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H.R. 1141 (106th)

1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act

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17 March 1999

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Became Public Law No: 106-31.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Title II: Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Title III: Technical Corrections 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act - Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations - Chapter 1 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for: (1) salaries and expenses of the Farm Service Agency; and (2) direct and guaranteed farm ownership loans, direct and guaranteed subsidized farm operating loans, and emergency farm loans. Chapter 2 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Justice for the Immigration and Naturalization Service for salaries and expenses, enforcement and border affairs. Chapter 3 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for: (1) Army reserve personnel and Army and Air Force National Guard personnel; (2) Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force as well as defense-wide O&M; and (3) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid. Chapter 4 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for: (1) international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) the Economic Support Fund for assistance to Jordan; (3) expenses to address the effects of hurricanes in Central America and the Caribbean and the earthquake in Columbia; (4) the Treasury Department for debt restructuring; and (5) the Foreign Military Financing Program for grants to Jordan pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act. Prohibits the value of articles, services, and military education and training authorized to be drawn down by the President under a specified provision of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from being counted against the ceiling limitation of that section. Chapter 5 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the U.S. Forest Service for reconstruction and construction in connection with damages from Hurricane Georges and other natural disasters in Puerto Rico. Chapter 6 - Rescinds specified amounts of funds for: (1) the Department of Agriculture for the cost of foreign assistance direct credit agreements; (2) the Department of Energy for atomic energy defense activities; (3) the Trade and Development Agency for export and investment assistance; (4) the Agency for International Development for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs; (5) the Economic Support Fund for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs; (6) assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States; (7) assistance for the new independent States of the former Soviet Union; (8) peacekeeping operations; (9) reconstruction and development of international financial institutions; (10) callable capital stock in certain international financial institutions; (11) international organizations and programs; (12) the Department of Transportation for contract authorization for small community air service; (13) the Federal Highway Administration for State infrastructure banks; and (14) the Federal Transit Administration for contract authorization for transit programs and interstate transfer grants. Amends the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 to reduce the amount of emergency supplemental appropriations for defense-wide O&M under such Act. Title II: Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions - Chapter 1 - Makes supplemental appropriations for the U.S. Supreme Court for salaries and expenses. Rescinds a specified amount of funds for the United States Information Agency for buying power maintenance. Chapter 2 - Makes supplemental appropriations for expenses for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Rescinds a specified amount of funds for the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Chapter 3 - Rescinds a specified amount of funds for the Bureau of Land Management for the management of land and resources. Makes supplemental appropriations for the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians for Indian trust programs, including litigation support. Chapter 4 - Reduces the amount of funds available for the Employment and Training Administration for State unemployment insurance and employment service operations. Rescinds a specified amount of funds for: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services for a Federal capital loan program for nursing; and (2) the Department of Education for education research, statistics, and improvement. Makes supplemental appropriations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for National Public Radio. Chapter 5 - Makes supplemental appropriations for the Architect of the Capitol for: (1) renovation of the House Page dormitory; and (2) life safety renovations to the O'Neill House Office Building. Increases for FY 2000 and thereafter the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Office of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the lump-sum allowance for the Office of the Majority Whip of the House. Authorizes the transfer of funds between various accounts under the heading "House Leadership Offices," beginning with FY 1999. Chapter 6 - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone reimbursement. Rescinds a specified amount of funds for the Executive Office of the President for unanticipated needs of natural disasters of national significance. Chapter 7 - Earmarks a specified amount of funds made available for the Economic Development Initiative for projects to revitalize and redevelop the Los Angeles Civic Center neighborhood and for development of a child care center in Huntington Park, California. (Sec. 2001) Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture, in making loan deficiency payments under the Agricultural Market Transition Act to producers of club wheat, from assessing a premium adjustment on the amount that would otherwise be computed for club wheat to reflect a premium paid to ensure its availability in creating a specialty product known as western white wheat. Requires a retroactive payment to each such producer that received a discounted loan deficiency payment as a result of a premium adjustment against club wheat. Title III: Technical Corrections - Makes technical, clarifying, and conforming amendments to the: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999; (2) Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; and (3) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999. (Sec. 3006) Revises fiscal year requirements and funding amounts under specified provisions of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999. Earmarks certain funds appropriated under such Act. (Sec. 3008) Makes certain funds appropriated under the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 for highway traffic safety operations and research available through FY 1999. Amends the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 to authorize a specified transfer and allocation of funds by the Capitol Police Board. (Sec. 3011) Amends the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to make certain funds transferred under such Act to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States available through FY 2000.

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