INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Corporation for National and Community Service national and community service programs operating expenses (rescissions of funds) Of the amounts available in the National Service Trust account from previous appropriations Acts, $1,000,000 shall be rescinded. office of inspector general For an additional amount for the “Office of Inspector General” for reviews and audits of the State Commissions on National and Community Service (including alternative administrative entities) established under section 178 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12638), $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001. Environmental Protection Agency environmental programs and management (including transfer of funds) Of the amount appropriated under this heading in title III of Public Law 106–74, $2,374,900, in addition to amounts made available for the following in prior Acts, shall be and have been available to award grants for work on the Buffalo Creek and other New York watersheds and for aquifer protection work in and around Cortland County, New York, including work on the Upper Susquehanna watershed. Of the amount appropriated under this heading in title III of Public Law 105–276 to establish a regional environmental data center and to develop an integrated, automated water quality monitoring and information system for watersheds impacting Chesapeake Bay, $2,600,000 shall be transferred to the “State and tribal assistance grants” account to remain available until expended for grants for wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements for Smithfield Township, Monroe County ($800,000); the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Milford, Pike County ($800,000); the City of Carbondale, Lackawanna County ($200,000); Throop Borough, Lackawanna County ($200,000); and Dickson City, Lackawanna County ($600,000), Pennsylvania. None of the funds made available for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for the Environmental Protection Agency may be used to make a final determination on or implement any new rule relative to the Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program and Federal Antidegradation Policy and the Proposed Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management Regulations Concerning Total Maximum Daily Load, published in the Federal Register on August 23, 1999. state and tribal assistance grants The referenced statement of the managers under this heading in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 114 STAT. 568and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–74), is deemed to be amended by striking “in the town of Waynesville” in reference to water and wastewater infrastructure improvements as identified in project number 102, and by inserting “Haywood County”; by adding the words “for the Fourpole Pumping Station” after the word “improvements” in reference to water and wastewater infrastructure improvements as identified in project number 135; and by striking the words "at the West County Wastewater Treatment Plant” in reference to wastewater infrastructure improvements within the Metropolitan Sewer District at Louisville, Kentucky as identified in project number 50. Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief Of the unobligated balances made available under the second paragraph under this heading in Public Law 106–74, in addition to other amounts made available, up to $50,000,000 may be used by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the buyout or elevation of properties which are principal residences that have been made uninhabitable by floods in areas which were declared Federal disasters in fiscal years 1999 and 2000: Provided, That such properties are located in a 100-year floodplain: Provided further, That no homeowner may receive any assistance for buyouts in excess of the pre-flood fair market value of the residence (reduced by any proceeds from insurance or any other source paid or owed as a result of the flood damage to the residence): Provided further, That each State shall ensure that there is a contribution from non-Federal sources of not less than 25 percent in matching funds (other than administrative costs) for any funds allocated to the State for buyout assistance: Provided further, That all buyouts under this paragraph shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified under 42 U.S.C. 5170c(b)(2)(B): Provided further, That none of the funds made available for buyouts under this paragraph may be used in any calculation of a State's section 404 allocation: Provided further, That the Director shall report quarterly to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the use of all funds allocated under this paragraph and certify that the use of all funds are consistent with all applicable laws and requirements: Provided further, That no funds shall be allocated for buyouts under this paragraph except in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Director: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 114 STAT. 569 National Aeronautics and Space Administration science, aeronautics and technology For an additional amount for “Science, aeronautics and technology”, $1,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.