlining the Department's plans and timeline to launch this campaign.

The conferees encourage the Secretary, in conjunction with the CDC and relevant NIH institutes, to work with interested members of the physician community to provide nationwide access to a physician-only multi-media internet site. The conferees are aware of such sites with webcast experience, media response capability, and original content developed by nationally recognized medical faculty. Access to this web-based technology, which should function in conjunction with Federal health agencies' information systems, will allow the nation's primary care providers to receive important Federal health news and alerts as well as up to date information on treatment protocols for biological threats.

The conferees are aware of a proposal to develop a Prescription Drug Surveillance System using independent, real-time pharmaceutical transaction data. The conferees encourage the Secretary to consider this proposal.

It has come to the conferees' attention that a number of experts believe that more needs to be done in the area of tissue engineering, including the development of a national strategy. The conferees urge the Secretary to consider developing such a national strategy, one that includes collaborative research and entrepreneurship. The conferees further urge the Secretary to consider using the scientific expertise at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to execute the strategy and encourage consideration of the establishment of a Center for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine through the Institute's extramural research program.

The agreement provides $28,931,000 for the adolescent family life program instead of $27,862,000 as proposed by the House and $30,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes bill language earmarking $11,885,000 under the adolescent family life program for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, of which $10,157,000 shall be for prevention grants under section 510(b)(2) of Title V of the Social Security Act, without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of Title XX of the Public Health Service Act. The conference agreement includes funds above the request to expand efforts in providing care services.

The agreement provides $49,584,000 for minority health, instead of $43,084,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The conferees urge the Secretary, where appropriate, to incorporate the out-year costs of fiscal year 2002 program initiatives in the operating divisions as recommended by the House.

The conferees concur with the House recommendation regarding the importance of OMH partnerships with minority health professions institutions. Specifically, the conferees urge the Office to continue its successful cooperative agreement with Meharry Medical College. In addition, the conferees urge the OMH to give priority consideration to partnering with the Morehouse School of Medicine. In addition, the conferees urge the Office to retain Central State University as the managing institution for the Family Community Violence Prevention program. Also, the conferees encourage the Office of Minority Health to work with Morehouse College of Atlanta, Georgia and a consortium of historically black colleges and universities to undertake the planning and design phase of the National Minority Male Project. The conferees also urge that during the implementation phase of the project, the Office reach out and involve as many interested minority institutions as possible.

The agreement provides $26,819,000 for the office of women's health instead of $26,769,000 as proposed by the House and $27,396,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees urge the Secretary, where appropriate, to incorporate the out-year costs of fiscal year 2002 program initiatives in the operating divisions as recommended by the House.

The agreement includes $1,000,000 to commission a Surgeon General's report on osteoporosis and related bone diseases, detailing the burden bone disease places on society and highlighting preventive measures to improve and maintain bone health throughout life as proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar provision.

The agreement does not include $68,700,000 for bioterrorism within this account as proposed by the Senate. Instead, funds for bioterrorism preparedness and response are provided within the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund as proposed by the House.

Within the total provided, $50,000,000 is for minority HIV/AIDS Initiative as proposed by the House and Senate. The conferees concur with the House report regarding the purposes and uses of these funds. The agreement deletes bill language included by the House requiring the Secretary to submit an operating plan prior to the obligation of these funds, because the conferees expect this information to be included in the general operating plan to be submitted by the Department. The Senate had no similar provision.

The agreement includes $21,998,000 for the IT Security and Innovation Fund, instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the House and $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees include the amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2002 listed below. The conferees direct that none of these project funds be transferred to either the National Institutes of Health or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

For the Community Transportation Association of America to provide technical assistance to human services transportation providers on ADA requirements	$1,000,000
For the ARCH National Resource Center on Respite and Crisis Services in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to expand training, technical assistance, evaluation and networking expertise in respite care	200,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for Access Community Health Network in Maywood/Chicago Heights IL to expand its women's health programs	100,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for Padres Contra El Cancer in Los Angeles to expand patient education programs and family support services for Latino children with cancer	200,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for Sisters Network, Inc. in Houston, Texas, for an educational and outreach program on breast cancer targeted to African-American women	150,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for the Baltimore City Health Department to provide HIV/AIDS testing, counseling, and prevention programs for high-risk persons	500,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, to expand and support San Francisco General Hospital's capacity to provide HIV care and related services with an emphasis on providing care for women and minorities	650,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, for the development of community-based programs and support of public education and outreach activities on sarcoidosis and minority health	2,000,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Illinois, for projects related to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in minority and disadvantaged communities	500,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, to create a Chinese language and culture Primary Health Care Center where members of the community can gain access to desperately needed linguistically competent and culturally sensitive health care services	1,500,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for the Glaucoma Caucus Foundation to provide glaucoma screening and outreach activities	500,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for the University of Medicine and Dentistry in NJ to focus research on key health areas that disproportionately affect minority populations, and to educate and train minority health providers	200,000
Within the Office of Minority Health for the County of San Diego to provide treatment to TB patients along the Mexican border with California	200,000
Within the Office of Women's Health for the Adelphi Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program for counseling services and to address psycho-social issues associated with breast cancer	50,000

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement includes $35,786,000 for the Office of Inspector General as proposed by the House and Senate. The conferees do not include language proposed by the House to limit the amount of funds available to the Inspector General in fiscal year 2002 under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to not more than $130,000,000. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the Senate authorizing the use of funds for the hire of vehicles for investigations. The House bill had no similar provision. In addition, the agreement deletes language proposed by the Senate permanently authorizing the use of funds to provide protective services to the Secretary and to investigate non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a federal offense. Like the House bill, the agreement includes language providing this authority for one year.

The conferees request the Inspector General to conduct an audit of all federal amounts and activities allocated for AIDS prevention programs in the Act and to report its findings to the Congress.

POLICY RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $2,500,000 for policy research as proposed by the House, instead of $20,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes language proposed by the House providing authority to the Secretary to utilize evaluation funds available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act. The conferees understand that this authority, along with the $2,500,000 in appropriated funds, will yield a program level of at least $20,500,000 in fiscal year 2002.

The conference agreement also includes language proposed by the House requiring the Secretary to comply with section 205 of this Act before utilizing section 241 funds to support Policy Research activities. The Senate bill contained no similar provision. In addition, the conferees are aware that the national poverty center grant expired on June 30, 2001, and expect the Secretary to hold a national competition to award a new five-year grant or grants. This agreement includes sufficient funds to continue to support one or more national poverty research centers on a competitive basis.

Within the funds available, $7,125,000 is to continue to study the outcomes of welfare reform and to assess the impacts of policy changes on the low-income population. The conferees recommend that this effort include the collection and use of state-specific surveys, state and federal administration data, and data administratively linking the National Database of New Hires, other child support enforcement data, TANF and Medicaid records together. These studies should focus on assessing the well-being of the low income population, developing and reporting reliable and comparable state-by-state measures of family hardship and well-being, the utilization of other support programs and the impact of child support enforcement efforts. These studies should continue to measure outcomes for a broad population of current, former and potential welfare recipients, as well as other special populations affected by state TANF policies. The conferees further expect these studies to analyze how the earnings of custodial and non-custodial parents who are, or have had children who are, current or former welfare recipients have changed over time and whether the pattern is significantly different among states. The conferees request a report on these topics to be submitted to House and Senate Appropriations Committees by May 1, 2002.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

The conference agreement includes $242,949,000 for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund instead of $300,619,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate provided $181,919,000 within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and $68,700,000 within General Departmental Management for these activities.

The amount provided includes $181,919,000 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the following bioterrorism and related activities:

--$2,000,000 to continue to discover, develop, and transition anti-infective agents to combat emerging diseases;

--$18,040,000 for the third year of a collaborative research program on the anthrax vaccine;

--$34,000,000 for a national health alert network; and

--$127,879,000 for all other activities.

The remaining $61,030,000 is for the Office of Emergency Preparedness for bioterrorism-related activities.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

NIH AND SAMHSA SALARY CAP

The conference agreement includes a modified provision limiting the use of the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funds to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Level I of the Executive Schedule.

EVALUATION TAP

The conference agreement includes a provision to allow for not more than a 1.25 percent evaluation tap pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service Act. The House bill contained a provision to allow for a one percent evaluation tap and the Senate bill contained a provision to allow for an evaluation tap of not more than two percent.

TRANSFER AUTHORITY

The conference agreement includes modified language to provide general transfer authority for the Department of Health and Human Services. The language limits the amount an appropriation can be increased by a transfer to not more than three percent as proposed by the Senate instead of ten percent as proposed by the House. The language also allows an appropriation to be increased by an additional two percent subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

EXTENSION OF CERTAIN ADJUDICATION PROVISIONS

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to extend the refugee status for persecuted religious groups. The House bill contained no similar provision.

CDC INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY

The conference agreement includes a modified provision to provide authority to support CDC carrying out international HIV/AIDS and other infectious and chronic disease activities abroad.

DIVISION OF FEDERAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

The conference agreement includes a provision to allow the Division of Federal Occupational Health to use personal services contracting to employ professional management/administrative and occupational health professionals as a general provision as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained a similar provision within the Health Resources and Services Administration.

NIH OBLIGATIONS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the House to limit NIH obligations. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

NIH ACTING DIRECTOR

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to allow the NIH Acting Director to remain in that position until a new Director of NIH is confirmed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.

GLOBAL HIV/AIDS TRANSFER FUND

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to transfer funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and NIH Buildings and Facilities to International Assistance Programs, `Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis' as a general provision. The agreement provides for this transfer within the individual accounts as proposed by the House.

ENFORCEMENT OF LABELING PROVISIONS OF THE DIETARY SUPPLEMENT HEALTH AND EDUCATION ACT OF 1994

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to earmark funds for the Office of the General Counsel to provide legal support for enforcement of the labeling provisions of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. The House bill contained no similar provision. The agreement addresses this issue under General Departmental Management.

SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding good manufacturing practices. The House bill contained no similar provision.

FEDERAL USE OF AIDS PREVENTION FUNDS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to require the Inspector General to audit all Federal amounts allocated to AIDS Prevention programs. The House bill contained no similar provision.

SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding reimbursement of certain hospitals testing and treating individuals for exposure to anthrax. The House bill contained no similar provision. The conferees encourage the Department to assist and fairly compensate hospitals and other health providers that respond to emergency public health threats.

SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING LEAD POISONING SCREENING AND MEDICAID

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding lead poisoning screenings and treatments under the Medicaid program. The House bill contained no similar provision. The conferees encourage CMS to work with medical providers to ensure that all eligible children receive a lead poison screening and appropriate treatment as required by the Medicaid program.

SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING LEAD POISONING SCREENING AND SCHIP

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding lead poisoning screenings and treatments under the SCHIP program. The House bill contained no similar provision. The conferees encourage the Department to consider expanding SCHIP to allow funds to be used for lead poison screenings.

SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING CHILDHOOD LEAD SCREENING

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding the establishment of a bonus program for improvement of childhood lead screening rates. The House bill contained no similar provision. The conferees encourage the Department to consider establishing such a program.

RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to earmark funds for cancer prevention and screening programs under section 471C of the Public Health Service Act. The House bill contained no similar provision. The agreement addresses this issue within the Health Resources and Services Administration.

TANF RESCISSION

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to rescind $200,000,000 of TANF funds. The House bill contained no similar provision.

SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING POST-ABORTION DEPRESSION AND PSYCHOSIS

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding research on, and services for, individuals with post-abortion depression and psychosis. The House bill contained no similar provision.

CHILDREN'S TRAUMATIC STRESS PROGRAM

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to rename section 582 of the Public Health Service Act. The House bill contained no similar provision.

TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

The conference agreement includes $12,346,900,000 for Education for the Disadvantaged instead of $12,571,400,000 as proposed by the House and $11,926,400,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes advance funding for this account of $7,383,301,000 instead of $6,758,300,000 as proposed by the House and $6,953,300,000 as proposed by the Senate.

For Grants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) the agreement provides $10,350,000,000 instead of $10,500,000,000 as proposed by the House and $10,200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes $7,172,971,000 for basic grants and $1,365,031,000 for concentration grants. The agreement also includes $1,018,499,000 for targeted grants, and $793,499,000 for education finance incentive grants. Both targeted and education finance incentive grants are authorized distributions of the title I formula that have not previously been funded. For targeted grants, funds are distributed based on a weighted count of the number of poor children within the state. Distribution for education finance incentive grants is based on the total number of poor children within the State multiplied by the per pupil expenditure, a state effort factor and a state equity factor. There is a within-state allocation for education finance incentive grants which is based on variations of the targeted grant formula with the greatest targeting on high poverty school districts in the states where the equity factor is lowest. Concentration grants, targeted grants, and incentive grants are all provided on an advance-funded basis.

The House bill proposed $8,037,000,000 for basic grants, $1,684,000,000 for concentration grants, and $779,000,000 for targeted grants. The Senate bill proposed $7,172,690,000 for basic grants, $1,365,031,000 for concentration grants, $1,000,000,000 for targeted grants, and $662,279,000 for education finance incentive grants.

The conference agreement also provides $3,500,000 for updated census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census, as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.

The conference agreement includes $250,000,000 for the Even Start program instead of $260,000,000 as proposed by the House and $200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement also includes $12,500,000 for Literacy through School Libraries instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not provide funding for this program. This program is designed to improve literacy skills and academic achievement of students by providing students with increased access to up-to-date school library materials, a well-equipped, technologically advanced school library media center, and well-trained, professionally certified school library media specialists.

The conference agreement includes $396,000,000 for the migrant education program instead of $410,000,000 as proposed by the House and $405,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $48,000,000 for neglected and delinquent youth instead of $46,000,000 as proposed by the House and $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $235,000,000 for grants to local educational agencies for comprehensive school reform, compared to $310,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not include funds for this activity. The conference agreement permits up to 3 percent of these funds to be used for quality improvement initiatives, as authorized.

The conference agreement also includes $10,000,000 for dropout prevention programs, instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not provide funding for this program.

The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for the Close Up Foundation as proposed by the House instead of $2,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

IMPACT AID

The conference agreement includes $1,143,500,000 for the Impact Aid programs instead of $1,130,500,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within this amount, $48,000,000 is provided for construction instead of $35,000,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

Sufficient funding is provided within the account for construction for the following:

Killeen Independent School District, Texas, for capital improvements	$2,000,000
Ronan School District in Ronan, Montana to facilitate the construction of a new middle school	1,000,000

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

The conference agreement includes $7,827,473,000 for School Improvement Programs instead of $7,673,584,000 as proposed by the House and $8,751,514,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides $6,062,423,000 in fiscal year 2002 and $1,765,000,000 in fiscal year 2003 funding for this account.

Improving teacher quality

The conference agreement includes $2,850,000,000 for state grants for improving teacher quality, instead of $3,175,000,000 as proposed by the House and $3,039,834,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $1,150,000,000 is provided as a fiscal year 2003 advance as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,345,000,000 as proposed by the House. Grants for Improving Teacher Quality consolidates and streamlines the Eisenhower Professional Development program and the Class Size Reduction program to allow greater flexibility for local school districts. The purpose of this part is to provide grants to States, school districts, State agencies for higher education, and eligible partnerships to: (1) increase student academic achievement through such strategies as improving teacher and principal quality and increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom and highly qualified principals and assistant principals in schools; (2) hold districts and schools accountable for improvements in student academic achievement; and (3) hold districts and schools accountable so that all teachers teaching core academic subjects in public elementary schools and secondary schools are highly qualified.

The conferees understand that the Eisenhower Professional Development program, which has been consolidated into a larger State Teacher Quality Improvement Grant program under the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary School Act, was funded at $485,000,000 in fiscal year 2001. The Eisenhower program required that a minimum of $250,000,000 be dedicated to math and science professional development activities; however, the conferees understand that as much as $375,000,000 was actually expended on math and science in fiscal year 2001. The conferees believe that providing high-quality math and science instruction is of critical importance to our Nation's future competitiveness, and agree that math and science professional development opportunities should be expanded. The conferees therefore strongly urge the Secretary and the States to continue to fund math and science activities within the Teacher Quality Grant program at a comparable level in fiscal year 2002.

The conference agreement also includes $12,500,000 for math and science partnerships, instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Math and science partnerships are intended to improve the performance of students in the areas of mathematics and science by encouraging States, institutions of higher education, districts, elementary schools, and secondary schools to participate in programs that: (1) improve and upgrade the status and stature of mathematics and science teaching by encouraging institutions of higher education to assume greater responsibility for improving mathematics and science teacher education; (2) focus on education of mathematics and science teachers as a career-long process; (3) bring mathematics and science teachers together with scientists, mathematicians, and engineers to improve their teaching skills; and (4) develop more rigorous mathematics and science curricula that are aligned with State and local academic achievement standards expected for postsecondary study in engineering, mathematics, and science.

The conferees note that, although this is a separate program designed specifically for the development of high quality math and science professional development opportunities, in no way do the conferees intend to discourage the Secretary and States from using other federal funding for math and science instructional improvement programs. The conferees strongly urge the Secretary and States to utilize funding provided by the Teacher Quality Grant program, as well as other programs funded by the federal government, to strengthen math and science education programs across the Nation.

The conference agreement includes $88,000,000 for activities designed to recruit and train new teachers. The House bill proposed $50,000,000 for Troops to Teachers and Transition to Teaching programs, while the Senate proposed $95,000,000 for these activities as well as for a variety of other national teacher improvement activities.

The conference agreement includes $53,000,000 for the Troops-to-Teachers and Transition-to-Teaching programs authorized under part C of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended. Of this amount, $18,000,000 is available to the Secretary to transfer to the Department of Defense for Troops-to-Teachers and not less than $35,000,000 shall be available for Transition-to-Teaching. The conference agreement increases by six times the amount made available for Troops-to-Teachers compared to last year. The conferees are aware of the tremendous interest in the Transition-to-Teaching initiative that is aimed at recruiting and supporting mid-career professionals and talented, recent college graduates to become teachers. In FY 2001, 172 applications requesting over $220,000,000 in federal funds were submitted--seven times more than the $31,000,000 available for awards. As a result, many grantees received awards substantially less than requested and other applicants were not funded at all. The conferees intend that the Department use a portion of the additional resources for Transition-to-Teaching to make supplemental awards to current national grantees to enable them to accelerate multi-state teacher recruitment efforts.

The conference agreement also includes $10,000,000 for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, as proposed by the House and the Senate and $15,000,000 for the early childhood educator professional development grants program, as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $10,000,000 for principal recruitment. The House bill did not include funding for these activities.

National writing project

The agreement also includes $14,000,000 for the National Writing Project instead of $12,000,000 as proposed by the House and $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Civic education

For Cooperative Education Exchanges, formerly the International Education Exchange program, the conference agreement includes $11,500,000, instead of $12,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not fund this program. Within the total, $4,300,000 is included for the Center for Civic Education and $4,300,000 is for the National Council on Economic Education for economics education to continue the work these organizations are doing in Central and Eastern Europe and the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union, as well as to expand significantly the economic education and civic education programs already underway in Russia. Also included is $2,900,000 for competitive grants in economics and civics and/or government education.

For Civic Education, the conference agreement includes $15,500,000 instead of $12,000,000 as proposed by the House and $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees support allocating $1,500,000 of the total amount for a continuation of the violence prevention demonstration program, and $500,000 of the total amount for the Native American civic education initiative. Further, the conferees intend that $2,000,000 be allocated for a cooperative project among the Center for Civic Education, the Center on Congress at Indiana University, and the Trust for Representative Democracy at the National Conference of State Legislatures to implement a comprehensive program to improve public knowledge, understanding, and support of American democratic institutions.

Teaching of traditional American history

The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for the teaching of traditional American history, as proposed by the Senate in the LIFE fund. The House bill did not propose separate funding for this program.

Innovative education program strategies

For innovative education program strategies, the education block grant, the conference agreement includes $385,000,000 as proposed by the House instead of $410,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

School renovation

The conference agreement does not include funding for grants to local educational agencies for emergency school renovation and repair activities. The House bill provided no funding for this activity. The Senate bill provided $925,000,000 for this purpose.

Education technology

The conference agreement includes $700,500,000 for education technology state grants, instead of $1,000,000,000 as proposed by the House and $712,146,000 as proposed by the Senate. The reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act consolidates several technology programs (including the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund and Local Innovation Challenge Grants) into a State-based technology grant program that sends more money to schools. In doing so, it will facilitate comprehensive and integrated education technology strategies that target the specific needs of individual schools. Uses of funds include: (1) promoting innovative State and local initiatives using technology to increase academic achievement; (2) increasing access to technology, especially for high-need schools; and (3) improving and expanding teacher professional development in technology.

The conference agreement also includes $62,500,000 for teacher training in technology, instead of $125,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include separate funding for this activity.

The agreement also includes $22,000,000 for Ready to Learn Television, instead of $16,000,000 as proposed by the House and $24,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Safe and Drug Free Schools

The conference agreement includes $644,250,000 for the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

Included within this amount is $472,017,000 for state grants instead of $527,250,000 as proposed by the House and $444,250,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The agreement also includes $172,233,000 for national programs instead of $117,000,000 as proposed by the House and $150,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, the conferees include $100,000,000 to support the Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiative.

Of the amount provided for Safe and Drug Free Schools National programs, the conferees also agree that up to $1,000,000 is available to the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to develop and disseminate recommendations and models to assist communities in implementing emergency response, evacuation and parental notification plans for schools and other community facilities where children gather, and coordinating these plans with local law enforcement, public safety, health and mental health agencies. Further, the conferees agree that $9,000,000 is available for grants to enable local educational agencies to improve and strengthen emergency response and crisis management plans, including training school personnel, students and parents in emergency response procedures and coordinating with local law enforcement, public safety, health and mental health agencies. The conferees intend that these funds shall be available only to local educational agencies that demonstrate a significant need for emergency preparedness improvements and a lack of fiscal capacity to implement these improvements. The conferees have provided extended availability of funding for these two activities through September 30, 2003.

Within the funds for national programs, the agreement also provides $37,500,000 to fund coordinators. The conferees understand that in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, this program has been expanded to serve schools at all education levels.

Mentoring, community service, and alcohol abuse reduction programs

The conference agreement includes $17,500,000 for mentoring programs, instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the House and $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $50,000,000 for grants for community service for expelled or suspended students and $25,000,000 for grants to reduce alcohol abuse as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not propose separate funding for these programs.

State assessments

The conference agreement includes $387,000,000 for assessments instead of $400,000,000 as proposed by the House and $352,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The new assessment provisions in H.R. 1 require States to implement annual reading and math assessments for grades 3-8, to hold states and local school districts that use federal funds accountable for improving student academic achievement. Annual reading and math assessments are intended to provide parents with the information they need to know how well their child is doing in school, and how well the school is educating their child. States may select and design assessments of their choosing. However, State assessments must be aligned with State academic standards, allow student achievement to be comparable from year to year, be of objective knowledge, be based on measurable, verifiable and widely accepted professional assessment standards, and not evaluate or assess personal or family beliefs and attitudes. States will have until the 2005-2006 school year to develop and implement these assessments.

The conferees understand that funding provided above the trigger set in the authorizing law for state assessments will be used for enhanced assessment instruments.

Public school choice

The conference agreement includes $25,000,000 to support voluntary public school choice programs, instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not provide funding for this program.

Magnet schools

The conferees concur with language in the House report directing the Secretary, when allocating magnet schools assistance funds, to give priority for funding to the highest-quality applications remaining from the previous year's competition before funding applications approved in a new competition. The conferees also note that no funds are included for a new competition in innovative programs, since this program is no longer authorized.

Education for Homeless Children and Youth

The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 for Education for Homeless Children and Youth as proposed by the House instead of $36,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Education of Native Hawaiians

The conference agreement includes $30,500,000 for the Education of Native Hawaiians instead of $33,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $28,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees urge the Department to provide $1,000,000 for construction and co-location, $7,000,000 for curriculum development, $2,100,000 for community-based learning centers, $3,500,000 for higher education, $1,250,000 for gifted and talented, $3,100,000 for special education, $500,000 for Native Hawaiian education councils; and $12,050,000 for family-based education centers.

Alaska Native Educational Equity

The conference agreement includes $24,000,000 for the Alaska Native Educational Equity program instead of $33,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $15,000,000 as proposed by the House.

Rural education

The conference agreement includes $162,500,000 for rural education programs, instead of $200,000,000 as proposed by the House and $125,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. This program is intended to address the unique needs of rural school districts that frequently: (1) lack the personnel and resources needed to compete effectively for federal competitive grants; and (2) receive formula grant allocations in amounts too small to be effective in meeting their intended purposes. The program consists of two parts:

Subpart 1--Small, Rural School Achievement Program--Under subpart 1, a school district is able to combine funds under various formula grant programs to carry out local activities intended to improve the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school students and the quality of instruction provided to these students. In addition, grants under this subpart would be awarded to eligible districts based on the number of students in average daily attendance less the amount they received from consolidated formula grant programs.

Subpart 2--Rural and Low-Income School Program--If a district did not qualify for funding under subpart 1, it would be eligible for funding under subpart 2. Funds awarded to districts or made available to schools under subpart 2 can be used to carry out local activities intended to improve the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school students and the quality of instruction provided for these students.

The conferees intend that the funds provided for rural education programs be distributed equally between subpart 1 and subpart 2, as authorized.

Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE)

The conference agreement includes $832,889,000 for the Fund for the Improvement of Education. This program has consolidated a number of programs that had previously been funded as separate line items.

Within the total for FIE, the conference agreement includes $32,500,000 for the elementary school counseling program, instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the House and $35,000,000 as proposed by the Senate within the Local Innovations for Education (LIFE) fund.

The conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for the partnership in character education program under the Fund for the Improvement of Education. The House bill recommended $25,000,000 for this purpose as a separate program, while the Senate bill included funding for this purpose under the LIFE fund. The conferees encourage the Secretary to consider funding projects that sensitize students to the painful effects of bullying, ridicule and other forms of disrespect--behaviors that frequently lie at the root of emotional and physical injury that children inflict upon one another. The conferees are supportive of such projects that help teachers and students create a respectful, compassionate and ridicule-free environment that nurtures both the emotional/social and academic growth of students.

The conference agreement includes $142,189,000 for small, safe and successful high schools, instead of $200,000,000 as proposed by the House and $100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The bill provides the funds on a forward funding basis. The conferees concur in the direction in House Report 107-229 concerning this activity.

For the Reading is Fundamental program, the conference agreement provides $24,000,000 instead of $23,000,000 as proposed by the House and $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement also includes $11,250,000 for Javits Gifted and Talented Education, instead of $7,500,000 as proposed by the House and $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes $27,520,000 for Star Schools instead of $59,300,000 as proposed by the Senate in the LIFE fund. The House bill did not provide separate funding for this program.

The agreement also includes $12,000,000 for the Ready to Teach program, instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include separate funding for this activity. Funds may be used to develop high-quality, curriculum-based digital content and a national telecommunications-based program to improve the teaching of core academic subjects.

The agreement also provides $14,000,000 for foreign language assistance instead of $16,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include separate funding for this activity.

For the Carol M. White Physical Education for Progress program, the conference agreement includes $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not propose funding for this program. The agreement also includes $32,475,000 for community based technology centers instead of $64,950,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not propose funding for this program.

The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for a program to promote educational, cultural, apprenticeship and exchange programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and their historical whaling and trading partners in Massachusetts.

For Arts in Education, the conference agreement includes $30,000,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conferees provide that within this total, $8,650,000 is for Very Special Arts, $6,000,000 is for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and $2,000,000 is to be used to continue a youth violence prevention initiative. The conferees agree that of the funds provided to Very Special Arts, $1,650,000 is for planning for the 2004 International Festival. In addition, $2,000,000 is for model professional development programs for music educators and $4,000,000 is for activities authorized under subpart 2 of the Arts in Education program.

The conference agreement includes $40,000,000 for parental assistance and local family information centers instead of $45,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not propose funding for this program. The conference agreement also includes $3,000,000 for the Women's Educational Equity Act as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $75,000,000 for continuing and new grants to local educational agencies for comprehensive school reform. The House and Senate bills did not include funds for this activity. The bill includes language specifying that these funds shall be allocated and expended in the same manner as in FY 2001 and provides the funds on a forward funding basis. The conference agreement includes funds to continue all existing grants and contracts for comprehensive school reform capacity and dissemination activities, including the national clearinghouse for comprehensive school reform.

The conferees have included additional funds in this line item for the Secretary to support programs and projects that address national priorities in K-12 education. The conferees note that projects to promote economic education are authorized under this program and encourage the Secretary to utilize funds to support these activities.

Within the total for FIE, the following amounts are provided:

American Airlines Travel Academy, Fort Worth, Texas, for a demonstration project to implement a school-to-work education curriculum focused on careers in the travel and tourism industry in up to 10 school districts in New Jersey serving predominantly low-income Hispanic students	$600,000
North Syracuse Central School, Cicero, New York for technology	200,000
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, for a model teacher preparation program	440,000
White Plains School District, New York, for after school and summer academic programs serving at-risk elementary students	260,000
`Project Promotion,' a project of the Southern Penobscot Regional Program for Children with Exceptionalities (SPRPCE) and Eastern Maine Technical College for Paraprofessional Educators to pursue a two-year college degree	200,000
24 Challenge and Jumping Levels to continue the empirical study of the math program in Philadelphia County	50,000
Alabama School of Mathematics and Science Foundation, Mobile, AL, for program development and equipment	300,000
Alaska Department of Education and Early Development for Alyeska Central School, to prepare students in small rural schools for the Alaska High School Qualifying exam through distance delivery of core courses	500,000
Alaska Department of Education for a remedial summer tutoring program	800,000
Alaska Department of Education for its `Qualified Teachers for Alaska' program	2,000,000
Alaska Geographic Alliance to work with the Library of Congress to incorporate its `Meeting of the Frontiers' work into the Alaska school history and geography curriculum	250,000
Alaska Mentoring Demonstration Project, Big Brothers/Big Sisters agencies in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau and other partners to extend the proven benefits of mentoring at-risk youth	500,000
Albuquerque Public Schools to expand child and family development services in the South Valley area of Albuquerque	200,000
Alliance for the Arts, New York City, for arts education programs	600,000
Alliance Neighborhood Center, Alliance, OH, for after-school program	250,000
American Film Institute Screen Education Center and Initiative for arts education curriculum development and teacher training	650,000
Amer-I-can program to assist at-risk youth with developing life management skills, goals and self-esteem necessary to acquire gainful employment	1,000,000
American Theater Arts for Youth, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, for a Mississippi Arts in Education program	150,000
American Theater Arts For Youth, Inc., for an Arts in Education Program	25,000
American Theater Arts for Youth, San Diego, CA, for educational assistance in music and arts for students	100,000
American Theater Arts for Youth, Spokane, WA, for educational assistance in music and arts for students in Spokane, WA	50,000
AMISTAD America, Inc. to coordinate with school districts and schools to provide students free admission, tours and history lessons on the schooner Amistad vessel when it visits various ports in the United States	810,000
Anchorage Community Theater School after school program in the performing arts for grades K-12	50,000
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks, Athens, Ohio, to expand a computer entrepreneurship project	1,200,000
Art Share Los Angeles, California, for equipment and programmatic support to expand a technology instructional program for at-risk youth	150,000
Arts and Education in Concert, Centreville, VA, for violence prevention programs	250,000
Auburn City Board of Education, Auburn, AL, for technology	38,000
Audubon Institute of New Orleans, LA to expand after-school programs that offer safe, positive alternatives for at-risk students in kindergarten through 8th grade	100,000
Augusta Public School District, Augusta, KS, for staff development in technology curriculum	250,000
Babyland Family Services, Newark, New Jersey for technology training and extended learning opportunities for students, parents and teachers	200,000
Baltimore City Public School System to help complete wiring schools to the Internet	1,500,000
Bay County School District, Florida, for technology equipment, supplies, teacher training, and student transportation for a science education project in partnership with ZooWorld	26,000
Beaver Local School District, Lisbon, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Belmont-Harrison Vocational School District, St. Clairsville, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Bibb County Board of Education, Centreville, AL, for technology	38,000
Bloom Township High School District 206, Chicago Heights, Illinois, to establish a work-study cooperative program	450,000
Blue Springs Youth Outreach Unit, Blue Springs, MO, for educational training in combating Goth culture	273,000
Board of Education, Albertville City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Arab City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Attalla City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Cullman City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Fort Payne City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Gadsdene City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Guntersville City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Haleyville City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Jasper City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Oneonta City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Russellville City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Board of Education, Winfield City, AL, for technology enhancements	30,000
Boys and Girls Club of El Dorado, Arkansas, for after school programs for at-risk youth	14,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, D.C., Silver Spring, MD for after school programs for at-risk youth	825,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia to develop a school based mentoring program	75,000
Bridgeport Exempted Village School District, Bridgeport, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Brooke High School, Wellsburg, WV, for educational programming	40,000
Brooklawn Youth Services, Louisville, KY, for comprehensive care treatment and education for children with serious emotional disabilities	50,000
Brown University's Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory to support the Knowledge Loom web site that provides enrichment resources for educators	100,000
Buckeye Local School District, Rayland, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, CT to expand the arts-in-education program	440,000
Calhoun County Board of Education, Anniston, AL, for technology	38,000
Camp Fire Boys and Girls--First Texas Council, Ft. Worth, TX, for an early childhood violence reduction program	700,000
Canaan Community Development Corporation, Louisville, KY, after school tutoring, mentoring and enrichment programs for at-risk students	60,000
Centennial School District, Bucks County, PA, for activities authorized by title V, part D, subpart 20 of ESEA	500,000
Centennial School District, Circle Pines, Minnesota, for an after school program	293,000
Center for Community Transformation, Chicago, IL, to support student fellowships and ongoing secular educational activities in community leadership transformation, including curriculum development	200,000
Central Florida Community College, Ocala, FL, for Education Training Consortium for teacher training, recruitment and retention	800,000
Challenger Learning Center at SciTrek, Atlanta, GA to use a simulated mission control station and space laboratory to create a dynamic learning environment for students in the areas of science and technology	350,000
Chambers County Board of Education, LaFayette, AL, for technology	38,000
Champions of Caring programs that encourage young people to take an active role in their communities	50,000
CHAR High School-to-work vocational training program	100,000
Charter School Development Corporation in Las Vegas, Nevada to focus on technology and college preparation	1,500,000
Chicago Children's Choir, Illinois, to support arts-integrated academic curriculum development, musical equipment, textbooks, and learning aids for the Choir Academy	225,000
Chicago Public Schools, Illinois, for after school programs	100,000
Chicago State University for an innovative project designed to support teacher training and expand technology	200,000
Children's Land Alliance Supporting Schools (CLASS)	200,000
Children's Literacy Initiative to supplement Head Start's distance learning program as well as a teacher education program	100,000
Chilton County Board of Education, Clanton, AL, for technology	38,000
Chippewa Falls Unified School District, WI, for after school programs	950,000
Choteau Elementary School in Choteau, Montana for an e-learning pilot program	500,000
Cincinnati Arts School, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, for development of the school's academic and artistic curricula	1,000,000
City of Boston for after-school programs	200,000
City of Salt Lake, Utah, for the YouthCity Empowerment project to establish after school centers	1,200,000
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada, to expand after school programs for drop out prevention	440,000
Clark County, NV School District for a School-to-Work Program to provide students who do not plan to attend college with instruction in nursing and home health aid	160,000
Classika Theatre, Arlington, Virginia, to expand the ARTsmarts and SS VETA arts education initiatives in Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia schools	500,000
Clay County Board of Education, Ashland, AL, for technology	38,000
Cleburne County Board of Education, Heflin, AL, for technology	38,000
Coffeyville Public School District, Coffeyville, KS, for technology	250,000
Columbia College in Chicago to establish a mentoring program designed to improve minority student educational success and retention	200,000
Columbiana County Career Center, Lisbon, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Communities in Schools of East Texas, Inc., Marshall, Texas, for educational services to at-risk students	240,000
Communities in Schools of Northeast Texas, Inc., Mount Pleasant, Texas, for educational services to at-risk students	240,000
Concord College Technology Center to equip new teachers with the technical skills essential for the utilization of information technologies in the classroom	1,000,000
Continuation and expansion of the Iowa Communications Network statewide fiber optic demonstration	3,000,000
Cooperative Educational Services Agency #9, WI, for after school programs	1,200,000
Coosa County Board of Education, Rockford, AL, for technology	38,000
Council Bluffs Community Schools in Iowa for a demonstration on testing software	500,000
D.C. Everest School District, WI, for a history day project	200,000
Dardanelle School District, Dardanelle, Arkansas, to establish a center to use technology to enhance English, academic and parenting skills for Hispanic students and adults	50,000
Daycare Literacy Project in Salem, Oregon	20,000
Depaul School, Louisville, KY, for technology needs	45,000
Detroit Science Center, Detroit, Michigan, to develop science education programs and exhibits to introduce students to science, technology, and engineering	500,000
Discovery Place, North Carolina, for development of exhibits and science education programs	440,000
Do Something, Inc., New York, New York, to implement the `Community Coaches' leadership and citizenship program at up to 20 schools in the Chicago metropolitan area	125,000
Dowling High School Project Intercept--mentoring and tutoring program for low-income youth	300,000
Drop out prevention program in the Pendleton school district, Oregon	125,000
Drug Free Pennsylvania to implement a demonstration project in Dauphin County	50,000
Early Reading Success Institute in Connecticut to broaden the training of professionals in best practices in the delivery of reading instruction	800,000
East Liverpool School District, East Liverpool, OH, for educational programming	40,000
East Los Angeles Classic Theatre, East Los Angeles, California for the `Beyond Borders: Literacy Through Performing Arts' literacy program	50,000
East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, California, for `APPLES Project' to provide early childhood curriculum development, professional development, parental instruction and program dissemination	230,000
East Providence School District, Rhode Island, for music curriculum development, teacher recruitment and equipment purchases	400,000
Eastern College for computers, printers, computer cables, telecommunications equipment and laboratory equipment for the Center for Information, Science and Learning Resources in St Davids, Pennsylvania	100,000
Edison Local School District, Hammondsville, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Education Service District 117 in Wenatchee, WA to equip a community technology center to expand technology-based training	250,000
Educational Advancement Alliance of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to establish computer centers in high schools and education centers	500,000
Educational Service District 112, Vancouver, Washington, to implement the Help One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) reading program in elementary schools	167,000
Eisenhower Foundation for a demonstration of full-service schools in Iowa	500,000
El Dorado Public School District, El Dorado, KS, for PROJECT CONNECT	250,000
Electronic Data Systems Project to create a database that would improve the acquisition, analysis and sharing of student information	1,000,000
Ellijay Wildlife Rehabilitation Sanctuary, Ellijay, GA, to provide educational programs for at-risk youth	500,000
Ernie Pyle Middle School, Albuquerque, NM, for a middle school initiative	50,000
Eufaula Independent School District Number 1, Oklahoma, for instructional materials and teacher-related expenses	250,000
Everybody Wins! In New York, NY to promote children's literacy and love of learning through mentoring programs with adults.	1,000,000
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA, Bridging the Digital Divide	150,000
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA, for educator-to-educator training	260,000
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA, Institute for Student Achievement	270,000
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA, Pre-Delinquent and Delinquent Prevention Program	40,000
Faith Academy Child Development Center, Hamlet, NC, for after school program	100,000
Father Maloney's Boys' Haven, Louisville, Kentucky, for technology	20,000
Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and University for telecommunications equipment and for training programs necessary to link educational institutions to a high bandwidth network	200,000
Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI, for curriculum development and outreach	500,000
First Gethsemane Center for Family Development, Louisville, KY, after school tutoring, mentoring and enrichment programs for at-risk students	60,000
Five Towns Community Center, Nassau County, New York for after school programs	500,000
Florida 4-H Foundation Inc., Gainesville, Florida, for personnel and other expenses to provide educational programs for youth participants	100,000
Florida Institute of Education, Jacksonville, FL, for Florida Network of Readiness Hubs	500,000
Fort Lewis College Child Development Center to serve young children and their families, students, faculty and community in the Four Corners Regions.	1,500,000
Foundation for the Improvement of Mathematics and Education in San Diego, CA to improve math and science testing scores through the advancement of curriculum and improvements in teacher/administrator education	150,000
Freedom Theatre: to provide greater access to its training program for talented African Americans in Philadelphia	25,000
Fresno At-Risk Youth Services to address the problems of at-risk youths by coordinating the city's efforts through an education program coordinator, working with targeted groups, and making peer counselors available to students	200,000
Fresno Unified School District, in partnership with the City of Fresno, California, for after school programs for middle schools in disadvantaged communities	225,000
Friends of the Children in Portland, Oregon	100,000
Friends of the Children, providing full-time, paid adult mentors to at-risk children, in Chester, Pennsylvania	50,000
Futures for Children, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to expand its educational services to Native American children	1,000,000
Galena School district and other partners to assist Alaska Native students attending boarding schools and colleges make the transition from rural village life to educational residence facility	250,000
Galena School District for alternative education programs	750,000
Garfield Middle School, Albuquerque, NM, `Accelerated Reader Program'	50,000
General George S. Patton School District 133, Riverdale, Illinois, for computer lab equipment and professional development for school reform initiatives	150,000
Georgia Project, Inc. in Dalton, GA to support the academic and social needs of Hispanic children and their families in northern Georgia	650,000
Girard Community Committee Incorporated, Girard, OH, for educational programming	700,000
Glendale Unified School District in La Crescenta, California, to expand after school programs at Valley View Elementary School, Monte Vista Elementary School and Mountain Avenue Elementary School	40,000
GlennOaks Therapeutic Day School, Addison, IL, to upgrade technology and improve student safety for children with emotional and behavioral problems	200,000
GRAMMY Foundation, Santa Monica, California, for music education programs	1,200,000
Grand Valley State University Teacher Academy in Allendale, MI, to train a cadre of master teachers who will develop curriculum and will mentor pre-service and novice science and math teachers	200,000
Great Projects Film Company to produce `Educating America,' a documentary T.V. series and multi-media project about challenges facing public schools	50,000
Greater Minneapolis Day Care Council, Minnesota, for a demonstration initiative to improve early learning and after school programs	350,000
Green Bay Area School District in Green Bay, Wisconsin to implement a district-wide technology plan	750,000
Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, Mobile, AL, to staff and support science activities	400,000
Hackensack Public School District, Hackensack, New Jersey, to establish an after school program at Jackson Avenue School	75,000
Hamcock County Schools, New Cumberland, WV, for educational programming	40,000
Hampshire Educational Collaborative at Northampton, Massachusetts for implementation of internet-based professional development for K-12 teachers and early child care providers	400,000
Hands Across Cultures Corporation, Espanola, New Mexico, for after school programs at the Espanola and Pojoaque Valley School Districts	500,000
Harrison Middle School, Albuquerque, NM, for an after-school program	50,000
Hawthorne Elementary Junior High School in Hawthorne, NV for the One-on-one Laptop Computer Program	420,000
Hazel Crest School District 152.5, Hazel Crest, Illinois, to implement a comprehensive professional development program for teachers and administrators to improve student achievement	100,000
Healthy Foundation in Murrieta, CA to conduct a study of the impact of vitamin intake and the school performance of at-risk youth	500,000
Helen Keller Worldwide to expand the ChildSight Vision Screening Program and provide eyeglasses to additional children whose educational performance may be hindered because of poor vision	1,000,000
Henry, Highlands, Glades and Okeechobee county school districts in Florida for technology upgrades	500,000
Holy Redeemer Health System in Philadelphia for after-school programs for at-risk children.	250,000
Illinois Challenger Learning Center, Bloomington-Normal, IL, for science and math programs	250,000
Illinois Department of Education, Improving Reading Achievement for Grades 7-12 program for Peoria School District #150	50,000
Illinois Department of Education, Improving Reading Achievement for Grades 7-12 program for Springfield School District #186	50,000
Illinois Math and Science Academy `21st Century Information Fluency Program'	900,000
Illinois State Board of Education `Improving Reading Achievement for grades 7-12' for Kankakee District #111 and Champaign District #4	200,000
Illinois State Board of Education for Downers Grove School District #99 `Teacher Helping Teachers' and Joliet Public School District #86 `Helping Hands Lead to Success' mentoring programs	500,000
Illinois State Board of Education for Induction and Mentoring Model Districts Program at Elgin, Illinois #46	150,000
Illinois State Board of Education for the At Risk Student Program at Aurora Illinois East 131 School District	200,000
Illinois State Board of Education, `Illinois Virtual High School'	1,500,000
Illinois State Board of Education, for curriculum development, materials, and professional development activities to improve math achievement in the middle grades in Decatur School District 61	300,000
Illinois State Board of Education, Freeport School District #16 for a Reading Improvement Achievement Pilot Program for grades 7-12	250,000
Illinois State Board of Education, Rockford School District #205 for a Reading Improvement Achievement Pilot Program for grades 7-12	250,000
Illinois State Board of Education, to provide alternative learning opportunities for at risk students in the Mt. Vernon Township High School District #201, Christopher Unit #99, and Grayville Community Unit School District #1	400,000
Illinois State Board of Education/Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Springfield, IL, for Community Technology Centers	300,000
Independence Public School District, Independence, KS, for teacher training and curriculum development	250,000
Independent School District 834, Minnesota, for an after school program	227,000
Indian Creek School District, Wintersville, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Indiana University-Purdue University, Ft. Wayne, IN, to enhance educational and cultural programming through the development of `Teleplex'	650,000
Infinity Project at Southern Methodist University	500,000
Ingham County Intermediate School District, Mason, MI, for Technology Enhancements for Capital Area Career Center	200,000
Innovative Directions, an Educational Alliance, Bronx County, New York, for after school and summer academic enrichment programs	75,000
Institute for International Sport at the University of Rhode Island to address issues of sportsmanship between athletes and their parents, coaches and teachers	100,000
Institute for Student Achievement in Lake Success, NY to expand its intervention program that provides academic enrichment and counseling support for students performing in the lowest quartile in their middle or high schools	200,000
Institute for Student Achievement, Manhasset, New York for educational programs for at-risk students in the Mount Vernon school district	250,000
International Music Products Association, Carlsbad, CA, for school music programs	100,000
Invent Iowa to encourage kids to invent and hold fairs to display those inventions	100,000
Iowa Department of Education for additional bilingual and English as a Second Language training in rapid growth areas of Iowa	1,055,000
Iowa Online AP Academy to continue and expand the online advanced placement demonstration	2,000,000
Iowa School Board Association Lighthouse for School Reform for the training of school board members on education issues	500,000
Isaac Stern Education Legacy in New York, NY to integrate distance learning and educational technology with music education programs.	2,000,000
Jacksonville City Board of Education, Jacksonville, AL, for technology	38,000
James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, College Park, Maryland, for a National Youth Leadership Institute for K-12 students	250,000
Jefferson County Joint Vocational School, Bloomingdale, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Jewish Family and Community Service in Chicago, IL for its therapeutic program	100,000
Jobs for Youth of Boston, Massachusetts for technical assistance and training related to standards based education	500,000
Junior Achievement of Delaware Valley, Inc. for a youth mentoring initiative	150,000
Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD, to complete the school-to-work instructional model for its Career and Technology High School	440,000
Kenosha Unified School District, Kenosha, WI, for after-school programs	300,000
Kent State University, Kent, OH, to develop a replicable model for supporting GED graduates in higher education	500,000
Kentucky Opera, Louisville, KY, for educational outreach programs	50,000
Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, for technology and science improvements and upgrade	1,000,000
Kids Voting South Dakota in Pierre, South Dakota, to expand the program in the state, primarily to the nine Indian Reservations	100,000
Kids Voting USA, Tempe, Arizona for a civics program to educate children about the importance of voting	380,000
La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium in La Crosse, Wisconsin to expand reading remediation services to literacy-impaired adolescents	375,000
Lake Metroparks, Concord, OH, for equipment	1,000,000
Lawrence County School District, Mississippi, for a Parents as Teachers program	400,000
Lawrence Public Schools, Lawrence, Kansas, for after school programs in the New York and East Heights elementary schools	100,000
Learning Collaborative Inc., Milford, Connecticut, for the `Pebbles Project' to demonstrate innovative technology to deliver educational services to children medically unable to attend school	870,000
Lee County Board of Education, Opelika, AL, for technology	38,000
Lee's Summit Education Foundation in Missouri, for Parents as Teachers	500,000
Lewiston-Auburn College/University of Southern Maine TEAMS program to prepare teachers to meet the demands of Maine's 21st century elementary and middle schools at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn and Lewiston Middle School in Lewiston	50,000
Lincoln Center, New York City, for the Louis Armstrong Jazz Curriculum project to provide arts education professional development to teachers across the country	250,000
Livingston Technical Academy, Howell, MI, for Technology Enhancements	150,000
Local Initiative Support Corporation Child Care Education	400,000
Long Island Works Coalition to provide school-to-career partnerships for students, and to provide them with the skills necessary for successful employment	100,000
Los Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, California, for the Early Advantage Initiative to provide preschool and family learning activities, and training for parents, child care providers and community members	440,000
Loudonville Golden Center, Loudonville, OH, to develop a technology, training and youth mentoring program for seniors and youths	130,000
Louisiana Arts and Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, LA, for professional development	300,000
Louisiana Department of Education to implement an early childhood development program for at risk children	300,000
Louisiana Department of Education to implement the Voyager Universal Literacy System in Louisiana	700,000
Louisiana District Attorney's Office, The Orleans Parish, Louisiana for a School-Based Drug Awareness program	100,000
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, `Project Catalyst'	400,000
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, `Project LIFE (Laboratory Investigations and Field Experience')	400,000
Lyons Township High School District 204, Illinois, for a Quality Teacher Recruitment Model Program	440,000
Macomb County Intermediate School District, Michigan for the `Kids Klub' after school program	600,000
Macon County Board of Education, Tuskegee, AL, for technology	38,000
Madison County School District's School Needs Assessment in Madison County, MS to conduct an impact study of the sudden influx of a large number of new students in the school district	500,000
Maine School Administrative District #58 in Kingfield, Maine, for Pathway Partners rural education program, to help connect young people to fundamental resources such as caring adults and safe places	200,000
Maine School Administrative District Number 64, East Corinth, Maine, for the STAR technology teacher training project	100,000
Malverne Afterschool Center, Malverne, NY, to expand an after school program	100,000
Marshfield School District, WI, for computers, library books, and supplies for a new elementary school	75,000
Martins Ferry School District, Martins Ferry, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Maryhurst Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for an educational program	50,000
Math, Science and Technology Education Partnership K-12 cluster pilot program in Albuquerque public schools	1,250,000
Mehlville School District, St. Louis, Missouri, to implement a new reading technology program	75,000
Mellen School District, WI, for after school programs	340,000
MENC (Music Education and Technology Advancement) to establish and support standard music education and creativity, instructional technology and professional development for approximately 4000 K-12 public schools	50,000
Meredith-Dunn School, Louisville, KY, technology infrastructure for children with learning disabilities	60,000
Mid-American Regional Council in Kansas City, Missouri to establish the Finance CIRCLE demonstration initiative to improve financing for early learning and after-school programs	250,000
Midland School District, Midland, PA, for educational programming	40,000
Military Heritage Foundation, Carlisle, PA, Army Heritage and Education Center to establish educational programs and materials	150,000
Millikin University to assist inner-city and rural high school students prepare for college	200,000
Milton Eisenhower Foundation, Washington, DC for a full-service community school demonstration project in up to five locations	450,000
Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, Wisconsin to expand programs to recruit, prepare and retain a diverse, effective, innovative teaching force	350,000
Milwaukee Public Schools, Wisconsin, for after school programs	400,000
Milwaukee Public Schools, Wisconsin, for the Bradley School for Technology and Trade High School for technology training and curriculum implementation	200,000
Mississippi Delta Education Initiative for teacher recruitment, Delta University	900,000
Murray State University, Murray, KY, Center for Teaching Excellence in Science and Mathematics	800,000
Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY to expand its distance learning program to give students and teachers access to their collection	220,000
Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT, to develop an Onboard and Online Program	350,000
National Center for Youth Issues, Chattanooga, TN, to provide Internet based resource in character education	1,000,000
New Mexico Department of Education to provide on-line courses aligned with state academic standards and curriculum to students in rural and remote areas	200,000
New York City Public Schools, New York to expand the New York City Teaching Fellows Program to attract and retain certified teachers in New York City Schools that need qualified teachers	500,000
New York Hall of Science, Corona Park, New York, to expand the Science Career Ladder and After-School Science Club programs for middle school students	300,000
New Zion Community Development Foundation, Louisville, KY, after school tutoring, mentoring and enrichment programs for at-risk students	30,000
Newport Public Schools, Newport, Rhode Island, for early childhood programs, specialized teacher recruitment and professional development	750,000
Newton Public School District, Newton, KS, to help incorporate technology into the math curriculum	250,000
Nicholls State University to train faculty, reading specialists and families in order to identify the reading disabilities of children and adults in the Southern Gulf Coast region of Louisiana	500,000
North Carolina Aquarium Society for development of environmental education exhibits and distance learning programs for students	440,000
North Carolina Electronics and Information Technologies Association Education Foundation, for a technology demonstration project in rural and underserved school districts	250,000
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina for arts and environmental education programs	100,000
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science for development of BioQuest exhibits	150,000
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina to expand regional satellite centers to provide science and math education to rural schools through the Science House	600,000
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA, `Star Nations Program'	450,000
Northwood School District in Minong, Wisconsin to complete their distance education project that enhances learning opportunities and provides useful skill development	62,000
Nosotros, Hollywood, California to implement music education activities, including purchasing instruments for low-income students, for the Mariachi Plaza after school program	100,000
Oakland Unified School District, California, for teacher professional development	440,000
Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH, to expand the Council's international programming	1,200,000
Ohio Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, OH, for the development of a statewide science and math education service program	5,000,000
Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, OH, `Troops to Teachers Ohio Demonstration'	2,500,000
Oklahoma State Department of Education, Oklahoma City, OK, for a handheld computing initiative to be coordinated with the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmund, OK	1,000,000
Olympic Park Institute to expand its scholarship fund to allow more disadvantaged students to attend its environmental education programs	250,000
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY, for technology and personnel	500,000
Opelika City Board of Education, Opelika, AL, for technology	38,000
Operation Get Ahead, Hempstead, New York, for an Early Awareness for College program for disadvantaged youth	200,000
Our Hope For Youth, Delaware, for an anti-school violence education media program on in-school educational networks	500,000
Oxford City Board of Education, Oxford, AL, for technology	38,000
Pacific Islands Center for Educational Development in American Samoa	400,000
Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington to develop a hands-on genetics exhibit to explain basic concepts of genetics and the human genome project	250,000
Paleontological Research Institute, Ithaca, New York, for the development of earth science educational programs	100,000
PARENTS, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for creation of a full-working parent matching, mentoring and home visit system to support parents of children with disabilities for the state of Alaska	500,000
PARENTS, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for implementation and expansion of their projects to train teachers, specialists and parents in the use of technology to assist students with disabilities	1,000,000
Phenix City Board of Education, Phenix City, AL, for technology	38,000
Philadelphia Opera Sounds of Learning	100,000
Piedmont City Board of Education, Piedmont, AL, for technology	38,000
Pima Community College, Arizona, for an Achieving a College Education initiative to help low-income and minority students attend college	185,000
Pinellas County Florida School District, St. Petersburg, FL, for technology for Title I schools	3,587,000
Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium	200,000
Plymouth Community Renewal Center, Louisville, KY, after school tutoring, mentoring and enrichment programs for at-risk students	40,000
Pomona Unified School District, Pomona, CA, for a Literacy Technology Center	1,000,000
Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District, New York, for an after school program at Thomas Edison Elementary School	260,000
Potter Park Zoological Society, Lansing, MI, Expanding Educational Programming `The BIG Zoo Lesson'	100,000
Prairie Lakes Education Cooperative in Madison, SD to advance distance learning for Native Americans in BIA and tribal schools	500,000
Prime Time Family Reading Time to continue its family literacy programs in Louisiana	100,000
Prince William County, VA, Bilingual Literacy Extended Kindergarten Program	140,000
Prince William County, VA, for assistance to Special Need Middle School Students	100,000
Prince William County, VA, Mathematics Intervention Program	90,000
Project Intercept to identify and intercept youth who display early-stage problems, implement mentoring programs and offer sensitivity training to teachers, principals and parents	100,000
Project STARS (Strategies to Accelerate Reading Success) in Clark County, NV to provide literacy intervention for students	900,000
Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ, for `Center for International Education and Entrepreneurship'	800,000
Randolph County Board of Education, Wedowee, AL, for technology	38,000
Reading Alabama, Inc. in Montgomery, Alabama	150,000
Reading Evaluation and Assessment Demonstration, Today Foundation in Dallas, Texas	200,000
Reading Together USA Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for tutoring program expansion	800,000
ReadNet Foundation, New York, NY, to fully implement web-based simulation educational program	600,000
Red Bluff Joint Union High School District, Red Bluff, CA, for technology	180,000
Resource Area for Teachers, San Jose, California, to provide classroom learning materials and teacher training in use of interactive materials	340,000
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Forces of Change Collaborative Exhibit	200,000
Rio Linda Union School District, Rio Linda, CA, for technology	350,000
Riverside Community College District, Riverside, CA, for curriculum development and related costs for the Riverside School for the Arts	500,000
Robbie Valentine Stars Club Education Program, Louisville, KY, after school tutoring, mentoring and enrichment programs for at-risk students	50,000
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, for curriculum development, educational materials, and outreach activities to expand the `Rockin' the Schools' music education program to reach additional students	200,000
Rockford Public School District #205, Rockford, IL, for a magnet schools program	1,200,000
Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in Detroit, Michigan to expand Pathways to Freedom and Learning Center programs	200,000
Russell County Board of Education, Phenix City, AL, for technology	38,000
Rutgers University Law School to support a scholarship fund, public interest activities, and its work with the LEAP Academy Charter School, including the purchase of books and equipment	540,000
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, New Jersey for the RUNet 2000 to expand its innovative voice-video-data communications system to bring the resources of the university to more K-12 teachers and students	2,000,000
San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA, for a distance learning project	150,000
San Diego Unified School District in CA, for `The Blueprint for Student Success in a Standards-Based System'	1,000,000
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education, California, to develop, maintain and distribute school violence emergency response kits	75,000
Santa Barbara High School District, California, to develop a health careers academy at San Marcos High School	50,000
School District of Bruce, WI, for after school programs	400,000
School District of Palm Beach County, Florida, to provide after school and evening supplemental bilingual language instruction for immigrant students and their parents	600,000
School District of Rhinelander, WI, for after school programs	1,000,000
Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI, VistaTech Center for development and technological equipment to provide extensive connectivity to the Internet	1,000,000
Schurz Elementary School in Schurz, NV for the One-on-one Laptop Computer Program	249,000
Science and Math Teacher Academy University of North Texas and Paul Quinn College	200,000
Science Applications International Corporation, King of Prussia, PA, for HUBS Education Program	200,000
ScienceSouth, Inc., Florence, South Carolina, for science education programming, a science traveling exhibit, and outreach activities	500,000
Shake-A-Leg Miami to develop curriculum and provide equipment for its educational programs including its Marine Trade Sea School and marine environmental education programs for students with and without disabilities from Miami-Dade County public schools	150,000
Shawnee Gardens Tenants Association, Louisville, KY, for after school programs	35,000
Shiloh Baptist Church Community Renewal Center, Louisville, KY, after school tutoring, mentoring and enrichment programs for at-risk students	50,000
South Cook Education Consortium in Hazel Crest, IL, to support computer laboratory facilitators, equipment and technology support for community technology centers serving eight elementary school districts in South Cook County, Illinois	400,000
South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs for the Distance Education Alliance to advance distance learning for South Dakota Schools	2,000,000
South Side School District, Hookstown, PA, for educational programming	40,000
Southeast Associated Ministries, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for an after school program	20,000
Southeast Missouri State University's NASA Educator Resource Center in Cape Girardeau, MO to make available to K-12 schools, teachers and students a wide variety of educational materials related to science, mathematics and space-science education	170,000
Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEL) to improve science and math education at the elementary and middle school level	200,000
Southern Local School District, Salineville, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Southern Star Development Corporation, Louisville, KY, after school tutoring, mentoring and enrichment programs for at-risk students	40,000
Southwest Texas State University Center for School Improvement	250,000
Space Education Initiatives Inc., Green Bay, WI, for professional development programs and technology	250,000
Spelman College Teacher as Leader Educational Initiative in Atlanta, GA to provide early intervention and academic support through the for at-risk, disadvantaged children and their families	500,000
Springfield School District, for the Schools Plus initiative to provide after school services for elementary school students	440,000
St. Clair County Board of Education, Ashville, AL, for technology	38,000
St. Clair County Educational Cooperative Board of Control, Belleville, Illinois, for the development of hands-on learning activities about the Mississippi River	700,000
St. Clair County Intermediate School District, Michigan for the `Kids Klub' after school program	400,000
St. Joseph's Indian School of Chamberlain, South Dakota, for after-school programs, educational outreach, mentoring, equipment and educational materials	800,000
St. Stephens Family Life Center, Louisville, KY, after school tutoring, mentoring and enrichment programs for at-risk students	75,000
Stark County Parks, Canton, OH, for an Electronic Gateway Project	1,000,000
State of Alaska for Right Start extended-day kindergarten program	1,000,000
State of Louisiana for `Louisiana Online'	1,000,000
Steps to Success of Louisiana to expand its efforts to provide parents of children from birth to three years of age with the information and support necessary for their development	250,000
Steubenville City Schools, Steubenville, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Sylacauga City Board of Education, Sylacauga, AL, for technology	38,000
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Outreach Foundation, Mountain View, California, to support project-based science and math education at elementary, middle and high schools in Santa Clara County, California	100,000
Talladega County Board of Education, Talladega, AL, for technology	38,000
Tallapoosa County Board of Education, Dadeville, AL, for technology	38,000
Teaneck Public School District, Teaneck, New Jersey, to establish `Project Lighthouse' after school programs at Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Middle Schools	75,000
TELACU Education Foundation in Los Angeles to provide interactive computer literacy and tutoring to economically disadvantaged Latino students	1,800,000
The Boston History Collaborative to develop educational programs on the history of Boston	100,000
The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, for teacher training initiatives and curriculum development	250,000
The Imaginarium in Anchorage to provide coursework, teaching materials and teacher training in science and math to benefit students in rural Alaska who do not have access to such courses and teachers	100,000
The Professional Partnership Laboratory School at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island to provide an innovative learning environment for K-12 students in the Bristol-Warren Regional School District	850,000
YMCAs of Sarasota, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater for expansion of YMCA Character Development Schools which address school behavior problems through family partnerships, counseling, case management, parenting classes, and positive behavior modification intervention	250,000
THINK Together, Santa Ana, California for after school programs for low-income students in Orange County, CA	440,000
Thirteenth Place Youth and Family Services in Gadsden, AL, after-school program	10,000
Three Rivers Connect in Pittsburgh	100,000
Tides Foundation to provide assistance in supporting McKelvey entrepreneurial college scholarships to rural, low income Pennsylvania high school graduates. Funds shall be used for screening of applicants, computers, books and other educational tools, and outreach to inform students of the scholarship program	250,000
Toronto School District, Toronto, OH, for educational programming	40,000
Trinity Family Life Center, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for an after school programs	10,000
University of Akron, Akron, OH, for the `Exercise in Hard Choices'	500,000
University of Akron, Ohio, for curriculum development, teacher training and technology enhancements for the K-12 Urban School Project	200,000
University of Alaska and Alaska Department of Education to establish the Alaska Center for Excellence in Schools at the University of Alaska	500,000
University of Arkansas Little Rock to offer high school students a web-based math course with the goal of reducing the number of entering freshmen who need math remediation	200,000
University of Iowa for a demonstration in Iowa of a computerized reading program	500,000
University of Nebraska, Kearney, Nebraska, for Minority Access to Higher Education Program to help teachers to address the special need of minority populations from grades K-12	900,000
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, `Mathematics and Science Teacher Academy' for professional development	850,000
University of New Orleans Millennium School Project to establish a charter school district and redesign teacher education to support school restructuring	1,000,000
University of Northern Iowa in collaboration with the Waterloo Community Schools for the expansion of an early childhood development center	600,000
University of Northern Iowa's National Center for Public and Private School Foundations	200,000
University of Southern Maine, Orono, Maine, for the Electronic Learning Marketplace to expand K-12 professional development and improve educational standards and assessments statewide	440,000
University of Southern Mississippi Gifted Center	100,000
University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the Urban Educator Corps Partnership initiative	500,000
University of Wisconsin-Extension's School Readiness Project to provide training and technical assistance to its partners in preparing children for learning in school	200,000
Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, Colorado for an after school program for at-risk youth in Aurora and northeast Denver	300,000
Utah Literacy Project to support the Utah Reading Excellence Act in providing reading and training materials to rural schools	600,000
Utah State Office of Education to help school districts test effectiveness of administering yearly assessment using computers	700,000
Vermont Higher Education Council in Essex Junction to develop universal early learning programs to ensure that at least one certified teacher will be available in center-based child care programs	200,000
Village of Riverdale, Illinois, to provide mentoring, conflict resolution, and other intervention services for at-risk youth	100,000
Vocational Technical Center, New Cumberland, WV, for educational programming	40,000
Walnut Street Theater: For its Educational and Outreach program for area K-12 schools, which includes an apprenticeship program, an adopt a school program, and a summer camp	25,000
Washington and Jefferson College: To support professional development and quality education initiatives at the K-12 in the Southwest Region of Pennsylvania	200,000
Washington Association of Career and Technical Education to update training technology to ensure that it meets industry standards	250,000
Washington Virtual Classroom Consortium to establish interconnectivity between rural schools to create expanded learning opportunities	750,000
Watertown Public Schools, Watertown, SD, to integrate technology in the classroom by expanding wireless labs and computers	220,000
Watts Learning Center, Los Angeles, California for instructional programming in reading and language arts	285,000
Wausau School District, WI, for after school programs in middle schools	850,000
Wellington Public School District, Wellington, KS, for teacher training	250,000
Wellsville Local School District, Wellsville, OH, for educational programming	40,000
West Allis/West Milwaukee School District, Wisconsin, for after school centers serving low-income elementary students	200,000
West Ed Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Science and Mathematics, San Francisco, CA, for 24 Challenge and Jumping Levels Math	300,000
Westchester Philharmonic, Hartsdale, NY for the `Philharmonic Alive' after school music and arts education pilot project	50,000
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, Joint Demonstration Project for the `Study of Wireless Technology in Education'	500,000
Wheeling Jesuit University NASA Center for Educational Technologies to provide technology training to all elementary and secondary West Virginia math and science teachers	3,600,000
Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, WV, for educational programming	40,000
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Winston-Salem, NC, for `Winston Net'	100,000
Wisconsin Educational Partnership Initiative in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin for a professional development initiative	350,000
Wisconsin Rapids Area Public School District, WI, for after school programs	700,000
WNVT/KidzOnline, Falls Church, VA, for online K-12 programming	800,000
Working in the Schools, Chicago to expand tutoring and mentoring programs in the Chicago public schools	100,000
WQED Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to provide math and science education through its Learning Center	205,000
Yell County Schools in Arkansas to expand their bilingual programs to address needs of a growing Hispanic population	150,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, for Community Action Program	300,000
YMCA for a demonstration of youth mentoring and after school activities in Iowa	770,000
YMCA of Central Stark County, Canton, OH, to implement a pilot project to work with middle school youth during after school hours	200,000
YMCA of Greater Seattle to expand their teen development activities	500,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Wisconsin to expand its Teen Agenda to serve at-risk teenage youth	1,000,000
YMCA of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County to support women and families through an at-risk youth center and other family supports	250,000
Yosemite National Institutes, Sausalito, CA, to develop outreach programs targeted toward minority, disadvantaged students	500,000
Youth Alive, Inc., Louisville, KY, after school tutoring, mentoring and enrichment programs for at-risk students	30,000
YWCA of Anchorage for after-school enrichment programs to benefit at-risk Anchorage schoolchildren and their mothers.	500,000
Zero to Five Foundation, Los Angeles, California, to develop an early childhood education and parenting project at the Los Angeles Elementary School	340,000
Big Brothers/Big Sisters national program to double the number children served in school-based mentoring	250,000
CAPE/PETE Net: to continue to develop its national demonstration program for distance learning with 105 Pennsylvania universities and colleges	550,000
Cheyney University: to create a pilot `Collaborative Center for Teacher Preparation' program by partnering with area school districts	100,000
College of Physicians of Philadelphia: to expand its educational outreach to all students in the Philadelphia School District through a medical science museum-based experimental learning program	50,000
Communities In Schools of the Lehigh Valley: to further develop in-school and after school programs for at-risk middle school and high school students	50,000
Eisenhower Foundation: to replicate the full community school program that emphasizes the school as the central point of the community	100,000
Indiana University of Pennsylvania: to establish a K-12 computer services center for area school districts	50,000
Microsociety: to further develop and disseminate the MICROSOCIETY whole school model of comprehensive school reform in Philadelphia	200,000
Pennsylvania Ballet: for `Accent on Dance' program for elementary and secondary school students for in-school and after school programs	75,000
Philadelphia Orchestra: to allow the Orchestra to expand its 5 educational programs to reach broader and more diverse audiences	175,000
Pittsburgh Technology Council: provide computer training to teachers in school districts in the 13 county area	50,000
Project 2000: to expand the existing program to the adjoining housing project in Washington, DC	125,000
SEPCHE in Philadelphia to develop `global curriculum' to challenge students to develop their knowledge of foreign languages and culture, recognize relationships between history and current issues, and collaborate with peers on oral and written presentations	750,000
The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship to expand the program to Philadelphia	50,000
Do Something, Inc., New York, New York, to implement the `Community Coaches' leadership and citizenship program	200,000

--$20,000,000 is included for a grant to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education to provide assistance to low-performing school districts that are slated for potential takeover and/or on the Education Empowerment List as prescribed by Pennsylvania State Law. The initiative is intended to improve the management and operations of the school districts; assist with curriculum development; provide after-school, summer and weekend programs; offer teacher and principal professional development and promote the acquisition and effective use of instructional technology and equipment.

--$50,000,000 is included for a grant to the Iowa Department of Education to expand the Iowa School Construction Demonstration Project. The funds will be used to build and repair public schools in Iowa.

--$18,000,000 for Project GRAD-USA Inc., in Houston, Texas for continued support and expansion of the successful school reform program.

--$9,000,000 for I CAN LEARN

--$2,000,000 for Reach Out and Read.

It has been brought to the conferees' attention that Tesoro High School Knowledge Center in Las Flores, California is establishing an electronic communications demonstration project to customize storage, retrieval and dissemination of information throughout the school. The project will consist of state-of-the-art computers, networked within labs both inside and outside of the school, with the capability to do on-line research, multi-media development, video microfiche research and desktop presentation. The conferees strongly encourage the Department to consider funding this initiative.

It has been brought to the conferees' attention that the Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania conducts educational programs for teachers and students in history, constitutional rights, citizen's responsibilities, core values and the private enterprise system. The conferees strongly encourage the Department to consider funding this initiative.

Charter Schools Homestead

The conference agreement does not include funding for Charter Schools Homestead fund. The Senate bill proposed $50,000,000 for this program; the House bill did not include funding for it.

INDIAN EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $120,368,000 for Indian Education instead of $123,235,000 as proposed by the House and $117,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the totals, $97,133,000 is provided for grants to LEAs, instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by the House and $94,265,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $3,235,000 for national activities as proposed by the House instead of $2,735,000 as proposed by the Senate.

BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $665,000,000 for Bilingual and Immigrant Education programs instead of $700,000,000 as proposed by the House and $600,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 1 consolidates the Bilingual Education Act with the Emergency Immigrant Education Program. Reform of existing law will focus existing programs on teaching English to limited English proficient children (LEP), including immigrant children and youth, and holding states accountable for their LEP students attaining English. H.R. 1 eliminates the requirement that 75 percent of federal bilingual education funds are to be used for programs that use a child's native language in instruction and also requires that 95 percent of funds must go to the local level to teach LEP children.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $8,672,804,000 for Special Education instead of $8,860,076,000 as proposed by the House and $8,439,643,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides $3,600,804,000 in fiscal year 2002 and $5,072,000,000 in fiscal year 2003 funding for this account.

Included in these funds is $7,528,533,000 for Grants to States part b instead of $7,714,685,000 as proposed by the House and $7,339,685,000 as proposed by the Senate. This funding level provides nearly an additional $1,200,000,000 to assist the States in meeting the additional per pupil costs of services to special education students.

The conference agreement includes $417,000,000 for Grants for Infants and Families instead of $430,000,000 as proposed by the House and $383,567,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $51,700,000 for state program improvement grants instead of $54,200,000 as proposed by the House and $49,200,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes $78,380,000 for research and innovation instead of $70,000,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within the amounts provided for Special Education Research and Innovation, the conference agreement includes funding for the following:

2002 Paralympic Winter Games for the Salt Lake City Organizing Committees or to a government agency or a not-for-profit organization, to support venue operations, spectator services, broadcast support, and ceremonies	$850,000
Best Buddies International, Inc. in Miami, FL to enhance the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment	500,000
Center for Discovery International Family Institute, Sullivan County, NY, to develop a program initiative directed toward acquisition, synthesis and application of information about disabilities	500,000
Center for Literacy and Assessment, University of Southern Mississippi	850,000
Easter Seals' Delta Project	100,000
Fraser Child and Family Center, Richfield, Minnesota, for research, technology, personnel development, and parent training to improve services to children with neurological, emotional and behavioral disorders	200,000
Hebrew Academy for Special Children, New York City for a demonstration project to enhance academic and social outcomes of developmentally disabled children and adults	540,000
Iowa Parent Training Information Center for pilot on referral and legal advice	100,000
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD for computer technology to expand distance learning opportunities for disabled students and to provide professional development	1,700,000
Lady B. Ranch, Apple Valley, CA, for direct services related to the Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program	150,000
Norman Howard School, Rochester, NY, for the Community Learning Resource Initiative for children with learning disabilities	400,000
Puget Sound Educational Service District, Burien, Washington for a pilot program to improve special education services and teacher training	490,000
Rainbows United, Wichita, KS, for research efforts and staff development in special education programs	500,000
Spokane Guilds' School and Neuromuscular Center, Spokane, WA, to evaluate the effectiveness of type of care provided at the center	500,000
University of Kentucky Special Education Instructional Technology Initiative	1,000,000

The agreement also includes $36,210,000 for technology and media services as proposed by the Senate instead of $31,710,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement includes $9,500,000 for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic for the purposes described in both the House and Senate reports.

The agreement also includes $1,500,000 for Public Telecommunications Information and Training Dissemination as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not contain funds for this activity.

REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $2,945,813,000 for Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research instead of $2,942,117,000 as proposed by the House and $2,932,617,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees agree that, in reallocating any FY 2002 funds that become available for reallocation to states under the reallotment process authorized under section 110(b)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act, the Department accord priority to states that received a formula allocation providing less than a full cost-of-living adjustment in FY 2002 and to the early implementation states under the Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency Program that have experienced an increase in the number of eligible applicants as a result of the implementation of this program.

The conference agreement includes $11,897,000 for client assistance state grants instead of $12,147,000 as proposed by the Senate and $11,647,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement also includes $21,238,000 for demonstration and training programs instead of $16,492,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 above the budget request to support programs designed to improve the quality of applied orthotic and prosthetic research and help meet the increasing demand for provider services. Within the amounts provided for vocational rehabilitation demonstration and training programs, the conference agreement includes funding for the following activities:

American Foundation for the Blind, for a National Literacy Center for the Visually Impaired in Atlanta, Georgia	$266,000
Apple Patch Community Inc., Crestwood, KY, for vocational training for adults with mental retardation	45,000
Cabrillo College Stroke Center, Santa Cruz, California, for a demonstration project on classroom-based approaches to long-term rehabilitation	200,000
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation's Rehabilitation Research and Training Center and Wichita State University to continue to help people with disabilities obtain self-sufficient employment.	500,000
Darden Rehabilitation Foundation in Gadsden, AL, for vocational evaluation, employment preparation services and job development	275,000
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Learning Disability Research and Training at Krasnow Institute for continuation of learning disability research	400,000
Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center to expand their welding training program so individuals with disabilities gain the vocational skills needed to lead productive and independent lives	160,000
Lighthouse for the Blind to expand services that help deaf-blind clients with daily tasks, to purchase adaptive computer equipment and to provide interpreter services	500,000
Oakland Community College, Michigan, for a sign language instruction interpreter training program, in conjunction with Deaf Community Advocacy Network, to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals	100,000
Orange County Public Schools, Maitland, FL, for the Virtual Reality-Based Education & Training for the Deaf program	800,000
Wisconsin Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Madison, Wisconsin, for the Tech Works project to train individuals with disabilities for high-skill jobs in the information technology sector	500,000

The conference agreement includes $15,200,000 for Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights instead of $16,000,000 as proposed by the House and $14,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $62,500,000 for Independent Living Centers instead of $63,000,000 as proposed by the House and $60,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $25,000,000 for services for older blind individuals as proposed by the House instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes language which allows states in their third year of a three-year assistive technology extension grant to continue to receive an award in fiscal year 2002. This language is provided to allow time for the authorizing committees to review the Assistive Technology program, as it now operates in the new policy landscape that includes the Olmstead decision, final section 508 guidelines, and the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. This language was not included in either the House or Senate bills. However, the Senate bill included language providing minimum grants of $500,000 for each state and $150,000 for outlying areas.

The conferees also have included bill language contained in the House bill to provide minimum grants of $50,000 to each state for activities relating to protection and advocacy systems. The Senate bill included language providing minimum grants of $100,000 for states and $50,000 for outlying areas for this purpose.

The conferees recommend that the Department of Education reconsider whether there might be any circumstances under which a placement in an extended employment setting should be considered an acceptable outcome.

SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

The conference agreement includes $14,000,000 for American Printing House for the Blind as proposed by the Senate instead of $13,000,000 as proposed by the House.

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

The conference agreement includes $55,376,000 for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf as proposed by the House instead of $54,976,000 as proposed by the Senate.

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

The conference agreement includes $96,938,000 for Gallaudet University instead of $95,600,000 as proposed by the House and $97,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $1,934,060,000 for Vocational and Adult Education instead of $2,006,060,000 as proposed by the House and $1,818,060,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides $1,143,060,000 in fiscal year 2002 and $791,000,000 in fiscal year 2003 funding for this account.

The conference agreement includes $1,180,000,000 for Vocational Education basic state grants instead of $1,250,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $108,000,000 for Tech Prep, instead of $110,000,000 as proposed by the House and $106,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $6,500,000 for Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions instead of $7,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $6,000,000 as proposed by the House.

The conferees remain interested in the distribution of funds available under section 117 Perkins Act, and request that the Department report no later than August 1, 2002 on how it is distributing funds as set out in the law. The conferees further request that this report include the per capita data used by the Department in distributing these funds.

The conference agreement includes bill language allowing grantees under section 117 of the Perkins Act to be exempt from indirect cost rate requirements imposed by this program. The conferees have included this bill language because they recognize that there are certain circumstances in which grantees might require additional flexibility not provided under current law or regulation. However, the conferees remain committed to maximizing federal resources for direct educational services, as opposed to paying for administrative and other indirect costs that do not increase access to high quality vocational and technical post secondary education programs for students served through this program. Therefore, the conferees urge the Secretary to report to the Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Workforce of the House and the Committees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate on the indirect cost rates of grantees participating in this program, including a justification for any grantee that has an indirect cost rate considerably greater than those allowed under current law and regulation.

The agreement also includes $9,500,000 to continue the occupational and employment information program instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include funding for this activity.

The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the tech-prep education demonstration authorized under section 207 of the Perkins Act as proposed by the Senate. The House did not provide funding for this activity. The agreement also includes $22,000,000 for State Grants for Incarcerated Youth as proposed by the Senate instead of $17,000,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $575,000,000 for adult education state grants instead of $595,000,000 as proposed by the House and $540,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement includes $12,285,500,000 for Student Financial Assistance instead of $12,410,100,000 as proposed by the House and $12,284,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The agreement provides a program level of $10,314,000,000 for Pell Grants as proposed by the Senate instead of $10,458,100,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees note that this is the largest increase in appropriations in the Pell Grant program's history, bringing the total number of students served to 4.3 million, the highest level in the program's history. The Pell Grant program is of great importance in a declining economy because it enables people to develop new job skills so they can become more marketable in highly competitive workplaces. The conferees strongly support an increased maximum in the Pell Grant program and have accordingly retained the maximum Pell Grant for academic year 2002-2003 at $4,000 as set in both the House and Senate bills.

The conferees are aware that the Department of Education is currently projecting a funding shortfall of $716,000,000 in the Pell Grant program for academic year 2001-2002. This shortfall is the result of a larger-than-expected increase in the number of independent students applying and qualifying for the Pell Grant program in a worsening economy and was exacerbated by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. As such, the shortfall was not anticipated in either the budget request or the House and Senate bills. The increase in funding provided in the conference report will retire this shortfall for academic year 2001-2002; however, the conferees are aware that the Pell Grant program will experience an additional shortfall in academic year 2002-2003 at the $4,000 maximum award level and strongly recommend that the Administration propose a supplemental budget request to begin to retire this shortfall in fiscal year 2002.

The conference agreement includes $725,000,000 for Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants as proposed by the House instead of $713,100,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $67,500,000 for Perkins Loan cancellations instead of $60,000,000 as proposed by the House and $75,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $67,000,000 for Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnerships (LEAP) instead of $55,000,000 as proposed by the House and $70,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees support continuing funding for work colleges, authorized in section 448 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. These funds help support comprehensive work-service-learning programs at seven work colleges, and cooperative efforts among the work colleges to expose other institutions of higher education to the work college concept. Of the funds provided, the conference agreement includes $4,000,000 to continue and expand the work colleges program.

HIGHER EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $2,031,048,000 for Higher Education instead of $1,908,151,000 as proposed by the House and $1,826,223,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Aid for Institutional Development

The conference agreement includes $73,625,000 for strengthening institutions instead of $73,000,000 as proposed by the House and $74,250,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $86,000,000 for Hispanic Serving Institutions instead of $81,500,000 as proposed by the House and $77,750,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $206,000,000 for Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities instead of $215,000,000 as proposed by the House and $197,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $49,000,000 for Historically Black Graduate Institutions instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the House and $48,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $6,500,000 for Alaska and Native Hawaiian Institutions instead of $7,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $6,000,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $17,500,000 for Strengthening Tribal Colleges instead of $18,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $17,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement provides that the additional funds for Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities for fiscal year 2002 shall only be for grants for renovation and construction of facilities, to help address urgently needed facilities repair and expansion.

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

The conference agreement includes $180,922,000 for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education instead of $52,400,000 as proposed by the House and $51,200,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the amounts provided for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, the conference agreement includes funding for the following:

Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, California to upgrade and purchase equipment for automotive and culinary training programs	$350,000
Purchase College, NY to develop academic programs and implement a computerized academic advising system	500,000
Africa-America Institute for the African Workforce and Market Development Initiative which will employ new information technologies to deliver education and training from American universities to Africa	500,000
AIB College of Business, Des Moines, IA, to train court reporting students in captioning	800,000
Alabama A&M; University Research Institute, Huntsville, Alabama, for continuation of research activities and operations	400,000
Albany Technical College in Albany, GA to reach out to rural communities through the Interactive Distance Learning program and give citizens the opportunity to improve their basic and technical skills	500,000
Alfred State College of Technology Court and Real-time Reporting program, Alfred, NY, to train close-caption reporters	800,000
Alverno College, Wisconsin, for technology equipment and upgrades	500,000
Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, for education outreach and to develop an African American curatorship program	225,000
Arkansas State University Mountain Home Hearing Healthcare Degree program to utilize distance learning technology to develop and offer a new degree program for hearing health care practitioners	140,000
Assumption College in Worcester, Mass. for technology infrastructure, training and support	200,000
Auburn University at Montgomery for instructional technology lab equipment	100,000
Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA, for science center technology, equipment and personnel	1,000,000
Ball State University in Muncie, IN, technology education project	600,000
Bay Mills Community College, Brimley, Michigan for instruction equipment and technology infrastructure	200,000
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to develop an associates degree program in nanotechnology at four community colleges in southeastern Pennsylvania and to establish outreach programs in local high schools	600,000
Beville State Community College in Sumiton, AL, for technology upgrades	500,000
Bloomsburg University: to provide computer wiring, computers and training for teachers in the 25 surrounding school districts.	100,000
Brookdale's Community College for design, acquisition and installation of the technology component of `New Jersey Coastal Communiversity'	500,000
Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA, for equipment	1,000,000
Cal State, San Marcos, CA, Center for the Study of Books in Spanish	300,000
Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ, `Center of Excellence in Teaching' to develop academic programs and workshops and to purchase technology	1,000,000
California State University Monterey Bay, for student support services	200,000
California State University, Monterey Bay, California, for a cooperative project with Western Michigan University for a study of wireless technology in education and industry	75,000
California State University, San Bernardino, CA, for telecommunications and equipment	500,000
California State University, Stanislaus, California, for laboratories, curriculum development, faculty and scholarships for a pre-licensure nursing program	225,000
Cameron County Jr./Sr. High School, Emporium, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, to enhance distance learning programs	210,000
Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to expand programs that address workforce development needs in the teaching and nursing professions	800,000
Center for International Trade, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, for educational programs	300,000
Central College, Pella, Iowa, for teacher training in technology and for distance education programs	1,000,000
Centre County AVTS, Pleasant Gap, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Chattanooga, TN, to support real time captioning training	700,000
City College of San Francisco, California, for the National Articulation and Transfer Network	800,000
Clarion County Career Center, Shippenville, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
Clark State Community College, Springfield, OH, to train and recruit students in closed-captioning	250,000
Clemson University College of Health's `Call Me MISTER' program, designed to recruit minority males as teachers in public schools	500,000
Clemson University Extension Service's Digital Divide program, to partner with local communities, agencies, and organizations to make information accessible to those who live in South Carolina's least developed areas	250,000
Clemson University's Strom Thurmond Institute, to address the effect of increased funding on education	250,000
Cleveland State University, College of Education, Cleveland, OH, for technology	1,000,000
College of Charleston School of Sciences and Mathematics for scientific and audio/visual equipment and telecommunications systems	500,000
College of Southern Maryland, in conjunction with the Technical Career Institute in New York City, to implement a Women in Technology demonstration program	250,000
Columbia River Estuary Research Program at Oregon Graduate Institute School of Science and Engineering certificate and degree programs in Environmental Information Technology	50,000
Columbia University Teachers College, New York City, NY to expand teacher professional development and mentoring in high need schools	430,000
Columbia University, New York, for a joint project with the Hostos Community College of the City University of New York, New York, for a distance learning initiative to train minority students in foreign policy disciplines	100,000
Community College of Allegheny and the Orleans Technical Institute to train captioners	200,000
Contra Costa Community College, California, for the Bridge to the Future pilot project to increase the enrollment of low-income students	400,000
Coudersport Area Jr/Sr. High School, Coudersport, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
Darton College, Albany, Georgia, for personnel, curriculum development, technology equipment and support for a rural technology network	440,000
Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona, FL, for high technology instructional equipment and technology infrastructure	250,000
Delta State University's Delta Education Initiative in Cleveland, MS, to improve birth through 12th grade education in the impoverished Mississippi Delta	500,000
Dominican University of California to develop a center for science and technology to serve as a national model for the education of female and minority scientists, nurse training and the use of technology in education and outreach	300,000
D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York, to enhance distance learning programs	210,000
Early childhood leadership training initiative at Oregon State University in Corvallis	75,000
East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA, for science center equipment	500,000
Eastern College, St Davids, PA, for telecommunications equipment	200,000
Eastern Oregon University, LaGrande, OR, for technology equipment	500,000
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, for purchase of equipment	1,000,000
Edmonds Community College to enhance programs related to child care for students and staff, parent training courses and training for early childhood educators, including the acquisition of equipment	250,000
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Florida, to upgrade computer technology and telecommunications	225,000
Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL, for Integrated Systems Technology Program	250,000
Emerson College in Boston, Mass. for curriculum development in the performing arts	1,000,000
Emmanuel College in Boston, MA to improve academic programs including technology improvements	850,000
Encore Series Inc. in Philadelphia for Music Education and Community Outreach	100,000
Enterprise Center in West Philadelphia to provide resources for entrepreneurial education	250,000
Florida Campus Compact, Tallahassee, Florida, to enhance service learning on college campuses throughout Florida	400,000
Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL, for curriculum development and planning	1,000,000
Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston-Salem, NC, for an Informational Technology Education Center	100,000
Franklin Pierce College computer upgrades	1,000,000
Franklin Pierce College distance learning initiative	1,000,000
Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, AL, to recruit and train individuals in performing real-time captioning services	425,000
Gateway Technical College, Kenosha, WI, for equipment	500,000
George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute in Portland, Maine to provide scholarships that allow students attending public high schools in Maine to continue their education.	1,000,000
Glendale Community College, Glendale, California, for equipment and technology upgrades for the Cimmarusti Science Center	400,000
Glenville State College, Glenville, West Virginia, for faculty, curriculum development and equipment to establish a computer science program	200,000
Grambling State University to equip a Lifelong Learning and Technology complex	500,000
Green River Community College's Communications Access Realtime Translation (CART) Services Training to provide curriculum, distance learning, scholarships and job placement in the area of closed captioning	250,000
Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, for equipment	250,000
Heidelburg College, Tiffin, OH, for technology and equipment for science buildings	1,500,000
Higher Education Learning Center in Des Moines, Iowa for curriculum development	200,000
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL, `Teacher Development Initiative'	1,000,000
Hofstra University, New York, for technology enhancements	200,000
Holyoke Community College for technology education programs at the College's Business and Technology Center	350,000
Hood River Integrated Technology Center in Hood River, Oregon	150,000
Huntingdon College for Training Teachers in Technology in Montgomery, Alabama	200,000
Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL, Super Sport Program for research and equipment	686,000
Illinois Community College Board `Illinois Community College Online initiative' to purchase equipment to implement statewide online degree model	1,000,000
Indian Hills College in Ottumwa, Iowa for technology upgrades and equipment at the Bioprocess Training Center	800,000
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Center for Corrections Education, Indiana, PA, for technology, curriculum development, scholarships and outreach activities	600,000
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, to continue and expand Project TEAM to recruit talented minority students into the field of teaching	675,000
Information Technology Infrastructure, Alabama A&M; in Normal, Alabama	100,000
Institute of American History and Democracy, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, for curriculum development	500,000
Iowa State University Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching and the Center for Excellence in Science and Math Education	150,000
Iowa Student Aid Commission to continue a program of loan forgiveness for teachers	2,000,000
Ivy Tech State College, Indiana, to establish a machine tool training apprenticeship program at campuses in South Bend and East Chicago, Indiana	220,000
Ivy Tech State College-Northeast Region, Ft. Wayne, IN, for equipment	150,000
Jack C. Davis Observatory, Western Nevada Community College to procure educational materials and technology related to the observatory's academic offerings.	300,000
Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, to establish an e-Center focused on electronic-based teaching and learning, research and community outreach and services.	200,000
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL, for Little River Canyon Field School program development and technology	412,000
Jefferson College, Hillsboro, Missouri, for the Instructional Support Center to provide technology training and distance learning programs in collaboration with the Gateway Community College Consortium	450,000
Jefferson County-Dubois AVTS, Reynoldsville, PA for technology infrastructure	100,000
Kean University, Union, NJ, Global University Studies Internship Program	800,000
Kent State University, Kent, OH, for Institute for Computational Science for the development of interdisciplinary and outreach activities in research and education	1,200,000
Keystone Central AVTS, Lock Haven, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
Keystone Central School District in Pennsylvania, in collaboration with Lock Haven University, to continue a model alternative school	750,000
Keystone College, LaPlume, PA, for technology upgrade	150,000
Kishwaukee College, IL, for Computer Technology Center to purchase computers and equipment	400,000
La Roche College, Pacem In Terris Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, for technology	600,000
LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, New York, for technology-based teacher training initiatives	600,000
Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, SD to integrate interactive learning in technical education programs through the use of technology	80,000
Lake Superior State University to develop and implement a new degree program to meet industry's increasing demand for skilled trades workers trained in new technologies	200,000
Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, Wisconsin to provide training, distance learning, education and job placement services for court reporters and captioners	500,000
Landmark College in Putney, VT to develop a model implementation system for improving access to public school and college classrooms through the use of assistive technology	350,000
Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, NC, `Applied Mathematics Program'	650,000
Lehman College, New York City, New York for a distance learning initiative to connect pre-service teachers with experienced classroom teachers	440,000
Lewis and Clark Community College, Illinois for programmatic activities related to study of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems at the Great Rivers Research and Education Center	100,000
Lincoln University to purchase laboratory and computer equipment to provide a six-week summer workshop for teachers within the Philadelphia School District	100,000
Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio for technology upgrades for distance learning programs and advanced placement programs	480,000
Los Angeles Community College District, California, for the Vocational Instructor Recruitment Initiative	315,000
Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA, for equipment, personnel and curriculum development for the Television Network distance learning project	800,000
Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio to upgrade laboratory equipment and programs at the Life Lab for Natural and Environmental Sciences	200,000
Macon State College, Macon, GA, for technology and faculty at the Regional Center for Information Technology and Workforce Development	400,000
Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin to provide training, distance learning, education and job placement services for court reporters and captioners	500,000
Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan for technology	175,000
Maricopa Community College District, Phoenix, Arizona, for the Hispanic Nursing Fellows Program	400,000
Maryland Association of Community Colleges to reinforce community colleges' ability to educate and train the Information Technology workforce throughout Maryland	1,250,000
Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education, University of Maryland, College Park, MD to develop, evaluate, and implement promising practices for improving minority student achievement and urban education	750,000
Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement Program, University of California, Oakland, California to develop strategies to prepare and support students for nursing careers	200,000
Midstate College in Peoria, IL, to establish a real-time captioning training program	100,000
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for Emerging Curriculum for the 21st Century Program	1,000,000
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, St. Paul, MN for development of an e-monitoring environment	1,000,000
Minority Math, Jackson State University	550,000
Minot State University to develop an Institute for Rural Human Services that will study systems designed to meet the unique needs of persons with disabilities living in rural communities	250,000
Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica Campus, Utica, NY, for technology	500,000
Montana State University--Northern in Havre, MT to develop curricula and educational materials related to rural development programs	250,000
Montana State University-Bozeman distance learning opportunities for rural and remote populations	500,000
Montana State University-Bozeman to launch a Coalition for Establishing a National Teacher Enhancement Network	500,000
Montclair State University, New Jersey, for the Center for Teacher Preparation and Learning Technology to expand teacher training programs	750,000
Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA, for computer and technology equipment	2,000,000
Mount St. Clare College, Clinton, IA, to create, test and implement a technology-based undergraduate and graduate teacher training program	1,000,000
Mt. Vernon Nazarene College, Mt. Vernon, OH, equipment, technology upgrades of the Natural Sciences and Social Sciences facility	500,000
Murray State University's Telecommunications Training and Learning Center to assist Western Kentucky public schools in exploring new technologies	300,000
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Washington, D.C., for a minority undergraduate fellows program to increase minorities in higher education	250,000
National Aviary Conservation Education Technology Integration in Pittsburgh	250,000
New Jersey Institute of Technology to provide technological equipment for expansion of their teacher training programs	350,000
Niagara University, Lewiston, New York, to enhance distance learning programs	210,000
Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA for their International Program to support staffing, curriculum development and equipment acquisition	650,000
North Carolina Community College System for information technology upgrades	250,000
North Central State Community College, Mansfield, OH, for equipment and professional development	100,000
North Dakota State University for the Tech-Based Industry Traineeship Program designed to enhance student postsecondary experiences while providing innovative solutions to small business needs	350,000
Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK, for rural education programs at the Center for Rural Development	250,000
Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, Massachusetts, for technology equipment for its Technology Training Center	600,000
Northern Illinois University for the Lab for Structural Analysis and Computer Modeling to purchase equipment	500,000
Northern Illinois University for the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Laboratory to purchase equipment	2,000,000
Northern Kentucky University for the Institute for Freedom Studies to promote understanding of the Underground Railroad	920,000
Northern Potter Jr/Sr. High School, Ulysses, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, for programmatic activities, including equipment, for the Lifelong Learning Center on the West Bay campus	500,000
Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT, for technology and equipment	500,000
Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City, OK, for distance learning expansion	1,000,000
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, for technology in coordination with other state and local telecommunications projects, including the Ponca City broadband project and the Oklahoma Municipal League's Telecommunications project	350,000
Oregon Health and Science University's Institute for Excellence in Nursing in Portland, Oregon	250,000
Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR, for course development and equipment	300,000
Peirce College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for technology enhancements, course development, faculty training, and outreach activities to expand Peirce Online	400,000
Philadelphia University, Pennsylvania, for technology equipment and upgrades	600,000
Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse	250,000
Portland State University, Oregon, to recruit, prepare and support secondary school administrators	440,000
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, to support public service programs at the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government in the College of Urban and Public Affairs	250,000
Research and evaluation agenda for health care delivery in Alaska centered at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks	750,000
Rose State College, Midwest City, OK, for a closed-captioning pilot program	1,000,000
Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, to expand and update its distance education efforts to serve a larger potential student market via web links and interactive communication	100,000
Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, to develop and expand a nursing education and minority workforce training program	1,000,000
San Bernardino Community College District, San Bernardino, CA, to support the expansion of distance telecourse broadcasting	1,000,000
Santa Clarita Community College District, Santa Clarita, CA, for equipment, personnel for the University Center	800,000
Science Education Technology initiative at University of Alabama	440,000
Scott County LifeLong Learning Center, Scottsburg, Indiana, for the purchase of industrial training equipment to support training programs that focus on the development of transferable technical skills	808,000
Seminole State College, Seminole, OK, for technology and academic programming	200,000
Seneca Highlands AVTS, Port Allegany, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
Sheldon-Jackson College Center for Life Long Learning for teacher training to address the shortage of teachers in rural Alaska	2,000,000
Shelton State Community College Electronics and Technology Training in Tuscaloosa, Alabama	100,000
Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA, `Loudoun Higher Education Initiative'	20,000
Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA, for a teacher technology initiative	380,000
Shippensburg University: for computer wiring and computers for the Performing Arts Center	200,000
Shriver Peace Worker Program, Inc. to establish the Sargent Shriver Peace Center	10,000,000
South Dakota State University in Brookings to enhance the programs offered by the Polytechnic Center of Excellence in the College of Engineering	640,000
South Florida Community College, Avon Park, FL, for equipment	500,000
South Suburban College, South Holland, Illinois, for personnel, curriculum development, training and administrative expenses to implement Project Higher Education aviation and aerospace educational initiatives	250,000
Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO, to utilize advanced communication and computer technology to improve curricula and programs offered by its School of Visual and Performing Arts	900,000
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, River Campus Initiative	850,000
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in Peoria, IL, to establish a real-time captioning training program	25,000
Southern Methodist University, Texas, for a program to increase enrollment and graduation of engineering students	800,000
Southern New England School of Law, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to support faculty, staff and student stipends for the establishment of an immigration law clinic	100,000
Southern New Hampshire University, to support expansion of a distance learning program	625,000
Southern University Center for Community Development, Baton Rouge to coordinate the university's community outreach efforts	75,000
Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, in partnership with the Atlanta Public Schools, for a teacher training project to support urban education	267,000
Spring Arbor University teaching consortium of higher education institutions to develop voluntary standards to improve teacher instruction of technology in the classroom	125,000
St. John University, Oakdale, New York for the Institute for Minority Teacher Development and Training to improve math and science education in low-performing school districts and develop a `future teachers' project in middle and high schools	800,000
St. Louis Community College at Meramac (Kirkwood, MO) to train real-time captioners to provide closed captioning to the deaf and hard-of-hearing	200,000
St. Mary Area Senior High School, St. Marys, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
St. Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin to enhance and expand a field-based teacher training program	400,000
St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, FL, for an EPICENTER	2,000,000
St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, FL, for equipment, technology, curriculum development and educational program planning for students training in museum services	1,000,000
St. Thomas University, Miami, FL, for computer and science laboratory equipment	500,000
Stark State College of Technology, North Canton, OH, Integrated Systems Technology	990,000
State University of New York Empire State College for distance learning project	250,000
Stetson University, Deland, FL, for a scientific instrumentation, technology and infrastructure project	2,500,000
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, for the expansion and enhancement of ocean-based science and mathematics education project	500,000
Stillman College, Zelpha Wells Cultural Education Center	50,000
Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, to establish and operate the Moakley Archives and the Moakley Institute	750,000
Sun Area Career Training Center, New Berlin, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
Surry Community College `Viticulture Technology Program' for tools, equipment, resource materials, instructional staff, lab supplies	300,000
Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, for equipment for the optical observatory and for science education programs	500,000
Technology Innovation Challenge Grants for Tupelo Public Schools	1,000,000
Texas A&M; University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, for technology	930,000
The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change in Memphis, TN, to pursue a broad academic agenda that emphasizes the continued importance of the Civil Rights Movement and encourages academic research and community outreach	835,000
The Education and Research Consortium of Western North Carolina, Inc., Asheville, NC, for technology	40,000
The Research Foundation of the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, for technology	600,000
The Technology Center at Mountain State University in Beckley, WV, to provide telecommunications equipment, including wiring for interactive classrooms and tools to train students to create their own electronic business opportunities	1,500,000
Tougaloo College, Mississippi, for establishment of the Leadership Institute to address socioeconomic disparities within the Mississippi Delta	440,000
Trident Technical College, Charleston, South Carolina, to equip the information technology center, electro-mechanical skills laboratory, and the hospitality, tourism and culinary arts program	400,000
Union County College in Elizabeth, NJ to expand their program that connects unemployed and underemployed older youth and adults to the College's lifelong learning, literacy and occupational training programs through the use of network technology	250,000
University of Dubuque for the creation of a teacher training program focused on environmental science	800,000
University of Alabama Science Education Technology Initiative in Tuscaloosa, Alabama	200,000
University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, for computer network and computer security upgrades	400,000
University of Alaska and State of Alaska to create the Alaska Digital Archives and Digital Library	500,000
University of Arizona for training and curriculum development at the Program in Integrative Medicine	500,000
University of California at Santa Barbara, California, for the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life for research, fellowships, lecture series and community outreach	500,000
University of Charleston, in cooperation with the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, for technology equipment related to arts and science education as well as outreach	1,000,000
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, for the ATLAS (Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society) Project for technology enhancement	1,000,000
University of Hawaii at Manoa for the Globalization Network program	300,000
University of Houston, Texas, for the Great Cities' Universities Skills Enhancement Partnership Initiative to provide high skill and professional training programs	440,000
University of Idaho Advanced Computing and Modeling Laboratory to provide independent technical expertise and applied research	700,000
University of Louisville-Northern Kentucky University's Urban University Partnership for Math and Science Teaching	1,500,000
University of Massachusetts Schools for Marine Science and Technology to improve marine science research programs, including technology upgrades and equipment	600,000
University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for curriculum development and training	2,000,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, to expand software education and training programs, and curriculum development	800,000
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, for technology	300,000
University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, for technology	1,000,000
University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to upgrade information technology equipment and infrastructure campus-wide	500,000
University of South Alabama Preparatory Music Program in Mobile, Alabama	50,000
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for a `Globalization Research Network'	2,000,000
University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, for technology	1,732,000
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, for Governmental Studies `Youth Leadership Initiative'	1,200,000
University of Washington, Tacoma, Washington, for faculty, curriculum development and equipment acquisition to establish a technology institute	100,000
University of West Alabama Electronic Campus in Livingston, Alabama	100,000
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for a collaborative effort to develop a curriculum for social workers serving primarily rural, impoverished, and vulnerable adults	213,000
University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Agricultural Stewardship Initiative to develop and disseminate environmentally-friendly practices and policies for production agriculture, and related distance learning programs	380,000
Upper Great Lakes Educational Technologies Inc., Marquette, Michigan, for personnel, technology and support costs to design, coordinate and implement `Operation UP Link'	300,000
Urban College of Boston in Massachusetts to support higher education program serving low-income and minority students	1,000,000
Venango County AVTS, Oil City, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
Wallace Community College, Dothan AL, for new equipment	114,000
Wallace Community College, Selma, Alabama for biology and chemistry laboratory equipment and to incorporate science technology into instruction	70,000
Warren County AVTS, Warren, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
Waukesha County Technical College in Waukesha, Wisconsin and Marquette University to develop a joint curriculum and transfer program targeted to underserved populations in the fields of nursing and engineering	700,000
Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, to assist the Dumke College of Health Professions for computer technology	150,000
Wellsboro Area High School, Wellsboro, PA, for technology infrastructure	100,000
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation, Fairmont, West Virginia, to support a collaborative effort with Fairmont State College and DSD Laboratories of West Virginia to develop a computer security curriculum and to strengthen an information assurance center of excellence	300,000
Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT to improve distance learning education programs, including upgrades in technology	1,800,000
Western Kentucky University Technology Innovation Challenge Program	500,000
Westminster College, Fulton, MO, `Winston Churchill Center for Leadership Service' for communications upgrades, recruitment of staff and academic program development and implementation	800,000
Widener University, Chester, PA, for technological infrastructure improvements to educational entities	400,000
Widener University, Center for Social Work Education, Harrisburg, PA, for curriculum development	350,000
William Tyndale College, Farmington Hills MI, to expand and enhance its curriculum	850,000
Wilson College to expand and develop the `Women with Children Program,' which assists single women with children in earning a degree, becoming financially independent, and raising the children's aspirations for educational accomplishment	200,000
Wireless Computer Laboratory, East Central Community College, Ellisville, Mississippi	50,000
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities for a collaboration project to consolidate administrative operations and information technology	800,000
World Learning, Brattleboro, VT for foreign language training programs	200,000
Army War College: to develop a major educational center to provide a joint research and teaching opportunities in military and social history	25,000
Cabrini College: for equipment and programmatic funding for the new Center for Science, Education, and Technology, which will provide a model elementary education classroom	200,000
Keystone Virtual University: to establish a Pennsylvania University `online' university	250,000
Lehigh University: for the Center for Promoting Healthy Development for Individuals with Disabilities for research to develop strategies that can improve the healthy development of individuals with disabilities	500,000
Military Heritage Foundation, Carlisle, PA, for Military History Institute to provide joint research and teaching opportunities in military and social history	175,000
Temple University for the Center for Research in Human Development and Education for the development of innovative models to address teacher recruitment, training and mentoring	500,000

International Education

The conference agreement provides $98,500,000 for Title VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education programs instead of $93,000,000 as proposed by the House and $78,022,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees find that our national security, stability and economic vitality depend, in part, on American experts who have sophisticated language skills and cultural knowledge about the various areas of the world. An urgent need exists to enhance the nation's in-depth knowledge of world areas and transnational issues, and fluency of U.S. citizens in languages relevant to understanding societies where Islamic and/or Muslim culture, politics, religion, and economy are a significant factor.

Therefore, the conferees have included an increase of $20,478,000 for the Title VI/Fulbright-Hays programs to increase the number of international experts (including those entering government service and various professional disciplines) with in-depth expertise and high-level language proficiency in the targeted world areas of Central and South Asia, the Middle East, Russia, and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union. A portion of these funds is intended to enhance the capacity of U.S. higher education institutions to sustain these initiatives over time.

The conferees intend that these additional funds be used for priority initiatives within existing Title VI/Fulbright-Hays mechanisms, but with increased flexibility to address new challenges. Within the amount included in the bill, $5,409,000 is provided to double the number of Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships to students pursuing advanced training in Arabic, Azeri, Persian/Dari, Pashto, Tajik, Uzbek, Urdu and other languages spoken in the critical world regions of Central and South Asia, the Middle East, and Russia/Eastern Europe. All current FLAS institutions are eligible to receive supplemental awards if they offer language training in these areas. The bill also includes $3,448,000 to increase the amount of FLAS fellowships from $21,000 to $25,000 as a first step toward making these awards more competitive and to encourage more students to pursue advanced language training, particularly in areas important to national security. The conferees encourage the award of Title VI fellowships to talented students pursuing masters degrees who may be more likely to pursue government service, and the use of these fellowships for immersion foreign language training abroad.

Within the total amount in the bill, $3,368,000 is provided for supplemental awards to existing Title VI national resource centers (NRCs) specializing in Central and South Asia, the Middle East, and Russia/Eastern Europe and to establish four new centers, with FLAS fellowships allocations, focused on these world regions from high quality, unfunded applications from the most recent NRC and FLAS competitions. The conferees encourage the creation of distance learning initiatives to provide more universal access to language training, summer language institutes abroad, one-on-one language tutoring to accelerate student progress to the highest levels of proficiency, engaging the language resources of local heritage communities where appropriate, and increased collaboration with the Title VI language resource centers, the centers for international business education and research, and the American overseas research centers with a focus on the least commonly taught languages and areas and underrepresented professional disciplines. The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 to establish three new language resource centers, each specializing in either Central Asia, the Middle East, or South Asia, to develop the resources needed to improve foreign language teacher training for less commonly taught languages, including research, curriculum and other instructional materials, and language pedagogical strategies. The conferees encourage the development of up-to-date, interactive multi-media material specifically tailored for targeted language instructional needs.

Further, the conference agreement includes an increase of $4,975,000 for all other Title VI activities, including the development of innovative techniques, including electronic technologies, to collect, organize, preserve and disseminate materials focused on the least commonly taught languages, and for centers and programs focused on international business, economic competitiveness and security issues, undergraduate education, and research.

The conferees intend that $1,800,000 be used to expand Fulbright-Hays overseas programs in targeted world areas to increase opportunities for scholars and faculty to enhance their language skills and cultural studies by conducting research and training abroad. The conference agreement includes bill language allowing section 102(b)(6) funds to be used to support individuals planning to apply their advanced language skills in fields outside of teaching, including government, professional fields, or international development, and language permitting up to one percent of the Title VI/Fulbright-Hays funds provided to the Department to be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activities.

The conference agreement also provides $1,500,000 for the Institute of International Public Policy.

TRIO

The conference agreement includes $802,500,000 for TRIO instead of $800,000,000 as proposed by the House and $805,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants

The conference agreement also includes $90,000,000 for Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants, instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by the House and $54,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Demonstrations in Disability

The agreement also includes $7,000,000 for Demonstrations in Disability as proposed by the Senate instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees are aware that, although minorities comprise a significant number of students with learning disabilities enrolled in postsecondary institutions, no Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCU) have been funded since the inception of this demonstration program. The conferees note that subsection 762(c)(3) of the Higher Education Act requires the Secretary to consider a range of types of institutions of higher education when making awards under this program. Therefore, the conferees strongly urge the Secretary to comply with this requirement of the law by providing due consideration to qualified applications from HBCUs, as well as Hispanic Serving Institutions.

Other higher education programs

The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,750,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement also includes $1,000,000 for GPRA data and program evaluations as proposed by the House instead of $1,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement also includes $4,000,000 for Thurgood Marshall Scholarships instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House, and $1,000,000 for B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not provide funding for these activities.

The conferees are concerned that fiscal year 2001 funding for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program was not fully expended. The conferees provided additional funds last year because of the understanding that a lack of convenient and affordable childcare services is a significant barrier preventing low-income parents from pursuing postsecondary education. Therefore, the conferees encourage the Department to work with colleges and universities and relevant organizations to heighten awareness and increase utilization of the financial assistance available through this program.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

The conference agreement includes $237,474,000 for Howard University instead of $242,474,000 as proposed by the House and $232,474,000 as proposed by the Senate.

EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS AND ASSESSMENT

The conference agreement includes $443,870,000 for Education Research, Statistics and Assessment instead of $421,620,000 as proposed by the House and $389,567,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees provide $121,817,000 for research instead of $147,567,000 as proposed by the House and $120,567,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees provide $85,000,000 for statistics as proposed by the House instead of $80,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $67,500,000 for regional educational labs instead of $70,000,000 as proposed by the House and $65,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees have provided this increase to address the increased demand for technical assistance in comprehensive school reform. The conferees intend that regional educational laboratory funds shall be obligated and distributed on the same basis as the fiscal year 2001 allocations not later than January 31, 2002.

The conference agreement includes $107,500,000 for the National Assessment for Educational Progress as proposed by the House instead of $105,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this total, $2,500,000 is included for a trial urban assessment study as proposed by the House. The agreement also includes $4,053,000 for the National Assessment Governing Board as proposed by the House instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement also includes $58,000,000 to continue multi-year grants and contracts for Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers, Regional Math and Science Education Consortia, the Math and Science Clearinghouse, and Technology-based technical assistance.

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $424,212,000 for Departmental program administration as proposed by the Senate instead of $427,212,000 as proposed by the House.

The conferees are very concerned that the Department has made the decision in several programs to provide the full grant amount of multiyear awards in the first year (front loaded), rather than following the traditional practice of providing funding one year at a time. This practice was adopted for several programs during fiscal year 2001 without prior notification to Congress and, in many cases, represented a significant departure from the proposed program implementation outlined in the Department's Justifications of Appropriation Estimates to the Congress. The conferees believe that this practice should be limited and utilized only when justified by programmatic considerations. Moreover, the conferees have a strong interest in receiving complete and accurate information from the Department about the proposed use of appropriations. Therefore, the conferees direct the Secretary to provide notification and justification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate not later than 30 days prior to release of any grant opportunities or notices inviting applications that propose front-loaded grant awards or that express funding priorities or competitive preferences for funding availability significantly different from what is proposed in Justifications of Appropriation Estimates to the Congress, the House and Senate Committee reports accompanying Department of Education appropriations bills or the Statement of the Managers accompanying Department of Education Appropriations Acts.

The conferees note that the legislation reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act has adopted many of the Administration's proposals to consolidate a number of categorical programs into teacher quality, technology, bilingual and innovative education state grants. The conferees expect that as a result of this legislation, the Department will reassign personnel slots previously needed to administer categorical programs to new program priorities. The conferees are concerned that the International Education and Graduate Programs Service has been understaffed and has additional program responsibilities.

The conferees urge the Department to review the organizational structures within the Department to (1) strengthen the staff and support systems as international education programs and responsibilities grow; (2) increase outreach activities and information about funding opportunities; (3) provide greater national accessibility by government agencies, businesses, the media, and education institutions to the expertise and knowledge these programs produce; and (4) increase coordination among all international education activities and programs within the Department. The conferees direct the Department to submit a letter report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by February 1, 2002 describing steps taken and planned to address these program and management needs.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

B.J. STUPAK OLYMPIC SCHOLARSHIPS

The conference agreement includes an amendment which makes changes to the award determinations for the B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarship program. This language was not included by either the House or the Senate.

SCHOOL RENOVATION

The conference agreement does not include language proposed by the Senate relating to school renovation.

STUDENT LOANS FOR FOREIGN SCHOOLS

The conference agreement does not include language proposed by the Senate relating to student loans for students attending foreign schools.

The conferees are concerned about reports of students obtaining Federal Family Education Loans by fraudulently claiming to attend foreign schools. Since 1995, at least 25 individuals have been convicted of cashing student loan checks without ever attending the foreign institution at which they claimed to be students. Accordingly, the conferees direct the General Accounting Office to examine and report on the extent of fraud, waste, and abuse related to loans for students attending foreign schools, steps taken by the Department of Education to curb such abuses, and possible additional steps, such as tighter disbursement controls, that may be needed to solve this problem.

LEAP PROGRAM

The conference agreement does not include language proposed by the Senate relating to the maintenance of effort requirement in the LEAP program.

COLLEGE WORK STUDY

The conference agreement includes language that allows the Secretary to reallocate funds under the College Work Study program to certain institutions. Neither the House nor the Senate bills contained this language.

REFERENCES TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

The conference agreement includes language clarifying that references made in this Act to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are to be interpreted as referring to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as it was amended by H.R. 1, the `No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.' Neither the House nor the Senate bills contained this language.

TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $328,895,000 for the Domestic Volunteer Service programs instead of $324,450,000 as proposed by the House and $321,276,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)

The conference agreement includes $85,287,000 for VISTA instead of $83,074,000 as proposed by the House and $86,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Volunteers in Homeland Security

The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for Volunteers in Homeland Security, a new activity authorized under Section 122 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act which was not included in either the House or the Senate bills. These funds would be used to place senior and other volunteers in community activities that are targeted specifically at contributing to homeland defense. Grants will be made to states and community organizations on a competitive basis and will support public and nonprofit agencies' efforts in the areas of public safety, public health, and disaster relief and preparedness.

Since September 11, hundreds of volunteers have been actively engaged in supporting relief efforts. Building on this record, the Corporation will use these funds to place additional volunteers in assignments targeted specifically at mitigating the effects of the attacks and in enhancing homeland security.

National Senior Volunteer Corps

The conference agreement includes $106,700,000 for the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) instead of $109,468,000 as proposed by the House and $102,868,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees have provided sufficient funds to allow for a stipend increase of ten cents per hour for participants in both the Foster Grandparent and the Senior Companion Programs. The conferees direct the Corporation to provide such a stipend increase to these two programs.

One-third of the increases provided for the FGP, SCP, and RSVP programs shall be used to fund Programs of National Significance expansion grants to allow existing FGP, RSVP and SCP programs to expand the number of volunteers serving in areas of critical need as identified by Congress in the Domestic Volunteer Service Act.

Sufficient funding has been included to provide a 2 percent increase for administrative costs realized by all current grantees in the FGP and SCP programs, and a 4 percent increase for administrative costs realized by all current grantees in the RSVP program. Funds remaining above these amounts should be used to begin new FGP, RSVP and SCP programs in geographic areas currently unserved. The conferees expect these projects to be awarded via a nationwide competition among potential community-based sponsors.

The Corporation for National and Community Service shall comply with the directive that use of funding increases in the Foster Grandparent Program, Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and VISTA not be restricted to America Reads activities. The conferees further direct that the Corporation shall not stipulate a minimum or maximum amount for PNS grant augmentations.

The conference agreement includes $400,000 for senior demonstration activities as proposed by both the House and the Senate. These funds are to be used solely to carry out evaluations and to provide recruitment, training, and technical assistance to local projects as described in the budget request. No new demonstration projects may be begun with these funds. None of the increases provided for FGP, SCP, or RSVP in fiscal year 2002 may be used for demonstration activities. The conferees further expect that all future demonstration activities will be funded through allocations made through Part E of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act.

Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2002 may not be used to implement or support service collaboration agreements or any other changes in the administration and/or governance of national service programs prior to passage of a bill by the authorizing committees of jurisdiction specifying such changes.

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

The conference agreement provides $380,000,000 in funding for fiscal year 2004, instead of $365,000,000 as proposed by the House and $395,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement also includes $25,000,000 for equipment and facilities to enable public broadcasters to meet the statutory deadline for digital conversion as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement does not provide these funds contingent upon authorization as proposed by the House.

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

The conference agreement includes $39,982,000 for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service instead of $40,482,000 as proposed by the Senate and $39,482,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes funds for FMCS to continue their work to prevent youth violence by teaching students mediation and conflict resolution techniques.

INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

The conference agreement provides $197,602,000 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services instead of $168,078,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. Within the amount provided, the conference agreement specifies $2,941,000 for library services to Native Americans and Native Hawaiians as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also specifies funding for the following:

National Museum of African American History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission	$2,000,000
American Village Project in Montevallo, Alabama	250,000
Evergreen-Conecuh Public Library, Alabama	20,000
Gordo Public Library, Pickens County Commission, Alabama	50,000
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, for systems and technology upgrades	300,000
National Museum for Women in the Arts	1,500,000
Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center	300,000
Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, to develop exhibits and educational programs about the historic Phoenix Indian School and the Native Americans who attended the school	50,000
Children's Museum of Los Angeles, California, for development of exhibits and educational programs	800,000
Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles, California to complete and install the `Family and Community' exhibit and for related educational outreach programs	150,000
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, for equipment and to develop exhibits and educational materials for the Julian C. Dixon Institute for Cultural Studies	750,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum for the installation of an environmental exhibit	290,000
Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, California, for the development of exhibits and educational materials	25,000
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to expand model arts education programs at the de Young Museum	1,000,000
Bethel Public Library, Connecticut, for technology upgrades and collections	150,000
Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut to plan and develop a history of Waterbury exhibit	500,000
Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, GA, to expand outreach and educational activities and programs	250,000
Bishops Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii	700,000
Grout Museum in Waterloo, Iowa for exhibits on the Sullivan brothers	500,000
Iowa State Historical Society to catalogue and archive the history of workers in Iowa	61,000
The National Audobon Society's ARK Museum in Dubuque, Iowa for creation of exhibits and public education	389,000
University of Idaho Performance and Education Facility to preserve the history of jazz and teach it to future generations	750,000
Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum	50,000
Johnson County Museum of History, Franklin, IN, for personnel, supplies and equipment	100,000
Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts, for equipment for the Online Education Center to provide distance learning programs	125,000
Shakespeare Rose Theater to enhance the educational and cultural programs in language, literacy and the arts for students and the general public	1,000,000
Springfield-Greene County Library, Springfield, MO, for education and training	150,000
Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, for technology enhancements for the Global Access Library	1,160,000
University of Mississippi Foundation, Oxford, MS, for educational and preservation programs at Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner	850,000
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, for digitization of the National Library of the Accounting Profession	350,000
Lois Morgan Edward Memorial Library, Nashville, NC, for furniture, equipment, automation and materials	132,000
Rocky Mount Children's Museum, North Carolina	100,000
Confluence Visitor Center in Williston, ND and the North Dakota State Historical Society for Lewis and Clark exhibits	100,000
Fort Mandan Visitor's Center for exhibits and other interpretation related to the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration	100,000
Mandan-on-a-Slant Museum to replace exhibits that preserve the Mandan Indian Heritage	100,000
Life Center library project at Franklin Pierce College, New Hampshire	1,000,000
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, for collections and technology equipment for the Guggenheim Memorial Library	160,000
Princeton Public Library, Mercer County, NJ, for library security, inventory and circulation system, and technology enhancements to support digital library initiatives	100,000
Albany Institute for History and Art for a two-part technology project that will broaden public access to its collections and improve services to its on-site and off-site constituencies	125,000
Brooklyn Historical Society, NY, for structural repairs and environmental upgrades to preserve collections and for education programs and exhibits	1,000,000
Buffalo and Erie County Library System, Buffalo, NY, for technology equipment	22,500
Center for Jewish History, New York, NY, to support educational and cultural programs and exhibits to facilitate the study of Jewish history	250,000
Children's Museum of Manhattan, NY, to develop exhibits on the Harlem Renaissance	150,000
Four County Library System, Vestal, NY, for technology enhancements for a distance learning initiative	105,000
Hunter College, NY, to identify, preserve and archive research collections of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, and develop a website	500,000
Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville, NY for archival and educational programs	200,000
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, NY, for its collections management program to make collections available to the public, and for the development and implementation of educational programs	750,000
New York Hall of Science to develop, expand, and display science-related educational materials	1,000,000
NIOGA Library System of Niagara and Orleans County, NY for technology improvements	22,500
The Woodstock Guild of Craftsmen, Inc., Woodstock, NY for the development and promotion of the Byrdcliffe Centennial Exhibition	100,000
Clark County Historical Museum for development, implementation, and enhancement of cultural education exhibits, Ohio	100,000
Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, OH, to develop educational exhibits and materials	40,000
Crawford Museum, Cleveland, OH, for planning and educational programming	500,000
Farmer's Castle Museum in Belpre, to assist with technical components that will enhance the visitors' experience	42,000
MAPS Air Museum, Canton OH, for equipment and education	500,000
McKinley Museum, Canton, OH, for technology improvement to the Ramsayer Research Library	44,000
University of Oregon Museum of Natural History in Eugene, OR	50,000
Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia County for the preservation of the Academy's collection of more than 22 million natural sciences specimens, for the development and delivery of natural sciences educational programming for children and the general public and for environmental research	150,000
Beaver Area Memorial Library, Beaver County, PA, for equipment	100,000
Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association	300,000
Discovery Square, Inc. in Erie, PA for exhibit development	100,000
Everhart Museum in Scranton, PA	200,000
National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia, PA	300,000
Northland Public Library Authority, Pittsburgh, PA, for digitization	126,000
Penn Hills Public Library in Pittsburgh, PA, to purchase library materials and upgrade technology	235,000
Philadelphia Zoo	250,000
Pittsburgh Children's Museum: to develop educational exhibits and programs for area K-12 schools	100,000
Please Touch Museum at the Children's Museum of Philadelphia, PA, to provide hands-on learning experiences for children	700,000
Wayne Art Center in Wayne, PA	50,000
Bamberg County Library in Bamberg, SC, for books and materials	50,000
Clarendon County Library in Manning, SC, for books and materials	50,000
Marion Wright Edelman Public Library, Bennettsville, SC, for library collections and technology	500,000
The Children's Discovery House, Murfreesboro, TN, for the development of hands-on and interactive exhibits and educational programs	600,000
The International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, TN	150,000
El Progreso Library, Uvalde, TX, for computers, equipment	500,000
Vietnam Archive Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, for digitization	500,000
Children's Museum of Virginia, Portsmouth, VA, for new programs and exhibits, educational training opportunities for children and teachers	800,000
Virginia Living Museum	325,000
Burlington City Arts in Burlington, VT for the creation of exhibits, displays and programming at the Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts	100,000
Lake Champlain Science Center in Burlington, VT for displays and education	125,000
Vermont Historical Society in Montpelier, VT, to expand displays, exhibits and programming	175,000
Beaver Creek Reserve Education Center, Fall Creek, WI, for environmental and conservation education programs for elementary and secondary students	100,000
The Kenosha Civil War Museum in Kenosha, WI for exhibits and programming related to the Civil War	500,000
Village of Hawkins, WI, for library technology programs, including equipment	75,000
Weis Earth Science Museum in Menasha, WI for educational exhibits, including interactive videos, simulated mine tunnels and paleontological specimens	500,000

MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

The conference agreement includes $8,250,000 for the Medicare payment advisory commission, instead of $8,000,000 as proposed by the House, and $8,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees are concerned about the reported impact of the Medicare Part B payment reduction scheduled to take effect in 2002. The conferees urge MedPAC to study replacing the sustainable growth rate (SGR) as a factor in determining the update for Medicare Part B payments with a factor that more fully accounts for the changes in the unit costs of providing physicians' services and report back its findings and recommendations to the Committees on Appropriations and authorizing committees not later than March 1, 2002.

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

The conference agreement provides $1,000,000 for the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science as proposed by the House, instead of $1,495,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL

The conference agreement provides $400,000 for close-out costs associated with the termination of the National Education Goals Panel. The Senate provided $2,000,000 for on-going activities. The House did not propose funding for this agency. The conferees note that this panel was not reauthorized in the recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

The conference agreement provides $226,438,000 for the National Labor Relations Board as proposed by the Senate instead of $221,438,000 as proposed by the House.

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement includes a limitation on transfers from the railroad trust funds of $6,261,000 for administrative expenses of the Office of Inspector General instead of $6,480,000 as proposed by the Senate and $6,042,000 as proposed by the House.

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

The conference agreement includes $21,277,412,000 for the Supplemental Security Income Program as proposed by the Senate instead of $21,270,412,000 as proposed by the House. Within the funds provided, the conference agreement includes $7,000,000 as proposed by the Senate for outreach efforts to identify individuals who may be eligible for payment of the cost of Medicare cost sharing under the Medicaid program. The House report contained no similar provision.

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

The conference agreement provides $15,104,000 for the United States Institute of Peace, instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the House and $15,207,000 as proposed by the Senate.

TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

OFFICIAL EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes language to provide an additional $3,000 from funds made available to the Department of Labor in salaries and expenses accounts for official receptions and representation expenses.

DISTRIBUTION OF STERILE NEEDLES

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the House that prohibits the use of funds in this Act to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. The Senate bill contained a similar provision except that it would have allowed for such a program if the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that these programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.

BUY AMERICAN ACT

The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a provision proposed by the House to prohibit any funds made available in this Act to any person or entity that violates the Buy American Act. The Senate bill contained no similar provision. The agreement includes a Sense of the Congress provision regarding this issue that was proposed in both the House and the Senate bills.

NIH LICENSE AGREEMENTS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the House regarding NIH license agreements. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF GRANT AWARDS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to prohibit the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education from making a grant award totaling more than $500,000 unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified. The House bill contained no similar provision.

SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS ACT

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to establish certain requirements related to maintenance of effort for State expenditures on public education. The House bill contained no similar provision.

SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding Low-Income Home Energy Assistance. The House bill contained no similar provision.

NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to change the names of eligible organizations named in the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act. The House bill contained no similar provision.

GAO STUDY REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF HIPAA REGULATIONS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to require GAO to report on the State and local impacts of the administrative simplification requirements of HIPAA. The House bill contained no similar provision.

ELECTION OF AN ANNUITY FOR QUALIFIED MAGISTRATE JUDGES

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to provide for an election of an annuity under section 377 of title 28, United States Code, for any qualified magistrate judge. The House bill contained no similar provision.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to modify language contained in H.R. 2217, the Interior Appropriations bill. The House bill contained no similar provision.

ACROSS-THE-BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE AND RELATED EXPENSES REDUCTION

The conference agreement includes a modified provision proposed by the Senate to reduce administrative and related expenses of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The House bill contained no similar provision.

TITLE VII--MENTAL HEALTH PARITY

The conference agreement modifies language proposed by the Senate amending the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act with respect to equitable treatment in insurance coverage of mental illnesses. The Senate amendment had expanded the provisions in the respective Acts concerning parity in mental health coverage. The conference agreement instead extends for one year the previously expired mental health parity provisions in the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

The conferees recognize the devastating impact of mental illnesses on Americans from every walk of life and widespread bipartisan support of mental health parity legislation in both houses of Congress. The conferees strongly urge the committees of jurisdiction in the House and the Senate to convene early hearings and undertake swift consideration of legislation to extend and improve mental health parity protections during the second session of 107th Congress.

INFORMATION ON PASSENGERS AND CARGO

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to require advance electronic information for air cargo and passengers entering the United States. The House bill contained no similar provision.

CONFERENCE AGREEMENT

The following table displays the amounts agreed to for each program, project or activity with appropriate comparisons:

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Ralph Regula,
C.W. Bill Young,
Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
Dan Miller,
Roger F. Wicker,
Anne M. Northup,
Randy `Duke' Cunningham,
Kay Granger,
John E. Peterson,
Don Sherwood,
David Obey,
Steny Hoyer,
Nancy Pelosi,
Nita M. Lowey,
Rosa DeLauro,
Jesse Jackson, Jr.,
Patrick J. Kennedy,

Managers on the Part of the House.
Tom Harkin,
Ernest Hollings,
Daniel Inouye,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Patty Murray,
Mary Landrieu,
Robert C. Byrd,
Arlen Specter,
Thad Cochran,
Judd Gregg,
Larry E. Craig,
Ted Stevens,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Mike DeWine,

Managers on the Part of the Senate.