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REPORT

Unauthorized Appropriations
and Expiring Authorizations

(In This Version: Appendix Material Is
Sorted by Appropriations Subcommittee)

January 14, 2005



Notes

Numbers in the tables may not add up to totals because of rounding.

In separate versions of this report, the listings of public laws in the appendixes are displayed in three ways--by House authorizing committee, by Senate authorizing committee, and by appropriations subcommittee (which follows the same structure in the House and Senate).





                
Preface

This report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) satisfies the requirements of section 202(e)(3) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended. The report--required on or before January 15 of each year--is intended to assist the Congress in determining the authorizing legislation that should be in place before it considers the 13 regular appropriation bills for fiscal year 2006, which begins on October 1, 2005.

On January 4, 2005, the House of Representatives created the Homeland Security Committee as a standing committee (see section 2(a) of H. Res. 5, 109th Congress). The committee was granted jurisdiction over homeland security policy; the organization and administration of the Department of Homeland Security; and many of the functions of the department, such as border, port, and transportation security. Also on January 4 (pursuant to S. Res. 445, 108th Congress), the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs was renamed the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and was given jurisdiction over matters relating to the Department of Homeland Security (with several exceptions). However, because this report was in the final stages of production early in January 2005, the information presented does not reflect those recent changes in the committee structure. The entries in Appendixes A and B continue to reflect the committee structure and jurisdictions in place during the 108th Congress.

The Scorekeeping Unit of CBO's Budget Analysis Division prepared this report under the direction of Janet Airis. The other members of that unit are Joanna Capps, Catherine Little, Virginia Myers, and Robert Sempsey. Jason Wheelock of the Defense, International Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs Cost Estimates Unit also contributed to this report. The authors gratefully acknowledge the help of Sandy Davis, Ellen Hays, Mary Froehlich, and Jennifer Smith--and numerous staff members of Congressional committees.

John Skeen edited the report. Ernestine McNeil prepared it for publication, and Annette Kalicki and Simone Thomas prepared the electronic versions for CBO's Web site.

Questions about the contents of this report should be directed to Janet Airis.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Director
January 14, 2005




                
Overview

Each year, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is required to report to the Congress on:

  • All programs and activities funded for the current fiscal year for which authorizations for appropriations have expired and

  • All programs and activities for which authorizations for appropriations will expire in the current fiscal year.

That requirement is specified in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, which amended the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

According to the conference report on the Deficit Control Act, the purpose of that amendment was "to help Congress use the early months of the year to adopt authorizing legislation that must be in place before the thirteen regular appropriation bills can be considered."
 

The Role of Authorizations

Authorization laws are an outgrowth of the longstanding legislative practice of distinguishing between the laws that set forth federal policies and the laws that fund them. In general, authorization laws establish, continue, or modify federal programs. Funding for those programs is then provided separately in annual appropriation laws. Some authorization laws merge policy and funding actions--in effect, combining an authorization and appropriation in the same legislation. Such spending is referred to as direct, or mandatory, spending.

There are two kinds of authorization laws. The first type is the "organic," or "enabling," statute, which makes broad grants of authority, establishes federal offices or duties, creates federal programs, or permits various activities to be carried out. The second type specifically authorizes the appropriation of funds either to carry out the various authorities or duties established under an organic statute or to achieve other purposes. (Such appropriation of funds may also appear in the enabling statute.)

This report focuses on the second type of authorization law. In general, those laws are intended to offer guidance to the appropriations committees on the amount of program funding to be provided in annual appropriation bills. That guidance is typically expressed as an authorization of appropriations. Such authorizations are provided either for specific dollar amounts (definite authorizations) or for "such sums as are necessary" (indefinite authorizations).

Authorizations of appropriations may be permanent, or they may cover only particular fiscal years. Authorizations that have a stated duration may be annual (pertaining to one fiscal year) or multiyear (pertaining to two, five, or any specific number of fiscal years). When such authorizations expire, the Congress may choose to extend the life of a program by reauthorizing the activity. The Congress may also extend a program simply by providing new appropriations for it. However, appropriations that are made available for a program after its authorization of appropriations has expired are considered "unauthorized."

House and Senate rules--dating from the 19th century--generally preclude the Congress from considering appropriations that are not authorized by law. In both the House and the Senate, legislation containing unauthorized appropriations is subject to a point of order upon its consideration by either body.(1) However, House and Senate rules are not self-enforcing. An individual Representative or Senator must raise a point of order for the rules to be enforced. If no Member raises a point of order, an unauthorized appropriation may proceed through the legislative process.

Although this report is intended to aid the Congress by identifying those authorizations of appropriations that have expired or will expire, it should not be considered definitive regarding the application of House or Senate rules. What constitutes an "unauthorized appropriation" under such rules is determined by the precedents within the House or Senate, and the applicability of those rules is determined by the respective Office of the Parliamentarian.

More than half of all federal spending now goes to programs for which the authorizing legislation provides budget authority. Such direct spending includes funding for most major entitlement programs. (Some entitlements are funded in annual appropriation laws, but the amounts provided are controlled by the authorizing legislation that established the entitlements.) The authorization laws that provide direct spending are typically permanent, but some major direct-spending programs, such as the Food Stamp program and farm price and income support programs, require periodic renewal.

In 2004, lawmakers renewed several major authorizations that had been under temporary extensions, including those for the Small Business Administration (through 2006), the flood insurance program (through 2008), and the Child Nutrition and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (through 2009). In addition, the Congress enacted laws that extended other authorizations through 2005, including those for higher education programs, the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies, and the Coast Guard. Lawmakers also enacted temporary authorizations for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (through March 31, 2005) and surface transportation programs (through May 31, 2005).
 

Listings of Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations

This report covers all appropriated programs that at one time had an explicit authorization of appropriations that has expired or will expire this year. Appendix A lists programs that have received a full-year appropriation for fiscal year 2005 but whose applicable authorization has expired. Appendix B lists programs whose authorization expires at or before the end of fiscal year 2005. The appendixes show the number and name of the public law containing the last authorization, the last year that the authorization was in effect, and the amount authorized in that year. If the authorization was for "such sums as are necessary," the report shows the amount authorized as "indefinite." In separate versions of this report, the listings of public laws in the appendixes are displayed in three ways--by House authorizing committee, by Senate authorizing committee, and by appropriations subcommittee (which follows the same structure in the House and Senate).

The information in this report is drawn from CBO's Legislative Classification System, a database reflecting all public laws that contain nonpermanent authorizations of appropriations--up to and including laws enacted during the second session of the 108th Congress.

In general, House and Senate rules require the appropriations committees, in their reports on general appropriation bills, to identify any programs that are funded in the bills but lack an authorization--including programs for which an explicit authorization of appropriations has never been enacted. This CBO report, in contrast, covers only programs that at one time had an explicit authorization that either has expired or will expire. Also, as mentioned earlier, many laws establish programs with an authorization of appropriations that does not expire. Both the reports of the appropriations committees and this report exclude programs with that type of authorization because its effect is permanent.
 

Programs Funded in Fiscal Year 2005 with Expired Authorizations of Appropriations

Appendix A lists programs and activities funded by an appropriation for fiscal year 2005 whose authorization has expired. If the applicable 2005 appropriation law (or its legislative history) provides an explicit level of funding for the program, that amount is shown under "Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations." If no specific amount is provided (as in the case of a small program that is funded at an unidentified level in a large appropriation account or a program that is funded in several appropriation accounts), CBO determines whether the program is still being funded and, if so, the amount allocated for it. If that amount cannot be determined, the appendix notes that the specific dollar amount of unauthorized 2005 appropriations is not available.

The Congress has appropriated about $170 billion for fiscal year 2005 for programs and activities whose authorizations of appropriations have expired (see Tables 1, 2, and 3). That amount is about $80 billion higher than reported by CBO for 2002.(2) The difference results mostly from certain large authorizations of appropriations that expired in 2003 and 2004, including authorizations in the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (with 2005 appropriations of about $22 billion), the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 ($20 billion), and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 ($15 billion), as well as authorizations for Head Start ($7 billion), the Centers for Disease Control ($4 billion), and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program ($2 billion).

The largest single unauthorized appropriation for 2005 is for veterans' medical care ($27.9 billion); the appropriation was last authorized for 1998.(3) Other sizable programs with expired authorizations of appropriations include the Section 8 tenant-based housing assistance program (which was last authorized for 2003 and has funding for 2005 of $14.9 billion); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (last authorized for 2002 and funded in 2005 at $14.6 billion); and certain programs of the National Institutes of Health (last authorized in 1996 and funded in 2005 at $12.1 billion).
           
Table 1.
Fiscal Year 2005 Appropriations with Expired Authorizations, by House Authorizing Committee

(Millions of dollars)
House
Committee
Number
of Lawsa
Amounts
Appropriatedb

Agriculture 3   8  
Education and the Workforce 11   14,730  
Energy and Commerce 38   26,779  
Financial Services 10   30,906  
Government Reform 4   130  
House Administration 2   55  
Intelligence 1   0  
International Relations 13   15,461  
Judiciary 22   24,139  
Resources 36   5,431  
Science 11   18,424  
Small Business 3   2  
Transportation and Infrastructure 17   1,529  
Veterans' Affairs 4   27,945  
Ways and Means 5   4,859  
 
  Total 167   170,396  

Source: Congressional Budget Office.
a. This column includes laws with expiring authorizations of appropriations for definite or indefinite amounts. The total is less than the sum of the entries because public laws containing authorizations that are under the jurisdiction of more than one committee are counted only once in the total.
b. Amounts specified in statute or legislative history. Amounts do not reflect provisions that reduce budget authority across the board.

           
Table 2.
Fiscal Year 2005 Appropriations with Expired Authorizations, by Senate Authorizing Committee

(Millions of dollars)
Senate
Committee
Number
of Lawsa
Amounts
Appropriatedb

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 4   8  
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 11   30,896  
Commerce, Science, and Transportation 25   21,292  
Energy and Natural Resources 14   3,498  
Environment and Public Works 32   3,321  
Finance 4   4,839  
Foreign Relations 12   15,461  
Governmental Affairsc 3   10  
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 29   36,041  
Indian Affairs 6   3,105  
Intelligence 1   0  
Judiciary 20   23,924  
Rules and Administration 2   55  
Small Business and Entrepreneurship 3   2  
Veterans' Affairs 4   27,945  
 
  Total 167   170,396  

Source: Congressional Budget Office.
a. This column includes laws with expiring authorizations of appropriations for definite or indefinite amounts. The total is less than the sum of the entries because public laws containing authorizations that are under the jurisdiction of more than one committee are counted only once in the total.
b. Amounts specified in statute or legislative history. Amounts do not reflect provisions that reduce budget authority across the board.
c. At the beginning of the 109th Congress, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs was renamed the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and was given jurisdiction over some matters relating to the Department of Homeland Security. This report reflects the committee structure and jurisdiction in place during the 108th Congress.

           
Table 3.
Fiscal Year 2005 Appropriations with Expired Authorizations, by Appropriations Subcommittee

(Millions of dollars)
Subcommittee Number
of Lawsa
Amounts
Appropriatedb

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies 5   8  
Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 40   31,150  
Energy and Water Development 13   2,312  
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 12   6,794  
Homeland Security 4   10,001  
Interior and Related Agencies 34   5,342  
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 32   35,911  
Legislative Branch 1   2  
Transportation, Treasury 19   1,686  
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies 30   77,190  
 
  Total 167   170,396  

Source: Congressional Budget Office.
Note: FDA = Food and Drug Administration; VA = Department of Veterans Affairs; HUD = Department of Housing and Urban Development.
a. This column includes laws with expiring authorizations of appropriations for definite or indefinite amounts. The total is less than the sum of the entries because public laws containing authorizations that are under the jurisdiction of more than one committee are counted only once in the total.
b. Amounts specified in statute or legislative history. Amounts do not reflect provisions that reduce budget authority across the board.

 

Authorizations of Appropriations That Expire on or Before September 30, 2005

Appendix B lists programs and activities with an authorization of appropriations that expires by the end of fiscal year 2005. The appendix indicates the amounts authorized to be appropriated in 2005 for expiring programs and activities, not the amounts actually appropriated for that year.

Definite authorizations contained in laws under the jurisdiction of House and Senate authorizing committees that will expire by the end of this fiscal year total about $526 billion (see Tables 4, 5, and 6). Most of that amount (about $446 billion) is authorized in a single law, the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375), which also includes an authorization for funding for activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. Typically, authorizations for defense funding are renewed annually. Another annual reauthorization is the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. Most of the authorizations for intelligence activities are classified.

Other major definite authorizations that expire by the end of 2005 include the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 and 2003 (P.L. 106-386, P.L. 108-193); the National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 2000 (P.L. 106-208); the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-252); and the Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-457).

Thus, as in recent years, the total amount of expiring definite authorizations of appropriations this year is concentrated in a handful of laws. Of the 66 laws with authorizations that expire this year, four account for nearly 95 percent of the year's expiring definite authorizations. Conversely, 29 laws have definite authorizations of $50 million or less; together, they make up less than 0.1 percent of the total amount of expiring definite authorizations.

Some laws with expiring indefinite authorizations also involve relatively large amounts of funding. Indefinite authorizations that expire this year include the Millennium Challenge Fund (authorized in the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, P.L. 108-199); the Project Bioshield Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-276); the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000 (P.L. 106-501); and programs funded in the Children's Health Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-310).
           
Table 4.
Authorizations of Appropriations Expiring on or Before September 30, 2005, by House Authorizing Committee

(Millions of dollars)
House Committee Number
of Lawsa
Amounts
Authorizedb

Agriculture 3   49  
Armed Services 2   445,614  
Education and the Workforce 4   16,125  
Energy and Commerce 9   50  
Financial Services 2   0  
Government Reform 2   10  
House Administration 1   635  
Intelligence 1   310  
International Relations 6   330  
Judiciary 10   1,254  
Resources 15   465  
Science 3   21  
Small Business 1   1  
Transportation and Infrastructure 8   61,271  
Veterans' Affairs 2   102  
Ways and Means 1   0  
 
  Total 167   170,396  

Source: Congressional Budget Office.
a. This column includes laws with expiring authorizations of appropriations for definite or indefinite amounts. The total is less than the sum of the entries because public laws containing authorizations that are under the jurisdiction of more than one committee are counted only once in the total.
b. Amounts specified in statute or legislative history. Amounts do not reflect provisions that reduce budget authority across the board.

           
Table 5.
Authorizations of Appropriations Expiring on or Before September 30, 2005, by Senate Authorizing Committee

(Millions of dollars)
Senate Committee Number
of Lawsa
Amounts
Appropriatedb

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 4   54  
Armed Services 1   445,614  
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 3   30,165  
Commerce, Science, and Transportation 9   8,235  
Energy and Natural Resources 5   244  
Environment and Public Works 10   23,113  
Finance 2   0  
Foreign Relations 6   330  
Governmental Affairsc 2   11  
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 11   16,170  
Indian Affairs 1   0  
Intelligence 1   310  
Judiciary 9   1,254  
Rules 2   635  
Small Business and Entrepreneurship 1   1  
Veterans' Affairs 2   102  
 
  Total 66   526,238  

Source: Congressional Budget Office.
a. This column includes laws with expiring authorizations of appropriations for definite or indefinite amounts. The total is less than the sum of the entries because public laws containing authorizations that are under the jurisdiction of more than one committee are counted only once in the total.
b. Amounts specified in statute or legislative history. When an authorization is indefinite (specifying "such sums as are necessary"), no amount is included.
c. At the beginning of the 109th Congress, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs was renamed the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and was given jurisdiction over some matters relating to the Department of Homeland Security. This report reflects the committee structure and jurisdiction in place during the 108th Congress.

           
Table 6.
Authorizations of Appropriations Expiring on or Before September 30, 2005, by Appropriations Subcommittee

(Millions of dollars)
Subcommittee Number
of Lawsa
Amounts
Authorizedb

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies 5   54  
Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 17   1,406  
Defense 2   418,371  
Energy and Water Development 4   17,623  
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 4   229  
Homeland Security 4   8,092  
Interior and Related Agencies 10   294  
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 15   16,228  
Legislative Branch 1   1  
Military Construction 1   10,003  
Transportation, Treasury 7   53,496  
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies 6   441  
 
  Total 66   526,238  

Source: Congressional Budget Office.
Note: FDA = Food and Drug Administration; VA = Department of Veterans Affairs; HUD = Department of Housing and Urban Development.
a. This column includes laws with expiring authorizations of appropriations for definite or indefinite amounts. The total is less than the sum of the entries because public laws containing authorizations that are under the jurisdiction of more than one committee are counted only once in the total.
b. Amounts specified in statute or legislative history. When an authorization is indefinite (specifying "such sums as are necessary"), no amount is included.






APPENDIX
A
Summary of Programs Funded
in Fiscal Year 2005 with Expired
Authorizations of Appropriations

 

Agriculture, FDA and Related Agencies Subcommittee

P.L. 105-0115 Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997

* FDA clinical pharmacology program

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 3,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0085 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998

* 16 USC 670o is amended to reauthorize appropriations for the Department of Agriculture through 2003 for conservation programs on public lands (sec. 209 of the Sikes Act, sec. 2914 of P.L. 105-0085).

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0127 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

* Global climate change program

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,000,000

P.L. 103-0129 Rural Electrification Loan Restructuring Act of 1993

* Electric hardship loans; Electric municipal-rate loans; Telephone hardship loans; Telephone cost-of-money loans

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 5,158,000

P.L. 102-0532 Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Act of 1992

* Department of Agriculture Center for North American studies in CSREES R&E.;

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,000,000
 

Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies

P.L. 108-0021 Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 "PROTECT Act"

* Support of Amber alert system and for technological improvements to Amber system.

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 5,000,000

P.L. 107-0305 Cyber Security Research and Development Act

* Commerce Department funding for Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 1,060,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 10,000,000

P.L. 107-0273 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act

* Department of Justice: general administration; narrowband communications; counterterrorism fund; administrative review and appeals; Detention Trustee; Office of Inspector General (including additional funding increased audit and reviews); identification system integration

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 1,985,616,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,377,872,000

* Department of Justice: U.S. Parole Commission; general legal activities (including Legal Activities Office); Antitrust Division; U.S. Attorneys; Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; U.S. Marshals; fees and expenses of witnesses; Community Relations Service; assets forfeiture fund; radiation exposure compensation; interagency crime and drug enforcement

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 3,669,778,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 3,928,403,000

* Federal Bureau of Investigation (including additional funds for the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 4,325,612,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 5,205,028,000

* Drug Enforcement Administration

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 1,582,044,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,653,265,000

* Federal Prison System (including National Institute of Corrections)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 4,605,068,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 4,627,696,000

* Office of Justice Programs

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 215,811,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 219,900,000

* DEA police training in South and Central Asia

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 107-0228 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003

* Department of State diplomatic and consular programs; capital investment fund; embassy security, construction, and maintenance; representation allowances; protection of foreign missions and officials; emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service; repatriation loans; payment to the American Institute of Taiwan; and the Office of Inspector General

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 4,870,890,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 5,874,914,000

* United States educational, cultural, and public diplomacy programs; National Endowment for Democracy; Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West; and the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 319,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 440,250,000

* Contributions to international organizations (including funds needed to offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates) and contributions for international peacekeeping activities

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 1,617,359,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,672,000,000

* International Commissions - including the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada; International Joint Commission; and the International Fisheries Commission

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 66,385,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 64,130,000

* Grants to the Asia Foundation

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 15,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 13,000,000

* International broadcasting operations (including Radio Free Asia); broadcasting capital improvements; broadcasting to Cuba; additional authorization for broadcasting to China and neighboring countries; additional authorization for Middle East Radio Network of Voice of America

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 644,486,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 599,560,000

* Commission on International Religious Freedom

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 3,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 3,000,000

* Authorizations of appropriations to the State Department to support the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in persons

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 3,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Voluntary contributions to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to advance projects aimed at preventing trafficking

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 300,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 107-0210 Trade Act of 2002

* Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 33,108,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 41,552,000

* International Trade Commission

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 57,240,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 61,700,000

P.L. 107-0204 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

* Securities and Exchange Commission functions and duties

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 776,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 856,000,000

P.L. 107-0056 USA PATRIOT ACT, 2001

* Antiterrorist activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (reauthorizes amounts originally provided in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 200,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Foreign student monitoring program

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 36,800,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Bureau of Justice Assistance program to share information among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to combat terrorism

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0567 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001

* Justice funding for enhancing protection of national security

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 8,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0562 NOAA Withdrawal from Pribilof Islands and Coral Reef Act of 2000

* Coral reef conservation activities; National coral reef activities

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 16,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 26,500,000

P.L. 106-0555 Striped Bass Conservation, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management, and Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000

* Commerce funding for study of Eastern Gray Whale population

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program (NOAA ORF)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 4,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 4,000,000

P.L. 106-0554 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001

* National veterans business development corporation

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 2,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,000,000

P.L. 106-0546 DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000

* Justice grants to states for analyses and indexing of convicted individuals

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 15,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Justice grants to states for analyses of samples from crime scenes and to increase capabilities of state and local labs

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 25,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0515 America's Law Enforcement and Mental Health Project of 2000

* Grants to establish mental health courts

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 400,000

P.L. 106-0468 Kristen's Act

* Justice - grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 1,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0450 Yukon River Salmon Act 0f 2000

* Reimbursement for seized commercial fishermen under the Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0408 Fish and Wildlife Programs Improvement and National Wildlife Refuge Centennial Act of 2000

* National Fish and Wildlife Foundation activities - Commerce

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,000,000

P.L. 106-0386 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000

* Funds for Justice Department to assist victims in the U.S. ($10 million)

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Matching grant program for school security (Justice)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 30,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Domestic Violence Task Force

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0314 Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 2000

* Grants to state courts and local courts to reduce pending backlog of abuse and neglect cases

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0177 Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2000

* Jennifer's Law - grants to states to improve the reporting of unidentified and missing persons

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 2,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0024 Small Business Disaster Mitigation Act of 1999

* Small business disaster mitigation pilot loan program

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0277 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999

* Police Corps

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 90,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0251 National Criminal History Access and Child Protection Act

* DOJ grants to states to provide information to the National Criminal His tory Background Check System

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0297 Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996

* Fishery conservation and management programs; Fishery monitoring and research; Fisheries financing under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: 159,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Transition to sustainable fisheries: Fisheries disaster relief; Fishing capacity reduction program

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,100,000

* NOAA fisheries information collection and analysis, conservation and management operations, and state and industry cooperative programs

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: 110,470,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 430,958,000

P.L. 104-0216 Federal Trade Commission Act of 1996

* Federal Trade Commission operations

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: 111,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 183,000,000

P.L. 104-0150 Coastal Zone Protection Act of 1996

* Grants to states for administration of coastal zone management programs; Program development grants; Resource management improvement grants; Coastal zone enhancement grants.

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: 55,300,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 73,700,000

P.L. 104-0132 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

* DOJ grants to local fire and emergency service departments

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Byrne grants to state and local law enforcement authorities for antiterrorism training and equipment

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: 25,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 103-0419 Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994

* United States Commission on Civil Rights

FY 1995 Appropriations Authorized: 9,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 9,096,000

P.L. 103-0322 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

* Violent offender incarceration and truth-in-sentencing incentive grants; Certain punishment for young offenders: Undocumented criminal alien incarceration (Title II, as modified by P.L. 104-134)

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: 3,133,100,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 305,000,000

* Crime Prevention programs - Ounce of Prevention Council; Local crime prevention block grant; Model intensive grants; Family and community endeavor schools grants; Assistance for delinquent and at-risk youth; Police recruitment grants; Urban recreation and at-risk youth; Community-based justice grants for prosecutors; Family unity demonstration projects; Substance abuse treatment in federal prisons; Residential substance abuse treatment in state prisons; Tuberculosis in correctional institutions; Gang resistance education and training (Title III)

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: 586,510,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* State and local law enforcement: Family support for law enforcement personnel; DNA identification grants; DNA quality assurance methods; Improved training and technical automation grants (excluding facilities improvement at Quantico); Federal assistance to state courts to ease burdens resulting from this Act (Title XXI)

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: 91,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,000,000

* Marketing scams targeting senior citizens: Additional funding for FBI investigations, US Attorneys and Justice prosecutions, and Justice training (Title XXV)

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: 5,100,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,000,000

* Missing Alzheimers Patient Alert (Title XXIV)

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: 900,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 883,000

* Motor vehicle theft prevention (Title XXII)

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: 1,800,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 100,000

* Extension of Byrne Grant funding (Title XXI)

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 634,000,000

P.L. 103-0238 Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994

* Department of Commerce conservation and protection of marine mammals

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: 34,768,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 32,787,000

* Marine Mammal Commission

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: 1,750,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,890,000

P.L. 103-0010 Export Administration Act Reauthorization

* Commerce Department export control activities

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 500,000

P.L. 102-0567 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992

* National Ocean Service; NOAA program support and construction

FY 1993 Appropriations Authorized: 426,407,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 548,788,000

* National Weather Service; National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service; Oceanic and atmospheric research

FY 1993 Appropriations Authorized: 1,589,081,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 888,782,000

* NOAA fleet modernization

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 12,000,000

P.L. 102-0538 Telecommunication Authorization Act of 1992

* National Telecommunication and Information Administration (except for public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction); PEACESAT program

FY 1993 Appropriations Authorized: 19,400,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 56,635,000

P.L. 102-0521 Child Support Recovery Act of 1992

* DOJ criminal child support enforcement

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 102-0356 Public Telecommunications Act of 1992

* NTIA public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: 42,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 21,769,000

P.L. 102-0245 American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991

* Activities of the Under Secretary and Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy; Scientific and technical research and services activities; Upgrading of facilities; Industrial technology services

FY 1993 Appropriations Authorized: 393,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 641,739,000

P.L. 101-0396 Federal Communications Commission Authorization Act of 1990

* Federal Communications Commission activities

FY 1991 Appropriations Authorized: 119,831,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 281,098,000

P.L. 101-0381 Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990

* Department of Justice support for state testing of convicted felons

FY 1995 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 101-0073 Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989

* Department of Justice investigations, prosecutions, and civil proceedings, and federal courts proceedings involving financial institutions

FY 1992 Appropriations Authorized: 85,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 095-0222 Legal Services Corporation Act Amendments of 1977

* Citation Summary

FY 1979 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 335,282,000
 

Energy and Water Development Subcommittee

P.L. 108-0007 Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003

* Missouri and Middle Mississippi Rivers enhancement project (originally $30 million for fiscal years 2000-2001, reauthorized in sec. 125 of the Energy Water division of P.L. 108-7)

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,000,000

P.L. 106-0541 Water Resources Development Act of 2000

* Illinois River basin restoration - critical restoration projects

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 100,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,444,000

* Charleston Harbor, South Carolina harbor projects planning, design, construction and evaluation

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0469 Energy Act of 2000

* Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 5,000,000

P.L. 106-0377 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001

* Department of Interior drought relief programs for the Reclamation States ($90 million over fiscal years 1992 through 2001)

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0053 Water Resources Development Act of 1999

* Corps of Engineers Everglades and South Florida Ecosystem restoration ($75 million for the period 1997-2003)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 10,708,000

P.L. 105-0388 Energy Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998

* State energy conservation program and schools and hospitals program

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Weatherization program

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 230,000,000

* Indian energy resource development

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0303 Water Resources Development Act of 1996

* Sediment management

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,500,000

P.L. 103-0066 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993

* Nuclear Regulatory Commission salaries and expenses

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 662,777,000

P.L. 102-0580 Water Resources Development Act of 1992

* Corps of Engineers New York City zebra mussel program

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: 2,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 102-0575 Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustments Act of 1992

* Department of Interior water conservation projects

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 102-0486 Energy Policy Act of 1992

* Fusion energy program

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 276,000,000

* Renewable energy for electricity generation; fuel cell research and development

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 389,000,000

P.L. 100-0203 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

* Nuclear Waste Policy Act programs funded from the nuclear waste fund

FY 1990 Appropriations Authorized: 484,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 72,227,000

P.L. 097-0035 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

* DOE power marketing administrations

FY 1984 Appropriations Authorized: 327,568,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 210,479,000

* Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE departmental administration

FY 1984 Appropriations Authorized: 521,963,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 450,426,000
 

Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee

P.L. 108-0200 The Congo Basin Forest Partnership

* To carry out the Congo Basin Forest Partnership program

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 18,600,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 10,000,000

P.L. 108-0031 Amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

* Microenterprise development credits

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 1,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 21,000,000

* Microenterprise development grant assistance

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 200,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 30,000,000

P.L. 107-0327 Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002

* Support for International Security Assistance Force for Afghanistan

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 500,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 107-0228 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003

* Migration and refugee assistance

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 820,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 770,000,000

* Foreign military sales and financing authorities: grant assistance and direct loans

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 4,107,200,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 4,783,500,000

* International military education and training

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 85,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 90,000,000

* Antiterrorism assistance

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 64,200,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 120,000,000

* Nonproliferation and export control assistance

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 162,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 120,500,000

* Further authorization for Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 382,400,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 161,500,000

P.L. 107-0026 Tropical Forest Conservation Act Reauthorization Act of 2001

* Reduction of debt under the Foreign Assistance Act and Title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 100,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 20,000,000

P.L. 106-0570 Assistance for International Malaria Control Act of 2000

* AID funding for programs for treatment and control of malaria

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 50,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0113 Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000

* Costs of providing bilateral debt relief as provided in Title Five

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0035 Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Technical Corrections Act of 1999

* International narcotics control funding

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 328,820,000

P.L. 106-0030 Peace Corps Act Amendments of 1999

* Operations of the Peace Corps

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 365,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 320,000,000

P.L. 105-0277 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999

* Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination - AID alternative crop development

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 099-0415 Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986

* U.S. contribution to the international fund in Support of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of November 15, 1985

FY 1988 Appropriations Authorized: 35,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 18,500,000

P.L. 099-0083 International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985

* Funds appropriated to the President for international economic assistance, including Economic Support Fund, AID operating expenses, Development Assistance programs, the Inter-American Foundation, and the African Development Foundation

FY 1987 Appropriations Authorized: 2,240,162,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available
 

Homeland Security

P.L. 107-0273 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act

* Immigration and Naturalization Service: including Border Patrol, detention and removals, intelligence, investigations, inspections, and international enforcement; salaries and expenses; and general administration

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 4,131,811,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 5,098,128,000

P.L. 107-0210 Trade Act of 2002

* U.S. Customs Service reauthorization; including noncommercial operations ($1,399,592,400), commercial operations ($1,683,667,050), and air and marine interdiction ($175,099,725)

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 3,258,359,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 4,725,644,000

P.L. 104-0132 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

* Antiterrorism activities of the Customs Service ($7 million); Department of Treasury law enforcement agencies ($10 million); and the US Secret Service ($15 million)

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: 32,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 100-0690 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

* Federal Law Enforcement Training Center salaries and expenses

FY 1991 Appropriations Authorized: 50,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 177,440,000
 

Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee

P.L. 106-0568 Omnibus Indian Advancement Act of 2000

* Programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 3,027,000,000

P.L. 106-0559 Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000

* Training and technical assistance, civil and criminal legal assistance grants

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Indian tribal courts

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 17,800,000

P.L. 106-0555 Striped Bass Conservation, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management, and Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000

* Interior funding - Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 250,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grant program (Interior)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 1,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0514 Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000

* Digital mapping pilot project

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0469 Energy Act of 2000

* Strategic petroleum reserve

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 172,000,000

P.L. 106-0450 Yukon River Salmon Act 0f 2000

* Yukon River salmon stock restoration enhancement project

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 4,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 3,380,000

P.L. 106-0408 Fish and Wildlife Programs Improvement and National Wildlife Refuge Centennial Act of 2000

* National Fish and Wildlife Foundation activities - Interior

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 20,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 7,870,000

P.L. 106-0108 Arctic Tundra Habitat Emergency Conservation Act

* Management of mid-continent light geese populations

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 1,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0355 Automobile National Heritage Act of 1998

* Blackstone River National Heritage Corridor ($5 million for fiscal years 1998-2000)

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 845,000

P.L. 105-0322 Financial Assistance to the State of Maryland

* Interior assistance to Maryland for a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria ($ 2.9 million over three years 2000-2002)

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0265 Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1998

* Great Lakes offices operation

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 3,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,278,000

* Fish and wildlife restoration proposals

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 4,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 500,000

P.L. 105-0256 Technical Corrections in Laws Relating to Native Americans

* Oklahoma City and Tulsa Clinic Demonstration projects (Indian Health Care Improvement Act)

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0242 National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998

* Volunteer enhancement pilot projects

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 2,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,001,000

* Awards and recognition for volunteers; Senior volunteer corps; community partnership enhancement; refuge education program development

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 2,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0085 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998

* 16 USC 670o is amended to reauthorize appropriations for the Secretary of Interior through 2003 for conservation programs on public lands (sec. 209 of the Sikes Act, sec. 2914 of P.L. 105-0085.)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 4,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0333 Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996

* Bureau of Land Management - management of lands and resources; land acquisition; construction and maintenance; loans to states

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 872,000,000

* Upper Klamath Basin Ecological Restoration Projects

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 1,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0332 National Invasive Species Act of 1996

* Ballast water management programs to prevent the introduction and spread of nonindigenous species in U.S. waters. Additional funding is in the CJS appropriation bill.

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 27,800,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 250,000

P.L. 104-0323 Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act

* Cache La Poudre River Corridor Commission

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 50,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 45,000

P.L. 104-0301 Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996

* Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: 30,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 5,000,000

P.L. 104-0298 Water Desalination Act of 1996

* Research and studies ($5 million) and desalination demonstration and development ($25 million)For FY05, $3 million is for research and studies and $3.5 million is for desalinization demonstration and development.

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 30,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 6,500,000

P.L. 104-0271 Hydrogen Future Act of 1996

* Integration of fuel cells with hydrogen production systems ($50 million over FY 1997-1998)

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0208 Making Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations for 1997

* Upper Klamath Basin Ecological Restoration projects

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 1,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,000,000

P.L. 104-0043 Fisheries Act of 1995

* Yukon River Restoration and Enhancement Fund

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: 400,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0016 Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act Amendment of 1995

* Indian child resource and family services center; Indian child protection and family violence prevention program

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: 33,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 103-0243 Coastal Heritage Trail Authorization

* Authorizing $1 million over five years (1994-1998) for the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New Jersey

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 224,000

P.L. 103-0238 Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994

* Department of Interior - conservation and protection of marine mammals

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: 10,296,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 4,591,000

P.L. 103-0106 National Forest Foundation Act Amendments of 1993

* Start-up and matching funding; project expenses for the Foundation

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: 1,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 102-0587 Oceans Act of 1992

* Matching contributions to the Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation Fund

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: 6,250,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 102-0575 Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustments Act of 1992

* Three Affiliated Tribes Economic Recovery Fund

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 6,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 102-0486 Energy Policy Act of 1992

* All coal provisions except innovative clean coal technology transfer program

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Research, development and commercial application of coal

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 272,800,000

* Alternative fuel fleets

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 11,000,000

* Electric motor vehicle commercial demonstration program

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 32,200,000

* Electric motor vehicle research and development

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: 100,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 32,200,000

* Renewable energy export technology training and advancement awards

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: 6,050,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 6,000,000

* Alternative fuel by light duty federal vehicles program; Minimum federal fleet requirement; Refueling program

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 500,000

* State and local incentive programs for alternative fuels

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 11,000,000

* Innovative renewable energy, clean coal and environmental technology transfer programs

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: 300,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 97,000,000

* Enhanced oil recovery program; natural gas supply program to increase recovery; oil and gas demand reduction and substitution

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 261,800,000

* Electric motor vehicle infrastructure and support systems development program

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 9,000,000

P.L. 101-0593 Fish and Wildlife Authorizations

* Implementation of fishery resource restoration plans originating in the New England river systems

FY 1995 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fish passage study for rivers and streams in New England due to presence of dams

FY 1993 Appropriations Authorized: 500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 101-0512 Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1990

* National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities including matching grants

FY 1993 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 262,971,000

P.L. 100-0478 Endangered Species Act Authorization

* Department of Interior endangered species listings, recovery plans, protection of plants programs

FY 1992 Appropriations Authorized: 41,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 139,350,000

P.L. 097-0035 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

* DOE economic regulation and Energy Information Administration

FY 1984 Appropriations Authorized: 137,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 85,000,000

P.L. 095-0514 Public Rangeland Improvement Act of 1978

* Bureau of Land Management inventory, management, and improvement of rangelands suitable for domestic livestock grazing

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available
 

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

P.L. 108-0173 Medicare Prescription Drug ,Improvement,and Modernization Act of 2003

* Research on outcomes of health care items and services

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 50,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 107-0210 Trade Act of 2002

* Interim health insurance coverage and other assistance

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 50,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 107-0110 NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001

* Credit enhancement initiatives to assist charter school facility acquisition, construction and renovation (title V, part B, subpart 2, section 5231). The authorization provided $150 million for 2002 and such sums as are necessary for 2003.

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 36,981,000

P.L. 107-0020 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001

* Corporation for Public Broadcasting program to convert public broadcasting services from analog to digital technology

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: 20,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 40,000,000

P.L. 106-0580 National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Establishment Act of 2000

* National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 297,647,000

P.L. 106-0525 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000

* National Academy of Sciences report on HHS data relating to race or ethnicity

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Grants for health professions education in health disparities and cultural competency

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 3,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 4,000,000

P.L. 106-0505 Public Health Improvement Act of 2000

* Supplemental grants to states and other entities for conducting evaluations of public health needs

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 14,810,000

* Improvement of biomedical and behavioral research facilities (NIH)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Grants to increase rural access to emergency devices, particularly automated external defibrillators

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 9,000,000

* Expansion and intensification of lupus research and activities (NIH); Delivery of services regarding lupus

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Prostate cancer research and preventive health measures

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0310 Children's Health Act of 2000

* HRSA statewide newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems; CDC technical assistance, data management and applied research; National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders technical assistance, data management and applied research

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 9,872,000

* Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Reauthorization

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 3,295,361,000

* Grants for emergency mental health centers; Grants for jail diversion programs; Improving outcomes for children and adolescents through service integration between child welfare and mental health services; Grants for the integrated treatment of serious mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse; Mental illness awareness training grants

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0174 Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act of 2000

* Establishment of a national toll-free number; nation-wide media campaign; grants to regional poison control centers

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 27,600,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 23,696,000

P.L. 106-0170 Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999

* State grants for work incentives assistance to disabled beneficiaries

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 7,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 19,870,000

* Work incentives outreach program (Social Security Commissioner)

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 23,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0104 Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act, 1999

* HHS refugee and entrant assistance programs

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 488,336,000

P.L. 105-0392 Health Professions Education Partnership Act of 1998

* Centers for Disease Control Loan repayment program

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 500,000

P.L. 105-0361 Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1998

* HHS grant to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Native Hawaiian Revolving Fund

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: 1,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Native American programs to promote economic and social self-sufficiency of tribes

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 45,155,000

P.L. 105-0340 Women's Health Research and Prevention Amendments of 1998

* NIH programs for DES research and education; osteoporosis, Paget's Disease and related bone disorders; breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and related cancers; heart attack stroke and other cardiovascular disease; aging processes regarding women

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 162,600,000

* CDC programs: National Center on Health Statistics; National Program of Cancer Registries; preventive health programs for breast and cervical cancers; supplemental grants for additional preventive health services; research and development in health promotion

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 4,533,911,000

P.L. 105-0332 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998

* Carrying out all parts of the Act except for Tech-Prep and Sec.117 (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown pursuant to P.L. 103-382)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 106,665,000

* Tribally-controlled Post-Secondary Vocational/Technical Education - Sec. 117 (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown pursuant to P.L. 103-382)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 4,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 7,185,000

P.L. 105-0285 Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998

* Head Start activities (section 640d); Community Services Block Grant; Community Food and Nutrition programs

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 6,898,580,000

* National or regional programs designed to provide instructional activities for low-income youth

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 15,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Low-Income Home Energy Assistance

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 2,000,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,200,000,000

* carrying out the Assets for Independence Act

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 25,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0244 Higher Education Amendments of 1998

* Olympic Scholarships; grants to states for workplace and community transition training for incarcerated youth offenders; grants to combat violent crimes against women on campuses (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown pursuant to P.L. 103-382)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Indian Higher Education programs: grants to tribally-controlled college s and universities; tribally-controlled community college endowment fun d; tribal economic development; Navajo Community College (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown pursuant to P.L. 103-382)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 7,185,000

* Gallaudet University; Kendall Demonstration Elementary School; Model Secondary School for the Deaf; National Technical Institute for the Deaf (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown pursuant to P.L. 103-382)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 104,000,000

* United States Institute of Peace (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown pursuant to P.L. 103-382)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 10,000,000

P.L. 105-0220 Workforce Investment Act of 1998

* Workforce Investment programs: Youth activities; Adult employment and training activities; dislocated worker employment and training activities

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,150,192,000

* Job Corps programs

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* National workforce investment programs: native american programs; migrant and seasonal farmworker programs; veterans workforce investment programs; technical assistance; demonstration and pilot projects; evaluations ; incentive grants

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 249,679,000

* Bureau of Labor Statistics

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Adult education and literacy programs (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown pursuant to P.L. 103-382)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 38,382,000

* Helen Keller National Center (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown pursuant to P.L. 103-382)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 8,666,000

* President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown pursuant to P.L. 103-382)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown pursuant to P.L. 103-382)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0196 National Bone Marrow Registry Reauthorization Act of 1998

* National Bone Marrow Donor Registry

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0168 Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1998

* CDC birth defect prevention programs

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 119,214,000

P.L. 104-0193 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

* Child care and development block grants

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 1,000,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,099,729,000

* Additional costs of disability reviews and redeterminations under Title XVI of the Social Security Act

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 100,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 103-0183 Preventive Health Amendments of 1993

* Tuberculosis prevention; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease research and research training

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 138,670,000

* CDC preventive health and health services block grants

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 110,000,000

* HHS grants for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases; CDC programs regarding infertility and sexually transmitted diseases

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 172,935,000

P.L. 103-0043 National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993

* Programs of the National Cancer and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes; National Institute on Aging; National Library of Medicine; National Research Service awards and grants

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 9,206,591,000

P.L. 102-0550 Housing and Community Development Act of 1992

* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health grants for training workers engaged in lead-based paint activities

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 102-0531 Preventive Health Amendments of 1992

* Office of Adolescent Family Life

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 102-0356 Public Telecommunications Act of 1992

* Corporation for Public Broadcasting

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: 425,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 390,000,000

P.L. 102-0321 ADAMHA Reorganization Act

* National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and National Institute of Mental Health

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,880,280,000

P.L. 102-0103 National Dropout Prevention Act of 1991

* Awards to National Science scholars; National Academy of Science, Space, and Technology school program (automatically extended one fiscal year from date shown)

FY 1993 Appropriations Authorized: 12,200,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 101-0616 Transplant Amendments Act of 1990

* Organ transplant administration, procurement and reports

FY 1993 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 098-0512 Reauthorization of Programs Under Titles X and XX of the Public Health Service Act

* HHS project grants and contracts for family planning services and for family planning and population growth information (Title X)

FY 1985 Appropriations Authorized: 162,600,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Adolescent family life demonstration projects (Title XX)

FY 1985 Appropriations Authorized: 30,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 31,229,000
 

Legislative Branch Subcommittee

P.L. 104-0004 Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

* Additional funding for the Congressional Budget Office to carry out its duties and responsibilities under the act

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 4,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,450,000
 

Transportation/Treasury

P.L. 108-0176 Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act

* FAA center for excellence for applied research and training in the use of advanced materials in transport aircraft

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 108-0021 Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 "PROTECT Act"

* Grants for notification and communication system along highways for recovery of abducted children

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 20,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 107-0252 Help America Vote Act of 2002

* Election Assistance Commission: grants for research on voting technology improvements

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 20,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,800,000

* Election Assistance Commission: grants for pilot program for testing of voting equipment and technology

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0310 Children's Health Act of 2000

* ONDCP programs to combat methamphetamine and amphetamine in high intensity drug trafficking areas

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0389 Centennial of Flight Commemoration Act of 1998

* Centennial of Flight Commission and First Flight Centennial Federal Advisory Board

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 600,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0277 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999

* Office of National Drug Control Policy, including Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center and President's Council on Counter-Narcotic

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 69,000,000

* Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination - Treasury funding for expansion of radar coverage and operations ($14.3 million for fiscal years 1999-2001)

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* ONDCP funding for anti-drug national media campaign

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 195,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 120,000,000

P.L. 105-0206 Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998

* National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 2,000,000

P.L. 105-0178 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

* Swift Rail Development Act: $10 million for Sec. 26101; $25 million for Sec. 26102; Grants to states for one-call notification programs ($5 million and administrative expenses)

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: 40,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 19,650,000

* Light density rail line pilot projects ($17.5 million) and Alaska Railroad ($5.25 million)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 22,750,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 25,000,000

P.L. 105-0134 Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997

* Capital expenditures, operating expenses, and mandatory payments of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 955,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,217,000,000

P.L. 105-0033 Balanced Budget Act of 1997

* Additional funds for the Treasury Department for improved application of the Earned Income Tax Credit

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 146,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 10,000,000

P.L. 104-0155 Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996

* Department of Treasury efforts to investigate, prevent and respond to potential violations

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0088 ICC Termination Act of 1995

* Surface Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: 12,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 20,200,000

P.L. 104-0013 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

* OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs funds to implement Act

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: 8,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 8,000,000

P.L. 103-0440 Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1994

* FRA railroad safety programs

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: 90,739,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 139,769,000

P.L. 096-0253 Federal Election Commission Authorization for FY 1981

* Federal Election Commission

FY 1981 Appropriations Authorized: 9,400,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 52,159,000
 

Veterans, HUD and Independent Agencies Subcommittee

P.L. 108-0170 Veterans Health Care, Capital Assets, and Business Improvement Act of 2003

* Major medical facility projects, leases, and advance planning for major medical facility projects

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 363,100,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 108-0146 Tornado Shelters Act

* Construction of tornado-safe shelters for residents of manufactured housing, and for the provision of assistance to nonprofit and for-profit entities for such construction or improvement.

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 107-0095 Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001

* Domiciliary care programs for homeless veterans

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 106-0569 American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000

* Assistance for self-help housing providers

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 25,000,000

* Homeownership pilot programs

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Supportive housing for the elderly and persons with disabilities; Service coordinators and congregate services for elderly and disabled housing

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,037,000,000

P.L. 106-0568 Omnibus Indian Advancement Act of 2000

* Native Hawaiian affordable housing programs; Loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 10,035,000

P.L. 106-0391 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000

* Human space flight ($5,387.6 million); Space aeronautics and technology ($6,548.9 million); Mission support ($2,666.2 million); Inspector General ($22.7 million)

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: 14,625,400,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 16,200,000,000

P.L. 106-0117 Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act of 1999

* Construction, Major projects ($57.5 million) and Medical Care account ($2.2 million) for fiscal years 2000 and 2001

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 21,767,000

P.L. 106-0074 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000

* Grants for conversion of elderly housing to assisted living facilities

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 25,000,000

* Enhanced voucher assistance for public housing residents upon expiration of contracts

FY 2004 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 163,000,000

P.L. 105-0305 Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998

* NASA funding for Next Generation Internet program

FY 2000 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 105-0276 Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998

* Public housing capital and operating funds

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 5,058,000,000

* Demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing and tenant-based assistance grants for projects

FY 2002 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 144,000,000

* Section 8 Tenant-based housing assistance

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 14,885,000,000

* Public housing drug elimination programs

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Rehabilitation demonstration grant program

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0262 Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996

* Veterans' medical care - Hospital care and Medical services (authorizing committee states that language intended only to cap program in fiscal years 1997 and 1998)

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: 17,900,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 27,922,777,000

* Centers for Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Activities

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: 6,250,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0182 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996

* Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water studies, assessments, and analyses supporting regulations or the development of methods

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 35,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Small public water systems technology assistance centers ($5 million); environmental finance center and national capacity development clearinghouse ($1.5 million); sole source aquifer demonstration program ($15 million);wellhead protection areas ($30 million); and underground injection control grant ($15 million)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 66,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Technical assistance to small public water systems

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 15,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Grants to states for training operators of public water systems ($30 million)and public water system supervision program ($100 million)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 130,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 102,000,000

* Monitoring program for unregulated contaminants

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* State revolving loan fund for drinking water treatment programs

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 1,000,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 850,000,000

* State groundwater protection grants

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 15,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Source water petition program

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Drinking water assistance ($25 million) and Wastewater assistance ($25 million) to Colonias (low-income communities along the U.S.-Mexico border)

FY 1999 Appropriations Authorized: 50,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 50,000,000

* Studies on harmful substances in drinking water

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 12,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Waterborne disease occurrence study

FY 2001 Appropriations Authorized: 3,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Additional funds for drinking water research (not to exceed $26, 593,000 annually)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Assistance for water infrastructure and watersheds (plus an additional $25 million available under certain conditions)

FY 2003 Appropriations Authorized: 25,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 104-0120 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996

* Administrative expenses for GNMA guarantees of mortgage-backed securities

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 10,695,000

* Capacity building for community development and affordable housing

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: 10,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 30,000,000

P.L. 103-0325 Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994

* Community Development and Banking and Financial Institutions Act, including $2 million for the Community Development Credit Union Revolving Loan Fund

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: 111,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 55,522,000

P.L. 103-0233 Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994

* General and Special Risk Insurance funds

FY 1995 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 237,767,000

P.L. 103-0082 National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993

* School- and community-based service-learning programs and the Civilian Community Corps

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 25,500,000

* National Service Trust Program, National Service Trust and provision of National Service Educational Awards, including administrative expenses

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: 770,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 460,000,000

* Points of Light Foundation

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: 5,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 10,000,000

P.L. 102-0580 Water Resources Development Act of 1992

* EPA ocean dumping regulations

FY 1997 Appropriations Authorized: 14,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 102-0550 Housing and Community Development Act of 1992

* Community Development Block Grants, including Youthbuild program (except for capacity building reauthorized in P.L. 104-120)

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: 4,209,680,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 4,709,000,000

* HUD Research and Development

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: 36,470,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 45,500,000

* Fair housing initiatives

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: 26,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 46,500,000

* Lead-based paint hazard reduction

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: 250,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 168,000,000

* Home investment partnerships, including housing counseling assistance

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: 2,189,648,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,865,000,000

* Housing opportunities for persons with AIDS

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: 156,300,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 284,000,000

* Homeless assistance grants: emergency shelter; supportive/transitional; Safe Haven; Section 8 SROs; Shelter Plus care

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: 808,123,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,250,515,000

P.L. 101-0619 National Environmental Education Act

* EPA programs for environmental education

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: 14,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 9,000,000

P.L. 101-0608 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990

* Consumer Product Safety Commission

FY 1992 Appropriations Authorized: 45,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 62,650,000

P.L. 101-0593 Fish and Wildlife Authorizations

* EPA funding to increase staffing of the Office of Criminal Investigation and establish the National Enforcement Training Institute

FY 1995 Appropriations Authorized: 33,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 39,370,000

* Regional marine research programs (EPA)

FY 1996 Appropriations Authorized: 18,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 101-0549 Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

* EPA testing of lead substitute gasoline additives, and grants to states to prepare implementation plans for air quality maintenance

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: 15,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* EPA technical and financial assistance to developing countries that are parties to the Montreal Protocol

FY 1995 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* EPA air pollution and control programs; Clean Air Act research, development and demonstration programs, studies and reports

FY 1998 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* Grants to states to assist individuals adversely affected by compliance with the Clean Air Act

FY 1995 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 101-0508 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990

* Appropriation from EPA Hazardous Substance Superfund ($5.1 billion authorized for 3 years)

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 1,257,537,000

* General Revenue share of the Hazardous Substance Superfund

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: 250,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 100-0572 Lead Containment Control Act of 1988

* Grants to states regarding lead contamination in school drinking water

FY 1991 Appropriations Authorized: 30,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 100-0551 Radon Program Development Act of 1988

* EPA citizen's guide, model construction standards and techniques, and technical assistance to states for radon programs; Grants to states for radon programs; Regional radon training centers

FY 1991 Appropriations Authorized: 14,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 100-0004 Water Quality Act of 1987

* Various EPA water pollution prevention and control programs (except Chesapeake Bay program, Clean Lakes program, and National Estuary program--each authorized in other laws); areawide planning; interagency agreements

FY 1990 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* EPA nonpoint source management grants for protecting groundwater quality; Implementation of management programs

FY 1991 Appropriations Authorized: Indefinite
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

* EPA water pollution control revolving fund grants to states

FY 1994 Appropriations Authorized: 600,000,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 50,000,000

P.L. 098-0616 The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984

* EPA solid and hazardous waste disposal and resource management programs

FY 1988 Appropriations Authorized: 237,529,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available

P.L. 098-0581 Office of and Council on Environmental Quality Authorization for FY 1985-86

* Office of and Council on Environmental Quality

FY 1986 Appropriations Authorized: 480,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 3,284,000

P.L. 097-0129 Toxic Substances Control Act Reauthorization for Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983

* EPA toxic substances programs

FY 1983 Appropriations Authorized: 63,500,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: 76,654,000

P.L. 096-0229 Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1980

* EPA environmental research, development and demonstration programs (appropriations exclude amounts authorized by Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and Food Quality Protection Act)

FY 1980 Appropriations Authorized: 338,800,000
Unauthorized FY 2005 Appropriations: Not Available





APPENDIX
B
Summary of Authorizations
of Appropriations Expiring
on or Before September 30, 2005

 

Agriculture, FDA and Related Agencies Subcommittee

P.L. 108-0265 An act to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, to simplify program operations and improve program management, to reauthorize child nutrition programs and for other purposes. Short Title: Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004

* Sec. 125 Training, Technical Assistance, and Food Service Management Institute. Secretary is authorized to provide financial and other assistance to the University of Mississippi, in cooperation with the University of Southern Mississippi, to establish and maintain a food service management institute. 42 USC 1769b-1(e)(2)(A) Section 21(e)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 5,000,000

P.L. 106-0554 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001

* Commodity Futures Trading Commission salaries and expenses

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0501 Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000

* Nutrition services incentive program

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0472 Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000

* USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service authority to collect inspection and supervisory fees

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service activities

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* USDA State Agricultural Mediation programs

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0224 Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000

* Biomass research and development initiative

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 49,000,000
 

Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies

P.L. 108-0458 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

* Amends USA Patriot Act to authorize funding for BSA Direct, which will provide law enforcement and financial regulatory agencies with Web-based access to FinCen data.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 16,500,000

* Amends the USA Patriot Act to authorize funding for advanced analytical tools needed to ensure that the data collected by FinCEN are utilized fully and appropriately in safeguarding financial institutions and supporting the war on terrorism.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 5,000,000

* Amends the USA Patriot Act to authorize funding to improve the telecommunications infrastructure to support the improved capabilities of the FinCEN systems.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 3,000,000

* Amends the USA Patriot Act to authorize funding to improve the effectiveness of the Office of Compliance in FinCEN (Sec. 6101).

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 3,000,000

* Amends the USA Patriot Act to authorize funding to provide for the development of, and training in the use of, technology to detect and prevent financial crimes and terrorism within and without the United States.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 8,000,000

* Amends Section 5341(a)(2) of title 31 to authorize funding for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for the Financial Crime-Free Communities Support Program.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 15,000,000

P.L. 108-0447 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005

* Pacific coastal salmon recovery -- restoration and research for WA, AK, OR, CA, ID

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 90,000,000

P.L. 108-0217 To temporarily extend SBA programs

* Women's business enterprises, including Women's Business Council and studies research

Expiration Date: 10/1/2004
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 1,000,000

P.L. 108-0021 Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 "PROTECT Act"

* To establish and enhance fingerprint technology and infrastructure for criminal history background checks

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Grants for specialized technical and assistance programs for the prosecution of child abuse cases.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 5,000,000

P.L. 107-0277 Enterprise Integration Act of 2002

* National Institute of Standards and Technology: Enterprise Integration Initiative program

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 20,000,000

P.L. 107-0273 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act

* DOJ Office of Violence Against Women

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Funding for Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing projects and other distressed areas

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 80,000,000

* DOJ grants to assist Drug Courts

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 60,000,000

* Grants to States for prisoner reentry programs

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 16,000,000

* Crime free rural state grants

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

* Juvenile Accountability Block Grants

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 350,000,000

P.L. 107-0253 Inland Flood Forecasting and Warning System Act of 2002

* NOAA United States Weather Research Program: additional funding to improve inland flood forecasting

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 1,250,000

P.L. 107-0228 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003

* Clean Water for the Americas Partnership

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

P.L. 106-0557 Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000

* Research program and other activities to regulate practice in Atlantic and Pacific

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0555 Striped Bass Conservation, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management, and Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000

* To carry out provisions of Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

P.L. 106-0554 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001

* Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 4,000,000

P.L. 106-0546 DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000

* DC Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency DNA samples from DC offenders

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0534 Protecting Seniors from Fraud Act of 2000

* Programs for the National Association of TRIAD

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 1,000,000

P.L. 106-0513 National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000

* Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Reserve

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Development of national marine sanctuaries ($40 million); Construction projects at national marine sanctuaries ($6 million)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 46,000,000

P.L. 106-0386 Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000

* STOP grants; Grants to encourage arrest policies; Rural domestic violence and child abuse enforcement grants; National stalker and domestic violence reduction

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 293,000,000

* Legal assistance for victims of violence (Justice)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 40,000,000

* Shelter services for battered women and children

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 175,000,000

* National Domestic Violence Hot Line

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 2,000,000

* Federal victims counselors

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 1,000,000

* Elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence and sexual assault against older or disabled individuals

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 5,000,000

* Victims of child abuse programs: Court-appointed special advocate program; Training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners; Grants for televised testimony

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 15,300,000

* Rape prevention and education; Education and training to end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities; Community initiatives

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 92,000,000

* Education and training for judges and court personnel in state courts in federal courts

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 2,000,000

P.L. 106-0367 National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act of 2000

* Grants for programs for at-risk youths

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 16,000,000

P.L. 106-0314 Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 2000

* Grants to state courts and local courts to automate the data collection and tracking of proceedings in abuse and neglect cases

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000
 

Defense Subcommittee

P.L. 108-0487 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005

* Sec. 101 - Authorizations for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of certain elements of the U.S. Government

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Sec. 104(a) Intelligence Community Management Account

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 310,466,000

P.L. 108-0375 Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005

* All Defense Military Programs and Activities (Except Military Construction and Family Housing).

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 393,061,009,000

* Authorization for Increased Costs Due to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Amounts were authorized for 2005, but appropriated in the 2004 supplemental section of the 2005 appropriation act.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 25,000,000,000
 

Energy and Water Development Subcommittee

P.L. 108-0375 Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005

* Atomic Energy Defense Activities

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 17,549,911,000

P.L. 106-0541 Water Resources Development Act of 2000

* Corps rehabilitation of federal flood control levees

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Upper Mississippi River Basin sediment and nutrient study

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 4,000,000

* New England water resources and ecosystem restoration assessments and restoration plans

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 4,000,000

* Missouri River Protection and Improvement Act provisions

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 5,000,000

* Missouri River Restoration Act provisions (South Dakota)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

P.L. 106-0193 Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000

* Methane hydrate research and development program

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0053 Water Resources Development Act of 1999

* Corps of Engineers flood mitigation and riverine restoration program

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 50,000,000
 

Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee

P.L. 108-0497 Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004

* To help with humanitarian and human rights crises in the Darfur region and Easter Chad

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 200,000,000

P.L. 108-0199 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004

* Millenium Challenge Fund

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 108-0179 Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization

* Treatment centers for victims of torture in foreign countries

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 12,000,000

* Voluntary contribution to UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 7,000,000

P.L. 107-0327 Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002

* Assistance to Afghanistan for an Afghan assembly and for support for national, regional, and local elections and political party development

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000
 

Homeland Security

P.L. 108-0293 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act

* Reauthorize Coast Guard operation and maintenance

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 5,404,000,000

* Coast Guard acquisition, construction, and improvement

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 1,500,000,000

* Coast Guard retired pay

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 1,085,000,000

* Coast Guard alteration of bridges

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 20,000,000

* Coast Guard environmental compliance

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 17,000,000

* Coast Guard reserve

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 117,000

P.L. 108-0193 Trafficking victims Protection Act of 2003

* Section 113 of the Trafficking victims protection act of 2000

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 20,000,000

* Bilateral assistance to combat trafficking:prevention

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 1,000,000

* Bilateral assistance to combat trafficking:protection

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

* Bilateral assistance to combat trafficking:prosecution

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

* Bilateral assistance to combat trafficking:Minimum standards

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 15,000,000

* Bilateral assistance to combat trafficking:research

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

P.L. 107-0296 Homeland Security Act of 2002

* Spending from Customs Commercial and Homeland Security Automation Account (authorized amounts limited to deposits into the account from fees collected)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 107-0188 Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002

* Community water system vulnerability assessments and emergency response plans

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite
 

Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee

P.L. 108-0331 An Act to authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out construction and related activities in support of the collaborative VERITAS project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona.

* The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to carry out construction and related activities in support of the collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona. One-year authorization.

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 1,000,000

P.L. 106-0568 Omnibus Indian Advancement Act of 2000

* Morris K. Udall National Environmental Policy Foundation funding for training of Native American and Alaska Native professionals in health care and public policy ($12.3 million over five-year period)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0554 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001

* Assistance to St. George and St. Paul, Alaska (Financial assistance and assistance for developing solid waste management facilities)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 38,000,000

P.L. 106-0514 Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000

* Development of coastal barrier resources system

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 2,000,000

P.L. 106-0502 Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000

* Planning, design, and construction of fish screens and fish passage devices in Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 25,000,000

P.L. 106-0411 Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000

* Great Ape Conservation fund (part of Multispecies Conservation Fund)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 5,000,000

P.L. 106-0316 Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Reauthorization of 2000

* Junior Duck Stamp conservation and design program

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 250,000

P.L. 106-0247 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 2000

* Migratory bird conservation activities

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 5,000,000

P.L. 106-0208 National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 2000

* Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 4,000,000

* Historic Preservation Fund

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 150,000,000

P.L. 106-0148 National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1999

* National cooperative geologic mapping program

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 64,000,000
 

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

P.L. 108-0366 Higher Education Authorization for 2005

* Student financial assistance

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 14,000,000,000

* Student financial assistance - administrative costs

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 120,000,000

* Higher Education

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 2,000,000,000

P.L. 108-0276 Project Bioshield Act of 2004

* National institute for allergies and infections disease

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* National vaccine program

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* National vaccine advisory committee

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 108-0179 Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization

* Domestic treatment centers for victims of torture

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 25,000,000

P.L. 108-0173 Medicare Prescription Drug ,Improvement,and Modernization Act of 2003

* Chronically ill medicare beneficiary research demonstration strategy

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 108-0021 Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 "PROTECT Act"

* Regional children's advocacy centers

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 15,000,000

* Local children's advocacy centers

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 15,000,000

* National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 107-0288 Jobs for Veterans Act

* President's National Hire Veterans Committee of the Department of Labor

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 3,000,000

P.L. 107-0251 Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002

* National Health Service Corps: demonstration project in the loan repayment program for chiropractors or pharmacists

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 107-0188 Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002

* Water contaminant prevention, detection and response; supply disruption prevention, detection and response

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0554 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001

* Early learning opportunities program (HHS)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0525 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000

* National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH); Centers of Excellence for research, education and training; Loan repayment program for minority health disparities research

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Health disparities research by Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0505 Public Health Improvement Act of 2000

* Alzheimer's clinical research and training awards

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Sexually transmitted disease clinical research and training awards

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0501 Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000

* Administration on Aging programs, including National Eldercare Locator Service and pension counseling and information programs

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Supportive services and senior centers; Congregate nutrition services; Home-delivered nutrition services; Disease prevention and health promotion services; Family caregiver support

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Older American Community Service Employment program

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0345 Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000

* Grants for program concerning pregnancy and perinatal transmission of HIV

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 30,000,000

* CDC program of grants for certain partner notification programs

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* NIH expansion, intensification, and coordination of research and other activities regarding rapid HIV test

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* CARE grant program; Emergency relief for areas with substantial need for services; AIDS education and training centers; Categorical grants to private and non-profit entities for early intervention services

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0310 Children's Health Act of 2000

* National Institutes of Health - Research Centers regarding Fragile X; Research on juvenile arthritis and related conditions; Coordination of federal asthma activities;Muscular dystrphy research; Initiative on autoimmune diseases

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Centers for Disease Control research on diabetes in children and youth; Safe motherhood prevention research; Pregnant women and infants health promotion; Surveillance and education regarding Hepatitis C; Childhood obesity prevention programs; Efforts to combat childhood lead poisoning

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* HHS programs evaluating sufficiency of pediatric rheumatologists; HHS children's asthma treatment grants program; HHS national public health campaign on epilepsy; HRSA seizure disorder demonstration projects in medically underserved areas; HHS infant adoption awareness programs and special needs adoption awareness programs;Children and Tourette's syndrome awareness; Grants for lead poisoning related activities; HRSA training and reports regarding lead poisoning; Screenings, referrals and education regarding lead poisoning; Screening for heritable disorders

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Joint CDC/NIH activities regarding childhood malignancies

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* CDC, NIH and HRSA programs regarding traumatic brain injury

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* Healthy Start program, including additional services for at-risk pregnant women and infants

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

* HRSA coordinated program to improve pediatric oral health

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

* Project grants for preventive health service programs to immunize without charge children, adolescents, and adults

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

* Graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 105-0392 Health Professions Education Partnership Act of 1998

* Emergency medical services for children

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite
 

Legislative Branch Subcommittee

P.L. 108-0447 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005

* Division G (Legislative Branch Appropriations, 2005), Sec. 1205 extends the authorization of the National Film Preservation Foundation and the Film Preservation Board (originally P.L. 104-285, PL105-225).

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 500,000
 

Military Construction Subcommittee

P.L. 108-0375 Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005

* Military Construction and Family Housing

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,003,000,000
 

Transportation/Treasury

P.L. 108-0310 To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

* Federal Aid Highway Formula Programs

Expiration Date: 5/31/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 22,685,936,000

* FHWA Administration

Expiration Date: 5/31/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 234,683,000

* Section 5: Other Federal Aid Programs

Expiration Date: 5/31/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 1,584,800,000

* Section 6(b) NHTSA--Sec. 402 grants, Sec. 403 operations, Sec. 405 grants, Sec. 410 grants, National Drivers Register

Expiration Date: 5/31/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 200,400,000

* Section 7 (FMCSA)--Administrative Expenses, Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, Information Systems and Commercial Driver's License grants, crash causation study

Expiration Date: 5/31/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 287,046,000

* Section 8 (FTA)--Formula Grants, capital grants, planning and research, university transportation research, administration, job access and reverse commute grants

Expiration Date: 5/31/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 5,172,000,000

P.L. 107-0252 Help America Vote Act of 2002

* Election Assistance Commission operations

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

* Funding for election requirements payments to states

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 600,000,000

* Payments to states and localities to assure access to polling places for individuals with disabilities

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 25,000,000

P.L. 107-0056 USA PATRIOT ACT, 2001

* Activities of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the Treasury Department

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0410 National Historical Publications and Records Commission Reauthorization

* Commission activities

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 10,000,000

P.L. 106-0155 U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Extension Act of 1999

* Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S. ($6 million over fiscal years 1999-2001)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 104-0239 Maritime Security Act of 1996

* Maritime Security Fleet program

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite
 

Veterans, HUD and Independent Agencies Subcommittee

P.L. 107-0095 Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001

* Grants to provide various services for homeless veterans, including outreach, rehabilitative services, vocational counseling and training, and transitional housing assistance

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 99,000,000

P.L. 106-0569 American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000

* Removal of regulatory barriers to howmownership

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0457 Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000

* Estuary habitat restoration projects

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 75,000,000

* Chesapeake Bay restoration project

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 40,000,000

* Long Island Sound Restoration

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 40,000,000

* Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 20,000,000

* Clean Lakes programs: Grants to states ($50 million) and Demonstration program ($25 million)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 75,000,000

* Long-term estuary assessment

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 4,000,000

* Rural sanitation grants

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 40,000,000

P.L. 106-0444 Freedmen's Bureau Records Preservation Act of 2000

* National Archives preservation of Freedmen's Bureau records ($3 million over fiscal years 2001-2005)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite

P.L. 106-0374 Water Resources Research Act Reauthorization of 2000

* Water resources research program grants ($12 million); Grants for research focused on water problems of interstate nature ($6 million)

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 18,000,000

P.L. 106-0284 Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000

* Coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized 30,000,000

* Adoption of coastal recreation water quality criteria and standards by the states; revisions to water quality criteria; reports to Congress

Expiration Date: 9/30/2005
FY 2005 Appropriations Authorized Indefinite


1.  A point of order is an objection raised by a Member of Congress against a piece of legislation or a procedure on the grounds that it violates the rules of the House or Senate. The presiding officer decides whether to sustain or overrule the point of order on the basis of the specific rule and precedents under it. The decision of the presiding officer is subject to appeal to the full House or Senate.
2.  See Congressional Budget Office, Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations (January 2002). The most recent year appropriate for comparison purposes is 2002, because in 2003 and 2004, all 13 appropriation laws were not completed by the time CBO published its report.
3.  Staff of the veterans' affairs committees and the Department of Veterans Affairs characterize the relevant authorization--in section 105 of Public Law 104-262--as intended to be a cap on spending for veterans' medical care for 1997 and 1998 only. However, it is treated in this report as an expired authorization of appropriations.