Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 111 Part 2.djvu/437

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PUBLIC LAW 105-78—NOV. 13, 1997 111 STAT. 1517 SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act Embryos, may be used for— (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). (b) For purposes of this section, the term "human embryo or embryos" include any organism, not protected as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells. SEC. 514. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROMOTION OF LEGALIZATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.—None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity when it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the activity promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established by section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812). (b) EXCEPTIONS. — The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage. SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity when it is made known to the FedergJ official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that— (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity. SEC. 516. (a) FEES FOR FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF STATE SUPPLEMENTARY SSI PAYMENTS.— (1) OPTIONAL STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS. — (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1616(d)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382e(d)(2)(B)) is amended— (i) by striking "and" at the end of clause (iii); and (ii) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the following: "(iv) for fiscal year 1997, $5.00; "(v) for fiscal year 1998, $6.20; "(vi) for fiscal year 1999, $7.60; "(vii) for fiscal year 2000, $7.80; "(viii) for fiscal year 2001, $8.10; "(ix) for fiscal year 2002, $8.50; and "(x) for fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year—