Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, tit. IX, sec. 121

Sec. 121. In addition to amounts provided in the conference report accompanying H.R. 4194 (H. Rept. 105–769), the following funds are hereby appropriated: $10,000,000 for “Housing opportunities for persons with AIDS”, to remain available until expended; $45,000,000 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 112 STAT. 2681–546for “Urban Empowerment Zones” for grants in connection with a second round of the empowerment zones program in urban areas, designated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in fiscal year 1999 pursuant to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, including $3,000,000 for each empowerment zone for use in conjunction with economic development activities consistent with the strategic plan of each empowerment zone, to remain available until expended; $20,000,000 for “State and tribal assistance grants” for a grant for construction and related activities for wastewater treatment for Boston, Massachusetts, to remain available until expended; $10,000,000 for “National and community service programs operating expenses” for grants under the National Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps program), to remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds provided herein for “National and community service programs operating expenses” may be used to administer, reimburse, or support any national service program authorized under section 121(d)(2) of the aforementioned Act; $10,000,000 for “Science and technology”, for research associated with the Climate Change Technology Initiative, to remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That the obligated balance of such $10,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000; and $15,000,000 for “Community development financial institutions fund program account”, to remain available until September 30, 2000. Of the amount appropriated in H.R. 4194, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, under the heading “Community development block grants”, $4,750,000 shall be available as a grant to Cayuga County, New York, to repair and rehabilitate the seawalls at the Owasco Lake outlet, and $250,000 shall be available as a grant to Jackson, Michigan, to remove a portion of the Grand River culvert in Jackson, Michigan.