AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

SEC. 217. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) Authorization.—Title II of the Act (as amended by section 216 of this Act) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “authorization of appropriations “Sec. 224. Except as provided in sections 209(m), 211, 213, 214(b)(5), 215, and 216, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2000 to carry out this title.”. (b) Conforming Amendments.—Title II of the Act is amended— (1) in section 201(h), by striking out the first sentence and striking out “subsection” and inserting in lieu thereof “section”. (2) in section 202, by striking out subsection (e); (3) in section 204(e), by striking out the first sentence and striking out “subsection (c)” and inserting in lieu thereof “this section”; and (4) in section 209 (as amended by section 902(3)(B) of this Act)— 106 STAT. 4560 (A) by striking out subsections (c)(5), (d)(6), (f)(4), and (g)(5); (B) in subsection (h)— (i) by striking out paragraph (2) and by striking out “(1)”; (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; (iii) by striking out “subparagraph (A)” and inserting “paragraph (1)”; and (iv) by striking out “subparagraph (B)” and inserting “paragraph (2)”; (C) in subsection (i), by striking out paragraph (2) and by striking out “(1)”; (D) in subsection (d)(3)(B), by striking out “this subsection” and inserting in lieu thereof “this section”; and (E) in subsection (k)(6), by striking out the first sentence and in the second sentence by striking out “subsection” and inserting in lieu thereof “section”.