[House Report 107-342]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 107-342
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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
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December 19 (legislative day, December 8), 2001.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Regula, from the committee of conference, 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:
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.