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Union Calendar No. 269
105th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3580
[Report No. 105-470]
Making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 1998
Mr. Livingston, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
Making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
From funds available to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide
compensation to agricultural producers and other persons under section
105(b) of the Federal Plant Pest Act (7 U.S.C. 150dd(b)), the Secretary
may make payments to any person who had, or in the future has, wheat
stored in a storage facility that was, or in the future is, subject to
an emergency action notice issued by the Secretary relating to the
presence or presumed presence of Karnal bunt to compensate the person
for economic losses incurred as a result of the effect of the notice on
the operation of the storage facility.
Departmental Administration
For an additional amount for ``Departmental Administration,''
$4,300,000.
Office of the General Counsel
For an additional amount for the Office of the General Counsel,
$235,000.
Farm Service Agency
agricultural credit insurance fund program account
(direct farm ownership loans)
For an additional amount for gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct farm ownership loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929,
to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund,
$39,448,000. For an additional amount for the cost of direct farm
ownership loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, including the cost of
modifying such loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, $5,144,000, to remain available until expended.
(guaranteed farm ownership loans)
For an additional amount for gross obligations of the principal
amount of unsubsidized guaranteed farm ownership loans authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1928-1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund, $25,000,000. For an additional amount for the
``Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account'' for the cost of
unsubsidized guaranteed farm ownership loans authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1928-1929, including the cost of modifying such loans as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $967,000, to
remain available until expended.
(direct farm operating loans)
For an additional amount for gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct farm operating loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929,
to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund,
$9,528,000. For an additional amount for the ``Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund Program Account'' for the cost of direct farm operating
loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, including the cost of modifying
such loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, $626,000, to remain available until expended.
(guaranteed subsidized farm operating loans)
For an additional amount for gross obligations for the principal
amount of guaranteed subsidized farm operating loans authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1928-1928, to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund, $40,000,000. For an additional amount for the
``Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account'' for the cost of
guaranteed subsidized farm operating loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-
1929, including the cost of modifying such loans as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,374,000, to remain
available until expended.
(boll weevil eradication loans)
For additional gross obligations for the principal amount of boll
weevil eradication program loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, to be
available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund,
$18,814,000. For the additional cost of boll weevil eradication program
loans, including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $222,000.
Food and Nutrition Service
food stamp program
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 105-
86, funds for employment and training shall remain available until
expended as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act, as
amended.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and expenses'' from fees
collected pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act, not to exceed $15,596,000 to remain available until
expended: Provided, That fees derived from applications received during
fiscal year 1998 shall be credited to the appropriation current in the
year in which fees are collected and subject to the fiscal year 1998
limitation.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
International Organizations and Conferences
arrearage payments
For an additional amount for payment of arrearages to meet
obligations of membership in the United Nations, and to pay assessed
expenses of international peacekeeping activities, $505,000,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $475,000,000 shall become
available on October 1, 1998, and $30,000,000 shall become available on
October 1, 1999: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act for payment of arrearages may be
obligated or expended unless such obligation or expenditure is
expressly authorized by law: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for payment of
arrearages may be obligated or expended until such time as the share of
the total of all assessed contributions for the regular budget of the
United Nations does not exceed 22 percent for any single United Nations
member, and the share of the budget for each assessed United Nations
peacekeeping operation does not exceed 25 percent for any single United
Nations member.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Departmental Administration
Such additional amounts as necessary, not to exceed $5,408,000, to
cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work for others
notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C.
1511, et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost of work for
others are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount
derived from fees authorized by sections 31 and 33 of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2051 and 2053), to remain available until
expended.
General Provisions--This Chapter
Sec. 301. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no fully
allocated funding policy shall be applied to projects for which funds
were identified in the Conference Report (House Report 105-271)
accompanying the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998,
Public Law 105-62 (111 Stat. 1320, et seq.), under the Construction,
General; Operation and Maintenance, General; and Flood Control,
Mississippi River and Tributaries, appropriation accounts: Provided,
That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
is directed to undertake these projects using continuing contracts, as
authorized in section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of September 22,
1922 (33 U.S.C. 621).
Sec. 302. Section 303 of the Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-62), does not apply to the
worker transition plan for the Pinellas Plant site.
CHAPTER 4
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Funds Appropriated to the President
international monetary programs
united states quota in the international monetary fund
For an increase in the United States quota in the International
Monetary Fund, the dollar equivalent of 10,622,500,000 Special Drawing
Rights, to remain available until expended.
loans to the international monetary fund
For loans to the International Monetary Fund under section 17 of
the Bretton Woods Agreements Act pursuant to the New Arrangements to
Borrow, the dollar equivalent of 2,462,000,000 Special Drawing Rights,
to remain available until expended. In addition, the amounts
appropriated by title III of the Foreign Aid and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1963 (Public Law 87-872) and section 1101(b) of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-181) may also be
used under section 17 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act pursuant to
the New Arrangements to Borrow.
bilateral economic assistance
other bilateral economic assistance
economic support fund
Of the funds appropriated under this heading in the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1998 (Public Law 105-118), $31,000,000 should be made available for
Bolivia.
General Provisions--This Chapter
conditions for the use of quota resources
Sec. 401. None of the funds appropriated in this chapter under the
heading ``United States Quota in the International Monetary Fund'' may
be obligated or made available to the International Monetary Fund until
15 days after the Secretary of the Treasury provides written
notification to the appropriate committees that it is the policy of the
International Monetary Fund that stand-by agreements or other
arrangements in excess of the equivalent of $500,000,000 involving the
use of resources available to the International Monetary Fund shall
include provisions committing the borrowing country to--
(1) comply with the terms of international trade agreements
of which the borrowing country is a signatory;
(2) eliminate the practice or policy of Government-directed
lending by private or public financial institutions; and
(3) guarantee nondiscriminatory treatment in debt
resolution proceedings between domestic and foreign creditors,
and for debtors and other concerned persons.
reports on financial stabilization programs led by the international
monetary fund in connection with financing from the exchange
stabilization fund
Sec. 402. (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
submit to the appropriate committees 2 reports on the implementation of
financial stabilization programs led by the International Monetary Fund
in any country in connection with which the United States has made a
commitment to provide or has provided financing from the stabilization
fund established under section 5302 of title 31, United States Code. A
report shall include the following with respect to each such country:
(1) The extent that the country has made progress in making
conglomerate business practices more transparent through the
application of internationally accepted accounting practices,
independent external audits, full disclosure, and provision of
consolidated statements.
(2) The success of measures undertaken by the United States
Government and the International Monetary Fund to ensure that
the country will not provide Government-subsidized support or
tax privileges to bail out individual corporations,
particularly in the semiconductor, steel, plywood, and paper
industries.
(3) Whether International Monetary Fund involvement in
labor market flexibility measures has had a negative effect on
worker rights in the country, and the nature of any such
negative effects.
(b) Timing of Reports.--The first report required by subsection (a)
shall be due by October 1, 1998, and the second such report shall be
due by April 1, 1999.
(c) Notification of Impending Disbursements.--Not later than 5 days
before the disbursement to a country with respect to which a report is
required by subsection (a) of any resources from the stabilization fund
referred to in subsection (a) in connection with the implementation of
a financial stabilization program described in subsection (a), the
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